▁and ▁the ▁team ' s ▁time ▁is ▁taken ▁for ▁the ▁fifth ▁r ider ▁to ▁cross ▁the ▁finish ▁line . ▁ ▁was ▁the ▁winning ▁squad , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁time ▁gap ▁over ▁Vin ok ou rov ' s ▁ ▁team ▁that ▁was ▁sufficiently ▁large ▁enough ▁for ▁V inc en zo ▁N ib ali ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁fourth ▁race ▁leader ▁in ▁as ▁many ▁stages . ▁At ▁last , ▁there ▁was ▁stability ▁in ▁the ▁race ▁leadership , ▁as ▁N ib ali ▁comfort ably ▁retained ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁stages , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁featured ▁break aw ays ▁taking ▁the ▁day ' s ▁hon ors ▁while ▁the ▁pel ot on ▁finished ▁together . ▁Stage ▁ 7 ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁one , ▁incorpor ating ▁st ret ches ▁of ▁gra vel ▁roads ▁near ▁the ▁finish . ▁The ▁day ▁on ▁which ▁this ▁stage ▁was ▁run ▁also ▁happened ▁to ▁have ▁very ▁heavy ▁ra inf all , ▁making ▁the ▁course ▁mud dy ▁and ▁dangerous . ▁Much ▁like ▁had ▁happened ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁a ▁great ▁many ▁rid ers ▁crash ed ▁in ▁this ▁stage , ▁perhaps ▁chief ▁among ▁them ▁W igg ins ▁and ▁S ast re , ▁who ▁both ▁lost ▁more ▁than ▁four ▁minutes . ▁N ib ali ▁also ▁crash ed , ▁and ▁upon ▁seeing ▁this , ▁Alexander ▁Vin ok ou rov , ▁Dam iano ▁C un ego , ▁and ▁C adel ▁Evans ▁broke ▁free ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁group . ▁Evans ▁won ▁the ▁stage , ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁rid ers ▁to ▁cross ▁the ▁finish ▁line ▁covered ▁in ▁mud , ▁and ▁Vin ok ou