at that point, garin was leading, with émile georget almost two hours behind. in the fifth stage, georget had two flat tires, and fell asleep when he stopped at the side of the road to rest; he failed to finish. thus garin extended his lead by winning this stage, carrying nearly three hours' advantage into the final day's racing. garin had requested other cyclists in the leading group to let him win the stage, but fernand augereau refused to do this. garin then had lucien pothier throw down his bicycle in front of augereau, who fell, and garin then bent augereau's rear wheel. augereau quickly obtained a spare bike and continued to the finish, however garin easily won the sprint. augereau still received a prize of 100 francs from velo-sport nantes for the fastest final kilometer of the stage in the nantes velodrome.