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Friday, July 11: Stage 7, Epernay - Nancy, 234.5 km

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Matteo Trentin wins a photo finish victory from Peter Sagan (green jersey) in stage seven. Photo Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 217.5: Côte de Maron, 3.2 km @ 5% average gradient - category 4
• Km 229: Côte de Boufflers, 1.3 km @ 7.9% - category 4

The Race: The second-longest stage of this year's Tour was again marred by many crashes. Cannondale spent most of the day at the front, keeping a six-man break within reach. As the peloton got closer to the end, other teams, notably Orica-GreenEdge, brought the pace up to a point that a lot riders were getting shelled out the back.

Before the final climb there was a big crash that brought down several BMC riders, notably Tejay van Garderen. He had lots of help from teammates, but the pack was moving so fast he was unable to reduce his one-minute deficit to the speeding peloton. The unfortunate BMC rider is now 3min 14sec behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali.

Over the crest of the final climb, the Côte de Boufflers, BMC rider Greg van Avermaet attacked (while van Garderen was struggling to catch the pack) and over the crest he had a small gap and Peter Sagan for company.

The pair were caught near the finish and just as the pack was in full flight, Andrew Talansky went down hard.

Sagan and Matteo Trentin fought for the stage win and everyone initially thought Sagan had taken the stage. Trentin even congratulated Sagan. But a look at the photos revealed that Trentin was first over the line.

Race leader Vincenzo Nibali finished 16th, in the front group, to remain the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.2 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	5hr 18min 39sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
5	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
6	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
7	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
8	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
9	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
11	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
12	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
13	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
14	v Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
15	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
16	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
17	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
18	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
19	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
20	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
21	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
22	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
23	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
24	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
25	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
26	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
27	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	@ 11 seconds
28	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 14''
29	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
30	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
31	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
32	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
33	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
34	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
35	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
36	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
37	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
38	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
39	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
40	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 00' 21''
41	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 51''
42	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 03''
43	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
44	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
45	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
46	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
47	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
48	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
49	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
50	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
51	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
52	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 15''
53	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 20''
54	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 23''
55	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 26''
56	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
57	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
58	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
59	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
60	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
61	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
62	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
63	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
64	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
65	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
66	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
67	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
68	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
69	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
70	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 37''
71	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01' 43''
72	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 54''
73	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02' 15''
74	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02' 30''
75	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 42''
76	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
77	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
78	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
79	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
80	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
81	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
82	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
83	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
84	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
85	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
86	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
87	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 02' 54''
88	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
89	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
90	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 06''
91	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 03' 12''
92	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03' 36''
93	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03' 39''
94	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03' 43''
95	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
96	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 46''
97	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
98	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
99	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
100	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03' 48''
101	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
102	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04' 03''
103	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 24''
104	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04' 26''
105	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 05' 16''
106	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 25''
107	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
108	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
109	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
110	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
111	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 56''
112	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 06' 08''
113	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 06' 08''
114	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
115	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
116	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
117	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 06' 20''
118	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 06' 20''
119	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
120	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
121	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 07' 28''
122	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
123	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
124	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
125	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
126	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 48''
127	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
128	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
129	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
130	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
131	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
132	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
133	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
134	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
135	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
136	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
137	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
138	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
139	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
140	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 04''
141	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 12' 16''
142	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
143	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
144	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
145	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
146	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
147	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
148	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
149	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
150	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
151	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
152	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
153	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
154	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
155	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
156	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
157	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
158	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
159	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
160	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
161	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
162	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
163	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
164	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
165	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
166	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
167	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
168	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
169	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
170	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
171	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
172	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
173	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
174	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
175	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
176	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
177	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
178	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
179	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
180	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
181	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 13' 28''
182	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
183	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
184	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 17' 15''
185	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
186	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE

