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Pavel Bittner (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) gained stage 5 of the Vuelta a España after he edged out Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) in a good bunch end in Seville.
Van Aert launched his dash from distance, however Bittner managed to get again on phrases with the Belgian after which beat him with an expertly-timed bike throw on the banks of the Guadalquivir River.
Kaden Groves, whose Alpecin-Deceuninck squad led out the dash, needed to accept third place after he was caught off guard by Van Aert’s choice to open his effort from a great distance out.
Bittner had proven his high quality along with his brace of stage wins on the latest Vuelta a Burgos and the Czech was full worth for his victory in his debut Grand Tour.
Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) completed safely in the primary peloton to retain the pink jersey of race chief. The Slovenian stays eight seconds away from João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and 32 seconds forward of Enric Mas (Movistar) within the total standings.
The Vuelta peloton confronted one other day of hovering temperatures because the race made its manner south into Andalusia, and there was an understandably subdued really feel to proceedings for a lot of the afternoon.
Early escapees Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Ibon Ruiz (Kern Pharma) escaped with little resistance from the bunch, constructing a lead of greater than three minutes earlier than they have been step by step reeled again in.
The attackers have been caught with a shade beneath 40km to go, shortly after a short injection of tempo within the peloton because of the gentle menace of crosswinds. Groves beat Van Aert to the intermediate dash with 25km remaining, and the depth ratcheted upwards from there because the peloton hurtled in the direction of the centre of Seville and the end line within the shadow of the Maestranza bullring.
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