Giro d'Italia Stage 15: Cesana Torinese > Col du Galibier (Valloire), 149kms

A hint of the scenery and snows to come as the peloton crosses into France on the Col de Mont Cenis...

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The peloton is still together as it climbs the barrage towards the summit of the Col de Mont Cenis...

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There are some cyclists racing - five men chase Peter Weening, who attacked while everyone else was enjoying the scenery..!

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The peloton passes the reservoir atop the Mont Cenis - what a beautiful sight..!

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There's more yet - a carpet of recent snow dwarfs the peloton as the escape gets away...

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Manuel Buongiorno leads the escape down the valley towards the Col du Telegraph...

The peloton looks graceful as it too descends towards the finale in the French Alps...

Weening leads the escape down the valley - the Telegraph is about to begin..!

Robert Gesink makes his big move on the Telegraph, he has Egoi Martinez for company...

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Sergio Henao and Robert Kiverlovski are chasing Gesink and Martinez...

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Gesink leads five others in pursuit of the Weening-Visconti escape...

Giovanni Visconti is away by himself in front...

Astana looks worried as it chases the two escape groups...

Gesink approaches the summit still two minutes behind Visconti...

Rabottini is trying to cross from the peloton to Visconti on the Galibier...

Wilco Keldermann is another guy chasing the stage-win...

Visconti is heading for a great stage-win as no-one has got within distance of catching him with five-kilometres to go...

Sammy Sanchez launches an attack, chased by Damiano Caruso...

It's snowing on the Astana-led group of favourites...

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It's starting to look bleak as Nibali and Evans emerge at the head of the chase group...

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Carlos Betancur attacks with three-kilometres to go...

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Cadel Evans looks pained as Nibali decides to let Betancur ride away to second-place on the stage...

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The clouds have parted on the Col du Galibier to see the big grupetto ride towards the finish of a quite extraordinary day..!

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