Stage 21

The road

At the start

Monza to the Duomo, nothing settled

No parade. Nairo Quintana starts the last 29 kilometres, from the Monza autodrome to the Duomo, with 39 seconds on Vincenzo Nibali, 43 on Thibaut Pinot and 53 on Tom Dumoulin — who took 49 seconds out of the next-best rider over the longer test at Montefalco eleven days ago. Pinot banked ten bonus seconds in Asiago yesterday. The maglia rosa and all three podium steps are decided this afternoon.

How it was won

1. 120 km to go

   Dumoulin on the money

   At the first time check Dumoulin is just two seconds down on stage-leader Van Emden, exactly where he needs to be.

2. 29 km to go

   Pink changes on the road

   As Quintana, Nibali and Pinot all bleed time against the clock, the maglia rosa changes hands on the roads into Milan.

3. 3At the line

   Dumoulin wins the Giro

   Jos van Emden wins the stage, but the day belongs to Tom Dumoulin, who overturns his deficit to win the 100th Giro d’Italia by 31 seconds over Quintana, with Nibali third.

The result