May 16/19 19:59 pm - Tour of California: Stage 5, Houle 10th
Posted by Editoress on 05/16/19
The leader board grew tighter after day five of the Amgen Tour of California, with the crucial Queen Stage on tap tomorrow.
Stage 5 from Pismo Beach to Ventura was the longest road day of the week at 136.4 miles (219.5 km). Three-time World Champion Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) was determined to get into the breakaway with multiple attempts, finally bridging to the early leaders with a small collection of others to form the day's lead group of 12. Even with no Sprint wins today, Deceuninck – Quick-Step's Kasper Asgreen claimed enough bonus points to pull the green jersey from Sagan as well as move two seconds closer to the race leader Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First Pro Cycling), who now leads by just four seconds with two racing days left.
Bahrain-Merida did some heavy lifting throughout the stage to chase down the breakaway and put their sprinter Ivan Garcia Cortina into the mix for the final bunch sprint where he seized his first pro victory, fending off some of the race's Sprint favorites and overtaking Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Maximiliano Richeze, who came in second for the stage.
On the fast approach to Ventura, Sergio Higuita (EF Education First Pro Cycling) attacked at the top of the final climb with 2017 race champion George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) on his wheel. The two sped together over the final two miles before being caught by a large chase group containing Higuita’s teammate and race leader van Garderen. Higuita remained in hot pursuit to the finish, picking up third place and valuable sprint bonus points; with Bennett claiming points at an intermediate Sprint, both rose in the overall standings to 6 and 8 respectively.
The infamous climb up Mt. Baldy looms tomorrow, with just 36 seconds separating the top 10 overall race leaders.
“We just gotta try to get into the base of Baldy with our top guys with as fresh of legs as possible, which means it’s going to be a lot of heavy lifting from guys like Lawson [Craddock], Alex [Howes] and Lachlan [Morton] – but those guys have been stellar all week, and they rode like champions today,” said van Garderen.
Today’s hilly stage caused the polka dot jersey to switch hands to Davide Ballerini (Astana Pro Team), while the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey remains for the fourth consecutive day with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).
Canada's Hugo Houle (Astana Pro) finished 10th in the same time as the winner. Alex Cataford (Israel Cycling Academy) is 12th in the GC at 37s back.
Results from the fifth stage in California, USA
| Stage 5: Pismo Beach to Ventura, 219.5 km | |
| 1 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 4:56:11 |
| 2 Maximiliano A. Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 3 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First | |
| 4 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 5 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 6 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 7 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 9 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 10 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | |
| 11 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 12 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 13 Felix Großschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 14 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 15 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 16 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First | |
| 17 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos | |
| 18 Alex Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 19 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 20 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 21 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 22 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First | |
| 24 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 25 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 26 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | all s.t. |
| 27 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | 0:24 |
| 28 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 29 Floris de Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | both s.t. |
| 30 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon | 0:28 |
| 31 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos | |
| 32 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 33 Travis McCabe (USA) US National Team | |
| 34 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 35 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 36 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 37 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 38 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 39 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 40 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 41 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 42 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 43 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team | |
| 44 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 45 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 46 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First | |
| 47 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | all s.t. |
| 48 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos | 0:34 |
| 49 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos | 0:36 |
| 50 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 1:27 |
| 51 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team | |
| 52 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 53 Cristian Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 54 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | 1:53 |
| 55 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 56 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 57 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 58 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Israel Cycling Academy | all s.t. |
| 59 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team | 2:52 |
| 60 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data | |
| 62 Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb | |
| 63 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 64 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 65 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 66 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 67 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 68 Gijs van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team | all s.t. |
| 69 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | 3:14 |
| 70 Michael Schär (Sui) CCC Team | |
| 71 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 72 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb | all s.t. |
| 73 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:28 |
| 74 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 4:15 |
| 75 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 76 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 77 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 78 Michael Hernandez (USA) US National Team | |
| 79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 80 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 81 Oscar Gatto (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 82 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 83 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 84 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 85 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 86 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 87 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 4:58 |
| 88 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 89 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos | both s.t. |
| 90 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | 5:11 |
| 91 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 92 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos | 5:41 |
| 93 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 94 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | both s.t. |
| 95 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 6:16 |
| 96 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 97 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First | both s.t. |
| 98 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | 6:18 |
| 99 Keegan Swirbel (USA) US National Team | |
| 100 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | both s.t. |
| 101 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 7:01 |
| 102 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | 8:04 |
| 103 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 8:30 |
| 104 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 105 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 106 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | all s.t. |
| 107 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | 10:36 |
| 108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | |
