Stages one and two belonged to Chris Froome, but his rivals are fighting back at the Criterium du Dauphine.

As Simon Spilak soloed to Katusha’s second consecutive victory – after Yuri Trofimov’s stage four success – further back Alberto Contador was turning up the heat on Froome and co.

El Pistolero‘s attack on the penultimate descent was a display of power and a reminder this race is certainly not over yet.

With 12 seconds separating Froome and Contador and three stages remaining, the fight for pre-Tour supremacy is going to the wire.

Re-live stage five in the full-screen gallery of Stefano Sirotti’s photos below.