 Nencini won time in the descent from the Col d'Aubisque, where Adriaensens could not follow.After the Aubisque, Adriaensens worked together with his teammate Jef Planckaert to win back time, but Nencini was able to stay away from them, and became the new leader, with Rivière in second place, only 32 seconds behind.Nencini gained one minute on Rivière in the eleventh stage, but Rivière knew he had the stronger team.