Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 6: Épernay → Metz, 208 km
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Pre-race festivities in Épernay		share this photo
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Fabian Cancellara signing-in. Start host, Epernay, is a town surrounded by 30,000 acres of vineyards making it the champagne capital of France		share this photo
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Frank Schleck talking with race director Jean-François Pescheux		share this photo
The rolling through the flat farmlands of the region		share this photo
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Race leader, Fabian Cancellara, survived all the carnage today to retain the Yellow Jersey for one more day		share this photo
The day wasn't as peaceful as it looked		share this photo
Crash panorama: This seems to happen every year now. A high speed mass pile up with 25 km to go has once again wrecked the race before the mountain stages begin.		share this photo
Once again it was Lotto Belisol at the front with 1 km to go		share this photo
Peter Sagan and André Griepel on the left of the screen		share this photo
More riders who escaped the crash including the Yellow Jersey		share this photo
Dave Zabriskie was the last survivor in the long break. He was caught with 2 km to go.		share this photo
The finish line photographers lining up the same shot		share this photo
After another flat stage that saw many crashes. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the sprint finish ahead of André Griepel (Lotto) who crashed twice earlier in the stage and separated his shoulder among other things.		share this photo
Peter Sagan beats an injured gorilla in Metz		share this photo
A new victory salute from Peter Sagan today...		share this photo
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The Incredible Hulk is appropriate		share this photo
Janez Brajkovic, Michele Scarponi and Frank Schleck lead in a group of GC contenders who lost more than two minutes as a result of the crash		share this photo
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) lost 3:31 today		share this photo
Peter Sagan celebrates on the podium for the third time in his first Tour de France		share this photo
Dave Zabriskie won the award for the most aggressive rider. It was a good day to be in a break; he was the only Garmin-Sharp rider to avoid the crashes today.		share this photo
This photo from yesterday's crash that came in late pretty much summarizes the first week of racing		share this photo
Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 6: Épernay → Metz, 208 km
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