 The day 's breakaway was initiated at the front of the day 's opening climb , the Côte de Morgins , with the initial move being made by Team Europcar rider David Veilleux . Veilleux was later joined by Euskaltel – Euskadi 's Ricardo García , Argos – Shimano rider Thomas Damuseau and Jean @-@ Marc Bideau of Bretagne – Séché Environnement , and the quartet built up a maximum lead on the road of around ten minutes . Behind them , Tony Martin ( Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step ) set off in pursuit of the four leaders , but was not able to reach the lead group at any point . Veilleux attacked on the Col du Corbier , and managed to break away by 40 seconds from García and Damuseau – Bideau had been dropped earlier on the climb – in 2 km ( 1 @.@ 2 mi ) to the top of the climb . Veilleux remained well clear into the closing stages , and eventually came across the line to take the biggest win of his career – his first win at World Tour level – by almost two minutes . In doing so , Veilleux claimed the race lead in the general , points and mountains classifications . The remaining members of the breakaway were caught , and this allowed Martin 's team @-@ mate Gianni Meersman to take second , ahead of Blanco Pro Cycling 's Tom @-@ Jelte Slagter , who was the best @-@ placed young rider . 
