Sylvain Chavanel takes Eneco time trial

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Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour, covering the time trial course from Sittard to Geleen in the fastest time.

He was unable, however, to dethrone Lars Boom from the top of the general classification, as the Dutch rider finished tenth in the stage to maintain a gap of four seconds.

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.