Tour de France quotes: Greipel captures eighth career Tour stage win

On a wet and windy stage 5 of the Tour de France, André Greipel reaffirmed his prowess as one of the fastest and canniest sprinters in the peloton. The Lotto-Soudal rider left his sprint late to come around Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Arnaud Démare (FDJ) and Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) to finish ahead of the surging Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo).

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2Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky0:00:12
3Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:25
7Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step0:00:46
8Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo0:00:48
11Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin0:01:19
12Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing0:01:44
13Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team0:01:50
14Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo0:01:51
16Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team0:02:03
17Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team0:02:08
18Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha0:02:12
19Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:02:19
20Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team0:02:51
21Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:03:06
30Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr0:06:30
40Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar (+20)0:10:14

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