Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) wins stage 16 Queen stage 16 in Umbrailpass, Italy.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) wins epic dramatic a dramatic queen stage 16 in Umbrailpass, Giro d'Italia.

 Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) keeps lead after loses two minutes plus to his arch rivals.

 Maglia rosa Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) had to battle hard to come back from stomach problems, finishing more than two minutes down and keeping his race lead by just a few seconds.

 222km stage would feature an ascent of the Mortirolo, the Stelvio and the Umbrailpass, as formidable a day as any in Grand Tour racing. Before the riders focussed on their own travails on the bike, they took a moment to reflect as the organisers held a minute's silence to remember those that had died in the terrorist attack in Manchester on Monday night. In their minds were also former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden and triathlete Julia Viellehner, who both passed away after being hit by vehicles while cycling.

 Top Ten General classification

 1, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 70:14:48,
2, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 0:00:31,
3, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:12,
4, Thibaut Pinot (Franc) FDJ 0:02:38,
 5, Ilnur Zakarin (Russia) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:40,
6, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:05,
7, Bauke Mollema (Netherland) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:49,
 8, Bob Jungels (Luxemburg) Quick-Step Floor's 0:04:35,
9, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:06:20, 10, Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:07:00.