Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) claimed his third stage win on the Tour Colombia on Saturday, just edging out Alvaro Hodeg and Jhonatan Restrepo.
With just Sunday’s sixth and final stage to race up to El Verjon, Sergio Higuita of EF Pro Cycling still leads the overall standings.
He has a 12-second advantage over team-mates Daniel Martinez and with Jhonatan Caicedo a further two seconds off the pace.
“The last kilometre was complicated, it was a bit technical,” Molano admitted.
“Alvaro is very strong, he came out very hard, but I have very good legs and I’m taking advantage of the opportunities that the team gives me.”
Egan Bernal finished in the bunch in his home stage. The Tour de France champion sits fourth overall, 50 seconds back on Higuita with just one stage remaining, Sunday.
??@sebasmolano_ of ??@TeamUAEAbuDhabi wins stage 5 of ??@TourColombiaUCI #TourColombia2020 (?@ESPNColombia) pic.twitter.com/DvxLGM6oEC
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) February 15, 2020
Tour Colombia 2020 – stage 5 results (Paipa – Zipaquirá):
| 1 | Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) | 4:06:00 |
| 2 | Alvaro Hodeg (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 3 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 4 | Travis McCabe (Israel Start-Up Nation) | ,, |
| 5 | Colin Joyce (Rally) | ,, |
| 6 | Juan Francisco Rosales Hernandez (Canel’s Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 7 | Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos) | ,, |
| 8 | Edwin Avila (Israel Start-Up Nation) | ,, |
| 9 | Lars Saugstad (Uno-X) | ,, |
| 10 | Diego Ochoa Camargo (EPM-Scott) | ,, |
Tour Colombia 2020 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) | 15:31:47 |
| 2 | Daniel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) | +12” |
| 3 | Jonathan Caicedo (EF Pro Cycling) | +14” |
| 4 | Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) | +50” |
| 5 | Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos) | +58” |
| 6 | Freddy Montaña (EPM-Scott) | +01’14’ |
| 7 | Aldemar Reyes Ortega (EPM-Scott) | +01’28” |
| 8 | Gavin Mannion (Rally) | +01’30” |
| 9 | Sergio Henao (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’31” |
| 10 | Diego Ochoa Camargo (EPM-Scott) | ,, |
