Tour de France stage 12: Bourg-en-Bresse > St Etienne, 185kms

An Astana helper seems happy with his team's successes, so far...

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Simon Clarke has started a fast, flowing escape, on a very hot day in France...

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Sebastian Langeveld leads the escape towards a five-minute lead - it looks as if this is the day of the escape...

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ji Cheng chases for Giant-Shimano in a move that suggests this is not a day for the escapers...

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The Tour de France is in Beaujolais..!

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Gregory Rast is pushing the escape towards the bigger hills with a five-minute advantage...

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Tejay Van Garderen sweeps through a bend between Movistar and BMC riders...

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Sebastian Langeveld leads the escape that has lost De la Cuevas in a crash...

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Europcar steps in to help Giant-Shimano and make a statement about their plans...

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Clarke leads Langeveld on the second climb from home...

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Cyril Gautier leads Quenemeur in pursuit on the last ascent...

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Giant-Shimano chases even harder now, John Degenkolb is their star man today...

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Simon Clarke is flat out and going it alone as the last climb peters out...

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Quenemeur, Clarke and Gautier start the long descent towards the finish with a 20-second advantage...

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Vincenzo Nibali descends with panache, he has little to worry about today..!

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Alexander Kristoff wins stage twelve into St Etienne..!