Six amazing breakaways (videos)

Who doesn't love a good breakaway? Here at Cycling Weekly, we've put together six of our favourites

Tony Martin escapes on stage six of the 2013 Tour of Spain (Photo: Graham Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

Mark Cavendish, Robbie McEwen and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov might disagree, but there's nothing quite like a good breakaway. Pete Kennaugh took his moment in the sun after an opportunistic effort on the opening day of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Romain Bardet followed suit, and then Vincenzo Nibali took advantage of his own five-man escape on stage six to work his way into the overall race lead.

All of which came on the back of a Giro d'Italia which had been chock-full of breaks, topped off by a surprise final-stage win for Iljo Keisse (more of whom later).

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