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Stage 5, Thursday, July 5: Rouen - Saint Quentin, 196.5 km

The Race: The peloton let a four-man break stay away until the final kilometer. A rise shortly before the finish probably took away some of Mark Cavendish's speed. Also, with less than three kilometers to go there was a crash which delayed Peter Sagen. That left the field open to André Greipel and his Lotto-Belisol team, who timed things perfectly.

Fabian Cancellara retained his lead in the General Classification. With a single category four climb tomorrow, Cancellara will probably retain the Yellow Jersey until Saturday, when the stage ends with a hilltop finish at the top of the first category La Planche des Belles Filles.

Results:

1. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 4hr 41min 28sec. 41.9 km/hr
2. Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-Green Edge) s.t.
3. Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff)
4. Mark Cavendish (Sky) s.t.
5. Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) s.t.
6. Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
7. Oscar Freire (Katusha) s.t.
8. Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) s.t.
9. Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) s.t.
10. Yohann Gene (Europcar) s.t.
11. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
12. Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
13. Borut Bozic (Astana) s.t.
14. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Vacansoleil) s.t.
15. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) s.t.
16. Janez Brajkovic (Astana) s.t.
17. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
18. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) s.t.
19. David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
20. Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
21. Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
22. Andréas Klöden (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
23. Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
24. Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
25. Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel) s.t.
26. Cadel Evans (BMC) s.t.
27. Christopher Froome (Sky) s.t.
28. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
29. Andriy Grivko (Astana) s.t.
30. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
31. Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
32. Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
33. Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
34. Nicolas roche (Ag2r) s.t.
35. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
36. Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) s.t.
37. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) s.t.
38. Michael Rogers (Sky) s.t.
39. Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
40. George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
41. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
42. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
43. Denis Menchov (Katusha) s.t.
44. Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) s.t.
45. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp s.t.
46. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s. t.
47. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) s.t.
48. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) s.t.
49. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
50. Christopher Horner (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.

General Classification: 1,013.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.94 km/hr

1. Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 24hr 45min 30sec
2. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) @ 7sec
3. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
4. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 10sec
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 11sec
6. Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 13sec
7. Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 17sec
8. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 19se
9. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
10. Andréas Klöden (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 19sec
11. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 21sec
12. Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 22sec
13. Janez Brajkovic (Astana) s.t.
14. Rein Taarame (Cofidis) s.t.
15. Peter Sagen (Liquigas) @ 23sec
16. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) s.t.
17. Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
18. Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) @ 24sec
19. Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
20. Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) s.t.
21. Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 25sec
22. Michael Rogers (sky) s.t.
23. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 26sec
24. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 28sec
25. Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 29sec
26. Ivan Basso (Liquigas) s.t.
27. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 35sec
28. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
29. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 37sec
30. Michele Scarponi (Lampre) s.t.
31. Frank Schleck (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 38sec
32. Andriy Grivko (Astana) s.t.
33. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 40sec
34. Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) @ 42sec
35. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar) s.t.
36. Nick Nuyens (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 43sec
37. Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 2 45sec
38. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
39. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 47sec
40. Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun 2 48sec
41. Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 53sec
42. Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) s.t.
43. Oscar Freire (Katusha) @ 57sec
44. Jelle Vanendert (Lotto-Belisol) @ 1min 0sec
45. Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 1min 1sec
46. Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 1min 24sec
47. Christopher Horner (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 1min 29sec
48. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 30sec
49. Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1min 38sec
50. Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 1min 41sec

Climber:

1. Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff): 9 points
2. Ivan Basso (Liquigas): 2
3. Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 2
4. Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun): 2
5. David Moncoutié (Cofidis): 2

Points:

1. Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 155 points
2. Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 137
3. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 132
4. Mark Cavendish (Sky): 119
5. Alessandrop Petacchi (Lampre): 91

Young Rider:

1. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 24hr 45min 42sec
2. Edvald Boasson hagen (Sky) @ 1sec
3. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 12sec
4. Peter Sagen (Liquigas) @ 13sec
5. Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) @ 14sec

Team Classification:

1. Sky: 74hr 17min 10sec
2. Radio Shack-Nissan @ 4sec
3. BMC @ 6sec
4. Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 13sec
5. Liquigas @ 29sec

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Photos from stage 5:

The scene at the departure

David Zabriskie rides to the start.

Tyler Farrar

Alexandre Vinokourov and Michele Scarponi

Bradley Wiggins

Fabian Cancellara

Tejay Van Garderen

Marcel Kittel, plagued with knee and gut problems, quit today

Mark Cavendish and Edvald Boasson Hagen

Ivan Basso fusses with his bike before the start.

Ready to go

Look near the more distant red "2" sign. The rider in red is Jan Ghyselinck, who took a flier from the break at the last minute. The break is about to be swallowed by the pack.

The rise before the finish probably took the sting out of Cavendish's legs.

Peter Sagen was caught up in the crash just before the finish.

Say "Cheese"

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