Giro d'Italia Stage 5: Cosenza > Matera, 202kms

Thomas Gil and Rafa Andriato are leading the day's hopeful escapers away - they are five-strong today...

Luca paolini speeds through a downhill corner as the peloton starts to chase...

It's windy as well - a split occurs with the high chase pace...

Rober Kiverlovski has chosen a bad moment to change wheels - George Bennett obliges him with his own wheel...

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Luckily, some professionals arrive from Radio Shack to speed up the process...

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Cadel Evans needs to change bikes, but the peloton has slowed down a bit...

Brian Bulgac leads the escape towards the feed-zone with a nine-minute lead...

The bar has opened for drinks - A Colombian cyclist is the first to line-up and drink...

Davide Appollonio is not thirsty yet - he wants a banana instead..!

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Christian Meier is chasing into a mighty headwind...

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The speed up front is forcing Christian Knees and Team Sky to work hard to bring Wiggins back to the peloton...

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Vincenzo Nibali has so far avoided any problems in this Giro...

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Christian Vande Velde collects a rain jacket from the car - it can only mean it's raining heavily up ahead...

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The escape is getting wet, and their lead has fallen to about six-minutes with 75-kilometres to go...

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Luke Durbridge chases now - Green Edge want a stage-win today..!

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Stefano Pirazzi tries a move on a steep hill after the original escape was caught...

Julian Berard has made a new escape with 15-kilometres to go - but this gets caught too...

Rabottini makes his own effort at the start of the last climb, but he'll not stay away...

A crash on the last corner has fractured the sprint and sent one man well ahead...

John Degenkolb wins stage five for Argos-Shimano..!