photo credits @ Vuelta a San Juan
Rui Costa (Team UAE Abu Dhabi) claimed stage 5 of the Vuelta a San Juan yesterday, after riding clear of his closest rival Rodolfo Torres (Andiron Giocattoli) following a tense battle atop the Alto de Colorado to claim the race’s Queen Stage.
Meanwhile, Ricardo Escuela (Agrupacion Virgen de Fatima) succeeded in passing Oscar Sevilla (Medellin-Inder) to seize third spot on the podium.
A solid 5th place finish by Bauke Mollema served to move the Trek-Segafredo rider into the overall race lead – 14 seconds ahead of Sevilla with Torres two seconds further behind in third.
As expected, yesterday’s Queen Stage would see a change in the overall classification, with the climb of the Alto de Colorado resulting in time gaps between nearly every top finisher.
Top 20 Finishers
1 Rui Costa (Por) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 4:15:04 2 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:00:03 3 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima 0:00:07 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Medellin – Inder 0:00:10 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:12 6 Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:00:14 7 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Argentina 8 Laureano Rosas (Arg) Argentina 0:00:21 9 Eduardo Corte (Mex) Mexico 0:00:57 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 11 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina 0:01:06 12 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 0:01:07 13 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:09 14 Gonzalo Najar (Arg) Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan 0:01:23 15 Enzo Josue Moyano (Arg) Equipo Continental Municipalidad de Pocito 16 Brayan Steven Ramirez (Col) Medellin – Inder 0:01:41 17 Julian Barrientos (Arg) Equipo Bolivia 18 Luciano Montivero (Arg) Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima 0:01:52 19 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 20 Jame Ramirez (Col) Italomat-dogo 0:01:55
General classification after stage 5
1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 14:12:30 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Medellin – Inder 0:00:14 3 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:00:16 4 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima 0:00:20 5 Rui Costa (Por) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 0:00:26 6 Laureano Rosas (Arg) Argentina 0:00:27 7 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 0:00:52 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 0:01:17 9 Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:01:29 10 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:31 11 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Argentina 0:01:49 12 Enzo Josue Moyano (Arg) Equipo Continental Municipalidad de Pocito 0:02:04 13 Juan Pablo Dotti (Arg) Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan 0:02:22 14 Julian Barrientos (Arg) Equipo Bolivia 0:02:23 15 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:02:36 16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 0:03:07 17 Gonzalo Najar (Arg) Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan 0:03:13 18 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina 0:03:33 19 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Mexico 0:03:38 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
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