Liquigas racer Peter Sagan won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Friday, a 157km ride from Pernes-les-Fontaines to Aix en Provence, France as the 20-year-old notched his second success of the week.
STAGE 5 RESULTS:
1 Peter Sagan (Svk|Liquigas – Doimo) 3:34:15
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita|Lampre – Farnese Vini) 0:00:02
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa|Caisse d’Epargne)
4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra|Française des Jeux)
5 Jens Voigt (Ger|Team Saxo Bank)
6 Simon Gerrans (Aus|Sky Professional Cycling Team)
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa|Euskatltel – Euskadi)
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl|AG2R La Mondiale)
9 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus|Team HTC – Columbia)
10 Alberto Contador (Spa|Astana)
General classification after stage 5:
1 Alberto Contador (Spa|Astana) 20:41:40
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa|Caisse d’Epargne) 0:00:20
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze|Liquigas – Doimo) 0:00:25
4 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa|Caisse d’Epargne) 0:00:26
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa|Euskatltel – Euskadi) 0:00:29
6 Jens Voigt (Ger|Team Saxo Bank) 0:00:34
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa|Team Katusha) 0:00:36
8 Peter Sagan (Svk|Liquigas – Doimo) 0:00:42
9 David Millar (GBr|Garmin – Transitions) 0:01:02
10 Reine Taaramae (Est|Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) 0:01:06