Moreno Moser delivered a standout performance and placed third behind Riblon and Van Garderen. Moser, at approximately 63kg, averaged 297 watts over the 172.5km stage. His average speed over the day was 34.4kph with an average cadence of 85rpm.

"Today was the first day since the start in which I feel really good" said Moser. "In the morning, it didn't seem a good day to go in breakaway because we expected a big fight among the GC riders. Then, when the first riders escaped from the peloton, I decided to follow my instinct and try. I'm happy for the result and for my performance."

The first climb of the day greeted riders just after just 13km. The Cat 2 climb, Col de Manse, was approximately 6km long at 6.2%.  Moser reached the summit in 14 minutes with an average power of 393 watts. A clear indication of a his stellar performance in the race ahead.

Moser was part of the 8 rider breakaway at 150km to go and at the first ascent to Alpe d'Huez the group had been determined by Van Garderen and Riblon. Moser caught them just before the summit, he won the KoM and rode the descent alone, outdistancing both the riders.

The young Italian pro averaged over 360 watts up the first ascent to Alpe d’Huez. Moreno took the lead just before the summit with a 611 watt effort to claim the KoM.

As Moser navigated the solo descent he pushed over 204 average watts and maintained an average speed of 51kph. His max speed was midway down at 86kph.

At the foot of the second climb Riblon and Van Garden were able to overtake Moser. Moreno continued to climb at his own pace and reached the final summit in 44:37 with 337 average watts. Moser finished third for the day less than 1:30 behind Riblon.

"The Alpe d'Huez was really an amazing show, something that I'll keep inside for all my career."

Straight after the neutral start RadioShack Leopard's Jens Voigt broke to the front. He drove the breakaway for much of the day requiring 309 average watts over the 172.5km course. Voigt's average power is likely higher than seen in this file as data was interrupted several times by the close proximity of television cameras and radios, but we are still able to get a very clear understanding of his strong performance in the Alps. 

In the post-race interview Voigt, now 41 years young, was asked how he still finds it within himself to fight for victory, “I don’t know – maybe plain stupidity! Maybe I just look at each stage as a one-day race and don’t think about the next day. I was pretty much all in today."

Voigt made his intentions clear from the beginning as he formed the break, pushing over 1,000 watt peaks in the first kilometers. He led the breakaway up the first climb, Col de Manse, with 390 average watts to the summit. 

BMC Racing Team's Philippe Gilbert of Belgium worked in the peloton for the Queen stage. The SRM race file gives another perspective of the different types of performances required in the Tour de France.

Gilbert's average power riding in the peloton was 240 watts with an average cadence of 63rpm, as he had more non-pedal time riding in the group.  

Philippe pushed over 307 average watts up the first Alpe d'Huez climb with 71rpm average cadence at an average speed of 16kph. On the second ascent his group clocked a slightly slower time with an average speed of 15kph. By the summit he had averaged 277 watts with the same average cadence of 71rpm.