Chris Froome (Sky) en route to victory in stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) would be the last member of the early break to be caught once the climbing started on stage eight(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jakob Fuglsang (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour leader Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) conceded nearly eight minutes and the maillot jaune to Chris Froome(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in action during stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) soloed to victory at Ax 3 Domaines and took over the Tour de France lead on the first day in the Pyrenees.(Image credit: AFP)
Tour de France leader Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) awaits the start of stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Pierre Rolland (Europcar)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
In addition to winning stage 8 and taking over the yellow jersey, Chris Froome also took over the lead of the mountains classification(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) animated stage 8, the Tour's first day in the Pyrenees(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) signs autographs prior to the start of stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) in action during the Tour's first day in the Pyrenees(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (BMC) digs deep to try to limit his losses(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida) abandons during stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (BMC) fights to the finish at Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Dutch champion Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) at the head of the early break(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Previous Tour de France champions Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) and Cadel Evans (BMC) ride alongside each other in stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton en route from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines in stage 8 at the Tour de France(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Points leader Peter Sagan (Cannondale)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Stage 8 winner Chris Froome (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Movistar teammates Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde with Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) resplendent in the maillot jaune during stage 8 to Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) in action during stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) dons the white jersey for leading the young rider classification(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome shadows his Sky teammates(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
New young rider classification leader Nairo Quintana (Movistar)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The peloton en route from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines in stage 8 at the Tour de France(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Saxo-Tinkoff's Roman Kreuziger and Alberto Contador approach the finish of stage 8 and would concede 1:45 to winner Chris Froome(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) is escorted to the finish in Ax 3 Domaines by teammate Roman Kreuziger(Image credit: Sirotti)
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) finished 11th on the Tour's first summit finish, more than two minutes behind winner Chris Froome(Image credit: Sirotti)
Rui Costa (Movistar) in a world of pain at the finish on Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Haimar Zubeldia was the highest placed RadioShack Leopard finisher at Ax 3 Domaines in 19th at 3:04(Image credit: Sirotti)
Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) near the finish in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) would lose the best young riders jersey to Nairo Quintana at Ax 3 Domaines.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) finished 22nd at Ax 3 Domaines, nearly four minutes down on Chris Froome(Image credit: Sirotti)
Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) at the finish in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) nears the finish of stage 8 in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC) lost more than four minutes to stage 8 winner Chris Froome(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans (BMC) tries to limit his losses as he nears the Ax 3 Domaines finish line(Image credit: Sirotti)
French hopeful Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) lost six minutes to stage 8 winner Chris Froome(Image credit: Sirotti)
Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Overnight Tour leader Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) fought valiantly in defense of the yellow jersey, but would surrender the maillot jaune to Chris Froome in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Robert Gesink (Belkin)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Stage 2 winner and former yellow jersey holder Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) climbs to the finish(Image credit: Sirotti)
The peloton en route from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines in stage 8 at the Tour de France(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) stamsp his authority on the Tour de France peloton(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) went out on the attack on stage 8's penultimate climb, the HC-rated Col de Pailhères(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Calm before the storm as the peloton rolls along flat terrain prior to the two huge climbs which capped off stage 8(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) gets some encouragement(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attacked to animate stage 8 and took over the young riders classification(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Richie Porte (Sky) finished second to teammate Chris Froome on the Tour's first day in the Pyrenees(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) en route to a third place finish on Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Belkin teammates Bauke Mollema and Laurens ten Dam finished fourth and fifth on Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Bauke Mollema (Belkin) leads teammate Laurens ten Dam to the finish at Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) showed he's the man to beat at the Tour de France with his stellar climbing performance to Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) gets some relief from the heat(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) dons the maillot jaune after winning stage 8 in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Stage 8 winner Chris Froome (Sky) took over the Tour de France lead from Daryl Impey(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) cools off with some water(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) resplendent in yellow(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) has plenty to be happy about after stage 8 at the Tour de France(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome (Sky) alone in the lead to the Ax 3 Domaines finish line(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A familiar sight as Sky takes control as the road tilts upward(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Richie Porte made it a 1-2 finish for Sky on Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) en route to victory on Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) dropped his GC rivals and soloed to victory in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) celebrates victory at the 2013 Tour's first mountain finish at Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
A happy Chris Froome (Sky) took a decisive solo victory at Ax 3 Domaines, the first mountain finish of the 2013 Tour.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) shows his appreciation for his team's work on the stage.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Chris Froome (Sky) on the podium after winning stage 8 in Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
Stage 8 winner Chris Froome (Sky) on the podium at Ax 3 Domaines(Image credit: Sirotti)
