Giro d'Italia Women stage 5: Lorena Wiebes blasts to second victory of 2025 race as echelons spark major GC changes

MONSELICE, ITALY - JULY 10: (L-R) Lorena Wiebes of Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Marianne Vos of Netherlands and Team Visma | Lease a Bike during the 36th Giro d'Italia Women 2025, Stage 5 a 120km stage from Mirano to Monselice / #UCIWWT / on July 10, 2025 in Monselice, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) scorched to a sprint victory on stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Women, beating Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) in a reduced front group for her second victory of the 2025. race.

53km from the finish, UAE Team ADQ and SD Worx-Protime went all-out when the race turned into crosswinds, and a group of 15 riders tore itself free from the peloton.

Both teams were represented with five riders each and kept going all the way to the finish, crossing the line 1:40 minutes ahead of the main peloton.

Marlen Reusser (Movistar) was also part of the front echelon and kept the maglia rosa, while Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and Katrin Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) were amongst those making gains overall.

Marlen Reusser drives the front split on stage 5 (Image credit: Getty Images)