Volta a Comunitat Valenciana | Jonathan Milan wins stage 5 as Santiago Buitrago seals maiden overall win
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After winning two stages, Santiago Buitrago has confirmed his first-ever stage-race victory at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. Stage 5, a day for the sprinters, was won by Jonathan Milan.
Just over 100 kilometers on the menu, into the city of Valencia where just a few months ago severe floods caused unimaginable damage. The race was at risk of taking place, but the peloton delivered a lot of heat throughout the six days of racing. Five riders stood out throughout the final day of the race: Joan Bou, Jokin Murguialday, Sinuhé Fernandéz, Nathan Smith, Quentin Bezza and Edgar David Cadena.
The last survivor, Vezza, was caught with just 4 kilometers to go as Lidl-Trek began to control the head of the peloton. Throughout the day, Intermarché - Wanty also gave precious help in chasing down the breakaway.
But the stage winner wouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Lidl-Trek bossed the team time-trial, and it was clear that the leadout would be unmatched. Edward Theuns and Simone Consonni delivered the Italian powerhouse to the final meters and Jonathan Milan barely broke a sweat to take his first win of the 2025 season. Jake Stewart and Giovanni Lonardi finished second and third.
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- They went into the race as co-leaders!frieders323-03-2025
- He can win that sprint if he plays it right but leaving tha gap was ridiculous ! A spring after 6+ hours isn't a guarantee for MVDPfrieders323-03-2025
- The climbs are steeper on Flanders giving Pogi the advanatge as we saw before when he won!frieders323-03-2025
- VDP is best in a short sprint, so Pog was purposely leaving a gap in hopes that VDP wouldn't have enough to sprint for 310 meters at the end of 300 KM. Kwiatkowski did the same thing to Sagan at that same point and won because of it.acem8223-03-2025
- Ganna started winning the occasional end of season sprint a few years ago. It's been fun watching him change from a TT specialist into something more.RidesHills23-03-2025
- hey look, an insinuating question from 2 years ago! I mean, sure, announcers mentioned tail wind, but whatever. That wasn't going to matter today, not with the 2 best classics riders of the past many generations (you have to go back to the 70s to see two people dominate like this, and even Merckx and de Vlaeminck never managed to win 2 each in the same year, the way Pogacar and Van der Poel have done in the past 2 years).RidesHills23-03-2025
- I like my statistics: Pogacar and van der Poel have won 13 of the last 18 Monuments and are tied at 7 each (MvdP won his first long enough ago that it doesn't show the more recent utter domination.) Oh, and the last 2 road world championships. Oh, and one of them also won the last Tour and Giro, while the other won the CX and Gravel world championships. I mean, anyone reading this site knows all this, but it's worth being amazed by it all every now and then.RidesHills23-03-2025
- Congratulations to all three on the podium. The final seconds reminded me of E3 a few years back, when tiny little Pogacar had no chance against van Aert and van der Poel, but that was just the last few seconds of an incredible race. Everything from the launch on the Cipressa to crossing the line was amazing.RidesHills23-03-2025
- All 3 of them went to doping control
Front24223-03-2025 - What a race! To see these three going at it, Ganna so stellar between the two best Monuments riders of the past several years (now tied at 7 each - what a rivalry!), Pogacar trying everything, van der Poel patient yet also throwing in that startling attack - who expected an attack on the Cipressa to be this good?! Just re-watched it, and even knowing the outcome it was great to watch. Fabulous!RidesHills23-03-2025