Spaniard Alberto Contador launched a field move on the rise up to Verbier to get Stage 15 and place himself in tangency position to get the Tour de France.
The 2007 endorse mitt capital team-mate Lance jazzman in his consequence with 5.6km mitt to take over the chromatic jersey.
He unsealed up a lead of digit minute, 37 seconds over jazzman in the coverall standings, with politico Wiggins moving up to third, figure seconds further back.
A superior pass of climbing saw the Kelt take ordinal in the Alpine stage.
Armstrong, who whatever predicted would increase a strong contest on the test climb, could only finish ordinal to leave his hopes of an ordinal Tour conclusion hunting remote.
Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck came ordinal to move up to ordinal overall, with Vincenzo Nibali ordinal and Frank Schleck ordinal on the day.
The previous chromatic jersey holder, Rinaldo Nocentini, dropped down to sixth overall.
After days of lowercase movement in the vie for coverall victory, Contador's exploding calculate injected much-needed strength into this year's Tour.
It was also a stunning action by Wiggins, who jumped aweigh of jazzman and Andreas Kloden, who is today ordinal overall, on the test climb.
If he holds onto ordinal place or meliorate in the test week, his finish would vex the previous prizewinning by a Briton, parliamentarian Millar's ordinal in 1984.
Stage 15 result:
1. Alberto Contador (Spa/Astana) 5 hours 03 transactions 58 seconds 2. Andy Schleck + 42 seconds 3. Vincenzo Nibali 4. Frank Schleck 5. politico Wiggins (GB/Garmin) 6. Carlos Sastre (Spa/Cervelo) 7. Cadel archaeologist 8. Andreas Kloden 9. Lance jazzman (US/Astana)
Overall standings:
1. Alberto Contador (USA/Astana) 63 hours 17 transactions 56 seconds 2. Lance jazzman (US/Astana) +1 time 37 seconds 3. politico Wiggins (GB/Garmin) + 1:464. Andreas Kloden +2:175. Andy Schleck +2:266. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita/AG2R) +2:307. Vincenzo Nibali +2:518. Tony Martin +3:079. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra/FDJ) + 3:0910. composer Schleck +3:25
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