TOUR DE FRANCE
Leading placings in the fifth stage, a 200.5-km stage from Amiens to Chartres: S. O'Grady (Australia) Cofidis, 5h 05m 58s, 1, Jakob Piil (Denmark) Team CSC, S. Casar (France) FdJeux.com, 3, T. Voeckler (France) Brioches La Boulangere, 4, M. Backstedt (Sweden) Alessio-Bianchi, 5, all same time, R. McEwen
(Australia) Lotto-Domo, 12m 33s, J. Tombak (Estonia) Cofidis, T. Hushovd (Norway) Credit Agricole, R. Haselbacher (Austria) Gerolsteiner, J-P Nazon (France) AG2R, all same time.
Also: J. Dean (NZ) 140, 3m 53s behind.
Leading overall standings: T. Voeckler (France) Brioches La Boulanghre, 20h 03.49s, 1, S. O'Grady (Australia) Cofidis, 3m 13s behind, 2, S. Casar (France) FdJeux.com, 4m 06s, 3, M. Backstedt (Sweden) Alessio-Bianchi, 6m 06s, 4, J. Piil (Denmark) Team CSC, 6m 58s, 5, L. Armstrong (US) US Postal, 9m 35s, 6, G. Hincapie (US) US Postal, 9m 45s, 7, F. Landis (US) US Postal 9m 51s, 8, J. Azevedo (Portugal) US Postal, 9m 57s, 9, J. L. Rubiera (Spain) US Postal, 9m 59s, 10.
Also: Dean 115, 4m 32s.
Leading team standings: Team CSC 58h 05.51s, 1, Alessio-Bianchi 2m 04s behind, 2, Brioches La Boulangere 3m 16s, 3, FDJeux.com 6m 12s, 4, US Postal 10m 41s, 5, Phonak 11m 54s, 6, Cofidis 12m 01s, 7, T-Mobile 12m 25s, 8, Illes Balears 12m 35s, 9, Rabobank 12m 55s, 10.
