Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

June 14, 2017

Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 5 – Bex – Cevio : 222 km

The 2017 Tour de Suisse is a road cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place between 10 and 18 June. It will be the 81st edition of the Tour de Suisse and will be the twenty-fourth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) won stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse in Cevio in emphatic style. The two-time World Champion lit the afterburners as the peloton rounded the final curve and had plenty of time to do a hula-style celebration as he sailed across the line.

Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott) had to settle for second place while Matteo Trentin, after a strong lead-out from his Quick-Step Floors team, came home in third place. Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing) finished safely inside the bunch to keep his position at the top of the general classification.

Quick-Step Floors and Trek-Segafredo battled and supremacy as the bunch entered the final kilometre, but Sagan kept a watchful eye on it all as he sat a few riders back in the bunch. When Team Sunweb’s Nikias Arndt tried to mug the group with 400 metres to go, Sagan was wise to the move and was quick to free himself of the peloton and launch his sprint.

Swinging from right to left, Sagan began chasing him down. Arndt looked nervously over his shoulder, sensing the storming Sagan behind him. In the end, the world champion screamed past Arndt as if he was on fast forward and the German had accidentally hit pause. With 200 metres still to run, Sagan only extended his lead so that he had a clear margin over the following riders.

Albasini did his best to chase back Sagan as Arndt faded but he had no answer to the power of the Bora-Hansgrohe rider.

How it unfolded

The fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse would be a mixed day with the Simplonpass on the menu midway through the afternoon but a flat finish giving an opportunity to some of the sprinters. After the success of Larry Warbasse (Aqua Blue Sport) from the breakaway the day before, there were plenty of riders trying to get up the road following the start in Bex.

With so many riders looking for their 15 minutes of fame in the escape, it proved increasingly difficult for a move to stick. Time and again the breakaway hopefuls were brought back into the peloton, and it wasn’t until after 70 kilometres that something finally went clear.

Arman Kamyshev (Astana), Ben King (Dimension Data), Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal), Sam Bewley (Orica-Scott), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Aqua Blue Sport) and Jesper Asselman (Roompot) were the lucky six that eventually went up the road. After a ferocious start that saw the peloton riding almost 20 minutes ahead of schedule, the BMC team of race leader Damiano Caruso sat up and allowed the gap to grow out. By the time the leaders hit the major climb of the day, the Simplonpass, they had almost six minutes’ advantage over the pack behind.

After a harmless excursion into a field earlier in the week, Miguel Ángel López (Astana) had a much harder fall on the descent of the Simplonpass. The defending champion was able to continue initially, but he eventually quit and was taken to hospital for further examination. It was a big blow for López, who looked to be coming into form after missing much of the early part of the season.

Race motorbikes have been a talking point in recent years and a group of them almost got caught up in the action as Nordhaug tried to get himself back into the breakaway group and they struggled to get past. Meanwhile, his former companion Kamyshev had been taken back into the clutches of the peloton.

Nordhaug did eventually regain contact with the other four but as the heavens opened upon them and UAE Team Emirates turned up the chase, the Norwegian decided to sit up along with Wallays. King and Asselman opted to prolong the torture for a little while longer and forged on together. Behind them, a concerted effort from BMC Racing, Trek-Segafredo and UAE Team Emirates saw to it that they weren’t going to get too much further.

The catch was eventually made with six kilometres remaining after Lars Boom (Astana) tried and failed to bridge the gap. By this stage, the rain had relented and it was a straightforward battle for the sprint teams.

Bora-Hansgrohe kept relatively quiet in the closing kilometres, allowing their rivals to do most of the grunt work. Philippe Gilbert wound things up for Quick-Step Floors and while he held off the likes of Trek with his efforts, they were not enough to dampen the challenge coming from Sagan. Knowing it was likely his only chance, Arndt tried to go long, but Sagan had his number too and he stormed to yet another win at the Tour de Suisse, the 14th in his career.

Results :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:15:50
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
4 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
5 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
7 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
8 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
10 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
11 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
13 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
14 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
15 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
17 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
19 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott
20 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
21 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
22 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
23 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
25 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
26 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
28 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
29 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
31 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
32 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
33 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
34 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
37 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
39 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
40 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
41 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
43 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
44 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
45 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
46 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
47 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
49 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
50 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
52 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
53 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
54 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott
56 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
57 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
58 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
60 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
61 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
62 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
63 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
64 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida
65 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
66 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
67 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
68 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
70 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
71 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
72 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
73 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
74 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ
75 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
76 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
77 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:19
78 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:22
79 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
80 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
82 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
83 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
84 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
85 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
86 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
88 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
89 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
90 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
92 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
93 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
94 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
95 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
96 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:37
97 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:39
98 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:42
99 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
100 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:44
101 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:50
102 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:58
103 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:04
104 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:28
105 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:30
106 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:34
107 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 0:02:06
108 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
109 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott 0:02:10
110 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:16
111 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:52
DNF Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott
DNF Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott
DNF Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
DNS Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 17:24:24
2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:16
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
5 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:32
6 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:34
7 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:10
8 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:11
9 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:21
10 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:38
11 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:39
12 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:41
13 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:05
14 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:21
15 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:02:22
16 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:02:24
17 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:10
18 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott 0:03:31
19 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:00
20 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:02
21 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:13
22 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 0:04:34
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:39
24 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:27
25 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:39
26 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:06:30
27 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:06:42
28 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
29 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:06:59
30 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 0:08:51
31 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:37
32 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:39
33 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:09:43
34 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:46
35 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:10:47
36 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:06
37 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 0:12:29
38 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:42
39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:02
40 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:13:11
41 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 0:13:20
42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 0:13:29
43 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:13:37
44 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:13:41
45 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:13:46
46 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac 0:13:59
47 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:14:03
48 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:14:11
49 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:14:44
50 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:15:29
51 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:15:49
52 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:53
53 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:16:00
54 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
55 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:01
56 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:02
57 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:16:30
58 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:16:42
59 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 0:16:44
60 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:00
61 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:12
62 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:18:38
63 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:18:52
64 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:19:06
65 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:19:28
66 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 0:19:42
67 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:53
68 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:20:04
69 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:20:06
70 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:21:34
71 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:22:21
72 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:22:41
73 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:23:02
74 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:24:07
75 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:22
76 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 0:24:35
77 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:25:26
78 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:25:49
79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:03
80 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:07
81 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:27
82 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:26:30
83 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:26:55
84 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:56
85 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:27:10
86 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:27:16
87 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:27:33
89 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:27:47
90 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:28:33
91 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 0:30:40
92 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:31:11
93 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:31:18
94 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:31:34
95 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:31:58
96 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:32:01
97 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:10
99 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:32:35
100 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:57
101 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:33:44
102 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport 0:34:28
103 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:47
104 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:35:27
105 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:35:40
106 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:36:22
107 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:36:54
108 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:05
109 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:39:11
110 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:40:19
111 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott 0:47:54