Tour of Spain Stage 5: Sierra Nevada > Valdepeñas de Jaen, 187kms

The Vuelta makes a rapid descent behind the pace-car in a neutralized start from Sierra Nevada...

Andreas Kloden seems to have overslept this morning - he's chasing hard..!

SHACKVUELTA

Daniel Martin is rushing to catch up as well...

GARMINVUELTA

Yukihiro Doi just wants to practice his kamikaze descending...

SKILDESCENDINGVUELTA

After a 38-kilometre neutralized start (!), the race heads into the olive-covered hills of Andalucia...

Ardila and Phinney are in trouble after a nasty, rapid, climbing start - the Colombian will quit, the American will lose over 30-minutes today...

What a laugh - it's BMC's Martin Kohler who's setting the cruel pace that's sending Phinney backwards..!

An escape has got clear after a grovelling 60-kilometres - and Peter Sagan is leading it...

Matthew Busche has his bleeding nose seen to now the racing has slowed a little...

Katusha are making sure the escape gets no more than a few minutes lead - and we're barely halfway through the stage...

Swiss hospitality - Fabian Cancellara collects water bottle for his thirsty teamates...

LEOPARDVUELTA

Michele Albasini has soloed away from the escape for some strange reason - he's a minute in front..!

HTCVUELTA

Sylvain Chavanel is probably not too worried about Albasini...

QUICKSTEPVUELTA

Angel Madrazo and Johannes Frohlinger have gone after Albasini - the other escapers will be caught by the peloton...

Tom Boonen is doing a lion's share of the chasing for Chavanel - a Flemish lion..!

QUICKSTEPVUELTA

Frohlinger, Albasini and Madrazo have a two minute lead with 35-kilometres to go...

SKILESCAPEVUELTA

Liquigas is hauling the Vuelta on to the penultimate hill of Alto de Valdepeñas...

Alesandre Dyachenko has made an attack with 13-kilometres to go...

David Moncoutie responds and races past Dyachencko and into a 30-seconds lead...

COFIDISVUELTA

Moncoutie is getting caught at the foot of the 'wall of Valdepeñas' with just 500-metres to go..!

COFIDISVUELTA

Joachin Rodriguez has timed his move perfectly, and heads for the finish-line...

KATUSHAVUELTA

Joachim Rodriguez wins stage five - he's all set for another great Vuelta..!