Welcome to stage five of the Tour de France - a 196.5km jaunt through the Picardy region from Rouen to St Quentin that will no doubt end in a mass bunch sprint (not to mention the odd pile-up).

Thanks for joining us today - and be sure to return tomorrow for the 207.5km stage six from Epernay to Metz.

Top five today: 1. Greipel, 2. Goss, 3. Haedo, 4. Dumoulin, 5. Cavendish.

No change in the overall classification, with Fabian Cancellara holding his yellow jersey without any ado.

Sagan crosses the line 1:35 down. He has no cuts or knocks so he didn't go down - but must have still been held up by that crash, which was in the last 3km and so will not affect the times.

The break only got caught inside the closing 200m there - thrilling stuff.

The big German finishes ahead of Matt Goss and JJ Haedo to take a second win in as many days, with Cavendish tiring towards the end.

Goss is leading the pack around the last bend... but Greipel comes through to take the win!

The breakaway riders still yet to be caught! Now Urtasan is giving it a go...

Boasson Hagen leads Cavendish on the front. The break is about to be caught - but Ghyselinck has put in a big dig!

Sagan must have been involved in that crash - he's nowhere to be seen.

CRASH: A Lampre rider veers to the right and brings a whole load of riders down, including one GreenEdge man and one Cofidis. About 10 went down.

Sky right on the front, with Knees and Wiggins keeping out of trouble. They're leading Lotto. Bozic for Astana and Arashiro for Europcar are there too.

Now Lotto come to the front. The scrap is about to begin.

GreenEdge's Baden Cooke must have had a puncture because he's off the back of the peloton. That's a blow for Goss, who needs his compatriot in the lead-out.

They're putting on a plucky display are these four riders. The gap is now 35 seconds. You'd think today would be a ding dong battle between Greipel and Cavendish. The world champion usually puts in a good display the day after he suffers a fall.

It's 40 seconds now. No sign of rain - they may be lucky.

The last time the Tour came to Saint-Quentin, Robbie McEwen won the stage - his second in three days. That was back in 2006. Can another Australian take the win today? Matt Goss will hope so...

The yellow jersey of Fabian Cancellara is riding around 30-odd back. It will be interesting to see if he has a go today. Probably not, but stranger things have happened. His priority will be to finish safely and secure another day in yellow. The gap is 45 seconds now.

The four escapees see their lead now drop below the one-minute mark. This should be an exciting finale. They will be caught - make no mistake.

Just 15km to go now. The leaders have 1:03. On the front of the peloton, the whole of Sky are riding in a line on the left hand side, Wiggins near the front and Cavendish at the back. On the other side of the road, the BMC team of defending champion Cadel Evans are doing exactly the same thing.