Tour de France: Stage 7 Le Mans > Chateauroux, 218kms

Today's is a four-man escape - led here by Pablo Perez...

Simon Gerrans feels good about today, or so it seems...

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Mikael Delage is at the head of the escape that has gained about six minutes...

Garmin and HTC are taking no chances today - it's very windy out there and anything could happen...

The peloton finds its first sunflowers of this Tour...

Julian El Fares gets a lightening-fast wheel change...

Fabian Cancellara is trying to amuse himself before the real racing begins...

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Bradley Wiggins is amusing himself with Sylvain Chavanel...

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Frank Schleck grabs his feed-bag and wonders when the racing will begin...

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Yannick Talabardon is leading the escape that is sitting in a mighty crosswind with a three-minute advantage now...

Navardauskas is piling on the pace at the head of the peloton...

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A massive crash has claimed a 'star victim in Bradley Wiggins..!

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A disaster for Team Sky - Wiggins is taken to hospital with a suspected collar-bone fracture...

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Levi Leipheimer was also caught in the crash - but he's racing to get back to the nearest group...

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Boasson Hagen was also in the crash, and has Thomas alongside him - the whole Sky team waited for Wiggins..!

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Tyler Farrar crashed too - he is in a second group of 80 riders with all the Sky riders...

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Knees and Zandio are flat out at the front, but they'll all lose over two minutes by the end...

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Garmin is still riding at the front of a much smaller lead-group - they have Thor Hushovd to defend in the sprint-finish...

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The sprint into Chateauroux is on, but who's going to win - Greipel on the left or Cavendish on the right..?!

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Mark Cavendish wins stage seven..!

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