Stage 20

The road

How it was won

1. 168 km to go

   The break thins on the Tsecore

   Kreuziger and Nieve force the pace and shell riders from the break as Astana line up the peloton for one last GC battle.

2. 228 km to go

   Astana shed Pinot

   On the Col Saint-Pantaléon, 41km out, Astana's relentless tempo finally distances Thibaut Pinot, clearing the way for López to take third overall.

3. 39 km to go

   Dumoulin throws everything at it

   Nine kilometres from Cervinia Dumoulin attacks; only a handful can follow, but Froome is glued to his wheel — punch and counter-punch, with neither able to shake the other.

4. 46 km to go

   Froome counters in the tunnel

   Dumoulin goes again, unsighted, in a tunnel; Froome counters out the other side and the Dutchman cannot respond, shaking his head as the maglia rosa rides away — the Giro all but sealed.

5. 5At the line

   Nieve wins, Froome crowned

   Mikel Nieve soloes to victory at Cervinia on his 34th birthday; behind, Froome crosses in the select group to clinch his first Giro d'Italia and a third consecutive Grand Tour.

The result