Magnus Backstedt
Swedish cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

"View from my ride over the last 3 climbs of today's stage. Riders are about to start this one in 10-15 min."

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Classification

1) Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) - 10 points

2) Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) - 8

3) Jesus Herrada Lopez (Movistar) - 6

4) Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) - 4

5) Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) - 2

6) Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Movistar) - 1

BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

Rob Hatch and Magnus Backstedt are in the commentary box for the conclusion of today's stage. You can listen via the Live Coverage tab console at the top of the page.

Vasil Kiryienka reaches the summit of the Col de Peyresourde to rapturous applause. The Team Sky rider, who takes the maximum King of the Mountains points, picks up another musette (food bag) and then continues on his way.

Dan Rees:, external "Kiriyienka bashing out a good tempo, though doesn't have the greatest acceleration. Interesting to see if he can keep chasers at bay."

So Vasil Kiryienka continues his solo ride, one minute and 37 seconds clear of Nicolas Roche and Jesus Herrada Lopez.

Twenty one seconds further back is the group which features Joaquim Rodriguez (leads the live King of the Mountain classification) and Rafal Majka, who is wearing the polka dot jersey after starting the day in the lead.

The peloton is two minutes behind them.

Each team has a designated leader - in Team Sky's case that was initially defending champion Chris Froome - and that rider is looked after by the others in his teams, referred to as domestiques.

They are essentially the foot soldiers of the army who may try to up the pace to weaken their leader's rivals or drop back to assist him if he encounters difficulties.

A domestique will also be expected to fetch food, drinks and clothes - if the weather turns - from the team cars or give up his bike if the leader has a mechanical problem. The point is to allow the leader to save as much energy as possible for the crucial parts of the race.

Jack Barclay:, external "Shame that Froome is long out of this year's tour. This stage was ripe and ready for him to exploit! Nibali's tour to lose now."

That lead for Vasil Kiryienka is up to two minutes and nine seconds. Meanwhile, two riders - one of which is Nicolas Roche - has broken free of the group between the peloton and Kiriyienka to chase the Team Sky rider.

Vasil Kiryienka has a lead of four minutes over the yellow jersey group - and that's growing with 69km remaining. The Team Sky rider is ticking along very nicely.

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Earlier, I mentioned Vasil Kiryienka picked up a bag of food. Well that's called a musette, essentially a rider's lunchbox but made of fabric.

When the first British team rode the Tour de France in the 1950s, they were given bags containing a chunk of chicken and a handful of dried fruit.

Today, riders are more likely to find high energy bars, small cakes and sandwiches.

Vasil Kiryienka isn't hanging around, the Team Sky rider has already opened up a lead of one minute and 37 second over the chasing group of 21 riders. The peloton is a further one minute behind.

Nutt:, external "Hats off to Blel Kadri, seems to have been in the break on more stages than not. Top rider in a dull Tour sans Froome and Bertie."

Vasil Kiryienka has made a break of it, the Team Sky rider going it alone and grabbing a bag of food as he begins the ascent of the Col de Peyresourde.

Joaquim Rodriguez has fallen back into the leading group, which now features 22 riders. The peloton is one minute and 30 seconds adrift.

The riders pass through the feeding station before heading out of town bound for the second climb of the day.

Image source, @letour

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Classification

1) Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) - 10 points

2) Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff) - 8

3) Kristijan Durasek (Lampre) - 6

4) Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) - 4

5) Bauke Mollema (Belkin) - 2

6) Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), 1

Luke Durbridge hits the deck after colliding with a Movistar team member who was in position with some water bottles for his team's riders.

Durbridge picks himself up, gives the poor man a good shove in frustration and then gets back on his bike.

The hapless team member tries to make amends by giving Durbridge a push off, which is nice of him.

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Joaquim Rodriguez kicks as they approach the summit of the first climb, with Nicolas Roche going with him. However, the Spaniard injects another burst of pace which is too hot for the Irishman.

That move proves to be enough to take the maximum King of the Mountain points available and thus reclaim the lead in the polka dot jersey standings.

The leading four become six as Bauke Mollema and David Lopez join the group. They have a lead of 26 seconds over a gaggle of 26 riders, with the peloton a further 30 seconds back.

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There is nobody in the leading four, or the group of 18 that sits between them and the peloton, is a challenger of race leader Vincenzo Nibali, so he'll be content with his position in the peloton for now.