Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 4: Abbeville → Rouen, 215 km |
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Oscar Freire (Katusha) picking out a bike prior today's stage | share this photo |
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Adult-only entertainment at the pre-race festivities in Abbeville? | share this photo |
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Keeping the crowd cool with a little flare | share this photo |
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Riders stocking up at the PowerBar buffet | share this photo |
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France's current favorite son, Thomas Voeckler | share this photo |
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Peter Sagan and his leadout man Daniel Oss saluting the crowd in Abbeville | share this photo |
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With two stage wins already, Peter Sagan is happy to have accomplished his 2012 Tour de France goals so early in the race | share this photo |
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Mark Cavendish is smiling now, but his day didn't end very well | share this photo |
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Oh um, another day in Yellow | share this photo |
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Race director Christian Prudhomme pointing out the cameras ahead of Fabian Cancellara | share this photo |
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The peloton descending one of the four cat 4 climbs along the Alabaster coast (Normandy) in the first half of the race | share this photo |
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The peloton passing through Dieppe Harbor | share this photo |
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The peloton heading inland through Allouville with about 60 km to go to the finish in Rouen | share this photo |
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The final km and Lotto Belisol leading the way through the final bend before straight finish | share this photo |
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Peter Sagan in green avoided the crash moments earlier that split the peloton | share this photo |
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Mark Cavendish can wear the biggest winner's smile or the most sour countenance. He was right in the middle of the crash with less than 3 km to go. | share this photo |
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Mark Cavendish surveying his crash damage while a flurry of activity takes place behind him | share this photo |
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Meanwhile, the full-flight sprint in Rouen carried on without Cavendish as Lotto Belisol's last leadout man, Greg Henderson, fires off a victory salute in the rear | share this photo |
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André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wins ahead 2nd Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - ISD), 3rd Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano), 4th Matthew Harley Goss (Orica GreenEdge), 5th Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) | share this photo |
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Finish panorama | share this photo |
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A sorry-looking Mark Cavendish crossing the line several minutes later | share this photo |
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Your stage 4 winner, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) celebrates his 2nd Tour de France win and his first this year | share this photo |
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Fabian Cancellara was caught behind the crash, but the 3 km applied so he keeps the Yellow Jersey | share this photo |
Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 4: Abbeville → Rouen, 215 km |
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