O/T: Tour de France 100 Today!

What a way to get your first professional win. As soon as he got a gap on the rest of the breakaway, you could see that the peloton wouldn't catch him.

 

Yeah, OK - but 1 sec, ffs!

 

He had time for a fist pump. Easy...

 

More results: Froome and Contador are also at 1 sec, overall.

 

Crap news - Geraint Thomas of Sky has a fractured pelvis, but still riding today. He'll be needed for tomorrow's team time trial, but may not be able to make it.

 

Sagan 2nd to Gerrans in a photo-finish. Yellow Jersey in bunch just behind.

Sagan in Green Jersey tonight.

 

Stage 3 ended with Bakelants still in the Yellow Jersey and the next 71 riders all 1 sec. behind.

Tomorrow sees a 25km Team Time Trial: Nice - Nice

 

Garmin-Sharp (and David Millar) in big competition with Sky (and Chris Froome) in 25km Team Time Trial in Nice.

Millar could end the day in Yellow, as could Boasson Hagen of Sky.

 

Omega-Pharma-Quickstep have the fastest finishing time so far. Garmin-Sharp were a mere 4 secs behind them at the half-way time-check.

 

Sky are 3rd at time-check! Geraint Thomas (pelvic fracture) is a hero!

 

Why's he look like hes actually stuck behind the 'Bretta?? GET OUTA MY WAY!!!

 

Millar and Garmin-Sharp are 3rd at the Finish.

 

Sky finish 2nd fastest, but Contador's Saxo-Tinkoff are still on the road.....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-paced_racing#Pacing_by_Derny

 

That helmet is neither use nor ornament

 

Today's stage result + overall placings:

1 Orica-GreenEdge 25:56
2 Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 1
3 Sky + 2
4 Team Saxo-Tinkoff + 8
5 Lotto-Belisol + 16
6 Garmin-Sharp + 16
7 Movistar Team + 18
8 Lampre-Merida + 25
9 BMC + 26
10 Katusha + 27
11 RadioShack-Leopard + 28
12 Vacansoleil-DCM + 33
13 Cannondale + 34
14 Belkin + 36
15 FDjfr + 41
16 Astana + 55
17 Ag2r La Mondiale + 1:03
18 Sojasun + 1:09
19 Europcar + 1:12
20 Cofidis + 1:19
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 1:23
22 Argos-Shimano + 1:46

General Classification after Stage 4
AUS 1 GERRANS, Simon (ORICA GREENEDGE) 12:47:24
RSA 2 IMPEY, Daryl (ORICA GREENEDGE)
SUI 3 ALBASINI, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE)
POL 4 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 1
FRA 5 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
NOR 6 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING) + 3
GBR 7 FROOME, Christopher (SKY PROCYCLING)
AUS 8 PORTE, Richie (SKY PROCYCLING)
IRL 9 ROCHE, Nicolas (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 9
CZE 10 KREUZIGER, Roman (SAXO-TINKOFF)

 

....And Cav wins Stage 5!

Stage 5 Results
GBR 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) 5:31:51
NOR 2 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING)
SVK 3 SAGAN, Peter (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING)
GER 4 GREIPEL, André (LOTTO BELISOL)
ITA 5 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA)
NOR 6 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KATUSHA)
ESP 7 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI)
LTU 8 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas (GARMIN SHARP)
FRA 9 LEMOINE, Cyril (SOJASUN)
ESP 10 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOVISTAR TEAM)
FRA 11 DUMOULIN, Samuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
GER 12 DEGENKOLB, John (ARGOS-SHIMANO)
ITA 13 TRENTIN, Matteo (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
NED 14 VAN POPPEL, Danny (VACANSOLEIL-DCM)
AUS 15 GERRANS, Simon (ORICA GREENEDGE)

General Classification after Stage 5
AUS 1 GERRANS, Simon (ORICA GREENEDGE) 18:19:15
RSA 2 IMPEY, Daryl (ORICA GREENEDGE)
SUI 3 ALBASINI, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE)
POL 4 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 1
FRA 5 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
NOR 6 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING) + 3
GBR 7 FROOME, Christopher (SKY PROCYCLING)
AUS 8 PORTE, Richie (SKY PROCYCLING)
IRL 9 ROCHE, Nicolas (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 9
CZE 10 KREUZIGER, Roman (SAXO-TINKOFF)

 

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Watch the kid running with the riders