Following an independent audit on Pro Team Astana and its internal anti-doping structures, the UCI recommends removal of team from its WorldTour. The UCI WorldTour features 28 events including the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. The WorldTour event performances also help produce an annual ranking system.

Vincenzo Nibali soloes to victory in mountain top finish of stage 13 and increases overall Tour de France lead; Nibali's helper Jakob Fuglsang in serious crash after hitting a bottle thrown by Team Lotto-Belisol's Belgian Jurgen Van Den Broeck.

Stage 5 of this year’s Tour de France was expected to be a stage that might eliminate a contender or two through a crash, a puncture, or a mechanical problem.

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Lars Boom soloes to stage 5 victory ahead of Jakob Fuglsang and Vincenzo Nibali who extended his overall Tour de France lead.

How soon before checkmate?