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Prologue of le Tour

The start of the 2007 Tour de France. Footage of the 7th and 8th July 2007.

Pozzatto wins stage 5

Stage 5 came to a thrilling climax as Liquigas' Filippo Pozzato won a sprint finish from Oscar Freire.

Favourite Alexandre Vinokourov crashed 30 kilometres from the finish, and finished one minute 22 seconds off the pace. Link for news of today's exciting finish

Brtian's Mark Cavendish finished 10th for the second time

More bite the dust

Cofidis rider Geoffrey Lequatre is the latest rider forced to retire, but he's not the only one…

Lequatre has been forced to retire with what looks like a broken wrist. More have also fallen foul to injury. Link

Meanwhile, at the front, Chavanel and Gilbert lead with the pelaton in hot pursuit.

Di Gregorio forced to quit

22 year old Remy di Gregorio has been forced to pull out of the Tour de France.

Climber di Gregorio fell in stage four in the same incident that saw Zabier Zandio pull out as well.

Di Gregorio was making his debut in the Grande Boucle, but scans have revealed he can't continue having fractured his elbow.

Link

Tour de Bog

Ken Livingstone's secret weapon for Le Tour's next visit?

And to think people paved the streets of London rather than head for Llanwrtyd Wells.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVTIeWuJYUE

No break for Basso

Ivan Basso may be out of this year's Tour, but that hasn't stopped the Italian Olympic Committee pressing home their suspicions over any ongoing use of banned substances.

Link: Ivan has visitors

Let the pain begin

Okay, the sprinters have had their fun, and we hope they've enjoyed it.

But today Le Tour begins to take on its darker side. Today's Stage Five certainly doesn't threaten any of the agony that Saturday's Col de la Columbiere will hold, but the 182.5km Chablis to Autun ride has some decent climbs, and the true pattern of this year's event may well begin to emerge today.

Link: Today's Stage

Fabian Cancellara retains the overall leader's yellow jersey, but whether he'll still have it in his possession at the end of today seems in greater doubt.

Win ride with team T-Mobile

Giant Bikes are running an online competition to win the chance of a trip to join the T-Mobile team in Mallorca, Spain.

There's also some great prizes of new bikes and signed team shirts.

Closing date is July 31st - suggest you get over to Giant Bikes swiftly if you fancy your chances up the Mallorcan hills....!?

Live Internet Coverage

There is a lot of debate on the isporty forum about the quality of the Eurosport coverage and the timing of the ITV coverage!

There is also some great tips about the best places online to get both live audio and video feeds.

Might be worth having a look at this informative site!