Tour de Suisse 2016 - Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

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‪New Website for all of my cycling videos - http://tiz-cycling.racing Twitter : https://twitter.com/Tizucumacu Donations : https://goo.gl/Ax70AD Brig-Glis - Carì - 126,4 km Brig-Glis - Carì - 126,4 km Darwin Atapuma (BMC) must have had a sinking sense of déjà vu when he looked over his shoulder 400 metres from the top of the climb to Carì and saw Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin) bearing down upon him, but the Colombian summoned up one final effort to hang tough and claim victory on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse, while French youngster Pierre Latour (AG2R-La Mondiale) moved into the overall lead after placing an impressive third on the day. Atapuma had been denied in similar circumstances on the Giro d’Italia’s Dolomite tappone to Corvara three weeks ago, when he was the lone survivor from the day’s early break but was overhauled in the finishing straight with the win within his grasp. This time, however, Atapuma was not to be denied. The Colombian was part of the day’s early escape that formed ahead of the mighty Furka Pass and stayed clear on the following Gotthard, but he bided his time as the remnants of that move attacked one another on the lower slopes of the final haul to Carì. Atapuma unleashed a crisp acceleration of his own with 6.5 kilometres remaining that only Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data) could follow, but he too was distanced when the Colombian kicked again and forged clear alone. At that point, Atapuma was a minute clear of the reduced group of favourites, which was being led by Team Sky. His fellow escapee Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), meanwhile, was his most persistent pursuer, but the Belgian never got closer than 20 seconds and faded closer the summit. When the favourites for overall victory began to attack one another in the final three kilometres, however, Atapuma’s advantages dwindled accordingly. Barguil and Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) were the first to break ranks, but Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) was the first to gain any real purchase on an acceleration, dancing clear with three kilometres to go. That move provoked a determined response from three-time Tour de Suisse winner Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Geraint Thomas (Sky), Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC), and they were soon joined by Latour, Barguil and Andrew Talanksy (Cannondale). All the while, seconds were being shaved off Atapuma’s lead, and to that end, it was perhaps surprising that his teammate van Garderen saw fit to turn the screw in the chasing group with a shade over a kilometre remaining – though the American is here, of course, as BMC’s outright leader, targeting the grander prize of final overall victory. Beneath the flamme rouge, with the gap at 17 seconds, Barguil bounded clear of the elite chasing group and set off in lone pursuit of a visibly flagging Atapuma. Officially, the Colombian had already passed the summit of the climb at that juncture, but the road continued to rise in the final kilometre and he continued to flail. With 400 metres to go, Barguil could see that he was inching ever closer to Atapuma and seemed inspired by the fact. As Atapuma looked over his shoulder, he might well have felt despondent with his Giro experience in mind, but he rose from the saddle one final time to take the win, four second ahead of the Frenchman. In the general classification, Kelderman lies second, in the same time as Latour, while Thomas moves is 5 seconds down in third. Barguil is fourth, at 16 seconds, with van Garderen a further two seconds back in fifth. Results : 1 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 3:41:52 2 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:04 3 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:07 4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:09 5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:12 7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 8 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 0:00:16 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 10 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team General classification after stage 5 : 1 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18:04:54 2 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:05 4 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:16 5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:18 6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:19 7 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:27 8 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:30 9 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:34 10 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling