Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Race Presentation Full Results and Report
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Travel arrangements for the trip to Corisca where the first three stages will be held of the 100th Tour de France | 
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ASO's head honcho, Christian Prudhomme arriving for the boat ride | 
Robert Gesink in the new Belkin team kit | 
Team Belkin taking ship | 
Belkin press conference with Robert Gesink | 
Bauke Mollema is the other Belkin GC bet | 
Belkin Press Conference aboard the ship | 
Alberto Contador held an individual press conference in a smaller side room without his Saxo Tinkoff teammates | 
Alberto Contasdor fielding questions. He says he's arriving at 90% condition. | 
Lost in translation? | 
Mick Rogers talking about his switch from Team Sky to Saxo Tinkoff. His experience will be invaluable to Contador's chances for dethroning Team Sky | 
Andy Schleck | 
Will Andy Schleck be there when the race starts | 
Andy Schleck getting more attention then he probably deserves | 
Mark Cavendish | 
Andy Schleck fielding more questions. He says he's happy to be back in the Tour spotlight again. | 
The key members of Omega Pharma-Quickstep: Tony Martin, Mark Cavendish and Sylvain Chavanel | 
Omega Pharma-Quickstep press conference aboard the ferry to Corisca | 
The core of FDJ's young team | 
Arthur Vichot (FDJ) is arriving at the Tour in fine form after his impressive French National Championship RR win | 
The best French GC hope is Thibaut Pinot who is the White Jersey favorite | 
Does young FDJ sprinter Nacer Bouhanni stand a prayer against the likes of Cavendish, Greipel and Sagan | 
Race favorite Chris Froome (Sky) arrives | 
The cozy stage for the Team Sky press conference | 
Richie Porte will be Chris Froome's right hand man much as Froome was Bradley Wiggin's helper last year | 
Chris Froome says he's in super condition | 
Team Sky's David Brailsford is setting the bar high again this year | 
Porte, Froome, Brailsford fielding questions | 
Onto the teams presentation at Porto-Vecchio, Corsica with Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez getting ready | 
Chris Froome taking a precarious ride to the stage | 
Cannondale's Alan Marangoni and team leader Peter Sagan who looks like he's getting his fingers ready for a slew of podium appearances | 
So he's in great condition, but how well will Chris Froome handle the Tour press demands? | 
Unlike previous Tours, Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) is not the main focus, which may suit him just fiine | 
Euskaltel Euskadi on stage. With non-ending doping problems, ASO is emphasizing that the Tour de France is bigger than the riders with the statement: THE TOUR IS OURS | 
AG2R | 
2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC) |
Stage 1: Porto-Vecchio → Bastia, 213 km Full Results and Report
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Everyone was excited to see the 100th Tour de France get started on the [Mediterranean] Island of Corsica | 
Stage 1 avoided the hilly/mountainous terrain on the island which will be prominent on Stage 2 and Stage 3 | 
Bastia, the finish host for Stage 1 | 
Bastia... the calm before the storm | 
Later there was trouble at the finish... | 
The Orica GreenEdge bus got caught under the finish line gantry with the peloton just 15 km from the finish. It was finally removed when its front tires were deflated with the peloton just 5 km from the finish."Obviously, this was a really unfortunate situation,” sport director Matt White said on the team website. “The bus was led under the finish gantry, and we took for granted that there was enough clearance. We’ve had this bus since we started the team, and it’s the same bus we took to the Tour last year." | 
The finish photographers capturing the chaos. | 
There were several crashes near the finish. This one was caused by Andre Greipel trying to squeeze through a small gap which derailed the Omega Pharma Quick Step team including Tony Martin (bloody, but calm in the middle) and Mark Cavendish.Update: Nothing broken for Tony Martin but: "He has a concussion, a contusion on his left lung and a very deep (5cm wide) wound on his left elbow". He's uncertain for the Stage 2 start. | 
Argos Shimano leading the way with 2 km to go | 
Argos-Shimano staying out of the trouble at the front while a Lotto rider looks around for the whereabouts of Andre Greipel | 
A depleted sprint finish in Bastia | 
The sprint finish in full flight | 
Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) wins Stage 1 | 
With pre-stage 1 favorites, Cavendish, Greipel and Sagan out of the mix, Marcel Kittel had an easy run | 
Your stage 1 winner, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) | 
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Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) receives the first Yellow Jersey | 
Marcel Kittel later tweeted, 'This is soo damn unreal!! I still can't believe it!!!' |
Stage 2: Bastia → Ajaccio, 156 km Full Results and Report
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While Ted King (Cannondale) stretches out his sore body after crashing on Stage 1, Mark Cavendish gesticulates with race director Jean-François Pescheux prior to the Stage 1 start in Bastia | 
Km 60: Laundry drying along today's route in Corte | 
The peloton passing the village of Soveria | 
12 km to go: Onto the last climb of four categorized climbs on the day, the cat 3 Côte du Salario (1 km @ 8.9%) with Riche Porte (Sky) leading the way | 
Richie Porte and Chris Froome followed by Saxo Bank's Michael Rogers and BMC's Cadel Evans before Froome unsuccessfully attacked over the top | 
Alberto Contador, Tejay Van Garderen and Rui Costa | 
These two riders would go on to finish 1-2 on today's finish in Ajaccio | 
A scenic shot of the next group coming through | 
This would be the only day that Stage 1 winner Marcel Kittel would spend in Yellow. He finished over 17 minutes back of the winning time. | 
The Stage 2 finish host, Ajaccio | 
The craggy, Corsica coastline | 
Originally part of a six man break after the final climb, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) attempting to hold as the peloton gains fast over the final meters | 
Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) finishes just 1 second ahead of Peter Sagan (Cannodale) and the rest of the field | 
The ecstatic finish salute | 
"I kept the gap and in the radio they were shouting for me to go. I was pushing my 11 and it didn’t look good but I went fast. I just kept pushing the pedals. And when I looked back and saw I had it, I said, ‘I’m going to win! I’m going to win a stage in the Tour de France!’ I’ve had to wait five years but what a victory. It’s hard to believe but it’s the second day of the Tour so now our nerves are settled. It’s incredible.” | 
Your unlikely Stage 2 winner, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) | 
The one second winning margin was huge as it also gives Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) the race lead | 
This effort will not penalise me: New KOM leader Pierre Rolland says "We were on the climb of the Col de Vizzavona and our directeur sportif, Ismael Mottier, told us that there was the polka-dot jersey at the top. I did not hesitate for a second. This is a shirt that made me dream when I was little, and to wear it even for a day is something to savour. I do not think that this effort will penalise me for the rest of the race I made – I went full-gas for a half a kilometre, it will not kill me! |
Stage 3: Ajaccio → Calvi, 146 km Full Results and Report
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Wearing the Yellow Jersey will give you a bounce to your step; Race leader Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) after signing in this morning for Stage 3 in Ajaccio | 
The race caravan rolling out | 
The break riding along the calanque de Piana. The great day for Orica GreenEdge started with Simon Clarke taking the first three KOMs to earn most combative rider | 
Picturesque climb | 
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An aerial view of a descent along the Corsica coast | 
Stunning | 
The village of Ile Rousse, on the way to the finish in Calvi | 
Ile Rousse | 
Ile Rousse | 
The scene at the finish in Calvi | 
Cannondale with Peter Sagan sitting second going into the second last turn | 
But, trailing Sagan here is Orica GreenEdge which jumped around Sagan before the final corner | 
Race leader Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) finished with the pack to retain his slim one second lead | 
Peter Sagan made up lost ground to Simon Gerrans in the final 50m... | 
But, it wasn't enough... | 
Simon Gerrans wins the photo finish against Peter Sagan | 
Your stage 1 winner, Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 
Belgian Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) was thrilled to retain the leader's jersey | 
With just a one second lead heading into the Stage 4 team time trial, we will most likely see a new race leader on Tuesday | 
Dishing out the post-race recovery meal at the Garmin-Sharp camp |
Stage 4: Nice → Nice, 25 km Full Results and Report
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Avenue of the Champions sans Lance Armstrong at the start pavilion in Nice prior to the Stage 4 TTT | 
Canadian Svein Tuft, in his first Tour de France at age 36, leading Orica GreenEdge to a surprising performance | 
Orica-GreenEdge rounding into fine form at the year's Tour putting in the best time of the day. 25 km in 25:56 (just under 60 kph) | 
Svein Tuft at the front again for Orica Greenedge (now down to six riders) on the return pass along the Promenade des Anglais | 
Orica-GreenEdge had the advantage of seeing the best time to beat as they drove to the line in a new best time by just 7/10 of a second | 
The TTT world champions, Omega Pharma Quick Step, a little banged up after the Stage 1 crashes, starting earlier in the day | 
Omega Pharma - Quick Step | 
Omega Pharma - Quick Step setting a best time until it was beaten by just 7/10 of the second later on by Orica GreenEdge | 
It's hard to tell the Team Sky riders apart in their full TTT regalia, but this is Christopher Froome and Edvald Boasson Hagen | 
Team Sky had the 3rd fastest time, just + 2s | 
Alberto Contador (left) was pleased with his team's performance. 4th Team Saxo Bank -Tinkoff + 8s. | 
5th Lotto-Belisol + 16s | 
With more climbers on their 2013 Tour squad than usual, Garmin-Sharp managed just 6th + 16s | 
After Movistar's 7th place peformance came 8th Lampre-Merida + 25s | 
Cadel Evans in the red helmet and the rest of BMC on their way to 8th + 26s | 
11th RadioShack-Leopard with the Yellow Jersey + 28s | 
Nothing noteworthy about the FDJ 15th place performance + 41s, but they were in this nice photo of the beach along the Promenade des Anglais | 
Your thrilled Stage 4 TTT winners, Orica-GreenEdge | 
Another photo-op with the winners | 
Yesterday a stage win and today a stage win and a Yellow Jersey for Simon Gerrans | 
Simon Gerrans can barely contain himself | 
Your new race leader, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) | 
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Simon Gerrans with Prince Albert of Monaco and Eddy Merckx | 
Just 7/10 of a second kept Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) from donning the Yellow Jersey instead of the White young rider's jersey | 
Despite the opinions of aghast bike racing fans, Pierre Rolland likes the full polka-dot KOM leader's regalia |
Stage 5: Cagnes-sur-Mer → Marseille, 229 km Full Results and Report
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The crowded start scene in Cagnes-sur-Mer prior to Stage 5 | 
A sea of people surround the riders | 
KOM leader Pierre Rolland | 
Jean-François Pescheux and Peter Sagan | 
Chris Froome | 
Alberto Contador | 
Ryder Hesjedal | 
Simon Gerrans about to spend his first day in Yellow | 
French hopeful Thibaut Pinot | 
Mark Cavendish | 
The nuns love their bike racing too. Mark Cavendish and Omega Pharma Quick Step passing by the Sisters of the Cosolation congregation | 
Near the finish there was crash with trailing riders forced off the road at high speed | 
Garmin-Sharp's Christian Vandevelde was one of the victims and one of three Garmin riders that lost over 10 minutes today | 
With 1 km to go, it was the Lotto Belisol leadout on one side of the road vs. Omega Pharma Quick Step on the other side | 
Lotto's Marcel Sieberg, Gregory Henderson, Andre Greipel followed by Peter Sagan | 
The sprint finish in Marseille with a crash in the distance holding up most of the peloton | 
Mark Cavendish benefited from Omega Pharma Quick Step being first into the final corner with 500m to go | 
Mark Cavendish stretching out his lead | 
GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 5:31:51
NOR 2 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING)
SVK 3 SAGAN, Peter (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING)
GER 4 GREIPEL, André (LOTTO BELISOL)
ITA 5 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA)
NOR 6 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KATUSHA)
ESP 7 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI)
LTU 8 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas (GARMIN SHARP)
FRA 9 LEMOINE, Cyril (SOJASUN)
ESP 10 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOVISTAR TEAM) | 
Mark Cavendish celebrates his 24th career Tour de France win | 
Your stage 5 winner, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step) | 
Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) finished 15th with the lead group to successfully end his first day in Yellow |
Stage 6: Aix-en-Provence → Montpellier, 177 km Full Results and Report
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Simon Gerrans enjoying his time in Yellow with the Orica GreenEdge fans prior to Stage 6 in Aix-en-Provence | 
Injured after going down first in yesterday's sprint finish crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) started today's stage but did not finish | 
Chris Froome signing in | 
RadioShack's Andreas Kloden stocking up at the PowerBar buffet | 
Despite being part of the walking wounded, the World Champion Philippe Gilbert was putting on a brave face | 
Other than a team bus that's out of service, Orica GreenEdge's Shayne Bannan and Matthew White have a lot to smile about in the first week | 
Almost forgot Cannondale's Moreno Moser is in the race | 
Another big crowd at the start in Provence | 
Simon Gerrans enjoying his last day in Yellow Jersey. Speculation that he would pass it off to teammate Daryl Impey turned out to be true. | 
The peloton on one of four modest categorized climbs heading west to Montpellier | 
Astana's Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) receives medical care after taking a spill near the end of the stage. 9th overall last year, his GC aspirations are now over however he did finish the stage. | 
The finish was next to the Montpellier rugby stadium on the outskirts of town | 
1 km to go and Lotto - Belisol is in full control at the front | 
Lotto - Belisol train, Peter Sagan, Argos Shimano and Orica-GreenEdge. No Omega Pharma Quick Step today. | 
Mark Cavendish was further back with the Yellow Jersey after a crash with about 20 km to go | 
The sprint finish in full flight | 
Lotto - Belisol's Greg Henderson, in the rear, has already picked the winner | 
Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol) easily wins Stage 6 after a great leadout | 
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Peter Sagan was second and Marcel Kittel was third | 
There was a three second gap at the finish between the sprinters and the GC contenders with Daryl Impey | 
The GC contenders crossing | 
Cadel Evans and Chris Froome | 
Alberto Contador followed by Igor Anton | 
Simon Gerrans as content to give up the Yellow Jersey to his teammate Daryl Impey | 
Your stage 6 winner, Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol), has one a stage in every Tour de France he's raced | 
The sponsors will be proud | 
Daryl Impey heads the stage with a big smile on his face thanks to teammate Simon Gerrans | 
The first African in history to don the Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France | 
Most important thing for Orica GreenEDGE is they keep the race lead | 
Daryl Impey is rewarded for being a good teammate | 
He hasn't won a stage yet, but consistently high finishes keeps Peter Sagan in the Green Jersey as the points leader | 
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Lots of polka dots, KOM leader Pierre Rolland | 
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) + 6s continues to lead the young rider competition | 
He could be practicing his Yellow Jersey pose |
Stage 7: Montpellier → Albi, 206 km Full Results and Report
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Andrew Talansky signing in for Stage 7 in Montpellier. He says his Tour is going well and he's optimistic for the rest of the Tour. | 
Thomas Voeckler being interviewed prior to Stage 7. He's looking forward to the more hilly, mountainous stages. | 
Alejandro Valverde avoided the crashes in the first week until the one early in today' stage. He sits 17th overall + 25s. | 
Christian Vande Velde prior to Stage 7. He crashed again today and abandoned the race. | 
Crash early in the stage | 
Stage 7 scenery with Cannonale at the front after dropping Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel | 
Peter Sagan with Cannnodale and Orica-GreenEDGE setting a high pace after dropping the sprinters on a Cat 2 climb in the first half of the race | 
Race leader Darly Impey and Orica-GreenEDGE in the front group | 
1 km to go: Cannondale continued the high pace right to the line | 
The GC contenders further back in the lead group | 
John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) led out the sprint in Albi, but Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) easily came around him with 100m to go | 
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Cannodale's hard work pays off. Peter Sagan wins ahead of John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) and Daniele Bennati (Saxo-Tinkoff). | 
Mark Cavendish and other sprinters finished 15 minutes back | 
Close several times in the first week, Peter Sagan (Cannodale) is your stage 7 winner | 
Daryl Impey about to get his second Yellow Jersey | 
With the first mountain stage tomorrow, there will likely be a new race leader after Stage 8 | 
The Green Jersey suits Peter Sagan and he extended his lead in the points competition by a wide margin today | 
Local boy, Blel Kadri (Ag2R) now leads the KOM competition |
Stage 8: Castres → Ax-3 Domaines, 195 km Full Results and Report
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This morning's KOM leader Blel Kadri and the peloton passing through gorgeous Gorges de Saint-Georges, a narrow cut on the way Port de Pailhères | 
File photo from a steephill.tv recreational trip: the view of the top half of Port de Pailhères (15.3 km @ 8 %) | 
File photo from a steephill.tv recreational trip, looking down the Port de Pailhères switchbacks, the highest point of this year's race. | 
Team Sky chasing Nairo Quintana's (Movistar Team) solo move on Port de Pailhères | 
Team Sky chasing Nairo Quintana's (Movistar Team) solo move on Port de Pailhères | 
The view from the finishing climb at Ax-3 Domaines (7.8 km @ 8.2 %) | 
The view from Ax-3 Domaines | 
Color commentators at the finish: Sean Kelly (Eurosport), Davide Cassani (RAI), Andre Meganck (Sporza) | 
Andre Meganck (Sporza) taking his position | 
RAI's Francesco Pancani | 
RAI's Davide Cassani and Francesco Pancani crammed into their play-by-play booth at the finish | 
1 km to go: After Sky reeled in Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome attacked with about 3 km to go | 
Despite leading the chase on the final climb, Richie Porte (Sky) still finished 2nd | 
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) on his way to 3rd + 1:08 | 
Belkin surprise duo consisting of Bauke MOLLEMA and Laurens TEN DAM finish 4th (+ 1:10) and 5th (1:16) respectively | 
Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel Euskadi) on his way to 6th + 1:34 | 
Nairo Quintana's (Movistar Team) solo bid didn't succeed, but he had the ride of the day | 
Roman Kreuziger pacing Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) | 
Chris Froome digging for the line | 
Gaining every second he can at the line | 
A emphatic statement on the first mountain stage; Sky's Chris Froome wins by 1:08 over his next rival | 
I have 100 percent confidence in my results, says Froome | 
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Teammate Richie Porte crossed 2nd + 51s | 
3rd Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) + 1:08 and 4th Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling) + 1:10 | 
6th Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel Euskadi) + 1:34 | 
Roman Kreuziger driving to the line for 7th + 1:45 while his Saxo-Tinkoff team leader, Alberto Contador, struggles. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) ended up 9th. | 
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Awful day for BMC. 26th Cadel Evans was their best finisher + 4:13. "A bad (terrible) day...the worst performance in my Tour career." | 
The end of Yellow for Orica-GreenEDGE. 35th Daryl Impey was their top finisher + 7:50 | 
The grupetto with one km to go | 
The hopes of many were dashed on the hottest, most difficult stage thus far; Dimitry Muravyev (Astana) having a little nap post Stage 8 | 
Your stage 8 winner, Chris Froome (Sky) | 
Stage win and Yellow Jersey for Chris Froome | 
Chris Froome is standing tall with a 1:25 advantage over his nearest non-Sky rival with two weeks still to go | 
After today's impressive solo attack, Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) hung on to claim the White Jersey | 
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) | 
A future winner of the Tour is predicted of 23 year-old Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) | 
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) was awarded the most combative rider | 
Winning the first summit finish, also puts Chris Froome in the Polka dot KOM jersey too |
Stage 9: Saint-Girons → Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 169 km Full Results and Report
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Movistar leads the teams competition. With strength in numbers at the front of today's stage, many felt they missed an opportunity with the Yellow Jersey isolated for most of the stage | 
Jersey leaders prior to the Stage 9 start in Saint-Girons | 
The rollout | 
Five big climbs through the Pyrenees totaling about 11000 ft of climbing | 
Daniel MARTIN (GARMIN SHARP) and Jakob FUGLSANG (ASTANA PRO TEAM) off the front on the final climb before the descent into Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 
Daniel MARTIN (GARMIN SHARP) and Jakob FUGLSANG (ASTANA PRO TEAM) | 
Andy Schleck followed by Chris Froome and Alberto Contador | 
Alberto Contador and Movistar's Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde | 
Daniel Moreno | 
Basque fans cheering on their own | 
Climb panoramic | 
Trailing riders | 
After leading through the final corner with 200m to go, Dan Martin wins the two man sprint in Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 
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First Tour de France stage win in his first year | 
Michal KWIATKOWSKI (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) comes around Daniel MORENO (KATUSHA) for 3rd | 
Your stage 9 winner, Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) | 
With today's effort, Dan Martin moves up to 8th overall + 2:28 | 
Chris Froome had a tough day but survived and takes the race lead into the first rest day | 
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1959 Tour de France winner, Federico Bahamontes gives the best young rider, Movistar's Nairo Quintana, some advice | 
Pierre Rolland is delighted to be officially back in the Polka dots |
Stage 10: Saint-Gildas-des-Bois → Saint-Malo, 197 km Full Results and Report
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Moreno Moser borrows the RAI camera to shot the crowd while dressing for the stage 10 start in Saint Gildas des Bois | 
Peter Sagan being interview for Italian TV (RAI) | 
Mark Cavendish was in good spirits after the first rest day; however, he caused a crash at the finish that led to much discussion | 
Race leader Chris Froome with star struck fans | 
Movistar's GC favorites Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana talking these over prior to Stage 10 in Saint Gildas des Bois | 
Marcel Kittel. We'll see him again later | 
Onto the finish and 1 km to go along the beaches in Brittany (northwestern France) looking out to the English Channel with Lotto - Belisol in control | 
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Fans lining up for the sprint finish in Saint-Malo | 
After a great Lotto - Belisol lead out, Andre Greipel is looking to finish it off, but Marcel Kittel is jumping out of Greipel slipstream | 
Greipel could have taken any line to the finish, but he let Kittel have the inside track | 
The angle of the finish line clearly suits Kittel's postion as he pips Greipel at the line | 
Greipel blamed the loss on the cobblestones, but he would have won if he had known the finish better | 
Mark Cavendish colluded with Argos Shimano leadout man Tom Veelers and settled for 3rd followed by Peter Sagan. Stills of the Cavendish/Veelers collision that sent Veelers to the deck. | 
Your stage 1 and now stage 10 winner, Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) | 
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The crowding around the war memorial at the finish while watching the podium ceremony | 
No change on GC; Sky's Chris Froome keeps his tidy 1:25 lead heading into the Stage 11 TT which should stretch out his lead even further |
Stage 11: Avranches → Mont Saint-Michel, 33 km Full Results and Report
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A distorted perspective of Mont Saint-Michel, the finish of the Stage 11 33 km ITT | 
Mont Saint-Michel | 
Saxo-Tinkoff's director Bjarne Riis out doing recon | 
Tony Martin heading to the finish | 
Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step) benefited from his early start time and posted a time of 36:29 which held up | 
Once crossing the finish line, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step) had to sit for almost four hours before being declared the winner | 
Second last rider, Chris Froome (Sky) out on the course | 
Chris Froome was ahead of Tony Martin at the early checkpoints but fell behind at the finish. 2nd + 12s. | 
4th Richie Porte + 1:21 | 
Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE) had the best time until Tony Martin beat it | 
6th Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE) + 1:35 | 
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) lost exactly 2 minutes to Chris Froome today, but is still 2nd overall + 3:25 | 
Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) isn't the same TT rider he used to be. 15th + 2:25. | 
Alberto Contador can't look back now. There will be opportunities ahead especially in the final week. 4th overall + 3:54. | 
Early in Mark Cavendish's ride someone threw a bottle of urine at him | 
Your stage 11 ITT winner, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step) | 
Just as happy was the 2nd place finisher, Chris Froome (Sky) who extended his overall lead by over 2 minutes on all of his rivals | 
With his 5th place finish, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) + 1:31 moves back into the White Jersey as the best young rider |
Stage 12: Fougères → Tours, 218 km Full Results and Report
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Germans Andre Greipel and Andreas Kloden chatting before Stage 12. Another German rider won today making it five wins in 12 stages... most ever I believe | 
Simon Gerrans and Elvis (Ryder Hesjedal) | 
Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) leading the main break of the day. He would be the lone survivor caught just 7 km from the finish. | 
Crash inside two km to go. Lotto Belisol and Garmin Sharp riders on the deck. | 
Dual stream trains coming at you... | 
It's the Omega Pharma Quick Step leadout vs. Argos Shimano in Tours | 
Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel behind their respective leadouts | 
Mark Cavendish with Marcel Kittel coming around him | 
Marcel Kittel starts his bike throw early while Mark Cavendish looks around in surprise | 
For the second time in three days, Marcel Kittel pips a big name sprinter at the line | 
Cav doesn't like to lose | 
Kittel's Argos Shimano teammate John Degenkolb later celebrates as he crosses the line | 
Andre Greipel and his Lotto Belisol leadout train were literally derailed today | 
Today's stage winner, Marcel Kittel, leads this year's event with three stage wins | 
Bernard Hinault helps Chris Froome (Sky) with another Yellow Jersey | 
After he lost another teammate today (Edvald Boasson Hagen), Chris Froome said he'll need his healthy lead over the last mountainous week | 
Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) was awarded most combative rider |
Stage 13: Tours → Saint-Amand-Montrond, 173 km Full Results and Report
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Crosswinds were the theme of the day; the start scene in Tours | 
Mark Cavendish prior to Stage 13. We'll see him again later. | 
Alberto Contador and his Saxo Tinkoff teammates were instrumental in today's carnage | 
Race leader Chris Froome (Sky) didn't have the easy day he expected and lost time to some of his rivals | 
Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling), 2nd from the left, and Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff), right, were the big winners today gaining over 1 minute on Chris Froome as echelons split the race apart | 
Today was expected to be a sprint stage, but just a small group of 12 riders arrived in Saint-Amand-Montrond | 
Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish were in this group; Saxo Tinkoff now at the back after driving the pace with 30 km to go | 
Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling) and Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) moved up to 2nd and 3rd on GC today, gaining over 1 minute on Chris Froome | 
Mark Cavendish had much more left than Peter Sagan in the bunch sprint | 
Mark Cavendish wins his 25th career Tour stage | 
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For the first time in Tour history an entire team was awarded the stage combatively award; Saxo Tinkoff's workers crossing 10-12th: Mick Rogers, Nicolas Roche and Daniele Bennati. Roger's called this his hardest Tour stage ever. | 
After failing to join the winning echelon, Chris Froome (Sky) settled into the following group and conserved his energy | 
Misfortune and crosswinds cost Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) his GC ambitions. He plummeted from 2nd to 16th + 12:10. | 
Mark Cavendish will savor this win for several reasons. An epic 25th Tour win. | 
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Despite appearances, Chris Froome (Sky) is still in good shape with mountains and a tt coming up and a 2:28 advantage in hand |
Stage 14: Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule → Lyon, 191 km Full Results and Report
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Part of an 18 man break passing through the Beaujolais region of France, but not many vineyards along the route | 
Big crowds along the route | 
The break on one of the seven categorized climbs, but nothing more difficult than a cat 3. | 
3 km to go: Julien Simon (Sojasun) trying to solo it in from 15 km out | 
A French win the day before St. Bastille Day? | 
Julien Simon (Sojasun) 'giving it everything I had' | 
Lars Bak (Lotto - Belisol) leading the strung out chase | 
Marcus Burghardt attempting to get BMC on the board at this year's Tour | 
Veterans David Millar and Jens Voigt started the main break, but they were dropped well before the finish | 
Bunch sprint in Lyon after Julien Simon was caught with 1 km to go | 
Matteo Trentin timed his sprint perfectly to pip Michael Albasini at the line | 
The margin of victory | 
Andrew Talansky (left) was third and moves up from 17th to 12th on GC and is only 1 minute back of 6th place | 
23 year-old Tour rookie Matteo Trentin gets his first pro win. Contrast that to Joaquin Rojas (Movistar, 4th under the winner's right arm) who has had many top 10 stage results at the Tour, but no victories yet. | 
Team Sky and the peloton crossing 7:17 later | 
Your stage 14 winner, Matteo Trentin, and roommate of yesterday's winner Mark Cavendish | 
Matteo Trentin showed patience beyond his years today | 
First Tour stage win by an Italian since 2010 | 
Chris Froome (Sky) will wear the Yellow Jersey on Mont-Ventoux tomorrow |
Stage 15: Givors → Mont-Ventoux, 243 km Full Results and Report
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The break heading south through Provence on the longest stage of this year's race, 243 km starting from Givors | 
With a tailwind, the break sailed by the iconic Provence scenery | 
Chris Froome (Sky) descending one of the small climbs before we hit the big one... | 
Mont-Ventoux... the highest summit finish of the this year's race | 
The climb is steep and long (20.8 km @ 9.1 %); the final 500m perspective well before the race arrives | 
Sky's David Brailsford with his game face on as he makes his way to the finish | 
HA! I guess Skoda will now have to pull the TV commercials they are currently running that boast how their cars have never broken down during their long partnership with the Tour de France | 
The scene is set | 
Fireworks down below as Chris Froome (Sky) has attacked off the remnants of the peloton with 7 km to go and a break up the road | 
Chris Froome caught Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) at the front of the race with 4 km to go | 
Chris Froome (Sky) put in one final attack with 1 km to go | 
Mikel Nieve, (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) battling it out for 3rd | 
He doesn't dance like he use to; Alberto Contador was gradually losing ground after Chris Froome attacked, but in the final km he really suffered | 
Chris Froome (Sky) rounding the final corners | 
Chris Froome finish sequence | 
Chris Froome up to his waist on the final roller at the finish | 
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Chris Froome (Sky) wins Mont-Ventoux convincingly | 
2nd Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) + 29s | 
3rd Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel Euskadi) + 1:23 followed by Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) | 
Alberto Contador about to be caught by his Saxo Tinkoff teammate, Roman Kreuziger | 
5th and 6th + 1:40, Roman Kreuziger and Alberto Contador | 
7th Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) + 1:43 and 8th Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling) + 1:46, who retains 2nd place overall | 
9th Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling) + 1:53 crosses using the paperboy weave | 
A nice shot of Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) on his way to 14th + 2:36 | 
After Richie Porte (Sky) blew the peloton apart, he went on to finish 15th + 2:49 | 
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) didn't do the polka-dots justice today. He was dropped at the base of Mont-Ventoux and finished 28th + 8:39. | 
Philippe Gilbert leading BMC to the finish. Another bad day for Cadel Evans who finished 31st + 8:46 | 
Team Cofidis suffered again today too, but they showed solidarity with three of them crossing together for 33rd-35th + 8:46 | 
Grupetto shot | 
Former teammates, Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault, with eight Tour de France wins between them, declared themselves the winners | 
Greg LeMond congratulating the real winner, Chris Froome. LeMond: 'There can be spectacular performances without doping'. — cyclingnews
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We've seen this look of relief before | 
