Peter Sagan wins stage five thriller at Tour de France

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Peter Sagan wins stage 5 tour de france 2018

For the second time in this year’s Tour de France, Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) has beaten Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) in a sprint finish.

As opposed to the flatter stage 2, his stage 5 victory came at the conclusion of the race’s first hilly route Wednesday. Greg Van Avermaet took advantage of an intermediate bonus sprint to add two seconds to his overall lead, ahead of teammate Tejay van Garderen.

Greg Van Avermaet mistimed his sprint and Sagan took advantage to claim his second victory in this year’s event. Sagan clocked nearly five hours over the challenging leg through Brittany, which contained five categorized climbs over a 204.5-kilometer route from Lorient to Quimper. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors was third and moved up to third overall.

”I don’t know if he did it on purpose or if he wanted to drop everybody but I have to say thanks,” Sagan said.

”I tried to win the stage but it was pretty complicated,” Van Avermaet said. ”Phil went early and he’s still pretty close on GC (general classification) so I couldn’t let him go. I think I went too early in the sprint. I thought the corner was closer to the finish than it really was.”

The Tour remains in Brittany for Stage 6 on Thursday, another hilly leg of 181 kilometers from Brest to Mur-De-Bretagne Guerledan, including two climbs of the short but steep Mur-de-Bretagne.

”We always see a bit of action there,” Froome said. ”I sometimes prefer those stages to the fast, flat stages.”

Tour de France 2018 – stage 5 results (Lorient – Quimper):

1Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)

4:48:06

2Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida)

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3Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors)

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4Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)

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5Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)

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6Daniel Martin (UAE Team Emirates)

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7Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)

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8Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb)

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9Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty – Groupe Gobert)

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10Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida)

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11Julien Simon (Cofidis)

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12Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)

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13Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale)

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14Chris Froome (Team Sky)

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15Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Soudal)

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16Egan Bernal (Team Sky)

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17Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

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18Richie Porte (BMC)

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19Jakob Fuglsang (Astana)

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20Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe)

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General classification after stage 5:

1Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)

18:22:00

2Tejay van Garderen (BMC)

+02”

3Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors)

+03”

4Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)

+05”

5Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)

+06”

6Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors)

+09”

7Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)

+13”

8Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb)

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9Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First-Drapac)

+37”

10Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe)

+52”

11Jakob Fuglsang (Astana)

+53”

12Richie Porte (BMC)

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13Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)

+55”

14Mikel Landa (Movistar)

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15Chris Froome (Team Sky)

+57”

16Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)

+01’02”

17Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida)

+01’08”

18Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale)

+01’17”

19Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)

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20Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo)

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