Simon Clarke wins the fifth stage of the Tour de France from Lille Metropole to Wallers-Arenberg of 157 km.

The Australian of Israel Premier Tech, protagonist of the breakaway of the day, beats Taco Van der Hoorn in the sprint, while Edvald Boasson Hagen finishes third.

In the stage characterized by the eleven pavé sectors, Tadej Pogacar flies, always remaining in the group of the best and at 18 km from the end he stretches together with Jasper Stuyven , gaining ground on all the contenders for the yellow jersey.

Unlucky day, however, for Jumbo Visma , with captains Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic who remain late, the first due to a mechanical problem and the second because they were involved in a fall. Van Aert , in the yellow jersey (who also crashed at the beginning of the stage) stops to help Vingegaard who limits the damage by arriving at 13 ”from Pogacar, while Roglic is left with only two teammates and loses 2 'from Pogacar.

Van Aert (sixteenth at the finish), who arrived together with Vingegaard, keeps the yellow jersey. Loses a lot of ground Ben O'Connor, arrived at 4'12 "from Clarke.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 CLARKE Simon Israel - Premier Tech

2 VAN DER HOORN Taco Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

3 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald TotalEnergies 0:02

4 POWLESS Neilson EF Education-EasyPost 0:04

5 CORT Magnus EF Education-EasyPost 0:30

6 STUYVEN Jasper Trek - Segafredo 0:51

7 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates ,,

8 PHILIPSEN Jasper Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:04

9 JAKOBSEN Fabio Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,

10 MOZZATO Luca B&B Hotels - KTM ,,

11 DAINESE Alberto DSM team ,,

12 WALSCHEID Max Cofidis ,,

13 SCHACHMANN Maximilian BORA - hansgrohe ,,

14 QUINTANA Nairo Team Arkéa Samsic ,,

15 KONRAD Patrick BORA - hansgrohe ,,

GENERAL RANKING:

1 VAN AERT Wout Jumbo-Visma

2 POWLESS Neilson EF Education-EasyPost 0:13

3 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald TotalEnergies 0:14

4 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 0:19

5 LAMPAERT Yves Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:25

6 PEDERSEN Mads Trek - Segafredo 0:36

7 VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma 0:40

8 YATES Adam INEOS Grenadiers 0:48

9 PIDCOCK Thomas INEOS Grenadiers 0:49

10 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 0:50

11 CATTANEO Mattia Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:55

12 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 0:56

13 STUYVEN Jasper Trek - Segafredo 1:01

14 SCHACHMANN Maximilian BORA - hansgrohe 1:02

15 KONRAD Patrick BORA - hansgrohe 1:04

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