Blink and you'd have missed it - almost. In the drawn-out hilly finale of stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia, leading overall favourite Primož Roglič moved to the front of the crumbling peloton and briefly seemed poised to launch the first GC attack of this year's race. Although it didn't succeed, it felt like a real threat to his rivals.
As Roglič prowled up to second place behind Lidl-Trek lead-out man Mathias Vacek, it had all the air of one of his trademark late uphill accelerations that has been so profitable in his GC battles in the past.
