Stage 10

The road

How it was won

1. 141 km to go

   The bunch is too slow

   Five Italians, only one of them from a WorldTour team, still have two and a half minutes with forty-five to go on a stage made for the sprinters. Lotto-Soudal and Trek are on the front; Orica, Sky and Lampre are nowhere.

2. 213 km to go

   Panic behind, and Porte's puncture

   Confidence has turned to panic and BMC and AG2R start launching riders out of the field. Then Richie Porte punctures late and loses time he cannot afford to Contador and Aru.

3. 3At the line

   Boem beats the sprinters' teams

   Marangoni jumps with 1.6 kilometres left and it looks good until Malaguti and Boem organise the chase. Round the final corner Nicola Boem is first across to him, and first to open his sprint.

The result