Alexey Lutsenko (Team Astana) wins stage five vuelta a Espana.

Alexey Lutsenko (Team Astana) wins stage five in Alcossebre, Vuelta a Espana.

Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) bounces back after.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) extends his lead in general classification.
Matteo Trentin (Quick-step Floor's) keeps green jersey after stage five.

Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal) gets medical attention after crashing.

 How it panned out

The break of the day formed in three instalments after the race left the start in Benicassim, with Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) leading a nine-man squadron clear after six kilometres, and seven chasers bridging up to them shortly afterwards, before Matvey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin) made it across alone to bring the complement up to 17 riders.

Top Ten general classification result

1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 18:07:10,
2, Tejay Van Garderen (United State) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10,
3, Esteban Chaves (Colombia) Orica-Scott 0:00:11,
4, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing Team 0:00:13,
5, David De La Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:23,
6, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:36,
 7, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:00:49,
8, Adam Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:00:50,
 9, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:01:09,
 10, Michael Woods (Cannada) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:13,