Carlos Rodriguez won the fifth stage of Itzulia, from Zamudio to Mallabia of 163.8 km.

On the final ramp before the finish line (600 meters at 16% gradient), the Ineos Grenadiers runner, who had an advantage in the breakaway together with Marc Soler who then broke away, preceded Daniel Martinez and Remco Evenepoel by a handful of seconds . A fall a few meters from the finish for Jonas Vingegaard and Alexander Vlasov, who arrived on foot at the finish.

The decisive action started about fifteen kilometers from the end thanks to Remco Evenepoel, followed by eight other counterattackers including Martinez, Vlasov, Mas, Ion Izagirre and Vingegaard, to which the leader of the general classification, Primoz Roglic, did not respond. .

The Slovenian arrived more than a minute late. Evenepoel is the new leader of the general. And tomorrow the last stop in Arrate.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 4:07:09

2 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe INEOS Grenadiers at 0:07

3 EVENEPOEL Remco Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:09

4 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis 0:11

5 MAS Enric Movistar Team ,,

6 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 0:13

7 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 0:18

8 VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma 0:20

9 SOLER Marc UAE Team Emirates 0:38

10 BARCELÓ Fernando Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:07

GENERAL RANKING:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

2 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe INEOS Grenadiers 0:02

3 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis 0:21

4 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 0:22

5 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious ,,

6 VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma 0:29

7 MAS Enric Movistar Team 0:37

8 ROGLIČ Primož Jumbo-Visma 1:05

9 YATES Adam INEOS Grenadiers 1:15

10 SOLER Marc UAE Team Emirates 1:30

11 GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ 1:33

12 ALAPHILIPPE Julian Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:45

13 CRAS Steff Lot Soudal 1:49

14 URÁN Rigoberto EF Education-EasyPost 1:52

15 ULYSSES Diego UAE Team Emirates 3:40

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