Stage 5 - Novara - Novi Ligure - 168 km
After another transfer, the peloton is faced with the fifth stage. It is flat, entering Liguria, with two short climbs occurring about two-thirds of the way into the stage.
Giro d' Italia News
HTC-Columbia director credits Giro break
Stage 5 was a missed opportunity for sprinters to win at the Giro d'Italia. Losing teams like Lampre, HTC-Columbia, and Garmin-Transitions, blamed each other for not having closed the gap to breakaway riders Yukiya Arashiro, Julien Fouchard and stage winner Jérôme Pineau.
Link: HTC-Columbia Director Credits Giro Break | Cyclingnews.com
Bettini believes in Sastre
Paolo Bettini sees one name above all others in the race for the final Maglia Rosa in Verona: Carlos Sastre. Bettini recently spoke with Italy's second-largest daily circulation paper, La Repubblica.
Link: Giro d'Italia: Bettini believes in Sastre | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
McEwen suffering with knee problem at the Giro
Robbie McEwen came off the Katusha team bus to speak to Cyclingnews after the stage to Novi Ligure with an ice bag wrapped around his left knee and clear signs of pain on his face.
Link: McEwen Suffering With Knee Problem At The Giro | Cyclingnews.com
Jerome Pineau wins fifth stage for Quickstep
On a day designed as a tribute to Fausto Coppi 50 years after his premature death, an audacious break kept away for most of the day to steal the honours from the sprinters who had begun the day with such high hopes.
Link: Giro d'Italia 2010: Jerome Pineau wins fifth stage for Quickstep - Telegraph
Nibali enjoys his first day in the maglia rosa
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) was able to enjoy his first day in the maglia rosa as the Giro d'Italia remembered the legendary Fausto Coppi in his home town of Novi Ligure on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Link: Nibali Enjoys His First Day In The Maglia Rosa | Cyclingnews.com
Pineau takes stage 5 as the peloton gets it wrong
Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia between Novara and Novi Ligure from a breakaway that managed to hold off the sprinters’ teams right to the line. Quick Step’s “other Frenchman” took the Belgain team’s second stage of the race so far, beating fellow escapees Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) and Yukiya Arashiro (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) into second and third respectively. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) led the peloton home right on the trio’s heels.
Link: Giro d'Italia: Pineau takes stage 5 as the peloton gets it wrong | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
Farrar accepts defeat in Novi Ligure
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won the sprint for fourth place on stage five at the Giro d'Italia, showing he is perhaps the fastest sprinter in the race, but that was little consolation for the American after the peloton failed to catch the three-man breakaway before the finish in Novi Ligure.
Link: Farrar Accepts Defeat In Novi Ligure | Cyclingnews.com
Pineau experienced depression before returning as a winner
It's been six years since a Frenchman last won a stage at the Giro d'Italia, Christophe Le Mével on stage 17 in Varazze in 2004, and six years since Jerome Pineau last won a race, but Pineau put an end to both dry spells today in Novi Ligure.
Link: Pineau Experienced Depression Before Returning As A Winner | Cyclingnews.com
Motivated Arashiro makes breakaway succeed
It was Yukiya Arashiro's acceleration with 1.2km to go that made the three-man breakaway of stage 5 in the Giro d'Italia a success. As the leading trio were on the verge of being swept up by the peloton, the 25-year-old BBox Bouygues Telecom rider breathed new life into a seemingly doomed escape.
Link: Motivated Arashiro Makes Breakaway Succeed | Cyclingnews.com
Contenders after stage 4
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 10:44:00
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:13
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:33
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:59
32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:02:13
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:35
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:02:49
44 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:03:45
After another transfer, the peloton is faced with the fifth stage. It is flat, entering Liguria, with two short climbs occurring about two-thirds of the way into the stage.
Giro d' Italia News
HTC-Columbia director credits Giro break
Stage 5 was a missed opportunity for sprinters to win at the Giro d'Italia. Losing teams like Lampre, HTC-Columbia, and Garmin-Transitions, blamed each other for not having closed the gap to breakaway riders Yukiya Arashiro, Julien Fouchard and stage winner Jérôme Pineau.
Link: HTC-Columbia Director Credits Giro Break | Cyclingnews.com
Bettini believes in Sastre
Paolo Bettini sees one name above all others in the race for the final Maglia Rosa in Verona: Carlos Sastre. Bettini recently spoke with Italy's second-largest daily circulation paper, La Repubblica.
Link: Giro d'Italia: Bettini believes in Sastre | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
McEwen suffering with knee problem at the Giro
Robbie McEwen came off the Katusha team bus to speak to Cyclingnews after the stage to Novi Ligure with an ice bag wrapped around his left knee and clear signs of pain on his face.
Link: McEwen Suffering With Knee Problem At The Giro | Cyclingnews.com
Jerome Pineau wins fifth stage for Quickstep
On a day designed as a tribute to Fausto Coppi 50 years after his premature death, an audacious break kept away for most of the day to steal the honours from the sprinters who had begun the day with such high hopes.
Link: Giro d'Italia 2010: Jerome Pineau wins fifth stage for Quickstep - Telegraph
Nibali enjoys his first day in the maglia rosa
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) was able to enjoy his first day in the maglia rosa as the Giro d'Italia remembered the legendary Fausto Coppi in his home town of Novi Ligure on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Link: Nibali Enjoys His First Day In The Maglia Rosa | Cyclingnews.com
Pineau takes stage 5 as the peloton gets it wrong
Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia between Novara and Novi Ligure from a breakaway that managed to hold off the sprinters’ teams right to the line. Quick Step’s “other Frenchman” took the Belgain team’s second stage of the race so far, beating fellow escapees Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) and Yukiya Arashiro (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) into second and third respectively. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) led the peloton home right on the trio’s heels.
Link: Giro d'Italia: Pineau takes stage 5 as the peloton gets it wrong | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
Farrar accepts defeat in Novi Ligure
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won the sprint for fourth place on stage five at the Giro d'Italia, showing he is perhaps the fastest sprinter in the race, but that was little consolation for the American after the peloton failed to catch the three-man breakaway before the finish in Novi Ligure.
Link: Farrar Accepts Defeat In Novi Ligure | Cyclingnews.com
Pineau experienced depression before returning as a winner
It's been six years since a Frenchman last won a stage at the Giro d'Italia, Christophe Le Mével on stage 17 in Varazze in 2004, and six years since Jerome Pineau last won a race, but Pineau put an end to both dry spells today in Novi Ligure.
Link: Pineau Experienced Depression Before Returning As A Winner | Cyclingnews.com
Motivated Arashiro makes breakaway succeed
It was Yukiya Arashiro's acceleration with 1.2km to go that made the three-man breakaway of stage 5 in the Giro d'Italia a success. As the leading trio were on the verge of being swept up by the peloton, the 25-year-old BBox Bouygues Telecom rider breathed new life into a seemingly doomed escape.
Link: Motivated Arashiro Makes Breakaway Succeed | Cyclingnews.com
Contenders after stage 4
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 10:44:00
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:13
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:33
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:59
32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:02:13
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:35
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:02:49
44 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:03:45
