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Boom wins fifth stage of TDF

Arenberg Porte du Hainaut - Dutch rider Lars Boom has won the brutal fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday as British defending champion Chris Froome pulled out of the race after crashing twice.

Boom rode away from his rivals after 152.5km from Ypres in Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut that included 13km of cobblestones over seven different sections.

But the big winner of the day was yellow jersey holder Vincenzo Nibali of Italy who came home in third and gained significant time on all his overall rivals.

He finished just 17sec behind Boom but more than two minutes ahead of most of his main rivals.

Only Australian Richie Porte, now the Team Sky leader in Froome's absence, kept his losses to within two minutes.

Two-time former winner Alberto Contador lost 2:37, Alejandro Valverde gave up 2:11 and American Andrew Talansky, the winner of last month's Criterium du Dauphine, rolled in 2:05 behind Nibali.

It was an incredible day of numerous crashes but the most dramatic involved the champion and race favourite.

Froome had already gone down once on Tuesday and was wearing a splint to protect his injured left wrist.

He fell again 40-minutes into Wednesday's stage but when he crashed a second time that day an hour later, it was all over.

They hadn't even reached the cobbles yet.

He seemed to have injured his right arm and climbed into a Sky team car, his race and defence over.

Results from the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 155.5km ride from Ypres to Arenberg on Wednesday:
1. Lars Boom (NED/BKN) 3hr 18min 35sec
2. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) at 0:19sec
3. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) s.t.
4. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 1:01.
5. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/TRE) s.t.
6. Jens Keukeleire (BEL/ORI) s.t.
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 1:07.
8. Lieuwe Westra (NED/AST) 1:09.
9. Matteo Trentin (ITA/OPQ) 1:21.
10. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/COF) 1:45.
11. Alexander Porsev (RUS/KAT) 2:02.
12. Matthew Hayman (AUS/ORI) s.t.
13. Sep Vanmarcke (BEL/BKN) s.t.
14. Jan Bakelants (BEL/OPQ) s.t.
15. Mark Renshaw (AUS/OPQ) s.t.
16. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) s.t.
17. Tony Martin (GER/OPQ) 2:02.
18. Tony Gallopin (FRA/LTB) 2:02.
19. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 2:08.
20. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 2:11.

