Giro d'Italia Stage 19: Bassono del Grappa > Cima Grappa, 26.8kms (ITT)

A picture tells a story - Jetse Bol, Michael Hepburn, and Svein Tuft will be the first starters in the TT..

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Mario Cipollini rode the Monte Grappa climb just ahead of the first starters - his time is unknown..!

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Michel Koch looks lonely on the spectacular Monte Grappa climb..!

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Ivan Basso lost over seven minutes today and took 47th place...

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Ben Swift has some close-up encouragement on his way to 42nd place...

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Swift's problem is the fan is starting to crowd his space too much..!

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Swift 'politely' tells the fan to vacate his precious road-space..!

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Ryder Hesjedal lost 5' 39" today and now sits in 9th, over ten-minutes down overall...

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Wilco Kelderman took 16th, 4'52" down - he is 8th overall at 9' 29"...

For a cyclo-cross 'star, Francis Mourey must have been pleased with 15th, just 4' 46" down..!

Riccardo Zoidl pulled off his best performance of the Giro, taking 13th at 4' 42"...

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Cadel Evans took 11th at 4' 26 to go into 7th overall, 9' 25" down...

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Dario Cataldo had another fine day by taking 10th, 4' 10" down...

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Tim Wellens was the big surprise of the day, taking 9th at 4' 00"...

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Colombia's Sebastian Henao was also a big surprise, taking 8th at 3' 48"...

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Rafal Majka took 7th at 3' 28" and now sits in 6th overall, seven-minutes down...

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Franco Pelizzotti had hsi best ride of the Giro, taking 6th, 3' 22" down...

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Domenico Pozzovivo took a very fine 5th at 2' 24" to slot into 5th overall, 6' 16" down...

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Pierre Rolland took 4th at 1' 57" but slipped to 4th overall, 5' 26" down...

Rigoberto Uran took 3rd, 1' 26" down - and stayed in 2nd overall, 3'07" down...

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Fabio Aru stormed the climb to take 2nd-place, just seventeen seconds down, and is now in 3rd overall, 3' 48" behind...

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Nairo Quintana won today's mountain TT at an average speed of 24.5-kilometres-per-hour and stretched his overall lead to 3' 07"...