The 176.6km long fifth stage in Catalunya featured the “Lo Port” climb. The final ascent of today’s stage was with a length of almost 9km and an average gradient of 8,6%, the hardest of the week. The last rider of an early breakaway was caught at 6.5km from the finish. After a tough race and several attacks on the way to the mountain finish, Jai Hindley crossed the finish line in 9th, Cian Uijtdebroeks, in 10th, scored a top 10 for the third time this week. P. Roglič took the stage win and also the GC lead. In the overall standings, Jai Hindley lost one position and is now 8th, closely followed by Cian Uijtdebroeks in 9th.
Result
01 P. Roglič 4:27:41
02 R. Evenepoel +0:06
03 J. Almeida +0:12
09 J. Hindley +1:04
10 C. Uijtdebroeks +1:15
From the Finish Line
“Another really tough mountain finish! The whole day was pretty easy until we hit the bottom of the climb, from there on it was full gas. Ide Schelling did a strong pull on the lower parts of the climb but I just didn’t have the legs to continue it. We’re still expecting two hard days here and we’ll see what we can do!” Jai Hindley
“It was the last mountain finish of the race, we wanted to take some risks in order to gain a few positions in the overall. However, Jumbo-Visma and Soudal - Quick Step were just too strong and foiled our plans. Jai Hindley and Cian Uijtdebroeks are still in the top 10 overall - we will try everything on the remaining two stages to improve and head towards a top 5 finish.” Christian Pömer, Sports Director