Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took the bunch sprint win at the end of stage five in the 2014 Tour of Qatar on Thursday.
Greipel left nothing to chance after being pipped on the line by Tom Boonen on stage two. The German national champion's Lotto-Belisol team-mates set up a solid lead-out, before Greipel accelerated away from his rivals on the wide finish straight.
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