Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 5

1. Giro d'Italia 2016 Stage 5: Greipel wins uphill sprint, Dumoulin retains GC lead

   Door Harmen Lustig

   Stage 5 totals 233 kilometres. mostly on rolling roads. The course between Praia a Mare and Benevento is fast men's territory culminating in a slightly uphill and cobbled last kilometre. André Greipel is strongest, besting Arnaud Démare with a…

2. Giro d'Italia 2016 Route stage 5: Praia a Mare – Benevento

   Door Martijn Ophorst

   Wednesday, May 11, 2016 – At 233 kilometres. the course between Praia a Mare and Benevento marks one of the longest stages in the 2016 Giro d'Italia. The route is on rolling roads, except for the last 40 kilometres – these are fast men's…

3. Giro d'Italia 2016 Favourites stage 5: Wanted: (slightly) uphill powersprinters

   Door Harmen Lustig

   In the first 190 kilometres of stage 5 the race is on rolling and uphill roads, after which the 40 kilometres are flat to downhill. That's good for the fast men, one might argue. That's right, yet the last kilometre offers a 3.4% gradient.