France's Jerome Pineau won a dramatic late sprint finish with the peloton bearing down his neck to claim the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy over 169km from Novara to Novi Ligure on Thursday.
The Quick Step rider edged out breakaway companions Julien Fouchard, also of France, and Japan's Yukiya Arashiro with the peloton just running out of tarmac in its bid to catch the trio.
Italian Vincenzo Nibali of the Liquigas team retained the race leader's pink jersey.
Source: AFP Global Edition
