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Early breakaway sets up Brutt
14/05/2008 18:06 - (SA)
Contursi Terme, Italy - Pavel Brutt won the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday after an early breakaway with four other riders, while Franco Pellizotti retained the overall lead for a fourth day.
Brutt, who rides for Tinkoff Credit System, broke away from the five man group with about 500m left to finish the hilly 203km leg in an unofficial time of 5 hours, 4 minutes, 52 seconds.
Johannes Frohlinger finished second, followed by Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez and Francisco Perez Sanchez.
Those four and David Millar rode ahead of the main pack for about 180km until Millar's chain broke with about 1km left in the race. Unable to continue, the English rider hurled his bike over the metal barriers and into a field in frustration.
The Giro continues on Thursday with a 231km leg from Potenza to Peschici.
Race organisers cut 34km off the stage, which will still be the longest of the Giro, to give the riders more rest time following several long transfers after the previous stages. The race has also been marred by several large crashes that forced several riders to withdraw with injuries.
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