the dutch cyclist Fabio Jacobsen won the sprint on the fifth and last day of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana-GP Banc Sabadell, between Paterna and Valencia of 92 kilometers, second in his personal account and third for his team, the Quick Step, with a time of 1:55:47.
The sprinter was not surprised in the final meters, as happened yesterday Saturday in Torrevieja, and imposed his great power in the final meters to beat the Italian at the finish line Elia Viviani (Ineos) and to norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche).
As expected, this short and placid stage was not a problem for the leader of the general classification, the Russian Alexander Vlasov (Bora) certified his final victory of the round, after beating the Belgian in 32 seconds Remco Evenepoel (Quick Step) and in 36 to the young Spanish Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos), who completed the podium; while fourth and fifth place went to Movistar Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde.
Explosive start to the stage with continuous attacks, although the breakaway that finally caught on was formed by the quartet made up of the Astana Vincenzo Nibali and Manuele Boaro, Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural) and Gotzon Martín (Euskaltel).
The platoon controlled the select group of escapees at all times who never managed to exceed a 2-minute lead and who he hunted down 13 kilometers from the finish line. There was no chance for surprises and the sprint ended in which Jakobsen did not disappoint and prevailed with great authority.
STAGE 5 CLASSIFICATION
1. JAKOBSEN Fabio (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 1:55:49
2. VIVIANI Elia (INEOS Grenadiers) 0:00
3. KRISTOFF Alexander (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) 0:00
4. DUPONT Timothy (Bingoal Pauwels Willows WB) 0:00
5. ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw (Bingoal Pauwels Willows WB) 0:00
6. TRENTIN Matteo U(AE Team Emirates) 0:00
7. PEÑALVER Manuel (Burgos-BH) 0:00
8. MOLANO Juan Sebastian (UAE Team Emirates) 0:00
9. BARCELÓ Fernando (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) 0:00
10. MORKOV Michael (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 0:00
GENERAL RANKING
1. VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA – hansgrohe) 18:56:45
2. EVENPOEL Remco (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 0:32
3. RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS Grenadiers) 0:36
4. MORE Enric (Movistar Team) 0:50
5. VALVERDE Alejandro (Movistar Team) 1:02
6. FUGLSANG Jakob (Israel – Premier Tech) 1:05
7. SANCHEZ Luis Leon (Bahrain – Victorious) 1:14
8. CICCONE Giulio (Trek – Segafredo) 2:00
9. DE LA CRUZ David (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 2:28
10. GEOGHEGAN HART Tao (INEOS Grenadiers) 2:54
Source: Eitb
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