Bahrain-Merida’s Ivan Garcia Cortina won the bunch sprint to the line on stage five of the Tour of California, taking his first professional victory in Ventura yesterday.
Maximiliano Richeze (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) placed second, with Sergio Higuita (EF Education First) third.
“I’m glad my team had full confidence in me. They pulled for the last 50km, and I was thinking that I could win today,” said García Cortina.
Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First) held on to the yellow, while Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), who took the green jersey from Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), placed second overall. Gianni Moscon (Team Ineos) completed the podium.
The penultimate stage consists of a 127.5km route from Ontario to Mt. Baldy.
Bahrain-Merida’s Ivan Garcia Cortina won stage five of the Tour of California in Ventura yesterday. Photo: Getty images
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Stage five
1. Ivan Garcia Cortina (Bahrain-Merida) 4:56:11
2. Maximiliano Richeze (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
3. Sergio Andres Higuita (EF Education First)
4. Joris Nieuwenhuis (Team Sunweb)
5. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
6. Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe)
7. Pawel Bernas (CCC Team)
8. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
9. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
10. Hugo Houle (Astana Pro Team)
*Selected
11. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data)
63. Jay Thomson (Dimension Data) +0:02:52
General classification
1. Tejay Van Garderen (EF Education First) +26:13:01
2. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) +0:00:04
3. Gianni Moscon (Team Ineos) +0:00:06
4. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +0:00:16
5. Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00:22
6. Sergio Andres Higuita (EF Education First) +0:00:28
7. Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Astana Pro Team) +0:00:33
8. George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma) +0:00:34
9. Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00:35
10. Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) +0:00:36
*Selected
71. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) +0:33:35
99. Jay Thomson (Dimension Data) +0:45:22
