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Ben Healy of EF Education-EasyPost is 35 seconds clear approaching the Cote de Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, with the peloton nearly five minutes adrift.

Ben Healy is now 20 seconds clear of the chasing group.

With Romain Bardet having retired, Oscar Onley is the Tour leader for Dutch team Picnic PostNL.

After finishing 39th on debut last year, the 22-year-old is currently the highest British rider in the general classification standings.

The Scot came into today's stage two minutes 41 seconds behind race leader Tadej Pogacar.

Can he gain some time on the other GC contenders on these final climbs?

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Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland

Oscar Onley set himself the lofty ambition of winning a stage at just his second Tour de France.

Only five stages in to the three-week epic, and the 22-year-old Scot has come sixth and fourth, rubbing shoulders with not just the world's best cyclists but some of the greatest ever to race.

"Some of my team-mates and staff say to me you are one of these guys," Onley told ITV before stage four. "I don't really see it like that yet."

By the end of the 174km run into Rouen on Tuesday, he had come in just behind defending Tour king Tadej Pogacar, former world champion Mathieu van der Poel, and two-time yellow jersey winner Jonas Vingegaard.

To be involved in such company was a magnificent achievement, particularly given the toughness of the racing across lumpy terrain.

The fact it followed a similar performance on stage two on the ramp up to the line in Boulogne-sur-Mer made it even more impressive.

While there has been no victory yet, Onley has competed with the best in an unexpected way.

"It's pretty cool - it doesn't get much bigger in terms of races and competitors," Onley said. "It's nice to prove to myself I can be there right at the top."

Ben Healy attacks, with Mathieu van der Poel setting off in pursuit.

Healy has one Giro d'Italia stage win on his palmares but the 24-year-old Irishman is yet to register a win in cycling's biggest race.

The gap to the peloton is now almost four minutes.

Tudor's Australian rider Michael Storer takes the two mountain points on the Cote de Juvigny-le-Tertre, with Jayco AlUla's Irsih debutant Eddie Dunbar grabbing the other.

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Visma-Lease a Bike's Simon Yates has been taking a breather on the back of the lead group, then some of the other breakaway riders grab some fluids.

They are now three minutes 30 seconds clear after three quarters of today's stage (151km).

The final three climbs come after 154km, 174km and 197km.

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Speaking after stage five, Tadej Pogacar added: "This year the parcours is designed really hectic so we need to be careful on every stage. It's been either nervous or super hard and I think tomorrow and the next day is the same.

"We just need to keep control, keep calm, and believe in the team. We have super strong riders and we believe in one goal, and we'll keep riding like we have until now."

The breakaway covered 44.3km in the third hour of today's stage, with the average speed after three hours now 46.1km/h.

The temperature is now up to 25C too.

It's Eddie Dunbar who is first up the Cote de Mortain, with fellow Irishman Ben Healy taking the other point on offer.

They're Dunbar's first mountain points on the Tour.

The breakaway is almost three minutes clear as it begins the 1.6km climb up the Cote de Mortain.

Tadej Pogacar's UAE team-mate Nils Politt is setting the pace at the front of the peloton.

Mathieu van der Poel may be in the breakaway and could regain the yellow jersey for now, but Pogacar's main contenders for the GC title are with him in the main bunch.

With some flat stages coming up, would Tadej Pogacar be willing to relinquish the yellow jersey before aiming to reclaim it in the mountains?

The table above shows stages six to 10, up to the first rest day of this year's Tour.

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Speaking after stage five, Tadej Pogacar said he was "super happy" after a time trial that probably couldn't have gone any better for the reigning champion.

He finished second to the time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel while his main rival Jonas Vingegaard lost significant time.

"I'm happy that this day is over and we can focus now on the next days and keep the ball rolling," he said.

Pogacar also secured the yellow jersey as well as the green and polka dot - although he couldn't wear all of them today of course!

"The most important is the yellow, but it's most important to wear it on the Champs-Elysees at the finish line," he added. "Now is not that important. It feels good but the important thing is to have it in Paris."

There are between 100 and 120 riders in the peloton, one minute 40 seconds behind the breakaway.

The green jersey of Jonathan Milan is in a group of more than 40 riders that is 10 minutes adrift.

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Now that the breakaway is established, let's have a look at who's in the mix:

• Simon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike)
• Ben Healy (Ire/EF Education-EasyPost)
• Quinn Simmons (US/Lidl-Trek)
• Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor)
• Eddie Dunbar (Ire/Jayco AlUla)
• Will Barta (US/Movistar)
• Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana)

Now then...

Mathieu van der Poel surrendered the yellow jersey to Tadej Pogacar after yesterday's time trial.

It left the versatile Dutch star one minute 28 seconds behind Pogacar.

The breakaway's lead over the peloton is now up to one minute 30 seconds.

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The breakaway has a one-minute advantage at the halfway mark, going along at an average of 47.7 km/h.

There is almost 40km to go till the next categorised climb.

Ben Healy, Will Barta and Quinn Simmons have been putting in most of the graft at the front of the breakaway as they aim to build a significant gap.

It's now up to 30 seconds.

Eddie Dunbar manages to join fellow Irishman Ben Healy in the lead group, with Simon Yates and Michael Storer making it an eight-man party.