Caleb Ewan fires at the final moment to win stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2021

The Australian won the day as crashes affected the GC race

Caleb Ewan wins stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2021
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Caleb Ewan fired from behind to win stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2021 from a bunch sprint.

The Australian (Lotto-Soudal) was perfectly positioned inside the final kilometre, but dropped back on the final straight and had to surge from a long way back to deny Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka-Assos) right at the line.  

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