Giro d’Italia, 5th stage: Ganna on the run | The direct

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16.04 – five in front

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7 km at the end of the climb. Rubio takes the lead but Ganna, Carretero, Rubio and De Gendt remain with him. 1’31 “the advantage of the treads on the pink jersey group. In front of the group of pursuers, the Trek-Segafredo of Vincenzo Nibali sets the pace.

16.01 – Carretero snaps

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Alone at the Carretero command when there are 19 km to the finish, only Filippo Ganna remained in pursuit. In difficulty Zardini, the comeback of De Gendt and Rubio continues.

15.59 – Caicedo in difficulty

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The blue jersey Jonathan Caicedo (Ef Pro Cycling), second in the standings, loses ground compared to the pink jersey group. At the head to pull to recover Nibali’s Trek-Segafredo on the fugitives, there are 20 km to the finish.

15.57 – three in front

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Carretero, Ganna and Zardini remain in the lead. In difficulty Puccio, Conti and Tratnik while the comeback of De Gendt and Rubio continues.

3.49 pm – the situation

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In the lead six riders, at 45 “the pair De Gendt Rubio, behind them another pair of forwards formed by Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r La Mondiale) and the Portuguese Ruben Guerreiro (Ef Pro Cycling), at 2’03” the group pink sweater. There are 24 km to the finish, the hardest part of the first category GPM. Kelderman’s Sunweb is leading the pink jersey group.

15.43 – 27 at the finish line

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The six leaders (Ganna, Puccio, Tratnik, Carretero, Conti and Zardini) at 26 km from the finish have an advantage of 1’38 “over the pair De Gendt and Rubio, 2’15” over the group of the pink jersey Joao Almeida (Deceuninck Quick -Step).

15.37 – you are in front

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Tratnik recovers on the treads, at the moment there are six men on the attack with 2’48 “advantage when there are 29 km to the finish. Restrepo and Hagen detached. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) starts from the group. With the Belgian also the Colombian Einer Rubio (Movistar).

15.32 – five to attack

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Carretero is taken up by Ganna, Puccio, Conti and Zardini. 2’26 “the advantage of the head of the race compared to the group of pursuers.

3.19 pm – the advantage drops

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At 32 km from the finish, the advantage of the eight fugitives dropped to 2’14 “. At the beginning of the climb, a sprint by Movistar’s Spanish Hector Carretero.

3.13 pm – flying finish line

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Hagen is the first to pass the flying finish line in front of Restrepo and Tratnik. At 35 km from the finish the advantage of the fugitives is 3’06 “. The climb to the Monte Scuro pass (first category GPM) begins, almost 25 km at 5.6% with peaks up to 18%.

15.11 – 45 at the finish line

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The advantage of the eight fugitives drops, 3’29 “when there are 45 km to go. The eight attacking are the Italians Filippo Ganna and Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers), the Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), the Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren), the Norwegian Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal), the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar), the Italians Valerio Conti (UAE Emirates) and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù Brado).

14.54 – slow down the group

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The pink jersey group slows down and the eight fugitives return to gain ground, 4’52 “the advantage over their pursuers 57 km from the finish.

2.49 pm – small group

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Uphill stretch, the sprinters group comes off with Colombian Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and the winner of the fourth stage, the French Arnaud Démare of Groupama Fdj.

14.46 – Benjamin Thomas retires

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Benjamin Thomas, French from Groupama Fdj, has abandoned the pink race. 4’35 “the advantage of the eight fleeing 60 km from the finish. The Italians Filippo Ganna and Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers) the Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), the Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren) , the Norwegian Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal), the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar), the Italians Valerio Conti (UAE Emirates) and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù Brado).

14.40 – 62 at the finish line

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Small problem for Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren), who stops for a few seconds due to the fall of the chain. 62 km from the finish line, the eight forwards have a 4’11 “advantage over the pink jersey group. At the same time as the Giro d’Italia, the Giro-E is running, a cycling event that aims to make all lovers live cyclists, amateur cyclists or former professionals, the experience of traveling the roads of the Giro d’Italia in the same days as the pink race Among the participants Gilberto Simoni, the climber from Trentino who won the Giro in 2001 and 2003.

