A picture tells a story - Jetse Bol, Michael Hepburn, and Svein Tuft will be the first starters in the TT..
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Mario Cipollini rode the Monte Grappa climb just ahead of the first starters - his time is unknown..!
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Michel Koch looks lonely on the spectacular Monte Grappa climb..!
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Ivan Basso lost over seven minutes today and took 47th place...
Ben Swift has some close-up encouragement on his way to 42nd place...
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Swift's problem is the fan is starting to crowd his space too much..!
Swift 'politely' tells the fan to vacate his precious road-space..!
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Ryder Hesjedal lost 5' 39" today and now sits in 9th, over ten-minutes down overall...
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Wilco Kelderman took 16th, 4'52" down - he is 8th overall at 9' 29"...
For a cyclo-cross 'star, Francis Mourey must have been pleased with 15th, just 4' 46" down..!
Riccardo Zoidl pulled off his best performance of the Giro, taking 13th at 4' 42"...
Cadel Evans took 11th at 4' 26 to go into 7th overall, 9' 25" down...
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Dario Cataldo had another fine day by taking 10th, 4' 10" down...
Tim Wellens was the big surprise of the day, taking 9th at 4' 00"...
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Colombia's Sebastian Henao was also a big surprise, taking 8th at 3' 48"...
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Rafal Majka took 7th at 3' 28" and now sits in 6th overall, seven-minutes down...
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Franco Pelizzotti had hsi best ride of the Giro, taking 6th, 3' 22" down...
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Domenico Pozzovivo took a very fine 5th at 2' 24" to slot into 5th overall, 6' 16" down...
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Pierre Rolland took 4th at 1' 57" but slipped to 4th overall, 5' 26" down...
Rigoberto Uran took 3rd, 1' 26" down - and stayed in 2nd overall, 3'07" down...
Fabio Aru stormed the climb to take 2nd-place, just seventeen seconds down, and is now in 3rd overall, 3' 48" behind...
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Nairo Quintana won today's mountain TT at an average speed of 24.5-kilometres-per-hour and stretched his overall lead to 3' 07"...