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Hunter makes history in Montpellier madness

By Cycling News

published 20 July 2007

Robert Hunter stomped the remaining sprint competitors in the finale of stage 11 to Montpellier and...

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Robert Hunter wins for Barloworld(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Rasmussen doesn't want to surrender(Image credit: Sirotti)

The French Champ Moreau(Image credit: Sirotti)

The first kilometre(Image credit: Gregor Brown)

A tête à tête(Image credit: Sirotti)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) came close(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) ponders his stage win.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) is a two-time stage winner.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

The first kilometre out of Marseille.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Marseille attractions greet the riders in the first kilometres.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Marseille was hot (at 27°C) but beautiful for the start of stage 11.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) signs in.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) won yesterday in Marseille.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) interviewed at the start.(Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Packing it: ZDF and ARD, the public German channels, stopped their broadcasts starting with stage 10, following the positive control of Patrik Sinkewitz.(Image credit: AFP Photo)

Marseille offered a unique backdrop to the start of stage 11, after also hosting the finish the day before.(Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) came close but didn't quite manage to pull off the sprint win.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Robert Hunter gave Barloworld the second stage win.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Hunter is the first South African to win a stage in the Tour de France.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Hunter shows the winning smile on the podium(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) celebrating another polka dot, which he doesn't get to wear because yellow goes first and it's too hot for two jerseys anyway.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Tom Boonen has solidified his points classification lead.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Rasmussen in yellow and happy about it.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

It takes three to put on a green jersey.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Hunter is one of two sprinting Roberts left in the race, but Förster was stuck behind. McEwen is already out.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The Tour podium is quite large but the centre of attention is still clearly visible.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Hunter gets the first team hugs right after the finish.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The first South African to win a Tour stage, right after the finish.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Roadside distractions but the riders were going too fast today to notice anything.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The break that was doomed by Astana cleaning up behind.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The American Champion George Hincapie before the start.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Mauricio Soler sheds hair to be lighter for the Pyrénées; he'll try for another win.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Former KOM subscriber Richard Virenque works for Eurosport and poses in front of yellow.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Patrick Lefevere, the Quickstep boss(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Soler in the Tour village that offers all kinds of perks.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

A signed yellow jersey(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

David Millar checks out the hardware before the stage. He carried his bike into a break, but it was doomed due to the overall and points battles.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is reflective.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Bram Tankink (Quickstep-Innergetic) before the start of the race.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) won the day before and can now retire happily, having won his second Tour stage 10 years after the first.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Feed zone is danger time as the musettes can get stuck in an opponent's wheel by accident.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Feed zone offers a break from racing and some delicious foods as well.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Christophe Moreau in the feed zone when overall situation was still OK.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Rasmussen shadowed Vino all day, which turned out to be a good idea.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) in the feed zone.(Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Fabian Cancellara does the Tiger but it didn't help against Hunter(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Rob Hunter celebrates the victory in Montpellier(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

He's the first South African to win a stage at Le Tour.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Hunter was overjoyed by his feat.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Tom Boonen couldn't get points due to his holdup behind the crash. Amazingly, he didn't go down(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Vinokourov showed his aggressiveness today and even attacked the sprinters a few kilometres before the end.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

His face shows the effort involved, but he is a true fighter.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Barloworld gets its second victory. of the Tour(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Hunter is all smiles as he wrote South African and Tour history.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Michael Rasmussen said that we have seen that Vino hasn't given up yet.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The Dane rode clever and easily stayed in yellow.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

It's celebration time at Barloworld(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Soler's and Hunter's victories make the boss happy.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Hunter right after the win and still exhausted from the effort.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The podium arrives.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The two Liquigas' cannot prevail.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The sprint into Montpellier in full swing.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

A tête à tête of the three guys fighting it out for the victory.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Hunter hunts the victory and is successful.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Robert Hunter wins the first for South Africa(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) comes in more than three minutes later.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Française Des Jeux had a bad day in the office.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The French Champ Moreau is bruised and battered after what was thought to be a transitional stage.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Lampre was looking for stage win, but couldn't get it.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Christophe Moreau was humble in defeat and didn't think all was lost.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Robert Hunter (Barloworld) didn't mind that all sprinters were eliminated when the sprint started.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The South African could handle Fabian Cancellara and the Liquigas team.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Hunter would have liked to sprint against all the top guys and come out on top, but didn't mind winning the way he did.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Rob Hunter gets the congrats from five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) keeps yellow by not missing the crucial cut in the field.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Rasmussen already thinks about the time trial in Albi.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The Dane would prefer the Pyrénés right away(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Rasmussen doesn't want to surrender his yellow jersey and the yellow lion.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)