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The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France , one of cycling's Grand Tours . The 3,360.3   km (2,088   mi) -long race consisted of 21 stages , starting on 4 July in Utrecht , the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky , with the second and third places taken by Movistar Team riders Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde , respectively.

BMC Racing Team 's Rohan Dennis won the first stage to take the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Trek Factory Racing rider Fabian Cancellara claimed it on the second, only to lose it after crashing out on the following stage. This put Froome in the lead, after the Tour's first uphill finish. He lost the position to Etixx–Quick-Step 's Tony Martin at the end of the fourth stage, but Martin's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of the sixth stage put Froome back into the lead. He extended this lead during the stages in the Pyrenees and defended it successfully against attacks from Quintana during the final stages that took place in the Alps .

Froome became the first British rider to win the Tour twice, after his 2013 victory. Peter Sagan of Tinkoff–Saxo won the points classification . Froome also won the mountains classification . The best young rider was Quintana, with his team, Movistar, the winners of the team classification . Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale was given the award for the most combative rider. André Greipel ( Lotto–Soudal ) won the most stages, with four.

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Chris Froome wins 2015 Tour de France

Chris Froome won the 2015 Tour de France after a magnificent three weeks of dominance over cycling's best.

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Following Sunday's neutralized finish in Paris, it's official: Chris Froome will be the winner of the 2015 Tour de France. Froome has now won the Grande Boucle twice in three years, missing a potential three-peat when he was forced to abandon in 2014. He is well on his way to being considered a legend of his sport, especially after beating a field that was as strong as any of recent memory.

The 2015 Tour featured four five-star favorites: Froome, 2014 winner Vincenzo Nibali, Giro d'Italia winner Alberto Contador and Colombian phenom Nairo Quintana. He weathered nearly every attack his rivals launched over three weeks, finishing with a winning margin of 1:12 over Quintana.

Froome held the yellow jersey on Stage 4, then regained it from Stage 7 onward after briefly losing it to Tony Martin. His signature attack was a furious climb up La Pierre-St. Martin on Stage 10, during which he opened his lead from 12 seconds to 2:52 over Tejay Van Garderen.

From that point onward, Froome was a marked man, but any attacks against him fell short. Froome himself was magnificent, of course, but so was Team Sky. During the Stage 12 climb up to Plateau de Beille, Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas successfully closed gap after gap with Froome in tow, allowing Froome to then attack on his own in a show of force to his rivals, ultimately forcing a stalemate.

The next decisive days came at the very end of the Tour in the Alps. On Stage 19, Froome was perhaps truly vulnerable for the first time, losing his lieutenants to the early climbs and being forced to fend off every offensive himself. Nibali attacked him to win the stage when Froome had a mechanical issue, and Quintana was able to wrest 30 seconds away on the general classification, but Froome was still in strong position heading into the Stage 20 climb up Alpe d'Huez, 2:38 ahead of second-place Quintana.

The final day of climbing was another hard one. Quintana attacked relentlessly on the Alps, but a better-protected Froome was able to remain defensive, matching Quintana until six kilometers remained in the stage when the Colombian was able to pull free and take another 1:22 out of Froome's lead. Quintana's climb was magnificent, but it was no match for the well-laid plans of Sky and Froome.

With the increased profile should come more pressure on Froome. As a potential dynastic Tour winner in the post-Lance Armstrong era, he'll face doping accusations, substantiated or not. Little can be done about the roadside crowd, which may continue to spit, throw urine and yell dopé at every winner until such a time when testing can guarantee that every rider is clean.

As long as Froome can grin and bear the vitriol, however, he should continue to dazzle at the Tour for as long as we can foresee.

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Tour de France past winners

Champions from 1903 to 2014

2014 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr

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2013 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha

2012 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale

2011 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek

2010 1 *Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

2009 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana

Note: *Andy Schleck was awarded victory of the 2010 Tour de France after original winner Alberto Contador was disqualified for doping. *Lance Armstrong was stripped of all race results from August 1, 1998 onwards following the US Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation into doping at the US Postal Service team. *Austria's Bernhard Kohl tested positive for EPO-CERA on October 13, 2008. He admitted to its use on October 15, 2008 and was stripped of his third place GC finish at the 2008 Tour de France. *Oscar Pereiro was awarded the victory of the 2006 Tour de France on October 16, 2007, after original winner Floyd Landis was disqualified for doping.

