Fast and nervous day in Catalunya

Fast and nervous day in Catalunya

The profile of stage five screamed breakaway, but the day ended up in a bunch sprint. The many climbs in the first 140 kilometers were perfect for a group to ride away and stay there until the finish, and as such, the start was insanely fast, dozens of riders trying to get in the breakaway. One of these was Ilan Van Wilder, who attacked before the intermediate sprint, but the bunch responded to his acceleration – and to the many other similar moves that came afterwards – and kept things together.

It was almost 100 kilometers into the stage that five riders went up the road, building a two-minute advantage that was quickly erased on the Alt de la Creu d’Aragal ascent. William Junior Lecerf attacked on the descent and almost opened a gap, only for the peloton to react fiercely and remain as one, with the goal of a mass gallop in their mind.

At the end of the day, Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took the win in Viladecans, while Mikel Landa concluded safely in the bunch and remained second overall before the last summit finish of the race, which will come at the end of a stage comprising more than 4000 vertical meters.

 

Photo credit: ©David Ramos / Getty Images

Race details

1 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
3:36:05
2 Marijn van den Berg
EF Education - EasyPost
0:00
3 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
0:00
4 Orluis Aular Sanabria
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
0:00
5 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
6 Patrick Konrad
Lidl - Trek
0:00
7 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
8 Pau Miquel Delgado
Equipo Kern Pharma
0:00
9 Fernando Barceló Aragón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
0:00
10 Frank van den Broek
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
24 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
45 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
48 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
80 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
0:14
98 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
8:11
108 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
9:13
121 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
10:11
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
20:54:36
2 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
2:27
3 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
2:55
4 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
3:21
5 Chris Harper
Team Jayco AlUla
3:22
6 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
3:24
7 Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:31
8 Wout Poels
Bahrain - Victorious
3:31
9 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
3:50
10 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
3:52
32 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
9:18
46 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
18:21
52 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
22:35
61 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
30:08
64 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
31:16
121 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
55:40
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
28 pt
2 Marijn van den Berg
EF Education - EasyPost
16 pt
3 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
12 pt
4 Nick Schultz
Israel - Premier Tech
10 pt
5 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
10 pt
6 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
7 pt
7 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
7 pt
8 Thomas De Gendt
Lotto Dstny
6 pt
9 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 pt
10 Arne Marit
Intermarché - Wanty
6 pt
30 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
55 pt
2 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
40 pt
3 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
37 pt
4 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
26 pt
5 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
24 pt
6 Attila Valter
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
21 pt
7 Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
20 pt
8 Óscar Rodríguez Garaicoechea
INEOS Grenadiers
19 pt
9 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
16 pt
10 Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
14 pt
23 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
1 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
20:57:57
2 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:33
3 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:12
4 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
4:47
5 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
5:16
6 Johannes Kulset
Uno-X Mobility
5:18
7 Darren Rafferty
EF Education - EasyPost
7:17
8 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
15:00
9 Jorge Gutiérrez Gonzalez
Equipo Kern Pharma
18:46
10 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
24:00
22 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
52:19
1 Movistar Team 62:57:47
2 Bahrain - Victorious 1:14
3 INEOS Grenadiers 2:24
4 Israel - Premier Tech 7:26
5 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 7:28
6 Soudal Quick-Step 9:25
7 EF Education - EasyPost 11:18
8 UAE Team Emirates 13:59
9 BORA - hansgrohe 14:15
10 Lidl - Trek 14:40

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