Dauphiné-Libéré Stage 2: Lamastre > Saint Felicien, 160kms

Sylvain Chavanel has gone on the attack right away..!

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Chavanel has been caught by an elite group containing Boasson Hagen, Rogers, Gilbert, Nibali and even Wiggins - it's been a mad start to the day..!

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Dan Martin is suffering like a dog at the back of the strung-out peloton - luckily, the Sky-led escape relents...

Tiago Machado is trying to get away in another escape - but this too fails...

Bradley Wiggins looks on calmly, even though he has Vincenzo Nibali watching him like a hawk...

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Christophe Kern leads the escape that has been allowed to race away...

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The peloton finds some delight along the heights of the Ardeche mountains...

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Kanstantsin Siutsou is the man chasing hard for Sky - all eight of them are on the front now..!

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Nicholas Vogondy makes a lightening wheel-change on the long descent...

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Biel Kadri has found amusement at the roadside as the escape climbs the Col du Lalouvesc with a three-minute lead...

Siutsou is still chasing, almost two hours after he started chasing..!

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Tony Martin looks mean and lean in his last test before the Tour de France...

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Andy Schleck looks lean, but less mean, a few weeks before his vital Tour de France...

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Moncoutie leads the escape into the last 15-kilometres, but the traffic behind indicates a chase is getting close...

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Anthony Roux is the man chasing - can FDJ pull this one off..?

Saur Sojasun are chasing madly now - they want their man Coppel to win today..!

Daniel Moreno wins the uphill sprint into Saint Felicien ahead of Julian Simon and Tony Gallopin...

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