2014 Ag2r-La Mondiale 2013 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2012 RadioShack-Nissan 2011 Team Garmin-Cervelo 2010 Team RadioShack 2009 Astana 2008 Team CSC Saxo Bank 2007 Discovery Channel 2006 T-Mobile 2005 T-Mobile 2004 T-Mobile 2003 Team CSC 2002 ONCE-Eroski 2001 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2000 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1999 Banesto 1998 Cofidis 1997 Team Deutsche Telekom 1996 Festina 1995 ONCE 1994 Festina 1993 Carrera 1992 Carrera 1991 Banesto 1990 Z 1989 PDM 1988 PDM 1987 Systeme U 1986 La Vie Claire 1985 La Vie Claire 1984 Renault 1983 Peugot 1982 Coop-Mercier 1981 Peugot 1980 Miko-Mercier 1979 Renault 1978 Miko-Mercier 1977 TI-Raleigh 1976 Kas 1975 Gan-Mercier 1974 Kas 1973 Bic 1972 Gan-Mercier 1971 Bic 1970 Salvarini 1969 Faema 1968 Spain 1967 France 1966 Kas 1965 Kas 1964 Pelforth-Lejeune-Sauvage 1963 Saint Rapael-Gitane 1962 Saint Raphael-Helyett 1961 France 1960 France 1959 Belgium 1958 Belgium 1957 France 1956 Belgium 1955 France 1954 Switzerland 1953 Netherlands 1952 Italy 1951 France 1950 Belgium 1949 Italy 1948 Belgium 1947 Italy 1939 Belgium 1938 Belgium 1937 France 1936 Belgium 1935 Belgium 1934 France 1933 France 1932 Italy 1931 Belgium 1930 France 1929 Alcyon 1928 Alcyon 1927 Alcyon 1926 Automoto-Hutchinson 1925 Automoto-Hutchinson 1924 Automoto-Hutchinson 1923 Automoto-Hutchinson 1922 Peugot-PneusLion 1921 La Sportive 1920 La Sportive 1919 La Sportive 1914 Peugot 1913 Peugot 1912 Alcyon Pneus Dunlop 1911 Alcyon Pneus Dunlop 1910 Alcyon Pneus Dunlop 1909 Alcyon Pneus Dunlop 1908 Peugot 1907 Peugot 1906 Peugot 1905 Peugot 1904 La Francaise Dunlop 1903 La Francaise Dunlop

Points classification

2014 Peter Sagan (Svk) 2013 Peter Sagan (Svk) 2012 Peter Sagan (Svk) 2011 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 2010 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 2009 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 2008 Oscar Freire (Spa) 2007 Tom Boonen (Bel) 2006 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 2005 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 2004 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 2003 Baden Cooke (Aus) 2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 2001 Erik Zabel (Ger) 2000 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1999 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1998 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1997 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1996 Erik Zabel (Ger) 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1994 Djamolodin Abduzhaparov (Uzb) 1993 Djamolodin Abduzhaparov (Uzb) 1992 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1991 Djamolodin Abduzhaparov (Uzb) 1990 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1989 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1988 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1987 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) 1986 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) 1985 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1984 Frank Hoste (Bel) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1982 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1981 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1980 Rudy Pevange (Bel) 1979 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1978 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1977 Jean Escalssan (Fra) 1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1975 Rik van Linden (Bel) 1974 Patrick Sercu (Fra) 1973 Herman Vanspringel (Bel) 1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1970 Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1969 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 1967 Jan Janssen (Ned) 1966 Walter Planckaert (Bel) 1965 Jan Janssen (Ned) 1964 Jan Janssen (Ned) 1963 Rik van Looy (Bel) 1962 Rudi Altig (Ger) 1961 Andre Darrigade (Fra) 1960 Jean Graczyck (Fra) 1959 Andre Darrigade (Fra) 1958 Jean Graczyck (Fra) 1957 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1956 Stan Ockers (Bel) 1955 Stan Ockers (Bel) 1954 Ferdi Kubler (Swi) 1953 Fritz Shaer (Swi) 1952 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1951 Raphael Geminiani (Fra) 1950 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1949 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 1948 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1947 Pierre Brambilla (Ita) 1946 No race 1945 No race 1944 No race 1943 No race 1942 No race 1941 No race 1940 No race 1939 Sylvere Maes (Bel) 1938 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1937 Felicien Vervaecke (Bel) 1936 Julio Berrendero (Spa) 1935 Felicien Vervaecke (Bel) 1934 Rene Vietto (Fra) 1933 Vicente Treuba (Spa)

