Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria won the 176.5km fifth stage of the Tour of California yesterday.
The Colombian completed the race in 4:04:34, beating Mitchelton-Scott’s Caleb Ewan (Australia) and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan (Slovakia) in a bunch sprint.
Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria won the 176.5km fifth stage of the Tour of California. Photo: Getty Images
BMC Racing’s Tejay van Garderen (USA) retained his race lead ahead of Team Sky’s Egan Bernal (Colombia) in second.
DiData’s Mark Cavendish (Britain) finished 35th, Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands) 65th, Jay Thomson (South Africa) 96th, Scott Davies (Britain) 97th, Julien Vermote (Belgium) 98th and Mark Renshaw (Australia) 99th.
On the general classification Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands) is currently placed 39th, Julien Vermote (Belgium) 57th, Lachlan Morton (Australia) 59th, Jay Thomson (South Africa) 64th, Mark Cavendish (Britain) 97th and Scott Davies (Britain) 98th.
View more results below.
Stage five
1. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 4:04:34
2. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
5. John Murphy (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
6. Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
7. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
8. Ivo Oliveira (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon
9. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
10. Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
General classification
1. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 16:55:29
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +0:23
3. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale +0:37
4. Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +1:07
5. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky +1:15
6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe +1:29
7. Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally Cycling +2:08
8. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors +2:13
9. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates +2:15
10. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +2:34
