Wednesday looks to be a day for the sprinters at the Vuelta a España as stage 5 rolls south into Andalusia for a flat finish in downtown Sevilla. Temperatures pushed 40C degrees on Tuesday and the same heat will be present for the 170km from the start in Fuente del Maestre with a series of uncategorised rollers.
There is just one sprint bonification on the route at La Algaba, with 6, 4 and 2 bonus seconds on offer. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) have already distanced other riders in the green jersey competition by more than 70 points, and Van Aert now has the lead, 111 points to 105.
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