A Day To Forget For The Sprint Teams 😬 | Giro D'Italia Stage 5 Race Highlights | Eurosport Cycling

[@slayer6936]

I always love it when the breakaway kicks ass.

[@elbarca223]

It is even better when breakaway wins while the peloton can see them but can't catch them.

[@morgenthaler]

So good to see Valgren back after that horrific injury ❤

[@권용대-b5v]

Brilliant breakaway! Meanwhile, the person who threw a cap(?) before the finish line must be punished. It could’ve caused a serious crash.

[@crazeemunkee]

Doesn't appear that someone "threw" it. More like it just fell off inside the barrier.

[@nige73]

Either way......wtf......looks bigger than a cap.

[@freedomisslavery6840]

it was an accident

[@chinaiwei]

@@crazeemunkee Are you sure?? Out of the many many caps and confetti?

[@crazeemunkee]

@@chinaiwei I don't know what you are looking at, but there is only 1 cap and I don't see any confetti. Not hard to figure out...

[@Prettorian]

Always delighted to see the sprinters lose to the breakaway!🥳

[@slayer6936]

💯

[@S1551]

I love how the sprinters struggle uphill while still looking much much faster than me ever.

[@ZENmud]

Twenty years ago, and living in Switzerland, age 47... I used to joke that I climb like Cippolini, but could descend like Salvoldelli 😅

[@JamesFigueras-c2y]

Enjoying the giro from Quezon City, the Philippines. Brilliant coverage by Eurosport!!!

[@BozoseCompany]

great recap.. no spoilers.. you got yourself a subscriber!

[@andrasszabo1570]

Well done to the breakaway. It's always nice to see them cooperate and outlast the peloton. On the other hand, pathetic from the sprint teams. Did Quick Step, dsm, Bahrein, etc. really think that they only had a chance to win the stage if they didn't contribute anything to the chase? Only saw Trek and Alpecin pull, even though there are about 8 riders able to win a bunch sprint here.

[@tychoMX]

It seems to have been mostly Alpecin's fault. They went full gas to drop the other sprinter teams in the early climb.... and then ran out of gas. After hearing the complaints, the reply from the DS to the other teams was "They are not un-right" 😂

[@felixpangibitan9941]

Watching here all the way from the Philippines

[@drunkensailor112]

Cool. I heard cycling is quite popular in philippines

[@dadedraak]

The Maglia Rosa looks so good on Pogacar! (Vingegaard fan here)

[@Marco-717]

Ok groomer

[@AussiePeter]

Weird comment

[@maturtlelaza]

Granted I have only been watching cycling for about a year, I think this is the first successful breakaway I have seen so far (aside from MVDP/ Pogacar solo breakaways)

[@timothymburton]

It's unusual this early in a grand tour. Normally the breaks survive in the last week when riders who are down by hours on GC go up the road - none of the GC teams care to chase. If it's a medium mountain day, then even more likely as sprinters get dropped and their teams don't need to pull.

[@Mike-rm1lb]

Rare indeed in this situation. It's pretty much like a straight flush in poker.

[@charliewhelan9488]

Good insight! ​@@timothymburton

[@lesmalan]

Chapeau to the heroes of the breakaway.

[@airforcekid265]

I wish these highlights were longer!

[@scalgodefroid7214]

Super pour l l'equipe 1 victoire de l année pour une équipe sympa qui est depuis tres longtemps dans le cyclisme cela me r appel Nico Mattan et Franck Vandenbroueck ❤

[@Timtimzi]

lol so rare for a breakaway to work at this high level. the definition of "NoU take a pull" for the teams that missed out haha.

[@philbotherobot]

Hello bike lovers from around the world .

[@omjeffrey4743]

Hello from Houston tx

[@henryokelue1700]

Hi, from Abuja.

