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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Swiss scenery
Stage 5 was a long one, 237 kilometers from Unterterzen to Rettenbachferner, with a mountaintop finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Early breakaway
The early eight-man break included Stefan Schumacher (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice), Benjamin King (Cannondale-Garmin), Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Matthias Brändle (IAM Cycling), Mirko Selvaggi (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Przemyslaw Niemiec (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice), and Gregory Rast (Trek Factory Racing), and Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling). Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: FDJ at the front
FDJ rode near the front on stage 5. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: De Gendt in the break
Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) has been a regular part of the breakaways in Tour de Suisse. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Switchback
The lower slopes of the final climb were more manageable than the finishing ramps, which hit grades of 14 percent. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: El Diablo
Didi Senft, "El Diablo," came out of retirement to motivate the fans, and riders on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Van Avermaet climbs
Greg van Avermaet (BMC) showed the signs of a long day in the saddle. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Dumoulin climbs
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) lost contact with the pure climbers on stage 5, and gave up the leader's jersey to Thibaut Pinot. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Spilak attack
Simon Spilak (Katusha) attacked out of the bunch with eight kilometers to go. Spilak caught dropped riders from the break, then returned to the bunch, finishing third on the stage. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Denifl in the break
Stefan Denifl (IAM Cycling) was the last survivor of the breakaway, but was caught by Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) with 1.5 kilometers to go. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Above treeline
The finishing climb took the riders above treeline. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Denifl solo
While Denifl was solo off the front, King tried to reel him in, but dropped back once he hit the steeper grades of the climb. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Pinot counters
Thibaut Pinot followed a late attack by Simon Spilak. Pinot dropped Spilak, and rode solo to the finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Pinot victory
Thibaut Pinot took victory on the mountaintop finish of stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Pozzovivo second
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r La Mondiale) finished second on the stage. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 5: Pinot leads Tour de Suisse
Thibaut Pinot took over the lead on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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