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Thursday, June 12: Stage 5, Sisteron - La Mure, 189.5 km

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Rated Ascents:

• Km 68.5: Col de Manse, 6.6 km @ 6.2% average gradient, Category 2
• Km 100: Côte du Motty, 2.3 km @ 8.1%, Category 3
• Km 125.5: Côte du Pont-Haut, 2.7 km @ 7.4%, Category 3
• Km 135: Col de Malissol, 2.0 km @ 8.8%, Category 3
• Km 149.5: Col de la Morte, 3.1 km @ 8.4%, Category 2
• Km 169: Côte de Laffrey, 6.3 km @ 6.2%, Category 2

The Race: What a day! Hot weather today.

Yesterday Sky seemed to show signs of tiredness. Today, on the descent of the Côte de Laffrey, Alberto Contador (with temporary help from teammate Sergio Paulinho) attacked the Yellow Jersey group and quickly established a gap of over a minute.

Earlier a 17-man escape had gone clear and with 20 km remaining Contador had started picking up help from those who had been dropped (including French champion Arthur Vichot) from the original break. Sky, understanding the seriousness of the moment, was at the front of the pack (about 18 riders strong) laboring to bring back the fleeing Spaniard.

Contador couldn't get enough help from his fellow breakaways and was back in the Froome group with 16 km to go.

Meanwhile, there were still riders of the original break off the front with Simon Spilak alone ahead of everyone.

Spilak motored to the finish to win the stage, making two stage wins in a row for Katusha, while the remaining breakaways were mopped up. Back in the Yellow Jersey group Wilco Kelderman and Adam Yates attacked the Froome group. Sky mounted a frenzied chase, but Kelderman (with Yates) stayed away to grab the six-second time bonus for second place, making him tied with Contador in the GC.

With lots of work, Froome preserved his overall lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.02 km/hr

1	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 51min 24sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	@ 14 seconds
3	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:17
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA
7	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
8	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE
9	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
10	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
11	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
12	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
13	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
14	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
15	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
16	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
17	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
18	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
19	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
20	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
21	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
22	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
23	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING
24	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
25	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
26	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
27	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
28	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	0:00:29
29	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
30	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
31	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
32	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	0:01:22
33	Stephan Denifl	IAM CYCLING	0:01:34
34	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:04:25
35	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
36	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
37	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
38	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
39	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
40	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
41	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO
42	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
43	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
44	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
45	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
46	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM
47	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
48	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
49	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
50	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR
51	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
53	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
54	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
55	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP
56	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
57	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
58	Ivan Santaromita	ORICA GREENEDGE
59	George Bennett	CANNONDALE
60	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
61	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA
62	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
63	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR
64	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
65	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
66	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
67	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
68	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
69	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA
70	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
71	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:10:45
72	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM
73	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING
74	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
75	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
76	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA
77	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
78	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
79	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA
80	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
81	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
82	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
83	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE
84	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
85	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM
86	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
87	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
88	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
89	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
90	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
91	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
92	Edwald Suarez Beltran	TINKOFF-SAXO
93	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
94	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
95	Bruno Pires	TINKOFF-SAXO
96	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA
97	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
98	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR
99	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
100	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:12:54
101	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING
102	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
103	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
104	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
105	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM
106	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
107	Thierry Hupond	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
108	David Millar	GARMIN - SHARP
109	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL
110	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:18:52
111	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:20:23
112	Leigh Howard	ORICA GREENEDGE
113	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
114	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
115	Frantisek Padour	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
116	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO
117	Jack Bobridge	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
118	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING
119	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO
120	Frederik Willems	LOTTO-BELISOL

GC after Stage 5: 717.4 km raced so far at an average speed of 37.725 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	19hr 01min 00sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
9	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:24
10	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:35
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:40
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
13	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:01:43
14	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:01:44
15	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	0:02:22
16	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:02:32
17	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	0:02:36
18	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:42
19	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:02:47
20	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:31
21	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:03:56
22	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:01
23	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:05:09
24	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	0:05:31
25	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	0:05:50
26	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:06:03
27	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE	0:06:03
28	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:06:04
29	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR	0:06:09
30	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:06:45
31	George Bennett	CANNONDALE
32	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:07:14
33	Ivan Santaromita	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:07:36
34	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:07:50
35	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:07:51
36	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	0:07:58
37	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	0:08:09
38	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:09:10
39	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	0:09:13
40	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:09:15
41	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:09:27
42	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	0:09:54
43	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:10:00
44	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:10:45
45	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	0:11:08
46	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:11:50
47	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
48	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:11:51
49	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:11:59
50	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:12:20
51	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:13:52
52	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:14:13
53	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	0:14:22
54	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:15:04
55	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:15:11
56	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	0:16:13
57	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:16:17
58	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	0:16:20
59	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:16:34
60	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:16:45
61	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:17:48
62	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:18:05
63	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA	0:18:38
64	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	0:18:49
65	Stephan Denifl	IAM CYCLING	0:19:37
66	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:20:10
67	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	0:20:33
68	Edwald Suarez Beltran	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:20:50
69	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	0:21:19
70	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:21:45
71	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:21:58
72	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:22:34
73	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	0:22:51
74	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
75	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:24:09
76	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:24:47
77	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:25:27
78	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:25:37
79	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:25:40
80	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:25:45
81	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:25:49
82	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR	0:25:54
83	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:26:10
84	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:27:44
85	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:29:05
86	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:29:10
87	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:29:36
88	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:30:32
89	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:31:04
90	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:31:11
91	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:32:18
92	David Millar	GARMIN - SHARP	0:32:46
93	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:32:58
94	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:33:47
95	Bruno Pires	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:34:08
96	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:34:15
97	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:34:16
98	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:35:59
99	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	0:36:40
100	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	0:37:29
101	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:39:22
102	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	0:40:00
103	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:41:18
104	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:41:22
105	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:41:28
106	Frantisek Padour	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:42:51
107	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:42:58
108	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:43:13
109	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:43:28
110	Thierry Hupond	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:43:33
111	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:43:34
112	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:43:52
113	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:43:59
114	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:45:55
115	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM CYCLING	0:47:29
116	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	0:47:53
117	Nicki Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:48:07
118	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.FR	0:48:18
119	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:48:30
120	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	0:50:17
121	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:50:44
122	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING	0:50:47
123	Jack Bobridge	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:50:47
124	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:52:03
125	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:52:16
126	Frederik Willems	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:52:34
127	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	0:53:13
128	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	0:54:11
129	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:54:31
130	Anton Vorobyev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:55:00
131	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:55:31
132	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	0:56:07
133	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	0:56:44
134	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:57:01
135	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:59:01
136	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	0:59:14
137	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:00:39
138	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:01:11
139	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:01:22
140	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:02:42
141	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	1:04:43
142	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	1:05:22
143	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	1:05:40
144	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL	1:05:43
145	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:05:49
146	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:05:55
147	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1:08:20
148	Luca Wackermann	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:10:10
149	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	1:14:28
150	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:15:06
151	Sylvester Szmyd	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:21:15
152	Xabier Zandio	TEAM SKY	1:26:23
153	Leigh Howard	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:27:35

Stage 5 photos:

Sky had to work like dogs today to contain the threats to Chris Froome's lead.

Alberto Contador (green jersey), surrounded by his team, is willing to pounce on any opportunty to gain time.

Astana with Vincenzo Nibali is close behind

Lars Boom (Belkin)

Damiano Caruso lead's the day's break.

After attacking the break, Simon Spilak heads for the barn to earn a well-deserved stage victory.

Near the finish Wilco Kelderman and Adam yates executed a perfected time escape and made Sky go deep to keep them from running away with the race. Kelderman's savvy move elevated him to a tie with Contador in GC time.

Simon Spilak gives Katusha two stage wins in a row.

Kelderman and Yates finish just in front of a charging pack.

Stage winner Simon Spilak

Alessandro De Marchi has taken over the mountains classification from Kevin Reza.

Contador and the other contenders are not going to let Chris Froome just phone this one in. He can expects cosntant attacks, day after day.

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