The team trial forms the 4th stage of this year’s Tour De France. 23.5 km’s long with a very small rise in terrain heading towards the intermediate checkpoint, it is not the most demanding but it does give an opportunity main contenders to gain some valuable seconds.

Sky are rightly the favourites but ourselves and Radioshack will fancy challenging them for the victory.


The SKY train just after setting off, led by Bradley Wiggins…a scary sight if ever there is one!!


It was a tough day today for the whole team, with 4 of our 5 best TT suffering from poor form. Tony Martin eventually helped drag them across the finish line….the time….29min 30.

Only good enough for 3rd as it stood…behind both Radioshack and Garmin… and with times including SKY still to come.


Team SKY wrap it up…the definition of perfect, here is the SKY train with a stunning backdrop! Their time, 28 min 50…domination is the word your looking for!

Well that was an ok result given the extreme lack of form shown by the team on the day. We lose a few seconds to the GC contenders but given our chase is the White Jersey we can look past that. With a gain of 17 seconds & 16 seconds over Sagan & Pinot respectively it’s been a decent day for Michal.

The second stage in the Pyrenees sees the race cross the Category 2 Col de Portet d'Aspet (1,069 m (3,507 ft)) soon after the start, followed by four Category 1 climbs: Col de Menté (1,349 m (4,426 ft)), Col de Peyresourde (1,569 m (5,148 ft)), Col de Val Louron-Azet (1,580 m (5,184 ft)) and La Hourquette d'Ancizan (1,564 m (5,131 ft)).[42] This is a "roller-coaster" stage!



Much like yesterday expect to see the likes of Froome, Contador and Rodriguez contesting the stage win. Above…the new man in the yellow jersey…



As the summit of the day’s first climb approaches, a breakaway group of 5 holds a 1min 16 lead over the peloton…the group contains, Voeckler (EUC), Evans (BMC), Gesink (BEL), Roy (FDJ) and Westra (VCD)



The climb to the top of the first category 1 climb today is almost done for the breakaway, they lead the peloton by over 5 minutes now,



Who needs drugs when you can just catch a lift…here’s Roy (FDJ) in the passenger seat whilst the rest of the breakaway descend on their bikes!



As the climbers descend we have a rider fall, Henao (SKY) is the man down, always a dangerous descent and he is the unfortunate victim today.



The peloton is beginning its 2nd category 1 climb of the day and SKY have taken over at the front. SKY man Henao is incredibly up from his earlier fall and back near the front.



With 38km remaining Gesink has been caught by the peloton…before the first two attacks out of it are launched…Monfort (RLT) and Frank (BMC)…with SKY setting a high pace will they manage to escape…the rest of the breakaway are now just 3min 24 ahead.



Inside 30km, the final climb of the day has been passed, can any of the GC contenders launch anything…the descent begins and it looks like OPQ and SKY are setting something up…breakaways lead less than 2 minutes.



Moreno has been dropped from the peloton…Peraud (ALM), Kessiakoff (AST) are a minute up the road; can they hold off a marauding chase group…



Peraud has done it! Stunning Stunning victory here on Stage 10! What a magnificent advert for cycling…he joined the breakaway late and has reeped the rewards for bravery!

Michal attacked very late on, just past the 5km mark and he takes 3rd place…will the gap back be wide enough for some valuable second gains.



It’s not….another great ride from Michal today yet he fails to make up ground on Pinot (FDJ). It’s going to be an incredible battle this one…the Pole though has to start making in-roads on his rival if he is to win his first white jersey!