Quintana takes lead after stage win

The Movistar rider, who also won a stage in the Alps during the Criterium du Dauphine, fashioned a solo breakaway on the final climb of Spandelles to secure victory.

He now leads Hubert Dupont by 53 seconds heading into Sunday’s final stage.

Quintana led the peloton as they swept up the day’s early break on Col du Tourmalet before he staged a break of his own, alongside team-mate Sergio Pardilla, Kenny Elissonde, Anthony Charteau, Thomas Voeckler and Dupont.

But the Colombian pulled away on his own on the steepest section of the final climb before extending his lead on the steep descent and taking victory in Arras-En-Lavedan with over a minute to spare.

Full result

1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team

2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar

4 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat

5 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

6 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

7 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team

8 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli

9 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia

10 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Lokosphinx

11 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's

13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar

14 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne

15 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93

16 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller

17 Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia

18 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar

19 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat

20 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne