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Tour de France (2014) Photos; Stage 7: Epernay → Nancy, 233 km

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All smiles in the Astana bus behind their stash of Lionsshare this photo

A quiet Tour de France so far for Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha), third overall last year, who came into the race recovering from an injury and with the modest expectations of a stage winshare this photo
Race leader,Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) signing in at the start in Epernayshare this photo
Another reminder of those that sacrificed themselves so we can enjoy better timesshare this photo

Today's unsuccessful break. No long break has succeeded yet at this year's race.share this photo
Picturesque shot of the "chasing" pelotonshare this photo
BMC caused a crash in the peloton with 16 km to go which took down their race leader, Tejay van Garderen (center-right), who lost a 1:03 today to other GC contendersshare this photo
Fans waiting for the race on Cote de Bouffiers, the cat 4 climb with 5 km to goshare this photo

Cyril Gautier (Europcar) attacks off the front on Cote de Bouffiersshare this photo
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) ended up finishing 7thshare this photo
Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff - Saxo) followed by Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) Cote de Bouffiersshare this photo
Alberto Contador looks around to see the race leader easily positioned on his back wheelshare this photo

After another crash in the final bend, Andrew Talansky was inattentive for a moment with 100m to go and went down after clipping the wheel in front as he veered left and Simon Gerrans veered right. Gerrans: 'I saw the footage afterwards... From what I saw, he looked over his right shoulder as I was coming from the left, and unfortunately just fell over my back wheel.'share this photo
The stage 7 sprint finish and Talansky crash in full-flightshare this photo
Despite the high speed crash, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) was not seriously injuredshare this photo
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) coming up strong towards the lineshare this photo

Photo finish between Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) and Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in Nancyshare this photo
Matteo Trentin wins the photo finish by the width a of tireshare this photo
Too close for a victory salute. Peter Sagan settled for another top 5 finish to extend his Green Jersey lead.share this photo
Stage 7 Infographic Summaryshare this photo

Your stage 7 winner, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) also won a stage at last year's Tour de Franceshare this photo
Another good performance by race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) before the race gets more hilly and mountainous starting with Stage 8share this photo

Tour de France (2014) Photos; Stage 7: Epernay → Nancy, 233 km

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