Your Stage 15 winner has extended his overall lead to over four minutes | 
Fittingly, having won two summit finishes at this year's race, Chris Froome (Sky) now leads the KOM competition | 
With his fine 2nd place finish today, Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) is now up to 6th overall and back in the best young rider's jersey | 
In today's early break, Peter Sagan extended his large points lead today before pulling a wheelie on Mont-Ventoux | 
As the last survivor from the early break, Sylvain Chavanel was awarded most combative rider | 
Chris Froome (Sky) stepping into the doping control vehicle. A lab somewhere will now (hopefully) reaffirm his impressive performance. |
Stage 16: Vaison-la-Romaine → Gap, 168 km Full Results and Report
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Thomas Voeckler, part of a 26 man break, hosing himself down on another hot day. France's favorite son once again wasn't a factor today. | 
The break enjoying the scenery (and some shade) as it heads northeast to Gap | 
Portugal's Rui Costa (Movistar) attacked the break on Col de Manse, the cat 2 with 12 km to go | 
Rui Costa soloing through big crowds as he crests Col de Manse | 
Onto the tricky descent to the finish; gapping the break | 
Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) leading a small chase that included two other French riders. The French are desperate for their first stage win of this year's race. | 
Rui Costa (Movistar) solos into Gap | 
Movistar finally gets a stage win at this year's race | 
The bunch sprint for 2nd 42s later | 
French riders finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th; Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) wins the consolation prize, but France has still been shut out of stage wins, thus far, during the 100th Tour de France | 
11 minutes back were the GC contenders; Alberto Contador leading Chris Froome | 
Alberto Contador would later crash but would recover quickly. Contador's attempt to gain time on the descent later drew criticism from Chris Froome. | 
Cadel Evans a minute back of the GC group | 
Grupetto shot on the Col de Manse descent | 
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) leads the GC across for 27th + 11:08 | 
Your Stage 16 winner, Rui Costa (Movistar) | 
Rui Costa with his bikepure.com bracelet while kissing the rather ugly and commercialized trophy stage winners receive each day | 
Chris Froome receives his 9th Yellow Jersey | 
The best younger, Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), received some criticism for powering on after Contador crashed and Froome was derailed. But, as @Spanner_In_The_Works tweeted, "Contador only fell because he was trying to drop the others, so fair enough for them to counter once he failed!" | 
@albertocontador post race: "An intense day with crash included,how is the knee right now!I hope it will be nothing important. Tomorrow more!" |
Stage 17: Embrun → Chorges, 32 km Full Results and Report
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The last km after descending the two climbs on the hilly 32 km TT course | 
More scenery from along the course | 
Recon was critical for this very technical hilly course. Movistar's Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana before the TT started. Ironically, they would like finished next to each other in the results, 5th and 6th. | 
Chris Froome (Sky) out on the course | 
A scenic action shot of the Chris Froome from one of the two climbs on the course with the TV helicopter hovering close by. He started out with a road bike... | 
And finished with a TT bike in a winning time of 51:33 | 
Alberto Contador (Saxo Tinkoff) had the best intermediate times on the course | 
Alberto Contador didn't switch to a TT bike for the finish descent which may have cost him the win. He finished 2nd + 9s. | 
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) | 
Like Froome, Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) switched to a TT bike which helped him to a 3rd place finish + 10s | 
4th Roman KREUZIGER (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 23s | 
6th Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) + 1:11 | 
7th Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) + 1:33 | 
Top American was 9th Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) + 1:41 | 
The only rider in the top 10 to have a completely dry ride, 10th Tejay Van Garderen (BMC RACING) + 1:51. He held the best time for quite awhile. | 
11th Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling) + 2:09, lost his 2nd GC spot today | 
16th Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling) + 2:29 also slipped down the overall standings | 
10th overall to start the stage, Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) crashed during recon and then again during the race in the same corner and abandoned with a cracked collarbone. | 
Winner of the first TT earlier this month, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) could only manage 27th + 3:06 on the hilly technical course | 
Chris Froome celebrates his 3rd stage win of this year's race... | 
and continues to extend his overall lead heading into three big mountain stages |
Stage 18: Gap → Alpe d'Huez, 173 km Full Results and Report
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The bend goes left but Dutch corner is telling Chris Froome to go right ;-) | 
The scene at the finish line atop Alpe d'Huez | 
The Yellow Jersey group on the 1st of 2 ascents of Alpe d'Huez | 
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The three man break with Moreno Moser at the front the second time up Alpe d'Huez | 
Richie Porte once again played a pivotal role for team and race leader Chris Froome | 
Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) attacked with 12 km to go | 
The narrow pass through Dutch corner: Christophe RIBLON (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r La Mondiale) caught and passed Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) | 
Christophe RIBLON (AG2R LA MONDIALE) only knows how to win in epic style | 
