MILLAR DENIED BY SNAPPED CHAIN AT THE LAST

David Millar Giro stage five
(Image credit: GRAHAM WATSON)

David Millar's chance of winning the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia was dashed when his chain snapped as he was poised to attack his four breakaway companions with little more than a kilometre to go.

The incident happened with Millar about to make a bid for victory at Contursi Terme. The five riders were just short of the kilometre-to-go banner on the uphill finish.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.