Starting from the ancient town of Tivoli, 30 kilometres east of Rome, Stage 5 heads due east through the climbs of Monti Sabini before ascending the tough 21-kilometre long Monte Terminillo at mid-stage. A break of opportunists will certainly hit out towards Spoleto, site of a world famous opera festival every summer, and with two more climbs on the way, look for changes in the Giro's hierarchy that evening.
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Renewi Tour: Jasper Philipsen storms into race lead with victory on windy and chaotic stage 2
Belgian comes out on top as Kooij and Merlier get caught up in the chaos and former race leader Jonathan Milan suffers heavy crash -
GP Lucien Van Impe: Charlotte Kool sprints to much needed win after a wind and rain soaked race in Belgium
The Dutch rider leads home the pack with Lucinda Brand in second and Babette van der Wolf third -
Deutschland Tour: Louis Barré swipes bonus seconds and surprising win on stage 1 to go into race lead
Isaac del Toro goes second on longest stage of the five days and drops to second overall -
Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes doubles up with long-range sprint to win stage 2
Race leader strikes again in rainy Blackpool
