Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) showed that he has kept the strong form that propelled him to a stage win in the Giro d'Italia by taking out the queen stage of the Route du Sud in Gavarnie.
The Frenchman attacked a select leading group on the category 1 final climb with 4km to go, and by the end had amassed a 42 second advantage on his nearest chasers, led to the line by Sky's Gianni Moscon.
"I'm very satisfied and happy with how things went today," Rolland said. "I'm actually really happy with the last few months. The Giro d'Italia went well, it sets me up quite nicely for the Tour de France. I did 30 hours of training last week, and this is the final part of my preparation for the Tour de France, and I'm really happy with the progress."
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In third, Movistar's Richard Carapaz, the best young rider in the race, was challenging for the overall race lead after overnight leader Julien Loubet (Armee de Terre) was dropped, and sprinted to third over Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac).
However, BMC's Silvan Dillier, who had picked up a time bonus at the intermediate sprint, narrowly managed to limit enough losses to capture the leader's jersey by a single second over the Ecuadoran. He came in 55 seconds down on Rolland, but more importantly just 13 seconds behind Carapaz.
Dillier leads the race by one second over the Movistar rider, with Sky's Kenny Elissonde in third at a distant 1:38.
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