‘In the (Time) Zone'
David Olle, France, +33 66 16 909 87

Tour de France, July 3 - 25, 2010, Report stage 5
Stage 5    Thursday, July 8    185 km     Epernay → Montargis
Results
1      Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia      4:30:50      
2     Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram           
3     Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

General classification after stage 5  
1     Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank     22:59:45     
2     Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team     0:00:23   3     Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team     0:00:39     

General report:  Ok, just how much money did Cav have on himself to win this stage....?   Good boy Cavvy!  Getting me (and everyone else) convinced he were nothing but a loser, then turns around and wins the next stage.  Took us all for a ride, he did.

Skippy report:  Cadel, at today's start in Epernay, did more interviews than any other GC rider, cool and calm all the while, answering questions in English, French and Italian.  So has he changed?  No, he's the same, just looking good, because everyone's attitude towards him has.  N'est pas?    

Cuisine report:  Annabella, Interviewing Carlos Sastre, ‘what do you eat first out of the musette (from a feedzone)?  Sastre:  The chocolate bar!  You, and the rest of the world, Carlos.

Tomorrow:  Stage 6    Friday, July 9    225 km     Montargis → Gueugnon
Make way for the sprinters to have their day....(we're in the mountains soon enough)