Photo Gallery | Strained faces after pavé hell on Tour de France

Even the stage winner Simon Clarke looked absolutely battered at the end of stage 5, some 157km from Lille to Wallers-Arenberg (Photo by Pauline Ballet)

The Tour de France's photographers caught an incredible day of action and the pain and strain - and a some small pockets of joy - on the faces of the riders after a day out on the pavé.

Photographs are by Pauline Ballet and Charly Lopez.