Stage 19

The road

At the start

Piancavallo, the last summit finish

Tejay van Garderen finally got his stage win at Ortisei and Adam Yates took the white jersey; at the front Dumoulin still leads Quintana by 31 seconds and Nibali by 1:12, with Pinot up to 1:36. Today ends on Monte Cavallo, the climb to Piancavallo — awkward, steep where it hurts, and the last summit finish of the race. After this there is no mountain left on which to take a minute out of the maglia rosa.

How it was won

1. 1131 km to go

   Dumoulin isolated again

   A split on the long descent from the day’s second climb briefly leaves Dumoulin exposed once more, echoes of the nature-break controversy hanging over the race.

2. 232 km to go

   Reshuffle before the wall

   The breakaway regroups near Maniago before the brutal final climb to Piancavallo.

3. 316 km to go

   Dumoulin cracks

   Movistar detonate the maglia rosa group on the lower Piancavallo; twice Dumoulin fights back, but the third acceleration finally distances him for good.

4. 48 km to go

   Pinot’s best move

   Thibaut Pinot attacks with 7.5km to go, his best effort of the race, cutting through the remnants of the break.

5. 53 km to go

   Landa hunts them down

   Up front Landa catches and passes a tiring Sánchez and Costa, riding clear toward the win.

6. 6At the line

   Landa wins, Quintana in pink

   Mikel Landa finally lands his stage win at Piancavallo, while Quintana seizes the maglia rosa as Dumoulin loses over a minute.

The result