The top finishes are fading for the Americans as on Wednesday in stage five the best American was Joey Rosskopf who finished 88th and 58 seconds back. The only other one to finish in the top 100 was Nathan Brown who was 1:48 back in 99th. Despite failing to place in the top 100 on Wednesday Ian Boswell is still the top American overall in 68th, 6:26 behind the leader, while Brown is still in the top 100 at 95th overall, 9:57 back.

Thursday is back to a medium-mountain stage, though only a 98 mile one.

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