Giro: João Almeida is third in the fifth stage and reinforces the overall leadership



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The Portuguese cyclist keeps his pink jersey in the Tour of Italy.

The pink shirt, held by the leader of the Volta a Itália, remains in the possession of the Portuguese João Almeida.

This Wednesday, the Deceuninck-Quick Step rider finished the fifth stage of the race in third place and collected four bonus seconds, reinforcing the individual overall lead.

The stage was won by Italian Filippo Ganna, from INEOS. Ganna, who had already won the opening time trial, completed the 225 km between Mileto and Camigliatello Silano in 5h59m17s, making the break of the day in revenge, ahead of a group of favorites.

The Austrian Patrick Konrad (BORA-hansgrohe) was second, 34 seconds, while Almeida cut the goal in third place and added four seconds, consolidating the pink jersey, with 43 seconds ahead of the second classified, the Spanish Pello Bilbao ( Astana). ), and 48 for the Dutch Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb), third in the individual general.

On Thursday, the sixth stage connects Castrovillari with Matera, along 188 km, with only a third category climb count, in a arrival in the city where Acácio da Silva won the first of the five tests won in the Giro, in 1985.



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