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Giro d'Italia: Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 20 to all but secure title
Vincenzo Nibali all but secured the 2013 Giro d'Italia title after battling blizzard conditions to win stage 20 and retain the race leader's pink jersey.
The Italian heads into Sunday's final stage with a lead of four minutes, 43 seconds over Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran.
Britain's Mark Cavendish is favourite to win the red points jersey, despite Nibali leading that race by 11 points.
Sunday's expected sprint into Brescia is likely to suit Cavendish with the stage winner collecting 25 points.
There are also 16 intermediate sprint points available so Cavendish will have plenty of opportunities to wrestle the jersey back.
"That was an epic stage that will go down as legendary - not just for the way Nibali rode away from the field to win the race but for the weather in general.
"The riders were in short sleeves when we first saw them on the television and the weather looked great down in the valley.
"But the snow really hit the top of the mountain 30 minutes before they all arrived and they all looked miserable as they reached the finish.
"Nibali didn't need to go for the win but it was an impressive ride and you got the feeling he was making a point to the Italian press who have been critical of him.
"Cavendish looked alright when he crossed the line and his soigneur just grabbed him and pushed him off to the team car.
"I would imagine his team will want him to go for the intermediate sprint points on Sunday in case any mechanical problems affect him later in the stage.
"I don't think anyone else will be racing for the points so it will be a case of get the red jersey in the bag and then go and win the stage."
If Cavendish fails to win any points in the intermediate sprints, he will still win the red jersey if he records a top-five finish, with Nibali unlikely to get involved in any sprints because of their potential danger for crashes.
Cadel Evans, who is eight points behind Cavendish in that race and third in the overall standings, is also unlikely to contest the sprint points.
Cavendish picked up two points from the first intermediate sprint on Saturday's penultimate stage to lift his tally in the competition to 115.
However, after battling hard on the predominantly uphill stage to take two more points at the final sprint with around 22km the 210km stage remaining, he, as expected, quickly slipped backwards as the road began to rise sharply.
Conditions at the summit finish of Tre Cime di Lavaredo varied throughout the stage with early snow giving way to bright blue skies, which in turn were overtaken by snow-filled clouds and mist.
The well-gritted road remained clear, despite snowdrifts reaching 20 feet high near the summit, which at 2,304m was the highest point of this year's Giro and as the riders reached the final climb, blizzard conditions set in at the finish.
Movistar rider Eros Capecchi was the first to make a concerted effort to win the stage, as a quartet of riders who had made an early break were dragged back by the peloton.
Nibali, who had been criticised in the Italian media for failing to win a stage before his victory in Thursday's time trial, despite leading the race, then went on the attack.
"I wanted to leave a mark," he said. "After what happened yesterday [with stage 19 being cancelled] I wanted to show something.
"I wanted to show that I was fighting right up to the end."
He quickly distanced himself from his main rivals, Australia's Evans and Uran, before riding past Italian compatriot Capecchi who cracked as the 18% gradients, sub-zero temperatures and driving snow took their toll.
Nibali ploughed on, encouraged by dozens of enthusiastic Italian fans, who he had to wave away for fear of being knocked off his bike, before riding over the finish line for victory.
Uran, who started the day in third place overall, 10 seconds behind Evans, finished third on the stage and more than one minute ahead of Evans, who it was later revealed suffered a mechanical problem on the final climb, to move up to second.
Fabio Duarte took second on the stage, 17 seconds adrift of Nibali and two clear of his fellow Colombian Uran.
Sunday's final stage is a flat 197km (122-mile) race starting in Riese Pio X and finishing in Brescia.
Stage 20 result:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 5:27:41"
2. Fabio Duarte (Col/Colombia) +17"
3. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Team Sky) +19"
4. Carlos Betancur (Col/AG2R) +21"
5. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +44"
General classification standings:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 79:23:19"
2. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Team Sky) +4:43"
3. Cadel Evans (Aus/BMC Racing) +5:52"
4. Michele Scarponi (Ita/Lampre) +6:48"
5. Carlos Betancur (Col/AG2R) +7:28"
Red jersey points standings:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 128
2. Mark Cavendish (GB/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) 117
3. Cadel Evans (Aus/BMC Racing) 111
4. Carlos Betancur (Col/AG2R) 108
5. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Team Sky) 102
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Comment number 48.big-kid
27th May 2013 - 17:54
OK cycling experts: Who has won the most final day stages in Grand Tour history - Cav has to be up there!!
Answers please
Comment number 47.Little_Old_Me
26th May 2013 - 17:09
Mark Cavendish is LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment number 46.raffersd
26th May 2013 - 16:20
Been immensely impressed with Nibali since last years TDF, at same time extremely disappointed with Wiggins premature Giro.
Can't say I think his success is through marriage though!?
And to change topic, all the Cav doubters post HTC ....
