Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2022 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

February 20, 2022

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2022 – Stage 5 – Huesa – Chiclana de Segura : 146,4 km

Back in its traditional early-season slot following a rare springtime edition, the 2022 Vuelta a Andalucía will kick off this Wednesday and step the stage racing season up a gear. There are no major mountain passes to tackle this year, rather five back-breaking tests over the rolling hills of Spain’s southernmost region. Previous editions of the Vuelta a Andalucía have followed a dynamic route, traditionally with three days over hilly terrain, one high mountain/summit finish stage and a mid-length individual time trial. Last year the organisers removed the individual time trial, this year they’ve taken away the high mountain stage too. Now we’re left with a five-day race with five very similar-looking stages.

Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked on the final climb to take victory on the fifth stage of the Ruta Del Sol in Chiclana de Segura, while Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) saw off attacks from his rivals to seal the overall victory.

Kämna was part of a 17-man breakaway which had a gap of two minutes on the bunch approaching the climb to the finish. The German was aided by team-mate Emanuel Buchmann before launching his bid for glory with three kilometres remaining of the gradual climb to Chiclana de Segura.

He was chased by Italians Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) and Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) but the German held on for his fourth career victory and first for nearly a year. Fortunato took second on the stage just four seconds back, while Covi finished third a further six seconds later

Last year Kämna took a ‘flexible break’ from racing to try and recover from lingering health problems not racing for the remainder of the season.

“It was a really hard race and was full gas from kilometre zero,” said Kämna after the stage. “We were always there with a lot of guys so we could play the stage really well, in the end it worked out perfectly.

“It means a lot to me especially after my break last year. I’m so happy to come back like this on the Europe race calendar and I’m just looking forward to the next races. We want to win as much as possible; we want to ride aggressively and I think we’ve done it here.”

In the fight for the overall victory on the final seven-kilometre climb to the finish, firstly Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan Team) attacked with just over a kilometre remaining and then Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) on the steeper slopes.

However, Poels was equal to their efforts finishing just a handful of seconds down on Yates who led the peloton home to seal the overall victory by 14 seconds. Cristián Rodríguez (TotalEnergies) finished the stage strongly beating a fading López to take second overall one second ahead of the Astana Qazaqstan rider.

“I’m super-happy it’s the second general classification (GC) win of my life,” said Poels. “I really like this race I’ve finished second before on GC and now the win. The team did an amazing job today to control everything and I couldn’t be happier today.

“My goals are to just try and win as much as possible. I really like this race; it suits me well and I always like to race in Spain. We will see the rest of the season.”

How it unfolded
After escaping a race-long breakaway to take the win into Baza the previous day Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) held a precarious 10-second lead coming into the fifth and final stage.

Reigning Ruta Del Sol champion Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan Team) was set poised 10 seconds back and ready for an assault on the final seven-kilometre unclassified climb to the finish at Chiclana de Segura.

After a tough stage the previous day the 113 starters were given no respite hitting the second category Puerto Fuente del Gallo shortly after the start.

Lennard Kämna (BORA – Hansgrohe) was the early attacker as the leading breakaway of 19 riders formed on the opening 6.7-kilometre climb. The leaders had seen their lead grow up to over one minute by the top of the second category Puerto de Tíscar topping out after 30.2 kilometres of racing.

Despite losing seven minutes with the peloton on the previous stage and seeing his yellow jersey ambition ended Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) was the highest place overall in the breakaway group. Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) had led the King of the Mountains classification going into the final stage.

However, his team-mate Alvaro Cuadros had made the day’s breakaway and picked up maximum points on both the Puerto Fuente del Gallo and Puerto de Tíscar climbs drawing him back to six points from the classification leader, but Barrenetxea would eventually hold on to the jersey.

With 84 kilometres remaining the breakaway split on an unclassified climb to leave 14 riders at the front who were closely monitored by the bunch pushed on by Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team and brought back with half the stage remaining.

On the lower slopes of the third category Alto de Iznatoraf climb with 50 kilometres remaining a large group of 17 riders went clear.

The breakaway including former race leader and stage two winner Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) along with stage three victor Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers) and Clarke was also part of the group.

As the breakaway’s advantage grew to 1:45 and they hit the steeper slopes of the Alto de Iznatoraf it was Emanuel Buchmann (BORA-Hansgrohe) who attacked.

Buchmann was joined by Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) and Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) as the trio climbed the upper slopes.

Over the summit Fortunato took the King of the Mountains points and the trio had a lead of 10 seconds over the remains of the breakaway and 2:30 on the peloton with 38 kilometres remaining. On the descent the trio were caught to leave 17 riders in the leading group with a 2:57 advantage on the bunch with 28.5 kilometres remaining.

