
Wednesday, May 14: Stage 5, Ceglie Messapica - Matera, 151 km
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Mads Pedersen (in pink) wins stage five. Photo: La Presse.
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Weather at the finish city of Matera at 2:20 PM, local time: 21C (70F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain, rising to 40% at 5:00 PM.
The stage: Largely flat stage until the final 35 km. The route begins on the Murge plateau, descends to Taranto, then follows the fast Metaponto coast road (SS106). The course leaves the SS106 toward the inland Bernalda climb, then continues on fairly wide roads toward Montescaglioso, a short, steep, and mostly straight ascent. A short descent and uphill false flat lead to the finish in Matera.
Final kilometres - The final 3 km feature a 10% ramp leading into urban avenues, first downhill, then uphill to the finish. Around the flamme rouge, two left-hand curves (a tight one at 1,200 m) bring riders to a 300 m final straight, slightly uphill on 8-metre-wide asphalt.
The race: Soren Kragh Andersen (Lidl) broke his wrist in a crash in stage four and could not start stage five.
Here's the report from stage winner Mads Pedersen's Team Lidl-Trek:
Mads Pedersen and his Lidl-Trek teammates secured a third stage win at this year’s Giro d’Italia, and a fourth day in the Maglia Rosa, after another textbook display of teamwork from start to finish on stage five.
It was a nail-biting finish with Pedersen losing some ground on the steeper parts of the climb up to the line but despite being seemingly too far back under the flamme rouge, he was able to make it back up to the front and onto the wheel of teammate Mathias Vacek before winning the sprint to the line.
Earlier in the day, Jacopo Mosca took up position at the front of the peloton as once again, Lidl-Trek took responsibility of the race with full confidence that the race leader and favorite for the stage win would deliver once again.
The pace on the slopes of the Montescaglioso climb combined with the gradient, which averaged at eight percent, saw riders including many of the sprinters dropping off the back of the bunch but, if Pedersen was finding it tough, he didn’t show it.

