Giro d'Italia 2025 LIVE: Stage 5 updates, route and results as Wout van Aert targets first win
The 2025 Giro d'Italia resumes with stage five and the sprinters will have more joy as the peloton takes a 151km run from Ceglie Messapica to Matera.
Casper van Uden took a surprise win on stage four, but the short, steep category four climb at Montescaglioso could provide a dramatic finale - and the late climbs could even tee up some heroics for a late breakaway, should they surprise the peloton.
The climbs will certainly provide encouragment for pink jersey Mads Pedersen, still eyeing up a hat-trick of wins in this year's race, while Wout van Aert and Corbin Strong could also contend.
While Tom Pidcock will hope to make a statement in the race, too, follow for all the latest updates, standings and results in the Giro d'Italia below:
Map and route profile
Here's a quick look at how today will shape up.
Giro d'Italia Stage 5 preview: Map, standings and route to Matera
The 2025 Giro d'Italia 's sprinter-friendly first week continues with another outing for the fast men on stage five, this time a trim 151km run from Ceglie Messapica to Matera.
Unlike Tuesday's pan-flat stage four, won by the surprise package of Casper van Uden, this one has a sting in the tail in the form of the short, steep category four Montescaglioso climb inside the final 30km.
It's a leg-sapping ascent that may eliminate some of the pure sprinters and hand the advantage back to the likes of pink jersey Mads Pedersen, who won stages one and three and was fourth yesterday in Lecce, as well as Wout van Aert and Corbin Strong, who have both performed well on the punchier stages so far in this race.
Giro d'Italia Stage 5 preview: Map, standings and 151km route to Matera today
It's another day for the punchier sprinters on tricky uphill finish to Matera
Flo Clifford14 May 2025 11:20
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Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage five of the Giro d'Italia!
We'll have all the build-up and action from today's stage, with another hectic sprint finish on the cards - unless a breakaway can spring a surprise.
Flo Clifford14 May 2025 11:16
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