This is Limone sul Garda - a perfect place to see the Giro start from...
There are worse ways to start your working day than cycling around Lake Garda...
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Daryl Impey's day has turned bad - he makes a wheel change in the first kilometres...
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Samoilau is also in need of a quick fix - his rear gear has gone awry...
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There are many attempts to escape, especially by the Net App team, but they all come to nothing after one hour...
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Mark Cavendish has turned helper for Rigoberto Uran - why..?
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...Uran is in need of a change of shoes, that's why...
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Peter Stetina has the attention of team manager Allan Peiper and mechanic Geoff Brown as he changes his bike...
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Water or wine, the Giro peloton flies through Trentino in pursuit of another escape attempt...
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A ten man escape has finally been allowed free - it is led by Matthias Brandle..
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"My food is your food, friend" - Christian Meier swaps a sticky tart for a Power Bar with Peter Kennaugh...
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Jesse Sergent and Taylor Phinney can only be talking about one thing - pursuiting. Or maybe they're discussing how to finish their first-ever Giro..?
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For sure, Joachim Rodriguez won't be troubled by today's stage - it's almost entirely flat..!
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Lars Bak has made it into the escape as well - will it be twice lucky for the Dane..?
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Cavendish has become a workaholic for Sky - he's now fetching seven water bottles..!
Katusha is leading the peloton, but it's barely a chase - they are 12-minutes down with 25-kilometres to go..!
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Izaguirre attacks on a small hill with five-kilometres left...
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Frank responds, taking Izaguirre away with him...
Jon Izaguirre wins stage sixteen on the eve of the Giro's entry into the Dolomites...