Vincenzo Nibali celebrates but Chris Froome not impressed

Vincenzo Nibali punched the air to celebrate his first win of the race this year, Chris Froome then launched a tirade at the stage winner for the manner in which he won and Nairo Quintana almost collapsed in a heap from exertion after breathing fresh life into the Tour de France.

Froome has led the race since stage 7 and has looked unshakeable since, building a lead of over three minutes on his closest challenger Quintana and maintaining it without too much fuss.

The latter, riding for Movistar, promised to take the yellow jersey from Froome in the Alps this week and he made an almighty effort yesterday, attacking the Team Sky man with five kilometres to go and pulling back 30 seconds by the finish.