Peter Sagan delivered a blinding finish to win the fifth stage of Tour de Suisse, which finished in Cevio in Switzerland today.
The Bora-Hansgrohe rider jumped on the wheel of Nikias Arndt, who tried to jump ahead in the lead up to the finish, and delivered the finishing touches to end the 222km stage.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan, pictured here at the Tour of California, won the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Chris Graythen
Orica-Scott’s Michael Albasini followed Sagan with Quick-Step Floors Matteo Trentin completing the top three.
“I’m very happy for this victory, because the team sacrificed everything today. We went all-in, and in the end I’m very happy,” said Sagan.
“The first stage was a little bit of a mess in the end, there were a lot of attacks – a race without control.
“Today was very good for me, I was very concentrated,” he said.
Results
| Rider | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Sagan - Bora-Hansgrohe | 5:15:50 |
| 2. | Michael Albasini - Orica-Scott | " |
| 3. | Matteo Trentin - Quick-Step Floors | " |
| 4. | Patrick Bevin - Cannondale-Drapac | " |
| 5. | Niccolo Bonifazio - Bahrain-Merida | " |
| 6. | Michael Matthews - Sunweb | " |
| 7. | Sacha Modolo - UAE Team Emirates | " |
| 8. | Oscar Gatto - Astana Pro Team | " |
| 9. | Aaron Gate - Aqua Blue Sport | " |
| 10. | Owain Doull - Sky | " |
General classification
| Rider | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Damiano Caruso - BMC Racing | 2:08:35 |
| 2. | Steven Kruijswijk - LottoNl-Jumbo | +16" |
| 3. | Domenico Pozzovivo - AG2R La Mondiale | +25 |
| 4. | Simon Spilak - Katusha-Alpecin | " |
| 5. | Marc Soler - Movistar | +32" |
| 6. | Mathias Frank - AG2R La Mondiale | +34" |
| 7. | Mikel Nieve - Sky | +1:10 |
| 8. | Rui Costa - UAE Team Emirates | +1:11 |
| 9. | Valerio Conti - UAE Team Emirates | +1:21 |
| 10. | Tao Geoghegan Hart - Sky | +1:28 |
