▁so , ▁by ▁losing ▁ 2 5 ▁minutes ▁on ▁the ▁clim b . ▁Evans ▁turned ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁ride ▁of ▁the ▁pre - race ▁favor ites ▁in ▁the ▁Plan ▁de ▁Cor ones ▁time ▁trial , ▁closing ▁his ▁def ic it ▁to ▁B asso ▁and ▁moving ▁past ▁S ast re ▁in ▁the ▁overall . ▁After ▁this ▁stage , ▁the ▁only ▁rid ers ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁from ▁the ▁L ' A qu ila ▁break away ▁were ▁Ar roy o , ▁Por te , ▁S ast re , ▁and ▁Robert ▁Ki š er lov ski , ▁who ▁all ▁finished ▁the ▁G iro ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁stage ▁each ▁for ▁the ▁break away ▁and ▁the ▁spr inter s , ▁during ▁which ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁major ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁overall ▁stand ings , ▁the ▁rid ers ▁were ▁faced ▁with ▁the ▁very ▁clim bing - int ensive ▁final ▁two ▁road ▁stages . ▁The ▁ ▁team ▁rode ▁a ▁very ▁hard ▁tempo ▁in ▁stage ▁ 1 9 ▁over ▁the ▁Pass o ▁del ▁Mort iro lo , ▁which ▁eventually ▁wh itt led ▁that ▁group ▁down ▁to ▁just ▁B asso , ▁N ib ali , ▁and ▁Sc ar pon i . ▁They ▁crossed ▁the ▁Mort iro lo ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁minutes ▁ahead ▁of ▁Ar roy o , ▁which ▁was ▁nearly ▁enough ▁time ▁to ▁make ▁B asso ▁the ▁virtual ▁race ▁leader . ▁Ar roy o , ▁noted ▁as ▁a ▁far ▁better ▁desc ender ▁than ▁B asso , ▁took ▁very ▁ag gress ive ▁lines ▁coming ▁down ▁the ▁Mort iro