Pavel Brutt of Tinkoff outlasts Johannes Fröhlinger of Gerolsteiner and Luis Felipe Laverde of CSF Group Navigare and take the last climb to the finish to take stage 5 of the 2008 Giro Giro d’Italia.

Results

1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
2 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3 Luis Felipe Laverde (Col) CSF Group Navigare
4 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step

General classification after stage 5

1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA)