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As the incessant rain lashed down from start to finish in Campania, it was anything but dog days for Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia. The world champion crashed twice – once after a stray dog ran in front of the peloton and again just 2.5km from the finish – as the terrible conditions took their toll on the peloton.
Favourite Remco Evenepoel crashed twice on stage five of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, the first time after a dog strayed on to the road in treacherous conditions caused by driving rain, before Kaden Groves won the stage in a bunch sprint.
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) showed outrageous bike handling skills to avoid being caught up in a nasty crash on a rain-soaked start to Stage 5 at the Giro d’Italia. The Frenchman was among a small group pushing the pace to get in the day’s breakaway when Martin Marcellusi (Green Project-Bardiani CSF) and Stefano Gandin (Team Corratec-Selle Italia) both went down on a slippery corner.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) was sent crashing to the tarmac after a stray dog ran into the peloton’s path on Stage 5 at the Giro d’Italia. It initially appeared the Belgian’s dream of winning a second Grand Tour was over as he sat wounded on the tarmac for over a minute, but he belatedly returned to his feet and re-joined the race. Ad His entire cohort of team-mates, some of whom also hit the deck, surrounded him as they began the slog to get back into the peloton.
Soudal-Quick Step «have got to learn a lot from what happened» during Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia if they are to give Remco Evenepoel the support he needs, according to the Eurosport experts. Evenepoel was in possession of the maglia rosa at the start of the 175 km route from Venosa to Lago Laceno, but ended up 28 seconds down on new leader Andreas Leknessund after his team «made some mistakes» in supporting him. Ad Adam Blythe, Robbie McEwen and Dan Lloyd assessed what happened after the day's racing and suggested how things should now play out — both for Evenepoel and for the rival teams.
The fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, May 10 will see the riders take the 171km route from Atripalda to Salerno with the focus again likely to be on Remco Evenepoel and if he can recover strongly from losing the maglia rosa. Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Britain's Geraint Thomas are among the big names that will be covering the stage, which will include two category-three climbs: Passo Serra and Oliveto Citra.
Ireland's Eddie Dunbar finished ninth in stage four of the Giro d'Italia, a mountainous 175-km ride from Venosa to Lago Laceno.
It was a very special and emotional day for Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) who clinched the maglia rosa in style with a gutsy ride to finish second on Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday. The 23-year-old rider may have missed out on the stage win to Aurelien Paret-Peintre (AG2R Citroen) in a thrilling finish, but he became the first Norwegian in 42 years to claim the Giro's famous pink jersey. Ad As he reached the finish and crouched down on the ground, he was embraced by members of his team and the man from Tromso could no longer contain his emotions after what has been a tough time for him away from cycling.