Tour of the Basque Country (2015) Photos; Stage 5: Eibar → Aia, 156 km
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Race leader Sergio Henao Team Sky Colombia checks his earpiece before the start		share this photo
A bit of coastal road today		share this photo
Henao puts sky to work today in controlling the break & peloton		share this photo
Katusha closely watch Sky, as they have Rodriguez (obscured), Zakarin, & Spilak all high in on GC		share this photo
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Samu Sanchez BMC shows his gold shoes are back, and seems to be chatting with the crowd		share this photo
Near the top of teh 30% alto de Aia		share this photo
Taramae (Estonia/Astana) is first up the fearsome Aia first time round		share this photo
Taramae		share this photo
Tim Wellens is next up		share this photo
Gallopin just ahead of Landa		share this photo
Mikel Landa 4th up, but looks in control, first pass of Aia wall		share this photo
Tom Danielson looks to be handling it well		share this photo
Julien Arredondo Trek Colombia		share this photo
Michal Kwiatkowski Poland Etixx Quick Step powers clear of the main contenders on the first climb of 30% alto de aia, but it would make him suffer later		share this photo
Main GC Group, Rodriguez on left, Henao in yellow visible, Zakarin & Yates on the right		share this photo
Rodriguez on left		share this photo
Quintana Movistar		share this photo
Kenny Elissonde previously a winner on the Angliru, still finds Aia hard		share this photo
To the delight of the Basque crowd, local boy Mikel Landa riding for Astana wins a very tough stage 5		share this photo
Mikel Landa checks his winning gap		share this photo
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Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal of Belgium finishes 2nd + 3s		share this photo
Tom Danielson Cannondale Garmin in the break for 2nd day, and takes 3rd place + 16s		share this photo
Simon Yates Great Britain / Orica GreenEdge is teh first of teh GC riders to finish in 6th place + 53 beating quintana, rodriguez, henao		share this photo
Simon Yates is now 3rd overall + 12s		share this photo
Sergio Henao 7th + 56s keeps the overall lead finishing ahead of Rodriguez and only losing 5 seconds off his lead to Yates		share this photo
Too much too soon from Kwiatkowski who attacked on first pass of Aia, but paid for it later.		share this photo
Quintana finished 13th 1:08 losing 15 seconds and his podium place to Yates		share this photo
Michele Scarponi finished 14th + 1:11 and is 5th overall		share this photo
Zakarin (Russia) & Jon Izagirre (Spain) finushed 15th & 16th, and are also 7th & 8th in GC		share this photo
Tejay Van Garderen and Rafal Majka finished 19th & 20th		share this photo
Mollema slipped to 15th in GC after a fall, the evidence is clearly visible, but he still finished 27th on the stage		share this photo
Your Stage 5 winner, Mikel Landa Astana, receives the winners kisses		share this photo
Mikel Landa sprays the winner's cava		share this photo
Sergio Henao keeps the race lead although his still tied on time with Rodriguez		share this photo
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Sergio Henao leaves the podium with lipstick marks and a bottle of cava, a good night out in Basque Country before the final day TT with an uphill finish		share this photo
Tour of the Basque Country (2015) Photos; Stage 5: Eibar → Aia, 156 km
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