At one point they had a lead of 22 minutes.

About 62 miles later, they had built a lead of 15 minutes.

They held a lead of up to 7 minutes until the third climb, after which they moved even further ahead.

With a lead of nearly two minutes, he began the climb but fell.

After the ninth stage, Bobet had built up a lead of more than nine minutes.

In the end they had a lead of almost 36 minutes, by far the largest one achieved in recent history.

Even a lead of 22 minutes had not occurred in the last 25 years.

She had a lead of seven minutes, but was the wrong side of the river.

This time, the three riders built a lead of almost 12 minutes, and no one challenged.

They opened up a lead of more than two minutes by Huddersfield, but were caught with just under 30 miles left.