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Wednesday, July 9: Stage 5, Ypres (Belgium) - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 155.5 km 152.5 km(15.4 13 km of cobbles)

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Lars Boom wins stage 5. Photos ©Sirotti

The Race: The roads were slick from rain and oil, causing innumerable crashes. Already badly hurt, Chris Froome fell twice before stage five reached the first cobbles. The second crash was the last straw and the 2013 Tour champion climbed into the team car and quit the 2014 Tour de France.

Over the slippery cobbles Vincenzo Nibali asserted his superiority, finally riding in a lead group of three with Lars Boom (Belkin) and teammate Jakob Fuglsang. Near the end Boom blasted away and rode strongly to the finish to win a staggeringly difficult stage. Nibali finished third and in doing so, might have destroyed the hopes of the rest of the contenders. Alberto Contador, especially, who suffered today, finished nearly three minutes down.

Sky seems to have appointed Richie Porte as their new GC man. Porte was falling further behind in the Contador group when teammate Geraint Thomas pulled him up to the next chasing group with Andrew Talansky.

What a day of racing!

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 47.0 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	3hr 18min 35sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 19 seconds
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01' 01''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
6	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 07''
8	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 09''
9	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 21''
10	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 45''
11	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 02''
12	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
13	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
14	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
15	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
16	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
17	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
18	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
19	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02' 08''
20	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 11''
21	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 19''
22	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 22''
23	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02' 28''
24	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
25	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
26	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
27	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
28	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
29	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
31	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
32	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
33	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 33''
34	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 44''
35	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
36	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 54''
37	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 54''
38	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
39	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
40	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03' 17''
41	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03' 38''
42	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
43	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 43''
44	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 46''
45	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
46	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
47	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
48	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
49	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
50	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
51	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
52	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
53	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 53''
54	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 04' 16''
55	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
56	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
57	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
58	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
59	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
60	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
61	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
62	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
63	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
64	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
65	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
66	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
67	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04' 22''
68	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 04' 30''
69	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 35''
70	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
71	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
72	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
73	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
74	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
75	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
76	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 07' 20''
77	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 08' 10''
78	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
79	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
80	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
81	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
82	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
83	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
84	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
85	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
86	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
87	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 08' 20''
88	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 09' 19''
89	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 09' 55''
90	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 05''
91	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
92	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
93	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
94	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
95	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
96	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
97	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 25''
98	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
99	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 13' 51''
100	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
101	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
102	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
103	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
104	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
105	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
106	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
107	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
108	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
109	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
110	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
111	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
112	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
113	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
114	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
115	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
116	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
117	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 15' 23''
118	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
119	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
120	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
121	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
122	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
123	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
124	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
125	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
126	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
127	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
128	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
129	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
130	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
131	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
132	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
133	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 15' 28''
134	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
135	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
136	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 50''
137	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 16' 57''
138	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 17' 29''
139	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 03''
140	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
141	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
142	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
143	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
144	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
145	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
146	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
147	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
148	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
149	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
150	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
151	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
152	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
153	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
154	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
155	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
156	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 19' 00''
157	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
158	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 20' 48''
159	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 21' 24''
160	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 21' 24''
161	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 22' 03''
162	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 22' 40''
163	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
164	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
165	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
166	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
167	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
168	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
169	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA
170	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
171	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
172	Darwin Atapuma John	BMC RACING TEAM
173	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
174	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
175	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
176	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
177	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
178	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
179	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
180	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
181	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
182	Edward King	CANNONDALE
183	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
184	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
185	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
186	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
187	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
188	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
189	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
190	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
191	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 23' 08''
192	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY	+ 32' 52''
193	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP

GC after Stage 5: 862.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.184 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	20hr 26min 46sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 17''
6	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
7	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
9	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
12	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
13	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
14	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 16''
15	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 25''
16	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
17	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
18	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 27''
19	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 37''
20	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 39''
21	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 44''
22	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 03' 23''
23	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 29''
24	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
25	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
26	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 59''
27	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
28	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	+ 04' 13''
29	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 13''
30	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
31	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 41''
32	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04' 45''
33	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 46''
34	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 05' 07''
35	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 05' 18''
36	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 05' 32''
37	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 05' 37''
38	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 06' 47''
39	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 08' 13''
40	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 26''
41	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 26''
42	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 09' 10''
43	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 09' 12''
44	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 09' 20''
45	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 02''
46	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 59''
47	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 12' 20''
48	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 12' 50''
49	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 06''
50	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 08''
51	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 13' 19''
52	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 13' 20''
53	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 13' 48''
54	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 13' 58''
55	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 14' 07''
56	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 14' 31''
57	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 34''
58	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 14' 48''
59	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 15' 17''
60	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 15' 56''
61	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 16' 07''
62	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 31''
63	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 16' 55''
64	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 57''
65	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 17' 16''
66	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 17' 22''
67	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 18' 07''
68	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 19''
69	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 18' 22''
70	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 18' 33''
71	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 18' 45''
72	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 18' 51''
73	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 19' 26''
74	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 19' 56''
75	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 20' 19''
76	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 20' 30''
77	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 17''
78	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 21' 33''
79	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 21' 33''
80	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 21' 43''
81	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 22' 03''
82	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 06''
83	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 22' 09''
84	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 22' 13''
85	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 22' 13''
86	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 22' 21''
87	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
88	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 22' 28''
89	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 23' 21''
90	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 23' 24''
91	Darwin Atapuma John	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 23' 42''
92	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 53''
93	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 24' 03''
94	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 03''
95	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 24' 07''
96	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 24' 38''
97	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 24' 41''
98	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 24' 47''
99	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 25' 10''
100	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 25' 11''
101	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 25' 34''
102	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
103	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 25' 35''
104	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 25' 38''
105	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 25' 40''
106	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 25' 49''
107	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 25' 55''
108	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 25' 58''
109	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 26' 06''
110	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 26' 15''
111	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 24''
112	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 26' 40''
113	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 26' 53''
114	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 27' 26''
115	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 27' 26''
116	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 27' 29''
117	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 27' 49''
118	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 28' 12''
119	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 28' 20''
120	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 28' 35''
121	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 29' 12''
122	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 29' 15''
123	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 29' 16''
124	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 29' 20''
125	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 29' 25''
126	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 29' 32''
127	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 29' 56''
128	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 29' 58''
129	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 30' 05''
130	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 30' 11''
131	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 30' 41''
132	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 30' 58''
133	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 30' 59''
134	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 31' 10''
135	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 31' 27''
136	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 32' 17''
137	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 32' 18''
138	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 32' 32''
139	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 32' 34''
140	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 32' 36''
141	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 32' 41''
142	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 07''
143	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 33' 53''
144	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 54''
145	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 33' 55''
146	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 34' 00''
147	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 34' 03''
148	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 34' 05''
149	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 34' 18''
150	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 34' 45''
151	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 34' 49''
152	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 34' 55''
153	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 35' 58''
154	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 36' 16''
155	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 36' 46''
156	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 37' 09''
157	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 37' 25''
158	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 37' 29''
159	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 37' 34''
160	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 37' 34''
161	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 37' 47''
162	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 38' 18''
163	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 38' 31''
164	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 38' 55''
165	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 39' 04''
166	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 39' 18''
167	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 39' 36''
168	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 39' 39''
169	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 39' 46''
170	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 39' 48''
171	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 40' 09''
172	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 40' 19''
173	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 40' 22''
174	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 40' 26''
175	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 41' 18''
176	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 42' 01''
177	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 42' 11''
178	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
179	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 43' 45''
180	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 44' 17''
181	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 44' 36''
182	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 44' 59''
183	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 45' 21''
184	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 45' 40''
185	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 46' 52''
186	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 47' 30''
187	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 48' 09''
188	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 49' 07''
189	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 51' 16''
190	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY	+ 51' 22''
191	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 54' 29''
192	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 55' 40''
193	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 02' 49''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	185 points
2	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	135
3	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	121
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	82
5	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	53
6	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	50
7	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	42
9	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
10	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	40
11	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
12	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	37
13	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	36
14	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
15	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
16	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	30
17	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
18	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
19	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	27
20	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
21	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	25
22	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	25
23	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	24
24	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
25	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	21
26	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
27	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
28	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
29	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
30	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	20
31	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
32	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
33	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	18
34	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	18
35	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
36	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
37	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
38	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
39	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
40	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	16
41	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
42	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
43	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
44	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
45	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
46	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
47	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	13
48	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
49	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	12
50	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
51	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
52	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
53	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
54	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
55	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
56	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
57	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
58	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
59	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
60	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
61	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7
62	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	7
63	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
64	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	7
65	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	6
66	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
67	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
68	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
69	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
70	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
71	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	3
72	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
73	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
74	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
75	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
76	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
77	Moreira Paulinho Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
78	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1
79	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
6	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
7	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
8	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
9	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
10	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
11	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1
12	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
13	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
14	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
15	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
16	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	20hr 27min 30sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	@ 6 seconds
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 27''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 41''
5	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 41''
6	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 15''
7	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 14' 33''
8	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 17' 38''
9	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 18' 01''
10	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 21' 22''
11	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 24' 03''
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 24' 26''
13	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 24' 27''
14	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 50''
15	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 25' 31''
16	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 28' 48''
17	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 32' 23''
18	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 33' 16''
19	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 36' 02''
20	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 37' 34''
21	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 39' 35''
22	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 39' 42''
23	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 41' 27''
24	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 43' 52''
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 44' 37''
26	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 48' 23''
27	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 50' 32''