King of the Mountains

2014 Rafal Majka (Pol) 2013 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) 2012 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) 2011 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) 2010 Anthony Charteau (Fra) 2009 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) 2008 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) [note] 2007 Mauricio Soler (Col) 2006 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 2005 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 2004 Richard Virenque (Fra) 2003 Richard Virenque (Fra) 2002 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2001 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2000 Santiago Botero (Col) 1999 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1998 Christophe Rinero (Fra) 1997 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1996 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1995 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1994 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1993 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1992 Claudio Chiapucci (Ita) 1991 Claudio Chiapucci (Ita) 1990 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned) 1988 Steven Rooks (Ned) 1987 Luis Herrera (Col) 1986 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1985 Luis Herrera (Col) 1984 Robert Miller (GB) 1983 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1982 B Vallet (Fra) 1981 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1980 Raymond Martin (Fra) 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1978 Mariano Martinez (Fra) 1977 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1976 G Bellini (Ita) 1975 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1974 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 1973 Pedro Torres (Spa) 1972 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1971 Lucien Van Impe (Bel) 1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1969 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1968 A Gonzalez (Spa) 1967 J Jiminez (Spa) 1966 J Jiminez (Spa) 1965 J Jiminez (Spa) 1964 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1963 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1962 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1961 Imerio Massignan (Ita) 1960 Imerio Massignan (Ita) 1959 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1958 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1957 Gastone Nencini (Ita) 1956 Charly Gaul (Lux) 1955 Charly Gaul (Lux) 1954 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1953 Jesus Lorono (Spa)

Best young rider

2014 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) 2013 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) 2012 Tejay van Garderen (USA) 2011 Pierre Rolland (Fra) 2010 Andy Schleck (Lux) 2009 Andy Schleck (Lux) 2008 Andy Schleck (Lux) 2007 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) 2006 Damiano Cunego (Ita) 2005 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 2004 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 2003 Denis Menchov (Rus) 2002 Ivan Basso (Ita) 2001 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 2000 Francesco Mancebo (Spa) 1999 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 1998 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1997 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1996 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1995 Marco Pantani (Ita) 1994 Marco Pantani (Ita) 1993 Antonio Martin (Spa) 1992 Eddy Bouwmans (Ned) 1991 Alvaro Meija (Col) 1990 Gilles Delion (Fra) 1989 not awarded 1988 Eric Breukink (Ned) 1987 Raul Alcala (Mex) 1986 Andy Hampsten (USA) 1985 Fabio Parra (Col) 1984 Greg LeMond (USA) 1983 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1982 Phil Anderson (Aus) 1981 Peter Winnen (Ned) 1980 Johan Van De Velde (Ned) 1979 Jean-Rene Bernaudeau (Fra) 1978 Henk Lubberding (Ned) 1977 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1976 Enrique Martinez-Heredia (Spa) 1975 Francesco Moser (Ita)

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Tour de France: stage 15 – as it happened

André Greipel claimed his third stage win of this year’s Tour de France in a sprint finish while Chris Froome maintained his yellow jersey lead

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So, despite the concerted efforts of their team-mates, Sagan, Kristoff and Degenkolb are once again frustrated by André Greipel. It’s a ninth stage win for the man they call the Gorilla, and the third of this year’s race. If he can hang on through the Alps, he’s the favourite to pile more hurt on his rivals in Paris.

Today’s official top five:

• André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal)
• John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin)
• Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)
• Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo)
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN Qhubeka)

A bunch sprint finish means there’s no change in the general classification; Chris Froome still leads Nairo Quintana by 3min 10sec – and as far as we know, he’s dodged the trolls out on the road too.