The peloton as it approaches the second intermediate sprint. RCS photo
With 12 kilometers to go, the final riders from the breakaway were reabsorbed by the bunch but when Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe started to set the tempo on an unclassified rise with three kilometers to go, Pedersen started to drift back. However, the determined Dane fought hard and found his way back onto the trusted wheel of Vacek in time for another strong lead-out from the young Czech rider and, in the end, he had just enough left in the tank to pull off another stage win.
Mads’ race reaction:
“I was not sure I had won on the line. It was an incredibly hard last 20 kilometers. I was fighting a lot since the steep climb and I really suffered a lot on this last climb so, this was a really really tough one and I wasn't sure. I knew that over the top, when I was a bit behind, that I was still in the group fighting for the win but I had a really hard time there and I used a lot of energy to move back up to Vacek's wheel but luckily I had enough in the last sprint. What a Giro we are having and what a Team I have around me. Together what we have done so far is incredible and to win in this jersey, it's insane. Wearing the jersey is one thing but to win in it is something different.
“This first week has been some of the best performances I have done in a race ever so I am just super happy and proud. It's way more than I ever dreamed about. I came to the Giro to win as much as possible and I showed up in the best shape possible to do that with the Lidl-Trek logo on my jersey but it also wouldn't be possible without the guys and Vacek especially has been showing how strong he is, he deserves all the credit we give him. The Team are absolutely amazing, they are looking for me the whole day and making the speed high and low when it's needed so, without a Team like this, it wouldn't be possible so thanks to them.
“When Primož [Roglič] went to the front I was like 'oooh, now it's over' because I started to lose some spots in the group, and then it was really tough for me. But, Vacek stayed there and in the radio they were saying he should slow down so I could gain the spots back and I did. I was able to get back into his wheel in the last 800 meters so, all-in-all, it was also a super great performance from the team car today to guide him through the final as well. Chapeau to everyone.
“Tomorrow is a more regular sprint than today and we know it is going to be a tough one but, we are going to try all we can. Last time I was in Napoli it was pretty nice so let's see if it can happen again tomorrow but first, we enjoy today.”
Complete results:
151 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.659 km/hr
| 1 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 3hr 27min 31sec |
| 2 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 3 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Orluis Aular | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 6 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 9 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 11 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 12 | Primoz Roglic | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 13 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 15 | Diego Ulissi | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 17 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 19 | Florian Stork | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Simon Yates | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 21 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 22 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 23 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 24 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 25 | Romain Bardet | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 26 | Max Poole | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 27 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 28 | Rick Pluimers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Egan Bernal | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 32 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 33 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 35 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 36 | Paul Double | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 37 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 38 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 39 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 40 | Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 41 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 42 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 44 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 45 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 46 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 47 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 48 | Giulio Pellizzari | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 49 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 52 | Wout Poels | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Chris Harper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 54 | Mathias Vacek | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 55 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 57 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 58 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 59 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 13sec |
| 61 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:19 |
| 62 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:25 |
| 63 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:42 |
| 64 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 65 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:07 |
| 66 | Alessandro Tonelli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 1:12 |
| 67 | Mirco Maestri | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 68 | Michel Ries | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 69 | Chris Hamilton | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 70 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 72 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 73 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 74 | Giovanni Aleotti | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:45 |
| 75 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 76 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 1:54 |
| 77 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 78 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | 1:59 |
| 79 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:04 |
| 80 | Lawrence Warbasse | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:16 |
| 81 | Marco Brenner | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:16 |
| 82 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:17 |
| 83 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:21 |
| 84 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:32 |
| 85 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 86 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:44 |
| 87 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 88 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 89 | Kasper Asgreen | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:55 |
| 90 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:01 |
| 91 | Lucas Hamilton | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 92 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 93 | Christian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 95 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 96 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 97 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 98 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 99 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 100 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 101 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 102 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:29 |
| 103 | Alessandro Verre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 104 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 105 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:52 |
| 106 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 4:00 |
| 107 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 4:12 |
| 109 | Davide Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 4:49 |
| 110 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:07 |
| 111 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 112 | Max Kanter | XDS Astana Team | 5:52 |
| 113 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:56 |
| 114 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 6:23 |
| 115 | Fausto Masnada | XDS Astana Team | 6:29 |
| 116 | Filippo Zana | Team Jayco-AlUla | 6:35 |
| 117 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 118 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 119 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 120 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 121 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 122 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 123 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 124 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 125 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 126 | Fran Miholjevic | Bahrain Victorious | 8:52 |
| 127 | Afonso Eulalio | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 128 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 129 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | 9:17 |
| 130 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 131 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 132 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 133 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 134 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 135 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 136 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 137 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 138 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 139 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 140 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 9:38 |
| 141 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 13:21 |
| 142 | Gianni Moscon | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 14:00 |
| 143 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 144 | Michael Hepburn | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 145 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 146 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 147 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 148 | Nico Denz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 149 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 150 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 151 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 152 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 153 | Jensen Plowright | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 154 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 155 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 156 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 157 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 158 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 159 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 160 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 161 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 162 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 163 | Laurens Huys | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 164 | Lucas Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 165 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 166 | Bram Welten | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 167 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 168 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 169 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 170 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 171 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 172 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 173 | Jacopo Mosca | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 174 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 175 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 176 | Olav Kooij | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 177 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 178 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 179 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 180 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
