Thibaut Pinot (Team FDJ) sprints to stage 20 victory in Asiago, Italy.

Thibaut Pinot (Team FDJ) wins stage 20 in Asiago, Giro d'Italia.

 Stage 20 got off to a royal start with Sheikh Nasser of Bahrain on hand to wish his Bahrain-Merida team and Vincenzo Nibali luck on the final mountain stage. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was also in the group and easily held on to his overall lead.

Nibali and Pinot hopscotched over Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) on the general classification leaderboard, but the Dutchman remains well-positioned with one stage to go.

Dumoulin finished the day as fourth on the general classification, 53 seconds down. Not the gap for which any of Quintana, Pinot or Nibali had hoped ahead of Sunday's time trial finale.

Top Ten General Classification Result after 20

1, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 90:00:38,
2, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39,
3, Thibaut Pinot (France) FDJ 0:00:43  
4, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:00:53,
5, Ilnur Zakarin (Russia) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:15,
6, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:30,
7, Bauke Mollema (Netherland) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:03,
8, Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:06:50,
 9, Bob Jungels (Luxemburg) Quick-Step Floor's 0:07:18,
10, Davide Formolo (Italy) Cannondale-Drapac 0:12:55