Madrid - Germany's Emanuel Buchmann took the overall lead in the Tour of the Basque Country on Friday by winning the fifth stage in Arrate.
Bora-Hansgrohe's Buchmann attacked on the penultimate ascent and held on to see off the challenge of Ion Izagirre (Astana), Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).
The victory means Buchmann moves ahead of his team-mate Maximilian Schachmann, who drops to third. Izagirre sits in second place, 54 seconds off the lead.
Overall standings
1. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/Bora) 16hrs 23min 30sec, 2. Ion Izagirre (ESP/AST) at 54sec, 3. Maximilian Schachmann (GER/BOR) 1:04, 4. Daniel Martin (IRL/UAE) 1:32, 5. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) same time, 6. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOR) 1:55, 7. Adam Yates (GBR/MIT) 1:56, 8. Daniel Martinez (COL/EF1) 2:11, 9. Mikel Landa (ESP/MOV) 2:25, 10. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE) s.t.