Overall:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 20hr 26min 46sec
2. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) at 0:02sec
3. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 0:44.
4. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 0:50.
5. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/TRE) 1:17.
6. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 1:45.
7. Tony Gallopin (FRA/LTB) 1:45.
8. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 1:54.
9. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 2:05.
10. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 2:11.
11. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 2:11.
12. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 2:11.
13. Rui Costa (POR/LAM) 2:11.
14. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 2:16.
15. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 2:25.
16. Tom Dumoulin (NED/GIA) 2:25.
17. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 2:25.
18. Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) 2:27.
19. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 2:37.
20. Jan Bakelants (BEL/OPQ) 2:39.
21. Peter Velits (SVK/BMC) 2:44.
22. Marco Marcato (ITA/CAN) 3:23.
23. Michael Albasini (SWI/ORI) 3:29.
24. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 3:29.
25. Mikel Nieve (ESP/SKY) 3:29.
26. Tiago Machado (POR/APP) 3:59.
27. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/TRE) 3:59.
28. Mathias Frank (SWI/IAM) 4:13.
29. Chris Horner (USA/LAM) 4:13.
30. Laurens ten Dam (NED/BKN) 4:13.
31. Jens Keukeleire (BEL/ORI) 4:41.
32. Leopold Knig (CZE/APP) 4:45.
33. Bram Tankink (NED/BKN) 4:46.
34. Paul Voss (GER/APP) 5:07.
35. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 5:18.
36. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 5:32.
37. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 5:37.
38. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/BKN) 6:47.
39. Simon Clarke (AUS/ORI) 8:13.
40. Martin Elmiger (SWI/IAM) 8:26.
41. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 8:26.
42. Brice Feillu (FRA/BSE) 9:10.
43. Frank Schleck (LUX/TRE) 9:12.
44. Daniel Oss (ITA/BMC) 9:20.
45. Ben Gastauer (LUX/ALM) 11:02.
46. Matteo Trentin (ITA/OPQ) 11:59.
47. Jrgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 12:20.
48. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 12:50.
49. Michael Schr (SWI/BMC) 13:06.
50. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/BMC) 13:08.
51. Tony Martin (GER/OPQ) 13:19.
52. Michael Rogers (AUS/TIN) 13:20.
53. Nicolas Roche (IRL/TIN) 13:48.
54. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 13:58.
55. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 14:07.
56. Lieuwe Westra (NED/AST) 14:31.
57. Gregory Rast (SWI/TRE) 14:34.
58. Michal Golas (POL/OPQ) 14:48.
59. Jos Herrada Lopez (ESP/MOV) 15:17.
60. Kristijan Durasek (CRO/LAM) 15:56.
61. Lars Boom (NED/BKN) 16:07.
62. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/COF) 16:31.
63. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 16:55.
64. Egoitz Garca (ESP/COF) 16:57.
65. John Gadret (FRA/MOV) 17:16.
66. Matthew Hayman (AUS/ORI) 17:22.
67. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 18:07.
68. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 18:19.
69. Nlson Oliveira (POR/LAM) 18:22.
70. Marcel Wyss (SWI/IAM) 18:33.
71. Jon Izagirre (ESP/MOV) 18:45.
72. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/CAN) 18:51.
73. Simon Gerrans (AUS/ORI) 19:26.
74. Alexandre Pichot (FRA/EUC) 19:56.
75. Daniele Bennati (ITA/TIN) 20:19.
76. Koen de Kort (NED/GIA) 20:30.
77. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/ALM) 21:17.
78. Mark Renshaw (AUS/OPQ) 21:33.
79. Alexander Porsev (RUS/KAT) 21:33.
80. Maciej Bodnar (POL/CAN) 21:43.
81. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/BKN) 22:03.
82. Rudy Molard (FRA/COF) 22:06.
83. Jrme Pineau (FRA/IAM) 22:09.
84. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 22:13.
85. Sbastian Langeveld (NED/GRM) 22:13.
86. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 22:21.
87. Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ/AST) 22:21.
88. Bartosz Huzarski (POL/APP) 22:28.
89. Sep Vanmarcke (BEL/BKN) 23:21.
90. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 23:24.
91. Darwin Atapuma (COL/BMC) 23:42.
92. Alessandro De Marchi (ITA/CAN) 23:53.
93. Heinrich Haussler (AUS/IAM) 24:03.
94. Kvin Reza (FRA/EUC) 24:03.
95. Matteo Montaguti (ITA/ALM) 24:07.
96. Niki Terpstra (NED/OPQ) 24:38.
97. Tom Veelers (NED/GIA) 24:41.
98. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/BSE) 24:47.
99. Sbastien Reichenbach (SWI/IAM) 25:10.
100. Tom Slagter (NED/GRM) 25:11.
101. Bryan Coquard (FRA/EUC) 25:34.
102. Markel Irizar (ESP/TRE) 25:34.
103. Rafael Valls (ESP/LAM) 25:35.
104. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/MOV) 25:38.
105. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 25:40.
106. Rubn Plaza (ESP/MOV) 25:49.
107. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 25:55.
108. Jos Serpa Perez (COL/LAM) 25:58.
109. Daniel Navarro (ESP/COF) 26:06.
110. Simon Yates (ENG/ORI) 26:15.
111. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/IAM) 26:24.
112. Amal Moinard (FRA/BMC) 26:40.
113. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 26:53.
114. Roger Kluge (GER/IAM) 27:26.
115. Tom Leezer (NED/BKN) 27:26.
116. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 27:29.
117. Kristjan Koren (SLO/CAN) 27:49.
118. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 28:12.
119. Michele Scarponi (ITA/AST) 28:20.
120. Peter Stetina (USA/BMC) 28:35.
121. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 29:12.
122. Jan Brta (CZE/APP) 29:15.
123. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 29:16.
124. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 29:20.
125. Jens Voigt (GER/TRE) 29:25.
126. John Degenkolb (GER/GIA) 29:32.
127. Sbastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 29:56.
128. Vladimir Isaichev (RUS/KAT) 29:58.
129. Stef Clement (NED/BKN) 30:05.
130. Jean-Marc Bideau (FRA/BSE) 30:11.
131. Zakkari Dempster (AUS/APP) 30:41.
132. Simon Spilak (SLO/KAT) 30:58.
133. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 30:59.
134. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 31:10.
135. Julien Simon (FRA/COF) 31:27.
136. Jack Bauer (NZL/GRM) 32:17.
137. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 32:18.
138. Reto Hollenstein (SWI/IAM) 32:32.
139. Florian Vachon (FRA/BSE) 32:34.
140. Svein Tuft (CAN/ORI) 32:36.
141. Andreas Schillinger (GER/APP) 32:41.
142. Luke Durbridge (AUS/ORI) 33:07.
143. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/TIN) 33:53.
144. Christian Meier (CAN/ORI) 33:54.
145. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 33:55.
146. Benjamin King (USA/GRM) 34:00.
147. Florian Guillou (FRA/BSE) 34:03.
148. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 34:05.
149. Janier Acavedo (COL/GRM) 34:18.
150. David Lopez (ESP/SKY) 34:45.
151. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 34:49.
152. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 34:55.
153. Gatis Smukulis (LAT/KAT) 35:58.
154. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 36:16.
155. Armindo Fonseca (FRA/BSE) 36:46.
156. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/SKY) 37:09.
157. Roy Curvers (NED/GIA) 37:25.
158. Alex Howes (USA/GRM) 37:29.
159. Marcel Kittel (GER/GIA) 37:34.
160. Andr Greipel (GER/LTB) 37:34.
161. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/CAN) 37:47.
162. Davide Cimolai (ITA/LAM) 38:18.
163. Dries Devenyns (BEL/GIA) 38:31.
164. Matthew Busche (USA/TRE) 38:55.
165. Sergio Paulinho (POR/TIN) 39:04.
166. Michael Morkov (DEN/TIN) 39:18.
167. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 39:36.
168. Danny Pate (USA/SKY) 39:39.
169. Luis ngel Mat (ESP/COF) 39:46.
170. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 39:48.
171. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 40:09.
172. Danny van Poppel (NED/TRE) 40:19.
173. Jos Mendes (POR/APP) 40:22.
174. Benoit Jarrier (FRA/BSE) 40:26.
175. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 41:18.
176. Albert Timmer (NED/GIA) 42:01.
177. Romain Feillu (FRA/BSE) 42:11.
178. Arnaud Dmare (FRA/FDJ) 42:11.
179. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/OPQ) 43:45.
180. Arnaud Gerard (FRA/BSE) 44:17.
181. Adrien Petit (FRA/COF) 44:36.
182. Mickal Cherel (FRA/ALM) 44:59.
183. Elia Viviani (ITA/CAN) 45:21.
184. Bart De Clercq (BEL/LTB) 45:40.
185. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/AST) 46:52.
186. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/TIN) 47:30.
187. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 48:09.
188. David De la Cruz (ESP/APP) 49:07.
189. Rafal Majka (POL/TIN) 51:16.
190. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 51:22.
191. Edward King (USA/CAN) 54:29.
192. Ji Cheng (CHN/GIA) 55:40.
193. Maximiliano Richeze (ARG/LAM) 1h02:49.

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