Vouillez wins stage 5

Day five over 39km from Guillames to St-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, regardless of what old timers at the Trans-Provence may think, turned out to be the favourite by some degree with riders so far. The combination of technical trails and the majority of climbing on roads gave the riders a little relief from the standard hike-a-bike and fireroad climbs to the top.

The first trail of the day on special stage 15 definitely dropped a long way but also had some hard pedalling sections combined with technical moves. To quote Chris Porter from Mojo "You need the trials skills of Danny Macaskill and the lungs of Indurain."

A long road climb with opportunities for coffee and cake at the top (which most seemed to take ) led the riders in to special stage 16 a woodland epic that finally saw them fire through arable fields before reaching the feed station.

Another long road col gradually wound the riders to special stage 17 - a fast dusty trail that cut along the edge of ravine and out and along a old road that lead to them through tiny villages and finally into a deep ravine which demanded the only carry of the day.

Finally the Village of Roure was reached and another of the classic Trans-Provence trails. zig zagging across open hill side with an enormous sense of exposure on either your left or right depending on which way the trail was taking you held together with perfect switchback corners - faster and less technical than some of the other stages - it definitely had a bit more flow and speed to it.

A final uplift of the day saw competitors reach there camp for the night and much needed rest for day six, the only day that compares to day two in terms of duration.

Trans Provence Day 5 from Trans-Provence on Vimeo.

Full Results

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Stage 5 results
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nicolas Vouilloz0:23:00
2Jerome Clementz0:01:00
3Fabien BarelRow 2 - Cell 2
4Marc Beaumont0:02:00
5Matt Ryan0:03:00
6Rowan Sorrell0:04:00
7Mick KirkmanRow 6 - Cell 2
8Sven MartinRow 7 - Cell 2
9James Richards0:05:00
10Steve Jones0:06:00
11Pascal KienastRow 10 - Cell 2
12Iain MathewsRow 11 - Cell 2
13Tim GraverseRow 12 - Cell 2
14Rob BrookesRow 13 - Cell 2
15Tracy MoseleyRow 14 - Cell 2
16Cesar RojoRow 15 - Cell 2
17Mark Weir0:07:00
18Neil McleanRow 17 - Cell 2
19Arno De Ruyver0:08:00
20Anka Martin0:09:00
21Kevin Harper0:10:00
22Joris ZimmermanRow 21 - Cell 2
23Matt AlderRow 22 - Cell 2
24Ingrid HohermutRow 23 - Cell 2
25Johann GrognuxRow 24 - Cell 2
26Alessandro SeverinoRow 25 - Cell 2
27Alun ThomasRow 26 - Cell 2
28Guy Shingler0:12:00
29Jasper Hyde0:14:00
30Giles FulfordRow 29 - Cell 2
31Ben Warrick0:15:00
32Dan AllenRow 31 - Cell 2
33Jason ThomasRow 32 - Cell 2
34Kara Boelema0:16:00
35Joost VanRow 34 - Cell 2
36John Hyde0:17:00
37Andreas Hestler0:19:00
38Chris PorterRow 37 - Cell 2
39Peter Verkest0:20:00
40Ales CrcekRow 39 - Cell 2
41Daniel Bƒck0:21:00
42Matthias Van DurmeRow 41 - Cell 2
43Mark Maurissen0:22:00
44Fiona ThomsonRow 43 - Cell 2
45Lee Veliss0:23:00
46Dietbrand Van Durme0:24:00
47Bernardo GuaritaRow 46 - Cell 2
48John Couling0:28:00
49Andy Darke0:36:00
50Robert Patterso0:37:00
51Clarkson Pissuerga0:39:00
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General classification after stage 5
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Jerome Clementz2:28:00
2Nicolas Vouilloz0:01:00
3Fabien Barel0:04:00
4Mark Weir0:07:00
5Matt Ryan0:08:00
6Marc Beaumont0:15:00
7Rowan Sorrell0:17:00
8James Richards0:24:00
9Steve Jones0:26:00
10Mick Kirkman0:28:00
11Sven Martin0:29:00
12Pascal Kienast0:31:00
13Iain Mathews0:32:00
14Tim Graverse0:34:00
15Neil Mclean0:37:00
16Rob BrookesRow 15 - Cell 2
17Tracy Moseley0:39:00
18Kevin HarperRow 17 - Cell 2
19Andreas Hestler0:42:00
20Anka Martin0:53:00
21Chris PorterRow 20 - Cell 2
22Joris Zimmerman0:58:00
23Matt AlderRow 22 - Cell 2
24Ingrid Hohermut1:03:00
25Johann Grognux1:05:00
26Alessandro Severino1:06:00
27Alun Thomas1:09:00
28Guy Shingler1:10:00
29Lee Veliss1:15:00
30Jasper Hyde1:16:00
31Ben Warrick1:24:00
32Arno De Ruyver1:27:00
33Giles Fulford1:34:00
34Kara Boelema1:35:00
35Daniel Bƒck1:41:00
36John Couling1:44:00
37Dan Allen1:49:00
38Jason Thomas1:58:00
39Mark MaurissenRow 38 - Cell 2
40Joost Van2:00:00
41John Hyde2:12:00
42Fiona Thomson2:16:00
43Dietbrand Van Durme2:18:00
44Andy Darke2:24:00
45Matthias Van Durme2:34:00
46Peter Verkest2:40:00
47Ales Crcek2:56:00
48Cesar Rojo2:58:00
49Bernardo Guarita3:08:00
50Robert Patterso3:31:00
51Clarkson Pissuerga3:47:00

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