Zakarin wins Giro stage 13 as Roglic\, Nibali stay together

SHOWS: PINEROLO TO CERESOLE REALE, ITALY (MAY 24, 2019) (IMG - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE) 1.

AERIAL OF PELOTON 2.

LEADING GROUP 3.

VARIOUS RACE ACTION 4.

ILNUR ZAKARIN (181) 5.

AERIAL OF CHASING RIDERS 6.

GIULIO CICCONE (203) AND MIKEL LANDA (1) 7.

CHASING GROUP 8.

LANDA CLIMBING 9.

AERIAL OF RIDERS 10.

VARIOUS OF ZAKARIN 11.

CHASING GROUP 12.

ZAKARIN CROSSES FINISH LINE 13.

ZAKARIN AFTER RACE 14.

MIKEL NIEVE (138) FINISHES SECOND 15.

LANDA CROSSES THE LINE IN THIRD PLACE 16.

SLOW MOTION OF ZAKARIN 17.

OVERALL LEADER JAN POLANC (217) CROSSES FINISH LINE 18.

SLOW MOTION OF POLANC 19.

POLANC ON PODIUM 20.

ZAKARIN ON PODIUM STORY: Russian Ilnur Zakarin powered to victory in the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the first mountain test for the overall contenders, while favourites Primoz Roglic and Vincenzo Nibali finished together on Friday (May 24).

A member of the day's breakaway, Katusha's Zakarin went solo in the final climb to beat Spain's Mikel Nieve by 35 seconds and another Spaniard, Mikel Landa, by 1:20 with Jan Polanc of Slovenia retaining the overall leader's pink jersey.

Slovenian Roglic and Italian Nibali crossed the line 2:57 off the pace after allowing several riders to come back into the game.

It was another bad day for Simon Yates as the Briton finished five minutes behind Zakarin after he had already lost considerable ground in last Sunday's individual time trial.

Mitchelton Scott's Yates cracked after Landa attacked early in the last climb, a 20.3-climb up to Lake Serru, the Movistar rider benefiting from the help of several team mates.

Another top contender, Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez, dropped out in the last ascent after suffering mechanical problems and reached the finish 4:19 down on Zakarin.

Overall, Polanc leads Roglic by 2:25 with Zakarin third 2:56 off the pace.

Dutchman Bauke Mollema is fourth, 3:06 behind Polanc, with double champion Nibali 4:09 down on the leader.

Saturday's 14th stage is a gruelling 131-km mountain trek from Saint Vincent to Courmayeur featuring five categorised climbs.

(Production: Andy Ragg)