07.07 - Tour de France: Stage 4

The peloton is heading south in pursuit of a five-man escape - led by Radio Shack...

SCENERYPELOTONTDF

Dmitri Champion and Inaki Isasi are pushing the escape to a four minute lead after 40-kilometres...

Mark Cavendish and Robbie McEwen are discussing the day's sprint finale - it's a big day for them both..!

FRIENDSTDF

Geraint Thomas is considering life as the best young rider of the Tour, and it's second-best-placed rider...

SKYTHOMASTDF

Shack is still at the head of the peloton but behind a Lampre and HTC rider now...

SHACKPELOTONTDF

Tyler Farrar is another sprinter up for a win today, he needs his lunch more than ever..!

FARRARGARMINEATSOIGNEURTDF

It's not clear why Shack is always near the front when the roads are fairly wide and not dangerous...

SHACKPELOTONTDF

Does it have something to do with the team's No13 place in the convoy of cars..?

Fabian Cancellara clearly has the same paranoia about wearing No13...

CANCELLARATDF

No such problems for Yaroslav Popovych - except his radio is not working...

SHACKPOPOVYCHTDF

The escape is hanging on to a minute's lead with 40-kilometres to go - but they won't get caught until the last 12-kilometres..!

ISASIESCAPETDF

Lampre seem confident of chasing all on their own - is Petacchi up for another great sprint..?

LAMPREPELOTONTDF

Lance Armstrong is still looking strained after his crash on stage two and bad luck yesterday...

ARMSTRONGTDF

The sprint is under Petacchi's dominance, with Cavendish well out of it...

PETACCHISPRINTTDF

Alessandro Petacchi wins stage four into Reims, from Julian Dean and Robbie McEwen...

PETACCHISPRINTTDF