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The Latest: Day of remembrance at Tour de France

Britain's Christopher Froome, second left, and Peter Kennaugh, left, lay a wreath at the World War I Arras Memorial as Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme, third right, watches prior to the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 189.5 kilometers (117.8 miles) with start in Arras and finish in Amiens, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. The Arras Memorial commemorates 34,795 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died from the spring of 1916 until 7th August 1918, and who have no known grave. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Britain's Christopher Froome, second left, and Peter Kennaugh, left, lay a wreath at the World War I Arras Memorial as Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme, third right, watches prior to the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 189.5 kilometers (117.8 miles) with start in Arras and finish in Amiens, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. The Arras Memorial commemorates 34,795 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died from the spring of 1916 until 7th August 1918, and who have no known grave. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

By Associated Press 2 min read

AMIENS, France (AP) – The latest from the Tour de France fifth stage (all times local).

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2:30 p.m.

On a rainy and grey day on the battlefields of World War One in northern France, Tour riders paid tribute to the fallen heroes of the first global conflict of the 20th century.

Before the peloton started its 189.5-kilometer ride through the regions of Artois and Somme – where the Battle of the Somme claimed thousands of lives in 1916 – 2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome and Sky teammate Peter Kennaugh laid a wreath on the Commonwealth Memorial at the Franco-British cemetery in Arras.