Giro d'Italia Stage 17: Falzes > Cortina d'Ampezzo, 187kms

Thomas Rohregger is the first attacker of the day - but no-one's letting him go...

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Joachim Rodriguez descends the first hill in a peloton racing flat-out in pursuit of another escape...

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At last - the Giro can see and almost reach the Dolomites..!

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Kevin Seeldrayers is leading a five-man escape up the first climb - they'll build a five-minute lead pretty soon...

Surprisingly, Bernhard Eisel and Mark Cavendish are leading the chase for Team Sky..!

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Cavendish and Eisel lead the way up the Passo Valparola - but they're about to be overwhelmed by Liquigas and Euskatel riders...

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Rabottini is in the escape - he'll pick up climbing points on the next two big climbs..!

The Euskatel-led peloton reaches the summit of the Valparola about three minutes down on the escape...

The main peloton has some spectacular rocky spires to gaze at before it begins the descent down the valley...

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The escape is climbing the Passo Duran with just a few minutes in hand - so Seeldrayers decides to attack...

Liquigas now shows itself on the Passo Duran - they'll get within one-minute of the escape by the top...

Mikel NIeve has jumped across from peloton to escape and now leads the race on the Passo Forcella...

Ivan Basso applies the pressure as soon as the final climb begins - only Scarponi, Hesjedal, Rodriguez, Pozzovivo and Uran can stay with him...

Cunego and Tschopp are the nearest chasers...

Best young rider, Sergio Henao, is about one-minute down...

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John Gadret is further than one minute back, but fighting on..!

Hesjedal is starting to stretch his legs ahead of his rivals on the Passo Giau - can the Canadian win this Giro..?

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Hesjedal is riding ahead of Scarponi as some Italian fans cheer Basso on...

Basso applies some more pressure - and Scarponi is dropped with less than two-kilometres of climbing left...

Rodriguez is fast on the descent - he has to be, as Hesjedal is going even faster ahead of him..!

Scarponi is going fast too - and he'll catch the leaders before the finish...

Joachim Rodriguez wins stage seventeen into Cortina - what a day for the Maglia Rosa..!

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