The riders of Sky Procycling can consoles themselves about the defeat in the fifth stage, sprint opportunity for Mark Cavendish who was fifth in Saint-Quentin, despite the lingering effects of his crash the previous day; his team has won the team ranking for a fourth time this year. The British squad also retains the overall lead, of course.
There was no change to the overall classification after today's race: RadioShack-Nissan is still four seconds behind, and BMC is six seconds back. The 18th place of Bradley Wiggins, who has been determined to remain in the front to avoid incident, and the 27th of Chris Froome is what helped them claim the prize today.