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Richard Carapaz powered into the overall lead at the Tour de Suisse following an impressive win on stage five.
The Ecuadorian took his first victory of 2021 in Leukerbad after an attacking finale on a day in the mountains. Launching a move with four kilometres to go, the Grenadier bridged across to rival Jakob Fuglsang before the pair went on to contest the finish.
Carapaz followed in the wheel as the Dane opened up his sprint on the uphill drag to the line. Victory saw Richie move into the yellow jersey and a 26-second lead over the Astana-Premier Tech rider with three stages to go.
The Ineos team worked hard to put Carapaz in position, pushing the pace at key moments and taking it up with 40km to go. Rohan Dennis hit the front on Erschmatt climb before Eddie Dunbar took over.
The Irishman battled valiantly as attacks fired up the road, keeping Carapaz within striking distance on the descent and ahead of the final climb. Continuing his strong race, Dunbar also moved up to 11th overall on the day.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 4:01:52 |
| 2 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 3 | ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ (■■■) ■■■■■■ ■■■■■-■■ ■■■■■■ | 0:00:39 |
| 4 | Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 5 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 6 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 7 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 9 | Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange | 0:00:49 |
| 10 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:22 |
General Classification
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 16:42:50 |
| 2 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:26 |
| 3 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:38 |
| 4 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:00:53 |
| 5 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo | 0:01:11 |
Points
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix | 26 |
| 2 | Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo | 21 |
| 3 | Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland | 16 |
Mountains
| 1 | Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange | 12 |
| 2 | Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling | 12 |
| 3 | Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling | 10 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 16:44:21 |
| 2 | Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:02:57 |
| 3 | Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | 0:04:26 |
