Tour de France
A review of what happened in Wednesday’s stage and a look ahead at what to expect for today’s stage:Today’s fifth stage is a medium mountain stage taking riders on a 113.4-mile trek from Chablis to Autun. It features climbs of varying difficulty, but nothing steeper than a category 2.
* Wednesday’s Stage 4: The week’s final sprint took riders on a 119.9-mile route from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny.
* Winner: Thor Hushovd of Norway. Robert Hunter of South Africa was second, and Oscar Freire of Spain was third.
* Yellow jersey: Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC leads Hushovd by 29 seconds and Andreas Kloeden by 33 seconds.
* Quote of the day: “We said at the start of the stage that if we win, it’s a Chablis. And if we lose, it’s a Chablis anyway,” Christophe Le Mevel, Hushovd’s teammate on Credit Agricole, said on the squad’s plan to take in some of the region’s fine wines after Stage 4.
*--* STAGE 4 RESULTS 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway 4:37.47 2. Robert Hunter, South Africa same time 3. Oscar Freire, Spain same time 4. Erik Zabel, Germany same time 5. Danilo Napolitano, Italy same time
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*--* OVERALL LEADERS 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland 19:49.55 2. Thor Hushovd, Norway :29 behind 3. Andreas Kloeden, Germany :33 behind 4. David Millar, Britain :41 behind 5. George Hincapie, U.S. :43 behind
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