Greig Leach

As the various small groups of athletes of the Tour started the final climb of the most grueling of stages these guys had been up and over six categorized climbs and at this point over a hundred and fifty kilometers of rain soaked narrow twisted roads. This is the group that was the second on the road, the one that the Maillot Jaune was tangling on the tail end of, and held some of the other names that may now have a chance to climb onto the podium in Paris. Seemingly to have been hiding for ten days, the camera found the National Champion of Luxemburg, Frank Schleck (Trek Factory Racing) riding pedal stroke to pedal stroke with the World Road Champion, Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and his teammate, Chris Horner, along with Christophe Riblon (AG2R) amongst others. Everyone of them harboring dreams of being the first to summit the climb and claim the stage victory.