2019 Tour de France Stage 5 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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Stage 5 of the Tour de France is a ride through the middle mountains from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Colmar. The hilly route amounts to 175.5 kilometres.
The flag is dropped in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in the glacial and green valley of the river La Meurthe. The route moves through Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park. Contrary to the first four stages the route goes either up or down. A perfect warm-up for stage 6 – to La Planche des Belles Filles.
En route the riders tackle two classified climbs. Côte du Haut-Koenigsbourg slopes for 18.8 kilometres at an average gradient of 2.8%, while Côte des Trois Épis is an 8 kilometres ascent at 5.5%. The peaks are crested with 66 kilometres and 33.5 kilometres remaining.
Following the Trois Épis descent another non-classified climb is waiting to stir things up. The Côte des Cinq Châteux – 4.5 kilometres at 6% – peaks with almost 15 kilometres out. The route plunges down to the valley for a flat run-in of 7 kilometres to the line.
The 2009 Tour de France visited Colmar in the rain-swept 13th stage. Heinrich Haussler soloed to victory, more than 4 minutes ahead of Amets Txurruka and Brice Feillu.
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