After almost a week of racing, there are bound to be some tired legs in Le Tour and Stage 5 across the the lumpy, bumpy little roads of Normandy to the home of tasty tripe could see a break with newly crowned French champ Flo Brard succeed in staving off the onslaught ot the sprinters teams in the finale. But not likely.
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