Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 19: Venaria Reale → Bardonecchia, 184 km
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The calm before the storm as Trofeo Senza Fine waits for the riders to it fight out		share this photo
The scene for the Stage 19 start in Venaria Reale		share this photo
Chris Froome arrives for Stage 19		share this photo
Race leader, Simon Yates, signs in for his last day in Pink. He finished 38:51 behind Chris Froome dropping him from 1st to 18th on GC.		share this photo
The rollout for eventful Stage 19		share this photo
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80 km to go: After Team Sky set a torrid pace, Chris Froome attacks		share this photo
No one was able to respond		share this photo
Chris Froome leading on Colle delle Finestre with the GC contenders on the next switchback down the hill		share this photo
Chris Froome was banking everything on this bold attack		share this photo
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Tom Dumoulin leading the remnants of the GC group		share this photo
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The scene at the top of Colle delle Finestre		share this photo
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This is why a Grand Tour is three weeks. Simon Yates looked great for 18 stages but he was cracked by the early Team Sky attack and finished 78th, 38:51 behind Chris Froome dropping him from 1st to 18th on GC.		share this photo
Chris Froome continued to stretch out his lead on the flat run to the final climb.		share this photo
Bardonecchia, host of the winter Olympics many years ago, with the final climb to Jafferau in the background		share this photo
Chris Froome urged on by the tifosi on the final climb		share this photo
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Tom Dumoulin and the GC group over 3 minutes back		share this photo
After 70 km on his own, Chris Froome conceded little to the chase on the final climb		share this photo
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Chris Froome wins Stage 19 in style		share this photo
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2nd Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/MOVISTAR) + 3:00		share this photo
3rd Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) + 3:07		share this photo
5th Tom DUMOULIN (NED/SUNWEB) + 3:23		share this photo
79th Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 38:51		share this photo
The stage winner and Maglia Rosa Chris Froome said: “I’ve had difficult moments in the Giro so I had to try something crazy. We took this tactical decision last night together with our nutritionists because there was a need for a good fuelling strategy for that and for how the guys would execute the orders. There were a lot of big attacks in the early part of the race. My team made a strong pace on the Finestre to set up the situation for me. It’s great to ride like this. That’s what bike racing is all about. If I was just gonna wait for the final climb, I would not have put three minutes on the Maglia Rosa. I knew the Finestre really well since I had a training camp in the area last year. I knew how to pace myself correctly. It was also a calculated risk. If there was not a big group behind me and other teams didn’t have domestiques, the GC riders had to make the same efforts as me. I was getting time checks from the motorbikes and via radio. I was 20 seconds from the Maglia Rosa for a long time. What I didn’t know was whether Tom Dumoulin still had good legs but I got the feeling that everyone was at the limit. It was raw bike racing.”		share this photo
Chris Froome (Sky) will take a 40s lead into the final mountain stage		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 19: Venaria Reale → Bardonecchia, 184 km
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