Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Sharp won Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge in a sprint finish, claiming his second stage victory. Farrar finished the 117.9 mile stage from Breckenridge to Colorado Springs in 3 hours, 58 minutes and 27 seconds. Taylor Phinney of BMC Racing finished second, while Tejay van Garderen of BMC Racing retained the overall race lead. A seven rider breakaway group had formed early in the stage but was caught by the peloton in the final miles.

1. TYLER FARRAR
WINS HIS SECOND
STAGE AT USA PRO
CHALLENGE
The Tyler Group

3. COLORADO SPRINGS — With just 1½ laps left
in three laps around downtown Colorado
Springs, the peloton finally caught the
breakaway group Friday afternoon and from
there Tyler Farrar broke out in the sprint to the
finish line to win Stage 5 of the USA Pro
Challenge.
The Team Garmin-Sharp rider, who also won
Stage 1 on Monday, finished Friday's stage in 3
hours, 58 minutes, 27 seconds. During the
stage, Farrar also reclaimed the green jersey as
the top sprinter.

5. Boulder's Taylor Phinney of BMC Racing who crashed
in Stage 1 and injured is right knee, finished second in
the Stage 5. His teammate, Tejay van Garderen, kept
the yellow jersey. Van Garderen kept the yellow jersey
but remains tied in time with Garmin Sharp's Christian
Vande Velde at 21:32:45.
Garmin-Sharp's Tom Danielson remains atop the King
of the Mountains standings as the top climber with 50
points, three ahead of Jorge Castiblanco of Team EPM-
UNE.

6. With all the news about Lance Armstrong's
latest issue on allegations from his past in the
air, Stage 5 left Breckenridge on Friday
morning for the 117.9-mile race to downtown
Colorado Springs.
The stage had one climb, then it was all about
the sprinters as they roll downhill into the Front
Range.
2:15 p.m.: Gap barely a minute
The stage continues to remain much of the
same as the same seven riders continued to
lead, but the gap has narrowed to 80 seconds.
As they hit the Woodland Park sprint line, the
breakaway rolled through.
1:25 p.m.: Peloton gaining

8. With 50 miles to go in Stage 5, the same
seven-man breakaway stayed ahead of
the peloton, but the gap had narrowed to
3½ minutes.
12:30 p.m.: Breakaway increases gap
With 75 miles to the finish, the breakaway
group of seven riders has increased its
lead on the peloton to 6 minutes, 20
seconds.
As the race turned east onto Highway 24
at Hartsel, rain began to hit the lead
group.

9. 11:45 a.m.: Through first sprint
Russian Sergey Firsanov from Team RusVelo
picked up the top sprint points, riding in the
breakaway group of seven riders as they hit
Fairplay.
That group remained about 3 minutes ahead of
the peloton, which includes yellow-jersey
leader Tejay Van Garderen.
Garmin-Sharp's Tom Danielson retained the
King of the Mountains lead after the climb up
Hoosier Passm gaining a point on Camilo
Castiblanco of Team EPM-UNE.