Kämna wins closing stage of Ruta del Sol

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February 20, 2022

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Lennard Kmna of Germany and Team Bora Hansgrohe celebrates winning during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) celebrates victory (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 LR Alessandro Covi of Italy and UAE Team Emirates green points jersey Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri of Spain and Team Caja RuralAlea red mountain jersey Wouter Poels of Netherlands and Team Bahrain Victorious yellow leader jersey and Damiano Caruso of Italy and Team Bahrain Victorious blue intermediate sprint jersey prior to the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — The jersey holders at the start of the stage, with Wout Poels in the leader’s yellow jersey (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Taco Van Der Hoorn of Netherlands and Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux attacks in the peloton during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert) makes an early move (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 A general view of Wouter Poels of Netherlands and Team Bahrain Victorious yellow leader jersey and the peloton compete during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — The peloton during the final stage (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 LR Benoit Cosnefroy of France and Stan Dewulf of Belgium and Ag2R Citroen Team compete during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — A strung-out peloton early in the stage (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Jimmy Janssens of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Alpecin-Fenix lead the way on stage 5 (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Ben Alexander Oconnor of Australia and Ag2R Citroen Team competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 A general view of the peloton passing through a landscape during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — The peloton wind through the Andalucian countryside (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Mauri Vansevenant of Belgium and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Mauri Vansevenant (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Wouter Poels of Netherlands and Team Bahrain Victorious yellow leader jersey competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Race leader Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Alessandro Covi of Italy and UAE Team Emirates green points jersey competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Barnabas Pek of Hungary and Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux and Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay of Ethiopia and Team BikeExchange Jayco competes during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Tsgabu Grmay (BikeExchange-Jayco) drives the break (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 LR Harold Tejada Canacue of Colombia and Yevgeniy Fedorov of Kazahkstan and Team Astana Qazaqstan compete during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Astana Qazaqstan work in the peloton (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Lennard Kmna of Germany and Team Bora Hansgrohe competes in the breakaway during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) makes an attack on the final climb (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 LR Magnus Sheffield of United States and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Matteo Trentin of Italy and UAE Team Emirates compete during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 Gonzalo Serrano of Spain and Movistar Team attacks in the breakaway during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) on the attack (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

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CHICLANA DE SEGURA SPAIN FEBRUARY 20 reacts after cross the finishing line during the 68th Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Del Sol 2022 Stage 5 a 1644km stage from Huesa to Chiclana De Segura 870m 68RdS on February 20 2022 in Chiclana De Segura Spain Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Poels finishes just behind Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked on the final climb to take victory on the fifth stage of the Ruta Del Sol in Chiclana de Segura, while Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) saw off attacks from his rivals to seal the overall victory.

Kämna was part of a 17-man breakaway which had a gap of two minutes on the bunch approaching the climb to the finish.

The German was aided by team-mate Emanuel Buchmann before launching his bid for glory with three kilometres remaining of the gradual climb.

He was chased by Italians Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) and Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) but the German held on for his fourth career victory and first for nearly a year.

Fortunato was second on the stage and Covi third.

In the fight for the overall victory on the final seven-kilometre climb to the finish, firstly Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan) attacked with just over a kilometre remaining and then Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) on the steeper slopes.

However, Poels was equal to their efforts finishing just a handful of seconds down on Yates who led the peloton home.

More to come!

Brief Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	3:43:05
2	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team	0:00:04
3	Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:10
4	Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:12
5	Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:25
6	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:26
7	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:27
8	Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team	0:00:29
9	Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:39
10	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:00:49

Final general classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious	20:51:27
2	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies	0:00:14
3	Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team	0:00:15
4	Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:19
5	Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco	0:00:20
6	Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:22
7	Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team	0:00:26
8	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:00:32
9	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team	0:00:34
10	Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team	0:00:39