As the stragglers, including Cavendish and Péraud, crawl over the finish line, it’s time to wrap up. Thanks for joining me. Bye!

André Greipel wins stage 15 of the Tour de France!

It’s Greipel who lasts longest in a thigh-shredding drive for the line, edging out Degenkolb, with Kristoff third and Sagan fourth. That’s the German’s third stage win of this year’s Tour.

Kristoff is best placed with 500m to go, but Andre Greipel and John Degenkolb outlast him in the final metres, and Sagan is gaining...

Katusha take up the reins, with Peter Sagan back in a prime position after an busy day. Stybar is hauled in as the sprinters move forward. Here comes the flamme rouge...

BMC still driving things forward at a blistering pace, perhaps trying to set up Greg van Avermaet rather than simply protecting GC contender Tejay van Garderen. Zdenek Stybar, who has form for this sort of thing, tries to catch the peloton unawares. He opens a gap, but the pack are chasing after him furiously, led by the Lotto-Soudal team.

Rohan Dennis – the first maillot jaune of this year’s Tour, no less – is leading the way for BMC, with the sprinters’ teams taking a quick breather. Jan Barta and Michal Kwiatkowski each attempt a wacky late breakaway; both are contemptuously snuffed out by the peloton. The riders cross the Rhône into Valence, greeted by a curiously attired brass band. It’s go time!

Peter Sagan has been handed the combativity award, to go with his intermediate sprint win, his green jersey, and basically anything that isn’t a stage win.

On cue, Orica and Lampre fight their way to the front of the peloton, with Team Sky and BMC also putting in a shift. Still a modest pace being set as Valence appears on the horizon.

Howard Fowler asks: “any time left before the end of this to mention Eduardo Sepúlveda getting disqualified yesterday for riding in an AG2R car? Hard to imagine what anyone in that situation was thinking.”

There’s always time for stuff like this . The best bit: it wasn’t even his team’s car.

There are a couple of seasoned sprinters still in the pack who could spring a surprise victory – Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) and Daniel Cimolai (Lampre-Merida). Matthews has struggled since being injured in the crash that ended Fabian Cancellara’s Tour, while Lampre’s sporting director Philippe Mauduit reckons the finish isn’t right for Cimolai. Boy, will his face be red.

The peloton keeps things moving, with Europcar front and centre as they try to set up Bryan Coquard for a first stage victory of this year’s Tour. The road has been straight and flat along the riverbank, but this being the Tour de France , that’ll now be replaced by a series of sinewy twists and turns that lead us down to the flamme rouge.

The leaders are finally, inevitably swallowed up – so, aside from the group of stragglers who are now twelve minutes back, everyone is reunited with 28km to go. It’s all set for a sprint finish, the last before Paris – can Sagan finally bag a stage win? I for one would be amused if he came second again.

The leaders take a hard left to join the banks of the Rhône, which will lead them to the finish at Valence. Behind them, and getting closer, is the peloton, led in turn by Katusha, Europcar and Lotto-Soudal, all of whom have sprinters who will fancy their chances – Kristoff, Coquard and Greipel respectively. Sagan, another who probably wouldn’t mind a stage win, has rejoined the pack.

Trentin and Hesjedal have teamed up at the front of the race, and are still clinging on to a thirty-second advantage. Sagan, moments after being reintroduced to the peloton, has stopped to change his bike, and is in the process of charging back to the main bunch. It seems to be a planned change, rather than a mechanical problem, as Tinxoff-Saxo get all tactical.

Ryder Hesjedal replaces Geschke in the chase after Trentin, while the peloton have reeled in the rest of that counter-attack. So, just two men out in front – Matteo Trentin, a minute clear of the pack, and Hesjedal, twelve seconds behind the leader.

Trentin has carved out a seventeen second lead, with Simon Geschke leading the pursuit. Geschke is doing so on behalf of John Degenkolb, but with team-mate Mark Cavendish way down the field, Trentin doesn’t need to race for his sprinter. He’s racing for number one , dammit.

