Giro d’Italia 2021: Stage 5 – Ewan takes chaotic stage; Landa crashes out

Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) launched from a LONG way back to grab victory on a messy Stage 5 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. The Aussie pocket rocket zoomed past his rivals like a hot knife through butter, condemning Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos) to yet another second place with Cofidis’ Elia Viviani rounding out the podium. Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Start Up Nation) retains the pink jersey but a chaotic, crash-marred finale saw UAE-Emirates’ Joe Dombrowski lose over 8 minutes, Pavel Sivakov (INEOS-Grenadiers) trail in 13 minutes down and later withdraw, and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) unable to finish the stage at all.
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Giro d’Italia 2021: Stage 4 – Dombrowski wins stage, De Marchi takes pink, GC shakes all about

Stage 4 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia had it all. A popular stage winner in the form of UAE’s Joe Dombrowski, a new race leader with Israel Start-Up’s Alessandro De Marchi and the first hints about which of the GC favourites are contenders and who look like pretenders. And the best name in the peloton is now in the white jersey of the Best Young Rider: Attila Valter. How can you not love the Giro?
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