2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 5 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 5 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia goes from Frascati to Terracina. At 140 kilometres, the race features two climbs in first 30 kilometres and another one with 50 kilometres. The rest of the route is flat.
Once the flag is dropped the route climbs 9.4 kilometres to Rocca Priora. The climb is averaging four percent but also takes in ramps up to 10 percent. Following the descent, it goes back uphill again on the road to Rocca di Papa. It is a hard climb of approximately five kilometres an average gradient of seven percent and maximum ramps of 20 percent.
The route continues through the Parco dei Castelli Romani, a Natural Regional Park with two beautiful lakes. The Giro d’Italia penetrates the region of Lazio. A long descent runs south, and after more than 30 kilometres on the flat, the last hurdle appears in Sezze Scalo. A 4.3 kilometres ascent at 5% leads to Sezze before the route continues a few more kilometres at a lesser gradient. With around 47 kilometres remaining the riders fly down a descent and the last 40 kilometer are played out on the flat.
The finish is in Terracina, a town with 45,000 inhabitants. The last Giro arrival was in 2000, and Christian Moreni won the stage in a sprint finish.
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