Talansky distanced on hard-fought stage to Oyonnax
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Tony Gallopin (Lotto Belisol) wins stage 11 of the Tour de France(Image credit: AFP)
The French fans hoping for a French victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The breakaway framed by sun flowers(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton passes by a field of sunflowers(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC passes a field of sun flowers(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A classic shot of the Tour passing a field of sun flowers (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol) just held on to claim the stage victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pierre Rolland (Europcar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Laurens ten Dam (Belkin)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Niki Tepstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
World champion Rui Costa slipped out of the top-ten today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) checking the stage profile(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol) adds a stage win to his day in yellow(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rui Costa at the startline(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) checks on Tinko-Saxo's Nico Roche(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) sitting in the bunch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Swiss champion Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar) joined by BMC's Peter Stetina(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar) launches an attack(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Reza (Europcar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) grabs his lunch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) spent the day in the polka dot climbers jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Richie Porte (Team Sky) passes through Arbois(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sebastian Langeveld surrounded by his Garmin-Sharp teammates(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The podium hostesses of the 2014 Tour de France(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Romain Bardet (Ag2r) ready for his podium kiss for best young rider(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) on the podium collecting his KOM jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali in the mix zone after stage 11(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Ag2r-La Mondiale are the best ranked team after 11 stages(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Vincenzo Nibali receives a second plaque after winning the stage to La Planche des Belle Filles. . Nibali will now have '2' on his rider plate signalling two stage wins(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Nibali and his teammate reading L'Equipe this morning before the start of stage 11(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Richie Porte (Team Sky) takes time to answer a few questions before the start of stage 11(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Alejandrto Valverde (Movistar) and Lars Yitting Bak (Lotto-Belisol) relax before the start of stage 11(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
The four jersey wearers at the start in Besançon(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
The peloton before the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
The town of Arbois honours the Tour(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) on the podium again but a stage win still eludes him in 2014(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan (Cannondale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ramūnas Navardauskas launches an attack(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A concentrated Jakob Fuglsang (Astana)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rafal Majka in the bright colours of Tinkoff-Saxo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Stetina (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling) sits on Alejandro Valverde's (Movistar) whells(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jakob Fuglsang rides just ahead of Vincenzo Nibali who remains in yellow(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Richie Porte (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
G Thomas (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) sipping from his bidon(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
No breakaway attempt by Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alejandro (Movistar) sitting in the bunch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Belkin's Laurens ten Dam(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)