Tour Down Under Stage 5: McLaren Vale > Willunga Hill, 151kms

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His smile says it all - Jens Voigt is in another escape in the Tour Down Under..!

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The peloton passes Aldinga Beach on lap one with a deficit of over four minutes...

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The beach of Aldinga is still breathtaking as the peloton makes its second-passage with a gap of nine minutes..!

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Orica-Green Edge has put Matty Goss on the front to start the chase...

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Bernhard Eisel chases for Sky, things are starting to get serious now..!

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Voigt, Trentin, Ignatiev and Lobato leave Aldinga for the last time with a three-minutes gap...

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Ben Hermans shows that BMC are also looking serious...

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This being Australia Day weekend, a few locals cannot help flying the flag...

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Boy Van Poppel is learning his trade in the TDU as a bottle carrier...

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Goss is still chasing hard, are his days of sprinting over now..?

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Trentin leads the escape towards the first ascent of Willunga Hill, but the peloton is closing in on them...

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Caleb Fairly puts Garmin's colours on the front as Willunga Hill starts...

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Ruben Plaza launches out from the peloton...

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Voigt is no longer smiling, but he is leading the escape over the summit after lap one...

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Jurgen Roelandts has attacked over the summit and made a descent at over 100-kilometres-per-hour to take the lead...

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Matthew Hayman leads Orica-Green Edge into the winds, hiding Gerrans but exposing Evans near the back of the group...

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Michael Matthews takes over as the road turns and the wind changes - but with the same result...

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Incredibly, Voigt has attacked into the wind, causing mayhem in the group behind..!

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Brent Bookwalter accelerates on the final ascent, passing Voigt and splitting the Green Edge riders...

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Wesley Sulberger attacks now - whose side is he on then..?!

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Cadel Evans attacks now, he's trying to shred Gerrans away from this group...

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Evans is on a roll, with Richie Porte struggling to stay in touch...

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Porte now attacks, forcing Evans to re-think his tactics with Ulissi and Gerrans still in touch...

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Porte's attack is working - he's dropped Evans who's being marked by his rivals behind...

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Evans has got his second wind and attacks again, he's chasing Porte but has dropped Ulissi and Gerrans...

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Evans then starts to wilt in the last climbing kilometre - this is the turning point of the whole race..!

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Diego Ulissi attacks from behind - he'll pass and drop Evans in the last 300-metres..!

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Richie Porte wins stage five, and comes close to taking the race-lead as well..!

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Simon Gerrans is race-leader again after a very clever day's racing..!

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