Vuelta España Stage 5: Sober > Lago de Sanabria, 174kms

Vuelta España - Stage 5

Matthew Busche and Luis Angel Mate are trying to escape from the start - problem for them is Marco Pinotti is there too, and they'll get chased down...

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Five men replace the previous four in a new escape - led by Arnaud Courteille...

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The Vuelta is still in Galicia, passing a damned river near Quiroga...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Astana chases gently, they show no sign of letting the race-lead slip away from NIbali...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Vincenzo Nibali has Roman Kreuziger and Michele Scarponi in-tow on his way back to the peloton...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Anthony Piedra leads the escape into the hills about halfway through the stage...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

The peloton is starting to speed up because the gap has grown to eight minutes...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Johan Van Summeren is chasing hard for Garmin-Sharp with Caleb Fairly on his wheel...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Tyler Farrar is Garmin's hope for the final sprint, but both he, Van Summeren, and even Valverde are feeling the pace set by Fairly...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Michael Matthews is Orica-Green Edge's hope for the sprint - he's stuffing ice-cubes down his jersey to stay concentrated...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Philippe Gilbert is having a bad-knee day, he needs the BMC doctor to apply a new dressing on an old wound...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

It's starting to rain as Simon Clarke chases with 35-kilometres to go - the huge gap is coming down..!

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Pedra and Courteille are trying to stay away, they have a two-minute lead with 15-kilometres to go...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Orica-Green Edge are stretched to the limit with Cooke and Gerrans chasing like mad...

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Courteille has attacked from the escape, can he confound the Orica-Green Edge chasers..?

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Vuelta España - Stage 5

Michael Matthews wins stage five after a magnificent lead-out from his teamates..!

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