Tour de France 2008: Stage 5
January 1 - July 27, Cholet, France, Road - GT
Bonjour to all you cycling
The official start of the fifth stage
Shortly before that, at km 11, an
Today, Cyclingnews is giving
72km remaining from 232km
Aha! The sprinter's
Christian Vandevelde from the Garmin-Chipotle
Emails are already flooding in for
There are two prominent birthdays
88km remaining from 232km
The maximum gain
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Gregor Brown also talked to Garmin-Chipotle's
The leading trio have just passed
107km remaining from 232km
As to the intermediate
Robert Hunter from Barloworld, as
Another possible top three finisher
Back in the peloton, the two German
125km remaining from 232km
The gap between
We just hear that a crash occurred
The Caisse d'Epargne riders are back
John Gadret, a climber of team AG2R,
135km remaining from 232km
AG2R's Cyril Dessel
People from all over the world are
Peter Beaumont asked us if there
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