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MATERA, Italy: Overall leader Mads Pedersen made it three wins out of five at this year鈥檚 Giro d鈥橧talia as he won a bunch sprint at the end of the fifth stage on Wednesday.

Pedersen just managed to edge out Edoardo Zambanini in a finish that was so close the Lidl-Trek rider had to ask a teammate: 鈥淒id I win? Are you sure?鈥�

Tom Pidcock was third at the end of the 151-kilometer (94-mile) route from Ceglie Messapica to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Matera, which is renowned for its 鈥淪assi,鈥� or ancient cave dwellings.

The 29-year-old Pedersen also won two of the three opening stages in Albania to take the leader鈥檚 pink jersey back to Italy.

鈥淣ow it鈥檚 really incredible and to win in this jersey as well, it鈥檚 insane and it鈥檚 way more than I ever dreamt about,鈥� Pedersen said. 鈥淲hat a Giro we have and what a team I have around me.鈥�

With the bonus seconds Pedersen picked up, the Danish cyclist extended his lead over pre-race favorite Primoz Roglic to 17 seconds, with Mathias Vacek another seven seconds back.

With a kilometer to go, Pedersen appeared too far back but he managed to get up to the front before a late corner and then got a great lead out from Vacek.

Pedersen then launched his final sprint early and just barely held off Zambanini, who almost managed to beat him after coming up along the barriers.

鈥淚 used a lot of energy to move back up on Vacek鈥檚 wheel,鈥� Pedersen said. 鈥淚 had to spend energy to come back to at least fight for the win. Then luckily I had enough for the last sprint. So that was a really tough one.鈥�

Prior to this year鈥檚 race, Pedersen had only won one stage in the Giro, two years ago in Naples 鈥� where Thursday鈥檚 sixth stage also ends.

鈥淓very day we try to win as as much as possible and we try again tomorrow,鈥� he said.

The stage is the longest leg of the three-week race and has two categorized climbs on the 227-kilometer route from Potenza.

The Giro ends in Rome on June 1.