Tour de France (2014) Photos; Stage 11: Besançon → Oyonnax, 186 km |
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| Race leader Vincenzo Nibali sharing his Tuesday rest day breakfast with half the media in France | share this photo |
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| We haven't heard much from Marcel Kittel (Giant - Shimano) since the hilly part of the race started | share this photo |
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| Monday's best team, Ag2r La Mondiale, receive aclolades two days later in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Race leader, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) rolling into Besancon without a mark on him... one of the few riders who hasn't been marred by a crash in the first 10 days | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) signing-in in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Frank Schleck (Trek Factory) at the sign-in in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Rui Costa (Lampre - Merida) didn't respond well to the first stage after the rest day dropping from 9th to 14th on GC today | share this photo |
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| Points competition leader Peter Sagan (Cannondale) acknowledging the crowd in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Peter Sagan (Cannondale) visualizing how Stage 11 might unfold | share this photo |
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| Start scene in Besancon | share this photo |
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| Frank Schleck (Trek Factory) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) rolling out from Besancon | share this photo |
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| 2nd overall Richie Porte (Team Sky) leaving Besancon | share this photo |
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| The first half of the stage was rolling on the way south to the Jura region just west of Geneva | share this photo |
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| The last half of the stage featured four categorized climbs. Michele Scarponi laughs after colliding with Lampre's Jose Serpa while climbing one of them | share this photo |
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| After a solo attack on the final climb, Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) successfully attacked the resulting break 2.5 km from the finish in Oyonnax | share this photo |
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| Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) going solo | share this photo |
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| Once again Peter Sagan (Cannondale) was in a late break, but nobody wanted to help his cause. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma - Quick Step and Michael Rogers (Tinkoff - Saxo) on his wheel. | share this photo |
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| Daniel Oss (Bmc) leading the peloton into Oyonnax | share this photo |
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| Race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) looked again today | share this photo |
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| Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) holds off the charging peloton | share this photo |
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| Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) now has a stage win to go along with his Yellow Jersey | share this photo |
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| John Degenkolb (Giant - Shimano) with a good head of steam at the finish won the field sprint for 2nd | share this photo |
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| The gruppetto with 1 km to go | share this photo |
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| Last rider on the road, Andrew Talansky at one point stopped and considered abandoning… | share this photo |
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| … but then got back on his bike, soldiered on and made the time cut | share this photo |
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| Stage 11 Infographic Summary | share this photo |
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| Your stage 11 winner, Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) | share this photo |
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| Tony Gallopin (Lotto - Belisol) celebrates his first Tour de France stage win and second win by a French rider at this year's Tour | share this photo |
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| Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) gets another Yellow Jersey as expected | share this photo |
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| Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) slipping into the Polka Dot Jersey he first claimed before the rest day | share this photo |
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| Most aggressive rider today was Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff - Saxo) | share this photo |
Tour de France (2014) Photos; Stage 11: Besançon → Oyonnax, 186 km |
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