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Louis Meintjes (NTT) is dropped as Jumbo's pace setting continues.
Jumbo lead the peloton onto the uncategorised climb. Kruijswijk must be feeling good. He hadn't raced since crashing out of the Dauphiné and the thinking was to ease his way into the race and come good later on. He had a disappointing opening TT - though he blamed that on the wind - and placed just behind Nibali and Fuglsang on Etna. He's currently 10th overall.
Tratnik gets back in as Zardini stops for a comfort break. The escapees will soon have to really start pushing. Four minutes doesn't seem like much to have in hand for such a long climb.
63km to go
Tratnik and co have reached the bottom of that descent. It's uphill again now on a short uncategorised climb ahead of the approach to our big final climb. Their lead is 4:15.
Problems for Tratink up front. He goes through an extended 180-degree bend but doesn't crash. It's a mechanical, and he's back on his way after a brief stop.
The surface on this descent is sketchy. Cracks, little potholes, and the odd bit of gravel.
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69.5km to go
In any case, the break have lost a minute. They're leading by 4:05 now.
Jumbo-Visma have the front of the bunch on this descent, with Tony Martin leading the way. The roads are still wet in parts and that flurry of action was perhaps mainly about being well positioned and keeping safe on what could be a treacherous part of the course.
The peloton have gone over the top of that last little climb on the plateau section and there's a small split towards the back of it, which should stitch back together on the downhill.
Bookwalter, who crashed on stage 2 and nearly crashed yesterday, is among those who are being dropped.
Lots more teams moving up now - Jumbo and Bahrain among them. The pace has really picked up here.
The break hit the descent now with a lead of 4:55.
77km to go
A change at the head of the peloton as Astana take it up now ahead of the longer descent. It's Manuele Boaro for Jakob Fuglsang's team.
Giulio Ciccone has emerged at the front of the bunch now, as it spreads across the road. QuickStep are still there in the middle, with EF over on the right. Ciccone's preparation was knocked by COVID-19 but he's still Nibali's most important rider.
85km to go
The advantage of the eight leaders dips below the five-minute mark. Still QuickStep in command of the peloton.
While Thomas has gone home, Yates is still here, 24th overall at 3:48. He's down but I don't think he's out. Of course, if Etna was a sign of his overall shape, it's not good news, but if it was a one-off blip, there's still time for him to work his way back into contention. He had the pre-race results, he has a much improved time trial that could actually see him gain on his rivals on the stage 14 and 21 TT's (totalling 50km), and he has the attacking instincts to claw something back in an open race where the favourite has gone home.
It's difficult to predict exactly what might happen today. It's still so early in the race, but then again so was Mount Etna (and we've had a few pretty dull early Etna stages in recent years) and yet the race blew apart. Thomas lost 12 minutes, Yates blew and lost more than three, and the rest were left largely isolated, with little control from any single team. It's set to be a really open Giro, and you get the feeling that'll continue today. The final climb, for the most part, isn't too steep, but it's really long at almost 25km. It's not a summit finish, and 11.6km to the line can sometimes dissuade attacks but this downhill run-in is fast, and it'll be hard to recoup much time, even if the final kilometre is slightly uphill. It also has to be stated again that this stage is 225km - the Etna stage was 150km.
After a brief bit of disharmony in the break, they're rotating together again with a lead of 5:15 as we head into the final 100km.
Away from the Giro, Richard Freeman is back in Manchester giving evidence in his medical tribunal. The former Team Ineos/Sky and British Cycling doctor admits he ordered banned substance testosterone in 2011 and covered it up, but denies he knew or believed it would be administered to a rider. Freeman is being pressed on his claims the testosterone was to treat erectile dysfunction in Shane Sutton (an allegation the former coach vehemently, dramatically, and some would say comically, denied at the last hearing in December).
