Giro d'Italia Stage 13: Montecchio Maggiore > Jesolo, 147kms

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

At Bernhard Eisel seems happy with the Austrian-like weather...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Jerome Pineau leads a three-man escape away...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Tinkoff leads the peloton through an archway at the Piazzolo sul Brenta...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

The escape has got held up by a faulty level-crossing, 45-kilometres into the stage - it loses over one-minute of its two-minute lead...

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Lotto and Trek are now riding at race-speed again - and trying to keep the gap to less than two-minutes...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Rick Zabel leads the escape towards the halfway mark, and they are still sitting on a 90-seconds advantage...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Calvin Watson and Fabio Silvestre have picked up the chase for Trek...

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Ethiopian champion, Tgsabu Grmay, is one week away from finishing his first grand tour...

Almost every cyclist in the Giro is fitted with rain-guards today...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

The peloton races along one of Veneto's many canals as it chases the three-man escape...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Frapporti and his colleagues have picked up their pace with 40-kilomeyres left, making it harder to be caught in the wet...

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Has this gondolier taken a wrong turn in Venice, or is he a Giro fan who's travelled a long way..?

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

It's Friday, it's stage 13, and a crash with 3.3-kilometres to go has taken down about 20-riders - including Contador (top-right)

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The road is blocked as riders are either stopped, or trying to get away on the wet grass...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Eugenio Alafaci is the worse off with a damaged left-elbow - but he'll still finish the stage into Jesolo..!

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Davide Formolo tries to get his bike fixed with help from teamate Azevedo...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Richie Porte was in this crash too - he's unhurt but needs a new bike...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Sky's doctor tries to help Porte, but eventually the leader uses Kiryienka's big bike to finish, but with over a two minutes loss...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

A battered Formolo is chasing hard, but he'll lose 1' 10" today and drop to 14th overall...

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Sacha Modolo has won stage thirteen from Giacomo Nizzolo - he cannot hide his joy..!

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Giro d'Italia - Stage 13

Fabio Aru becomes race-leader after Contador lost 40-seconds in the crash...

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