 He won some time on Vervaecke because of bonifications for reaching the tops of the Portet d'Aspet and the Braus first and winning the 11th stage, but lost some time in the individual time trial in stage 10b.In the fourteenth stage, Bartali attacked again, and gained 17 minutes on Vervaecke and 20 on Vissers.Bartali was now leader of the race.