Fabian Wegmann leads the escape on stage eleven to Pla de Beret

Simon Gerrans is leading the AG2R team as they start the Col du Tourmalet seven minutes down...

Wegmann is the strong man as the escape nears the summit of the Tourmalet with four minutes in hand still...

The peloton descends the other side of the Tourmalet beneath misty skies...

De La Fuente leads the escape over the Col d'Aspin - they are still over four minutes ahead...

Thomas Voeckler has been chasing alone, and is within a minute of the four men on the Aspin...

De La Fuente has only Wegmann for company on the Col du Peyresourde - and Voeckler has blown to bits...

The T-Mobile riders set the pace on the Col du Portillon

George Hincapie has been dropped halfway up the nasty climb - as has every Discovery rider except Azevedo...

Cyril Dessel is in trouble as well...

Meanwhile, De La Fuente approaches the summit with a one minute lead over the hard-riding T-Mobile riders...

Dessel gets to the summit two minutes behind T-Mobile, he'll bravely chase all the way to the finish as well..!

The situation has changed completely at the start of the Pla de Beret - Boogerd leads eight riders, including Menchov, Sastre, Landis, Kloden, and Leipheimer...

Landis has made a move with six-kilometres to go and Kloden has been dropped - mission accomplished!

Landis leads the way now, and has Menchov, Evans, Sastre and Leipheimer hanging on...

Leipheimer is feeling good today - he attacks with three-kilometres left, dropping Evans and Sastre...

Denis Menchov wins stage eleven at Pla de Beret, ahead of Leipheimer and Landis...

Floyd Landis can smile too - he has become the new race-leader - but only by eight seconds from a fiery Dessel...