Our reporter Ned Boulting caught up with Alex Dowsett ahead of Stage 6 and the Brit talked him through a painful crash on the cobbles during Stage 4 and other rigours of the Tour.
Germany's Tour de France sprint supremacy continued in Champagne country on Thursday as Andre Greipel triumphed in Reims.
Andre Greipel made a late surge.
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Team Sky's problems continued on Thursday as Spaniard Xabier Zandio joined Chris Froome in exiting the Tour de France.
Xabier Zandio was hurt on Stage 6.
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The riders set off.
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This stage ends with a long false-flat that could tire some riders. The tour continues along one of the battlegrounds of World War One - let Gary Imlach guide you through it.
