Sin notables cambios en la parte alta de la general y dentro del grupo de los favoritos, concluyo la quinta etapa del Tour de France corrida sobre 190 kilometros entre Arras-Amiens….
Jornada caracterizada por el control del lote compacto ejercido por los equipos mas fuertes de la carrera y con corredores candidatos al titulo, como Tinkoff, Asta,a, Movistar, y el Quikstepp entre otros…
El lote se desgrano en los utimos 3 kilometros con llegada masiva y especial para los ambaladores….alli se impuso el Aleman Andre Greipel de Lotto….superando a Peter Sagan y Mark Cavendish…otro Aleman Tony Martin mantuvo la camisa amarilla de lider por segundo dia consecutiva…
Los primeros 20 de la general estan asi…
Sprinters were seen as the leading roles of stage 5 and they were, sometimes unwittingly. Andre Greipel logically snatched his second win of this Tour in similar weather conditions as the first in the rain and wind of Zealand. By contrast, France’s Nacer Bouhanni, who was looking forward to this long stretch along the battlefield of WWI, crashed after 11 km and was forced out prematurely. In the finale, Greipel overpowered Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish to strengthen his green jersey while another German, Tony Martin, retained the yellow jersey so convincingly conquered in Cambrai….