UAE Team Emirates rider Igor Arrieta wins dramatic Stage 5 of Giro d'Italia

UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Igor Arrieta overcame a crash and a wrong turn to win a dramatic Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia. Arrieta got the better of Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious) in the final 100 metres, although Portugal's ​​Eulalio seized ​the overall ⁠lead in a rain-drenched stage. Arrieta suffered a crash with 13.5km to go, only to then rejoin Eulalio when the Bahrain Victorious rider also crashed a few moments later. The Bahrain Victorious ​rider ⁠joined ‌solo leader Arrieta at the front near the summit of the Montagna Grande di Viggiano climb and when Arrieta took a wrong turn, he looked certain to take the win. But UAE Team Emirates rider Arrieta had other ideas and reeled in Eulalio ​along the ‌finishing straight. Both riders ⁠suffered falls ​on the roads made ​greasy ‌by heavy rain. They stayed well ⁠clear of the pursuers, however, ⁠and around seven minutes ahead of the group containing Italian Giulio Ciccone who had ​started the 203km stage in the pink jersey. “I don't really know what to say. I'm really, really happy to achieve this victory, it means a lot for me. Because of the crash [on Stage 2] and all the teammates who went home,” Spaniard Arrieta said. “I didn't think it was lost [after crashing], I needed to try until the end, after the hard stage that we did, you never know. I was completely empty in the last kilometres but I knew Eulalio was also the same, and both of us deserved the victory, but in the end I had it. “When I lost Eulalio in the last two kilometres I was like 'it's not possible' but then I kept pushing, I saw that he cannot go faster than me, and then when I took his wheel I was like 'maybe I can win one stage'.” It marked a second straight successful day for UAE Team Emirates after a horror start to the race . On Saturday, lead rider Adam Yates, Jay Vine and Marc Soler were among those who were forced out of the Grand Tour following the huge Stage 2 crash. On Tuesday, Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan ​Narvaez secured victory in Stage 4 after a superb push near the finish line. Stage 5 Stage winners 1. Igor Arrieta (UAE ⁠Team Emirates-XRG): 5:07:51 2. Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious): +2 3. Thomas ​Silva (XDS Astana Team): +51 Overall standing 1. Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious): 21:27:43 2. Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): +2:51 3. ​Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana Team): +3:34