Fabian Cancellara is all smiles before the start in Rouen...
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The peloton leaves Rouen, passing right in front of its stunning cathedral...
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Andre Greipel is tinkering with his team radio - a Lotto mechanic comes to his aid...
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Mark Cavendish has stopped again for a shoe problem - his loyal mechanic makes another push back...
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Ladagnous leads the day's four-man escape - but they won't ever gain more than five minutes...
Bernhard Eisel is sporting a cut forehead and a mild headache today...
The peloton passes some soft-looking wheatfields on its way across to St Quentin
Jens Voigt is doing the chasing once again - Shack mean to keep that Yellow Jersey for a few more days..!
Are South Africans Daryl Impey and Robbie Hunter speaking Afrikaans or mere English today..?
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Urtasun leads the escape towards the halfway mark - they have a four-minute lead...
Stuart O'Grady has the peloton all strung-out as Green Edge joins the chase...
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Michael Morkov has Cancellara behind him - but will it be the same once the mountains are reached..?
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Oscar Freire better be getting a lot of money for wearing these glasses..!
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Ghyselinck leads the escape now, but their lead is coming down bit-by-bit...
Team Sky puts their strength to the chase - but see how close to the front Evans, Van Garderen and Wiggins are...
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Lotto joins in the chasing - that escape is staying away for too long..!
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Alessandro Petacchi makes a late wheel-change - he'll get back with the help of a few teamates...
Baden Cooke makes a much later wheel-chasnge in the last 10-kilometres - but he too will get back in time for the sprint...
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There's been a pile-up in the last three-kilometres..!
Tyler Farrar has hit the deck again - the third time in three days..!
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Jonathan Cantwell has slammed against a brick wall but is slowly recovering on the ground...
Farrar is helped up by Allan Peiper - he'll make it to the finish okay...
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Johanthan Vaughters cannot hide his emotions as a bloodied Farrar waits for his bike to be fixed...
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Andre Greipel has won stage five ahead of Goss and Haedo - that's stage-win number 2 for the German powerhouse..!