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14 H 33 - Guesdon Races Ahead Of Peloton
Frederic Guesdon (FDJ) has attacked the peloton, but it's not in an attempt to catch Dekker and Marichal, rather it's to say hello to his family who live 10km away from today's race route.

14 H 35 - A Kiss & A Hug... And Back To The Peloton
Guesdon has stopped to say hello to his wife and kids and has now clicked into his pedals again and rejoined the peloton. Oh, ain't life in Brittany sweet?

14 H 36 - Average Speed For 2nd Hour
The average speed for the 2nd hour of racing in stage seven is 45.0km/h. The first two hours combined were raced at an average speed of 47.6km/h.

14 H 37 - Peloton At 91km
The peloton is now in Becherel (at the 91km mark). It is 7'50" behind Dekker and Marichal.

14 H 43 - Simoni Almost Quit...
Gilberto Simoni was dropped early in today's stage. The Saeco team leader has stated that he hasn't got good form at this year's Tour. And today he almost quit the race. He unclicked from his pedals, dismounted his bike and climbed into the team car at the 22km mark. After a brief discussion with his director, however, he got back out of the car (which was idle) and got back on the bike.
It took the two-time Giro d'Italia champion 27km to rejoin the peloton but, at this point in time, he's still part of the 2004 Tour.

this is so interesting. stage 7. a 204.5km stage. this people does such funny things. go 10km off the route to meet family, so sweet. the 20 stage tour will end up in Paris-Champs Elysees on 25th July.