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Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 15 of the Tour de France - a rolling 183km ride from Mende to Valence that could well end in a mass bunch sprint if certain teams control matters and bring it back before the end.

Tour de France
Stage 15 | Semi mountain | Men | 19.07.2015
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Updated 19/07/2015 at 15:05 GMT


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Boasson Hagen took fifth ahead of Navardauskas, with Matthews also in the top ten. That was a great sprint - very competitive.
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That's a hat-trick for Andre Greipel, who wins it by half a bike length ahead of John Degenkolb, Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan...
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Degenkolb draws level but then fades... and it's a third victory for Greipel!
0.3km
Greipel opens it up...
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There's a counter from a Bora-Argon 18 rider as Stybar is caught ahead of the kite. Now Katusha come to the front for Kristoff - Greipel, Sagan and Degenkolb are all there too...
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And it looks like Stybar will be caught before the flamme rouge... a ballsy effort, but in vain.
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He has about 100m over the pack and is completely burying himself... but the chase has yet to get organised so Stybar may not hold on.
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No response from the peloton! This is extraordinary... the standoff could result in a second win for Stybar...
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There's a little rise as Daniel Oss has a pop for BMC. Zdenek Stybar uses this as a launchpad for his own attack - and he's opened up a small gap for Etixx.
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BMC and Lotto Soudal going shoulder to shoulder as Giant and Cofidis come forward. The yellow jersey is near the front too, with two Sky team-mates.
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They cross the river on a narrow bridge and will take a tight turn at the end - and it's the world champion Kwiatkowski who leads the pack.
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The peloton has really strung out after two roundabouts in quick succession. Lotto Soudal haveformed their train and are near the front - but Katusha and Giant-Alpecin are quite far back for now.
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BMC have come right to the front ahead of a tight left-hander on a roundabout.
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It's train mode for the teams of the GC boys and sprinters now as they zip under the 10-to-go banner.
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Orica-GreenEdge have come near the front for their man Michael Matthews. Lampre-Merida are there too, for their man, um, er, let me check... Davide Cimolai?
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Another sprinter who won't win today is FDJ's Arnaud Demare, who's back in that Cavendish gruppetto. Oh, and Tyler Farrar of MTN.
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Katusha's Giampaolo Caruso leads the peloton ahead of Belgian's Thomas De Gendt of Lotto-Soudal - working for their sprinters Alexander Kristoff and Andre Greipel. Then we have the Europcar train. Today is the last chance of a bunch sprint ahead of Paris - and Mark Cavendish is in a gruppetto 12 minutes off the back.
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The riders are hugging the bank of the Rhone right now - some gorgeous aerial shots from the helicopter. Still Europcar drive the pace as Trentin and Hesjedal are swallowed up.
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Just 30 seconds now for our two leaders, Trentin and Hesjedal. The carrots are surely cooked for these game chaps.
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Peter Sagan needs a bike change and will have to fight back on to the peloton. His directeur sportif takes issue with the cameraman filming the swap and throws a water bottle at him...