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Ted King holds court to a media mob after being told he cannot start stage 5 after finishing out of time the previous day..
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Kevin Reza has started today's escape after attacking in the opening kilometres...
Simon Gerrans and Michael Albasini are on the front of a peloton that is already five-minutes down after 20-kilometres...
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Stuart O'Grady is now leading the Green Edge chase with a deficit of almost twelve minutes..!
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Tom Danielson gets his radio fixed off the back of the peloton - is he tuned in to music or tactics..?
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Tejay Van Garderen has crashed on a fast descent, but he's up and riding almost immediately...
Van Garderen has a few cuts and bruises but nothing more...
Rein Taaramae is the new Estonia champion, and not for the first time in his career...
O'Grady is still chasing for Green Edge, and he's been at it for about one hour now..!
Gerrans looks resplendent in his Tour de France yellow jersey - but can he keep it after today's expected sprint-finish..?
Richie Porte makes a quick wheel-change before lunch...
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A determined-looking Cadel Evans descends a hill, his body language speaking of a finely-tuned athlete...
What does an African-Brit like Chris Froome have for lunch - Biltong or Sheperd's Pie..?
What does French champion Artur Vichot have for lunch - Fois Gras or Ratatouille..?
Lotto has joined forces with Green Edge in the long chase - the gap is still eight minutes with 100-kilometres to go...
The escaspe has lost two men, but De Gendt, Arashiro, Lutsenko and Reza fight on towards the last hills...
Christian Vande Velde has been caught in a big crash on the road towards Marseille - he's injury may force him out of the Tour...
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Sebastian Minard leads a ferocious chase up the Col de le Geneste - they want to catch the escape but lose the better sprinters...
Tony Martin and Peter Velits are reacting to Ag2R by riding at the front but even faster, with Cavendish safely in-tow...
Albasini and Tuft dig deep to match Omega, with both Gerrans and Impey safely in-tow...
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Mark Cavendish wins stage five from Boasson Hagen and Sagan - it is his first victory as British champion..!
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