Tour de Suisse 2019 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

June 19, 2019

Tour de Suisse 2019 – Stage 5 – Münchenstein – Einsiedeln : 177 km

The Tour de Suisse, together with the Criterium du Dauphine, is the last critical test before the Tour de France – on one hand, a tune-up for the general classification contenders – on the other, a fight for selection to a rider’s squad for the Grand Tour. For Team Ineos, the Tour de Suisse will be an important form check for defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, who has not raced since coming third in the Tour de Romandie, and for his teammate Egan Bernal, who fractured his collarbone after the Volta a Catalunya. It will also be a critical juncture for Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) who is coming back after iliac artery surgery.

Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) claimed his second straight win at the Tour de Suisse on stage 5. The Italian held off Peter Sagan (Bora hansgrohe) after the two riders showed that they were head and shoulders clear of the rest of the field after a perfect lead-out from Viviani’s teammates.

Deceuninck-QuickStep positioned the Italian national champion at the front as they race approached the final corner and Sagan had no response when Viviani kicked for the line. The pair even managed to create a gap over the rest of the field after Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) struggled to hold Sagan’s wheel.

Trentin was eventually overhauled before the line by Trek Segafredo’s Jasper Stuyven, who took third. Trentin finished fourth, with Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.

Peter Sagan was the first rider to congratulate Viviani at the line but the three-time world champion at least had the consolation of retaining his overall lead in the race, even if for one more day.

Sagan has extended his lead to 14 seconds over Matthews but the GC is set to change dramatically on stage 6 with the race heading towards the major climbs.

For the second day in a row the sprinters teams dominated the stage, however they were forced to work for their spoils when a committed group containing Bert-Jan Lindemann (Jumbo-Visma), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) and Fabien Grellier (Total Direct Energie) broke clear.

Although the escape never established a sizeable lead over the peloton they ensured that the main field had to keep the pressure on for most of the day’s 177km stage between Münchenstein and Einsiedeln.

Mohoric was the last-man standing from the break inside the final 30km of racing as he held a lead of just over a minute, but despite a brave and now trademark style descent from the Bahrain Merida rider he was unable to hold off the pursuing bunch and was caught with roughly 15km to go.

From there the sprinters’ teams and the GC squads jostled for position. Team Ineos were particularly keen to sit on the front after losing Geraint Thomas to a crash on stage 4 and they kept their leader Egan Bernal out of trouble as the tricky finale approached. Bora-hansgrohe were present and accounted for but it was Deceuninck-QuickStep who bossed the final with Kasper Asgreen, Yves Lampaert, Michael Mørkøv, and eventually, Maximiliano Richeze leading Viviani into position.

Even with the threat of Sagan on his wheel Viviani showed none of the hesitation he displayed at the Giro with a thoroughly convincing sprint for the line.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:18:26
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
4 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
7 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Switzerland
8 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
10 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team
11 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
12 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
13 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
15 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
16 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
18 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
19 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
20 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
22 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
23 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates
24 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb
26 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
27 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
29 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
31 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
32 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
33 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data
35 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
36 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
37 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
38 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
39 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Switzerland
40 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
41 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
43 Gino Mäder (Swi) Dimension Data
44 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
45 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
46 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
47 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
48 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
49 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
50 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
53 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
54 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
55 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Switzerland
56 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
57 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First
58 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First
59 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
60 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
61 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
62 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Switzerland
63 Carlos Cuesta Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Switzerland
65 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
66 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
67 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
68 Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
69 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
70 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos
71 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
72 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
73 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
74 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
75 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Direct Energie
76 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Astana Pro Team
77 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
78 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
79 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
80 Pierre-Roger LaTour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
82 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
83 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
84 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
85 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
86 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First
87 enny Elissonde (Fra) Team Ineos
88 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott
89 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
90 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team
91 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
92 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
93 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Switzerland
94 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
95 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
96 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
97 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
98 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
99 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
100 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:37
101 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:44
102 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:00:53
103 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:55
104 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
105 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
106 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:11
107 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
108 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:01:13
109 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:15
110 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:17
111 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:19
112 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:31
113 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
114 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos
115 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
116 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:35
117 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:46
118 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:25
119 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
120 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
121 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
122 Claudio Imhoff (Swi) Switzerland
123 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
124 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:30
125 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:02:32
126 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
127 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
128 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
129 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:35
130 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
131 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
132 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
133 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:37
134 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:58
135 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:21
136 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team 0:05:27
137 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:32
138 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
139 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:05:36
140 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:41
141 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:48

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 15:55:48
2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
3 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:21
4 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:22
5 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 0:00:27
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:38
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:39
8 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:00:40
9 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
10 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
11 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:41
12 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:45
13 Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:47
14 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:00:48
16 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:49
17 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:51
18 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:52
19 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:53
20 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:55
21 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:56
22 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:58
23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:59
24 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:00
25 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:01
26 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:01:02
27 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
28 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
29 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:05
30 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:07
31 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:08
32 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First 0:01:10
33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data 0:01:11
34 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:14
35 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:15
36 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
37 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:20
38 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Switzerland 0:01:22
39 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:23
40 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:26
41 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:27
42 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34
43 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 0:01:41
44 enny Elissonde (Fra) Team Ineos 0:01:46
45 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:50
46 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:23
47 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:24
48 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:56
49 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 0:03:01
50 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:03
51 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:21
52 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:33
53 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 0:03:37
54 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:52
55 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:58
56 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:03:59
57 Gino Mäder (Swi) Dimension Data 0:04:22
58 Carlos Cuesta Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:45
59 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:09
60 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:05:29
61 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:06:32
62 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:56
63 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:00
64 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team 0:07:11
65 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:07:21
66 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:41
67 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Switzerland 0:08:20
68 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:08:51
69 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:09:01
70 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:02
71 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:09:04
72 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:18
73 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:23
74 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Switzerland 0:09:28
75 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:09:40
76 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:10:54
77 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:11:20
78 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:23
79 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:28
80 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:12:04
81 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos 0:12:11
82 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:12:13
83 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Switzerland 0:12:16
84 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First 0:12:17
85 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:22
86 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:12:26
87 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:12:34
88 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 0:12:47
89 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Switzerland 0:12:52
90 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:55
91 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:12:59
92 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Direct Energie 0:13:07
93 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Switzerland 0:13:40
94 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:45
95 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:13:59
96 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:14:01
97 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:27
98 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:14:42
99 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
100 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:14:49
101 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 0:14:57
102 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:07
103 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:16:31
104 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:41
105 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:18:23
106 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:18:29
107 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:18:38
108 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:19:49
109 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:51
110 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:20:02
111 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team 0:20:30
112 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:32
113 Pierre-Roger LaTour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:38
114 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:21:06
115 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:21:10
116 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:21:47
117 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:22:20
118 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:24:02
119 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:24:13
120 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:24:19
121 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:24:28
122 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team 0:24:40
123 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:24:43
124 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ 0:24:55
125 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
126 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:25:25
127 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:25:31
128 Claudio Imhoff (Swi) Switzerland 0:26:02
129 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:04
130 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:26:30
131 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:26:48
132 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:26:50
133 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos 0:27:38
134 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
135 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:28:01
136 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:28:15
137 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:29:23
138 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:44
139 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team 0:29:48
140 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:33:39
141 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:40:51