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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
A twisting, turning route that seems likely to be decided by the sprinters, Stage Five begins in the town of Carhaix-Plouguer in north-western France and ends 165km down the road in Cap Fréhel, a peninsula in Côtes-d'Armor in northern Brittany that, according to Wikipedia, is two lighthouses on a cliff; the nearest civilisation being the town of Fréhel, located 8.5km from the Cap.
In the stage preview in our all-singing, all-dancing interactive report (disclaimer: may not actually sing or dance), Guardian cycling correspondent Will Fotheringham writes: "If there is a westerly wind it will make this run across Brittany insanely fast and the succession of little climbs in the finale will make this hard for the sprinters to control. On paper it's a sprint stage, in practice it could see an outsider come in first from a breakaway."
Today the riders will have to negotiate a Category 4 climb 45. 5 km into the stage, followed by the intermediate sprint at the 67-70 km mark. Thor Hushovd leads the overall race by one second over Cadel Evans at 13:58:25. His teammate David Millar is in fourth, eight seconds behind. Their team, Garmin-Cervelo leads the team time at 41:05:55. Will Hushovd be able to keep his jersey at the end of the stage or will another sprinter be able to emerge at the front of the pack?
Yesterday's stage was won by BMC rider Cadel Evans, who threw down a big marker by beating Alberto Contador (SBS), but a heroic ride up the Mur-du-Bretagne by race leader Thor Hushovd kept the Norwegian rider in yellow.
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In the stage preview in our all-singing, all-dancing interactive report (disclaimer: may not actually sing or dance), Guardian cycling correspondent Will Fotheringham writes: "If there is a westerly wind it will make this run across Brittany insanely fast and the succession of little climbs in the finale will make this hard for the sprinters to control. On paper it's a sprint stage, in practice it could see an outsider come in first from a breakaway."
Today the riders will have to negotiate a Category 4 climb 45. 5 km into the stage, followed by the intermediate sprint at the 67-70 km mark. Thor Hushovd leads the overall race by one second over Cadel Evans at 13:58:25. His teammate David Millar is in fourth, eight seconds behind. Their team, Garmin-Cervelo leads the team time at 41:05:55. Will Hushovd be able to keep his jersey at the end of the stage or will another sprinter be able to emerge at the front of the pack?
Yesterday's stage was won by BMC rider Cadel Evans, who threw down a big marker by beating Alberto Contador (SBS), but a heroic ride up the Mur-du-Bretagne by race leader Thor Hushovd kept the Norwegian rider in yellow.
Tags:tour de france live stream, tour de france, tour de france direct, tour de france 2011 live, sporza live
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