It was another day for breakaway to excel for second day running. Clarke out-sprinted Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing), who had attacked from a sizeable breakaway with 60 kilometres remaining.
Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), who finished in the group behind Clarke, was the surprise recipient of the red jersey, ousting Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) from the top spot. Molard holds a 1:01 advantage over Kwiatkowski with Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) in third place at 1:08.
How it unfolded
The challenging opening to the Vuelta a Espana with another lumpy affair from Granada to Roquetas de Mar, featuring two classified climbs. Kwiatkowski was once again in red after defending his jersey on the Vuelta's first summit finish.
Stage 5 Top Ten General Classification.
1, Rudy Molard (France) Groupama-FDJ 18:27:20,
2, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Team Sky 0:01:01,
3, Emanuel Buchmann (Germany) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:08,
4, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:11,
5, Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team 0:01:13,
6, Wilco Kelderman (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:01:26,
7, Ion Izagirre (Spain) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31,
8, Tony Gallopin (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34,
9, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 0:01:34,
10, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:38
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