Jake Stewart sprints to Dauphiné win on stage five as Evenepoel holds lead despite fall

First victory in World Tour race for 25-year-old Briton

Remco Evenepoel goes down but loses no time

The British rider Jake Stewart won a sprint finish to triumph in the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday as Remco Evenepoel held on to the race lead.

Stewart claimed his first career victory in a World Tour race, edging the bunched finale ahead of Axel Laurance and Søren Waerenskjold after the hilly 183km run from Saint-Priest to Macon.

“That one feels good,” said the 25-year-old who finished fifth in Sunday’s opening stage in Montlucon. “The boys backed me … and the team backed me, they did an awesome job, so I’m just so happy that I could finish it off for them.”