GC after stage 5:
673.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.329 km/hr
| 1 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 15hr 11min 52sec |
| 2 | Primoz Roglic | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 17sec |
| 3 | Mathias Vacek | Lidl-Trek | 0:24 |
| 4 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:31 |
| 5 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:32 |
| 6 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:35 |
| 7 | Max Poole | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:43 |
| 8 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain Victorious | 0:44 |
| 9 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:46 |
| 10 | Giulio Pellizzari | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:50 |
| 11 | Simon Yates | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:52 |
| 12 | Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:55 |
| 13 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:56 |
| 14 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 15 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:58 |
| 16 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 17 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 0:59 |
| 18 | Orluis Aular | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | 1:01 |
| 20 | Egan Bernal | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:07 |
| 21 | Romain Bardet | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:10 |
| 22 | Chris Harper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 23 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | 1:13 |
| 24 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 1:14 |
| 25 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:22 |
| 26 | Paul Double | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:23 |
| 27 | Damien Howson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:25 |
| 28 | Diego Ulissi | XDS Astana Team | 1:27 |
| 29 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | 1:29 |
| 30 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:44 |
| 31 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | 1:49 |
| 32 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 2:01 |
| 33 | Florian Stork | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:13 |
| 34 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:15 |
| 35 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:17 |
| 36 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:24 |
| 37 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 2:25 |
| 38 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:35 |
| 39 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 2:40 |
| 40 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 2:42 |
| 41 | Wout Poels | XDS Astana Team | 2:59 |
| 42 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 43 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:00 |
| 44 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:05 |
| 45 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:12 |
| 46 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 3:13 |
| 47 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 3:14 |
| 48 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 3:24 |
| 49 | Giovanni Aleotti | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:39 |
| 50 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:51 |
| 51 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:05 |
| 52 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:20 |
| 53 | Chris Hamilton | Team Picnic PostNL | 5:04 |
| 54 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 5:15 |
| 55 | Christian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | 5:25 |
| 56 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 5:30 |
| 57 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 5:34 |
| 58 | Michel Ries | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 5:51 |
| 59 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | 5:52 |
| 60 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 5:55 |
| 61 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 5:58 |
| 62 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 6:30 |
| 63 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 7:01 |
| 64 | Alessandro Verre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 7:45 |
| 65 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 8:03 |
| 66 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 8:12 |
| 67 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 9:09 |
| 68 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 9:28 |
| 69 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 9:49 |
| 70 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 9:55 |
| 71 | Filippo Zana | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:56 |
| 72 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:10 |
| 73 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 10:12 |
| 74 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 75 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 11:01 |
| 76 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 11:37 |
| 77 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Soudal Quick-Step | 11:41 |
| 79 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:45 |
| 80 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 11:46 |
| 81 | Alessandro Tonelli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 13:11 |
| 82 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:14 |
| 83 | Davide Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 13:50 |
| 84 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | 14:19 |
| 85 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | 14:24 |
| 86 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 14:27 |
| 87 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 14:29 |
| 88 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:39 |
| 89 | Lawrence Warbasse | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 15:51 |
| 90 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 16:14 |
| 91 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 16:19 |
| 92 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 16:22 |
| 93 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | 16:23 |
| 94 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:30 |
| 95 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 17:12 |
| 96 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:49 |
| 97 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 18:26 |
| 98 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 19:12 |
| 99 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | 20:22 |
| 100 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 20:30 |
| 101 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 20:50 |
| 102 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 21:38 |
| 103 | Rick Pluimers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 21:45 |
| 104 | Fausto Masnada | XDS Astana Team | 22:03 |
| 105 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 22:45 |
| 106 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 23:21 |
| 107 | Marco Brenner | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 23:39 |
| 108 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar Team | 25:28 |
| 109 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 26:05 |
| 110 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:14 |
| 111 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 112 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 113 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | 26:46 |
| 114 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | 26:50 |
| 115 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:55 |
| 116 | Max Kanter | XDS Astana Team | 27:19 |
| 117 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | 27:29 |
| 118 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | 27:39 |
| 119 | Mirco Maestri | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 28:06 |
| 120 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 29:21 |
| 121 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 29:39 |
| 122 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | 30:03 |
| 123 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 30:20 |
| 124 | Afonso Eulalio | Bahrain Victorious | 30:57 |
| 125 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 31:10 |
| 126 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Groupama-FDJ | 32:16 |
| 127 | Lucas Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | 32:25 |
| 128 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 32:26 |
| 129 | Lucas Hamilton | INEOS Grenadiers | 33:01 |
| 130 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | 33:23 |
| 131 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 33:48 |
| 132 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | 34:51 |
| 133 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 34:56 |
| 134 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 35:59 |
| 135 | Kasper Asgreen | EF Education-EasyPost | 38:28 |
| 136 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 39:13 |
| 137 | Giovanni Lonardi | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 39:25 |
| 138 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 39:28 |
| 139 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 40:11 |
| 140 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 40:40 |
| 141 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 40:52 |
| 142 | Fran Miholjevic | Bahrain Victorious | 41:01 |
| 143 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 41:20 |
| 144 | Jacopo Mosca | Lidl-Trek | 42:06 |
| 145 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 42:24 |
| 146 | Nico Denz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 42:30 |
| 147 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | 43:15 |
| 148 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 43:20 |
| 149 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 43:33 |
| 150 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 43:52 |
| 151 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 44:20 |
| 152 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | 44:35 |
| 153 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 45:10 |
| 154 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 45:20 |
| 155 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 45:26 |
| 156 | Michael Hepburn | Team Jayco-AlUla | 45:32 |
| 157 | Gianni Moscon | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 45:54 |
| 158 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 159 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 45:57 |
| 160 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 46:02 |
| 161 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 162 | Olav Kooij | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 46:05 |
| 163 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 46:11 |
| 164 | Bram Welten | Team Picnic PostNL | 46:13 |
| 165 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 166 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 46:18 |
| 167 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 46:21 |
| 168 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | 46:27 |
| 169 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 46:41 |
| 170 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 47:17 |
| 171 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty | 48:01 |
| 172 | Laurens Huys | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 48:11 |
| 173 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 48:41 |
| 174 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 48:55 |
| 175 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | 49:59 |
| 176 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 50:06 |
| 177 | Jensen Plowright | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 50:18 |
| 178 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 51:52 |
| 179 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 54:15 |
| 180 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:00:02 |
Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile
Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Picnic-PostNL before the stage start.

Wout van Aert gets his bike.

Clad entirely in pink, GC leader Mads Pedersen before the race.

GC second-place Primoz Roglic heads to the start.

2013 & 2016 Giro, 2014 Tour de France & 2010 Vuelta a España winner Vincenzo Nibali signs an autograph.

Davide Piganzoli at the riders & teams presentation ceremony.

The finish: here they come...

Mads Pedersen wins stage five

Best Young Rider Mathias Vacek

Lorenzo Fortunato is King of the Mountains

Mads Pedersen will ride stage six in pink.