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| I imagine there is a lot of nervous energy at the starting line |
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| Nairo Quintana looks remarkably cool, calm and collected, as Chris Froome struggles to minimize the gap |
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| Stephen Cummings (MTN-Qhubeka) is leopard-poised on the French pair of Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet |
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| Difficult to give interviews after a tough day at the office, but Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) is up to the task |
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| Bryan Coquard (Europcar) may have suffered heat stroke in the 100-degree heat |
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| Belgian Greg Avermaet grits his teeth to a narrow victory over Peter Sagan |
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| Tough cyclists like Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) wear their badge of courage unflinchingly |
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| As expected, Chris Froome literally weathers a slew of attacks from his title contenders |
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| Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) is positively ebullient after his second stage victory |
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| Richie Porte quietly works a superb domestique role for Chris Froome |
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| I can only imagine the ongoing jockeying in the peloton, even in the feed zone |
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| Rafal Mayka shows everyone who's boss, after riding solo for 40 kilometers for the win |
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| GC contender Nairo Quintana is thinking attack, but Chris Froome beats him to the punch |
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| Another GC contender has a "terrible" final climb, and finds himself chasing tails |
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| Chris Froome kills an hors-categorie climb for an emphatic victory in the Pyrenees! |
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| BMC is in flawless form for their team time trial triumph |
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| Amid talk of BMC, Sky with the maillot jaune narrowly loses the stage - by one second! |
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| This Tour is not shaping up to be a top notch one for defending champion Vincenzo Nibali |
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| It is a well-timed, well-delivered attack by Alesix Vuillermoz, AG2R La Mondiale, for the victory |
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| Tejay van Garderen sits pretty among leaders in the peloton and in 3rd place overall |
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| Chris Froome takes control of the pace, and hence his main rivals, up the climb to the finish |
