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Friday, August 15: Stage 5, Geraardsbergen - Geraardsbergen, 162.5 km

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Greg van Avermaet wins stage 5. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: This was a hard stage, a mini Ronde van Vlaanderen with thirteen climbs.

The man who has always been a bridesmaid this season (second at Flanders and Het Nieuwsblad, to name two) has won his first race of the season. Greg van Avermaet went past Pavel Brutt, who had gone earlier on the Geraardsbergen, to take the win.

Tom Dumoulin's second place gave him six incredibly valuable bonus seconds. Valuable because Dumoulin is now the GC leader over Lars Boom (who came in fifth and out of the bonificatons) by just two seconds.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.65 km/hr

1	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	3hr 48min 37sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	@ 1 seconds
3	Pavel Brutt	TEAM KATUSHA
4	Matti Breschel	TINKOFF-SAXO
5	Lars Boom	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
6	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:00:06
7	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
8	Tim Wellens	LOTTO BELISOL
9	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE-MERIDA
10	Philippe Gilbert	BMC RACING TEAM
11	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN SHARP
12	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
13	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
14	Julien Vermote	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
15	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
16	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GreenEDGE
17	Jack Bauer	GARMIN SHARP
18	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
19	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR
20	Manuel Quinziato	BMC RACING TEAM
21	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	TEAM KATUSHA
22	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
23	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr
24	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
25	Julian Kern	AG2R LA MONDIALE
26	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
27	Manuele Mori	LAMPRE-MERIDA
28	Mirko Selvaggi	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
29	Jelle Vanendert	LOTTO BELISOL
30	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
31	Laurens De Vreese	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
32	Yves Lampaert	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
33	Jasha Sütterlin	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:00:20
34	Pablo Lastras Garcia	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:00:26
35	Simon Geschke	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:40
36	Salvatore Puccio	TEAM SKY
37	Francisco Ventoso Alberdi	MOVISTAR TEAM
38	Dylan Van Baarle	GARMIN SHARP
39	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.fr
40	Jean-Pierre Drucker	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:00:54
41	Jose Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
42	Bram Tankink	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM	0:01:43
43	Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
44	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:01:45
45	Borut Bozic	ASTANA PRO TEAM
46	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO BELISOL	0:01:55
47	Steve Chainel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:11
48	Silvan Dillier	BMC RACING TEAM	0:02:25
49	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:03:27
50	Jens Debusschere	LOTTO BELISOL
51	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	0:04:00
52	Dayer Quintana	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:28
53	Leigh Howard	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:08:52
54	Alex Dowsett	MOVISTAR TEAM
55	Christian Knees	TEAM SKY
56	Danilo Hondo	TREK FACTORY RACING
57	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
58	Jan Polanc	LAMPRE-MERIDA
59	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO BELISOL
60	Edvald Boasson Hagen	TEAM SKY
61	Pavel Kochetkov	TEAM KATUSHA
62	Gert Dockx	LOTTO BELISOL
63	Nick Nuyens	GARMIN SHARP
64	Tom Boonen	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
65	Roy Jans	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
66	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
67	Rohan Dennis	BMC RACING TEAM
68	Boy Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
69	Bryan Nauleau	TEAM EUROPCAR
70	Tim De Troyer	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
71	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE-MERIDA
72	Karsten Kroon	TINKOFF-SAXO
73	Gijs Van Hoecke	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
74	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
75	Arman Kamyshev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
76	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R LA MONDIALE
77	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
78	Tim Declercq	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:10:25
79	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
80	Michael Van Staeyen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
81	Ruslan Tleubayev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
82	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
83	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
84	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO BELISOL
85	Kevin Van Melsen	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
86	Paolo Longo Borghini	CANNONDALE
87	Stijn Devolder	TREK FACTORY RACING
88	Moreno Moser	CANNONDALE
89	Eugenio Alafaci	TREK FACTORY RACING
90	Nathan Haas	GARMIN SHARP
91	Tyler Farrar	GARMIN SHARP
92	Tom Stamsnijder	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
93	Frederik Veuchelen	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
94	Brian Bulgac	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
95	Jesse Sergent	TREK FACTORY RACING
96	Enrique Sanz	MOVISTAR TEAM
97	Nikolay Trusov	TINKOFF-SAXO
98	Evgeny Petrov	TINKOFF-SAXO
99	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
100	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM
101	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GreenEDGE
102	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr
103	Jos Van Emden	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM	0:10:38
104	Mikhail Ignatyev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:12:20
105	Andrea Guardini	ASTANA PRO TEAM
106	David Boucher	FDJ.fr
107	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE
108	Valentin Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
109	Aidis Kruopis	ORICA GreenEDGE
110	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN SHARP
111	Iljo Keisse	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
112	Ivan Rovni	TINKOFF-SAXO
113	José Gutierrez Palacios	MOVISTAR TEAM
114	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE-MERIDA
115	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
116	Morgan Lamoisson	TEAM EUROPCAR
117	Niccolo Bonifazio	LAMPRE-MERIDA
118	Maxime Daniel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
119	Gert Steegmans	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP
120	Evan Huffman	ASTANA PRO TEAM
121	Kenneth Van Bilsen	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
122	Alexandr Dyachenko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
123	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr
124	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
125	Davide Appollonio	AG2R LA MONDIALE
126	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
127	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE-MERIDA
128	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	0:12:29
129	Jens Mouris	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:12:31
130	Matthew Harley Goss	ORICA GreenEDGE
131	Michael Hepburn	ORICA GreenEDGE
132	Luka Mezgec	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:12:34
133	Nathan Earle	TEAM SKY	0:12:36
134	Damien Howson	ORICA GreenEDGE
135	David Millar	GARMIN SHARP
136	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:12:41
137	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
138	Tony Hurel	TEAM EUROPCAR
139	Luke Rowe	TEAM SKY	0:12:54
140	Christopher Sutton	TEAM SKY	0:12:55
141	Stijn Steels	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:13:03
142	Barry Markus	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM	0:14:56
143	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
144	Ian Stannard	TEAM SKY	0:15:10

