Stage 5
Greipel again in Amiens
- Wednesday 8 July 2015
- 190 km
- 1,525 m climbed
- Won by André Greipel
The road
How it was won
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 4:39:00 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff - Saxo | +0:00 |
| 3 | Mark Cavendish | Etixx - Quick Step | +0:00 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.