Simon Clarke wins from the break on Vuelta a España 2018 stage five as Rudy Molard takes red

The peloton rolled in well down on the breakaway riders, with Michal Kwiatkowski losing red

Simon Clarke wins stage five of the Vuelta a España 2018 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Simon Clarke (EF Education-Drapac) won stage five of the Vuelta a España after out-sprinting Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing) from the breakaway.

The three had been part of a 25-man breakaway which finally went away after more than an hour of racing, and managed to go clear as a trio with around 45km left to ride.

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