Stage 5
Ewan's first
- Wednesday 26 August 2015
- 167 km
- 793 m climbed
- Won by Caleb Ewan
The road
How it was won
- 19 km to go
Harmony collapses up front
Grmay stops working — tiredness or team orders, nobody says — and Iljo Keisse, a Giro stage winner three months ago, is unimpressed enough to ride away from both his companions with eighteen kilometres left.
- At the line
Ewan's first
Sagan is swamped by Giant and Orica riders at 250 metres, Degenkolb opens the sprint, and Caleb Ewan sweeps around him inside the last fifty. A maiden Grand Tour stage in a maiden Grand Tour.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEDGE | 3:57:28 |
| 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Giant - Alpecin | +0:00 |
| 3 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff - Saxo | +0:00 |
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