2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 5, Wednesday, July 6: 
Limoges - Le Lioran

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Stage 5, Wednesday, July 6: Limoges - Le Lioran, 216 km

Stage 5 map and profile | Stage 5 photos | Stage 5 video | Organizer's preview

Greg van Avermaet wins stage 5 and takes over the GC lead

Rated ascents:

• Km 16.5: Côte de Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 1.7 km @ 5.2% - cat 4
• Km 142.5: Côte du Puy Saint-Mary, 6.8 km @ 3.9% - cat 3
• Km 173.5: Col de Neronne, 7.1 km @ 3% - cat 3
• Km 185.0: Pas de Peyrol (Puy Mary) (1,589 m), 5.4 km @ 8.1% - cat 2
• Km 201.5: Col du Perthus (1,309 m), 4.4 km @ 7.9% - cat 2
• Km 213.5: Col de Font de Cère, 3.3 km @ 5.8% - cat 3

Weather: At the finish city of Le Lioran at 2:25 PM it is 22C (71F) and sunny. Wind is from the NNW at 11 km/hr (7 mph)

The Race: The peloton made its departure for the first day in the hills at 11:39 AM. There were 17 climber's points available today.

Here is the organizer's stage summary:

One year after he claimed his first victory at the Tour de France in stage 13 to Rodez when he outsprinted Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team stepped up in the history of the race as he added the yellow jersey to his brilliant solo win at Le Lioran, taking over from the Slovakian who led the race for three days. In the morning, he feared the stage in the Massif Central was too hard for him but it wasn't the case. He rode all his breakaway companions off in the hills. Thomas De Gendt was last to surrender with 17km to go in the ascent to col du Perthus. The last yellow jersey holder from Belgium was Jan Bakelants in 2013. This is the fifth yellow jersey in the history of the BMC Racing Team after Australians Cadel Evans (one day in 2010, two in 2011) and Rohan Dennis (one day in 2015).

198 riders started stage 5 of the 103rd Tour de France. Since 2005, it didn't happen that no abandon was recorded in the first four stages. After several unsuccessful skirmishes and the passing of the côte de Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Raymond Poulidor's hometown where Jasper Stuyven scored one more point in the King of the Mountains classification he already led, nine riders managed to go clear at km 21: Andriy Grivko (Astana), Rafal Majka (Tinkoff), Cyril Gautier (AG2R-La Mondiale), Greg van Avermaet (BMC), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Bartosz Huzarski (Bora-Argon 18), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie) and Florian Vachon (Fortuneo-Vital Concept). The front group split at km 85 after a few arguments between the riders. Three of them rode away: Grivko, Van Avermaet and De Gendt.

At half way, the leading trio had an advantage of 1.15 over their six former breakaway companions and 9.50 over the peloton led by Team Sky. The difference grew to 15.10 with 73km to go. From 60km to go (14.50) to 50km to go (13.50), the pack only recovered one minute. With 35km remaining, Movistar took the command while the deficit was 11 minutes. Grivko couldn't hold the pace of Van Avermaet and De Gendt while climbing to Pas de Peyrol with 33km to go. Several big names got dropped from the peloton after Peter Sagan said goodbye to the yellow jersey: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Fränk Schleck (Trek-Segafredo), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)…

Van Avermaet attacked De Gendt to go solo in the ascent to the col du Perthus (cat. 3) with 17km to go. It was a 1-2 for Belgium, the first since stage 2 of the 2007 Tour de France when Gert Steegmans won in Gent ahead of Tom Boonen, as De Gendt managed to stay ahead of the group of the favourites, 2.35 behind his compatriot. This was only the second time the Tour de France had a stage finish at Le Lioran so Van Avermaet made it a 100% for Belgium in the ski resort of the Cantal province where Romain Bardet hails from. The Frenchman accelerated in the last climb. His action was too strong for Alberto Contador who lost 26 seconds while the remaining GC contenders crossed the line with the same time. Van Avermaet has 5.11 lead over Julian Alaphilippe in the overall ranking.

