Notes:  (latest notes always appear at the top)

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- Tour of Qatar Stage 5 photos here and here.

- Friday's Tour of Qatar Stage 6 departs Al Wakra at 12:00pm local time (10:00 CET or 4:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Doha Corniche between 14:46 and 15:00 local time (between 12:46 and 13:00 CET (or between 6:46am and 7:00am U.S. Eastern)).  Tour of Qatar live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 12:00 CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern).

- LIVE AUDIO in English here.

- Stage 5 LIVE now.

- On now:  Tour of Qatar Stage 4 replay on Eurosport prior to today's Stage 5 live coverage.

- Links will be updated when Eurosport 2 live coverage begins (details below).  Note that Eurosport sometimes switches coverage between the main channel and Eurosport 2.

- Tour of Qatar Stage 4 photos here and here.

- Today's Tour of Qatar Stage 5 departs Lusail at 12:10pm local time (10:10 CET or 4:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Madinat Al Shamal between 15:41 and 16:02 local time (between 13:41 and 14:02 CET (or between 7:41am and 8:02am U.S. Eastern)).  Tour of Qatar live coverage on Eurosport 2 is scheduled to begin at 13:00 CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).

- For satellite coverage of the Tour of Qatar, check out our cycling via satellite blog by MJ Ray here.

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2010 Tour of Qatar.