Mikel Nieve (Mitchellton-Scott) wins Giro d'Italia stage 20

Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) breaks away to win final mountain stage 2 on his 34th birthday, his third career win at the Giro d'Italia, salvaging something from a miserable closing weekend for his team, Meanwhile Chris Froome (Team Sky) has sealed his first Giro d'italia victory on Saturday, fending off all attacks from his arch rival Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) on the final summit finish of the race at Cervinia on stage 20.

How it Happened

The final meaningful GC-related stage of the Giro, stage 20 was another monster, running 214km from the Alpine town of Susa into the mountains and the finish at the resort of Cervinia. With Chris Froome holding a 40 -econd lead over Tom Dumolin going into the day, as well as Thibaut Pinot holding the same advantage over fourth-placed man Miguel Ángel López, it would be the last chance for a GC shakeup before Rome.

Top Ten General classification standings

1, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky86:11:50,
 2, Tom, Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb0:00:46,
 3, Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia) Astana Pro Team0:04:57,
 4, Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) Movistar Team0:05:44,
 5, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) Bahrain-Merida0:08:03,
 6, Pello Bilboa (Spain) Astana Pro Team0:11:50,
 7, Patrick Konrad (Austra) Bora-Hansgrohe0:13:01,
 8, George Bennett (NewZealand) LottoNL-Jumbo0:13:17,
 9, Sam Oomen (Netherland) Team Sunweb0:14:18,
 10, Davide Formolo (Italy) Bora-Hansgrohe0:15:16