Weening’s Late Attack Wins Giro d'Italia Stage Five, Leader’s Jersey

Rabobank’s Pieter Weening won both the stage and the leader’s pink jersey with a powerful late attack.
Weening’s Late Attack Wins Giro d'Italia Stage Five, Leader’s Jersey
ROUGH ROADS: Cyclists raise clouds of dust as they race over the dirt roads near the end of Stage Six of the 2011 Giro d'Italia. Roberto Bettini/AFP/Getty Images
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ROUGH ROADS: Cyclists raise clouds of dust as they race over the dirt roads near the end of Stage Six of the 2011 Giro d'Italia. (Roberto Bettini/AFP/Getty Images)
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