Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5 live – GC riders face major late climb

Here’s a map of today’s stage, which has no less than 2,800 metres of vertical climbing. In 144 kilometres, that’s a lot.

Riders are heading to the neutralised start now

On today’s menu:

Climb:  Km 54.8 Castellalto: (7.7 km à 4.5%)

Sprint: Km 88.7 Campli

Climb: Km 120.6 San Giacomo (11.9 km à 6.2%)

Finish: Km 144: Valle Castellana

Courtesy of FirstCycling here are the current standings on GC, headed by sprinter Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek). But on a day with a major mountain in the last 40 kilometres, we can expect it to be looking very different by this evening.

Early news of the day is that Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) will be a DNS, suffering from a broken wrist. Full report here:

Chris Froome abandons Tirreno-Adriatico with fractured wrist

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico, where racing gets underway at 1155 CET.