Le Tour 100 – Stage 5

Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille

Distance: 228.5 kilometers.

Stage five is a return to the hills. It starts with Côte de Châteauneuf-Grasse, a category 3, then hills until Col de l’Ange, category 4. They inserted a sprint at the midpoint, but it certainly isn’t on the flat. It finishes with a pair of category 4s, Côte de la Roquebrussanne and Côte des Bastides with 10 km to the finish. Not a real mountain stage, but nothing for the true sprinters.

SuperManx, Mark Cavendish, has picked stage win 24, while the Jerseys remain unchanged. With six teammates to provide him with a launch at the end of the race, it was a foregone conclusion. He is one win away from tying for third in the all-time standings with André Leducq.

Simon Gerrans ( Aus – OGE – 181 ) [Yellow] 18h 19′ 15″
Peter Sagan ( Svk – CAN – 011 ) [Green] 111 points
Pierre Rolland ( Fra – EUC – 051 ) [Polka Dot] 10 points
Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – OPQ – 153 ) 4 [White]

Team: Orica-GreenEdge ( OGE – 181-189 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Mark Cavendish ( GB – OPQ – 151 )
Combative: Thomas De Gendt ( Bel – VCD – 203 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Simon Gerrans ( Aus – OGE – 181 )
2 Daryl Impey ( RSA – OGE – 185 ) + 00′ 00″
3 Michael Albasini ( Sui – OGE – 182 ) + 00′ 00″
4 Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – OPQ – 153 ) + 00′ 01″
5 Sylvain Chavanel ( Fra – OPQ – 152 ) + 00′ 01″
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Nor – SKY – 002 ) + 00′ 03″
7 Christopher Froome ( GB – SKY – 001 ) + 00′ 03″
8 Richie Porte ( Aus – SKY – 006 ) + 00′ 03″
9 Nicolas Roche ( Irl – TST – 097 ) + 00′ 09″
10 Roman Kreuziger ( Cze – TST – 094 ) + 00′ 09″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Alberto Contador ( Esp – TST – 091 ) + 00′ 09″
12 Michael Rogers ( Aus – TST – 098 ) + 00′ 09″
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( Bel – LTB – 021 ) + 00′ 17″
14 Ryder Hesjedal ( Can – GRS – 171 ) + 00′ 17″
15 Adam Hansen ( Aus – LTB – 025 ) + 00′ 17″
16 Andrew Talansky ( USA – GRS – 178 ) + 00′ 17″
17 Daniel Martin ( Irl – GRS – 175 ) + 00′ 17″
18 Thomas Danielson ( USA – GRS – 173 ) + 00′ 17″
19 Alejandro Valverde ( Esp – MOV – 121 ) + 00′ 20″
20 Rui Alberto Costa ( Por – MOV – 124 ) + 00′ 20″
21 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas ( Col – MOV – 128 ) + 00′ 20″
22 Andrey Amador ( CR – MOV – 122 ) + 00′ 20″
23 Damiano Cunego ( Ita – LAM – 141 ) + 00′ 25″
24 Przemyslaw Niemiec ( Pol – LAM – 148 ) + 00′ 25″
25 José Serpa ( Col – LAM – 149 ) + 00′ 25″
26 Cadel Evans ( Aus – BMC – 031 ) + 00′ 26″
27 Philippe Gilbert ( Bel – BMC – 034 ) + 00′ 26″
28 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 039 ) + 00′ 26″
29 Amaël Moinard ( Fra – BMC – 035 ) + 00′ 26″
30 Jan Bakelants ( Bel – RLT – 042 ) + 00′ 28″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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