Complete Results:

216 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.083 km/hr

Stage 5 photos | Stage 5 video

1	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	5hr 31min 36sec
2	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	@ 2min 34sec
3	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 05' 04''
4	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
5	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 05' 07''
6	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
7	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
8	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
9	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
10	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
11	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
12	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
13	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
14	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
15	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
16	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
17	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
18	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
19	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
20	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
21	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
22	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
23	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
24	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	+ 05' 16''
25	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 05' 18''
26	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 05' 21''
27	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 05' 23''
28	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 05' 26''
29	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 36''
30	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 05' 40''
31	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 05' 48''
32	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 06' 03''
33	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 24''
34	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 07' 19''
35	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 17''
36	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
37	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
38	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
39	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
40	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
41	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
42	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
43	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 10' 18''
44	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
45	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
46	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
47	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
48	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 12' 35''
49	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 13' 01''
50	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
51	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 13' 05''
52	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 13' 19''
53	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
54	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
55	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
56	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 13' 36''
57	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 13' 45''
58	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
59	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
60	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
61	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
62	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
63	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
64	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
65	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
66	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
67	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
68	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
69	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
70	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
71	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
72	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
73	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
74	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
75	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 13' 54''
76	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 14' 00''
77	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 14' 58''
78	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 17' 59''
79	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
80	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 19' 02''
81	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 21' 05''
82	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 23' 45''
83	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
84	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
85	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
86	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
87	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
88	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
89	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
90	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
91	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
92	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
93	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
94	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
95	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
96	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	s.t.
97	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
98	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
101	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
102	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
103	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
104	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
105	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
106	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
107	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
109	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	s.t.
111	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 25' 14''
112	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
113	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
115	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
116	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
117	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
118	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
119	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
120	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
121	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
122	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
123	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
124	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
125	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
126	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
127	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
128	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
129	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
130	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
131	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
132	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
133	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
134	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
135	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
136	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
137	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
138	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
139	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
140	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
141	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
142	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
143	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
144	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
145	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
146	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
147	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
148	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
149	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
150	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
151	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
152	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
153	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
154	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
155	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
156	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
157	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
158	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
159	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
160	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
161	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
162	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
163	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
164	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
165	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
166	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
167	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
168	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
169	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
170	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
171	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
172	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
173	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 25' 44''
174	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 25' 59''
175	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 25' 59''
176	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 26' 01''
177	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 27' 58''
178	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 34''
179	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
180	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
181	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
182	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
183	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
184	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
185	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	s.t.
186	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
187	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
188	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
189	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
190	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
191	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
192	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
193	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
194	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
195	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
196	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
197	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 33' 14''

GC after Stage 5:

• GC leader: Greg van Avermaet (BMC)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: BMC

