the australian Simon Clarke won the fifth stage of the Tour de France, that of the cobblestones, in which the Belgian Wout van Aert managed to keep the yellow jersey.
The winner of the last two editions, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, was the great beneficiary of the day among the candidates for the final victory, since he managed to put time on his main rivals, especially his compatriot Primoz Roglic, victim of a fall and who left more than two minutes.
(Tour de France 2022: this is how the Colombians go, classifications, stage 5)
(Nairo, Daniel Martínez and Urán survived the hellish pavé stage)
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Clarke, from the Israel team, which has already won stages in the Vuelta a España, He overtook Dutchman Taco van der Hoorn in the final sprint to score his first victory in the gala round.
Van Aert entered a large group of runners at 1.04 seconds and retained the yellow jersey with a lead of 13 seconds with the American Neilsen Powless, fourth of the stage, and 14 with the Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen, third of the day. Pogacar is fourth overall, 19 seconds behind the leader.
With the above, Pogacar got away with it, Well, he put in time and already got rid of Roglic, who will not count for the general classification.
Jonas Vingegaard is 21 seconds behind, 29 s ahead of Adam Yates, while Geraint Thomas is 31 s behind.
The Russian Aleksandr Vlasov distances him for 37 s, Daniel Martínez was 50 s away, Nairo lost 55 s, Rigoberto Urán was 1 min 59 behind the Slovenian and Roglic at 2 min 17 s.
(Tour de France 2022: this was the fall of the leader Wout van Aert, video)
(Nairo Quintana: the madness that awakens when getting off the bus, video)
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