Tour de France Stage 7: Livarot > Fougéres, 191kms

There's been a small touch of wheels in the neutralised zone...

Alberto Contador is the main victim, but he's unhurt - unlike his bike...

Anthony De la Place leads a quintet of escapers away, unchallenged...

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Peter Sagan and Wilfried Peeters share a joke, perhaps at the expense of the injured Tony Martin..?

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Stijn Devolder now gets a wheel from the same Trek mechanic...

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Lotto starts to chase with the stage barely at the halfway mark and the gap at just four minutes...

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The two Bretagne-Seché riders are towing the escape towards Brittany trailed by a TV moto...

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Race-leader he might be, but Chris Froome is not yet in Yellow today...

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Andre Greipel wants to add one more stage-win to his account before the Pyrenees - it has to be today...

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Peter Sagan knows he cannot swap his white jersey for a yellow one now, maybe that's why he's having fun instead..?

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Svein Tuft seems to be dragging Michael Matthews along, but both men are healing up nicely after their crash-riddled first week...

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Teklehaimanot is ploughing along in the escape, he's loving the Tour and what it means to the sport..!

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Etixx has joined in the chse of the fugitives, but there's still 40-kilometres to go...

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The sprint is almost done, but it's anyone guess who's going to win..!

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Mark Cavendish wins stage seven from Andre Greipel and Peter Sagan..!

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Chris Froome can now be acclaimed as the true race-leader of the Tour de France...

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