Fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country of 164.5km with departure and arrival in Amorebieta.

Escape for two by Soudal – Quick Step with Remi Cavagna and Mattia Cattaneo which is resumed 21km from the conclusion. On the penultimate wall of the day, various men in the classification try to stretch without being able to make a difference, but skimming the group a lot. We therefore arrive at a restricted sprint of 27 runners with Higuita who anticipates Bagioli and Skjelmose with a great action .

Vingegaard remains leader of the general classification with 13" on Landa and 31" on Gaudu.

Tomorrow last stage with arrival in Eibar.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 HIGUITA Sergio BORA - hansgrohe 3:59:57

2 BAGIOLI Andrea Soudal - Quick Step

3 SKJELMOSE Mattias Trek - Segafredo

4 SOBRERO Matteo Team Jayco AlUla

5 SCHMID Mauro Soudal - Quick Step

6 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément Team Arkéa Samsic

7 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis

8 GALL Felix AG2R Citroën Team

9 GUERREIRO Ruben Movistar Team

10 VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma

GENERAL RANKING:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma 21:08:52

2 LANDA Mikel Bahrain - Victorious 0:13

3 GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ 0:31

4 SKJELMOSE Mattias Trek - Segafredo 0:32

5 SOBRERO Matteo Team Jayco AlUla 0:34

6 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis ,,

7 MAS Enric Movistar Team 0:37

8 HIGUITA Sergio BORA - hansgrohe 0:38

9 MCNULTY Brandon UAE Team Emirates 0:39

10 YATES Simon Team Jayco AlUla 0:40

Photo: sprint cycling