Paris-Nice Stage 4: Brioude > Saint Vallier, 199.5kms

What's going on here then? Seems Saxo-Tinkoff are warming up before the uphill start to the day...

Even Andrew Talansky and his team are warming up on their turbos - it looks serious!

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Thomas Voeckler is on the loose, tearing away with two others over the first two climbs...

Jack Bauer and Fabian Wegmann are two of the five Garmin riders dropped on the first ascent..!

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Johan Van Summeren and Talansky have slowed the peloton down to let their teamates get back on...

The three escapers have become seven with the arrival of Sicard, Dupont, Barguil and Morkov...

Bauer is back, and working flat-out to hold a nearly five-minute gap for his Garmin teamates...

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Richie Porte descends another hill, about halfway through the stage...

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Talansky descends as well, it's too chilly to be displaying all of his yellow jersey...

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The peloton climbs at about 1,000-metres of altitude with a view across to the snow-covered Massif Central...

David Millar chases, it's his experience that brings the gap down to just a few minutes before the last climbs...

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Voeckler's seven men crest the highest point of the day with 50-kilometres to go and a three minute lead...

The escape is over before the last climb - BMC are riding for Gilbert and Van Garderen to attack...

Santaromita leads on the last climb, but there's no sign of any attacks coming from behind him...

Talansky swoops down the last descent, his race-lead seems safe before tomorrow's mountain-top finish...

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Michele Albasini wins stage four from Max Iglinsky and Peter Velits..!

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