André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wygrał piąty etap wyścigu. Niemiecki sprinter na ostatnich metrach pokonał Litwina Aidisa Kruopisa (Orica GreenEdge) i Holendra Theo Bosa (Belkin).
W klasyfikacji generalnej prowadzenie utrzymał Holender Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Historię przedostatniego odcinka zapisywała ucieczka w składzie Stijn Devolder (Trek), Patrick Gretsch (AG2R), Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) i Daniel Schorn (Netapp). Czwórka zyskała niemal 7 minut przewagi, z której pozostały 2 minuty, gdy do mety było 20 km.
Sytuację na trasie kontrolowała ekipa Omega Pharma, a pod koniec pościg wszczęli kolarze Lotto-Belisol. Na tyle skutecznie, że 7 km przed finiszem harcownicy zostali wchłonięci.
Rozprowadzony Greipel tym razem nie dał się przechytrzyć na ostatnich metrach. Wygrał bardzo wyraźnie, czym powetował sobie wczorajszą porażkę z Tomem Boonenem (Omega Pharma).
Wyniki 5. etapu Tour of Qatar (2.HC); Al Zubara Fort – Madinat ash-Shamal (159 km):
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 3:48:53 2 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 3 Théo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp - Endura 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 9 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 10 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 11 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 14 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 15 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 16 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 17 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 18 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 20 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Te 00:05 21 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 22 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 24 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 25 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26 Kenneth Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 27 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 28 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp - Endura 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 30 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:10 31 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 32 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 33 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 34 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 35 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 36 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 37 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 38 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 41 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 42 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 43 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 44 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 46 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 47 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 50 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 51 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 52 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:19 53 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 55 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 56 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 58 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 00:27 59 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 60 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 61 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 00:30 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 00:31 63 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 64 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 65 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 67 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 68 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 69 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 70 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 71 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 72 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 73 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 74 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 75 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 76 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 77 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 79 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 80 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 00:45 81 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 82 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 83 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 00:48 84 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 85 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:49 86 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp - Endura 87 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 88 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 89 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:52 90 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 91 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 92 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 93 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 01:05 94 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp - Endura 01:13 95 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 96 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 01:18 97 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 98 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 99 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 100 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 101 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 102 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 103 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 104 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 105 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 106 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 107 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 108 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 110 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 112 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 113 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 114 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 115 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 116 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp - Endura 117 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 118 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 119 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 120 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 121 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 122 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 123 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 124 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 125 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 126 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 127 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 128 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 129 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 130 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 131 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 132 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 133 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:45 134 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 135 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 00:10 136 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 02:00 137 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 00:10 138 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 139 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 140 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 02:57 141 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 142 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 03:53 143 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 144 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 145 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 146 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 147 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr DNS Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Klasyfikacja po 5. etapie 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 13:08:31 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:17 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:20 4 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:37 5 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:48 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 00:56 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cyc 00:57 8 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Te 01:05 9 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:18 10 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 01:23 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:31 12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:32 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:33 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:35 15 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 01:46 16 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:53 17 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 01:54 18 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:59 19 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 20 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 02:01 21 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 02:05 22 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 23 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:07 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 25 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:30 26 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:00 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 03:11 28 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 03:21 29 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 03:32 30 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 03:35 31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 03:42 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 03:49 33 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 03:53 34 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp - Endura 04:01 35 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp - Endura 04:05 36 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 04:11 37 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 04:13 38 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 04:14 39 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 04:18 40 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 04:20 41 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 04:33 42 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 04:37 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 04:40 44 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:00 45 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 05:48 46 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 06:00 47 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 06:24 48 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 08:20 49 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 08:25 50 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 08:38 51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 08:45 52 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp - Endura 09:06 53 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 54 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:07 55 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 09:08 56 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 09:14 57 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:19 58 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycli 09:28 59 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 09:31 60 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 61 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 09:41 62 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 09:47 63 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 10:05 64 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:11 65 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10:25 66 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 10:51 67 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12:04 68 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 12:16 69 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 12:38 70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 12:41 71 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 72 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 13:03 73 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling 13:09 74 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp - Endura 13:18 75 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:50 76 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 14:26 77 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 14:36 78 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 15:35 79 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 16:03 80 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 16:18 81 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 16:24 82 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 16:27 83 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cyclin 16:34 84 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 16:47 85 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 17:33 86 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 18:05 87 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 18:21 88 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 18:29 89 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 18:45 90 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 18:52 91 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 18:54 92 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 18:56 93 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 19:12 94 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 19:33 95 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling T 19:37 96 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 19:44 97 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 19:46 98 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 19:47 99 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 19:52 100 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 20:17 101 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 20:22 102 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura 20:27 103 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 20:45 104 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 21:26 105 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 22:02 106 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22:03 107 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 22:48 108 Théo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 22:58 109 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 23:13 110 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 23:22 111 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 23:52 112 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp - Endura 24:48 113 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 25:29 114 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 25:50 115 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 26:04 116 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26:14 117 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 26:25 118 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 26:33 119 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26:38 120 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 26:40 121 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 122 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 26:41 123 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 26:44 124 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 26:52 125 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 26:54 126 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26:55 127 Kenneth Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling T 27:03 128 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27:15 129 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27:24 130 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 27:37 131 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 28:13 132 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 28:17 133 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 28:34 134 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 28:58 135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 30:11 136 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 32:59 137 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 33:04 138 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 33:06 139 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 33:16 140 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 33:17 141 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 33:19 142 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 33:24 143 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 33:51 144 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling 34:19 145 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34:22 146 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 34:28 147 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 36:26