96th Tour de France - Stage 14 Live Part 3
A dozen riders on the run with a gap of 7:47 as the chase is on with Ag2r leading... 40 km to go

Tour de France 2009
Stage 14: Colmar - Besancon, 199 km
Saturday 18th July 2009
Live Ticker PART THREE

Giles Belbin's course preview
The last stage before the race enters crunch time and the Alps and also probably the last opportunity for the sprinters before the the prestigious last stage on the Champs Elysees.
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Welcome to our live ticker part 3, with Nick Bull, Andy McGrath and Vaughn Trevi.
1625 CEST - Current race situation with 40km to go:
- Breakaway group of 11 containing Hayden Roulston (Cervelo), George Hincapie (Columbia), Nicolas Roche (Ag2R), Daniele Bennati and Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Daniele Righi (Lampre), Serguei Ivanov (Katusha), Christophe Le Mevel (Francaise des Jeux), Gerald Ciolek (Milram), Albert Timmer (Skil Shimano) Martijn Maaskant (Garmin)and Sebastien Minard (Cofidis).
- Peloton at 7'47" - The breakaway group attacked just after 20km into the stage. George Hincapie is currently the Virtual Race Leader; he was 5'25" behind Rinaldo Nocentini at the start of the stage.
is there 12 up front?!

1635 CEST - 35km to go. Gap 7:10
Hincapie pushing the break on to ensure he pulls on Yellow tonight. Ag2r la Mondiale is hard on the chase the French team is not going to roll over without protecting their Italian leader Rinaldo Nocentini. Hincapie and Maaskant plow the road for the break.

1636 CEST - The gap is down to 7' exactly now. This is still perfect for George - he needs 5'25" for the Maillot Jaune. Inf act, the breakaway group is still riding strongly.