Giro d’Italia stage five preview: Wout van Aert eyes win on 151km route to Matera

The fifth stage of the 108th Giro d'Italia, the second this year on the Apennine peninsula, takes cyclists along a 151-kilometer route from Ceglia Messapica to picturesque Matera.

Giro d’Italia stage five preview: Wout van Aert eyes win on 151km route to Matera

It’s another day for the punchier sprinters on tricky uphill finish to Matera

Would Wout van Aert make another attempt at the stage win in the stage to Matera? The answer became clear in the deep final. On the last sloping section, our compatriot had to let the peloton go.

Giro de Italia Author nrestrepo Follow the Giro de Italia with the fifth stage in this 108th edition of one of the most important races in the world of cycling.This Wednesday you will have a journey of 151 kilometers between Ceglie Messapica and Matera in what will be an ideal half mountain day for the getaways or even, for a sprint reduced by what you favorite in the race should be kept more than alert.

The fifth stage of the 108th Giro d'Italia will take cyclists from Ceglia Messapica in Puglia to Matera in Basilicata, with just over 1,500 vertical metres of ascent in 151 kilometres. In principle, this stage is also suitable for sprinters, but it has a slightly more dynamic finish, which seems tailor-made for the pink jersey holder Mads Pedersen (Lidl – Trek). Primož Roglič and his colleagues from the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe team will have…

Today, stage number 5 of the Giro d'Italia ends in Matera, the City of Stones. It is certainly a city that is a friend of the pink race, so beautiful that it became the ideal setting for one of the latest James Bond "007" films. Matera......