Vuelta a Espana Stage 5 Results

Dumoulin takes the Red Jersey in the Vuelta in Stage 5

Caleb Ewan of Orica GreenEDGE beat out Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Alpecin) in the final sprint to win Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana in Alcalá de Guadaíra. Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin) took the Vuelta lead from Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEDGE) after the peloton had a late split with Chaves in the trailing group. Dumoulin has the lead by one second over Chaves with the mountain stages beginning in Stage 6.

The 167.3 km (104 mile) Stage 5 from Rota to Alcalá de Guadaíra had only 650 meters of elevation. This was a stage for sprinters. This will be the last sprinter’s stage until Stage 12. By then, sprinters like Peter Sagan may have left the Vuelta to prepare for the World Championship in Richmond, Virginia September 19 – 27.

This was a stage with high temperatures throughout. There was a three-man breakaway at the 70 km (43.5 mile) mark with a five minute lead over the peloton. The breakaway was reeled in with 9 km (5.6 miles) to go with Tinkoff-Saxo leading the peloton, again supporting Peter Sagan. John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Alpecin) was following his lead out man to the finish line. Caleb Ewan sprinted past Sagan, who was fading on the uphill finish, and Degenkolb to win.

Stage 6 runs from Cordoba to Sierra de Cazorla for 200 km (124 miles) with a Category 3, and Category 2 climbs after the 140 km mark. The Category 2 climb at Alto de Cazorla leads to a summit finish.

Stage 5 Results

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica GreenEDGE	3:57:28
2	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Alpecin	:00
3	Peter Sagan	Tinkoff-Saxo	:00
4	Jean-Pierre Drucker	BMC Racing Team	:00
5	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	:02
6	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	:02
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R La Mondiale	:02
8	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	Team Katusha	:02
9	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto Soudal	:02
10	Nikolas Maes	Etixx - Quick-Step	:02
11	Tom Van Asbroeck	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	:02
12	Chris Froome	Team Sky	:02
13	Cyril Lemoine	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	:02
14	Leonardo Fabio Duque	Colombia	:02
15	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	:02

General Classification Standings

1	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Alpecin	17:09:06
2	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:01
3	Nicolas Roche	Team Sky	0:00:16
4	Daniel Martin	Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:25
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	0:00:29
6	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	Team Katusha	0:00:31
7	Chris Froome	Team Sky	0:00:35
8	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	0:00:36
9	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	0:00:37
10	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	0:00:48