After a second rainy day in France, Andre Greipel redeemed himself after a somewhat dissapointing tour thus far, by winning Stage 6. The Lotto Belisol sprinter took the stage in a relatively easy fashion as Kittel was dropped nearing the end and Sagan was content with 5th place after aquiring points earlier in the day.

Today's 194km leg started in Arras and concluded in Reims situated in the north of France. Apart from the race itself, The Tour organisers remembered those who lost their lives in World War I. The riders passed several battelfields, including the Somme, yet their main focus was on keeping safe after favourite Chris Froome pulled out of the tour yesterday due to injuries sustained by wet weather that had carried through to today. 

An early break away group was formed by Jerome Pineau (IAM Cycling), Tom Leezer (Belkin), Luis Mate Mardones (Cofidis) and Arnaud Gerard (Bretagne). Three of the four riders never really broke costless however, and were soon caught by the tight peloton. 

Unfortunately, the harmony of the peloton was to be broken by the wet weather as Sky saw another rider in  Xabier Zandio leave in an ambulance for the second consecutive day. Sky weren't the only team suffering though, as Silin of Katusha and Hernandez of Astana also crashed out. Current white jersey holder and fan favourite, Peter Sagan likewise took a tumble, but recovered - somewhat cautiously. 

Mate of Cofidis was the last remaining break-away rider, and was caught by the disperse peloton with 12km remaining. Omega Pharma-Quickstep took turns with Giant-Shimano to spearhead the peloton, just as they have continuously throughout the tour. Current general classification leader, Vincenzo Nibali, and serious contender Alberto Contador, who lost valuable time yesterday battled it out once more, as both were on the leading end of the peloton. 

Cannondale, without Sagan pushed to the front in the last km, as a late attack came from Kwiatkowski of Omega Pharma-Quickstep. His attack was soon reeled in and it seemed to be between Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r-La Mondiale), yet Greipel, who was lurking just behind attacked with 100 meters left, eventually winning by a bike length. 

Pierre Rolland lost 59 seconds, as Europcar's efforts to steal the yellow jersey were foiled. Vincenzo Nibali still leads in general classification, but is only 2 seconds ahead of Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team). 

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