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• Mathieu van der Poel would be an obvious choice too, except that he is struggling to find anything in his legs this week and seems unlikely to make it to Paris on current evidence, perhaps suffering a hangover from the Giro d’Italia Soccer
  
  RecommendedNick Kyrgios recalls agent pulling him out of a pub at 4am before Nadal matchTadej Pogacar takes time from Jumbo-Visma rivals on cobbles of chaotic stage 5Tour de France LIVE: Latest updates from stage 5Who does that leave? Perhaps Wout van Aert is best suited of those looking fresh, but the man wearing the yellow jersey has other responsibilities protecting team leader Jonas Vingegaard, which held him back during stage five, and he may not be allowed to go roaming for victory here Soccer
  
  Stage five of the 2022 Tour de France was the most brutal yet as the cobblestones of northern France took plenty of prisoners, dishing out dents in the yellow jersey ambitions of several contenders including Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic, but there is little respite on stage six as the peloton faces the longest route of the race Soccer
  
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  Once over the top and down the other side, the stage winner faces a final slow drag up the Cote des Religieuses to the line Soccer
  
  He may not feel up for it either, having crashed during Wednesday’s race Soccer
  
  Whether the winner comes from a breakaway or from the main bunch, they will need the strong legs of a puncheur, capable of handling the four climbs and three descents which lie before the finish like hurdles Soccer
  
  Stage six begins in Binche, Belgium, before winding south-east along the border to Longwy, France Soccer
  
  The general classification contenders are unlikely to want a dust up on a stage like this one, particularly with this Tour’s first summit finish to come on Friday where the gloves will be off Soccer
  
  One might naturally pick Julian Alaphilippe for a day like this one if the road race world champion was not absent Soccer
  
  But if it is to be a day for a breakaway artist then how about Marej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) or Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), who both love to escape up the road and then plot their way to victory Soccer
  
  That means any breakaway made up of riders outside the GC mix could be allowed to run free and make a move stick all the way to the finish Soccer
  
  Other potential candidates near the top of the general classification include Mads Pederson (Trek-Segafredo) and Ineos riders Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock Soccer
  
  First is the category four Cote de Montigny-sur-Chiers, before an uncategorised climb, and then the much more gruelling Cote de Pulventeux which, at an average 12 per cent gradient, has enough about it to thin the crowd should someone attack here Soccer
  
  
  
  Stage 6 profileStage 6 profile Soccer
  
  Whether the winner comes from a breakaway or from the main bunch, they will need the strong legs of a puncheur, capable of handling the four climbs and three descents which lie before the finish like hurdles Soccer
  
  RecommendedNick Kyrgios recalls agent pulling him out of a pub at 4am before Nadal matchTadej Pogacar takes time from Jumbo-Visma rivals on cobbles of chaotic stage 5Tour de France LIVE: Latest updates from stage 5Who does that leave? Perhaps Wout van Aert is best suited of those looking fresh, but the man wearing the yellow jersey has other responsibilities protecting team leader Jonas Vingegaard, which held him back during stage five, and he may not be allowed to go roaming for victory here Soccer
  
  First is the category four Cote de Montigny-sur-Chiers, before an uncategorised climb, and then the much more gruelling Cote de Pulventeux which, at an average 12 per cent gradient, has enough about it to thin the crowd should someone attack here Soccer
  
  Stage six begins in Binche, Belgium, before winding south-east along the border to Longwy, France Soccer
  
  But if it is to be a day for a breakaway artist then how about Marej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) or Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), who both love to escape up the road and then plot their way to victory Soccer
  
  That means any breakaway made up of riders outside the GC mix could be allowed to run free and make a move stick all the way to the finish Soccer
  
  He may not feel up for it either, having crashed during Wednesday’s race Soccer
  
  Mathieu van der Poel would be an obvious choice too, except that he is struggling to find anything in his legs this week and seems unlikely to make it to Paris on current evidence, perhaps suffering a hangover from the Giro d’Italia Soccer
  
  Stage five of the 2022 Tour de France was the most brutal yet as the cobblestones of northern France took plenty of prisoners, dishing out dents in the yellow jersey ambitions of several contenders including Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic, but there is little respite on stage six as the peloton faces the longest route of the race Soccer
  
  Once over the top and down the other side, the stage winner faces a final slow drag up the Cote des Religieuses to the line Soccer
  
  One might naturally pick Julian Alaphilippe for a day like this one if the road race world champion was not absent Soccer
  
  Other potential candidates near the top of the general classification include Mads Pederson (Trek-Segafredo) and Ineos riders Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock Soccer
  
  The general classification contenders are unlikely to want a dust up on a stage like this one, particularly with this Tour’s first summit finish to come on Friday where the gloves will be off Soccer