Trentin is the first in the breakaway to blink – with the peloton only a minute behind and cruising down the descent, the Italian decides to make a break for it. Kwiatkowski hares after his team-mate, and has to think fast to bunny hop over a stretch of pavement that is, for some reason, in the middle of the road.

“Poor old Jean-Christophe Péraud. He started yesterday’s stage in a lot of pain from his heavy fall the day before, and he told a French TV interviewer that he’s keep his head down, help his team if possible and see how it went. He finished of course but will that be the case today?” asks Michael Cosgrove.

I can happily report that JC, arms covered in bandages, is leading the group of stragglers, who are trying to claw back a near ten-minute deficit to the main bunch.

The breakaway heave themselves wearily over the top of the final climb, with the gap trimmed to 1min 30sec. It’s all downhill from here, with 57km to go. Pinot takes the maximum five King of the Mountains points, with Hesjedal taking three, Kwiatkowski two, and a solitary point for Matteo Trentin.

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There’s a variety of reasons – some, like Jean-Christophe Péraud and Simon Yates, are struggling with injury and fatigue – but the main factor was the start out of Mende, which went straight uphill to the Côte de Badaroux, and stayed that way for 20km or so. Sprinters like Cavendish, unable to keep the pace, and with little incentive to fight back to the peloton, may have given up the ghost. There have thankfully been no heavy crashes so far today.

With 5km to go until the top of the climb, it might be time for someone among the breakaway to make a move. The peloton are closing, albeit at a relaxed rate, and with Lars Bak and Simon Geschke riding for teams who are still aiming for a sprint finish, it’s touch and go whether the remaining seven can maintain their lead.

A reminder of those seven: T hibaut Pinot (FDJ), Michael Rogers and Peter Sagan (both Tinkoff-Saxo), Adam Yates (Orica GreenEdge), Matteo Trentin and Michal Kwiatkowski (both Ettix QuickStep) and Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale) who is currently setting a solid pace at the front of the group.

The breakaway are now moving on up towards the Col de l’Escrinet, the day’s last and steepest climb. The bunch continue to close, with 1min 45sec now the gap. The aim will be to keep the front nine in touch until the sprinters are hauled up the Category 2 climb. For Mark Cavendish and co, in a group six minutes behind the peloton, the aim will be to finish the stage.

The leaders are now winding through the town of Aubenas, home of the day’s intermediate sprint. Sagan, who at least has the green jersey as good as sewn up, cruises past the post first to pick up another twenty points.

Michael Rogers, who picked up a puncture but has now rejoined the leading group, came in second, with Thibaut Pinot third. The gap to the peloton is down to two minutes, largely down to Rogers’ puncture, which caused the breakaway to slow down.

Juan Antonio Flecha asked several riders at the start line who will finish second, the cheeky so-and-so. Pretty much everyone said Peter Sagan. The Slovakian has finished second four times already on this Tour, without bagging a single stage win. He’s in with a decent chance today, as one of the nine breakaway riders who are now reunited as the descent levels out a touch.

As if by magic, the gap between the breakaway and the bunch leaps to 2min 45sec, with the peloton unprepared to go hell for leather to set up a sprint finish. The Category 2 Col de l’Escrinet, coming up in 30km, will surely decide whether it’s a breakaway or a bunch sprint that will make it to the line in Valence.

Now, if you’re struggling to tell Simon and Adam Yates apart, the Tour have published this handy guide:

One potential reason for the leading group’s inability to pull away is the slippery state of the descent; there are signs of rainfall on the road, and more is forecast imminently. There’s a tiny split in the main group, with seasoned descenders Sagan, Rogers, Trentin and Kwiatkowski opening a gap of a few seconds over the other five: Pinot, Adam Yates, Geschke, Hesjedal , and at the back, it’s Lars Bak .

Just under 100km to go, with the leaders tackling the first, steepest stages of the descent from the Col de la Croix de Bauzon. The peloton are two minutes back, with the back markers now almost six minutes behind the pack.

Several other slow goers have been swept up by that group, including Simon Yates and Sébastien Chavanel. The main GC contenders are all snugly contained within the peloton, with Team Sky and Movistar working hardest to keep the breakaway in reach.

Here’s Gary Naylor re: Lotto-Soudal’s promo pic:

I do love the lack of even a single bike in that photo. “Bikes? No! That’s what they’ll be expecting...”

