The Gospel According to Jens & Cav Hits a Century

Jens Voigt fooled the sprinters, took them out of the game, and attacked inside the last 5km to win stage 5.

I've been looking for some famous last words, and I think found it. The gospel according to Jens...

"That move, basically, since many, many, many years. Almost since the last ice age I've been doing the same move. Sometimes, like in Colorado (2012 USA Pro Challenge), I do it with 140 kilometres to go, and today, with five to go. They know what my plan is. They know I cannot win a sprint. They know I have to be alone. You've got to catch them by surprise. They watch each other. Peter Sagan looks at Hushovd; Hushovd looks at Tyler Farrar. And they go, 'yeah, it's just old Jensie, let him go.

It's almost like a voice talking in your head. 'Go now. It's now or never. It's now, it's now'. And then you listen to that voice. And I think maybe they underestimated me and they say, 'Oh, he's going to die out there. He's going to slow down.' And, yeah, it played in my favor. I guess I'm allowed to say, every now and then, I do still have a little bit of go power... And once I'm out there, once I can see and smell this victory, it's hard to get it away from me."

I'm glad we have Jens Voigt still riding. He animates the race with his high spirits - the man is 41 years old. When asked what rider he'd tap to replace him, he said: " I think it would take maybe two persons. One to do the funny part, and one to be the bike rider."

Slick and classy win, and NO it's not time for retirement... Jensie!

Stage 5, Santa Barbara-Avila Beach, 185.7 km:

1	Jens VOIGT	GER	RLT	4:41:16
2	Tyler FARRAR	USA	GRS	+6
3	Thor HUSHOVD	NOR	BMC	+6
4	Peter SAGAN	SVK	CAN	+6
5	Michael MATTHEWS	AUS	OGE	+6
6	Jay MCCARTHY	AUS	TST	+6
7	Alexander CANDELARIO	USA	OPM	+6
8	Michael ROGERS	AUS	TST	+6
9	Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU	ESP	RLT	+6
10	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	USA	BMC	+6

GC after Stage 5:

1	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	United States	BMC	21:55:32
2	Michael ROGERS	Australia	TST	+42
3	Javier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE	Colombia	JSH	+50
4	Matthew BUSCHE	United States	RLT	+1:04
5	Philip DEIGNAN	Ireland	UHC	+1:17
6	Cameron MEYER	Australia	OGE	+1:29
7	Mathias FRANK	Switzerland	BMC	+1:35
8	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Spain	5HR	+1:53
9	Chad HAGA	United States	OPM	+2:03
10	Lawson CRADDOCK	United States	BLS	+2:22

Stage 12, Longarone-Treviso, 134 km:

1	Mark CAVENDISH	GBR	OPQ	3:01:47
2	Nacer BOUHANNI	FRA	FDJ	+0
3	Luka MEZGEC	SLO	ARG	+0
4	Giacomo NIZZOLO	ITA	RLT	+0
5	Brett LANCASTER	AUS	OGE	+0
6	Manuel BELLETTI	ITA	ALM	+0
7	Roberto FERRARI	ITA	LAM	+0
8	Sacha MODOLO	ITA	BAR	+0
9	Ioannis TAMOURIDIS	GRE	EUS	+0
10	Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDI GC after Stage 12:	ESP	MOV	+0

1	Vincenzo NIBALI	Italy	AST	46:28:14
2	Cadel EVANS	Australia	BMC	+41
3	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Colombia	SKY	+2:04
4	Robert GESINK	Netherlands	BLA	+2:12
5	Michele SCARPONI	Italy	LAM	+2:13
6	Mauro SANTAMBROGIO	Italy	VIN	+2:55
7	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Poland	LAM	+3:35
8	Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA	Spain	MOV	+4:05
9	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Italy	ALM	+4:17
10	Rafal MAJKA	Poland	TST	+4:21