Third place is not bad, it was not the perfect finish for me, pretty explosive', says Brit at the finish, losing out to Pedersen and Zambanini

Pidcock’s bold move to leave Ineos Grenadiers now gives him the chance to be a team leader at a grand tour when the Giro d’Italia begins on Friday

Max Poole (Picnic-PostNL) almost saw his solid start to the 2025 Giro d'Italia end in a crash on stage 5, as he was forced to abort his sprint into Matera after being clipped by eventual second-place finisher Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious).

It was really close, but in the end, Mads Pedersen secured his third stage win in the Giro d'Italia. But in the fifth stage to Matera, the unexpected Edoardo Zambanini almost beat him to the finish line.

Antonio Tiberi fancies some seconds too and shoots off the front as the road tilts uphill. Munoz took the maximum six bonus seconds but there are still four and two available at the line. Roglic nabs two but Isaac del Toro rides interference to take four and prevent the Slovenian gaining too much more on his team leader Juan Ayuso.