As the bunch approached the final seven-kilometre push up to the finish at Chiclana de Segura the breakaway had a healthy advantage of two minutes. At the front Buchmann forced the pace which saw several riders dropped including Clarke as the leaders started to battle for the stage honours inside the last five kilometres.

Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) launched two stinging attacks, but Buchmann pulled him back on both occasions. Responding to the work of his Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Kämna made his bid for glory with just over three kilometres remaining.

Covi was the first to respond but lacked the power to bring back Kämna on his own before being joined by climber Fortunato. Kämna was powering on and had a gap which was holding at six seconds over the chasers with a kilometre remaining.

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The German took victory four seconds ahead of Fortunato while points classification winner Covi finished third on the stage. In the battle for overall honours López was looking to take seconds back and attacked with two kilometres remaining but was followed by Poels and his rivals.

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) Rodriquez was next to attack on the streets to the finish before Adam Yates Team BikeExchange-Jayco ) counter-attacked. Poels was the only rider able to respond to Yates finishing just seconds behind the British rider to seal the overall victory.

Results :
1 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:43:05
2 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:04
3 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:10
4 Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:12
5 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:25
6 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:26
7 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
8 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00:29
9 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:39
10 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:49
11 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:01:03
12 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:23
13 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:31
14 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:32
15 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:33
16 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:01:35
17 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:38
18 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team
19 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team
20 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:40
21 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:43
22 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
23 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:51
24 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:55
25 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
26 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:00
27 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:05
28 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:07
29 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech
30 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers
31 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:09
32 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:15
33 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team
35 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:02:18
36 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
37 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:02:30
38 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:32
39 Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
40 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:39
41 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:42
42 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:49
43 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:02:53
44 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:59
46 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:03:06
47 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:03:16
48 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:03:40
49 Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech 0:03:50
50 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:51
51 Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:24
52 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies 0:05:20
53 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
54 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:05:46
55 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
56 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:04
57 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal
58 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
59 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
60 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
61 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team
62 Diego Rosa (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
63 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
65 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
68 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
70 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
71 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
72 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
73 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH
74 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
75 Vojtech Repa (Cze) Equipo Kern Pharma
76 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
77 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
78 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
79 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
80 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
81 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:14
82 Dion Smith (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:06:36
83 Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:40
85 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:06:47
86 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:07:08
87 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:08:13
88 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:24
89 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
90 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
93 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
94 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:27
95 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:09:29
96 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:34
97 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
98 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:10:24
99 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
100 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:10:39
101 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:14:47
102 Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
103 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
104 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
105 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
106 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
107 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
108 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech
DNF Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Burgos-BH
DNF Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNS Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

Final General Classification :
1 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 20:51:27
2 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:00:14
3 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00:15
4 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:19
5 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:20
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:22
7 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00:26
8 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:32
9 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00:34
10 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:39
11 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:18
12 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:47
13 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:04:56
14 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:21
15 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:56
16 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:06:15
17 Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:23
18 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:27
19 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:07:07
20 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:12
21 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:16
22 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:10
23 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:24
24 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:08:44
25 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:09:01
26 Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech 0:09:11
27 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:10:13
28 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:11:15
29 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:24
30 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:11:33
31 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech
32 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:45
33 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:13:22
34 Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:14:44
35 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:37
36 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:58
37 Diego Rosa (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:15:59
38 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:16:46
39 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:13
40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:17:25
41 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:18:32
42 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:18:41
43 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:19:53
44 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:20:12
45 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:20:30
46 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:20:39
47 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:20:49
48 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:20:54
49 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:21:38
50 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:21:50
51 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:00
52 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:22:37
53 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:23:00
54 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:05
55 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:23:24
56 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:23:35
57 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:23:46
58 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:24:05
59 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
60 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:24:11
61 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:24:12
62 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team 0:24:41
63 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:25:16
64 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:25:41
65 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:26:53
66 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:27:01
67 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:27:03
68 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:27:07
69 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:27:08
70 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:28:16
71 Dion Smith (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:28:54
72 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:29:02
73 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:29:24
74 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:30:34
75 Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:30:37
76 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:30:47
77 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:30:48
78 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:31:07
79 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies 0:32:11
80 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:32:17
81 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:19
82 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:32:39
83 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:43
84 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:33:09
85 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies 0:33:20
86 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:33:45
87 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:31
88 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:34:34
89 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:34:38
90 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech 0:34:39
91 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:36:18
92 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:36:27
93 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:38:50
94 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:39:06
95 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:39:43
96 Vojtech Repa (Cze) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:40:08
97 Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:40:49
98 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:42:58
99 Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:43:23
100 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:44:04
101 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:44:17
102 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:44:25
103 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:51:43
104 Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:52:12
105 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:56:22
106 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team 0:56:50
107 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:57:31
108 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 1:01:58