Le Tour 2016 – Stage 5

Limoges to Le Lioran

Distance: 216 kilometers.

The first serious climbing/mountain stage with category 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, and a 3 at the finish. The Polka Dot is up for the taking.

Greg Van Avermaet went from 20^th, 18 seconds behind the leader, to 5 minutes 11 seconds ahead of Julian Alaphilippe in second place. Peter Sagan dropped to 76^th place, 23 minutes 37 seconds back.

Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 ) [Yellow] 25h 34′ 46″
Peter Sagan ( SVK – TNK – 032 ) [Green] 150 points
Thomas De Gendt ( BEL – LTS – 163 ) [Polka Dot] 13 points
Julian Alaphilippe ( FRA – EQS – 182 ) 2 [White]

Team: BMC Racing Team ( BMC – 091-099 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 )
Combative: Thomas De Gendt ( BEL – LTS – 163 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 )
2 Julian Alaphilippe ( FRA – EQS – 182 ) + 05′ 11″
3 Alejandro Valverde ( ESP – MOV – 012 ) + 05′ 13″
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver ( ESP – KAT – 141 ) + 05′ 14″
5 Christopher Froome ( GBR – SKY – 001 ) + 05′ 17″
6 Warren Barguil ( FRA – TGA – 111 ) + 05′ 17″
7 Nairo Quintana ( COL – MOV – 011 ) + 05′ 17″
8 Fabio Aru ( ITA – AST – 021 ) + 05′ 17″
9 Pierre Rolland ( FRA – CDT – 081 ) + 05′ 17″
10 Daniel Martin ( IRL – EQS – 184 ) + 05′ 17″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Wilco Kelderman ( NED – TLJ – 051 ) + 05′ 17″
12 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 099 ) + 05′ 17″
13 Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) + 05′ 17″
14 Romain Bardet ( FRA – ALM – 041 ) + 05′ 17″
15 Bauke Mollema ( NED – TFS – 061 ) + 05′ 17″
16 Sergio Luis Henao ( COL – SKY – 002 ) + 05′ 17″
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( BEL – KAT – 147 ) + 05′ 26″
18 Roman Kreuziger ( CZE – TNK – 036 ) + 05′ 28″
19 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – LAM – 157 ) + 05′ 28″
20 Sébastien Reichenbach ( SUI – FDL – 126 ) + 05′ 28″
21 Thibaut Pinot ( FRA – FDL – 121 ) + 05′ 28″
22 Geraint Thomas ( GBR – SKY – 009 ) + 05′ 57″
23 Mathias Frank ( SUI – IAM – 071 ) + 06′ 08″
24 Serge Pauwels ( BEL – DDD – 107 ) + 06′ 30″
25 Alberto Contador ( ESP – TNK – 031 ) + 06′ 38″
26 Cyril Gautier ( FRA – ALM – 046 ) + 06′ 55″
27 Richie Porte ( AUS – BMC – 091 ) + 07′ 02″
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez ( ESP – MOV – 018 ) + 07′ 20″
29 Mikel Nieve ( ESP – SKY – 005 ) + 08′ 01″

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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