EF-Drapac’s Simon Clarke won the 188.7km fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Roquetas de Mar today.
The Australian completed the race in 4:36:07, beating Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema and BMC Racing’s Alessandro De Marchi in the final sprint.
EF-Drapac’s Simon Clarke won the 188.7km fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Roquetas de Mar today. Photo: Luis Ángel Gómez
After finishing sixth on the stage, Groupama-FDJ’s Rudy Molard took the race lead.
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Stage five
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:36:07
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
3 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
4 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:08
5 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:08
6 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:08
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:58
8 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:00
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:00
10 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:02:00
*Selected
38. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:55
41. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
70. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 18:27:20
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:01:01
3. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:08
4. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:11
5. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:13
6. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:26
7. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31
8. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34
9. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:34
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:38
*Selected
27. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:11
70. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:15:10
129. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:37:07
