Photo: Graham Watson
Richie Porte's (Team Sky) Giro d'Italia hopes took a setback in the closing kilometres of stage 10 when a puncture caused him to be left behind by the peloton.
Despite the efforts of his teammates he crossed the line 47 seconds in arrears to pink jersey wearer Alberto Contador, falling to fourth overall at 1m09s.
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