Vuelta a España stage 5: Rota > Alcala de Guadeira, 167kms

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

All at sea - the Vuelta passes through the Naval base of Rota on its way to the real start...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Tsgabu Grmay has escaped, but he's been left isolated for the first 20-kilometres with no-one else joining him...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Esteban Chaves has an uphill finish to think of today, except that it is one for the sprinters...

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John Degenkolb is talking tactics in German with Etixx D.S Jan Schaffrath...

Relief is in sight as Grmay looks back to see two others joining him...

Iljo Keisse is all smiles at their game as he pulls the trio away from the peloton...

Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Danny Van Poppel gets a rapid wheel-change - he could be a winner in the uphill sprint...

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Ben King still has his bike, and a few bruises, and is hard at work fetching bottles...

The USA's Andrew Talansky is talking shop with New Zealand's George Bennett...

Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Antoine Duschesne is pulling the escape towards a six-minute lead...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Chris Froome looks thoughtful alongside teamate Mikel Nieve...

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The peloton passes a vineyard producing grapes for Sherry, near the Andalucian town of Jerez-de-la Frontera

Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Grmay leads Duschesne and Keisse into the heat of the Andalucian desert - they still have a four-minute lead...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Sebastian Minard sips a cool Coke as the temperatures continue to rise...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Froome makes a quick wheel change in the shade of some trees...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Alexis Gougeard is carrying about ten water bottles for his teamates..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Tom Stamsnijder is pulling the Giant-Alpecin train in pursuit of the trio in front...

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Grand Tour maestro Adam Hansen is still a worker too - but he has just six bottles to carry..

Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Nieve has crashed lightly on the outskirts of Seville...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Keisse has attacked in Seville and has a decent lead with 15-kilometres to go..!

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Sky is chasing hard with Vasil Kiryienka leading the way...

Sky is in a battle with Tinkoff to control the finale...

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Keisse is starting to blow with ten-kilometres left...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Damien Howson has brought Green Edge to the fore with Caleb Ewan their secret weapon...

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A milestone in cycling - Ewan comes past John Degenkolb in the uphill sprint...

Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Calen Ewan wins stage five - and by a long, long way..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Degenkolb grimaces and Sagan shrugs as Caleb Ewan celebrates his first-ever grand tour stage-win..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 5

Tom Dumoulin has become race-leader by one-second from Chaves..!

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