The Danish beats the excellent Zambanini on the sprint. Tomorrow I arrive in Naples, in the longest fraction of the 2025 edition
And Mads Pedersen also thus enrolled in the very special club of the stage winners at the Giro in the pink jersey. On the spectacular arrival of Matera, the fifth stage of the Giro, with the stones in the background, the Danish giant of the Lidl-Trek parades 2.5 km from the arrival under the acceleration of Roglic, then manages to stay afloat thanks to the work of his wingkkish Vacek, returns and, still piloted by Vacek, beats half-wheel the Trentino Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious) and the British Tom Pidcock (Q36.5). A demonstration of strength and condition, by Pedersen, who conquers his third victory at the Giro after those of Tirana and Valona, and wears the fourth pink jersey in five stages. And tomorrow he will still flew on the Caracciolo promenade in Naples, where he won in 2023: Pedersen can poker. In the standings, thanks to the ability now it has 17 “on Roglic and 24” on Vacek, fourth McNulty at 31 “. An exciting ending, with the great Forcing of the UAE Emirates who tried to put effort in Pedersen’s legs. 10 km from the arrival, Vine and Adam Yates make the rhythm stronger and stronger, but Pedersen holds. Primaz Roglic, to testify that the Slovenian never misses an opportunity to try to put pressure on rivals. Courage a passage on the left, next to the barriers, and scares Pedersen to the white line: he had been fifth in Valona. The last time, before today, in 2020 Covid was in the middle: it was October 8, the victory of Demare on Matthews.
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Stage with cheerful pace, thanks to the three Italians on the run: Davide Bais (Polti-Visitmalta), Giosuè Epis (Arkea) and Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar), the under 23 world champion of the time trial in 2023 Attached is the Red Bull with the ranking for the ranking, the first epis, and the big names are not compactly. 15 km from the arrival.
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Tomorrow the tour proposes the longest fraction: sixth stage, power-Napoli, 227 kilometers and three stars of difficulty, 2600 meters in altitude. You cross the mountains of Lucania and then of Irpinia. Before Naples, after Afragola there are about 20 km of the highway, and then the highly anticipated sprint on the Caracciolo promenade. The transition from Caivano to underline the work of Don Patriciello in favor of the social redemption of this area on the outskirts of Naples is significant. The city hosts the arrival of the stage for the fourth consecutive year: in the last two occasions, Pedersen’s success in 2023 and Kooij in 2024, both in front of Jonathan Milan. Naples has been present in the tour of the Giro d’Italia since 1909: May 18, third stage, Chieti-Napoli, 242 km, success of Rossignoli and leader Galetti, the “squirrel” of the Navigli.