PARIS, July 5 -- Astana Pro Team racer Fabio Aru on Wednesday repeated his fellow Italian Vincenzo Nibali's success three years ago to win the fifth stage of the 2017 Tour de France, while British Christopher Froome took away the yellow jersey from his Sky teammate Geraint Thomas.
Aru kicked off the final sprint with less than three kilometers remaining en route to a top finish in La Planche des Belles Filles, where Nibali won in 2017 before triumphing the Tour de France that year.
The fifth stage covered a distance of 160.5km, shorter than that of the three previous stages, but the final 5.9km uphill road with an average gradient of 8.5%, also a first-category climb, would undoutedly pose much threat and uncertainty to racers.
Following Mark Cavendish's withdrawal due to right shoulder blade fracture and Peter Sagan's disqualification for elbowing Cavendish, a total of 193 racers started from Vittel, before an eight-member leading group were formed from the gun, and they built a lead as much as three and a half minutes.
The 35-year-old Philippe Gilbert had his breakaway from the group with 13km to go, and only Jan Bakelants made his response. The duo saw their lead away from the peloton cut within a minute before the climb, and finally got reeled into the last 4km.
Aru, wearing the Italian national champion's jersey, found a right moment to open a clear gap from other contenders to win the stage by 16 seconds.
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