Paris-Nice Stage Four: Brive-le-Gaillarde > Rodez, 174kms
Frank Schleck and Andreas Kloden are without two more teamates after illness took Bakelandts and Posthuma out of the race...
Leigh Howard leads a decent-looking escape, 20-kilometres into the stage...
No longer winter, but not yet summer, the peloton enjoys a spin across the French countryside...
Tejay Van Garderen chats with Brent Bookwalter - probably about the loss of Taylor Phinney with a stomach bug...
Mate keads the escape along towards the day's succession of hills - they hold a five-minute lead still...
Rabobank starts the chase, but what's their plan at the end of the day...?
The escape swoops down a long descent towards the feed-station...
Bradley Wiggins swoops down the same descent four minutes later - he's switched back to his normal road bike after experimenting with a climbing bike from the start...
Alejandro Valverde must be a favourite for today's gradual uphill finish...
Rabobank is still chasing, 40-kilometres after it started - and the gap is down to about one-minute now...
Omega-Pharma has taken over the pace-setting - and that's Tom Boonen working away at the front..!
Is OImega's plan to launch Leipheimer or Chavanel with a few-kilometres to go..?
Thomas De Gendt has attacked after taking the points on the last climb of the day...
Gianni Meersman wins stage four into Rodez after Kloden was caught in the last-kilometre...
Bradley Wiggins throws his flowers into the crowd on the eve of the race's most difficult road stage...