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France finally gets their first win at the 100th Tour de France; Christophe RIBLON (AG2R LA MONDIALE) caught and passed Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC RACING) with 2 km to go and won by 59s. | 
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2nd Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) + 59s | 
3rd Moreno MOSER (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) + 1:27 | 
Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) and Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) | 
4th Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 2:12 and 5th Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) + 2:15 | 
Richie Porte and Chris Froome | 
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6th Richie PORTE (SKY PROCYCLING) + 3:18, 7th Christopher FROOME (SKY PROCYCLING), 8th Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR TEAM) | 
Alberto Contador had a bad day | 
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9th Mikel NIEVE (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 4:15, 10th Jakob FUGLSANG (ASTANA PRO TEAM), 11th Alberto CONTADOR (SAXO-TINKOFF) | 
Alberto Contador doesn't usually look like this at the end of a mountain stage | 
12th Roman KREUZIGER (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 4:31 | 
Grupetto shot | 
19th Alessandro DE MARCHI (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) + 5:47 | 
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Your stage 18 Alpe d'Huez x2 winner, Christophe RIBLON (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
His last win was an epic win three years, again at the Tour (photos). This guy knows how to suffer. | 
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Chris Froome continued to extend his tidy lead despite bonking near the finish and suffering a 20s penalty | 
4th today and now 3rd overall, the best young rider,Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) |
Stage 19: Bourg d'Oisans → Le Grand Bornand, 205 km Full Results and Report
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Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin - Sharp) off the front early in the stage on Col du Glandon | 
Pierre Rolland, Christophe Riblon, Moreno Moser | 
Col du Glandon | 
Col du Glandon, one of five big categorized climbs | 
Col du Glandon | 
Sunshine at the finish several hours before the riders arrived | 
Rui Costa (Movistar) soloing the final climb of the stage, Col de la Croix Fry, in the pouring rain | 
Rui Costa (Movistar) | 
Andreas Kloden (Radioshack - Leopard) | 
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Rui COSTA (MOVISTAR TEAM) solos in | 
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Andreas Kloden (Radioshack - Leopard) looks back as he crosses the line... | 
2nd Andreas Kloden (Radioshack - Leopard) + 48s | 
3rd Jan BAKELANTS (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 1:44 | 
4th Alexandre GENIEZ (FDJ) + 1:52 | 
Daniel NAVARRO (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) moved into the top 10 today with his 5th place finish + 1:55 | 
GC leaders crossing 18th + 8:40 | 
Too tired for fireworks today, Alberto Contador and Chris Froome | 
Another hard day's work for Richie Porte | 
Your stage 19 winner, Rui COSTA (MOVISTAR TEAM) celebrates his second stage in the Alps | 
The Portuguese/Rui Costa fan club | 
One more mountain stage to go with over a 5 minute lead; your race leader Chris Froome (Sky) | 
The KOM competition is much tighter. Chris Froome leads this competition as well, but there are five riders who could still win this competition | 
The best young rider and 3rd overall, Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) | 
Pierre Rolland won most of the KOMs today except for the last one and settled for most combative rider. He's just 1 pt out of the KOM lead. |
Stage 20: Annecy → Annecy, 125 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 21: Versailles → Paris, 134 km Full Results and Report
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Omega Pharma QuickStep leading the way as the peloton enters the circuits on the Champs-Élysées in Paris | 
Race leader Chris Froome nestled in the pack | 
Arc de Triomphe in the distance | 
Miguel Indurain, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault enjoying the show | 
Chris Froome followed by Alberto Contador | 
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The beginning of the Arc de Triomphe light show | 
A close sprint finish between the best sprinters in the business: Marcel Kittel (center), Andre Griepel (right) and Mark Cavendish (left) | 
After leading out the sprint Marcel Kittel hangs on for the win | 
Marcel Kittel opens and closes the 100th Tour de France with wins | 
Mark Cavendish's rear wheel was losing air denying him of a five straight win in Paris | 
The end of the 100th Tour de France; the Arc de Triomphe light show | 
Marcel Kittel makes it four stage wins at this year's race | 
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Your 2013 overall winner, the leader since Stage 8, Chris Froome (Sky) | 
2013 GC podium: 2nd Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 4:20, 1st Christopher FROOME (SKY PROCYCLING) 83:56:40, 3rd Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) + 5:04 | 
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A commanding win of the points competition by Peter Sagan (Cannondale) | 
Arc de Triomphe and Peter Sagan | 
Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR TEAM) won both the King of the Mountains and Young Rider competitions in just his first Tour de France | 
Jersey winner's podium | 
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) won the super combativity award as the most aggressive rider for the entire event | 
With the sunny having fully set, Saxo Tinkoff hits the stage as the winners of the team competition | 
Saxo Tinkoff had a strong race but no stage wins, jersey winners or GC podium finishes in the group |
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