It’s a solo chase of time, racing against nothing but the clock.  And thus emerges one individual among individuals in such a time trial.  Definitely a different game it is, seeing as yesterday’s winner now finished near last in stage 11.  Today the victorious man– beating Le Tour’s current yellow jersey wearer by a significant 12 seconds– is the defending world time trial champion, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Tony Martin.

Today’s winner of the first of two Tour de France individual time trials.