GC after Stage 7: 1,291 km raced so far at an average speed of 43.104 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	29hr 57min 4sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
6	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
7	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
8	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
9	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
11	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
12	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 20''
13	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02' 25''
14	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 27''
15	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 30''
16	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 37''
17	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 39''
18	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 14''
19	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 24''
20	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 29''
21	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
22	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 59''
23	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
24	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 13''
25	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
26	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
27	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 04' 28''
28	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04' 45''
29	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 05' 07''
30	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 05' 34''
31	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 06' 17''
32	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 06' 31''
33	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 06' 36''
34	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 06' 48''
35	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 07' 03''
36	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 07' 06''
37	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 08' 52''
38	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 09' 10''
39	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 09' 12''
40	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
41	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 09' 20''
42	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 09' 25''
43	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 12' 23''
44	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 08''
45	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 27''
46	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 14' 46''
47	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 15' 21''
48	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 15' 26''
49	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 15' 36''
50	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 17' 13''
51	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 17' 57''
52	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 17' 58''
53	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 18' 00''
54	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 18' 13''
55	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 18' 20''
56	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 33''
57	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 18' 57''
58	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 19' 14''
59	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 20' 18''
60	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 20' 25''
61	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 31''
62	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 21' 33''
63	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 22' 04''
64	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 22' 08''
65	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 23' 16''
66	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 23' 21''
67	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 23' 40''
68	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 03''
69	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 25' 06''
70	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
71	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 25' 16''
72	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 25' 49''
73	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 24''
74	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 36''
75	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 26' 42''
76	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 26' 57''
77	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 27' 00''
78	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 27' 20''
79	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 27' 36''
80	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 27' 52''
81	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 28' 03''
82	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 28' 20''
83	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 29' 15''
84	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 29' 38''
85	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 29' 56''
86	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 30' 31''
87	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 30' 51''
88	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 30' 56''
89	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 30' 58''
90	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 31' 37''
91	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 31' 38''
92	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 31' 55''
93	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 32' 15''
94	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 32' 40''
95	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 50''
96	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 33' 06''
97	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 33' 08''
98	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 33' 22''
99	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 33' 31''
100	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 33' 42''
101	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 33' 47''
102	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 33' 49''
103	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 34' 00''
104	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 34' 03''
105	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 34' 46''
106	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 34' 56''
107	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 34' 57''
108	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 35' 28''
109	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 35' 31''
110	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 35' 31''
111	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 35' 32''
112	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 35' 37''
113	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 35' 42''
114	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 35' 52''
115	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 35' 55''
116	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 36' 28''
117	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 36' 48''
118	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 36' 49''
119	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 36' 57''
120	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 37' 03''
121	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 38' 11''
122	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 39' 14''
123	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 39' 28''
124	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 39' 42''
125	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 40' 01''
126	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 40' 36''
127	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 40' 54''
128	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 41' 05''
129	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
130	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 41' 25''
131	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 41' 39''
132	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 42' 56''
133	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 42' 57''
134	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 43' 02''
135	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 43' 13''
136	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 43' 29''
137	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 43' 37''
138	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 43' 41''
139	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 43' 47''
140	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 44' 13''
141	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 44' 33''
142	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 44' 41''
143	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 45' 02''
144	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 45' 04''
145	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 45' 05''
146	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 45' 21''
147	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 45' 32''
148	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 45' 51''
149	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 46' 22''
150	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 46' 26''
151	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 46' 39''
152	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 47' 16''
153	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 47' 35''
154	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 47' 36''
155	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
156	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 49' 17''
157	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 49' 25''
158	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 49' 44''
159	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 49' 47''
160	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 50' 03''
161	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 50' 13''
162	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 50' 25''
163	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 50' 44''
164	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 50' 47''
165	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 50' 52''
166	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 51' 02''
167	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 51' 05''
168	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 51' 10''
169	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 51' 34''
170	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 52' 02''
171	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 53' 59''
172	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 54' 24''
173	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 54' 30''
174	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 55' 17''
175	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 55' 38''
176	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 56' 02''
177	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 56' 10''
178	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 59' 08''
179	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 01' 43''
180	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 02' 36''
181	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 04' 59''
182	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 06' 10''
183	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 06' 14''
184	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 06' 20''
185	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 14' 56''
186	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 16' 35''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	259 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	146
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	137
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	117
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	95
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	91
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	60
8	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	56
9	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
10	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	54
11	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	54
12	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	53
13	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
14	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
15	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
16	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	41
17	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	38
18	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
19	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
20	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
21	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	31
22	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
23	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
24	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
25	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
26	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
27	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	28
28	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	28
29	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	26
30	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
31	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	25
32	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	24
33	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	24
34	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	24
35	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
36	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	22
37	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	21
38	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
39	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
40	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
41	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
42	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
43	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
44	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	20
45	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	20
46	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
47	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
48	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	18
49	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
50	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
51	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	17
52	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
53	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	16
54	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
55	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
56	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
57	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
58	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
59	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
60	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
61	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
62	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
63	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
64	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
65	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
66	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
67	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
68	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
69	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	9
70	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
71	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
72	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	8
73	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
74	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	7
75	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	7
76	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
77	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	6
78	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	6
79	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
80	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
81	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
82	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
83	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
84	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
85	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
86	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
87	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
88	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
89	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
90	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
91	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
92	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
93	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
94	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
95	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1
96	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
97	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1

