The winner of the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia is the Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck). Behind him Milan, Pedersen and Dainese. A race full of bad weather, rain, falls (not short times, therefore, to draw up the general classification). We really saw all the colors in this stage that brought the caravan from Irpinia to Salerno.
A large part of the route led to the signing of the leading trio, on the run 160 km from the finish line: Stefano Gandin (Team Corratec – Selle Italia), Samuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and Thomas Champion (Cofidis). Initially a quartet (with Pinot, Groupama-FDJ), then became a trio, hooked by the group net of Zoccarato, alone ahead 20 km from the goal; But the cyclist was forced to surrender 7 km from the finish, just before a group crash was recorded. But it was not the last, because just over 2 km a new episode involved for the second time the world champion, Remco Evenepoel.
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Giro d'Italia crash in the corner
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Giro d'Italia new fall
The first fall of the rainbow jersey occurred 151 kilometers from the finish line. A small dog escaped the control of its owner who was watching the runners pass, and ended up in the street, right in the middle of the group, causing the fall of several cyclists. Among them was Evenepoel, who sat on the ground for a couple of minutes with a sore right leg. Rescued by the flagship of his team, the Belgian then got up and resumed pedaling with a new bicycle, "escorted by some companions with whom, subsequently, he managed to return to the group. Evenepoel then, happily eloquently, made the gesture of the thumbs up to highlight that he had not suffered significant consequences.
Speaking of falls, due to the consequences deriving from the fall in the final stages of the 3 ^ stage, Valerio Conti was forced to retire. Yesterday evening, the Roman rider, captain of Team corratec - Selle Italia, was urgently transported to the San Giuseppe Moscati hospital in Avellino for very strong pain in the hip area and very accentuated difficulty in walking. After CT examination of the pelvis, an infringement of the posterior cortical bone profile of the right ileopubic branch was found for him. He was therefore advised not to leave for today's stage. Conti, 30, was in his eighth participation in the pink race; In 2019 he wore the pink jersey for six days.
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Giro d'Italia, Valerio Conti
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