Katusha's SImon Spillak broke away to win the fifth stage of the 2014 Criterium du Dauphine.
Stage five was from Sisteron to La Mure and another 189.5kms for the riders who were soon without Jérôme Pineau of IAM Cycling and Hayden Roulston of Trek Factory Racing after a crash after fourteen kilometres.
Finally, a break did get going and Dimitri Gruzdev (Astana), Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Stig Broeckx (Lotto Belisol), Damiano Caruso and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Simon Spilak (Katusha), Michal Golas (OPQS) and Dries Devenyns (Giant-Shimano) were in it.
There was a split on the Col de Manse and Simon Spilak of Katusha took the opportunity to get away.
Jens Voigt joined the behind him and six chasers to form a new chasing group of sixteen riders which brought back Spillak and allowed De Marchi to take the points on the côte du Motty climb.
De Marchi took another four points on the côte du Pont-Haut to put him top of the King Of The Mountains competition but he was not in the shake down as Bart De Clercq of Lotto Belisol won the intermediate sprint with 55kms remaining.
De Marchi moved to 63 points by taking ten points on the category two Col de la Morte climb as the break came down to 2.20.
An attack which Team Sky seemed not too concerned about, saw Alberto Contador who was twelve seconds down on race leader's Chris Froome's time join De Marchi and Vichot as Spilak attacked yet again.
This time, Spilak stayed away and won in 4.51.24 with Belkin's Wilco Kelderman coming in second, fourteen seconds down. Third was British rider Adam Yates of Orica Greenedge, followed by Daryl Impey and Romain Bardet.
Chris Froome finished fourteenth, two places ahead of Contador and Froome retains his twelve second lead for the sixth stage.