Mountains Classifications:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
6	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
7	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
8	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	2
9	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
10	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
11	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
12	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
13	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	1
14	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
15	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
16	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
17	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
18	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	29hr 57min 48sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	@ 6 seconds
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 27''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 41''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 40''
6	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 39''
7	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 22' 32''
8	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 26' 13''
9	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 26' 16''
10	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 26' 52''
11	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 29' 12''
12	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 30' 53''
13	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 32' 58''
14	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 35' 08''
15	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 38' 30''
16	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 40' 55''
17	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 43' 03''
18	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 45' 55''
19	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 49' 29''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 49' 41''
21	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 53' 15''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 53' 46''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 00' 59''
24	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 01' 52''
25	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 04' 15''
26	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 05' 30''

Team Classification:

1	Astana Pro Team	89hr 52min 20sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 4min 18sec
3	Team Sky	+ 06' 31''
4	BMC Racing Team	+ 07' 08''
5	Trek Factory Racing	+ 08' 25''
6	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 10' 36''
7	Team Katusha	+ 11' 20''
8	Orica Greenedge	+ 11' 57''
9	Iam Cycling	+ 12' 53''
10	Cannondale	+ 13' 11''
11	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 14' 36''
12	Garmin - Sharp	+ 15' 29''
13	Ag2R La Mondiale	+ 15' 48''
14	Lampre - Merida	+ 16' 28''
15	Lotto-Belisol	+ 17' 24''
16	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 19' 27''
17	Team Europcar	+ 20' 10''
18	Movistar Team	+ 23' 50''
19	FDJ.Fr	+ 23' 53''
20	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 38' 38''
21	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 39' 26''
22	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 54' 46''

Stage 7 photos:

Tejay van Garderen at the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali signs some autographs before the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

On the Côte de Boufflers, Alberto Contador looks back at Nibali. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali has no difficulty today staying out of trouble. Photo ©Sirotti

Michal Kwiatkowski leads Daniel Oss. Photo ©Sirotti

Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) leads Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Sky's new GC man Richie Porte. Photo ©Sirotti

Jens Voigt. Photo ©Sirotti

After a brilliant spring, this Tour hasn't gone well for Arnaud Démare. He's crashed several times. Photo ©Sirotti

When several BMC riders went down before the final climb, Peter Velits (pictured) gave his bike to Tejay Van Garderen. Photo ©Sirotti

Thinking Peter Sagan had won the stage, Matteo Trentin offers his congratulations. Trentin won the stage after a look at the photos. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Matteo Trentin. Photo ©Sirotti

Is Vincenzo Nibali going to defend his lead all the way to Paris? Photo ©Sirotti

Live Updates:

Weather at Nancy, France at 12:45 local time:10C (66F), wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph), 78% humidity. The forecast is windy with rain showers.

Km 48: Stage seven is this year's second-longest stage. All 189 stage six finishers signed on to start today. Just before the day was ten kilometers old six riders had broken away:  Alexandre Pichot (Europcar), Matthew Busche (Trek), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Martin Elmiger (IAM), Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché). None of the six represent a GC threat. Elmiger is the best placed, 43rd, 9min 25sec behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali.

The break at this point has a lead of 3min 0sec.

Km 53: Earlier, Stef Clement crashed, forcing the Belkin rider to abandon. The race is 1hr 11min old and there is drizzle falling on the riders. Average speed so far has been 43.1 km/hr.

Km 72: The gap has come down to 2min 30sec. These gents are going to be on a short leash today.

Km 95: Break is 2min 42sec ahead of the pack. Average speed of the stage so far, 42.7 km/hr.

Km 109: The break just passed through the feed zone 2min 3sec ahead of the peloton. Cannondale looks to have selected this stage as a good opportunity for Peter Sagan. Cannondale has lots of bodies at the front, keeping the break from romping away.

Km 122: The race is in the Verdun area, scene of some of the First World War's greatest horrors. The pack passed right in front of the ossuary at Douaumont which contains the bones of Verdun's fallen. No one can visit it without being terribly saddened.

The entire Cannondale team remains at the front, keeping the gap to the break at 2min 17sec. Astana with race leader Nibali is lined up behind Cannodnale and then Sky follows. Roads look dry.