1,048 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.970 km/hr

1	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	25hr 34min 46sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 5min 11sec
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 13''
4	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	+ 05' 14''
5	FROOME Christopher	SKY	+ 05' 17''
6	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
7	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
9	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
10	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
12	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
13	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
14	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
15	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
16	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
17	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	+ 05' 26''
18	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 05' 28''
19	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
20	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
21	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
22	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 05' 57''
23	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 06' 08''
24	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 06' 30''
25	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 06' 38''
26	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 55''
27	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 07' 02''
28	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 07' 20''
29	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 08' 01''
30	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 08' 44''
31	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
32	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
33	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
34	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 09' 08''
35	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 09' 38''
36	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 09' 39''
37	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 10' 12''
38	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 10' 43''
39	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 10' 45''
40	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 10' 51''
41	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 03''
42	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	+ 11' 03''
43	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 12' 17''
44	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 12' 39''
45	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 13' 22''
46	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 13' 26''
47	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 13' 55''
48	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
49	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 14' 04''
50	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 14' 06''
51	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 14' 12''
52	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 14' 17''
53	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 14' 30''
54	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 14' 43''
55	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 14' 47''
56	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 15' 08''
57	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 15' 23''
58	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 15' 35''
59	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 15' 40''
60	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 15' 52''
61	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 16' 09''
62	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 16' 16''
63	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	+ 16' 42''
64	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 17' 52''
65	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 18' 36''
66	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 18' 52''
67	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 19' 29''
68	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 19' 44''
69	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 20' 20''
70	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 20' 23''
71	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 22' 10''
72	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 22' 10''
73	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 22' 43''
74	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 23' 03''
75	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 23' 20''
76	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 23' 37''
77	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 23' 55''
78	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
79	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 24' 36''
80	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 25' 02''
81	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 25' 24''
82	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
83	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
84	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 25' 34''
85	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
86	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 26' 05''
87	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 26' 26''
88	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 26' 42''
89	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 26' 43''
90	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 45''
91	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 46''
92	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	+ 26' 46''
93	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 26' 47''
94	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 27' 03''
95	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 27' 09''
96	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 27' 20''
97	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 27' 37''
98	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 27' 50''
99	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 28' 08''
100	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 28' 16''
101	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
102	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
103	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 28' 44''
104	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	+ 29' 02''
105	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 29' 08''
106	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 29' 09''
107	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	+ 29' 13''
108	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 29' 15''
109	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
110	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 29' 17''
111	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 29' 19''
112	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 29' 22''
113	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 29' 27''
114	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
115	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 29' 31''
116	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 29' 40''
117	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 29' 41''
118	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 29' 42''
119	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 29' 43''
120	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 29' 51''
121	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 29' 55''
122	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 30' 05''
123	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 30' 09''
124	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	s.t.
125	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 30' 18''
126	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	+ 30' 26''
127	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 30' 45''
128	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 30' 52''
129	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 13''
130	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
131	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 31' 15''
132	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 31' 24''
133	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 31' 38''
134	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 31' 59''
135	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 32' 15''
136	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
137	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 32' 19''
138	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 32' 40''
139	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 32' 48''
140	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 32' 51''
141	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	+ 32' 52''
142	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 32' 55''
143	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 33' 07''
144	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 33' 30''
145	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 33' 33''
146	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 33' 36''
147	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 33' 42''
148	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 33' 48''
149	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 34' 16''
150	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 34' 22''
151	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 34' 31''
152	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 34' 35''
153	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 34' 39''
154	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 34' 44''
155	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 34' 59''
156	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 35' 01''
157	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	+ 35' 12''
158	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 35' 20''
159	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 35' 22''
160	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 35' 35''
161	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
162	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
163	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 36' 04''
164	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 36' 13''
165	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 36' 16''
166	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 36' 33''
167	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 36' 48''
168	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 36' 49''
169	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 36' 59''
170	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 36' 59''
171	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 37' 15''
172	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 37' 18''
173	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 37' 52''
174	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 37' 58''
175	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 38' 14''
176	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 38' 20''
177	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 38' 38''
178	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	+ 38' 43''
179	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 39' 21''
180	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 39' 43''
181	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	+ 39' 44''
182	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 39' 58''
183	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	+ 40' 05''
184	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 40' 07''
185	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 40' 15''
186	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	+ 40' 36''
187	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 40' 42''
188	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	+ 42' 14''
189	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 42' 37''
190	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 42' 38''
191	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 42' 39''
192	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 43' 56''
193	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 44' 18''
194	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 44' 49''
195	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 45' 58''
196	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 52' 14''
197	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 56' 09''
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 01h 10' 25'

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage 5 video:

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Fotoreporter Sirotti stationed himself on the final ascent, the Col de Font de Cère, which is where the pictures below were taken. Here is the peloton attacking the climb.

Andriy Grivko

Romain Sicard

Bartosz Huzarski

Rafal Majka

Serge Pauwels

Peter Sagan had been dropped on an earlier climb. Here he makes his way to the finish during his last moments in yellow. He'll be wearing green Thursday.

Sky works to keep things under some control. Movistar rider Alejandro Valverde (with the stylized "M"s on his shoulders) is staying close to the front.

Thomas de Gendt was second today

Greg van Avermaet pounding his way to his stage win.

Greg van Avermaet gets the stage win...

and the yellow jersey

Organizer's preview:

Riding the Tour de France for the sixteenth time, Sylvain Chavanel wanted to break away on stage 4 to pass by his city, Châtellerault, with the honours but he was assigned to work for Bryan Coquard instead. The sprinter from Direct Energie was close to beat Marcel Kittel for the stage victory in Limoges so the tactic paid off.

Leadership can change for stage 5 as the terrain might be too hard for Coquard whereas Chavanel and fellow veteran Thomas Voeckler will be eager to break away from far out, maybe even before the first categorized climb of the day at Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (km 16.5), the home of legendary champion Raymond Poulidor who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year. Five serious climbs will impact the finale, including the category 2 Puy Mary with 31km to go.

Top climbers Federico Bahamontes, Lucien van Impe, Eduardo Chozas and Richard Virenque have crested that summit in first position in the past. However, GC contenders are expected to ride on a conservative mode before the Pyrenees while attackers like Dani Navarro, Cesare Benedetti, Stephen Cummings and Voeckler might have lost time on purpose on stage 4 to be allowed to hunt for victory on stage 5.

Lars Bak also remembers the Puy Mary as the place where he successfully defended the yellow jersey of the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir the day when experts realized that stage winner Bradley Wiggins was also a climber.

Shall the yellow jersey be in contention among the riders currently ranked in the top 3 overall, Julian Alaphilippe and Alejandro Valverde are expected to challenge Peter Sagan… but the terrain also suits the Slovakian!

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