Tour Down Under Stage 5: McLaren Vale > Old Willunga Hill, 151.5kms

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Stuart O'Grady is in charge of the day's first escape in Willunga - they'll race easily to an eight-minute lead...
TDU GREEN EDGE
The peloton is quite relaxed as it passes Aldinga Beach on the first lap...
TDU SCENERY
Teams Sky and BMC start a serious chase 20-kilometres later...
TDU SKY CHASE
O'Grady is still in charge as the escape heads on to the third lap of the Aldinga circuit - they have eight minutes still..!
TDU GREEN EDGE
Ballan is protecting Kohler as the peloton swings off Aldinga for the last time...
TDU BMC
Michael Rogers stirs up the pace for Team Sky in a nasty crosswind...
TDU SKY ATTACK
Is this a day for Heinrich Haussler to shine on..?
TDU GARMIN
Luke Durbridge leads the Green Edge team as Willunga Hill starts...
TDU GREEN EDGE
Matthew Goss has become a climber and paces Simon Gerrans as the rest of Green Edge fade...
TDU GREEN EDGE
Gerrans leads Matthew Lloyd and Kohler - will the sequence be the same on the final ascent too..?
TDU GREEN EDGE
Green Edge fans are out in force and expecting great things from their men..!
TDU FANS
Incredibly, escapee Nathan Haas is still out in front on the descent - defintely a 'star of the future..!
TDU GARMIN
Hayden Roulston leads a group of 30 riders that gobble Haas up and power towards the final climb...
TDU SHACK
Despite their rivalry, Roulston lends a helping hand to Movistar's Gutierrez in order to keep the racing-line intact...
TDU SHACK MOVISTAR
Tiagfo Machado has attacked on Willunga with Danny Pate and Rohan Dennis...
TDU ESCAPE
Rogers launches a furious counter-attack with less than three-kilometres to go...
TDU SKY ATTACK
Madrazo chases furiously with Valverde on his wheel and poised to attack...
Machado and Dennis are so close to victory but so close to capture with one-kilometre left..!
TDU SHACK
Alejandro Valverde just beats Simon Gerrans to win stage five on Old Willunga Hill...
TDU SRINT
Phew! A relieved Simon Gerrans puts on the race-leader's jersey for Green Edge...
TDU GREEN EDGE