Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 5: Modena → Fano, 209 km
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Androni-Venezuela manager Gianni Savio made good on his promise to apologize to Mark Cavendish for his rider, Roberto Ferrari, causing the sprint finish pile up on Stage 3		share this photo
The new race leader is a bike nerd? Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda), showed up at the start in Modena looking like a propeller-head.		share this photo
Hardly anyone knew him before yesterday and now look at the attention he's getting		share this photo
Mark Cavendish had his game face on today. We'll see him again later.		share this photo
The first 150 km of today's stage followed an ancient Roman route, Via Emilia, along the northern plains between Placentia (Piacenza) to Ariminum (Rimini). It was built in 187 BC after which towns like Bologna, Imola, Faenza, Forli, Cesena were born.		share this photo
A fish-eye view of the long, straight road as the race leader and the rest of the peloton ride by early in the stage		share this photo
Somewhere near Bologna and Imola, a local bakery came out to provide an impromptu feed zone		share this photo
Don't mind if I do		share this photo
The peloton crossing the northern Italian plains with the foothills of the Apennines in the background		share this photo
The break passing through Cesena at km 105, the halfway point of the stage		share this photo
Tyler Farrar sacrificed his chances for the inevitable sprint finish by leading the chase for his man in Pink; the peloton passing through the late Marco Pantani's hometown, Cesena		share this photo
As soon as the flag dropped on today's stage, Farnese Vini's Pier Paolo de Negri started today's main break that lasted 170 km. He was joined by Alessandro de Marchi (Androni Giocattoli) and Lotto-Belisol's Olivier Kaisen and Brian Bulgac		share this photo
The Romans built a lot of interesting roads for cyclists, but this wasn't one of them. The break forging on to the Adriatic coast.		share this photo
The terrain along the scenic Adriatic coast was much different than the first 150 km.		share this photo
Sprinters like Tyler Farrar, Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank), Roberto Ferrari (Androni) and BMC's Thor Hushovd (shown here) were dropped on the twisty, narrow, rolling roads along the Adriatic coast and ended up finishing more than 9 minutes back		share this photo
The sprint finish in Fano		share this photo
Sky's Geraint Thomas, the last leadout man, looks on as teammate Mark Cavendish leads the depleted dash to the line		share this photo
Close-up of the sprint finish in full-flight led by Mark Cavendish (Sky)		share this photo
Mark Cavendish rebounds from the his stage 3 high speed tumble to take the next road stage two days later. 2nd Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team, 3rd Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan, 4th Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda, 5th Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox		share this photo
Finish panoramic in Fano		share this photo
Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli), who caused Tuesday's sprint finish crash, was 165th today + 9:14. Every good young sprinter makes at least one reckless move in his career. Don't be surprised if this guy pulls it together and wins a stage before the end of the month.		share this photo
Your stage 5 winner and new papa, Mark Cavendish (Sky)		share this photo
This has to be the youngest podium kid		share this photo
Not interested in a toy Giro mascot, but sleeping is better than crying		share this photo
Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) survived his first day in Pink but keeping it after tomorrow's hilly Stage 6 will be a more different task		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 5: Modena → Fano, 209 km
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