[@reecedawson6113]

Hello 👋

[@vanekodegov5307]

Hello from Russia🤗

[@svenpoelmans3688]

Hi, from Belgium

[@VerdextremoMTB]

gran dia! me alegra cuando corona la fuga!!!!

[@phillippitts6294]

I’m glad Cofdis got a win!

[@whoolio9733]

these Vids just keep getting better!

[@lawrenceparr]

Thanks for the well produced hilights package. But please can you stop giving the game away with the video titles please. Some sense of jeopardy would be appreciated. Thanks

[@ptbot3294]

5 stages, 5 different team winners. Something for everybody

[@jbizzybizzy]

I'm the pietrobon in my local group rides.

[@drunkensailor112]

😂😂

[@ramsden35]

Rob Hatch is pure class.

[@charliewhelan9488]

​@@mattcreese8366yes!

[@hughjanus7354]

@@mattcreese8366 100% guuud myoonin!

[@Markinoo16]

Aaaa can't wait for tomorrow, they're going to pass right in my Town

[@adammartin540]

恭喜恭喜你，你可以现场观看环意自行车赛了

[@noni1532]

Jesus, why did Lidl Trek not pull more? They defend the Ciclamino. Weak.

[@4200Felix]

Presumably they wanted to keep their sprint train intact. It is always a risk to consider. More of gigantic Alpecin blunder, to hurt the sprinter teams and then set the breakaway up for medium range attack and fail to keep it under control.

[@chinaiwei]

Damn! Did you guys all notice the jerk threw in the blue cap at the 2nd group final sprint @5:51 ??! UCI and race official need to hand-out stiff fine and arrest the person. WTF!

[@samnorley5289]

Can always count on you guys for the best highlights! 💯

[@grumpytex1970]

What was Caleb Ewans excuse today?

[@drunkensailor112]

His teammates probably

[@ryand141]

What's the music at the start?

[@samblenkharn8099]

Pogacar getting RSI from shaking that champagne around every day

[@charliewhelan9488]

RSI from rubbing off all the the commisssaires after wearing purple shorts

[@irenesupica5571]

I imagine you guys looking for interesting ways to announce the race. The first opera reference I have heard in a race commentary! 😂

[@damu5point]

So, nobody caught the person intentionally dropping a bag of water during 5:51 (sprint)?

[@chrisgaze4963]

One would hope not intentionally??

[@philchevrier]

Saw that and came here to post the same thing as you... didn't look like it was "thrown", more "dropped" but was very close to be in the path of a rider. Even if unintentional this is starting to be ridiculous.

[@CatManDoSocial]

It was someone's cap that came off their head. I curse the fans constantly, and did here too, but I don't think this was intentional.

[@philchevrier]

@@CatManDoSocial Hopefully so. Sadly even unintentional actions like this could have repercussions... thankful it didn't this time.

[@CatManDoSocial]

@@philchevrier 100%. I find pro cycling difficult to watch without getting angry at fans constantly, especially TDF where everyone wants their moment on camera.

[@patrickmuri1344]

That was the only train in entire Italy that was on time today 🤣

[@alandempsey2496]

Dont talk crap.

[@charliewhelan9488]

Keep talking crap

[@johnandrews3568]

IMO the purple shorts are much better than pink shorts. UCI, take notice.

[@charliewhelan9488]

Word

[@EugenioMalandruccoo]

Two Frenchmen, one Italian and the Dane….ALWAYS THE DANE

[@Ni1zz]

5:50 why would you drop something right infront of the finishers!!!??? Crazy people

[@simonknowles4267]

What’s the difference between inter giro sprints and the other intermediate sprints

[@avengedsevenfold249]

Stop the spoilers in the title!

[@MikeK02048]

Serious question. I've been watching cycling for decades, and I've never understood this.....why do the riders in the peleton sprint so hard for the line when the riders in the breakaway have already won the stage and taken all the podium positions? This is true even if there are many riders that cross the line from the breakaway. It almost seems like they do it just for bragging rights. You'd think they'd save their legs for the next day. What am I not getting?

