Notes:  (latest notes always appear at the top)

- Videos:  Stage 5 highlights/interviews + Stage 6 preview

- Friday's Tour de France Stage 6 departs Montargis at 11:45 CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Gueugnon between 17:03 and 17:33 CET (11:03am and 11:33am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live video should get underway from around 14:20 CET (8:20am U.S. Eastern).

Tour de France Stage 6 Profile

- Video: Stage 5 Recap via Rai Sport here. (Italian, 16:44)

- LIVE here.  (Japanese)

- LIVE via SBS here and here. (English)

- LIVE AUDIO:  Eurosport audio in English LIVE here.  Live audio feeds also playing in Deutsch and Espanol.  (see Live audio streaming section at right)

- LIVE via France 2 here.

- LIVE here and here.  (English)

- Text tickers go LIVE before live video.  See the Live tickers section at right.

- Videos:  Stage 4 highlights/interviews + Stage 5 preview

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- Tour de France Stage 5 departs Epernay at 12:30 CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Montargis between 16:55 and 17:18 CET (10:55am and 11:18am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live video should get underway from around 14:20 CET (8:20am U.S. Eastern).

Petacchi is back:  I took the photo above in the town of Montargis, site of today's TDF Stage 5 finish, at the finish of Stage 1 of the 2004 Paris-Nice.  It shows the official event poster featuring Alessandro Petacchi, then with Fassa Bortolo, winner of yesterday's Tour stage.  Why was Petacchi featured on the poster?  Well, he won a stage in the 2003 Paris-Nice.  Now a single stage win wouldn't ordinarily earn you such a prominent place in the next year's poster.  But Petacchi followed that Paris-Nice stage win with a whopping 6 stage wins in the 2003 Giro d'Italia and then 4 stage wins in the 2003 Tour de France.  And as if that wasn't enough, he won 5 stages in the 2003 Vuelta a Espana!  Petacchi was the dominant sprinter then, taking over for Mario Cipollini.  Now, in 2010, Petacchi with two stage wins thus far seems to have turned back the clock.  -Pete
Photo Copyright © Pete Geyer/www.cyclingfans.com

Tour de France Stage 5 Profile

- Video, radio and text feeds (links in their respective sections at right) will be updated each day of the race.  We will also have video clips and high resolution photos after each stage.

- For Tour de France via satellite info, check out our cycling via satellite blog by MJ Ray here.

- We will update here with the best and latest live video feeds at broadcast time.

Photo Copyright © Pete Geyer/www.cyclingfans.com

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2010 Tour de France.