 The chase was led by Cofidis and Team Europcar and Gerard had less than a minute 's lead at the Côte de la Tour . Philippe Gilbert ( BMC Racing Team ) , Jonathan Hivert ( Bretagne – Séché Environnement ) and Laurens De Vreese ( Astana ) attacked over the climb , with Hivert winning a point for the mountains classification and maintaining his lead in the competition . The race came back together with approximately 38 km ( 24 mi ) left to race . 