Km 131: Speed looks to have gone up, the pack is lining out and some riders (Thomas Voeckler among them) are scrambling to regain contact with the back of the peloton. The gap to the break is down to 1min 36sec. The break: Alexandre Pichot (Europcar), Matthew Busche (Trek), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Martin Elmiger (IAM), Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché).

Km 140: We're coming to the intermediate sprint at km 148. The wind is blowing at 20 km/hr which has largely been either a cross or tailwind.

Km 148: The gap to the break is only 68 seconds. The peloton can see the escapees up the road when the road straightens. Martin Elmiger sprints out of the break and wins the intermediate sprint.

Bryan Coquard went by the Cannondale train to take the field sprint followed by Mark Renshaw and then Sagan. Sagan, who didn't look like he wanted to go too deep with his stage win ambitions, was eighth, still good for 7 points.

Word has just come that Trek rider Danny van Poppel has abandoned. Van Poppel was the youngest rider in this year's Tour and the second Dutchman to abandon today. Now the peloton's youngest rider is Orica-GreenEdge's Simon Yates, who is 21.

Km 171, 63 km to go: The riders in the break are running out of gas. They aren't properly taking their turns at the front. Nicolas Edet tries an attack and is brought back by the other breakaways. The road is becoming hillier. The break's gap is 56 seconds. Average speed for the stage so far is 42.7 km/hr

Km 191, 43 km to go: Martin Elmiger (IAM) attacked the lagging break, taking Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) with him. The pair are 55 seconds ahead of the peloton. The other four breakaway riders are about to be swept up by the peloton.

Cannondale is not lacking for confidence. Their Director Stefano Zanatta said this in a television interview, “With two small climbs, the finale is good for Peter Sagan. That's why we do all the work at the head of the peloton. We have taken the responsibilities because we have the best team. I hope that Peter will win. He had a good night after his crash yesterday. He doesn't suffer. He's got the strength and the personality for finishing it off today.”

Km 204, 30 km to go: Cannondale is still hammering at the front. Cannondale riders Elia Viviani and Ted King, exhausted from hours of tempo riding, have dropped off from the front. Elmiger and Huzarski still have a 35-second lead.

At the Tour of Austria, Tinkoff-Saxo rider Evgeny Petrov has won the hilly 6th stage. Peter Kennaugh remains the overall leader. I'll have complete results and GC posted later on in the day.

Km 212, 22 km to go: Time to race. The speed has gone way up. Riders are coming off the back. The leading duo has only 12 seconds. Orica-GreenEdge has moved to the front, fancying Simon Gerran's chances. Kittel has just ocme off the back.

The break has been caught.

Km 215: On the Côte de Maron, Thomas Voeckler has attacked. Of course he has. André Greipel and Arnaud Démare have been shelled. Orica-GreenEdge is not letting Voeckler get very far up the road. Voeckler is caught.

Simon Gerran's says he's recovering from his stage one crash. Sagan says he's feeling better also. It will be an interesting finish to today's stage.

Big crash near the front! Tejay van Garderen is down and is up immediately. He's got a tough chase ahead. He's got help from other fallen riders and some teammates who have dropped back. He's got a 47-second gap to close while Tinkoff-Saxo is forcing the peloton's pace.

Km 222, 12 km to go: John Darwin Atapuma (BMC) has abandoned after being part of that crash. Van Garderen is riding teammate Peter Velits' bike. Van Garderen has three teammates. Gap is 53 seconds.

Km 226: The BMC team time trial has made it to the car convoy. We're getting close to the last climb, the fourth category Côte de Boufflers. Peter Sagan looks to be down to one teammate.

Km 228: Cyril Gautier attacks and Tinkoff-Saxo, led by Nicolas Roche, nails him back. Nibali and Contador are next to each other, close to the front.

BMC rider Greg van Avermaet crests the hill with a small lead, Sagan is with him. Sagan leads on the descent. BMC has a rider attacking the front while BMC rider Van Garderen is trying to get back in the peloton.

3 km to go: Sagan and van Avermaet are flying and Orica-GreenEdge are slowly bringing the pair back.

The finish: Another crash in the pack. The pair have been caught. Andrew Talansky fell hard near the line. Sagan and Matteo Trentin lunge for the line and it's a photo finish. Van Garderen comes in a minute later. Trentin looks to have thought Sagan won and congratulates the Cannondale rider.

But, the judges have given the stage victory to Matteo Trentin

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