Tour De France 2008: Stage Five - As It Happens!

Today the circus rolls 232km from Cholet to Châteauroux. Follow the action here from 1.30pm.
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Guardian bike-racing boffin William Fotheringham is whizzing around France chronicling this year's Tour. You can read his report on yesterday's time trial here.What's more, you can catch up on all the news and comment from this year's Tour in our special report. Finally, to find out anything you need to know about this year's route or Tour team tactics, why not explore the myriad delights of our interactive report.

General classification after stage three

1. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) 14hr 04min 41sec2. Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) +12sec3. David Millar (Garmin Chipotle) +12sec4. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) +21sec5. Fabian Cancellara ((CSC) +33sec6. Christian Vandevelde (Garmin Chipotle) +37sec7. George Hincapie (Team Columbia) +41sec8. Thomas Lovkvist (Team Columbia) +47sec9. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) +58sec10. José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse D'Epargne) +1min 01sec98. Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) +05min 58sec

© Guardian News & Media 2008
Published: 7/9/2008
 
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