Welcome to stage five of the Giro, the first road stage in Italy which sees the riders travel 209km from Modena. I'm Lee Walker and I will be your guide to today's stage. You can follow me on Twitter @Lee_Eurosport

It was a second stage win in this year's race for the world champion with the Team Sky sprinter beating Matt Goss and Daniele Bennati to the line at the end of the first road stage in Italy.

Britain's Mark Cavendish wins stage five of the Giro d'Italia in Fano.

Under the Flamme Rouge, we will have a bunch gallop. Will it be a a 32nd Grand Tour stage win for the 26-year-old Manxman?

Adam Hansen goes for a solo bid but it is shortlived. Cavendish's Team Sky train are at the front and controlling proceedings.

Juan Jose Haedo, Arnaud Demare, Mark Renshaw, Andrea Guardini, Theo Bos, Francesco Chicchi, Roberto Ferrari, Sascha Modolo, Daniele Bennati and Alexander Kristoff will also look to mix things up.

So if it comes to a sprint the big favourites must be stage two winner and world champion Mark Cavendish, stage three winner Matthew Goss and Garmin's Tyler Farrar who can take the overall lead with a first or second place finish. But the American is in a group with Thor Hushovd that is 40 seconds behind the main peloton.

GRUPPO COMPATTO!

De Marchi has attacked on the descent as Mauro Santambrogio and Mathias Frank (BMC) take a tumble in the main bunch. Kaisen, Bulgac and De Negri have been caught by the Liquigas-led peloton.

Lucas Sebastian Haedo (SAX) and Taylor Phinney (BMC) take a tumble in the peloton after a brief lapse of concentration. Both are back on their bikes.

The climber's jersey of Alfredo Balloni (FAR) is under no danger on the cat-four Gabicce Monte (2.0 km 4.8%, max. 9.0%) as De Negri crosses first ahead of Bulgac and De Marchi with the peloton now just 1:15 back. Kaisen has lost contact with his fellow escapees.

Kaisen is the new leader of that ranking after taking second ahead of Bulgac and De Marchi.

The intermediate sprint in Misano Adriatico saw Pier Paolo De Negri take the honours.

The peloton seem to have this in control with the lead now just four minutes.

The lead still holding strong with Garmin getting little help from the other sprinters' teams on the front of the peloton.

A reminder of where the escapees are on GC with their lead at 5:30 - 30 Brian Bulgac (LTB) +1:39; 113 Pier Paolo De Negri (FAR) +1:51; 163 Alessandro De Marchi (AND); 192 Olivier Kaisen (LTB) +8:38

Regardless of what happens, Garmin sporting director Allan Peiper says his team have already proved successful after a good start to the Giro.

But team-mate Tyler Farrar can take pink today if he's first or second in a bunch sprint via the time bonuses of 20 and 12 seconds respectively.

So who is maglia rosa Ramunas Navardauskas? Here's his own words: "I’m from Silale, a small village in Lithuania. I could have played football or cycling but I preferred cycling. In 2006 I spent a year at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle. I’m not sure what kind of rider I am yet; maybe the classics or on small climbs because I can survive on the climbs a bit."

The lead of the escapees is still hovering around the six minute mark. The average speed in the first three hours has been around 45 km/h.

Team Sky endured a disappointing team time trial, finishing ninth. The result meant that Geraint Thomas slipped to seventh, 21 seconds behind Navardauskas. Sports Director Steven de Jongh said: "We were in the mix there for places five to 10. We just couldn’t go 30 seconds faster. On the climb the guys put out a steady pace but it wasn’t quite fast enough. Then in the end some of the guys began to struggle a bit and couldn’t deliver a high speed so that’s where we lost a few more seconds."