The fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana didn’t change the overall standings much as a 106-mile “flat stage” allowed many of the riders to finish with the same time. There were crashes in the last few kilometers of the race that slowed some of the riders but also invoked the 3km that allowed them to escape a time loss due to those crashes. Kiel Reijnen was the first American across the line in 20th with Andrew Talansky in 38th, Larry Warbasse in 78th, and Tejay Van Garderen in 84th as it appears all took the same time as the stage winner. Yesterday’s third place finisher, Ben King, was not as lucky and finished 141st and over four minutes back.
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Slowmo replay of today’s crash in #LV2016 – Riders went flying! pic.twitter.com/cafzMKF532
— CyclingHub (@CyclingHubTV) August 24, 2016
Overall Talansky remains the top American as he is currently 16th and 2:13 behind overall leader Darwin Atapuma. Warbasse moved up to 41st, 4:18 back, while King fell to 49th, 8:19 back. Chad Haga is 61st, Reijnen is 73rd, Van Garderen is 78th, and Ian Boswell is 86th, and Joe Dombrowski is 87th.
So, that’s why I’m a little stiff getting out of bed this morning 😋 https://t.co/N6Z63RUaqR
— Ben King (@BenKing89) August 24, 2016
Stage six on Thursday will be a hillier stage of 101 miles.
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