Team Classification:

1	Astana Pro Team	61h4 21min 26sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 4min 18sec
3	Bmc Racing Team	+ 06' 05''
4	Team Sky	+ 06' 17''
5	Trek Factory Racing	+ 07' 22''
6	Cannondale	+ 09' 03''
7	Team Katusha	+ 09' 26''
8	Orica Greenedge	+ 09' 32''
9	Garmin - Sharp	+ 10' 00''
10	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 10' 36''
11	Iam Cycling	+ 11' 50''
12	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 13' 33''
13	Lampre - Merida	+ 14' 26''
14	Lotto-Belisol	+ 14' 42''
15	Ag2R-La Mondiale	+ 15' 34''
16	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 17' 40''
17	Team Europcar	+ 19' 23''
18	FDJ.Fr	+ 19' 26''
19	Movistar Team	+ 20' 43''
20	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 33' 46''
21	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 34' 53''
22	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 50' 26''

Stage 5 photos:

Vincenzo Nibali at the start, all nice and clean...photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome at the start. Note his heavily bandaged left wrist. Photo ©Sirotti

Leopold, The King of the Belgians was at the start.

Vincenzo Nibali's face tells how difficult the day was. Photo ©Sirotti

Jakob Fuglsang leads Nibali over the Helesmes a Wallers pavé sector. Photo © Sirotti

Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador said he has trouble chasing because his rear gear cluster got fouled with mud so that he couldn't use his bigger gears. Photo ©Sirotti

Michal Kwiatkowski. Photo ©Sirotti

Frank Schleck lost time. Photo © Sirotti

Lars Boom rode a faultless race today. He was a very deserving stage winner. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Lars Boom with little Miss Boom. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali puts on a well-earned yellow jersey. It's good to see an all-rounder, a rider who can do it all, lead the Tour. Photo ©Sirotti

It's going to be hard to take this green jersey from Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 5 live updates:

Weather in Roubaix, France: 14C (58F), light rain, wind from the northwest at 19 kph (12 mph). It has rained 5.88mm (a quarter inch) in the last 24 hours.

Before the start: Bad weather has forced the organizers to remove two cobbled sectors from the day's course. Here's their announcement: Due to bad weather and road conditions, two cobbled sectors have been removed from stage 5 [see map below]. They are sector 7, the 1,000-metres stretch of cobbles at Mons-en-Pévèle, and sector 5, which is the 1,400-metres long portion from Orchies to Beuvry-la-Forêt. It takes the total of pavé sections down to 13 kilometres but the race will remain highly attractive! The total distance is of stage 5 will be 152.5km, which is 3km less than initially planned.

Giant-Shimano rider Koen de Kort tweeted today, "I have to somehow feel like I'm about to be witness to an epic and historic stage. This is a day to never forget."

As exciting as the stage will be to the tough men of the peloton, Alberto Contador's comments reflect the anxiety the GC men feel about the potentially dangerous cobbled stage, “I will cross my fingers for tomorrow - it will be a really difficult day. The weather forecast is very bad. Already without bad weather it will be a complicated stage but with rain it will be like ice-skating with bikes. We will have winds of about 30 km/h, which might cut the peloton into pieces even before the cobblestones. But we are concentrated and we’ll ride the sections together as a team.”

Today's stage will pass through the city of Muscron and the town decided to pay homage to one of her sons, Omer Huyse, who raced professionally from 1924 to 1930. Huyse won the Tour's longest ever stage, the fifth leg of the 1924 Tour, going from Les Sables D'Olonne to Bayonne, a staggering 482 km! Racing was far different then.The ordeal took Huyse 19hr 40min to complete. The town commissioned a bust of the cycling hardman for the occasion. Ottavio Bottecchia won the 1924 Tour, the first of his two consecutive Tour wins.

Km 0, 4:45 AM PDT: The riders roll through the neutralized zone over the cobbles of Ypres (called "Wipers" by British WW1 soldiers) center. It's raining. As they ride through the windy, cold rain under leaden skies, the riders look grim-faced.

Départ Réel: Tony Martin takes a hard pull to get the peloton up to speed. Ben King of Garmin-Sharp then tries his luck with an attack, but he's brought back immediately.

Km 7: Nine riders have gone clear with a five-second gap. They are Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Tony Martin (OPQS), Sam Dumoulin (AG2R), Janier Acevedo (Garmin), Tony Gallopin (Lotto), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Rein Taarämae (Cofidis), Simon Clarke (Orica) and Matt Hayman (Orica). There's a lot of horsepower here.

Km 10: Giovanni Visconti and Brice Feillu are trying to get up to the break, which now has 48 seconds.

Km 22: Visconti and Feillu could't bridge up to the break and have been caught by the pack. The gang of nine have grown their lead to 1min 10sec. NetApp-Endura has put two riders at the front to work to bring the break back.

Km 31: It's a very wet day in West Flanders. The break is working hard and has 1min 28sec.

Arrgh! Another crash and it's Chris Froome who is down. His jersey is torn. He has a new bike and he's up and chasing with Daniel Oss of BMC. Sky riders are dropping back to motor Froome back up to the field. Sky has kept Richie Porte up in the peloton, surely not wanting to squander his GC chances if Froome should falter. Astana is at the front of the peloton.

Riders in the break are removing their rain jackets.

Km 38: Report that Tony Martin and Janier Acevedo in the break have crashed. This is looking it's going to be a rough day. Azevedo has been caught by the peloton. And now breakaway rider Samuel Dumoulon has punctured and will surely be caught.

The Froome chasing group has made contact with the back of the peloton.

Km 44: Tony Martin and Dumoulin are chasing the break together. Looks like Martin is doing all the work.

Km 50: Martin and Dumoulin have rejoined the break but Marcus Burghardt has dropped back (hunger knock is the report) and has been caught by the pack. The break is now seven riders strong and has a 1min 32sec gap.

Km 57: It has been a fast day, average speed so far is 48.5 km/hr. The break of seven riders is 2min 19sec ahead of the field. It's about 30 km to go before the first cobbled sector.

Marcus Burghardt did not return to the peloton because he got hungry. BMC director Yvon Ledanois wanted him back in the pack to protect BMC GC man Tejay van Gardeen and Greg van Avermaet, who might be able to take the yellow jersey in this first week.

Km 68: Going through the city of Roubaix. Cannondale is at the pack's front doing almost all of the work. The break of seven riders is 3 minutes up the road.

Km 75: The crashes continue. Now it's André Greipel and Matthew Busche. Both are up and chasing. The roads are slippery. Just going around a corner in the pack Sebastien Minard (Ag2r) hit the deck. Cannondale remains at the front. Marcel Kittel has gone down on a roundabout and is calling for service. Arnaud Démare is chasing after a fall as well.

Km 86: The cobbles have arrived, the famous Carrefour de l'Arbre. But the bigger drama is that Chris Froome has gone down again. The mechanics are getting him a bike, but he says no. Froome climbs into the team car. The 2013 Tour champion has abandoned the Tour de France. It looks like Froome's injured wrist kept him from getting a good grip on the bars. Earlier Alejandro Valverde and Tejay Vanderen also fell, but were quickly back on their bikes.

