The pack of riders cycles during the 12th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Annonay-Davezieux.

David Millar highlighted the strength of British cycling by winning the longest stage in the 2012 event on Friday.

Friday 13th was a lucky day for the veteran Scot, who will anchor a strong British team at the Olympics in London later this month and gave his home country their fourth stage victory in this edition of the Tour.

Another key member of the team will be Bradley Wiggins, who retained his overall lead and spent the whole day in the front of the bunch, showing he had become the rightful boss of the peloton. (Reuters)