France: Vincenzo Nibali won Monday's Bastille Day 10th stage of the Tour de France to reclaim the leader's yellow jersey as two-time former winner Alberto Contador abandoned the race.


Vincenzo Nibali

Nibali overhauled lone escapee Joaquim Rodriguez in the final kilometre to win the stage by 15sec from Frenchman Thibaut Pinot, with Spaniard Alejandro Valverde third at 20sec.

That put Nibali back into the race lead, having relinquished it for a single day to home favourite Tony Gallopin, who came home 4min 46sec down to drop to fifth overall at 3:12.

"Today I felt good, I had good legs, the team worked hard. I knew the last 3km were the toughest so that's where I accelerated," he said.

"I thought Purito (Rodriguez) would follow me but he gave up in final metres. I knew it would be a very tough day but I"m very happy." Australian Richie Porte is second overall at 2:23 after finishing seventh on the stage while Valverde is up to third at 2:47.