Welcome to live coverage of stage five of the Vuelta a Espana - a largely flat 168km ride consisting of eight 21km loops around Logrono.

No change in the GC as Joaquim Rodriguez retains the leader's red jersey. Tomorrow the race hits the foothills of the Pyrenees with a punch Cat.3 summit finish.

John Degenkolb takes the victory ahead of Daniele Bennati and Giovanni Meersman.

Bennati opened up the sprint early and Swift sat up very quickly. Degenkolb powers through and it looks to be a photo finish. The German thinks the win is his, but we'll have to wait for confirmation.

Lotto Belisol drive the pace but Argos have a solid position...

It's pretty chaotic as we enter the final kilometre...

RadioShack driving the peloton into Logrono through Linus Gerdeman. 2km to go. They're powering along at 66km/h.

Now Chris Froome is doing a stint on the front for Sky alongside Argos. He doesn't appear to have any Sky team-mates near him, mind.

Niki Terpstra moved to the front but realised he has no OPQS men with him, so drops back behind Argos Shimano alongside Steegmans.

No one has control of this at the moment, with different teams taking turns on the front. It's nervous and could well get dangerous.

Now Argos Shimano are there, with Koen de Kort shepherding John Degenkolb.

BMC come forward for their man Klaas Lodewych, but still Lotto Belisol drive the pace. This is very fast.

Now RadioShack are on the front with Lotto Belisol, working for Bennati and Meersman respectively. Argos Shimano have been quiet - Degenkolb will be one of the favourites after his win in stage two.

Ben Swift is actually quite far back - around 30 riders - and apart from his Sky team-mates. It's early days, mind.

Sky seem a little boxed in by Liquigas on the right-hand side. Saxo Bank are edging forward too.

Rabobank are setting the pace with Mollema tucked away in second place. OPQS are behind the Dutch team. The peloton is pretty well strung out now.

Now Rabobank edge forward, perhaps thinking for Matti Breschel. Although it could be simply to keep Mollema and Gesink out of trouble. On the back, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) and David Moncoutie (Cofidis) almost collide, much to the French veteran's chagrin.

Sky, OPQS, Liquigas and Lotto are the teams on the front - all of them without a win so far in this race.

GreenEdge have formed a cluster around Allan Davis and Julian Dean while Liquigas have seven riders together moving up to the front.

Contador is surrounded by his Saxo Bank-Tinkoff team-mates but well on the back of the pack. Euskaltel are getting in on the act towards the front. Lampre are even there - a rare sighting if ever there was one.

Steegmans has a huge train at the moment - six men driving the pace, with Lotto tucked in just behind. It's Tony Martin, second yesterday, and Frantisek Rabon driving the pace.