Km 96: Tejay Van Garderen and Valverde have just made contact with the main peloton. The break of seven is 1min 42sec ahead of the pack.

Km 101: There is no relenting, the average speed after two hours of racing is 47.6 km/hr. The break has 1min 29sec. Lieuwe Westra went through the intermediate sprint first. Peter Sagan was the first man in the peloton across the line, getting 8 points, strengthening his hold on the green jersey.

Km 105: The riders are going over the second sector of cobbles, This looks positively villainous. They are wet, slippery and dangerous. The riders are struggling to get over the pavé. No sign of Fabian Cancellara yet. Nibali looks as if he's handling the conditions very well and is right up front. The riders are getting covered in mud. It looks like the yellow jersey group has less than 20 riders. Contador is chasing.

Km 111: Hokey smokes! Contador has been caught out by the cobbles. He is 45 seconds behind the Nibali group of 28 riders.

Km 114: The break, 31 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group, has entered the Bersée cobbles, it's a long one 1.4 km. Andrew Talansky has crashed as had Jurgen van den Broeck. Nibali looks comfortable with two teammates, who don't have the suds to help him. Nibali is doing the work of leading his group. It's hard to tell, there are so many riders spread back down the road, but it appears that Lars Boom and Sep van Marcke have attacked the Nibali group. Crashes are happening constantly.

I think Fabian Cancellara understated the day's prospects when he said there would be carnage today.

Km 120: So, five riders off the front, Boom and Van Marcke 21 seconds back and chasing. Then, the Nibali group further behind the five and chased by the Contador/Rui Costa group a further 57 seconds behind. Contador is 1min 14sec behind the front five.

Km 125, 26 km to go: Nibali is riding a superb race! His small group (now 16) has hoovered up the the breakaways. Contador/Van Garderen are 1min 16sec back.

Km 129: Now the front group is entering pavé sector 4, Sars-et-Rodières a Tilloy, a daunting 2.4 km long. There are 15 riders up front: Nibali, Fuglsang, Westra (Astana), Sagan (Cannondale), Boom, Vanmarcke (Belkin), Kwiatkowski, Renshaw, Trentin (OPQS), Gallopin (Lotto), Cancellara (Trek), Lemoine (Cofidis), Clarke, Hayman and Keukeleire (Orica). There are no GC contenders besides Nibali in this group. If he can press his advantage all the way to the finish, Nibali will have done himself a world of good. Cancellara has postioned himself well to go for the stage win.

The Contador group is at 1min 5sec.

Km 133: Peter Sagan, in the Nibali group, is pounding away on cobble sector number three. Group Contador is about two minutes back. The Talansky group appears to be between Nibali and Contador. Before the real climbing begins, Nibali may be putting most of the other contenders to the sword.

Km 138: A huge cobbled sector now, 3.7 km. Geraint Thomas is dragging Richie Porte free of the Contador group. Sky has to do something with Froome out of the race. Up front Jakob Fuglsang and Lieuwe Westra, both Astana teammates of Nibali, are hammering the front group and have pulled Nibali clear. The Yellow jersey is at the head of the race! It's Westra, Fuglsang, Nibali and Lars Boom off the front, the tête de la course.

That's how a champion rides the Tour de France.

Thomas and Porte have made it up to the Talansky group, 1min 58sec behind Nibali.

Km 146, 6 km to go: Westra is cooked and dropped back. Nibali, Fuglsang and Boom are 19 seconds ahead of a group led by Fabian Cancellara. The Talansky/Porte group is two minutes behind Nibali and Contador is 2min 16sec behind the leaders.

Km 148: Boom goes clear on the final sector of cobbles while Fuglsang and Nibali try to get back up to him. Boom looks good and quickly has 5 seconds.

The finish: Lars Boom takes a solo win after riding an epic stage. This was racing as hard as it gets. Nibali is third, led by Fuglsang across the line. Peter Sagan takes fourth place in front of Cancellara. The day has totally transformed the 2014 Tour de France. Contador has lost nearly three minutes.

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile with the nine cobbled sectors noted

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