Giro d'Italia - Stage 7
The peloton slips away from the start town of Sulmona...
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Three men are away before the first climb - Stefan Kung, Patrick Gretsch and Jay McCarthy...
Nippo-Vini Fantini is chasing hard to give climbing points to Damiano Cunego...
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Jay McCarthy leads the trio, but their success looks unlikely...
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The peloton is about to split under the pressure - but Tom Dumoulin is right at the front...
Damiano Cunego is closing-in on the escape, but he won't win any points..!
The racing and strong winds have split the peloton into three clear groups as the fight to escape goes on in front...
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Fabian Cancellara is in the third group, and about to chase, but first he needs his arm-warmers...
Darwin Atapuma is one of many of the leading riders trying to escape...
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The peloton races past some internationally-inspired fans...
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Stefan Denifl leads a new escape past L'Aquila - the six of them have a two-minute lead...
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Elia Viviani pulls on his rain-jacket as the weather deteriorates in the hills...
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Adam Hansen normally revels in these conditions, but not today...
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Domenico Pozzovivo has the honour of wearing No.1 in this Giro - and he's determined to live up to that status...
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Eros Capecchi has the dubious pleasure of wearing No.13 on Friday the 13th...
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A rare sight in cycling - someone wearing No.100: Diego Ullissi is the man in a race where 108 is forever allocated to the late Wouter Weylandt
The peloton speeds through Rieti in constant pursuit of the six-man escape...
Alex Domont leads the escape with about 60-kilometres left and with three-minutes in-hand...
The peloton is in full flight along the valley...
FDJ are the ones chasing for now...
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Jelle Vanendert now sets the pace for Lotto and Andre Greipel...
Tom Dumoulin corners on a tricky descent - but by his standards this is a virtual rest-day...
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Cunego is making another forlorn attack to get to the escape and grab some climbing points...
Tim Wellens is the Lotto man chasing Cunego and the escape and making a sprint-finish a certainty...
Stefan Kung has launched a blistering attack with 25-kilometres to go - but even this powerhouse won't make it...
Simon Clarke leads a Cannondale assault in the last 15-kilometres...
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The sprint into Foligno sees Caleb Ewan, Giacomo Nizzolo, Andre Greipel and Sacha Modolo fighting it out...
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Andre Greipel wins stage seven to give Lotto a rare hat-trick of stage-wins..!