Stage 14

The road

At the start

Coppi's village to the Oropa shrine

Gaviria won a fourth stage in Tortona, and Dumoulin still leads Quintana by 2:23, Mollema by 2:38, Pinot by 2:40. André Greipel and Jakub Mareczko did not start. Today begins at Castellania, Fausto Coppi's birthplace, then crosses 120 kilometres of plain before the Alps arrive all at once: the climb to the sanctuary at Oropa, steep from the first metre, where Marco Pantani rode through the whole field in 1999.

How it was won

1. 131 km to go

   Dumoulin’s mechanical

   A mechanical at the foot of the Oropa climb drops the maglia rosa Tom Dumoulin to the very back of the group, forcing a long fight back through the field.

2. 24 km to go

   Quintana attacks

   With four kilometres to go Quintana makes his decisive move, Zakarin following, while Dumoulin sits ominously far back.

3. 32 km to go

   Dumoulin scythes back

   Riding his own imperious rhythm, Dumoulin cuts back through the group meter by meter and catches Quintana with 1.5km to go.

4. 4At the line

   Zakarin leads out

   Zakarin darts into the lead with 200 metres left and Dumoulin gives furious chase.

5. 5At the line

   Dumoulin wins at Oropa

   Tom Dumoulin lunges past to win atop Oropa, stamping his authority on the Giro after his mechanical scare.

The result