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Cycling-Boom wins Tour de France fifth stage

ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France, July 9 (Reuters) - D utchman Lars Boom won an incident-packed fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Yellow jersey holder Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, stretched his overall lead to more than two minutes over main rival Alberto Contador after finishing third on the stage. Jakob Fuglsang was second. Defending champion Chris Froome crashed out. (Editing by Martyn Herman)