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Stage Five runs through Follinica, Arcidosso, Piancastagnaio and San Casciano Bagni. Take a look at our selection of articles below which feature some of the places this particular stage of the Giro d'Italia 2011 passes through.
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Giro d'Italia 2011 Giro d'Italia 2011, Stage 5
Giro d'Italia 2011 Giro d'Italia 2011, Stage 5
GIRO D'ITALIA STAGE 5 - Wed 11/05/2011
Piombino - Orvieto 191 KM
Medium Mountain WINNER WEENING Pieter NED
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Either side of the Piombino promontory are six protected parks. Together they give the visitor a full appreciation of how human activity over 4 millennia has shaped the area, both economically and physically.
La Strada del Vino Montecucco or Montecucco wine road in south Tuscany is an interesting one. Not least because the road has recently added the suffix 'e dei sapori d'Amiata or 'and the flavours of Amiata' to its name, to indicate more precisely the territory of reference.
Monte Amiata is perhaps south Tuscany's only mountain, in contrast to the famous rolling hills which attract thousands of visitors each year. This now extinct volcano sits on the borders of Siena and Grosseto and is easily reachable from any of Arezzo, Orvieto, Perugia, Viterbo and Chiusi. Surrounded by the…
The Etruscan settlement known today as San Casciano dei Bagni owes its existence to the 42 thermal springs and its strategic postion in Tuscany close to the ancient via Cassia and via Francigena roads.
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Giro d'Italia 2011 Final Classification
1 CONTADOR Alberto ESP 84:05:14
2 SCARPONI Michele ITA 6:10
3 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA 6:56
4 GADRET John FRA 10:04
5 RODRIGUEZ Joaquin ESP 11:05
6 KREUZIGER Roman CZE 11:28
7 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN 12:12
8 MENCHOV Denis RUS 12:18
9 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED 13:51
10 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR 14:10
updated after Stage 21
Giro d'Italia 2011 Stages
07/05/2011 Venaria Reale - Torino
08/05/2011 Alba - Parma
09/05/2011 Reggio Emilia - Rapallo
10/05/2011 Genova Quarto dei Mille - Livorno
11/05/2011 Piombino - Orvieto
12/05/2011 Orvieto - Fiuggi
13/05/2011 Maddaloni - Montevergine di Mercogliano
14/05/2011 Sapri - Tropea
15/05/2011 Messina - Etna
17/05/2011 Termoli - Teramo
18/05/2011 Tortoreto Lido - Castelfidardo
19/05/2011 Castelfidardo - Ravenna
20/05/2011 Spilimbergo - Grossglockner
21/05/2011 Lienz - Monte Zoncolan
22/05/2011 Conegliano - Gardeccia/Val di Fassa
24/05/2011 Belluno - Nevegal
25/05/2011 Feltre - Tirano
26/05/2011 Morbegno - San Pellegrino Terme
27/05/2011 Bergamo - Macugnaga
28/05/2011 Verbania - Sestriere
29/05/2011 Milano - Milano