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Tour de France 2015: stage six – rider reaction

The peloton reacts as Tony Martin crashes out and Daniel Teklehaimanot makes history

The yellow jersey claimed its second victim of this year’s Tour de France, with Tony Martin breaking his collarbone late on stage six, and having to abandon the race overnight.

The ‘curse of the maillot jaune‘ is in stark contrast to the history being made in the polka dot jersey, however, with Eritrean Daniel Teklehaimanot becoming the first black African to pull on the pois.

Both were high on the agenda as the riders took to Twitter to digest yesterday’s stage into Le Havre.

We’ve rounded up some of the best Tweets below.

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