Tour de France Stage 7: Montpellier > Albi, 205kms
The Tour slips through the arch in Montpellier on its way to the official start...
A huge crash blocks the road after 20-kilometres - Tommy Voeckler tries to walk his way through the melée...
Michael Schar is down and hurt but not out of it...
There's a queue for riders needing medical attention at the doctor's car, but most are for minor cuts and bruises...
Andrew Talansky isn't injured - he's just taken the opportunnity to change his sock..!
Jens Voigt and Biel Kadri escaped before the big crash - and they're enjoying a five-minute lead now..!
Kadri and Voigt are still five minutes up, but this will be no successful escape today...
Omega starts to chase, they want anohter stage-win for Mark Cavendish...
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On such a hot day, Cameron Meyer is carrying bottles to his teamates at the front...
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Meyer passes the bottles to Gerrans and Impey via another Aussie, Rohan Dennis..!
Cannondale has suddenly accelerated on the day's main climb - Peter Sagan is their beneficiary but it's hurting him a lot..!
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Simon Gerrans keeps an eye on Sagan and his team, but there's an air of conspiracy to the racing...
Cavendish has been shelled out by Cannondale's pace - as have Greipel and Kittel..!
Lotto and Argos are trying to close the gap and bring Kittel and Greipel back to Sagan, but Cavendish is further back...
Cannondale continue to race hard - and they're carrying Sagan to a bonus sprint as well as the finish..!
Gauthier leads the escape to within 10-kilometres of the finish, but they cannot win...
Peter Sagan easily wins stage seven into Albi to really cement his lead in the Points competition..!
The finish timer (left) shows a massive 15-minute loss by Cavendish, Kittel and Greipel - they were dangerously close to being out of the time-limit today..!
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Daryl Impey is happy to remain race-leader, but tomorrow's Pyrenean climbs should see a change in the Yellow Jersey...
