Vuelta a Andalucia stage 5 live - Pogacar secures overall win

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía.

It's another hilly day out today as the race draws to a close.

The riders are just heading out for the neutral zone ahead of the start proper in around 10 minutes. 184km on the menu today, including another uphill finish.

Four classified climbs coming up today, including the first-category Puerto del Sol midway through the stage.

There's a flat run towards the finish, but the finale ramps up, even if it's not as tough as previous finishes in the race.

It's another chance for UAE Team Emirates and Pogačar to win a stage if they want to bring the break back early.

Of course, they're four out of four so far, with the Slovenian taking three of those wins, including his 50th pro win on stage 4.

He's in the overall lead and only a total disaster would prevent him from taking home the yellow jersey today.

1:14 is the margin between him and second-placed Mikel Landa.

Check out the stage 4 results and the GC picture here...

If you want to catch up on what happened yesterday then check out our full report here and yesterday's live coverage here.

119 riders started the race and 106 finished stage 4.

Today, 104 will start as Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan) heads home with an infection, while Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa) is also out after crashing yesterday.

184km to go

The flag drops and stage 5 is underway!

It's a rolling start today but the riders will quickly be heading uphill for the third-category test at the Alto El Cerrajón, which comes after 25km.

Early attacks from Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Dries Van Gestel (TotalEnergies), and Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise), among others.

The riders are on a short downhill run before gradually heading back uphill on the way to that first climb of the day.

182km to go

That trio of attackers have four others with them.

Kevin Colleoni (Jayco-AlUla), Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Erik Fetter (Eolo-Kometa), and Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) are out front with Isasa, Van Gestel and Van Hemelen.

The group of seven currently have 30 seconds on the peloton.

Attacks continue to fly up front.

Yesterday, we saw a long battle for the breakaway which only concluded after 70km of racing. Maybe today the race to get out front has already been decided...

178km to go

José Manuel Díaz (Burgos-BH) is attempting to bridge across to the lead seven.

The attackers currently have 55 seconds on the peloton.

Over a minute between the leaders and the peloton now as Díaz continues to chase alone.

Díaz has now been brought back to the peloton. The gap to the leaders now up to 2:20 and the breakaway looks set!

171km to go

No big names in the break – yesterday we had Sivakov up there, for instance – so it's hard to imagine this group going all the way to the finish line.

The break are on the first climb of the day now – the Alto el Cerrajón (7.9km at 3.4%).

2:30 for the breakaway now.

Of the breakaway riders, only Van Hemelen, Isasa and Colleoni have yet to score a pro win. Dries De Bondt leads the way with six, including a stage at the 2022 Giro d'Italia.

While Pogačar took his third win of the race and extended his GC lead yesterday, there was also plenty of racing elsewhere, too.

Over at the Volta ao Algarve, Tom Pidcock took the stage win and GC lead on the Alto do Malhão.

At the Setmana Valenciana Fèmines it was Ashleigh Moolman Pasio scoring her first win for her new team AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep in Altea.

Mattias Skjelmose beat Neilson Powless to take the win on stage 2 of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var.

And, finally, we saw Loes Adegeest and Bjørn Andreasson win the Esports World Championships on Zwift.

157km to go

Gilles De Wilde (Flanders-Baloise) and Julen Amezqueta (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) have abandoned the race.

Meanwhile, the break has passed the top of the day's first climb. Eenkhoorn led the way and gets three KOM points.

Movistar and Intermarché-Circus-Wanty are among the teams in charge at the head of the peloton currently. They lie 2:40 down on the breakaway.

The gap has remained stable at around the same time, with the peloton not giving the break much leeway.

Another third-category climb coming up soon but first a few uncategorised hills for the riders following the descent from El Cerrajón.

Before the stage, Bahrain's Jack Haig said that the break could decide the stage. That doesn't look too likely based on what we've seen so far, however.

145km to go

The next climb is the Alto del Navazo (6.3km at 4.1%).

No change in the situation at the moment as the break continues towards the climb at 2:50 up on the peloton.

A shot of Eenkhoorn leading the breakaway today.

The breakaway riders are on the Alto del Navazo now.

Over at the opening stage of the Tour du Rwanda, Ethan Vernon won the sprint to the line by some distance.

125km to go

The break pass over the top of the climb, led by De Bondt for the three KOM points.

A descent of over 20km coming up now, with an intermediate sprint partway down. After that the riders will start the first-category climb of the Puerto del Sol.

Race leader Tadej Pogačar secure in the peloton so far.

Three minutes is the current time gap.

110km to go

The riders are flying down the descent and are already not too far from the valley floor.

Our reporter Al Fotheringham is out in the Middle East for a stint at the Tour of Oman and UAE Tour, where he recently interviewed Astana boss Alexandre Vinokourov.

He said that it's not just about the Tour de France for his new sprinter Mark Cavendish and also talked about the team's new lead-out train.

3:30 for the breakaway now as they approach the base of the final first-category climb of the race. The Puerto del Sol is 17km long at an average gradient of 4.9%.

104km to go

The riders start the climb now.

UAE Team Emirates at the head of the peloton with Movistar and Intermarché-Circus-Wanty.

Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) has abandoned the race.

95km to go

Meanwhile, the break has lost time early on the climb. Their advantage is down to 2:40.

No movements in the breakaway yet – the riders are still all together as they head up the climb.

90km to go

Midway up the climb now and riders are dropping back from the peloton as the pace goes up.

