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Monaco TT (15.5km)

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2008

Jul. 9, 2008
STAGE 5: Cholet—Châteauroux (232km)

Results

2008

Stage 5 results

2008

Jul. 9, 2008Cavendish outkicks bunch to win his first Tour stage
With 10km to go in stage 5 of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish’s Team Columbia teammates drilled it at the front of the chaotic peloton, burying ...Results Gallery (10 Images)
Jul. 9, 2008Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson
The French fans finally saw a real sprint finish Wednesday — resulting in a superbly ...Gallery (14 Images)
Jul. 9, 2008Stage 5 was a day of firsts at the 2008 Tour de France
Wednesday’s 232km stage from Cholet to Chatearoux might have been the fifth stage of this 2008 Tour de France, but in many respects it was a day of ...
Jul. 9, 20082008 Tour de France: Stage 5, by the numbers
Stage 5, Cholet to Châteauroux, 232km Weather: Partly cloudy in the morning, warm and sunny in afternoon, moderate westerly breeze ...
Jul. 9, 2008Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, Stage 5
Valverde scare: It looked innocuous on the medical report, just cuts and scrapes, but Alejandro Valverde’s Tour de France was nearly ...
Jul. 9, 2008Live Coverage - Stage 5 Tour de France, 2008
12:14 PM: Good day and welcome
Jul. 8, 2008Casey Gibson shares behind the scenes photos of the Garmin-Chipotle team
Photographer Casey Gibson has been given full access to shoot behind the scenes with the Garmin-Chipotle team at the Tour. He will share some of his ...Gallery (14 Images)

Despite this being the longest stage of the Tour in distance, the peloton will likely be racing for only five hours

on a course that has no categorized hills (although plenty of rollers) on its passage across the southern part of the Loire Valley.