Comment number 45.sabcarrera
26th May 2013 - 14:46
Nibali's success can be understood by:
1 he prepared for the Giro specifically so lost weight in the winter and peaked now after winning two small stage races in spring
2 a strong team built by Martinelli who has decades of experience in the Giro
3 marriage gave him a stable social life to train properly
4 the race suits him exactly
5 the flop of Hejsedal and Wiggins
Comment number 44.tonyclark
26th May 2013 - 14:23
#42 : We should all agree with you Peter, being a cycling fan is great fun, but, unlike the football fans, for whom football is their 'Raison D'etre' (reason for living) it is only a part of life for us, and certainly not important enough to hate the opposition fans! I think that the 'real' cycling fans on these forums have got the balance about right.
Comment number 43.JayBee
26th May 2013 - 13:09
"Hows the cycling anti-doping programme going?"
A lot better than in soccer. c.f. FA cover ups. Wait until UEFA forces biological passports on all soccer players and then you will be in for a shock.
Comment number 42.peter
26th May 2013 - 12:57
28. Perpetual Sigh
"It's possible to respect more than one cyclist, kids."
One of the most sensible comments I've ever seen on HYS.
There are some great cyclists at the moment, some of them British, a lot of them not British, so let's just enjoy the races and rivalries. It doesn't have to be like another sport in which a lot of fans of team A seem to automatically hate team B.
Comment number 41.Aonghusv
26th May 2013 - 11:27
@35 im sorry, but i cant support someone that is that horrible, despite being from the same place
Comment number 40.Lanterne rouge
26th May 2013 - 9:41
No.38 - it is going very well thank you. They have caught two this week, one of which was during training sessions. It is an excellent programme which sets the benchmark at the very highest levels. That is why cheats are being caught out so often. And they hand out the most severe bans of any sport.
Cav to win today me hopes and claim that red jersey which he and his team so deserve.
Comment number 39.Little_Old_Me
26th May 2013 - 8:51
You know when a previously minor sport has gone mainstream - because fans of established mainstream sports flood the internet with ignorant, usually damn right utter wrong, comments about the new kid on the mainstream block!
Comment number 38.Removed
26th May 2013 - 8:07
All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
Comment number 37.JonoSG
26th May 2013 - 6:12
Nibali has been the most consistent rider and his team haven't put a foot wrong in this years foul weather conditions so he's deserved it.@34 I hope you are wrong but I get your point, innocent until proven guilty
shame the iconic climbs had to be canceled or rerouted. Takes me back to my touring bike days watching the big Tdf and Giro climbs; all I saw was mist! More like the Pennines
Comment number 36.Le Petit Fusil
26th May 2013 - 2:52
#34 I understand your cynicism, but I think it's been an enthrallng Giro and we should just savour the victory of an outstanding champion.
Comment number 35.Le Petit Fusil
26th May 2013 - 2:42
#31 Unfortunately, becoming an illustrious sportman in your field does not automatically imbue you with a scintillating personality. Mark Cavendish is an exceptional cyclist who has worked very hard to achieve this level of success. Let's just enjoy his triumphs and cheer him onto even more stage wins.
Comment number 34.PGB Addick
26th May 2013 - 2:27
Nibali has always been a good rider but now he's riding like Contador in his hey day whilst in a team run by Vino.......Hmmmmm
Comment number 33.Le Petit Fusil
26th May 2013 - 2:02
Can we please just ignore the asinine comments of #21. His lack of cycling knowledge is palpable and he does not have the sagacity and humility to keep his churish observations to himself.
Comment number 32.Lionslionslions
26th May 2013 - 0:56
@21 you are pretty clueless. Cav is a one trick pony....
He is probably the createst pure sprinter that has ever lived.
Hes a one trick pony just like Usian Bolt is a one trick pony at running fast. Or like Van Persie is a one trick pony because he is scores goals and doesn't defend. Or like Alistair Cook because he only bats and can't bowl. Or like Frankel on the flats and not the jumps.
Comment number 31.Aonghusv
25th May 2013 - 23:44
@29 no doubt he is an excellent rider, but his personality on the other hand is far from it
Comment number 30.JayBee
25th May 2013 - 21:19
@ 21. gumbootandsinglet - Cycling is a sport for "1 trick ponies" - Wiggo won the TdF with his 1 road trick, the TT, Evans the year before too - If you climb then you can't sprint and vice-versa - if you TT then you are limited to steady paced climbing - Cycling is a sport that pidgeon holes an athlete - bidon carrier in your case
Comment number 29.BBCSportwebsiteaddict
25th May 2013 - 20:37
Winning the red journey would be Sir Mark's greatest achievement yet in a grand tour. Not the most illustrious, but the greatest. A competition weighted in favour of the GC contenders, yet he has rode so well even Nibali himself conceded that he would lose the journey back to Cav tomorrow. We are privileged to live in the Cavendish era, it will be a long time before cycling sees his like again.
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The lack of infrastructure to get Canada's energy resources to global markets, and especially Asia, was listed as second only to the skills shortage "crisis" that continues to plague Canadian business owners.
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B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark has listed a number of demands that must be met before her government will endorse oilsands pipelines, while poll-leading New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix is firmly opposed to Enbridge's $6.5-billion Northern Gateway proposal to Kitimat as B.C. prepares for a May election.
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