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WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED SHOWS: CROCE D'AUNE TO MONTE AVENA (JUNE 1, 2019) (IMG - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE) 1.

(MUTE) AERIAL OF PELOTON GOING THROUGH A TOWN 2.

(MUTE) RACE LEADERS AT FRONT OF PACK 3.

(MUTE) AERIAL OF LEADING PACK 4.

(MUTE) FAN RUNNING ALONGSIDE EROS CAPECCHI (82) 5.

(MUTE) SIGN FOR PASSO ROLLE, 1,984 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL 6.

(MUTE) RIDERS GOING THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS AREA WITH SNOW 7.

(MUTE) GOUPAMA'S VALENTIN MADOUAS (106) LEADING PACK ON ASCENT 8.

(MUTE) VARIOUS OF ASCENT 9.

(MUTE) MAN WITH PIRATE FLAG RUNNING ALONGSIDE MADOUAS 10.

(MUTE) SPECTATORS PUSHING A RIDER 11.

(MUTE) MADOUAS APPROACHING CHECKPOINT 12.

(MUTE) TEAM BORA'S RAFAL MAJKA (61) CRASHING ON A BEND 13.

(MUTE) AERIAL OF MOVISTAR TEAM'S MIKEL LANDA (1), BAHRAIN MERIDA'S VINCENZO NIBALI (41) AND OVERAL RACE LEADER, RICHARD CARAPAZ 14.

(MUTE) ASTANA PRO TEAM'S MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ IN CONFRONTATION WITH A SPECTATOR 15.

(MUTE) CARAPAZ AT FRONT WITH PACK 16.

(MUTE) VARIOUS OF CARAPAZ AND TEAMMATES 17.

(MUTE) VARIOUS OF LEADERS SPRINTING TO FINISH LINE 18.

(MUTE) PELLO BILBAO CROSSING FIRST 19.

(MUTE) MADOUAS CROSSING FINISH LINE 20.

(MUTE) SLOW MOTION OF BILBAO CROSSING FINISH LINE 21.

VARIOUS OF BILBAO SPRAYING CHAMPAGNE FROM PODIUM 22.

VARIOUS OF CARAPAZ SPRAYING CHAMPAGNE FROM PODIUM STORY: Richard Carapaz was on the brink of winning the Giro d'Italia after he retained the overall leader's pink jersey in Saturday's (June 1) penultimate stage in the Dolomites.

The Ecuadorian comfortably held off two-time champion Vincenzo Nibali in the 194-km ride from Feltre as the 20th stage was won by Spaniard Pello Bilbao.

It was a chaotic ride throughout, with Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez, who holds the white jersey for the best Under-25 rider, lashing out at a fan after tangling with him in the final few kilometres.

The Astana rider could face an exclusion from the race, which ends in Verona with a 17-km individual time trial on Sunday.

Lopez was one of the attackers of the day, but the top guns held firm, with the exception of Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who was dropped in the final climb up to Monte Avena.

As a result, the Jumbo-Visma rider slipped from third to fourth overall to the benefit of Spain's Mikel Landa, Carapaz's lieutenant at Movistar.

Overall, Carapaz leads Nibali by 1:54 and Landa by 2:53, with Roglic 3:06 off the pace.

Sensing Roglic's weakness and trying to make the most of his last chance of unsettling Carapaz, Nibali, one of two active riders with titles in all three grand tours, gave everything in the last four kilometres.

But the duo of Carapaz and Landa proved too hard to shake off, while Bilbao sprinted to victory on the day.

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)