GC after Stage 5: 710.1 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.84 km/hr

1	Tom Dumoulin	Giant-Shimano	16hr 34min 29sec
2	Lars Boom	Belkin	@ 2 seconds
3	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	0:00:11
4	Andriy Grivko	Astana	0:00:14
5	Geraint Thomas	SKY	0:00:21
6	Pavel Brutt	Katusha	0:00:23
7	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin	0:00:24
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC	0:00:25
9	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEdge	0:00:28
11	Philippe Gilbert	BMC
12	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:31
13	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:00:33
14	Sebastian Langeveld	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:36
15	Viacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha	0:00:42
16	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	0:00:49
17	Marco Marcato	Cannondale	0:00:51
18	Zico Waeytens	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:00
19	Mirko Selvaggi	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:01
20	Jasha Sütterlin	Movistar	0:01:05
21	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:06
22	Jack Bauer	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:09
23	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r
24	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	0:01:12
25	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol
26	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
27	Vincent Jerome	Europcar	0:01:18
28	Matti Breschel	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:20
29	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	0:01:25
30	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ	0:01:26
31	Thomas Sprengers	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:27
32	Alexandre Pichot	Europcar	0:01:28
33	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	0:01:33
34	Yoann Offredo	FDJ	0:01:41
35	Jean-Pierre Drucker	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:53
36	Julian Kern	Ag2r	0:02:21
37	Bram Tankink	Belkin	0:02:36
38	Borut Bozic	Astana	0:02:53
39	Silvan Dillier	BMC	0:03:17
40	Jurgen Roelandts	Lotto-Belisol	0:04:07
41	José Rojas	Movistar	0:04:26
42	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:04:55
43	Dayer Quintana	Movistar	0:06:21
44	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar	0:06:59
45	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	0:07:09
46	R. Janse Van Rensburg	Giant-Shimano	0:08:49
47	Roy Curvers	Giant-Shimano	0:09:03
48	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale	0:09:12
49	Alex Dowsett	Movistar	0:09:19
50	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:09:30
51	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:09:36
52	Gijs Van Hoecke	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:09:39
53	Maarten Wynants	Belkin	0:09:40
54	Leigh Howard	Orica-GreenEdge	0:09:43
55	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	0:09:44
56	Roy Jans	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:09:49
57	Karsten Kroon	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:09:59
58	Steve Chainel	Ag2r	0:10:04
59	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:10:06
60	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre-Merida	0:10:07
61	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:10:13
62	Yves Lampaert	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:10:37
63	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Belisol	0:10:46
64	Nick Nuyens	Garmin-Sharp	0:10:48
65	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
66	Stig Broeckx	Lotto-Belisol	0:11:01
67	Nikolay Trusov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:11:19
68	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	0:11:25
69	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:11:28
70	Bauke Mollema	Belkin	0:11:31
71	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha	0:11:46
72	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:11:47
73	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:12:18
74	Enrique Sanz	Movistar	0:12:19
75	Christian Knees	SKY	0:12:37
76	J. Gutierrez Palacios	Movistar	0:12:55
77	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	0:13:03
78	Stijn Devolder	Trek Factory Racing	0:13:11
79	Davide Cimolai	Lampre-Merida
