Ineos Grenadiers’ Filippo Ganna won stage five of the Giro d’Italia as Britain’s Simon Yates just stayed in touch with the overall contenders.
World road time trial champion Ganna spent the whole 225km stage in the breakaway, going clear up the category one climb of the ‘dark mountain’.
Deceuninck Quick-Step’s Joao Almeida remains in the pink jersey.
Briton Simon Yates, a favourite for the overall win, remains in touch despite a poor stage three costing him time.
Thursday’s sixth stage is a 188-km route from Castrovillari to Matera, in the Basilicata region.
Stage 5 result:
1. Filippo Ganna (Ita) INEOS-Grenadiers 5 hours 59 minutes 17 seconds
2. Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA – Hansgrohe +34 secs
3. Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck – Quick-Step same time
4. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb “
5. Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott “
6. Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb “
7. Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto – Soudal “
8. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain – McLaren “
9. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team “
10. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck – Quick-Step “
Others:
19. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB) INEOS Grenadiers “
20. Simon Yates (GB) Mitchelton – Scott “
General Classification:
1. Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck – Quick-Step 17 hours 6 minutes 23 seconds
2. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain – McLaren +43secs
3. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb +48secs
4. Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto – Soudal +59secs
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek – Segafredo +1min 01
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling Team +1min 05
7. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team +1min 19
8. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo – Visma +1min 21
9. Patrick Konrad (AUT) BORA – Hansgrohe +1min 26
10. Rafal Majka (POL) BORA – Hansgrohe +1min 32Others:
19. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB) INEOS Grenadiers +3mins 18
20. James Knox (GB) Deceuninck – Quick-Step +3mins 26
24. Simon Yates (GB) Mitchelton-Scott at +3mins 48
