The peloton is alive and well as stage thirteen pulls away into the hills of Aragon...
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David Millar is one of many riders trying to get away today...
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Not again - Johnnie Walker's Fuji bike needs changing - and this time Footon-Servetto have got three men on the job..!
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It's a well-known system - the mechanic pretends to be fixing Walker's bike as the car speeds back towards the peloton...
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That's a dangerous game to play at over 100-kilometres-per-hour..!
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Nobody's looking as Walker and his team car fly up the highway at high speed - now, you cannot do that in the Tour de France..!
What's this mate? Allan Davis has escaped with four others, and no-one is chasing them yet...
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Hayden Roulston is visiting the doctor behind the race - he's ill and will pull out today...
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Little chance of today's stage hurting Igorrrr Anton's little legs...
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Niki Terpstra leads the escape on to some more hills - they're sitting on a six-minute advantage...
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This is Team Garmin's view of La Rioja wine country as they start to chase a little...
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The view from the front shows it's Michel Kreder doing most of the work...
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The peloton sweeps through the Riojan village of Ezcaray...
We are not in the mountains today, but the peloton is climbing the Alto de Pradilla as if it was a mountain...
Sprinter Davis has become a climber for the day - he leads the escape up the ascent with a four minute advantage still...
It's green and grassy scenery for the peloton today...
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Tejay Van Garderen swoops down the other side - the young American is in for some tough climbing stages starting from tomorrow...
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Quick-Step and HTC-Columbia have started to help Garmin chase...
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But in the end it is Garmin - and Kreder - who do the lion's share of the work...
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"Melbourne here I come" - Davis is dragging the escape towards Burgos, they still have one minute with 10-kilometres to go..!
Mark Cavendish wins stage thirteen with a bunny-hop across the line - wave your arms as well please!
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Now this is much better - Cavendish sprays 'Cava' over the podium girls..!