Tour de France 2007/5. stage

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Stage 5
Result of the 5th stage
Stage winner Filippo Pozzato 4:39:01 h
(39.245 km / h)
Second Óscar Freire equal time
Third Daniele Bennati equal time
Fourth Kim churches equal time
fifth Erik Zabel equal time
Sixth George Hincapie equal time
seventh Cristian Moreni equal time
Eighth Stefan Schumacher equal time
Ninth Bram Tankink equal time
Tenth Jérôme Pineau equal time
Most combative driver Sylvain Chavanel
Intermediate results after the 5th stage
Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara 24:28:56 h
Second Andreas Klöden + 0:33 min
Third Filippo Pozzato + 0:35 min
Green jersey Erik Zabel 102 P.
Second Tom Boonen 98 P.
Third Robbie McEwen 84 P.
Dotted jersey Sylvain Chavanel 37 P.
Second Philippe Gilbert 23 p.
Third William Bonnet 15 p.
White jersey Vladimir Gusev 24:29:41 h
Second Thomas Dekker + 0:06 min
Third Benoît Vaugrenard + 0:07 min
Team evaluation Team CSC 73:29:08 h
Second Discovery Channel + 0:03 min
Third Caisse d'Epargne + 0:16 min

The 5th stage of the Tour de France 2007 on July 12th was 182.5 kilometers long and led the riders from Chablis south through Burgundy , specifically through the departments of Yonne , Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire , to Autun . The stage through the Morvan had a total of eight mountain classifications , including, for the first time during this tour, mountains in the second and third category. Due to its wavy profile, the only low mountain range stage was considered to be one of the most demanding of the entire tour.

Right from the start, the race was very restless and one or more drivers kept trying to break away from the main field. A trio made up of Sylvain Chavanel , William Bonnet and Philippe Gilbert was found around race kilometer 20 . Behind them the Italian Giampaolo Cheula tried to catch up with the trio as a soloist. The lead of the three outliers on the peloton grew quickly to a maximum of 14:45 minutes, while Cheula initially tried in vain to make up the gap of about one and a half minutes on the group of three. Finally he made the connection after 59 kilometers driven. Meanwhile, the teams in the main field began to organize a regular pursuit and shortened the gap significantly. By 60 kilometers from the finish, at the foot of the Haut-Folin , a second category mountain, the lead quartet had shrunk to 3:40 minutes.

In the ascent, the group then split into two, as Cheula and Bonnet could no longer follow the pace of Chavanels and Gilberts. At the summit of the almost 13-kilometer climb, the lead was 1:17 minutes ahead of the pursuers, and the peloton followed another 53 seconds behind. The pursuers were stopped in the descent from the main field, so that only the duo Chavanel / Gilbert remained in front of the field. They defended their lead up to eleven kilometers from the finish before the field passed them on the climb to the Côte de la Croix de la Liberation under the leadership of Rabobank .

Immediately after the merger, some drivers attacked again, but none of them were able to break away decisively. Only Yaroslav Popovych managed to drive out a small gap on the descent. However, after a driving error in a tight left turn, he lost his lead again. So the field drove closed, with David Millar and Laurent Lefèvre in the lead, on the home straight in Autun. There Filippo Pozzato won the sprint ahead of Óscar Freire and Daniele Bennati .

Fabian Cancellara and Wladimir Gussew again defended the lead in the overall and junior ranking. Sylvain Chavanel, who won seven of the eight mountain classifications of the day, took the lead in the classification for the dotted jersey well ahead of his runaway companions Philippe Gilbert and William Bonnet. The lead also changed in the points classification, where Erik Zabel took over the green jersey from Tom Boonen . In the team standings, Team CSC took the lead after only two riders from Team Astana were able to place in the first group.

Alexander Vinokurow , one of the favorites for the overall victory, lost 1:20 minutes after a collision with a motorcycle about 24 kilometers from the finish to his biggest opponents, who reached the finish in the first group. Before that, his team mate Andreas Klöden had also fallen. However, he was no longer behind. Vinokourov suffered bruises and deep abrasions on his right thigh and both knees in his fall, which even had to be sewn. In Klöden the doctors diagnosed a hairline crack in the tailbone . The French Geoffroy Lequatre , who struggled to cross the finish line with a deficit of over 44 minutes despite a bad fall and thus exceeded the waiting period, was not disqualified by the race management due to his combative attitude.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Avallo (kilometer 36) ( 232  m )

First William Bonnet 6 p. And 6 s
Second Philippe Gilbert 4 p. And 4 s
Third Sylvain Chavanel 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Montbreuillon (km 94.5) ( 228  m )

First William Bonnet 6 p. And 6 s
Second Philippe Gilbert 4 p. And 4 s
Third Sylvain Chavanel 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Bibracte-Mont-Beuvray (km 145) ( 603  m )

First Philippe Gilbert 6 p. And 6 s
Second Sylvain Chavanel 4 p. And 4 s
Third Robert Hunter 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte des Grandes-Châtelaines , category 4 (kilometers 39.5) ( 284  m ; 1.5 km at 6.7%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 3 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 2 p.
Third William Bonnet 1 P.

Côte de Domecy-sur-Cure , category 4 (km 52.5) ​​( 238  m ; 1.3 km at 6.2%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 3 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 2 p.
Third William Bonnet 1 P.

Côte de Champignolles-le-Bas , category 3 (kilometer 58.5) ( 338  m ; 2.0 km at 6.5%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 4 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 3 p.
Third William Bonnet 2 p.
Fourth Giampaolo Cheula 1 P.

Côte de Coulon , category 4 (kilometers 86.5) ( 275  m ; 1.0 km at 6.2%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 3 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 2 p.
Third William Bonnet 1 P.

Côte de Saint-Maurice , category 3 (km 98.5) ( 389  m ; 3.0 km at 5.2%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 4 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 3 p.
Third William Bonnet 2 p.
Fourth Giampaolo Cheula 1 P.

Côte de Château-Chinon , category 4 (kilometer 119) ( 519  m ; 2.5 km at 3.8%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 3 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 2 p.
Third William Bonnet 1 P.

Haut-Folin , category 2 (kilometers 135.5) ( 867  m ; 12.9 km at 3.7%)

First Sylvain Chavanel 10 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 9 p.
Third Giampaolo Cheula 8 p.
Fourth William Bonnet 7 p.
fifth Michael Rasmussen 6 p.
Sixth Sérgio Paulinho 5 p.

Côte de la Croix de la Liberation , Category 3 (km 174) ( 586  m ; 3.4 km at 5.4%)

First Laurent Lefèvre 4 p.
Second Kim churches 3 p.
Third Michael Rasmussen 2 p.
Fourth Fred Rodriguez 1 P.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ radsportnews.net, Klöden suffered a crack in his tailbone ( memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ radsport-aktiv.de, No tailbone fracture: Klöden continues