Cycling: Tour de France favourite Floyd Landis took over the yellow jersey after joining a three-man breakaway on the 11th stage of the race.
The American finished third behind Denis Menchov who pipped Levi Leipheimer with France's Cyril Dessel missing out on retaining the race leadership by eight seconds.
Menchov's victory in the first mountain finish of the Tour - a 206.5km route from Tarres to Pla-de-Beret in Spain - took him third on the overall standings.
The stage included the legendary 18.3km Col du Tourmalet, which has been a Tour regular since its first appearance in 1910, and four category one climbs.
Landis, who will undergo hip replacement surgery after the race finishes, admitted he was thrilled to become the new overall leader.
"I couldn't be happier," he said. "I didn't want to do all the work, but I didn't really have a choice.
"Cadel (Evans) helped a lot, but unfortunately he was dropped at the end. I didn't expect it to go quite so well, but I'll take it.
"I would just as soon wait to get it, but you can't turn down the chance and race easy just to let someone else do the work."
David de la Fuente holds the polka dot jersey, 18 points ahead of Dessel, after dominating the day's climbs and winning the second of the two sprint stages.
Robbie McEwen leads Tom Boonen by 29 points in the battle for the green jersey after beating Gert Steegmans to win the first sprint.