Giro d'Italia Stage 13: Palmanova > Cividale del Friuli, 170kms

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

The peloton leaves through the gates of Palmanova to start stage 13...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Alessandro De Marchi is on the attack before the day's first bonus sprint...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Incredibly, about 30 riders have got away, led by South African champion, Jay Venter...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Sacha Modolo leads the escape that has three Lampre riders in it - and on a nasty first climb of the day...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

If anyone in the escape is thirsty, they don't have to go far for some water...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Cannondale has two riders in the escape, but Navardauskas is pacing a third one, Joe Dombrowslki, across to make it three...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Stefan Denifl has gone off alone to seek climbing points...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Matej Mohoric leads the Lampre escape towards the summit...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Mikel Nieve has also got across to the escape on this first climb - that makes three Sky riders in front..!

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Giacomo Nizzolo has been dropped from the escape, but he figured in the bonus sprint earlier...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Bob Jungels sits near the head of the Etixx-led peloton - they are only two minutes down...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Two ponies have got loose on the descent, scaring Jack Bobridge - but kangaroos would have been worse..!

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

The mini-stampede is growing - scaring Tobias Ludvigsson..!

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Simon Clarke is working like crazy to keep the Cannondale/Lampre/Sky escape clear on the valley road...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Etixx is chasing at nearly three-minutes now - the stage-winner is surely in the escape..!

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Mikel Nieve attacks halfway up the penultimate climb - Dombrowski is the last to stay with him...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Dombrowski nears the summit just 25-seconds down on Nieve, but he'll get no closer...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Matteo Montaguti is the next man up towards the summit - but he too will not catch Nieve toiday...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Michele Scarponi leads an Astana pursuit on the last climb, but the gap is still over two-minutes...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Esteban Chaves takes a look at the front of the chasers, but just a look...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Vincenzo Nibali makes an attack four-kilometres from the top - but gets caught right away..!

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Ryder Hesjedal is chasing one-minute back with Jungels on his wheel...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Jungels is digging deep to preserve his Maglia Rosa - it's going to be a close call today..!

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Dombrowski and Montaguti are still chasing Nieve, but it's a lost cause...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Mikel Nieve wins stage 13 for Team Sky..!

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Nibali beats Valverde for 3rd-place at the finish, but the same group has Amador in it for Movistar...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Andrey Amador has taken the race-lead for the start of the final week..!

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