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