2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 5: Primoz Roglic and the rest of Red Jersey contenders successfully navigate sprint day

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 at 18:18

After the 3rd sprinters stage in the first five days at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, Primoz Roglic remains in the Red Jersey of race leader, having successfully navigate the stage without incident.

As such, the Slovenian leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe retains an 8 second lead atop the general classification from second placed Joao Almeida of UAE Team Emirates, with Enric Mas completing the podium at this early stage, 32 seconds down on Roglic.

Then follow White Jersey contenders Antonio Tiberi (4th), Lennert van Eetvelt (5th) and Mattias Skjelmose (8th), with Felix Gall and Brandon McNulty sandwiched between in 6th and 7th respectively. Despite a late puncture coming in the final 3km, Mikel Landa retains his place in the top-10, as Aleksandr Vlasov rounds things off.

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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 5:

1	Roglic Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:58:36
2	Almeida Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 08
3	Mas Enric	Movistar Team	+ 32
4	Tiberi Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 38
5	Van Eetvelt Lennert	Lotto Dstny	+ 41
6	Gall Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 47
7	McNulty Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	+ 50
8	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 58
9	Landa Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 58
10	Vlasov Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:00
11	Sivakov Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:01
12	Riccitello Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:04
13	Kuss Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:14
14	Haig Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:20
15	Gaudu David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:24
16	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:26
17	Bennett George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:26
18	Rodriguez Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:30
19	Kron Andreas	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:36
20	Lipowitz Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:50
21	Fortunato Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:53
22	Yates Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:56
23	O'Connor Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:56
24	Rubio Einer	Movistar Team	+ 01:57
25	Rodriguez Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:58
26	Carapaz Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:02
27	Tejada Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 02:06
28	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 02:07
29	Taaramäe Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 02:08
30	Uijtdebroeks Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 02:16
31	Berthet Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:19
32	Rochas Rémy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02:32
33	Arensman Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 02:57
34	Martin Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 03:05
35	De Plus Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:14
36	Meintjes Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 03:28
37	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 03:30
38	Dunbar Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 03:34
39	Armirail Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 03:38
40	Bou Joan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 03:51
41	Parra José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 03:59
42	Martín Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 04:13
43	Poole Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 04:13
44	Izagirre Ion	Cofidis	+ 04:18
45	Caruso Damiano	Bahrain Victorious	+ 04:31
46	Martinez Daniel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04:36
47	Cepeda Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 04:50
48	Woods Michael	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 04:55
49	Oomen Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 05:20
50	Paret-Peintre Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 05:47
51	Vansevenant Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 06:20
52	Pacher Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 06:24
53	Lecerf William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 06:40
54	Tusveld Martijn	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 06:57
55	Rodríguez Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 07:02
56	Goossens Kobe	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 07:10
57	Oliveira Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 07:53
58	Geoghegan Hart Tao	Lidl-Trek	+ 08:04
59	Soler Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 08:10
60	Frigo Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 08:19
61	Ciccone Giulio	Lidl-Trek	+ 08:27
62	Küng Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	+ 08:38
63	Verona Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 08:40
64	Garofoli Gianmarco	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 09:05
65	Lastra Jonathan	Cofidis	+ 09:05
66	Fernandez Ruben	Cofidis	+ 09:10
67	Rota Lorenzo	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 09:11
68	López Martin	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 09:11
69	Berasategi Xabier	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 09:16
70	Konrad Patrick	Lidl-Trek	+ 09:16
71	Aleotti Giovanni	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 09:29
72	Ries Michel	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 09:32
73	Vervaeke Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 09:38
74	Vine Jay	UAE Team Emirates	+ 09:54
75	Vacek Mathias	Lidl-Trek	+ 09:56
76	Guglielmi Simon	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 10:06
77	Gutiérrez Jorge	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 10:13
78	Cattaneo Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10:21
79	Petilli Simone	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 10:22
80	Castrillo Pablo	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 10:36
81	Huys Laurens	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 10:39
82	Rivera Brandon	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 10:40
83	Canal Carlos	Movistar Team	+ 10:42
84	Bouchard Geoffrey	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 10:47
85	Sanchez Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 10:51
86	Braet Vito	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 11:14
87	Mate Luis Angel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 11:15
88	Owsian Lukasz	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 11:23
89	Narvaez Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 11:36
90	Harper Chris	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 11:41
91	Iribar Unai	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 11:46
92	Baroncini Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	+ 11:51
93	Scotson Callum	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 12:00
94	Kruijswijk Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 12:05
95	Strong Corbin	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 12:33
96	Lafay Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 12:34
97	Valter Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 12:37
98	Germani Lorenzo	Groupama-FDJ	+ 12:50
99	Meurisse Xandro	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 13:02
100	Leemreize Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 13:05

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