Tour de France Stage 14: St Pourcain s/ Sioule > Lyon, 191kms

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Andy Schleck is checking out his bike - something's wrong...

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Schleck changes his bike and gets a push back from his Radio Shack manager,

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Markel Irizar paces Schleck back to the peloton while the Shack mechanic works on fixing the problem on his newer Trek...

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Schleck switches back to his newer Trek - pre-Ventoux stage he wants to make sure everything feels right...

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There's more Shack excitement up ahead - Jens Voigt has attacked and is trying to get a four-man escape going...

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It's a furious pace behind, while Jerome Coppel tries to jump across the gap - over 48-kilometres will be covered in the opening hour..!

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David Millar leads a new escape after the four originals were joined by fourteen others...

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Chris Froome tucks-in on a descent - there's still a mad chase going on behind the escape...

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Euskatel chases on behalf of no-one in particular - what's going on..?!

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Lampre are on the same wavelength as Euskatel - and they have reduced the lead to less than one-minute...

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Michael Albasini leads the escape, and the peloton has now let them open a three-minute gap...

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Thomas Voeckler's day must come soon, in the meantime he's fetching water-bottles for his teamates...

Philippe Gilbert is bottle-fetching as well - but BMC has two riders up in the escape...

Robert Gesink studies the choice of PowerBars in his musette...

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Guillaume Levarlet appears to be carrying Le Mevel's heavy musette as well as his own..!

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Biel Kadri leads the escape, with Andrew Talansky and Millar close-by - their lead is now over five-minutes...

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Team Sky lines up at the head of the peloton to chase, they've been absent these past few days..!

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Le Tour de France 2013 - Stage Fourteen

Incredibly, Damiano Cunego has chosen this moment to cross a five-minute gap with Jonny Hoogerland - they both fail....

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"Look, no hands" - Voigt is showing off by riding at the front of the escape like this..!

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Jan Bakelandts attacks on the penultimate climb in Lyon...

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Julien Simon has soloed away in the centre of Lyon - can he win this stage..?

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Michael Albasini looks as if he's about to win the stage after a late-attack..!

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Matteo Trentin is the winner of stage fourteen from Albasini and Talansky - what a happy boy he is too..!

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