Ganna wins stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia
Filippo Ganna powered to victory on stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, soloing out of the day’s breakaway and holding on to get the win in Camigliatello Silano.
A reduced peloton arrived at the finish 34 seconds after the world time trial champion with Patrick Konrad leading the way over the finish and race leader João Almeida taking third and padding his GC lead with a handful of bonus seconds.
The rest of the major GC contenders finished safely in the group.
Ganna’s victory is his first ever pro victory in a mass start road race, and his second win so far at the Giro after he took the opening TT.
Top 10, stage 5
1 GANNA Filippo (INEOS Grenadiers) 5:59:17
2 KONRAD Patrick (BORA – hansgrohe) 0:34
3 ALMEIDA João (Deceuninck – Quick Step)
4 KELDERMAN Wilco (Team Sunweb)
5 HAMILTON Lucas (Mitchelton-Scott)
6 HINDLEY Jai (Team Sunweb)
7 VANHOUCKE Harm (Lotto Soudal)
8 BILBAO Pello (Bahrain – McLaren)
9 FUGLSANG Jakob (Astana Pro Team)
10 MASNADA Fausto (Deceuninck – Quick Step)
Top 10, GC
1 ALMEIDA João (Deceuninck – Quick Step) 17:06:23
2 BILBAO Pello (Bahrain – McLaren) 0:43
3 KELDERMAN Wilco (Team Sunweb) 0:48
4 VANHOUCKE Harm (Lotto Soudal) 0:59
5 NIBALI Vincenzo (Trek – Segafredo) 1:01
6 POZZOVIVO Domenico (NTT Pro Cycling) 1:05
7 FUGLSANG Jakob (Astana Pro Team) 1:19
8 KRUIJSWIJK Steven (Team Jumbo-Visma) 1:21
9 KONRAD Patrick (BORA – hansgrohe) 1:26
10 MAJKA Rafal (BORA – hansgrohe) 1:32
More to come …
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