Cycling: Yates takes out stage 5 of cycle classic

Jeremy Yates has won stage five of the Wellington Cycle Classic by three minutes from his nearest rival.

He won the 125 kilometre Masterton circuit from Canadian national champion Dominique Perras, with the peleton nearly five minutes further back.

However there's been no change to the overall race lead, with another Canadian, Eric Wohlberg, retaining the yellow jersey.






RESULTS

Stage 5: 121km, Admiral Hill: Jeremy Yates (Hastings) 3hr 13min 05sec 1, Dominique Perras (Canada) at 3min 08sec 2, Shinri Suzuki at 4min 48sec 3, Eric Wohlberg (Canada), Robin Reid (Blenheim), Gordon McCauley (Wellington), Charles Dionne (Canada), Craig Gordon (Australia), Heath Blackgrove (Waimate), Jorge Libonatti (Uruguay), Corey Lange (Canada), Imanishi Hisafuni (Japan), Stephen Elden (Palmerston North), Luke McCarthy (Pahiatua), Scott Little (Masterton), Willie Walker (Australia), Karl Menzies (Australia), Anthony Chapman (Dunedin) all same time 3.

General classification: Wohlberg 10hr 55min 27sec 1, Dionne at 22sec 2, Menzies at 31sec 3, Reid at 37sec 4, Lange at 54sec 5, McCauley at 1.10 6, Hilton Clarke (Australia) at 1.13 7, Yates at 7.14 8, Perras at 9.47 9, Blackgrove at 11.25 10.

Tomorrow's final day stages: 19km time trial, Lower Hutt; 40km criterium, Petone.

- NZPA and Newstalk ZB