Tour de Suisse 2014 Stage 5: Modolo outsprints Sagan, Cav goes down in crash
Sacha Modolo won the 5th stage of the Tour de Suisse, outsprinting Sagan and Degenkolb in a dangerous finale. Mark Cavendish crashed in the finale but his injuries aren't thought to be serious. (Slideshow route/profile)
Tour de Suisse 2014: Results 5th stage
1. Sacha Modolo (ita)
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) s.t.
3. John Degenkolb (Ger) s.t.
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) s.t.
5. Jose Joaquin Rojas (spa) s.t.
6. Danny van Poppel (Nld) s.t.
7. Jonas Vangenechten (bel) s.t.
8. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) s.t.
9. Nino Schurter (Swi) s.t.
10. Jacopo Guarnieri (ita) s.t.
GC after 5th stage
1. Tony Martin (Ger)
2. Tom Dumoulin (Nld) +0.06
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) + 0.10
4. Bauke Mollema (Nld) +0.17
5. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Nld) + 0.23
6. Davide Formolo (ita) + 0.27
7. Ion Izagirre (spa) s.t.
8. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) + 0.28
9. Mathias Frank (Swi) + 0.29
10. Mattio Cattaneo (ita) s.t.
Race report
Straight from the start Sander Armee, Frederik Veuchelen and Jaroslaw Marycz were off up the road, their gap growing to a maximum 5 minutes. The peloton were always in control and with 10 kilometres the trio were caught.
The finale was filled with dangerous bends, which some team managers had voiced concern about. Their complaints proved correct; Cavendish had sat up in order to just stay safe but still ended up going down in a crash.
Peter Sagan, John Degenkolb and Sacha Modolo braved the technical finish and it was the Italian who was rewarded for his daring, taking the stage win.
Tour de Suisse 2014 stage 5: Images and more
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