▁previous ▁day , ▁fell ▁in ▁the ▁overall ▁stand ings ▁after ▁the ▁time ▁trial , ▁and ▁the ▁Tour ▁had ▁its ▁third ▁different ▁r ider ▁in ▁yellow ▁at ▁the ▁day ' s ▁end . ▁ ▁Stage ▁ 5 ▁▁ 9 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁— ▁Cho let ▁to ▁Ch âte aur oux , ▁ 2 3 2   km ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁longest ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁tour , ▁over ▁flat ▁roads ▁in ▁the ▁depart ments ▁of ▁Maine - et - Lo ire , ▁Deux - S è v res , ▁V ienne , ▁Ind re - et - Lo ire ▁and ▁Ind re . ▁ ▁Maur icio ▁Sol er ▁fell ▁in ▁the ▁neutral ▁zone ▁before ▁the ▁start ; ▁already ▁suffering ▁inj uries ▁from ▁a ▁fall ▁on ▁the ▁opening ▁day , ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁who ▁won ▁the ▁pol ka - dot ▁j er sey ▁last ▁year ▁finally ▁succ um bed ▁and ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁race ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 1   km ▁mark ▁of ▁stage ▁five . ▁ ▁The ▁stage ▁was ▁led ▁almost ▁from ▁start ▁to ▁finish ▁by ▁three ▁break away ▁rid ers . ▁The ▁French ▁tri o ▁of ▁L ilian ▁J eg ou , ▁Flor ent ▁Br ard ▁and ▁national ▁champion ▁Nicolas ▁Vog ond y ▁opened ▁up ▁a ▁gap ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁eight ▁minutes , ▁which ▁was ▁slowly ▁wh itt led ▁away ▁by ▁the ▁ch asing ▁pel ot on . ▁Vog ond y ▁broke ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁compat ri ots ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁ 1 . 5