Tour de France Stage 5 LIVE

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2009 Tour de France: Astana's Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong before Stage 5.
photo Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti/cyclingfans.com

2009 Tour de France, Stage 4: Astana on their way to winning the Montpellier Team Time Trial. The win put Lance Armstrong within a fraction of a second of taking the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara.
photo Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti/cyclingfans.com

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- Thursday's Tour de France Stage 6 departs Girona, Spain at 12:45 CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Barcelona between 17:03 and 17:27 CET (11:03am and 11:27am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 8:30am U.S. Eastern. Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 14:15 CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).

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- More Tour de France Stage 5 videos to come...

2009 Tour de France videos

Stage 5 Recap (01:15)	ESPN
AP report on Stage 5 (0:58)	AP/Yahoo!
Stage 5 Highlights (05:53)	Telegraoh
Stage 5 Highlights (01:59)	Eurosport
Stage 5 crashes (02:25)	SBS
Post-stage 5 with Mick Rogers (01:06)	SBS
Post-race Interview with Cavendish (01:05)	Eurosport
Cancellara praises team efforts (0:59)	Eurosport
Timmer thrilled by stint in front (01:01)	Eurosport
Waiting for la tour in Caves (04:45)	Livestrong
Beautiful scenery with Phil & Paul (02:55)	SBS
Stuart O'Grady, Tour of Duty (02:39)	SBS
Stage five final minute (01:00)	Eurosport
Stage 5 - Last kilometer (01:53)	YouTube
Stage 5 Final Kilometers (05:00)	NOS
Crash takes down LLoyd (01:43)	Eurosport
Gesink (Rabobank) crashes in Stage 5 (02:48)	Eurosport
Preview : Map Stage 5 (0:29)	Eurosport
Stage 4 Highlights (03:01)	Telegraph
Stage 4 Recap (01:49)	ESPN
Bonnie Ford reports on Armstrong in TTT (02:16)	ESPN
Lance discusses the TTT (01:16)	Fox Sports
STage 4 TTT Highlights, Part 1 of 2 (01:44)	Eurosport
Stage 4 TTT Highlights, Part 2 of 2 (02:15)	Eurosport
Lance discusses the TTT results (0:41)	Eurosport
Stage 4 Reaction With Lance (02:26)	Livestrong
Ben on Lance's TT Bike Before Stage 4 (01:48)	Livestrong
Final 6 Kilometers of Team Astana (6:17)	NOS
Stage 4: The last minute (01:00)	Eurosport
Finish of Team Saxo Bank (02:27)	NOS
Bouygues riders ditched (01:52)	Eurosport
Silence-Lotto unlucky too (02:53)	Sporza
Team Rabobank off to an unlucky start (3:31)	Eurosport
Armstrong on split; Stiller on Lance (02:29)	Eurosport
Levi and Lance talk up winning (01:18)	SBS
Team Time Trail returns (01:36)	SBS
Lance Armstrong's legacy (02:51)	SBS
Stage 3 Reaction with Lance (03:36)	Livestrong
Stage 3 Highlights (03:21)	Telegraph
Interview with stage 3 winner (01:51)	SBS
Japanese are excited to have 2 riders in tour (02:30)	Eurosport
Post stage interview with yellow jersey holder (01:23)	Eurosport
Post Stage 3 interview with George Hincapie (02:09)	Eurosport
Stage 3 Winner talks about his team's efforts (0:49)	Eurosport
Stage 3 - Final 6 kilometers and sprint (10:18)	YouTube
Safety first for Astana (02:00)	Eurosport
Mark Cavendish green ambition (04:20)	SBS
Stage 3 Final Kilometers (03:10)	NOS
Pauriol on 'risky' stage 3 (01:29)	Eurosport
Stage 2 Highlights (03:12)	Telegraph
Stage 2 hails 'special' win (05:27)	Eurosport
Pereiro on comeback (02:19)	Eurosport
Lance and Levi on the bus pre stage 2 (02:06)	Livestrong
Stage 2 Recap with Bob Roll & Craig Hummer (02:43)	Yahoo!
Armstrong struggling after Giro (02:39)	Eurosport
Stage 2 winner praises team-mates (0:49)	Eurosport
Interview with Stage 2 winner (0:53)	YouTube
Haussler blasts Napolitano (01:41)	Eurosport
Recaps, Stage 2 (01:15)	ESPN
Stage Two highlights, Part 1 of 2 (01:51)	Eurosport
Stage Two highlights, Part 2 of 2 (01:08)	Eurosport
Stage 2 - Final kilometers and sprint (10:05)	YouTube
Stage Two - Final minute (1:00)	Eurosport
Tour de France - Stage two preview (0:59)	Eurosport
Tour de France Day One (01:11)	ESPN
Lance gives some thoughts post Stage 1 (02:33)	Livestrong
Armstrong return 'felt good' (02:12)	Eurosport
Levi Leipheimer after Stage 1 (02:15)	Eurosport
Jens Voigt after stage 1 (english) (02:37)	YouTube
Stage 1 Highlights (02:00)	Eurosport
Stage 1 - Individual time trial - Final kilometers (10:11)	YouTube
Stars on unconventional Tour opener (02:27)	Eurosport
Fans await start of Stage 1 (0:50)	MSN
Lance talks with Eddy Merckx before Stage 1 (02:40)	Livestrong
Columbia 'plan to win' (01:37)	Eurosport
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- Just like with Stage 3, today's Stage 5 goes inland, then back to the coast. Wind a factor again?

Tour de France Stage 5 map courtesy A.S.O.

- Tour de France Stage 5 departs Le Cap d'Agde at 12:25 CET (6:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Perpignan between 17:01 and 17:26 CET (11:01am and 11:26am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 8:30am U.S. Eastern. Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 14:15 CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).

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