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95th Tour de France - GT, France, July 5-27, 2008

Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 9: Cholet - Châteauroux, 232km

The break of the day
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Schumacher checks if he can see the break
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Alejandro Valverde had a small crash
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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The Spaniard sustained abrasions to his right side
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The day's breakaway
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Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel)
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Vogondy is swallowed up
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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The Manxman edged out Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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A massive result for Team Columbia
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) hit the deck
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Aurelian Passeron (Saunier Duval) collided with a spectator.
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Baden Cooke gets aero
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A sprinter's hair cut
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Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) was all smiles
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Bruseghin was in good spirits
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Bruseghin at the sign-in
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Liquigas tries some local seafood
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Liquigas fills up the musettes
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Schumacher in yellow
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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) took over the lead
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Barloworld is all smiles
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The peloton rides along
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) rolls in
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Mark Cavendish takes his first Tour
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Cav finished off
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Cavendish won clearly
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Cav takes out the win!
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Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) leads the break.
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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Stefan Schumacher adjusts to his first day in yellow.
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Not just for the Dutch
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Cavendish opened up the sprint early
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Fans wave the French flag
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Mark Cavendish gets his first Tour stage
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The Schleck brothers
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Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) takes his feed bag
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Valverde gets a push from Luis Leon Sanchez
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Alejandro Valverde's team rallies
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Credit Agricole takes up the chase
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The riders pass through fields of flowers
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A fan of Agritubel at full gallop.
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Stefan Schumacher rides in yellow
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It was a hot and hazy day
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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A big bike, little guy!
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Fans await the start in Cholet.
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Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme's car
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The car of the Tour director
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
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Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)
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Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)
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Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto)
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Yaroslav Popovych
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