Astana's Vincenzo Nibali rode himself into the leader's maglia rosa jersey on stage twenty of the 99th Giro D'Italia.
Rein Taaramae of Katusha got clear and took the win on the 134km stage in the Alps from Guillestre to Sant’Anna di Vinadio in 4.22.43, finishing 52 seconds ahead of Darwin Atapuma of BMC and 1.17 ahead of Joe Dombrowski of Cannondale, who had also been in the break.
Vincenzo Nibali finished sixth some 6.44 down but that was enough to put him in pink with a 52 second lead over Esteban Chaves.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team)
2 - Esteban Chaves (Orica Greenedge) at 52”
3 - Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) at 1’17”
4 - Steven Kruijswijk (Team Lotto NL - Jumbo) at 1’50”
5 - Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) at 4’37”
JERSEYS
- Maglia Rosa (pink), General Classification, sponsored by Enel - Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team)
- Maglia Rossa (red), Sprint Classification, sponsored by Algida - Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek - Segafredo)
- Maglia Azzurra (blue), Mountains Classification, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum - Mikel Nieve (Team Sky)
- Maglia Bianca (white), Young Rider Classification, sponsored by Eurospin - Bob Jungels (Etixx – Quick-Step)
1 - Rein Taaramae (Team Katusha) - 134km in 4h22’43”, ave. 30.603km/h
2 - Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing Team) at 52”
3 - Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team) at 1’17”