Démare sprints to win 5th stage
MESSINA, Sicily, May 11, (AP): French cyclist Arnaud Démare won a bunch sprint at the end of the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday and Juan Pedro López kept hold of the leader’s pink jersey.
Démare, who rides for GroupamaFDJ, edged Fernando Gaviria at the end of the 174-kilometer (108-mile) route from Catania to Messina after sprint favorites Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan had been dropped earlier in the day. Giacomo Nizzolo was third.
Démare also struggled on the climb but his team managed to eventually get him back to the peloton.
It was a sixth stage win in the Giro for the 30-year-old Démare but his first win of the year after a difficult start to 2022.