He's done it! @cernyjosef wraps up the Okolo Slovenska GC - our team's fourth victory in five years at the race! Photo: Jan Melicher
Jasper Heast has won the fifth and final stage of the Tour of Slovakia. He beat his teammate Peter Schulting in the final sprint and crossed the finish line first.
The breakaway included Carlos Garcia (Equipo Kern Pharma), Lorenzo Fortunato (EOLO - Kometa), and Archie Ryan (Jumbo - Visma). The trio worked together and created a gap of 2 minutes. Later Jasper Heast (VolkerWessels Team) and Filip Řeha (Elkov - Kasper) also joined them.
The peloton caught up with every rider of breakaway except Jasper Heast and Peter Schulting in the final 5 kilometers. In the end, Jasper Heast maintained the lead and crossed the finish line first. Peter Schulting followed soon and took the silver. Michael Mørkøv grabbed the bronze. Josef Černý is the overall winner of the tour.
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He's done it! @cernyjosef wraps up the Okolo Slovenska GC - our team's fourth victory in five years at the race! Photo: Jan Melicher