14.25 – descent

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The long descent towards Cosenza is about to begin. Shortly before the American Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott), the current “black jersey” of this Giro, leaves the group last in the standings with 54’03 “behind the pink jersey. The German Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma) leads the group.

14.16 – 80 on arrival

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There are 80 km to the finish, the eight forwards have a 5’09 “advantage over the pink jersey group.

14.06 – Ganna in front

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85 km to the finish line, 4’50 “the advantage of the eight forwards. In the eight Filippo Ganna, 24 years old from Verbania, four times world champion in the individual pursuit on the track and winner of the inaugural time trial of this pink race. The victory at the Giro is arrived after the triumph in the time trial of the road cycling world championships in Imola.

13.51 – 5 ‘of advantage

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When there are 91 km to go, the advantage of the eight attackers is 5’13 “. Camigliatello Silano, home of today’s arrival, was also the stage finish in the 1982 Giro: Bernard Becaas the winner.

13.40 – 100 at the finish

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The eight forwards have a 4’55 “advantage over the pink jersey group when there are 100 km to the finish line in Camigliatello Silano. The riders on the run are the Italians Filippo Ganna and Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers) the Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) , the Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren), the Norwegian Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal), the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar), the Italians Valerio Conti (UAE Emirates) and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù Brado).

13.23 – The retreats

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Luca Wackermann (Vini Zabù Brado) did not start due to the consequences of the crash in the fourth stage. Pieter Weening (Trek-Segafredo) also retired, crashed yesterday due to a water bottle under his wheel.

13.17 – Zardini first

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At the top of the second GPM in the third category, the first to cross the finish line is Edoardo Zardini of Vini Zabù Brado, also in the lead on the previous climb. Second on both occasions Hector Carretero (Movistar). At 112 km from the finish, the advantage of the fugitives is 4’41 “.

12.57 – The situation

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When there are 120 km left to finish, the eight fugitives have a 4’54 “advantage over the pink jersey group pulled by Joao Almeida’s Deceuninck Quick-Step. Second climb for the riders, who climb towards Tiriolo, the second GP of the third category of the day At the sprint in Catanzaro Lido Restrepo preceded Zardini and Hagen, while on the first GP Zardini preceded Carretero.

12.52 – Otto on the run

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The eight strikers of the first hour are: the Italians Filippo Ganna and Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers) the Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), the Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren), the Norwegian Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal) the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar), the Italians Valerio Conti (UAE Emirates) and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù Brado).

12.50 – Ganna attacks

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Immediately attacks in the first kilometers of the race, eight fugitives (among them Filippo Ganna) with an advantage of 3’41 “over the group when there are 123 km to the finish in Camigliatello Silano.

The stage

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The fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia was quiet for the big names, Almeida gained 2 “on Caicedo thanks to the bonus on the flying finish line in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto but there were no other twists after the stage with arrival on the Etna, which upset the ranking and forced Geraint Thomas to retire. After the winning sprint by Arnaud Démare at Villafranca Tirrena, with a very choppy stage open to possible escapes from afar, the favorites could return to battle.

Path

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The fifth fraction measures 225 km, starting from Mileto and arriving in Camigliatello Silano. A busy day for runners, with three mountain grand prizes. The group will cross Calabria to reach the Ionian coast. After Catanzaro Lido and Catanzaro (third category GPM), the Tiriolo climb (second third category GPM) will lead to the sector of about 70 km with continuous ups and downs on the slopes of the Sila. After Cosenza the ascent of the Valico di Monte Scuro (first category Gpm) will begin, almost 25 km at 5.6% with peaks up to 18%, along a very wide road with several hairpin bends. In the last kilometers downhill to Moccone (4 km on arrival), where the road will continue to descend slightly to reach Camigliatello and cross a part of the town up to 1.2 km from the finish where, after a U-turn, the race will head for the finish. In the last section two wide curves and a final straight.

I big

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In the standings Joao Almeida (Deceuninck Quick-Step) has a 2 “advantage over Jonathan Caicedo (Ef Pro Cycling). Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren) is third in the general standings at 39”, fourth Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) at 44 “. Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) is at 57 “, Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling) at 1’01”, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) at 1’15 “, Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) at 1’17” and Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 1’28 “.