Tour de France: Stage 4 Lorient > Mur-de-Bretagne, 172.5kms

So who do these tangled bikes belong to..?

One is Laurent Mangle, the other is Damiano Cunego - and this is just the neutralised section to get out of Lorient..!

Jani Brajkovic is wet enough and cold enough to put more layers on...

Jeremy Roy is off in another escape today - with four other riders...

United by the same language but divided by their rivalry for the Yellow Jersey, Norway's Boasson Hagen and Hushovd must be having an interesting chat...

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A thoughtful Geraint Thomas might be thinking of yellow himself...

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Roy and his escapers are only sitting on a four minute lead...

The pelton passes through a quaint Breton village...

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Sebastian Lang is towing the peloton along in a determined pursuit - but the tailwind is hampering their efforts to close the gap...

Incredibly, the escape is approaching the last 10-kilometres with a minute in hand still...

Izagirre and Hoogerland have pushed away on their own...

Fabian Cancellara and Leopard-Trek are closing in fast now...

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The climb to the finish starts with Van den Broeck leading Gilbert out...

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Alberto Contador attacks - the others scramble after him..!

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Contador continues his attack - Gilbert is the nearest one to his pace..!

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Not a chance hombre - Contador looks back to see Gilbert, Schleck, Evans and a few others on his wheel...

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This is going to be close - Contador and Evans are sprinting it out..!

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So close - Evans just pips Contador on the line, but the Spaniard will throw the victory salute..!

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Cadel Evans is the winner of stage four - but Hushovd has done enough on the last hill to stay in the race-lead...

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