
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) may claim to be looking to farm out the red jersey of the Vuelta a España, but he didn’t pass up the chance to add to his overall lead by winning the intermediate sprint in the finale of stage 5 to Burriana.
The stage was ultimately won by Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceunick) in a bunch sprint, and Evenepoel would finish the day safely in the front group alongside his overall rivals who avoided the split caused by a crash with a shade over 3km to go.