Giro d'Italia - Stage Five

Metaponte-Caponte 188km

 1. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Artiach       5.01.59 (38,943 km/h)
 2. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Brescialat
 3. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Saeco.
 4. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Polti
 5. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-GB
 6. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Carrera
 7. Denis Zanette (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme
 8. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil
 9. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) MG-Technogym
10. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Panaria-Vinavil
11. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Roslotto-ZG
12. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco
13. Martin van Steen (Ned) TVM
14. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore e Vita
15. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno-Blue Storm     all s.t.
+ the rest of the peloton except:
155. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Mapei-GB  + 2.00

156 starters - 155 finishers
Abandon:  Jacques Jolidon (Sch) Selle Italia-Glacial.
Bortolami fractured his right elbow and won't start on stage 6.

GC after Stage 5

 1. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Saeco             24.10.24 (39,157 km/h)
 2. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Gewiss-Playbus         + 0.16
 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno-Blue Storm     + 0.22
 4. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Artiach               + 0.24
 5. Fabrizio Bontempi (Ita) Brescialat          + 0.24
 6. Davide Bramati (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil        + 0.38
 7. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Roslotto-ZG             + 0.40
 8. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Panaria-Vinavil
 9. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Panaria-Vinavil
10. Denis Zanette (Ita) Aki-Gipiemme            all s.t.


Other classifications:

Points:
 Silvio Martinello, 105 pts

Mountains:
 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) MG-Technogym, 13 pts

Intergiro:
 Fabrizio Bontempi, 14.00.01

Teams:
 Ceramiche Panaria-Vinavil, 72.33.12