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Tour de France 2015

Stage 5

Greipel again in Amiens

  • Wednesday 8 July 2015
  • 190 km
  • 1,525 m climbed
  • Won by André Greipel

The road

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How it was won

  1. 180 km to go

    Bouhanni's Tour ends after ten kilometres

    A Cofidis pile-up takes down five riders and Nacer Bouhanni leaves in an ambulance, the injuries from the French championships reopened. Ten kilometres of his Tour de France.

  2. 99 km to go

    Sprinting past the Somme

    The intermediate sprint comes at Rancourt, beside the largest cemetery of the Battle of the Somme. Greipel, Degenkolb and Cavendish take the points behind the break.

  3. 90 km to go

    One right-hander, two races

    A ninety-degree right turns a headwind into a crosswind and the peloton snaps in half on the spot. A hundred riders make the front group — every sprinter and every GC man among them — and the rest trudge in more than fourteen minutes down.

  4. At the line

    Greipel again in Amiens

    Kristoff, Cavendish and Démare all open up early into the headwind. Greipel surges from behind them and wins going away.

The result

Podium, Stage 5, Tour de France 2015
RankRiderTeamTime
1André GreipelLotto Soudal4:39:00
2Peter SaganTinkoff - Saxo+0:00
3Mark CavendishEtixx - Quick Step+0:00
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