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The 14 leaders are 40 seconds ahead of the Storer/Gee-West group, and 1:23 ahead of the peloton.
The lead group in full: Ciccone, Van der Lee, Rubio, Mas, Milesi, Kuss, Caruso, Pellizzari, Poels, Kulset, Bettiol, Hirt, Harper and Svestad-Bårdseng
KOM – PASSO DURAN
Ciccone wins the sprint. He bags 40 points for his efforts! Van der Lee was second to the top, Rubio third.
Van der Lee starts his sprint, but Ciccone comes around him.
Bettiol is leading as they near the summit.
Rubio is here, and will have his eye on the KOM points at the top. As will Ciccone and Van der Lee.
A few more riders have joined the lead group from behind.
Behind, the Storer/Gee-West group is 43 seconds behind the leaders, and 43 seconds ahead of the peloton.
The front group now has twelve riders in it, the selection forming on this climb. They are just 2km from the top.
O’Connor has been brought back by the peloton, still being led by Visma’s Rex.
Kuss and Van der Lee were two of those riders to come back with Mas.
Mas has dragged about 5 or 6 riders to Bettiol, Harper and Ciccone.
It’s mightily impressive to see Bettiol ride like this in his unfavoured terrain of the high mountains.
Bettiol is attacking again, and is again taking Harper and Ciccone with him.
It’s still a large group of about 20 that leads, with the Storer/Gee-West chase group about 40 seconds behind, continuing to pick and and drop riders falling back from the lead group.
Harper, Ciccone and Bettiol have been brought back.
O’Connor had dropped back from the group ahead, and has now been dropped from that group. He’s shown fight today, but appears to be on another bad day.
O’Connor is also in the Storer/Gee-West group.
Arrieta and Sobrero are also in this Storer group, while Rondel and Barta are the two Tudor teammates he has with him to pace.
Harper, Ciccone and Bettiol have attacked out of the lead group.
Storer has two…
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