Advantage Contador despite Schleck's stage win

Andy Schleck took the stage finish atop the Col du Tourmalet but will require a miracle if he is to usurp the yellow jersey of Alberto Contador after today’s epic stage 17 of the Tour de France.

Schleck trailed his rival by just eight seconds going into this, the queen stage of the Tour but could not shake off the Spaniard as the duo battled it out on the perilously steep climb towards the finish.