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Andre Greipel surges past Mark Cavendish to win stage 5. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

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Peter Sagan finished second during stage 5. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

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Andre Greipel surges past Mark Cavendish to win stage 5 of the 2015 Tour de France. (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Peter Sagan in the white jersey of the Tour's best young rider. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

Stage 5 of the Tour de France was a day for the sprinters, and German Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) continued to prove he is the class of the fastmen with his second stage win of the race.

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Greipel surged past Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) in the final meters to claim the win ahead of Tinkoff-Saxo's Peter Sagan and Cavendish. Team Katusha's Aleander Kristoff was fourth.

It was also another windy and nervous day at the Tour, but race leader Tony Martin (Etixx-QuikStep) held onto his yellow jersey for another day. In Episode 6 of our Tour de France podcast, Cyclingnews catches up with both Cavendish and Sagan to get their reactions to the stage and its finale.

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