Tour Down Under: Jhonatan Narvaez wins atop Willunga and secures leader’s jersey on stage 5

After coming so close last year, Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) timed his uphill sprint perfectly to win atop Willunga Hill on stage 5, securing the leader’s jersey and likely the overall victory of the Tour Down Under. 

Narváez stayed calm after a flurry of attacks came from a split and decimated peloton the second time up the iconic climb including a solo flyer from the overnight leader Javier Romo (Movistar) on the lower slopes. Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) gave chase with Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) and Narváez on his wheel as Romo pushed on, still having six seconds with one kilometre to go.