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Your support makes all the difference.Stage 7 consists of a 205km race from Montpellier to Albi. Come back after it finishes for our latest reports.
Peter Sagan wins stage seven as Mark Cavendish suffers blow in the points classification
Peter Sagan won stage seven of the 100th Tour de France in Albi today to extend his lead over Mark Cavendish in the points classification.
The Slovakian, who had finished second three times already in this Tour, tasted victory after an outstanding performance from his Cannondale team, who forced the pace of the peloton for much of the day to drop his major sprint rivals early in the stage.
The peloton chased down the last of the day's attacks - led by Jan Bakelants who took the yellow jersey after making a similar late break stick on stage two of this Tour - with 2.8km of the 205km from Montpellier remaining, and Sagan beat John Degenkolb to the line with Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Daniele Bennati third.
Darly Impey was close behind to ensure the South African retains the yellow jersey for another day.
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