
Rising Italian star Giulio Pellizzari gave himself a huge confidence boost with only two weeks till start of the Giro d'Italia when he won stage five and the GC at the Tour of the Alps on Friday.
The 22-year-old attacked on the final climb, distancing GC rivals Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal (both Ineos Grenadiers), before descending with aplomb to the finish at Bolzano, northern Italy.