Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) took his third stage victory at the Tour of Britain in Birkenhead yesterday.
The Dutchman, who also won stages one and three, completed the 174.1km fifth stage in 3:57:31.
Second place was claimed by Matthew Walls (Great Britain), with Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) third.
“I’m very happy with my third stage win,” said Groenewegen.
“This was a really good team performance and a great lead out.”
Trentin also took the overall lead from Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus), who is now in second.
Dylan Groenewegen won stage five of the Tour of Britain in Birkenhead yesterday. Photo: Cor Vos
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Stage five results (174.1km)
1. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 3:57:31
2. Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain
3. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
4. Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
5. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
6. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7. Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
8. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
9. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
10. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 21:33:55
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 0:00:03
3. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
4. Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:17
5. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:18
6. Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:22
7. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
8. Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
9. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
10. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
