Bienvenu de retour sur le Tour
At the moment, the stage hasn't started
It is not very warm at the stage
And the start flag has been waved
There was an attack right away after
Yesterday's stage counted the most
David De La Fuente is continuing
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But the pair didn't
We have another breakaway attempt
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Wasn't worthwhile...
There have been a number of punctures
It slipped by a bit unnoticed for
The bunch is still all together.
Another 12 riders have attacked.
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Riders are bridging
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The group now has
But it was no use. The break was
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Another attack
The poor Frenchman is given the okay
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It looks like this
Ah! Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) is
Christophe Riblon of AG2R countered
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The three are working
The average speed for the first hour
The riders crossed the third categorized
Columbia's Marcus Burghardt leads
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The double TT world
But the chasing trio is still 1'30
Columbia is starting to put some
It's stopped raining, but the road
Apparently, Lef
Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne)
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The gap between
The Bouygues Telecom car is now at
The points at the summit of the climb
Cadel Evans had some predictions
Evans' team-mate Yaroslav Popovych
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The chasing trio
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That's it, they
AG2R's Riblon crossed the intermediate
By the way, Cyclingnews Tech
Bah. It's wet out there. It's not
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The gap is stable
The bunch gets their food bags now.
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The gap increased
Bjarne Riis also talked to Cyclingnews
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After having passed
Bernhard Eisel is taking a looong
Riblon has a problem with his back
The bunch is sitting up as many riders
Riblon is back with his breakaway
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Team Columbia now
The Chateau de Mauriac is close by
The gap is coming down fast now as
We also spot a Liquigas rider at
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Crash in the back
Ricco chases back to the peloton
The leader's advantage has shrunk
It seems the bunch will reel in the
Ricco has three team-mates with him
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The Group around
The pace eases up a bit now as the
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We're afraid we
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Ricco is beside
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Terpstra is the
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They will soon
Ricco seems to be in pain. He holds
They ride on a long, straight road.
Simon Gerrans (Cr
Riders get out of the saddle as the
The climb's definitely rolling, not
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The Bouygues riders
Leonard Duque of Cofidis had a mechanical.
Robbie McEwen complained about the
The next climb looks a bit steeper
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Some riders fall
This hurts, after so many kilometres
Columbia's Alan Peiper gave John
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Liquigas is still
Columbia and Quick Step take over
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Pineau and Txurruka
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30 seconds left
Things look tough, with riders trying
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Less than 15 seconds
The lead duo is almost caught. They
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That's it - the
Columbia leads out. L
Zabel sits in seventh position or
Quick Step's Rosseler takes over
Casper is in third, Freire in fourth
Cavendish comes up from the left
Yes, it's Ciolek taking second. Freire
What a finish. Fortunately there
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