Where to begin? Where to end? Today’s stage had just about everything a cycling fan could want from one of the last stages of a grand tour – and then some. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) won the stage and jumped to second in the GC, Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEDGE) came third on the stage to take the pink. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) dropped off the podium altogether and Steven Kruijswijk flipped into a snowbank yet miraculously only slipped to third. Those are the facts. Now here are the emotions.
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