Tour de France, Day 5
Filed under: General
Another mostly flat stage that ended in an all out sprint, with several wicked turns thrown in the last few kilometers to shake the riders up. Australian Robbie McEwan won the stage, though he remains out of contention for the Sprinter’s green jersey (he lost a great deal of points when the judges dropped him to last place after stage 3 for making contact with another racer during the final sprint). Lance Armstrong retains the leader’s yellow jersey, and since the entire peloton is scored with the same finish time, there were no time losses this stage. There were a few shuffles in overall standing due to the sprinter’s time bonuses for winning sprints (and some minor attrition).
Tomorrow there are a few more hills, but for the most part it’s another long flat stage.
American Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 5
Results |
Name
|
Team
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
45.
|
Armstrong
|
DSC
|
-
|
-
|
|
2
|
-
|
48.
|
Hincapie
|
DSC
|
+0:55
|
-
|
|
4.
|
-
|
77.
|
Julich
|
CDC
|
+1:07
|
-
|
|
9.
|
-
|
176.
|
Zabriskie
|
CSC
|
+1:26
|
-
|
|
20.
|
-
|
105.
|
Landis
|
PHO
|
+1:50
|
-
|
|
30.
|
-2
|
100.
|
Leipheimer
|
GRL
|
+2:31
|
-
|
|
69.
|
-1
|
67.
|
Rodriguez
|
SAD
|
+3:57
|
-
|
|
102.
|
+1
|
56.
|
Horner
|
DVL
|
+4:54
|
-
|
|
141.
|
+1
|
21.
|
Trenti
|
QST
|
+5:39
|
-
|
Discovery Channel Team Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 5
Results |
Name
|
Country
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
45.
|
Armstrong
|
USA
|
-
|
-
|
|
2.
|
-
|
48.
|
Hincapie
|
USA
|
+0:55
|
-
|
|
5.
|
-
|
88.
|
Rubiera
|
Spain
|
+1:14
|
-
|
|
6.
|
-
|
41.
|
Popovych
|
Ukraine
|
+1:16
|
-
|
|
8.
|
-
|
75.
|
Noval
|
Spain
|
+1:26
|
-
|
|
12.
|
-
|
130.
|
Padrnos
|
Czechoslovakia
|
+1:32
|
-
|
|
13.
|
-
|
76.
|
Savoldeli
|
Italy
|
+1:33
|
-
|
|
16.
|
-
|
97.
|
Azevado
|
Portugal
|
+1:37
|
-
|
|
23.
|
-
|
49.
|
Beltran
|
Spain
|
+2:12
|
-
|
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