▁leader ▁Greg ▁Van ▁A ver ma et , ▁whilst ▁Fro ome ▁was ▁in ▁e ighth ▁place . ▁and ▁spec ulation ▁over ▁team ▁leadership ▁began , ▁though ▁Thomas ▁himself ▁diplom atically ▁field ed ▁any ▁questions ▁regarding ▁leadership : ▁" I ▁think ▁it ’ s ▁early ▁to ▁be ▁talking ▁about ▁that ", ▁Thomas ▁said ▁about ▁any ▁disput es ▁over ▁leadership ▁between ▁him ▁and ▁Fro ome . ▁” Maybe ▁if ▁I ’ m ▁still ▁right ▁there ▁after ▁Al pe ▁d ’ H uez ▁[ on ▁stage ▁ 1 2 ], ▁it ’ s ▁a ▁bit ▁different ▁then . ▁But ▁we ▁haven ’ t ▁even ▁done ▁a ▁proper ▁clim b ▁yet . ▁I ’ m ▁certainly ▁not ▁getting ▁carried ▁away ". ▁ ▁On ▁Stage ▁ 1 1 , ▁with ▁a ▁ste ep ▁finishing ▁clim b ▁to ▁La ▁Ros ière , ▁Sav o ie , ▁Thomas ▁attacked ▁from ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁favour ites , ▁including ▁Fro ome , ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁finish ▁and ▁caught ▁up ▁with ▁Tom ▁Dum ou lin ▁( ), ▁who ▁had ▁attacked ▁on ▁the ▁stage ' s ▁pen ult imate ▁clim b . ▁Thomas ▁attacked ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁kilomet re ▁to ▁distance ▁Dum ou lin , ▁and ▁he ▁passed ▁l one ▁break away ▁r ider ▁Mik el ▁N ieve ▁() ▁in ▁sight ▁of ▁the ▁finish ▁line ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁stage ▁win ▁and ▁the ▁race ▁leader ' s ▁Y ellow ▁Jersey . ▁The ▁following ▁day , ▁Thomas ▁won ▁Stage ▁ 1 2 ▁in ▁a ▁s print ▁finish ▁at op ▁Al pe ▁d ' H uez