Giro d'Italia Stage 13: Fossano > Rivarolo Canavese, 157kms

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Jackson Rodriguez leads a six-man escape away right after the start...

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Nairo Quintana and Rigoberto Uran talk shop from a Colombian perspective...

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FDJ leads the peloton across an unremarkable landscape...

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FDJ and Giant-Shimano have their eyes on a stage-win, and the gap is only four minutes...

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The peloton passes through the historical town of Santena, ablaze with a display of Italian pride...

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Michael Hepburn fetches water bottles for his team, who are down to five men with over one week to go...

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Giant-Shimano leads the peloton towards the feed-zone, still four minutes down...

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Uran has taken his feed-bag well befopre the zone, avoiding any risks in the process...

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Daniel Oss takes his bag in the zone, BMC are now enjoying a few quieter days in the Giro...

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Thomas Dekker has got two rain-jackets tangled in his wheels - and on prime-time TV..!

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Dekker needs the Garmin-Sharp mechanic to get going again...

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The peloton encounters a sea of hailstones after a freak storm fell a few minutes earlier...

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Jackson and Dockx lead the escape up a climb - the slippery conditions have given them a chance to stay away now..!

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Omega protects Uran as they pursue the escape through the finish with 20-kilometres left...

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Kanstantsin Siutsou needs a quick wheel change at the start of the long lap...

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Marco Canola is about to win the stage from Rodriguez and Tulik - they've held off the peloton by just 11-seconds..!

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