Giro d'Italia Stage 17: Sarnonico > Vittorio Veneto, 208kms

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Some disgruntled team managers are meeting before the start - but it's only talk, no action...

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A bright and sunny day sees the peloton racing at 50-kilometres-per-hour...

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There's a brief race with a train on the way to Trento - the train only just won..!

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Phillip Deignan leads a 26-man escape that's finally got away after 90-minutes racing...

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It's unclear why Ryder Hesjedal is collecting water bottles for his team when he's their leader...

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After a week in Pink, Rigoberto Uran seems quite anonymous in a regular team jersey...

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Nairo Quintana has replaced Uran as race-leader, but both Colombians look good in Pink anyway...

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Cadel Evans fuels up after the rapid start, he has his mind on keeping a podium place in the coming days...

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Jussi Veikkanen pushes the big escape along towards Vittorio Veneto - they've gained a massive 15-minutes advantage..!

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Tyler Farrar is at the back getting his cleats fixed by the Garmin-Sharp mechanic...

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The peloton climbs the Scale di Primolano still fourteen minutes down...

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Daniel Oss is starting to pull harder in the escape - as a local boy, he wants to try and win this stage...

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The peloton climbs through the prosecco wines of Veneto neat Santo Stefano...

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Thomas De Gendt is on the attack up-front - on wet and twisty roads he has a chance of winning...

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Twelve minutes later, Quintana races more gently on those same wet roads...

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The peloton is totally compact as it tackles the wall of Ca' del Poggio with 20-kilomtres to go...

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Stefano Pirazzi was the winner of stage seventeen..!