Phil Bauhaus (Team Sunweb) took victory in the sprint finish on stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné, beating Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) to the line.
Thomas De Gendt finished safely in the peloton and as such remains in the overall lead for another day.
Friday’s sixth stage should see the top contenders battle it out in the mountains as it takes the peloton from Villars les Dombes to La Motte Servolex through the Mont du Chat, a punishing 8.7-km climb at an average gradient of 10.3 per cent.
Dernier kilomètre, superbe sprint, pas de nouvelle victoire pour le maillot vert ! @WeLoveCyclingFr / Last kilometer of the stage#Dauphine pic.twitter.com/3EhIgGUpfE
— Critérium Dauphiné (@dauphine) 8 iunie 2017
Criterium du Dauphine 2017 – stage 5 results (La Tour-de-Salvagny – Mâcon):
| 1 | Phil Bauhaus (Team Sunweb) | 4:04:32 |
| 2 | Arnaud Demare (FDJ) | ,, |
| 3 | Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 4 | Adrien Petit (Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 5 | Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 7 | Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 9 | Enrico Battaglin (LottoNl-Jumbo) | ,, |
| 10 | Oliver Naesen (AG2R) | ,, |
General classification after stage 5:
| 1 | Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) | 17:10:25 |
| 2 | Richie Porte (BMC) | +27” |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | +51” |
| 4 | Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo) | +55” |
| 5 | Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) | +01’02” |
| 6 | Christopher Froome (Team Sky) | +01’04” |
| 7 | Brent Bookwalter (BMC) | +01’12” |
| 8 | Jesus Herrada (Movistar) | +01’15” |
| 9 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | +01’17” |
| 10 | Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’22” |
