We knew that day five would provide some separation in the Tour of the Basque Country and it lived up to expectations. The overall winner was Diego Rosa of Italy who managed to dominate the field by a whopping 3:13 with a time of 4:19:19. With just a ten-mile time trial you might think Rosa has locked up the event, but he was so far back going into today that he is still 11 minutes off the lead and will not be a factor. Lawson Craddock of the US finished in eighth, 3:56 back of Rosa but only 43 seconds behind second place. While Craddock probably won’t have a chance to catch Sergio Luis Henao of Colombia, who he trails by a minute, he sits in seventh place and with a strong time trials he can grab a top ten finish.

Three other Americans snuck into the top 100 on the day. Peter Stetina in 90th, Caleb Fairly in 95th, and Alex Howes in 97th. All three were 22:25 back of the winner. Stetina moved up to 83rd in the overall standings while Joey Rosskpof is 89th and Howes is 98th.

All that’s left is a ten-mile time trial on Saturday. With less than a half hour to go Craddock is set for a fantastic finish.