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A BMC mechanic is taking special care fixing the team's in-race No 13 sticker,- this is, after all, Friday the 13th...
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The peloton crosses the centre of Grenoble on its way to the real start...
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Alessandro De Marchi is dangling at the back of a very rapid peloton - three cyclists will abandon in the first fast hour...
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Jens Keukeleire and Cesare Benedetti now lead a hopeful escape away...
Vincenzi Nibali can relax for a few hours now, his mind should be on tomorrow's 'queen' stage...
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Adam Yates is collecting his own water-bottles after the fast start - the young Brit is Green Edge's best-placed rider for the Alpine weekend...
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Jens Voigt is in an escape for the second-successive day - they have a five-minute lead too..!
Chris Froome sits behind Team Sky teamates and ahead of Richie Porte, with Tinkoff hot on their heels...
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Andre Grivko demonstrates that it is another very hot day...
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The Sky-led peloton skirts the Lac du Bourget on another sun-drenched day in the Alps...
While 42-year-old Voigt gets the glory up-front, another old fella, Nikie Sorensen, is back at his team-car collecting bottles...
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Jack Bauer collects water bottles for Garmin-Sharp in what should be a warm-up for the Tour de France next month...
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Lieuwe Westra has attacked up-front with Bakelants and Ligthart - they're pulling clear of their chasers too..!
Bakelandts and Westra have pulled away together in the last 10-kilometres - one of them will win...
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It's Jan Bakelandts who wins stage six from Lieuwe Westra..!
Chris Froome arrives four minutes later with cuts and bruises following a high-speed crash on the run-in - but he's still the race-leader..!
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