2:10 for the breakaway at the moment.

It looks like there will be no major movement on the climb as the riders near the top. There's still a long way to go on the stage, in any case.

86km to go

The break gets over the top with an advantage of 2:05 over the peloton.

A long and gradual descent over the next 50km coming up now, with plenty of small climbs and ramps along the way.

The breakaway out on the road today.

73km to go

The break's advantage remains at around two minutes.

De Bondt led the break over the top of that last climb for another 10 KOM points. 

He has 13 in total today but Gotzon Martín (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is secure in the KOM jersey with 26 points.

It's not just the finale of the Vuelta a Andalucía today – the Volta ao Algarve winner will be decided in the final time trial.

Find out how to watch the race with this guide.

Movistar and Intermarché-Circus-Wanty continue to lead the peloton here in Andalucía, meanwhile.

Andalucía is set to be the first men's race to finish today but the final stage of the Setmana Valenciana Feminès is coming to a conclusion soon.

There's only around 15km remaining there and we'll have a full race report coming up.

63km to go

The gap remains at the two-minute mark.

Movistar will be riding for fifth-placed Enric Mas while Intermarché will be working for eighth-placed Lorenzo Rota. 

Not a ton to report from the race at the moment as the riders continue to navigate this largely downhill run.

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55km to go

Still all seven men together at the front as they start the road up a short unclassified climb. 

Still two minutes back to the peloton.

And now they head down the other side on the road to the final classified climb of the race.

Sep Vanmarcke (Israel-Premier Tech) has abandoned with stomach problems.

Van Hemelen runs wide and onto the grass verge but he keeps it upright and he's riding back to the breakaway.

47km to go

The gap between break and peloton remains at two minutes.

Van Hemelen is back with the break and Ineos Grenadiers have joined in the pacemaking at the head of the podium.

Onto the last climb after another descent and the breakaway has been blown to pieces!

34km to go

De Bondt is solo in front.

This climb is 4.5km at 5.9% and De Bondt is pushing on well here.

Colleoni, Fetter and Eenkhoorn chase behind De Bondt and it's all closed up behind. The peloton is within 40 seconds of the lead after an upping of the pace.

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De Bondt is having a hard time now as he heads uphill. It won't be long before he's caught.

He's battling away but now UAE Team Emirates are on the front of the peloton.

30km

The Belgian makes it over the top of the climb alone with a small advantage.

Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) tries a move off the front on the way down the descent.

25km to go

De Bondt now just a handful of seconds up on the peloton.

De Bondt continues to push on alone. He's in full time trial mode ahead of the peloton.

21km to go

The peloton, meanwhile, will be happy to let him hang out there.

De Bondt has around 20 seconds currently.

18km to go

He's still battling away, even if his chances of taking the win here are very low.

16km to go

On the flat run towards the finish town and De Bondt's advantage is slowly being eroded. 15 seconds now.

14km to go

Under 10 seconds for De Bondt now.

He has his nose on the handlebars and is still pushing on as much as he can. However, it's just a matter of time now.

10km to go

Movistar continue to lead the chase behind De Bondt, who remains a few seconds in the lead.

A great effort by De Bondt here as he continues at just five seconds up on the peloton.

It's almost over though.

9km to go

And De Bondt is caught. A great effort but it was always going to be near-impossible. Still, worth a try.

Movistar continue at the head of the peloton, which is all together now.

No attacks on this flat run as Movistar continue to control.

7km to go

A high pace at the front as they race towards the uphill finish.

5km to go

Into the final 5km and the situation remains the same.

4km to go

Ineos and Jayco have joined Movistar on the front now.

3km to go

The high pace and battle for positions continues up front.

Eenkhoorn was in the break earlier but he's up there too working for Lotto-Dstny teammate Andreas Kron.

Now UAE Team Emirates come back to the front.

2km to go

Everyone around the big roundabout OK, and UAE in full control up front now.

1km to go

They're flying towards the finish now and Pogačar leads the way on the uphill!

He's pushing on hard but it looks like it's for teammate TIm Wellens here.

Now he pulls off the front, his job done.

A sprint to the line and it's Omar Fraile against Alessandro Covi!

Fraile leads around the final bend.

Fraile takes the win on the final stage! Covi takes second.

UAE Team Emirates came very close to making it five wins in five stages, but Fraile had the beating of Covi there.

Andrea Pasqualon and Andreas Kron finished third and fourth behind the lead duo.

Here are today's stage results...

Fraile celebrates his stage win!

The podiums are ongoing at the moment.

Pogačar wins the overall and points classifications, Gotzon Martín (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is king of the mountains, and Ineos Grenadiers are the top team of the race.

Our full stage 5 report is up. Check it out below...

Tadej Pogacar wins the Vuelta a Andalucia – Omar Fraile beats Alessandro Covi on final stage uphill finish

Here's what Pogačar had to say after the stage...

"It was really great. We did a perfect job through the week. I'm super happy with my shape and with the shape of the team.

"With the result, I'm maybe a little bit surprised, but I knew that my level is good. In this race, I felt really strong, and I hope I can feel as strong in the next races.

"Just to continue the season [as it has been] until now," Pogačar concluded when asked about his season goals.

A yellow jersey to end the week for Pogačar.

He takes home the points jersey, too.

Gotzon Martín in the KOM jersey.

And finally Fraile celebrates his stage win on the podium, too. 

That's all for our live coverage of the final stage here in Andalucía.

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