Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
It's a very rapid start to the day, with over 50-kilometres covered in the first hour - much of it uphill..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Cheng Ji is making a very rare attempt to get away in an escape - but he fails...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Johann Van Zyl is another one escaping now - and he'll form part of the day's big escape...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Michele Scarponi makes his presence felt at the head of the developing move - a clear sign this escape is the good one..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Lotto-Jumbo mass at the front of the peloton, with a three-minute gap to contend with...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Scarponi has taken off alone and will cross the summit in front, and as winner of the Cima Coppi award..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Ian Boswell leads a chase for Sky - they had four men in the big 26-man escape...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Damiano Cunego was also in the big escape, but his climbing hopes have been dashed for now...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
The peloton has suddenly exploded after an attack from Esteban Chaves and Ruben PLaza...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Chaves piles on the pressure, dropping Nibali and Valverde, but keeping Steven Kruijswijk, for now...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Rafal Majka has dragged himself, Nibali and Valverde up to Chaves and Kruijswijk with three-kilometres of climbing to go...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Alejandro Valverde has been dropped before the summit, as has Zakarin - Nibali, Kruijswijk and Chaves have gone off in front...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Darwin Atapuma just surviives a bad corner on the snowy slopes of the Agnello mountain...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Ilnur Zakarin has had a mighty crash on the descent, but he's not seriously injured...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Valverde leads his own chase group, they are about 35-seconds down on the Chaves/Nibali/Ulissi escape...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Ruben Plaza is dragging a group along that contains his team-leader Chaves, and Nibali - they'll put more time into Valverde before the final climb...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Ian Boswell chases for Mikel Nieve a minute or so ahead of the Chaves/Nibali group - but who is he chasing..?
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Maxime Monfort is about two-minutes ahead of everyone else on the windy road to Guillestre...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Monfort is about to be caught by the Nibali/Chaves group...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Nibali makes his first attack, losing everyone but Chaves and Nieve...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Chaves picks up his responsibility as virtual race-leader and leads Nibali, Nieve, and a rejuvenated Ulissi...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Nibali has dropped Chaves with four-kilometres to go - now the clock starts to tick..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Nibali is on his way to taking 50-seconds out of Chaves's overall lead..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Vincenzo Nibali wins stage nineteen - his Giro has turned right around..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
A shattered Steven Kruijswijk finishes five minutes down - his Giro dreams completely over..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 19
Esteban Chaves is the new race-leader, but by just 44-seconds from Nibali...
