2023 Vuelta a España Stage 5 Results & Recap
Stage 5 of the 2023 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Groves wins back-to-back stages
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprinted to victory in Burriana after a tense finale on stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana, besting a surging Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Dries Van Gestel (Total Energies).
"It’s a fantastic feeling, the second win of this Vuelta, and two in a row," Groves said. "It’s a great feeling, especially doing it with the green jersey. In the end, it was a pretty hectic final today, similar to yesterday but without climbing. The wind made it quite nervous but my team was fantastic again. We lost three guys in a crash with 2.5km to go but luckily my lead out was still there, and we could organise for the final. [Remco Evenepoel] wanted the time bonus in the intermediate sprint and I agreed with the team not to go for it, but in the end, I thought I could get points without spending too much energy, so I took 2nd which is also good for the classification."
Remco Evenepoel (SOQ) remains in the red jersey, even picking up six seconds at the intermediate sprint. He now leads the Vuelta by 11 seconds over Enric Mas (MOV).
"I think Casper [Pedersen] is somebody who has a lot of experience in lead-outs and also to just keep me in front until the last 3 kilometres," Evenepoel said. "That’s why he’s here, also with Cattaneo. Both of them are super strong and did a hell of a job today. Taking the bonus seconds was not necessarily the plan but we were in front and I saw an opportunity, that’s why I just went for it. It was a nice one to grab. I thought it was just three seconds but in the end, they told me it was six, so it’s pretty nice!"
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