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It looks as if Soler is currently dropping back from the big group of counter-attackers to Pogačar.
Stake Vegard Laengen, Mikkel Bjerg, Rafal Majka are leading their team leader Pogačar at the head of the string. Trentin has done his work, but UAE also have Soler and Grosschartner ahead in the break.
80 kilometres to go
Van Aert and Campenaerts have 15 seconds on the big chasing group and 3:07 on the main UAE-led peloton. Five kilometres to the summit.
Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), who suffered a bad crash early on stage 5, is dropped from the main group.
Temperatures aren't very cold today, but they've already dropped to 14ºC and there's still seven kilometres of climbing.
Jakobsen has four teammates staying with him to try and help him through the remainder of the stage.
In the main group, Matteo Trentin is doing the bulk of the work for UAE, and his pace has seen almost all of the sprinters dropped. After his difficult start to the stage, Fabio Jakobsen is struggling again.
After his brief acceleration in the group of chasers behind Campenaerts and Van Aert, Alaphilippe drops back, and Lidl-Trek's Juanpe López is now picking up the pace.
His work done, Cavagna swings off from the chase group and Alaphilippe moves to the front.
10 kilometres from the summit of the Soudet, former World Champion Pedersen starts to struggle
Bike change for Tadej Pogačar at the foot of the Soudet. Riding solo, he's quickly back in the main group.
Remi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep) is putting in a lot of the hard yards at the front of the group of counter-attackers and the gap on the trio ahead is shrinking as a result.
Reports of very poor visibility with fog at the top of the Col du Soudet
A shot of the three riders ahead
The three stage leaders are now on the lowest slopes of the Col de Soudet: HC: 15.2kms at 7.2%.
90 kilometres to go
Breakaway: Pedersen, Van Aert, Campenaerts
At 1:17: chasing group of 33
At 2:40: peloton
We're in the foothills of the Col de Soudet and here's a profile of the climb.
The chasing group is breaking apart, as French National Champion Madouas, tries to counter-attack. He's chased down by Laporte, as Van Aert is ahead, but his attack is symptomatic of how tricky it is for any cohesion to endure in this massive group of pursuers.
Bora-Hansgrohe, who have three other riders alongside Hindley in the chasing group behind Van Aert, Campenaerts and Pedersen, are logically doing most of the work.
A photo of UAE leading the chase in the main peloton. At 16 seconds Van Aert is the man who's currently the closest to Adam Yates on GC, but Jai Hindley at 22 seconds is arguably the biggest overall threat long-term.
Campenaerts presses on and the trio ahead have a gap of 40 seconds on their three dozen pursuers, while the peloton is now more than 2:30 back.
Coquard wins the sprint and then sits up. Van Aert, Pedersen and Campanaerts continue on with a 20 second gap.
Coquard, Pedersen, Van Aert and Campanaerts clip off the front
The full list in the break:
Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma)
Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma)
Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
Felix Grosschartner (UAE)
Marc Soler (UAE)
Omar Fraile (Ineos)
Dani Martínez (Ineos)
Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ)
Esteban Chaves (EF)
Rigoberto Uran (EF)
Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep)
Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep)
Remi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep)
Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious)
Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
Juanpe López (Lidl-Trek)
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
Berthet (AG2R)
Felix Gall (Ag2R)
Aurelien Paret-Peintre (AG2R)
Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)
Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar)
Chris Hamilton (DSM)
Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech)
Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech)
Christopher Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AIUIa)
Anthony Delaplace (Arkea-Samsic)
Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny)
Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny)
Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan)
Torstein Traen (Uno-X)
Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total-Energies)
The official website says 32 riders are in the front, including Hindley (at 22 seconds on GC), Wout van Aert, French National Champion Valentin Madouas, Jack Haig, Rigoberto Uran, Emanuel Buchmann, Giulio Ciccone and Julian Alaphilippe...
Heavy crash for Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), who falls in the middle of the road in the chasing peloton. He has a lot of road rash, and ripped kit, but for now at least he's trying to continue.
The gap has risen to over a minute for Hindley and co. This could be a seriously dangerous move for UAE and the other GC contenders behind.
A furious chase is ensuing as UAE try to chase down the group of some 50 riders ahead, with Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) the best placed rider ahead on GC.
A front group of 50 riders has formed, including Van Aert, and has around 30 seconds on the remains of the peloton.
A group of 20 riders clips clear in this breathless start to the stage, including GC Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), but it's finally brought back by what amounts to the peloton.
Having all but regained contact, Jakobsen is now over a minute down again. It looks like it's going to be a hard day for the Soudal-QuickStep sprinter, who's suffering from his injuries from stage 4's chaotic finish.
