Giro d'Italia - Stage 20
Starting at the foot of the Col de Vars, the penultimate Giro stage is proving tough for the heavier cyclists...
Gianluca Brambilla has forged an escape of about ten riders, the peloton has settled down two minutes behind...
Joe Dombrowski is in the escape with the intetntion of winning this stage..!
The peloton moves smoothly up the Col de Vars, happy to catch its breath after the fast start...
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Esteban Chaves is enjoying his first day as race-leader...
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Svein Tuft chases for Orican-Green Edge at the foot of the Bonette/Restefond...
Mikel Nieve has ridden away from the escape on the long climb - he'll take the climber's jersey off Damiano Cunego today...
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The smaller peloton is one-third of the way up the 24-kilometre pass...
Rory Sutherland is doing his daily role of chasing for Movistar...
The peloton is strung-out on the Col de Restefond but still sits ten-minutes down on the escape...
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The peloton is almost up to 2,000 metres amidst an awful lot of snow..!
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Tinkoff has suddenly accelerated near the Restefond summit, but nothing much comes of this move...
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Chaves is still okay, despite having just two teamates with him...
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Up ahead on the Colle del Lombarda, Dombrowski attacks, taking Darwin Atapuma with him...
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Michele Scarponi leads Nibali past the Isola 2000 ski-resort with six-kilometres of climbing to go...
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Chaves is starting to look a bit jaded as the pressure mounts...
Nibali has attacked, with just Chaves and Valverde able to go with him...
Tanel Kangert has dropped out of the escape to pace Nibali, who's dropped Valverde and Chaves...
Nibali has now pulled away alone and heads for the Lombarda summit, almost one minute ahead of Chaves...
Visconti has dropped out of the escape to pace Valverde to the finish - Uran has tucked-in for the ride home...
Chaves has lost several minutes in the finale, but he'll hang on to 2nd-place overall...
Rein Taaramae celebrates his best-ever win, and the first for an Estonian in the Giro..!
Vincenzo Nibali is the new race-leader - and virtual winner of the 2016 Giro d'Italia..!
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