2011 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 5
(45,2 km / h)
José Iván Gutiérrez (MOV)
The fifth stage of the Tour de France 2011 on July 6th lead over 164.5 km from Carhaix to Cap Frehel. On the stage there was a sprint and a mountain stage of the fourth category. There were still 197 of the 198 registered riders at the start.
Race course
A few kilometers after the start Tristan Valentin could settle the José Iván Gutiérrez, Sébastien Turgot and Anthony Delaplace followed. The latter secured the only real point of the stage, while the distance of the group grew to over six minutes.
In the field, which was led by Team Garmin - Cervélo, it came to several falls, especially after the intermediate sprint, which was won by Sébastien Turgot at the outliers and in the field of Borut Božič. Janez Brajkovic crashed especially hard, who then quit the race and had to be transported by ambulance. This fall also Robert Gesink came to case, but the race could continue as soon after Alberto Contador. With Christophe Kern, a second object was reported in these minutes. Shortly after, Tom Boonen and Gert Steegmans came to case, but were continued the race, with Boonen with over 13 minutes behind came to the finish later.
Meanwhile, the escapees were caught between 45 km to go through the accelerated journey of the field, which further attacks triggered, with Jérémy Roy and Thomas Voeckler could settle. Through the joint effort of several teams but both were successively obtained again. Before the goal attacked Edvald Boasson Hagen, in the final sprint sat down but Mark Cavendish Philippe Gilbert against by.
Climbs
- Côte de Gurunhuel, Category 4 ( 45.5 km; 281 m, 2.3 km at 5.1%)
Scoring
- Intermediate sprint in Goudelin ( 131 kilometers, 156 m)
- Target in Lisieux ( 226.5 km; 141 m )
Tasks
- 071 - Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack ): crash during the stage
- 186 - Christophe Kern (Team Europcar ): task during the stage