Italian Enrico Battaglin secured the win on stage five of Giro d’Italia in Santa Ninfa, Italy, today.
The LottoNL-Jumbo rider finished in 4:06:33 to beat Italian Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida) and Portuguese José Goncalves (Katusha-Alpecin) in the 153km race from Agrigento.
Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo) won stage five of Giro d’Italia in Santa Ninfa, Italy, today. Picture here is the final metres during stage three on Sunday. Photo: Gian Mattia D’Alberto/LaPresse
After playing it safe and staying in the peloton again for the entire race, Australia’s Rohan Dennis (BMC) maintains the overall lead in 18:29:41. He is trailed one second later by Netherland’s Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) and 17 seconds later by Britain’s Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott).
Read how the race unfolded here.
The results were as follows.
Stage five
1. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 4:06:33
2. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
3. José Goncalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
4. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
5. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
6. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All
7. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
8. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
*Selected
40. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
51. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +0:40
65. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +1:51
157. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +10:04
General classification
1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18:29:41
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:01
3. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +0:17
4. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All +0:19
5. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +0:25
6. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors +0:28
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8. José Goncalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin +0:32
9. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +0:34
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:35
*Selected
29. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data +1:15
48. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +3:41
67. Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +6:42
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