Nairo Quintana takes stage five at Tirreno-Adriatico

ByEurosport

Updated 16/03/2015 at 08:48 GMT

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wrestled control of Tirreno-Adriatico after surging to stage five victory in heavy snow.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) (AFP)

Image credit: AFP

The Colombian launched a devastating attack with five kilometres remaining to triumph by 41 seconds and climb into the overall lead.

Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) finished in second, with Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) heading a six-strong pack to take third.

“I’m very happy. Getting the first win of the year in this way fills me with hope,” said Quintana.

Overnight leader Wout Poels slipped to 10th in the general classification after finishing over a minute adrift.

Stage five results

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar 5:26:03

2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:41:00

3 Joaquim Rodríguez (Spa) Katusha 0:55:00

4 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Etixx-QuickStep

5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo

6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ

7 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge

8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale

9 Prezemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 1:05:00

10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC 1:10:00

General classification

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar 19:54:45

2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:39:00

3 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Etixx-QuickStep 0:48:00

4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:57:00

5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:03:00

6 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 1:04:00

7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:06:00

8 Joaquim Rodríguez (Spa) Katusha 1:07:00

9 Steven Cummings (GBr) MTN-Qhubeka 1:12:00

10 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 1:13:00

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