Yates in yellow as Tour heads into the Pyrenees

1. Post update

   Now then, Jasper Philipsen won for the second day in a row amid a chaotic finish to stage four of the Tour de France in Nogaro.

   But the GC race stayed pretty much as was although that could all change today if the man from Bury has to put in a shift in the service of his team leader, Tadej Pogacar, a little later on.

2. Post update

   Tadej Pogacar, a two-time champion won his first stage at the Tour on a similar run from Pau to Laruns in 2020.

   The first hors categorie climb, the energy sapping Col de Soudet, which is a 15.2km ascent at an average gradient of 7.2%, comes into view midway through the run to Laruns before the peloton hits the Col de Marie-Blanque, which ramps up to almost 14% in places.

   You can read all about it in our stage-by-stage guide.

   

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   Welcome to our coverage of stage five of the Tour de France.

   A trip into the Pyrenees comes early in this year's Tour as the race heads from Pau, a town in the foothills of the mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain, to Laruns.

   If the last couple of days have been for the sprinters, today will very much see the general classification begin to take shape.