Greipel wins 5th stage of Tour de France

Andre Greipel pounced late for the second successive day to claim the fifth stage, with Fabian Cancellera holding onto the leaders yellow jersey as the Tour de France was rocked by the doping controversy swirling around seven-time winner Lance Armstrong.Lotto rider Greipel had claimed his first win of this years race on Wednesday when he dominated a small bunch sprint devoid of rival Mark Cavendish after the Briton suffered a crash inside the final 3km.This time, Cavendish was in the mix but after a tough, slightly uphill finish that was arguably more suited to his rivals the Team Sky fast man could only finish fifth.Greipel, taking his third win of the race after his maiden win ahead of Cavendish last year, beat Australias Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) at the end of the 196km ride with Argentinas Juan Jose Haedo of Saxo Bank in third.Before the peloton set off from Rouen an explosive report appeared in a Dutch newspaper claiming four former teammates of Armstrong had testified against the Texan and were facing six-month bans.Armstrong, who has consistently denied using performance-enhancing drugs, was notified recently that he has been charged with doping by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).De Telegraaf alleged the quartet competing in this years race - Americans George Hincapie (BMC), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma), Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie (both Garmin) - have confessed to doping and had given evidence against him.Hincapie, a teammate of Australian Tour de France champion Cadel Evans, refused to directly comment on the allegation ahead of Thursdays stage.Im just disappointed this is being brought up once again, said Hincapie, the only rider to accompany Armstrong in all seven of his triumphant Tour campaigns.Swiss rider Fabian Cancellera held onto the leaders yellow jersey by seven seconds from Briton Bradley Wiggins with Australias defending champion Cadel Evans in seventh, at 17sec.The RadioShack rider will spend his 27th day in the yellow jersey on Friday, meaning he will overtake Rene Viettos record for owning the biggest collection of Tour leaders jerseys for someone who hasnt won the overall title.