 The sixteenth stage saw a twenty @-@ six rider breakaway reach the final climb , the Col de Manse , where Rui Costa ( Lampre – Merida ) attacked and then descended own his own to the finish in Gap . Froome won stage seventeen 's time trial , finishing the 32 km ( 19 @.@ 9 mi ) course from Embrun to <unk> in 51 minutes and 33 seconds , with Contador coming in nine seconds behind , in second place . Contador moved up to second overall , four minutes and thirty @-@ four seconds down , with teammate Roman Kreuziger third . In the Tour 's queen stage , the eighteenth , early breakaway riders Christophe Riblon ( Ag2r – La Mondiale ) and Tejay van Garderen lead on the second ascent of Alpe d 'Huez . Van Garderen attacked on the early slopes , opening up a margin of forty @-@ five seconds on Riblon in the second part of the climb , before Riblon passed with 2 km ( 1 @.@ 2 mi ) remaining and took the stage win by fifty @-@ nine seconds . Quintana and Rodríguez came in fourth and fifth respectively , over two minutes in arrears . With 5 km ( 3 @.@ 1 mi ) to go , Porte and Froome , who came in under minute after the aforementioned pair , were penalised twenty seconds as Porte went back to the team car to retrieved an energy gel and water bottle for Froome outside the designated zone . Froome extended his lead over Contador by thirty @-@ seven seconds . 
