Filippo Ganna second in the fifth stage of the Vuelta

Filippo Ganna second in the fifth stage of the Vuelta

A Filippo Ganna in the unusual guise of sprinter è placed second in the general sprint that concluded the fifth stage of the Vuelta, Morella-Burriana of 186.5 km.

Beating the Tokyo Olympian è was Australian Kaden Groves, a rider from Alpecin-Deceuninck who had also won yesterday in the fourth stage.

For Italy today there was also Alberto Dainese's fourth place. In the general classification è always in the lead is Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who thanks to the seconds gained in the intermediate sprint brought to 11" his advantage over Spaniard Enric Mas.

As for the other expected protagonists, Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard è in fourth place, while the Giro’s final pink jersey, Primoz Roglic, è seventh. Best of the Italians è Damiano Caruso, 24° to 2'14" from Evenepoel.