[@MuitapaTinted]

Individual uci point

[@drunkensailor112]

Points jersey points. Seriously how could you not know this after decades of watching cycling?

[@MikeK02048]

​@@drunkensailor112 I've never heard it discussed by the people calling he race.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@MikeK02048 they never discussed the green jersey in the tour de france?

[@MikeK02048]

@@drunkensailor112 Of course they did. But even in a flat stage, when all the green jersey contenders cross the line in a bunch, you still see other buncghes coming in later that are competing with each other to get over the line first. The answer sent earlier that hey are going for UCI points makes sense to me.

[@TheLemon333]

Pogi has opened a lot of champagne in his short life.

[@stefanofranzone5805]

If all the sprinters fail in a stage like this one, bookmakers go partying!

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

The commentator goes to annoying lengths to prove he can pronounce names of riders from different nationalities, yet can't pronounce 'peloton' properly...

[@jennifereberenz9881]

Actually he didn't pronounce Simon Geschke the right way.

[@harryturnbull1884]

Who's this guy with the exaggerated pronunciations? Can't understand half the riders names.

[@CaminoCarpet]

With all the other big guns away injured this Giro is a foregone conclusion barring a crash or illness. That said with no serious GC competition Pogacar could win the triple crown

[@HeyPaulhasopinions]

I liked the pink and violet outfit better… 🥲

[@lean_sumek]

Bellissime 😊🥰🤣

[@azizkifli5804]

Flat road sprinting is not for Pogacar..

[@kt9493]

I hate mass sprint finishes. So the title was promising.

[@robatkinson180]

Fancy putting someone else in the thumbnail other than Pog?

[@maldoror-13]

And that’s why sprinters teams shouldn’t chase the breakaway too soon

[@peterfranzjr.1190]

I just wish they wouldn't spoil the ending. At 5km still to go "the break wouldn't be caught". Come on man.

[@aldrinclementina4297]

Why do people behave like that. I could see like someone just threw a cap in the bunch near the finish😡

[@ryand141]

You just need to go out cycling on the road and you'll find out real quick.

[@pierrex3226]

It's cute that the sprinters still sprinted for... Spots 5 to 10...

[@johnwestwell2241]

There are points available down to 15th place.

[@pierrex3226]

@@johnwestwell2241 ah fair enough, didn't know that! Then it makes sense.

[@markhill9275]

So glad the sit on merchant didn't win! Sit oon, then try to piss off in the last few K's is a recipe for getting sat on your arse!

[@Lapidario_]

Sprint for 5th is strange.

[@DannyLi-z3s]

good

[@Bigsmallcountry]

Wrong strategy by all the spinners.

[@CHRoOMAX]

Pog didn't win, that's what you call a good stage!

[@donroxitheoverthinker]

who is he spraying that champaigne on HAHAHAHAHAH what a bullshit

[@Bearman1240]

Gee

[@paulchappin3235]

#cofidisarevampires

[@andersnielsen6044]

Sprint stages are the nightmares of cycling..

[@jthepickle7]

Damn the modern bike! - uncomfortable and barely steerable.

[@gasgano8255]

So weird how they let them spray champagne into the void in front of the podium 😅 f1 does that so much better

[@johnfriedl7126]

Is it just me or is road racing the most boring kind of bike racing?

[@phillipkrall8853]

LOL. I had no idea who won until I read it in Cyclingnews. I wish this guy would just speak English.

[@gioelepassoni1891]

Sai che esistono altre lingue, vero?

[@johnwestwell2241]

Oh dear - can you not understand the names of the riders? I don’t think Rob Hatch is at fault because they all sounded perfectly clear to me. If you can’t manage non-English names, I’d say probably cycling isn’t the sport for you to follow.

[@deusexmachinawl]

You might find that is your problem instead, that you expect all names being pronounced with some English accent

[@maurobarollo7572]

I poveri italiani,