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Endura Racing team riders relax before the start of Stage 1.
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Team Type 1 cars, ready to go
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Team Type 1 Colnago bikes
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2010 winner Christophe Le Mevel, now with Garmin-Cervelo, is featured on an official race poster.
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Saur-Sojasun car
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Mavic vehicles
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Race director's car
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France TV van
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A two-man breakaway, Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat-Auber 93) and Arthur Vichot (FDJ),
have only about a 30-second lead on the peloton about 12 kilometers from the finish
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The peloton rides along the Mediterranean in pursuit of the breakaway
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Kiel Reijnen (USA) with Team Type 1 car.  Reijnen finished the stage over 7 minutes behind the stage winner.
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