Day 11 of the Tour begins amid acrimony as police raid the Barloworld hotel and detain Moises Duenas Nevado following a failed drugs test Overall leader Cadel Evans looks in relaxed mood before the start of the 167.5km transition stage between Lannemezan and Foix Luxembourg's Frank Schleck, one second behind Evans in the overall standing, is mobbed by autograph hunters in Lannemezan A shepherd and his goat watch on from a grass bank as the pack passes through the village of La Ribereuille The day goes from bad to worse for Barloworld as Paolo Longo Borghini crashes close to the 50km mark and breaks his collarbone With his injury visible through his vest, Borghini is helped from a ditch by a policeman and is forced to withdraw from the Tour Spectators of all ages line the route on a glorious day as the pack passes by on the outskirts of Lannemezan The riders have to contend with a category one climb, the Col de Portel, and a group of 12 soon break away from the peloton Norway's Kurt-Asle Arvesen, bidding for his debut Tour stage victory, leads the breakaway 12 But French rider Amael Moinard of the Cofidis team then breaks away from the other 11 about 9km from the summit of Col de Portel Moinard holds out valiantly over the Col del Buich but Arvesen and Martin Elmiger take control over the closing kilometres Arvesen and Elmiger go shoulder-to-shoulder but Arvesen has the best line of attack out of the final corner and edges out the Swiss After beating Elmiger and Italy's Alessandro Ballan to the line, Arvesen, the Norwegian national champion, celebrates in style
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