CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour de France Stage 5 departs Rouen at 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Saint-Quentin at around 5:13pm CET (11:13am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Close calls for yellow and green jersey holders in dangerous finale.

CyclingNews: Huge crash inside final 3km takes down Cavendish.

VeloNews: At this year’s Tour de France we’re seeing a lot of new trends in headwear — nothing to do with haute couture or feathers, mind you, but rather identification and aerodynamics.

CycleSport: Losing Kanstantin Siutsou is a blow for Sky but it’s how they respond that counts.

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CyclingIQ: After three mountainous stage, today’s long but topographically-moderate parcours produced a mass sprint, from which Andalucia’s Juan José Lobato claimed his first stage win in Asia. Race leader Hossein Alizadeh retained his slim general classification advantage over Lobato’s teammate, Javier Ramirez, with Champion System’s Cameron Wurf oh-so-close behind.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "The style you’d expect from Italy but the bike is lacking the performance to match it."

Coverage News...

InnerRing: Each stage is analyzed, each jersey is explained and once more information is available there will be full list of riders and other content that’ll be updated every day so you can dip in and out during the next few weeks.

CyclingNews: Vos remains as race leader.

SBS: The Tour de France – currently underway – has long been regarded as one of the most demanding endurance events in sporting history. But what does that mean in physical terms for the athletes taking part?

VeloNation: Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank director argues against additional penalty.

CyclingNews: The Great Britian team for the men's cycling road race at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been finalised this morning, with the big news being David Millar's inclusion in the five-man squad.

VeloNews: American Tom Danielson rolled across the finish line in Rouen Thursday afternoon, his face drawn and his right arm draped from his shoulder. Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) came into this Tour de France with high hopes after a top 10 showing in 2011. Now, after a stage 3 crash, he just hopes to finish the race.

VeloNews: Garmin-Sharp is putting its best foot forward following “Black Tuesday,” a day that saw several of the team’s GC riders suffer crashes and lost time.

BikeRumor: The top SuperSix, CAAD10, and Slice models get the stealthy new blacked out color scheme with minimal logos. The SuperSix EVO Black, above, and the three models below it all get Cannondale’s new Hollowgram SiSL2 Spidering crankset. The rest of the spec is the new Shimano Dura-Ace 9000, ENVE/DT Swiss and a full ENVE cockpit. Retail is $11,999.99.

BikeRadar: Rim depths are 60mm on the front and 66mm at the rear, with total set weight at a very respectable 1,318g. Despite this low figure, the clinchers have no rider weight limit and have a four-year warranty with crash replacement policy. Twelve bladed carbon spokes are on the front, with 18 behind.

VeloNation: “I feel terrible, everything is destroyed. I won’t give up.”

VeloNews: All he does is win. But there is a startling polarity in Peter Sagan, who’s already lit this Tour de France on fire.

VeloNews: French hopes of seeing another heroic Tour de France performance from Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) appear slim this year after he complained of further knee injury misery.

VeloNews: Alessandro Petacchi's all-new Wilier Triestina Cento1 SR.

road.cc: BBB is using the Tour to conduct final development testing of their new helmet.

BikeRadar: When it comes to shorts, the latest pocket configurations and technical gizmos count for nothing if they don’t fit you. Before you even take them off the hanger or press the ‘add to basket’ button, look at the cut of the waist. The back should be higher than the front to ensure your assets stay covered in the riding position.

VeloNews: Andre Greipel's Ridley Noah Fast, with a similar Gorilla motif to his ride from last year.