Farrar Portugal sprintThough the players were the same, the outcome of today’s final sprint for stage 5 of the Volta a Portugal was slightly different. With some team sacrifice and a strong lead-out from the Argyle Armada, Tyler Farrar (above) was in perfect position position for the sprint where he took second to Francisco Pacheco (winner of the stage 4 sprint).

“I have to thank the boys for today. First Christian was there to give me his wheel when I flatted with 20km to go. Then Steve and Pat did a great job to bring me back to the front, and Chris finished it off with a monster lead-out,” said Tyler. “Without their help, I would have been totally out of it. I just need to win one of these things now to pay them back for all their hard work!”

Martin Best Young PortugalThere were no major changes to GC and Dan Martin (right in orange) still leads the Best Young Rider classification.

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O stage 5 results
1. Francisco Pacheco 4h30′16″
2. Tyler Farrar +00″
28. Dan Martin +00″
40. Lucas Euser +00″
76. Pat McCarty +00″
91. Chris Sutton +00″
111. Steven Cozza +3′55″
135. Christian Meier +14′46″

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O GC
1.Rui Sousa 22h36′12″

11. Dan Martin +5′38
19. Pat McCarty +7′45″
33. Lucas Euser +10′02″
49. Steven Cozza +17′23″
86. Tyler Farrar +35′07″
96. Chris Sutton +36′14″
115. Christian Meier +44′19″

Team Garmin-Chipotle Best Young
1. Dan Martin 22h41′50″
2. Tiago Machado +1′21″
3. Jose Herrada +1′28″