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Wednesday, July 3: Stage 5, Cagnes sur Mer - Marseille, 228.5 km

Rated Ascents:

• Km 22.0: Côte de Châteauneuf-Grasse, 1.4 km @ 8.4% gradient, Category 3
• Km 93.0: Col de 'lAnge, 1.6 km @ 4.1%, Category 4
• Km 154: Côte de la Roquebrussanne, 3.5 km @ 4.2%, Category 4
• Km 198: Côte des Bastides, 5.7 km @ 3.1%, Category 4

Weather: At the finish line in Marseille at noon local time it was 19c (66f) and cloudy and going to climb to 25c (77f) and partly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. The wind was from the north at 8 kph (5 mph) shifting later to 21 kph (13 mph) from the west, but could be as much as 33 kph (20 mph). It's humid, at 88% dropping in the afternoon to 56%.

The Race: Ted King of the Cannondale squad who was struggling with injuries from a stage one crash, missed the cutoff time by seven seconds yesterday. He was hoping for some mercy from the judges today, but was not allowed to start. That leaves 195 riders in the 2013 Tour.

By the stage's second kilometer a six-man break (Yukiya Arashiro, Kevin Reza, Romain Sicard, Thomas de Gendt, Alexey Lutsenko and Anthony Delaplace) was established and in 20 kilometers was allowed to gain an eight-minute lead. The gap eventually blew out to more than 12 minutes but with 94 km to go it had been whittled down to 8min 30sec. Of course, race leader Simon Gerrans' Orica-GreenEdge team was taking the responsibility of working at the front of the peloton.

With 55 km to go it was party over as the peloton's speed ramped up and the gap to the break came down to 6min 43sec. At 46 km to go Orica-GreenEdge partially relinquished the front and Argos-Shimano, Omega Pharma and Lotto-Belisol assisted closing down the break with its 6-minute lead.

Over the top of the Côte des Bastides (30 km to go) the four remaining riders in the break (Arashiro, de Gendt, Reza and Lutsenko) still had 3min 22sec.

The break was absorbed by the Omega Pharma-led pack with a little more than four kilometers remaining, setting things up for a big sprint in Marseille.

While Mark Cavendish beat André Griepel, Peter Sagan and Edvald Boasson Hagen in a big, high-speed drag race there was a large crash further back in the peloton.

Results: 195 riders finished the stage.

1. Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 5hr 31min 51sec
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (sky) s.t.

3. Peter Sagen (Cannondale) s.t.
4. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
5. Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
6. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.
7. Juan José Lobato (Euskaltel) s.t.
8. Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
9. Cyrile Lemoine (Sojasun) s.t.
10. José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) s.t.
11. Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) s.t.
12. John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
13. Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
14. Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil) s.t.
15. Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
16. Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) s.t.
17. Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale) s.t.
18. Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
19. Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) s.t.
20. Julien El Fares (Sojasun) s.t.
21. Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
22. Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
23. Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil) s.t.
24. Jean-Christophe Péraud (Ag2r) s.t.
25. Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
26. Gregory Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
27. Cadel Evans (BMC) s.t.
28. Christopher Froome (Sky) s.t.
29. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
30. Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack) s.t.
31. Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
32. Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
33. Ruben Moreno (Euskaltel) s.t.
34. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
35. Romain Bardet (Ag2r) s.t.
36. Daniele Bennati (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
37. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
38. Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) s.t.
39. Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
40. Richie Porte (Sky) s.t.
41. Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale) s.t.
42. Maxime Mederel (Sojasun) s.t.
43. Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) s.t.
44. Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
45. Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack) s.t.
46. Rui Alberto Costa (Movistar) st.
47. Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) s.t.
48. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) s.t.
49. Jakob Fuglang (Astana) s.t.
50. Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis) s.t.

General Classification:

1. Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) 18hr 19min 15sec
2. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
3. Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
4. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick step) @ 1sec
5. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 3sec
7. Christopher Froome (Sky) s.t.
8. Richie Porte (Sky) s.t.
9. Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 9sec
10. Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
11. Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
12. Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
13. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 17sec
14. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
15. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
16. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
17. Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
18. Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
19. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 20sec
20. Rui Alberto Costa (Movistar) s.t.
21. Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) s.t.
22. Andrey Amador (Movistar) s.t.
23. Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) @ 25sec
24. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-MErida) s.t.
25. José Serpa (Lampre-Merida) s.t.
26. Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 26sec
27. Philippe Gilbert (BMC) s.t.
28. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) s.t.
29. Amaël Moinard (BMC) s.t.
30. Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack) @ 28sec
31. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
32. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) s.t.
33. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
34. Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack) @ 29sec
35. Andy Schleck (Radio Shack) s.t.
36. Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack) s.t.
37. Andreas Klöden (Radio Shack) s.t.
38. Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) @ 33sec
39. Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil) s.t.
40. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) @ 34sec
41. Bauke Mollema (Belkin) @ 37sec
42. Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin) s.t.
43. Bram Tankink (Belkin) s.t.
44. Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin) s.t.
45. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) @ 42sec
46. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) s.t.
47. Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) s.t.
48. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) @ 56sec
49. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
50. Janez Brajkovic (Astana) s.t.

Climber:

1. Pierre Rolland (Europcar): 10 points
2. Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge): 5
3. Blel Kadri (Ag2r): 5
4. Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil): 4
5. Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel): 3

Points:

1. Peter Sagan (Cannondale): 111 points
2. Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 76
3. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha): 76
4. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 65
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 58

Young Rider:

1. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 18hr 19min 16sec
2. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 16sec
3. Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) @ 19sec
4. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 25sec
5. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) @ 33sec

Team Classification:

1. Orica-GreenEdge: 54hr 5min 53sec
2. Sky @ 3sec
3. Saxo-Tinkoff @ 9sec
4. Garmin-sharp @ 17sec
5. Movistar @ 20sec

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Photos from stage 5:

Cadel Evans rides to the start.

Christopher Froome

Alberto Contador

Race leader Simon Gerrans

Thibaut Pinot

Pierre Rolland

Yukiya Arashiro

Peter Sagan

André Greipel

Tony Martin

Johnny Hoogerland

Tour road director Jean-François Pescheaux

The Lotto and Omega Pharma sprint trains are lined up with 1 km to go.

Peter Sagan has tucked himself in behind André Greipel

Here they come! Cavendish on the right has already gotten the jump on the others.

Sagan (green, on the left) and Greipel (middle) are not getting any closer.

Cavendish has it about nailed.

He's got it

Stage winner Mark Cavendish

Simon Gerrans successfuly defended his slim lead.