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The 8th Annual Bicycle Film Festival is coming to New York City on May 28th. A series of independent films, both long and short, will be screened at the 5 day festival. STL will be there to watch the world premiere of Road to Roubaix on June 1st. Watch the trailer.

Here's a brief description of the film from it's website:

"Road to Roubaix is a visual narrative of an old-school, bare-knuckle clash of the finest athletes in the world with each other and one of the world’s most unforgiving sporting environments. The filmmakers will tell the story of the riders, the fans, the mechanics, and the unpredictable landscape that is the setting for the Paris-Roubaix."

For those of you interested in viewing this film, The Bicycle Film Festival will hit a few other major cities in the states and the world after New York. Please click here to find out more.

Stay tuned for a report about the film.

For the first time in this year's Giro, a breakaway went all the way to the finish. A group containing winner Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff), Johannes Fröhlinger (Gerolsteiner), Luis Laverde (CSF Group Navigare), Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne) and David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle) got away after 20 km and held off the entire field. The peloton finally started to chase because Perez was threatening Pellizotti's Pink jersey.

On the final short but steep climb (typical of this year's Giro) up to the finish, Millar looked the strongest of the group and tried to control the situation before Brutt attacked. As Millar tried to jump on his wheel, his chain snapped. This set off an enormous show of strength when Millar proceeded to toss his bike over the guardrail and into the fields some 50 yards away. Remember, these bikes weigh a whopping 15-lbs!!! The next Ironman?

In the chaos surrounding Millar's shot put like toss, Brutt was able to sneak away and hold off his companions by just a few seconds. The peloton rolled through, lead by Bettini, some 31 seconds later. Not much changed in the overall. On to the next stage, the longest of this year and includes another sharp (800m) climb to the finish.

Update on Di Luca's anger: He seemed a bit muted today. Perhaps he's waiting for tomorrow?

Top 10 Results for Stage 5
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems..............................5.04.52
2 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner...............................0.04
3 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare............0.10
4 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne....................0.25
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step.............................................0.31
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

119 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle................................0.25

See the complete results here.