Stage 1: Castres → Mirande, 209 km Full Results and Report
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30 minutes until the finish in Mirande, a mid-sized market town just north of the Pyrenees | 
The police escort | 
The peloton appearing over a small riser with 125m to go | 
Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) reaches the top of the small hill before the slight downhill to the finish | 
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Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) sits up early | 
Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) wins stage 1 | 
2nd Anthony ROUX (FDJ) and 3rd Adrien PETIT (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) | 
The margin of victory | 
Second pro win for the neo pro | 
the rest of the peloton including 5th Christopher SUTTON (SKY) | 
Thomas Voeckler enjoying the view from the back | 
More Sky riders | 
Your stage 1 winner, Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) | 
Tour de France MC Daniel Mangeas interviews the winner | 
Stage 1 winner = Race leader | 
Teammate Thomas ROSTOLLAN is the points leader | 
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Stage 2: Villecomtal-sur-Arros → Villecomtal-sur-Arros, 183 km Full Results and Report
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David ARROYO | 
Amets TXURRUKA | 
Start scene in Villecomtal-sur-Arros | 
Thomas Voeckler and daughter | 
Geoffroy Lequattre | 
Blel KADRI | 
Sandy CASAR | 
Nicolas VOGONDY | 
Ian Boswell | 
Pablo Lastras | 
Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | 
Mattia GAVAZZI | 
Yohann GENE | 
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Stage 1 winner, Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) and teammate and points leader, Thomas ROSTOLLAN | 
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Jersey leaders | 
Stage 2 start scene in Villecomtal-sur-Arros | 
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km 90: Break arriving back in Villecomtal-sur-Arros at the halfway point of the 182 km stage. | 
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Follow this straight road to the High Pyrenees | 
The finishing straight | 
First hydrogen bike apparantly | 
Tou de France's Christian Prudhomme arrives at the finish line | 
Sprint finish with 125m to go | 
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50m to go | 
The full flight sprint finish shot | 
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France's Yohann GENE (TEAM EUROPCAR) wins in 4:38:00 ahead of Christopher SUTTON (SKY PROCYCLING) and Samuel DUMOULIN (AG2R LA MONDIALE). Yesterday's winner, Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE), was 4th today | 
Yohann GENE (TEAM EUROPCAR) | 
Tou de France's Christian Prudhomme with the local race organizer | 
Your Stage 1 winner Yohann GENE (TEAM EUROPCAR) | 
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Yannick MARTINEZ (LA POMME MARSEILLE) retains the race lead | 
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Stage 3: Izaourt → Bagneres de Luchon, 175 km Full Results and Report
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Samuel DUMOULIN | 
Team Sky getting introduced | 
The jersey leaders prior to Stage 3 in Izaourt | 
The rollout for stage 3 | 
The first 30 to 40 mins saw lots of movement as breaks tried to form, no space given though | 
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The peloton taking it's time spread right across the road | 
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Peyresourde break: 5 at first then more, Blel Kadri and Emanuele Sella prominent, but Caja Rural's Omar FRAILE took the points | 
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Blel Kadri at the front | 
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The second of 3 cat 1 climbs, Val Louron Azet: breakaway still a gap of one minute | 
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Descending into St Lary, still not much of a gap, break fractures a bit…Thomas Voeckler near the front of bunch and can't resist making faces :-) | 
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Arreau: Break still fracturing, gap less than 1 minute | 
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police motorbike crashed 20 ft into a field - he was luckily ok | 
Nicolas Vogondy looking back at the race moto that has gone off the edge of the road | 
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Final break on the Port de Bales: Not often a break of 4 has 2 TdF KOM winners in it. Foggy up one side, sunny as soon as the summit reached. | 
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The finish scene in Bagneres de Luchon | 
Here comes the winning break | 
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Four men bunch sprint in Bagneres de Luchon | 
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Thomas VOECKLER (TEAM EUROPCAR) wins ahead of 2nd Franco PELLIZOTTI (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI), 3rd John GADRET (AG2R LA MONDIALE), 4th Romain BARDET (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
5th Ruben PLAZA (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 10s followed by 6th Diego ROSA (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) and 7th Hubert DUPONT (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
8th Kanstantsin SIUTSOU (SKY PROCYCLING) + 16 | 
Franco PELLIZOTTI laments a missed opportunity | 
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Thomas Voeckler, winner of a Tour de France stage in Bagneres de Luchon, celebrates today's Route du Sud win with his son | 
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Your stage 3 winner, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) | 
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Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) is also the new race leader |
Stage 4: Saint Gaudens → L’Isle Jourdain, 149 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 2 winner, Yohann GENE (TEAM EUROPCAR) | 
Ag2R at the teams introduction | 
Happy Father's Day | 
Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) was in good spirits despite missing out on the Stage 3 and overall win yesterday. He would wind up 2nd overall. | 
Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) would claim the Mountains Jersey on the last day | 
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) arriving late for the start in Saint Gaudens | 
As soon as Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) was ready, off they went | 
Stage 4 rollout | 
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The break on the first pass through L’Isle Jourdain | 
Europcar in control of the chase | 
200m to go: Sprint finish coming at you | 
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Results from the final stage sprint finish: 1 Marco Frapporti (Androni-Giocattoli), 2 Danilo Napolitano (Accent Job), 3 Benjamin Giraud (La Pomme Marseille) | 
Race leader Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) crosses safely for the overall win | 
Your stage 4 winner, Marco Frapporti (Androni-Giocattoli) | 
On the strength of his Stage 3 mountain win, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) is your overall winner | 
After a slow start to the season, Thomas Voeckler finds his form and wins his first stage race in over two years just in time for the Tour de France | 
Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) won the Mountains Jersey on the last day | 
Selle congratulates Voeckler with a handshake and a wry smile |
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