Messina, 11 May 2022 – La stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia 2022 arrives in the Messina from Vincenzo Nibalibut the spotlight is inevitably on fast wheels: they do not appear in the final sprint Mark Cavendish e Caleb Ewanwhich lose ground on the climb of Portella Mandrazzi, the only difficulty of the day. Actually also Arnaud Demare initially it detaches but then returns to the group after a great work of the Groupama-FDJ: the Frenchman, who also becomes the new cyclamen jersey, reciprocates the effort of the team by winning the sprint at the expense of Fernando Gaviriaonce again struggling with mechanical problems e Giacomo Nizzolo. Also there stage 6the Palmi-Scalea, promises to be slightly moved (especially in the first part, where a fourth category GPM is scheduled) but all in all suitable for fast wheels. Under the general classification updated andorder of arrival of today.
Nibali: “This is my last Giro and maybe my last season”
At the end of the stroke Nibalithat yesterday onEtna he accused an important detachment, however he finds a way to become the protagonist: in his own Messina lo Shark announces that this will be his last Giro of Italy and that, probably, at the end of the year he will hang his bike on a nail. “I have been waiting for this special occasion for me for this announcement: perhaps the time has come to give back to the world of cycling all that I had”.
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The fugitives of the day are Jaakko Hanninen (AG2R Citroen Team), Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Mattia Bais, Filippo Tagliani (Drone Hopper-Androni Toys) e Mirco Maestri (Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team). The only difficulty of the day is the second category GPM of Portella Mandrazzi (19,5 km with an average slope of 4%): the forcing of the Alpecin-Fenix of the cyclamen jersey Mathieu Van Der Poel complicates things for sprinters and in particular for Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) e Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ). At the end of the descent the attackers are caught up by the group, which begins the long maneuvers in view of the sprint: in spite of the uphill problems, it is precisely startswhich beats Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) e Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel-Premier Tech).
Order of arrival stage 5 Giro d’Italia 2022
1) Arnaud Démare (GFC) in 4h03’56”
2) Fernando Gaviria Rendon (UAD) st
3) Giacomo Nizzolo (IPT) st
4) Davide Ballerini (QST) st
5) Benjamin Girmay (IWG) st
6) Phil Bauhaus (TBV) St
7) Alberto Dainese (DSM) st
8) Natnael Tesfatsion (DRA) st
9) Edward Theuns (TFS) st
10) Simone Consonni (COF) st
Giro d’Italia 2022 general classification
1) Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (TFS) in 18h21’03”
2) Lennard Kamna (BOH) +39 ”
3) Rein Taaramae (IWG) +58”
4) Simon Philip Yates (BEX) +1’42”
5) Mauri Vansevenant (QST) +1’47”
6) Wilco Kelderman (BOH) +1’55”
7) Joao Pedro Goncalves Almeida (UAD) +1’58”
8) Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (TBV) + 2’00 ”
9) Richie Porte (IGD) +2’04”
10) Romain Bardet (DSM) +2’06”
19) Giulio Ciccone (TFS) + 2’32 ”
Giro d’Italia 2022, stage 4: Kamna wins. Ranking and order of arrival