PEW PEW MISSLE. Mark Cavendish pulls out an amazing sprint finish to win stage 5. Another highlight is Contador crashing again.
General Classification after Stage 5
| 1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 17:36:57 | |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:01 | |
| 3 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:00:04 | |
| 4 | David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:08 | |
| 5 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | 0:00:10 | |
| 6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 7 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:12 | |
| 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | ||
| 9 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | ||
| 10 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | ||