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‘In the (Time) Zone'
David Olle, France, +33 66 16 909 87
Tour de France, July 3 - 25, 2010, Report stage 5
Stage 5 Thursday, July 8 185 km Epernay → Montargis
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 4:30:50
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
General classification after stage 5
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 22:59:45
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:23
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:39
General report: Ok, just how much money did Cav have on himself to win this stage....? Good boy Cavvy! Getting me (and everyone else) convinced he were nothing but a loser, then turnaround and win the next stage. Took us all for a ride, he did.
Skippy report: Cadel, at today's start in Epernay, did more interviews than any other GC rider, cool and calm all the while, answering questions in English, French and Italian. So has he changed? No, he's the same, just looking good, because everyone's attitude towards him has. N'est pas?
Cuisine report: Annabella, Interviewing Carlos Sastre, ‘what do you eat first out of the musette (from a feedzone)? Sastre: The chocolate bar! You, and the rest of the world, Carlos.
Tomorrow: Stage 6 Friday, July 9 225 km Montargis → Gueugnon
Make way for the sprinters to have their day....(we're in the mountains soon enough)
For those in Australia, SBS shows a daily report on the Tour de France, along with many stages broadcast live, catch them if you can.
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The Bike Race:
This year's Tour starts in the Netherlands (making that 3 grand tour prologues in a row, for Holland) belts into Belgium, before following a clockwise trace around France, finishing, of course, on the Champs Elysee in Paris. July 3-25, 3,596 kilometres, more than enough for anyone.
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David Olle's cycling reports are used by ABC radio's 774 DRIVE show in Melbourne, ABC radio
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