Giro d'Italia Stage 19: Treviso > Alpe di Pampeago, 198kms
A 16-man escape has got away from the start - Cesare Benedetti is leading it towards a seven-minute gap...
Katusha is leading the chase on this very important day for race-leader, Joachim Rodriguez...
Francisco Ventoso leads the escape up the first ascent, the Selle di Roa...
Robbie Hunter carries the water-bottles for Garmin today...
Pirazzi is starting to stretch his climbing legs at the head of the escape...
The peloton is almost together halfway up the next ascent, the Passo Manghen...
Jack Bauer is leading Hesjedal ahead of Lampre and Sky, but behind Katusha...
A much smaller peloton crosses the pretty summit of the Passo Manghen...
Sandy Casar, Thomas Rohregger and Pirazzi are out in front on the first ascent of Alpe di Pampeago...
Liquigas shows itself once again, and they have a three-minute gap to close as well...
Pirazzi and Casar near the summit of Pampeago with their lead strangely intact...
One more mountain later sees Casar and Pirazzi still ahead, but by one minute less...
Roman Kreuziger has broken out of the peloton with Kevin Seeldraeyers - he'll go off in pursuit of Casar with another chaser, Dario Cataldo...
Liquigas is chasing harder, but the strain is beginning to show on their faces...
A strained-looking Rodriguez descends towards Cavalese and the final ascent...
A strained-looking Rodriguez descends towards Cavalese and the final ascent...
Cataldo seems to be happily pacing Kreuziger as the final climb to Pampeago begins...
Garmin has Peter Stetina leading Hesjedal and Lampre, with Liquigas in a second row...
Hesjedal and Scarponi look stronger than anyone else in shrinking the group of favourites...
Kreuziger is about 40-seconds in front with three-kilometres to go - can he win..?!
Hesjedal has dropped Scarponi - this is a decisive moment in the Giro..!
Pozzovivo has a weakening Maglia Rosa following him in pursuit...
Basso has lost time too, but he has Uran struggling in his wake...
Roman Kreuziger wins stage nineteen - success at last for the Czech mate..!
Hesjedal sprints to the line 19-seconds later - and moves closer to the race-lead..!
Rodriguez sprints to the line as well - but he's only just saved his Maglia Rosa for tomorrow..!
