Stage 5 results

Stage 5 of the Tour was 225km (140 miles) from Beauvais to Caen. This is the first day that the race saw rain during the stage. Yesterday Egoi Martinez of team Discovery had a great ride. Moving from 22nd to 5th place overall. In the Tour de France things can change very fast. At around 15km from the finish Martinez had a bad crash. Because of the crash he has moved to 88th place overall, 1:39 behind the leader. The Tour giveth and the Tour taketh away.

The top five for this stage
1. Oscar Freire (ESP - RAB) 05:18:50
2. Tom Boonen (BEL - QSI)
3. Inaki Isasi (ESP - EUS)
4. David Kopp (GER - GST)
5. Robbie McEwen (AUS - DVL)

Overall standings (top 5)
1 BOONEN, Tom BEL QSI 25:10:51
2 ROGERS, Michael AUS TMO 13"
3 FREIRE, Oscar ESP RAB 17"
4 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 17"
5 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR C.A 19"

Stage Map

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Stage Topography

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