Tour de France: Filippo Pozzato wins stage 5
{{date|July 12, 2007}}{{Tour de France 2007}}[[Image:Andreas Kloeden 20060816 031.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Andreas Klöden in 2006. {{Image source|[[Commons:User:Alex Anlicker|Alex Anlicker]]}}]]
[[Italy|Italian]] rider [[w:Filippo Pozzato|Filippo Pozzato]] has won stage 5.

[[w:Fabian Cancellara|Fabian Cancellara]] of [[Switzerland]] kept the overall lead, again.

The 182.5&nbsp;[[w:Kilometre|km]] fifth stage from [[w:Chablis|Chablis]] to [[w:Autun|Autun]] featured eight climbs, including one Category 2 climb. Many of the sprinters lost contact with the peleton, but all of the major contenders finished together, apart from [[w:Alexandre Vinokourov|Alexandre Vinokourov]]. Vinokourov crashed before the final climb, and ended up losing more than a minute to the rest of the field. 

A tailbone injury may force [[w:Andreas Klöden|Andreas Klöden]], who is second in the overall standings, to withdraw from the Tour. Teammates Vinokourov and Klöden were both taken to the hospital.

==General classification after after stage 5==
{| class="prettytable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|- bgcolor=yellow
|'''1'''
|[[w:Fabian Cancellara|Fabian Cancellara]]'''
|'''[[w:Team CSC|Team CSC]]'''
|align=right|    '''24h 28'56"'''
|-
|2
|[[w:Andreas Klöden|Andreas Klöden]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| 33"
|-
|3 
|[[w:Filippo Pozzato|Filippo Pozzato]]
|[[w:Liquigas-Bianchi|Liquigas-Bianchi]]
|align=right| 35"
|- 
|4 
|[[w:David Millar|David Millar]]
|[[w:Saunier Duval-Prodir|Saunier Duval-Prodir]]
|align=right| 41"
|-
|5 
|[[w:George Hincapie|George Hincapie]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 43"
|-
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|6 
|[[w:Vladimir Gusev|Vladimir Gusev]]
|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
|align=right| 45"
|- 
|7 
|[[w:Vladimir Karpets|Vladimir Karpets]]
|[[w:Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne]]
|align=right| 46"
|- 
|8 
|[[w:Mikel Astarloza|Mikel Astarloza]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| 49"
|-
|9
|[[w:Thomas Dekker|Thomas Dekker]]
| [[w:Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]
|align=right| 51"
|-
|10 
|[[w:Benoît Vaugrenard|Benoît Vaugrenard]]
|[[w:Française des Jeux|Française des Jeux]]
|align=right| 52" 
|-
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6896034.stm
|title=Contenders crash as Pozzato stars
|author=Martin Gough
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 12, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news;_ylt=Au66mAVa0wjHfo97_s_WHSB.grcF?slug=ap-tourdefrance&prov=ap&type=lgns
|title=Pozzato wins fifth stage of Tour de France, Cancellara retains lead
|author=Jamey Keaten, AP
|pub=Yahoo! Sports
|date=July 12, 2007}}

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Andreas Klöden in 2006. 
Italian rider Filippo Pozzato has won stage 5.

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland kept the overall lead, again.

The 182.5 km fifth stage from Chablis to Autun featured eight climbs, including one Category 2 climb. Many of the sprinters lost contact with the peleton, but all of the major contenders finished together, apart from Alexandre Vinokourov. Vinokourov crashed before the final climb, and ended up losing more than a minute to the rest of the field. 

A tailbone injury may force Andreas Klöden, who is second in the overall standings, to withdraw from the Tour. Teammates Vinokourov and Klöden were both taken to the hospital.


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