Strong winds have split the peloton just five-kilometres into the race - but team cars have got between the gaps and will neutralise the situation before race-officials realise what's going on..!
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Pierre Cazaux was in a crash when the peloton split - he'll be a bot sore this evening..!
The peloton passes a Roman aqueduct...near Rome...
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Miguel Minguez leads an escape on the fast road to Assisi - they are four minutes in front already...
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South African champion Robbie Hunter makes a quick bike-change...
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Katusha is chasing the escape at almost 60-kilometres-per-hour - but the escape is also doing the same speed..!
The escape has strongman Matthias Brandle in it - reason to be cheerful...
Ramunas Navardauskas has lot none of his energy as mere champion of Lithuania instead of being race-leader...
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Martijn Keiser is in the escape for two days in a row now...
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Katusha is still chasing at the halfway mark, and they're still four minutes behind...
Stef Clement is chasing across the gap, he's picked up two dropped riders from the escape...
Navardauskas and Garmin start to chase Clement down with 25-kilometres left...
Clement is hammering away at the front of the escape, but it's not clear exactly why he is...
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Classics rider Thomas Vaitkus launches an attack up towards Assisi - is this a joke..?!
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Kreuziger, Scarponi, Uran and Hesjedal start to look serious with two-kilometres left...
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Tom Slagter takes the lead from more experienced climbers...
Daniel Moreno looks as if he's leading out teamate Rodriguez ahead of Hesjedal...
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Rodriguez has launched a big attack in the last 200-metres..!
Joachim Rodriguez wins stage ten ahead of Huzarski and Visconti - Hesjedal finishes in 6th-place...
Hesjedal thanks Vande Velde for his help - but the Maglia Rosa has been lost by Garmin...
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Joachim Rodriguez becomes the new race-leader of the Giro - and he could be there for quite a while yet..!
Fans watch as a grupetto climbs into Assisi many minutes later...
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