Anyway, this is the second day of the resumed tribunal and if you're interested in what happened yesterday, we have you covered. Spoiler: it involves a screwdriver and a laptop containing riders' medical records. Here's the full report.
106km to go
It's lunchtime now, as the riders in the peloton grab their musettes. The gap to the breakaway has edged out to just over five minutes.
It's a murky day and there's a bit of rain about, with a few riders opting to put jackets on.
The road continues to climb beyond the KOM point, and we're heading for that sort-of plateau, which is maybe the wrong word given it's so up and down, but it's followed by a longer descent to the last 65km.
111km to go
QuickStep lead the peloton over the top of the climb 4:45 in arrears.
Zardini once again skips clear to collect the mountains points, ahead of Carretero.
The break are coming to the top of the second climb now.
For more on what Weening would have brought to the team, and what the remaining riders are expected to contribute, Trek-Segafredo was one of the rosters we looked at ahead of the race.
It sounds like a sensible decision to pull the veteran Dutchman, but that's a blow for Vincenzo Nibali.
#Giro 🇮🇹 Due to light dizziness felt during the stage, team decided to withdraw @WeeningPieter. The Dutchman had been closely monitored yesterday, in the night and today in the morning and the conditions had allowed the start. In the next few hours he will undergo clinical tests pic.twitter.com/xHki96XRHQOctober 7, 2020
Pieter Weening (Trek-Segafredo) has abandoned the Giro d'Italia. He crashed yesterday.
Behind the QuickStep line we find seven EF riders. Jonathan Caicedo is only two seconds down on GC, having won the stage on Mount Etna.
It's yesterday's third-placed finisher, Davide Ballerini, who's leading the way up this climb, followed by Keisse, Hodeg, Serry, Knox, and Almeida. Masnada and Honore are in the bunch but further back.
QuickStep have been on the front of the bunch all day, looking after maglia rosa Almeida.
With 100km on the clock, the gap goes out to 4:30 as the peloton decide it's time for another round of comfort breaks.
A zippy downhill has led into to the second climb of the day up to Tiriolo. It's another cat-3, but it's longer, and actually climbs on a false flat before the official ascent even begins.
QuickStep lead the peloton through the narrow streets on the climb into Catanzaro, and then out of town on the way down, pointing out the dangers in the road surface and even threatening to raise an arm to a spectator who's leaning out into the road to try and grab a photo. They'll be back on open highway pretty soon.
133km to go
Zardini is first to the top of the climb and collects the maximum of nine KOM points. He's followed by Carretero and Puccio.
Here's a shot of the breakaway.
We're now on the first climb of the day, the short cat-3 at Catanzaro. The eight escapees still have a modest lead of four minutes.
145km to go
Back in the race, and we've reached the first intermediate sprint. Restrepo gets there first, ahead of Zardini and Hagen.
Taking the safety angle on that story, my colleague Barry Ryan spoke to Brent Bookwalter, who was one of the riders in the Wackermann group at the time of the crash. From details of how it happened, to criticism of both the CPA and RCS Sport (the Giro organisers), it's all in the link below.
Bookwalter calls on RCS Sport to take responsibility for crash caused by helicopter at Giro d'Italia
Aside from the sprint finish, a major talking point yesterday was, regrettably, a crash in the final kilometre apparently caused by a helicopter flying too low and blowing barriers across the road. Luka Wackermann (Vini-Zabú KTM) was the worst affected and, although he was declared a finisher yesterday, was quickly taken to hospital and out of the race. He has an injury list as long as that of the safety incidents that have occurred since the season re-start and once again the CPA (the riders' association) have told us they're 'looking into it'. Full story here.
Today's Giro stage goes through Catanzaro, where Mark Cavendish took his first-ever grand tour stage-win in 2008... pic.twitter.com/Qv9TQ3Rl5DOctober 7, 2020
We're heading downhill into Catanzaro now, where we'll have the first sprint and the start of the first climb. The average speed so far has been over 50km/h, which, on a 225km stage, will take its toll. The gap to the break is now at four minutes.
Interesting to see two Ineos riders up the road. They lost Geraint Thomas to a neutral zone crash on stage 3 and, for the second time in two Grand Tours, have had to readjust their focus. Fittingly enough, Daniel Benson has taken a look at the British team's options in the race now Thomas has gone.
What next for Ineos Grenadiers after Geraint Thomas' Giro d'Italia departure?
At 8:21, Hagen is the best-placed rider on GC and, remembering his top-10 in the Vuelta, QuickStep et al will be wary of giving this break too much ground.
165km to go
With 60km on the clock, the peloton finally eases up and the break's advantage goes up to three minutes.
Those four now reach the original four, who will be glad of the extra firepower. With two minutes over the peloton, it's a slim lead, but it looks like our breakaway is finally established:
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers)
Salvatore Puccio (Ineos Grenadiers)
Jan Tratink (Bahrain McLaren)
Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal)
Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates)
Hector Carretero (Movistar)
Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni-Giocattoli-Sidermec)
Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù-KTM).
The four counter-attackers are: Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates), Hector Carretero (Movistar), Jhonatan Restrepo (Androni-Giocattoli-Sidermec), and Edoardo Zardini (Vini Zabù-KTM).
Correction: The Lotto rider is Carl Fredrik Hagen - not Holmes. The Norwegian rider burst onto the scene at last year's Vuelta but is already eight minutes down after finishing seven minutes back on the GC contenders on Mount Etna. Still, a dangerous rider.
A group of four has clipped off in pursuit and is making its way across.
We've already covered 50km and we're only just over an hour in.
Those four have managed to get away but their move has only inspired more attacks from the bunch, so on we go.
Ineos are on the move again, this time with former pink jersey and stage 1 winner Filippo Ganna in a move with their Italian domestique Salvatore Puccio. Jan Tratink (Bahrain McLaren) and Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) are with them and we'll see if this sticks.
Deceuninck-QuickStep are policing the peloton in these early stages and they've very wary of the breakaway candidates. This is such a hard stage to control and they're not taking any risks at the moment.
Sagan is in the maglia ciclamino as lead of the points classification, so he'll certainly be interested in that first intermediate sprint. He's joined by Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers) and a couple of others, but they've been quickly brought back.
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is among the riders looking to get up the road now.
We've got some rugged terrain before we drop down to the first intermediate sprint in Catanzaro Lido, and then we take on the first two climbs of the day - both cat-3 ascents separated by a short descent. The second one takes us up to 865m for an undulating portion of the course where the altitude metres will steadily rack up. There's some downhill ahead of that big final climb, and then a fast descent to the line. It's not a day to have a bad day.
"That last challenge is the Valico Montescuro, a mammoth 24.9-kilometre first category ascent that contains over half - 1,400 metres - of the stage's total of 3,700 vertical metres of climbing."
Alasdair Fotheringham has written an in-depth preview of the final climb and indeed the stage as a whole, which you can find at the link below.
Giro d'Italia GC contenders back in mountain action on stage 5 - Preview
It has been a very fast, downhill start to the day, and now we're on more of a false flat uphill, with the road to ramp up again soon after. It's a relentlessly hilly day, with a huge sting in the tail. At 225km in length, it really is a tough day in the saddle.
Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) is in the maglia rosa as the race leader, but will be still be by the end of the day? A GC shake-up is expected and this is how it currently stands at the top.
1 Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep 11:06:36
2 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:02
3 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 0:00:39
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:44
5 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:55
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:57
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling 0:01:01
8 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:13
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:15
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:17
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As we pick up the action, we're in the opening phases of the race and still waiting for a breakaway to form.
Hello there, and welcome to the Cyclingnews live race centre for stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia. A long one today - 225km, with a late first-category climb that tops out just 11.5 downhill kilometres from the line. It's another early test for the overall contenders.
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