80	Aidis Kruopis	Orica-GreenEdge	0:13:29
81	Jens Debusschere	Lotto-Belisol	0:13:34
82	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	0:13:37
83	Andrea Guardini	Astana	0:13:40
84	Yohann Gene	Europcar	0:13:43
85	Mathew Hayman	Orica-GreenEdge	0:14:03
86	Tony Hurel	Europcar	0:14:10
87	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:14:11
88	Frederik Veuchelen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:14:12
89	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	0:14:35
90	Thomas Leezer	Belkin
91	Kenneth Van Bilsen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:14:41
92	Christopher Sutton	SKY	0:15:12
93	Anthony Roux	FDJ	0:15:45
94	Bryan Nauleau	Europcar	0:15:51
95	Jens Mouris	Orica-GreenEdge	0:15:54
96	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre-Merida	0:15:56
97	David Millar	Garmin-Sharp	0:16:21
98	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:16:31
99	Barry Markus	Belkin	0:16:38
100	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	0:16:54
101	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	0:17:14
102	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana	0:17:48
103	Michael Van Staeyen	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:17:59
104	Tim Declercq	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:18:00
105	David Boucher	FDJ	0:18:07
106	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:18:08
107	Luke Rowe	SKY	0:18:24
108	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	0:18:39
109	Ivan Rovni	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:18:57
110	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha	0:19:17
111	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	0:19:48
112	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:20:13
113	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana	0:20:20
114	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:20:53
115	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:20:59
116	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	0:21:11
117	Brian Bulgac	Giant-Shimano	0:21:12
118	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ	0:21:22
119	Rohan Dennis	BMC	0:21:36
120	Kevin Van Melsen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:22:27
121	Morgan Lamoisson	Europcar	0:22:44
122	Tim De Troyer	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:23:07
123	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	0:23:29
124	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ
125	Niccolo Bonifazio	Lampre-Merida	0:23:33
126	Ian Stannard	SKY	0:24:20
127	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	0:24:36
128	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha	0:24:46
129	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	0:25:28
130	Daniel Oss	BMC	0:25:30
131	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	0:25:42
132	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	0:25:48
133	Maxime Daniel	Ag2r	0:26:39
134	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:27:55
135	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	0:28:46
136	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:29:58
137	Marcus Burghardt	BMC	0:30:02
138	Yannick Martinez	Europcar	0:30:27
139	Harley Goss Matthew	Orica-GreenEdge	0:30:52
140	Nathan Earle	SKY	0:30:53
141	Jean Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:31:11
142	Alexandr Dyachenko	Astana	0:33:03
143	Damien Howson	Orica-GreenEdge	0:34:57
144	Evan Huffman	Astana	0:36:08

Stage 5 photos:

Andrea Guardini and Lars Boom at the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Time to go race. The peloton departs. Photo ©Sirotti

Matteo Trentin on the Geraardsbergen. Photo ©Sirotti

Lars Boom. Photo ©Sirotti

Tom Dumoulin. Photo ©Sirotti

Pablo Lastras. Photo ©Sirotti

Jens Debusschere. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Christian Knees. Photo ©Sirotti

David Millar. Photo ©Sirotti

Greg van Avermaet blew by everyone to win the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Tom Dumoulin's second place today was good enough to give him the overall lead. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Greg van Avermaet. Photo ©Sirotti

New GC leader Tom Dumoulin. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

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