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We’ll have more news coming in from the race this evening, while tomorrow we’ll be back with more live coverage from stage 6!
The Vuelta’s GC standings remain the same, however. Primož Roglič continues in the red jersey tonight.
Van Aert finishing ahead of Groves at the finish means he extends his green jersey lead. He now lies on 158 points to Groves’ 145.
Bittner only took his first professional wins earlier this month with two stages at the Vuelta a Burgos.
Here’s the stage 5 result…
The shot of the sprint for the line with Bittner coming out on top.
A look at the photo finish. It was a close one!
21-year-old Pavel Bittner wins a stage on his Grand Tour debut.
Bittner beat Van Aert at the line.
Finish
He was stuck behind Van Aert and Bittner as the pair duelled over the win.
Groves was caught napping in that sprint as Van Aert launched early.
The camera zoomed out as the sprinters closed in on the line so who knows who won…
It looks like Groves got boxed in as Van Aert jumped.
Dreadful camera work at the finish.
Van Aert battles against Pavel Bittner in the dash for the line.
The Belgian strikes out first!
Van Aert is on Groves’ wheel.
It’s a very well-organised lead-out train.
1km to go
Red Bull peel off and now Alpecin-Deceuninck move up.
2km to go
Mikel Landa stops with a puncture inside the final 3km.
Arkéa…
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