140 kilometres to go
Average speed of nearly 48 kmh in the first 20 kiloemetes and the bunch briefly splits apart under the pressure of such a fast start, but although it's very lined out a the front, no move going clear for more than a few seconds.
Jakobsen and Morkov are just a few metres behind the peloton now, so it looks like the Dutch sprinter's mini-crisis is over.
The bunch regains ground on the nine, which included Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost), and we're back to square one.
Latour is about to be joined by eight other riders at the front of the bunch, but it's still a very nervous start and not clear if the break will stick.
Jakobsen, supported by teammate Michael Morkov, is weaving his way through the team cars and is about 30 seconds behind the main peloton.
Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and stage 2 winner Victor Lafay (Cofidis) are both trying to make moves, but there's a lot of ebbing and flowing at the front of the peloton.
Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-QuickStep), a crash victim, is struggling with the fast pace as numerous attacks try to go clear.
On today's Tour de France menu
Km 0: Start - Pau
Km 48.8: Sprint - Lanne-en-Barretoux
Km 87.5: Climb - Col du Soudet: HC: 15.2kms at 7.2%
Km 124.8: Climb - Col d’Ichère - Cat.3: 4.2kms at 7%
Km 144.2: Climb - Col de Marie-Blanque - Cat. 1: 7.7km at 8.6%
Km 162.7: Finish - Laruns
Skjelmose is back in the pack, according to the official race website.
151 kilometres to go
11 kilometres into the race, and Latour has a lead of around 10 seconds amidst plenty of other unsuccessful attacks. This is a rather faster start than stage 4's early snooze-fest.
Crash for Tour de Suisse winner Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo), who gets back on his bike. Former Tour stage winner Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) also hits the deck.
Here's a quick reminder of the current state of play on the GC, courtesy of FirstCycling. We can expect some significant changes by close of play today.
This is the official weather forecast for today. Most important, no likelihood rain, so dry descents. Current temperature a balmy 22.9ºC.
Variable to overcast skies in the afternoon.
No risk of rain.
Temperatures between 19 and 23°C.
Wind from the North-West averaging 10 km/h with gusts to 25 to 30 km/h.
The first attack of stage 5 is already underway and we're only three kilometres in: France's Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) moves ahead.
Although we've got a flattish first 50 kilometres or so, the mountains are going to be the big protagonist in today's race. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) is in the lead, by 18 points over Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), but it's worth bearing in mind that a maximum of 32 points are up for grabs in three climbs today. The biggest gain will be the 20 on offer atop the Col du Soudet, while there's 10 on the Col de Marie Blanque, and 2 on the Col d'Ichère.
Stage 5 of the 2023 Tour de France is now officially underway. Only 162.7 kilometres to go.
This is the 66th stage start for the Tour from Pau, a town which first appeared on the Grand Boucle route way back in 1930.
My colleague Dan Ostanek has written an excellent preview of today's first high mountain stage. To read it, link below:
'We'll attack in the Pyrenees' – Early Tour de France mountains to fuel GC skirmish
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Confirmed that there are just two non-starters today, Luis León Sánchez (Astana Qazaqstan) and Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto-Dstny). So 172 riders remain in the 2023 Tour peloton.
Ok, that's enough past Tour history - back to the present. The peloton has just begun its rollout, a nine kilometre neutralised section prior the real race action getting underway.
And here's a photo of Pogačar crossing the finish line in Laruns back in 2020, the fastest of a group of five, and the first Tour stage of his career. (He has taken eight more since then).
Fourth that day, incidentally was Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) and fifth Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), a result which will be a morale boost for those two riders as well today.
It's been widely noted that Pogačar was the winner in Laruns three years ago, also on a stage starting in Pau, also with the Col de Marie Blanque as the last climb. The million dollar question being - will history repeat itself today?
Here's a shot of Tadej Pogačar heading towards the start today
Stage 5 has over 3,600 metres of vertical climbing, the fifth highest total in the entire race, so this promises to be a real baptism of mountain fire.
For the remainder of the field, after two very hilly stages and then two bunch sprint stages, stage 5 is a rather different kettle of fish as the Tour heads into the Pyrenees for what is a very tough early test of climbing form and potentially a major GC battle.
Two confirmed non-starters today: Luis León Sánchez (Astana Qazaqstan) and Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto-Dstny). Both riders broke their collarbones in crashes in Tuesday's tumultuous bunch sprint finish, and the Italian also broke one of his ribs.
The rollout for stage 5 is due to begin at 1305 CET and after a long-ish neutralised section, actual racing begins at 1325 CET.
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