The front nine have tackled those two peaks, with Pinot and Rogers taking a largely meaningless King of the Mountains point apiece. They now start a 35km(!) descent towards the intermediate sprint at Aubenas. But don’t just take my word for it – have a look at our snazzy stage-by-stage guide. It’s right here!

The group of stragglers, which includes Mark Cavendish and Jean-Christophe Péraud, has drifted four minutes behind the main group. Other familiar names in that sorry bunch: Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh, Etixx’s Mark Renshaw, FDJ’s Arnaud Demare and former polka-dot sporter, Daniel Teklehaimanot.

The race leaders are approaching two Category 4 climbs in quick succession – the Col de la Croix de Bauzon is the highest point of today’s stage, before the route plunges down towards the Rhône Valley. First up, it’s the Col du Bez – perhaps the only climb on this year’s Tour named after an early nineties icon.

Of the leading group of nine, eight are taking turns to haul the breakaway forward, with a gap of 1min 45secs to the peloton. The one man who won’t help out is Lars Bak – the Lotto-Soudal rider is hanging, well, back, as a bunch sprint finish is key for their main man, André Greipel. Which a) makes you wonder what he’s doing in the breakaway and b) allows me to link seamlessly to this, sent in by Tom Adams:

“Which is your favourite?” asks Tom. “Poor Adam Hansen looks like he’s had a breakdown.” He may be the obvious choice, but Greipel is absolutely owning that central box.

That bumper leading group has largely been hauled in, with nine riders staying clear to maintain a lead of around 45 seconds. Pinot, Sagan and Kwiatkowski are there, alongside Michael Rogers, Lars Bak, Simon Geschke, Matteo Trentin, Ryder Hesjedal and Britain’s Adam Yates.

Not such good news for another Brit, with Mark Cavendish, who may well have fancied another stage win today, in a group of stragglers 30 seconds behind the peloton.

The story so far

The riders are around 30km into today’s stage, and have tackled the Category 3 Côte de Badaroux already. A predictable pattern is emerging, with a large group of breakaway hopefuls being kept in range by a peloton pushing for a final sprint.

There are currently 27 riders in the leading group, with just a 45-second lead over the main bunch. Big names at the front include Peter Sagan, Andrew Talansky, Thibaut Pinot, Joaquim Rodríguez, Rigoberto Uran and Michal Kwiatkowski. At the back, Jean-Christophe Péraud, who finished second last year, is struggling to keep up with the peloton’s pace.

We all know that the Tour de France is no picnic, but even by this great race’s standards, it’s been a bruising year. You’ll have to search pretty hard in the peloton for a smile today. Chris Froome’s domination of the overall classification so far has left plenty of favourites down in the mouth, as a hotly anticipated yellow jersey race has failed to catch fire.

Froome himself should have reason to be cheerful – he extended his lead over the chasing pack to over three minutes yesterday – but continued questions over Team Sky’s methods have taken an unpleasant turn, with Richie Porte getting punched and Froome being greeted with a cup of urine on yesterday’s stage. Froome may, for once, wish he wasn’t wearing such a conspicuous colour today.

Peter Sagan is another jersey wearer without much to smile about; the Slovakian is grumpy in green, with eight top-five finishes and no stage wins so far. Today may be his last chance until Paris, with a finish that looks likely to suit the sprinters before the race hits the Alps. John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff are two other sprint specialists who could still slink away from the Champs Elysées empty handed.

That’s not to mention the finishing ramps, wild weather, brutal crashes and dizzying climbs that have hit just about everybody where it hurts. Today should be one of the more forgiving stages, with four mid-category climbs before the profile dips towards a flat finish. In a Tour packed with drama and disaster so far, nothing’s guaranteed. At best, there’ll be only one man smiling at the finish line.

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Sprint | Havay (135.8 km)

Points at finish, youth day classification, kom sprint (4) côte de la citadelle de namur (53 km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 07 July 2015
• Start time: -
• Avg. speed winner: 40.76 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 223.5 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 15
• Vert. meters: 1552
• Departure: Seraing
• Arrival: Cambrai
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 1812
• Won how: 3.4 km solo
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