Wiggins leads as Rolland wins stage 11

A counter attack from yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky colleague Chris Froome saw them move into first and second place overall after stage 11 of the Tour de France as the race entered the high Alps.

A counter attack from yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky colleague Chris Froome saw them move into first and second place overall after stage 11 of the Tour de France as the race entered the high Alps.

On a 148-kilometre route from Albertville to La Toussuire which Wiggins had described as the toughest day of the route to Paris, the 32-year-old Londoner survived repeated attempted attacks on his commanding lead as Pierre Rolland (Europcar) triumphed.

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