But dang is there a lot of climbing yet to come.

At least his DS can't be blamed for losing race because of taking a leak.

Carapaz is looking hard to unseat. The combo of he and Landa are reminiscent of when Landa and Aru were on Astana and did epic battle with Contador (one of the best GTs ever, IMO). Tomorrow is another tough one and yeah, you're right, they need to keep putting the screws to Roglic.

Yeah, Roglic has gotten a little lucky in finding temporary allies. If Yates had been able to go with Nibbles, it might have been lights out for Roglic.

Wow...great last few stages. I figured Roglic couldn't be a world beater for all 3 weeks, but did not expect him to be completely flat for the last week...and looking on the decline. I take back everything I said about the rest of the GC chasing down other threats...(especially Carapaz on stage 14) for Roglic. Imagine if they played chicken and let more time bleed away not realizing Roglic simply doesn't have it right now.

I'm hoping Roglic finds some legs though. Either way it should be exciting from here on out.

Great stage today in terrible conditions.

It was great to watch Joe D putting in another solid ride in what has been a solid Giro to this point for him!!! (ok maybe a little local bias) I was watching the Italian coverage and they couldn't get Joe and Hugh straight and then thought Joe was Nate?! It was funny... I was definitely glad to see Joe seems OK after that crash the other day (helmet on Instagram made me wonder how the rest day would work for him).

Carapaz is definitely looking solid. Movistar seems to be ALMOST sky like to this point... Nibali is just doing work--he didn't look for help today/didn't expect it-it was the exact opposite as the pair at the front of the race--Ciccone: Do work! Hirt: no Ciccone: TAKE A PULL!! Hirt: YOU talk to my DS then Trek DS yells at Hirt while Ciccone tries to ride away....

I do enjoy the Giro!!!

I am loving it! I called this stage totally wrong to my friends this morning. Thought Michelton Scott would put 2 riders into the break, and then Yates would bridge across and take the stage. The reality was anything but this, but delighted Ciccone got the win, and Nibali deserves a medal for setting this race alight!

Nibali attacked with everything he had at Mortiolo climb on 18% section and he only got 20 sec over Carapaz to be catched later. I’m not saying this is over but Carapaz looks stronger.
Let’s remember that Carapaz also lost over 2 minutes with a mechanical on the earlier stages which he was able to recover later.
The Giro is ON for sure!!

 interesting break group with Bob of the Jungle and Formolo and T deGendt and Kangert..........

I'd like to see TdG away, or Jungle Bob........but they're keeping it close

Daniel Friebe from "the cycling podcast" picked Bob to win this stage based on the profile

Wow! If you had asked me to put money on whom I would have thought would have been able to recover from a shitty tough day yesterday and attack today, I would have picked Nibali. Instead in the last K he looked like he was on the ropes. Going be really interesting to see how he handles the next couple days

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Totally felt the same way. Once I saw how hard the last few KMs were from the break's perspective, I was almost sure it would be Nibs who would nip ahead and try something! Seeing him nearly lose the wheel a couple of times was interesting for sure. Maybe he is starting to conserve for Saturday where he attacks from the second climb of the day (pull a Froomy)....

If he doesn't do something crazy, I don't think he can ride Carapaz off his wheel nor TT faster than him (by enough to overhaul him in the GC).

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What a brutal grinder of a day after yesterday. Peters is a beast to tt up that finish. Formolo into the top ten in a good move. I'm impressed with Roglic's toughness. He keeps hanging on. Carthy is following a lot of good wheels at the right time.

I only saw a quick video on instagram of Carapaz being escorted away from the finish line, but he looked destroyed. Will be interesting to see if a young rider like him can keep it together or will he crack.

Was wondering if that effort to gain a few seconds was worth it. Guess it’ll be clear in another couple days.

Joe D hung tough for another day.

I'm thinking he's going to get in the break again on the penultimate stage versus protecting his gc position. Tomorrow has to be recovery day.

Such great teamwork from Bahrain Merida and Movistar. Roglic is having trouble as he just doesn't have as good team support.

Nibali has his brother launch him up the mountain, Then Carapaz has Peredo and landa drag him back to Nibs. Then Andrey amador and Caruso drop back from the break to pull the Nibbles and Carapaz group for movistar and Bahrain respectively. Even landa commits 100% on the flat run in.

Meanwhile roglic has... no one.

Tomorrow we won't find out much - there will probably be a truce for the GC guys.

There may be some stagehunters with pretensions who would like to go in the break, but Bora and FDJ will be shutting that down, for Ackermann and Demare. Are there even any other sprinters left? Certainly the battle for the points jersey is only between those two.

I'm going with Demare as he's a cagey vet and has a great car grab technique in the hills so he should be fresh. Bora will chase hard for Pascal Ack. Wouldn't mind Ryan Gibbons sneaking one in for Dimension Data. They could use some good news.

Looks like Demare shot his wad going for the bonus sprint where he picked up a single point on Ackermann. And then he screwed up the sprint. Kind of a bad day for FDJ.

Great ride by Cima to stay away! Ackermann obviously pissed at 2nd but should be happy to reclaim the points jersey.

Van der Poel would have taken that sprint. :)

Stage 20 looks so painful. Big climbs right out of the gate in the first 80 km. It won't take a lot to expose anyone on a bad day.

On his MTB, no less!

I can't wait for that kid to get back on the road.

Has Nibali already ajusted his cranks?

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Chapeau, Chavez!!!

I really hope he finds the form that saw him challenge for the overall in the 2016 Giro and 2015 Vuelta

I'm not sure what Roglic was trying to do there at the end. He can't have been worried about Lopez 4 minutes behind him. Maybe just sending a little signal that he's ready for tomorrow. But if that was the case, Carapaz laughed it off. Looked like Nibali may have struggled just a little bit to get on the wheel.