| 109 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 110 Miguel Bryon (USA) US National Team | |
| 111 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | all s.t. |
| 113 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 15:18 |
| 114 Alex Hoehn (USA) US National Team | |
| 115 Erik Baska (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 116 Samuel Boardman (USA) US National Team | |
| 117 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 118 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 119 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 120 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First | all s.t. |
| 121 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 24:09 |
| OTL Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First | 33:11 |
| DNS David de la Cruz Melgarde (Esp) Team Ineos | |
| DNS Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| DNS Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| DNS Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| DNS Tyler Stites (USA) US National Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First | 26:13:01 |
| 2 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | at 0:04 |
| 3 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos | 0:06 |
| 4 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 0:16 |
| 5 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:22 |
| 6 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First | 0:28 |
| 7 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:33 |
| 8 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:34 |
| 9 Felix Großschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:35 |
| 10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First | 0:36 |
| 11 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:37 |
| 12 Alex Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 13 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | both s.t. |
| 14 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | 0:42 |
| 15 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:44 |
| 16 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:46 |
| 17 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team | 0:54 |
| 18 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | 0:57 |
| 19 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | s.t. |
| 20 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First | 1:04 |
| 21 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida | 1:12 |
| 22 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:23 |
| 23 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | 1:25 |
| 24 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:27 |
| 25 Travis McCabe (USA) US National Team | 1:29 |
| 26 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team | 1:36 |
| 27 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | 1:56 |
| 28 Cristian Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 2:18 |
| 29 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Israel Cycling Academy | 3:19 |
| 30 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 3:23 |
| 31 Michael Schär (Sui) CCC Team | 4:55 |
| 32 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 5:16 |
| 33 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | 5:26 |
| 34 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 6:50 |
| 35 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | 8:21 |
| 36 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon | 8:41 |
| 37 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 38 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 8:54 |
| 39 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First | 9:38 |
| 40 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 10:17 |
| 41 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 42 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | 11:15 |
| 43 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 14:02 |
| 44 Keegan Swirbel (USA) US National Team | 14:42 |
| 45 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 14:53 |
| 46 Gijs van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team | 16:00 |
| 47 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos | 16:14 |
| 48 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team | 16:17 |
| 49 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | s.t. |
| 50 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | 18:14 |
| 51 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 18:38 |
| 52 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb | 18:44 |
| 53 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 22:18 |
| 54 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | 22:39 |
| 55 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 22:54 |
| 56 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos | 23:49 |
| 57 Alex Hoehn (USA) US National Team | 23:52 |
| 58 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 23:56 |
| 59 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 60 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 24:43 |
| 61 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 25:28 |
| 62 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | 25:34 |
| 63 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | 25:54 |
| 64 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | 26:22 |
| 65 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 26:25 |
| 66 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | 26:59 |
| 67 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 27:21 |
| 68 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | 28:57 |
| 69 Floris de Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | 30:37 |
| 70 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin | 30:58 |
| 71 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | 33:35 |
| 72 Maximiliano A. Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 33:51 |
| 73 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos | 33:59 |
| 74 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 34:03 |
| 75 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos | 34:05 |
| 76 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team | 34:22 |
| 77 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | 35:29 |
| 78 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon | 36:22 |
| 79 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data | 36:27 |
| 80 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb | 36:49 |
| 81 Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 36:53 |
| 82 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 37:32 |
| 83 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 37:40 |
| 84 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 37:46 |
| 85 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | 37:50 |
| 86 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 38:01 |
| 87 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos | 39:16 |
| 88 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 39:32 |
| 89 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | 39:37 |
| 90 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 39:51 |
| 91 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | 40:08 |
| 92 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 41:58 |
| 93 Miguel Bryon (USA) US National Team | 44:11 |
| 94 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | 44:12 |
| 95 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 44:14 |
| 96 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 44:30 |
| 97 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team | 45:00 |
| 98 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | 45:17 |
| 99 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data | 45:22 |
| 100 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 45:29 |
| 101 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 46:21 |
| 102 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | 46:23 |
| 103 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | 46:40 |
| 104 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | 46:58 |
| 105 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 47:15 |
| 106 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 48:53 |
| 107 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First | s.t. |
| 108 Samuel Boardman (USA) US National Team | 49:04 |
| 109 Michael Hernandez (USA) US National Team | 49:05 |
| 110 Oscar Gatto (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | 49:48 |
| 111 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 49:54 |
| 112 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 49:56 |
| 113 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 51:42 |
| 114 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 52:31 |
| 115 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | 56:20 |
| 116 Erik Baska (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 57:26 |
| 117 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 57:41 |
| 118 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | 1:03:00 |
| 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 1:04:37 |
| 120 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 1:04:38 |
| 121 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 1:06:17 |
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