Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia Women was a day where most of the GC favourites could save their strength for the upcoming mountain stages where the battle for the maglia rosa will play out over the sawtooth-profile stage 6 to Chieti and the queen stage 7 finishing atop the climb to the Blockhaus above the Passo Lanciano.
The fifth stage ended in a sprint won by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and is now positioned only three seconds behind maglia rosa Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek). When asked about her closest rival on GC, Longo Borghini didn't seem too worried.
