On the double: Nacer Bouhanni comes home for his second stage win of this year's Giro, the sprints far more open now in the absence of Marcel Kittel who won stages 2 and 3 in Ireland last weekend.
After crashes in the closing stages yesterday turned the Giro d'Italia on its head and ended the general classification dreams of some of those hoping to be in the final shake-up, including Ireland's Nicolas Roche, a calmer environment prevailed today.
The French sprinter with Fdj.fr, Nacer Bouhanni won the day with a late surge in a bunch sprint into Foligno after the early breakaway built a lead over nine minutes only to be swept up inside the final 5km.
Bouhanni handled the very technical run-in better than the other sprints who can match him for speed. He adds the win to his victory on Tuesday's stage 4 after the riders had arrived back in Italy following the race's opening weekend in Ireland.
Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Philip Deignan (Team Sky) finished in the main peloton today on the same time as the French man and will undoubtedly have been glad of a calmer day ahead of tomorrow's first big day in the mountains.
The 179km trek to Montecopiolo features a cat 2 climb and two cat 1 ascents, with the race finishing at the summit of the second cat 1.
Related News
Tomorrow's Profile
May 9th-June 1st: Giro d’Italia
May 16th: Stage 7, Frosinone to Foligno (211km)
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr | 5:16:05 |
| 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 3 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 4 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge | |
| 5 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | |
| 6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp | |
| 7 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | |
| 8 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 9 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 10 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale | |
| 11 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 12 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | |
| 13 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 14 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | |
| 15 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 16 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | |
| 17 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 18 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | |
| 19 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 21 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 22 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | |
| 23 | David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 24 | Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 25 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 26 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 27 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 28 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 29 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 30 | Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | |
| 89 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 100 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky |
General Classification
| 1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 29:34:19 |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:21 |
| 3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:01:18 |
| 4 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:25 |
| 5 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 6 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | |
| 7 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge | 0:01:47 |
| 8 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:51 |
| 9 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:01:52 |
| 10 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale | 0:02:06 |
| 11 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:02:08 |
| 12 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:11 |
| 13 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 14 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 15 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:02:22 |
| 16 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:24 |
| 17 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:28 |
| 18 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:34 |
| 19 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | 0:02:36 |
| 20 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:02:46 |
| 21 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:02:47 |
| 22 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:02:48 |
| 23 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:50 |
| 24 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:03:01 |
| 25 | Wout Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:03:10 |
| 26 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:03:13 |
| 27 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:03:14 |
| 28 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | 0:03:23 |
| 29 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | 0:03:28 |
| 30 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 78 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:15:55 |
| 89 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | 0:17:59 |
Topics
