Just caught up with the highlights of the Route du Sud stage 4. Cracking stuff. It looked for ages like Carthy was in difficulty but he dug deep into his Suitcase of Courage for that attack in the final kilometre. Not that Quintana seemed unduly troubled by it - the way the commentators were going on, you'd have thought Quintana was on the verge of cracking but it looked to me like he was just sitting tight because he had a teammate up the road. And then he came past Carthy with consummate ease on the line. Still, brave effort by Carthy, but he will have to learn how to spin lower gears if he ever wants to drop the likes of Quintana on a climb like that.
On a side note, just how damn strong do Movistar look at the moment? They've got the tactics, they've got the strength in depth, they've got the World's Fastest Skinsuits (it says here)... Froome is going to have his work cut out defending his Tour title against Quintana.