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The sprinters' teams have had their say until now, but with the GC scattered and the mountains looming, there are more opportunities for escape artists

The team has taken four very different stage wins at this year's Tour, showing the squad's depth of talent

Pre-arranged alliances are a myth, though rivals often team up on the road when their goals are in harmony

Talansky was hunting a stage win on Saturday, and he hasn't given up hope yet

Graham Watson shoots the 14th stage of the 2013 Tour de France

The soft-spoken Colombian climber finds himself in a leadership role as the mountains loom and could prove the surprise of the 2013 Tour

Results from stage 14 of the 2013 Tour de France

Simon steals a march on the crumbling break but Trentin denies him the victory just inside the red kite

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Alejandro Valverde lost big time aboard this EPS-equipped Pinarello race machine on Friday after suffering a poorly timed broken wheel

Saxo, Omega Pharma, and Belkin take the peloton to task on what was supposed to be a sprinters' stage

World champion, others lead an effort to convince ASO to run a women's Tour alongside the men's race, starting in 2014

Danish contender jumps out of the shadows and up the overall standings ahead of the next mountain test, to Mont Ventoux

Belkin and Saxo take the GC fight to Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish capitalizes on a windy day

Results from stage 13 of the 2013 Tour de France

U.S.-based squad says it is focused on the GC to gain valuable UCI points

Manxman delivers the stage win after the GC contenders take the race to Sky and make big gains in the overall

Sky principal Dave Brailsford says he wants the team to start doing more races in North America

Russian second-division squad to discipline doctor who prescribed banned substance

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The 36-year-old Henderson is the final leadout man for sprinter Andre Greipel

Soigneurs on the Tour live long days in the service of the riders; we follow them through a day spent feeding the team in France

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Kittel nips Cavendish and farmers celebrate the Tour de France with a big meal

Mark Cavendish is short on wins in the 100th Tour de France and he lauds Marcel Kittel after the German punches up his third in 12 stages

Young Polish champion is riding consistently throughout his first Tour de France and enjoying the maillot blanc with nine days remaining

You need to join carbon or alloy components with not too little and not too much tension. Here's a quick how-to on using a torque wrench

Chris Froome loses a second teammate as Edvald Boasson Hagen crashes out of the Tour

Missed Thursday's Tour stage? Catch up with our team coverage of the ride to Tours, where Marcel Kittel did what he hadn't done before

Results from stage 12 of the 2013 Tour de France

A brilliant leadout by Gert Steegmans isn't enough for Mark Cavendish to depose triple stage winner Marcel Kittel in Tours

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American rider finished 12th in the race against the clock, which bodes well for the stage 17 time trial

Ken Hanson and Leah Kirchmann claim sprint victories in downtown Vancouver criterium

Race organizers in the Netherlands uninvite the British rider in response to the stage 10 incident involving Tom Veelers

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Garmin rider takes us through Dan Martin's exciting stage 9 victory in the Pyrénées

From hunting the breakaway to the final leadout, get step-by-step tips for winning sprint stages

Marcel Kittel has emerged as a sprinter to be reckoned with

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The 100th Tour takes to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and we capture the action

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Tour leader comes to Cavendish's defense after fan throws urine on the 24-time Tour stage winner

An inauspicious ride to 17th in the 2006 Commonwealth Games landed Chris Froome on Dave Brailsford's radar

Results from stage 11 of the 2013 Tour de France

World champion takes narrow stage win against the clock, but the Tour's overall leader makes big time gains

Norwegian rider has seven wins since joining Katusha in 2012, and finished second in the opening stage at this year's Tour

British sprinter was riding in the stage 11 time trial when the incident occurred

Several close calls have resulted in zero victories thus far in the 2013 edition of the race

German rider starts his day well before the GC riders and takes the early lead

The official startlist for the stage 11 time trial at the Tour de France

BMC rider struggles in the Pyrénées and now sits more than 35 minutes behind the race leader

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Marcel Kittel sports the aviator look and the Tour sees its biggest crowds of 2013

German sprint ace has come from injury to elite status in 2013

The peloton rode its way across Bretagne on Tuesday and we captured the action

Global Cycling Network reviews that week that was, from the Tour de France to Mara Abbott's Giro Rosa victory

Belgian eyes repeat world title, locks in with American team through 2016

Former world champion sparks controversy with reaction to late crash of Tom Veelers

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Looking ahead to Wednesday's time trial, Dutchman is in with a shot at becoming The Netherlands' first Tour podium finisher since 1990

The Germans take over in Saint Malo with Marcel Kittel scores his second Tour win

Results from stage 10 of the 2013 Tour de France

German ace wins his second Tour stage as Germany goes 1-2 and Cavendish finds himself involved in a controversial crash