Here are scenes from today's stage of the Tour de France. The stage was a team time trial, which means that each team of nine riders goes off separately. The team's time is taken from the fifth rider to cross the line, so it's important that only four riders get dropped along the way. Each individual gets the time of the team, unless he was dropped, in which case he gets his actual time. The winner of the team time trial was BMC Racing Team, which averaged 32.37 miles per hour for 17.39 miles. Given the hilliness of the course, the average speed is incredible. Tomorrow is a rest day. American Tejay Van Garderen is second overall, 12 seconds behind Chris Froome of Great Britain.
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