Cobo crossed the line in four hours, one minute, 56 seconds, a gap of 48 seconds over Froome, who finished alongside Wouter Poels of the Netherlands and Russia's Denis Menchov.
Schumacher opened up a gap of 21 seconds by lapping two seconds faster per lap than Coulthard, so that when his third stop came, he still led the race.
Kubica remained at the front of the pack by lap 10 with a gap of 1.8 seconds over Alonso while Massa was seventh and Hamilton 16th.
"Much better than Barney Marsh – sounds like a dumb Flintstones character!" 3.10pm: Approaching the summit of the Col d'Ausbisque, Jeremy Roy has opened a gap of 46 seconds on French rider David Moncoutie, who is in turn 24 seconds ahead of Thor Hushovd.
During qualifying, there was only a gap of 1.4 seconds a lap – or about five m.p.h.
The Europcar rider has opened a gap of 32 seconds on Hesjedal.
"There's a gap of three seconds and Al says: 'Do you believe in miracles?
Meanwhile at the tete de la course, Ruben Perez Moreno has opened a gap of 15 seconds on the rest of the breakaway group.
Johnson asks her class: "What does Atticus say about mockingbirds?" After leaving a gap of several seconds, she takes an answer.
The pair opened up a gap of 24 seconds with only three kilometres left but, after Kangert broke clear, they were reeled in by the chasing pack.
More and more riders are being dropped from this group, including Sky's Rigoberto Uran, who's in 10th place overall on GC. 2.41pm Andy Schleck has attacked the yellow jersey group and opened a gap of 40 seconds on it.
