Tour de France is the Tour d’Allemagne – THE WORLD

Once again André Greipel had the fastest legs. The 32-year-old Rostock from the Belgian team Lotto-Soudal sat down on the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint powerfully against his rivals Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Tinkoff-Saxo) and the British Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) by. “. 300 meters to go I thought, it’s over But then came the gap on and I pulled through,” Greipel, who thanked especially his precious helper and friend Marcel Sieberg said: “He has done the work for three or four men. “

” I am so proud of what I’ve done in my career, “Greipel said after his second coup in the 102nd edition of France – tour. It was the eighth overall Tour stage victory in his fifth participation. Thus the native of Rostock the only German Tour overall winner Jan Ullrich has overtaken in this ranking. Greipel also provided already for the third German stage victory this year. In the section about 189.5 km from Arras to Amiens, where in 1962 once Rudi Altig had won, Greipel claimed so on top of that the green jersey. Even his compatriot Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) was in high spirits despite the rainy weather in northern France. The native of Cottbus was the yellow jersey not wangle. The German cyclists were so on the fifth day of the Tour de France, the “Tour d’Allemagne” already revived. Martin reached safely with the peloton the goal, the three-time world time trial champion thus continues to twelve seconds ahead of second-placed Chris Froome of Britain on the sixth stage. “Congratulations to André, made strong”, the winner of the yellow jersey, which even a “very, very nervous” section had experienced said: “But I have had great support.”

Only in the last phase of the stage the pace had been consistently increased, the teams of the sprinters and classification riders formed up to their captains. Always recognize Greipel and John Degenkolb who had dueled already in the intermediate ranking – where Greipel also topped the poll. Degenkolb finished sixth at the end. Martin had prescribed for him on this special day complete his dream in yellow. At the start, put the wheel of the 30-year-old even yellow bottle, the frame was painted yellow, the racing goggles framed yellow, the handlebar tape also in the most desired tour-color dipped. Yellow gloves and yellow stripes on the helmet could not be missed. However, until the beginning of the second week in the Pyrenees Martin would retain the noble material like.

let sink Really could not Martin his triumph. “I still do not come to think, there is currently so much hustle and bustle. The response has been incredible. I did not expect that the yellow jersey is so great,” he said at midday before his first kilometers in the yellow jersey. After the “most beautiful day in the Tour de France,” continued Martin his triumphal ride but slightly chipped continued. “After all the partying I came to sleep only towards the 0200 clock. I am now a bit ko, but the yellow jersey will give me wings, hopefully.” That did it at the end, the leader was not too bad, is classified even in the sprint train for Cavendish at the end. Veteran Rudi Altig, in his career 18 days in yellow, sees but a long-term problem in the Belgian Etixx-Quickstep team. “This is a dilemma you have to decide a stage win for Cavendish is more important or has the yellow jersey absolute priority. “

According to the spectacles of the past days, the fifth stage was anything but peaceful. Rain and gusty winds complicated the race and also took their toll. The French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), who had already gone with fall injuries from the national championship in the tour, went to the ground and had to deal with pain in the ribs, hips and wrists to the hospital – Tour to end

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