I didn't expect Froomey to get into Yellow. He did only get it as the result of being given a 6 secs bonus for 2nd place today. Leads Martin by 1 sec!
Terrible crash, but good to hear no one seriously hurt, but a great finish to the race, Froome looks strong, and already has a good lead over his rivals. Interesting day tomorrow on the cobbles.
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Can't believe he carried on riding. I was off my bike for 3 days after my crash and I'd not broken anything.
A testing day, today. 220km (the longest stage in this Tour). Seven pave/cobbled sections. Awkward, congested approach to Cambrai's finish. It has been called a mini Paris-Roubaix...
Not only does Martin win, he gets to wear Yellow tomorrow. 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 05:28:58 2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:00:03 3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 10 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar No Froome in that 10 ^^^^ but I guess we need to know time differences between the leaders
That's the stage result, not GC Here's the GC rankings, including all the big contenders 1. GER MARTIN Tony 114 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 12h 40' 26'' 2. GBR FROOME Christopher 31 TEAM SKY 12h 40' 38'' + 00' 12'' 3. USA VAN GARDEREN Tejay 61 BMC RACING TEAM 12h 40' 51'' + 00' 25'' 4. FRA GALLOPIN Tony 71 LOTTO-SOUDAL 12h 41' 04'' + 00' 38'' 5. SVK SAGAN Peter 47 TINKOFF-SAXO 12h 41' 05'' + 00' 39'' 6. BEL VAN AVERMAET Greg 68 BMC RACING TEAM 12h 41' 06'' + 00' 40'' 7. COL URAN URAN Rigoberto 118 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 12h 41' 12'' + 00' 46'' 8. ESP CONTADOR Alberto 41 TINKOFF-SAXO 12h 41' 14'' + 00' 48'' 9. GBR THOMAS Geraint 39 TEAM SKY 12h 41' 41'' + 01' 15'' 10. CZE STYBAR Zdenek 116 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 12h 41' 42'' + 01' 16'' 13. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 1 ASTANA PRO TEAM 12h 42' 16'' + 01' 50'' 16. ESP VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 59 MOVISTAR TEAM 12h 42' 29'' + 02' 03'' 17. COL QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 51 MOVISTAR TEAM 12h 42' 34'' + 02' 08'' 18. ESP RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim 91 TEAM KATUSHA 12h 42' 38'' + 02' 12'' 19. FRA PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 11 AG2R LA MONDIALE 12h 42' 45'' + 02' 19'' 20. USA TALANSKY Andrew 161 TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN 12h 43' 17'' + 02' 51'' 21. FRA BARDET Romain 12 AG2R LA MONDIALE 12h 43' 32'' + 03' 06'' 30. FRA PINOT Thibaut 21 FDJ 12h 46' 56'' + 06' 30''
Yep, I know, Hessle. At the time I posted it, I didn't have the GC listing. But I knew that Martin's 10 sec bonus would put him first, as he was only one sec behind Froome at the start.
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Great Win for Tony Martin, though the ride of the day for me was Geraint Thomas, what a job he did for Froome over the Cobbles.
Today's 5th Stage: 17:57:43 CEST It is a good day for German cycling, with Greipel winning the stage and Martin the first to retain the yellow jersey this year.
