Vincenzo Nibali wins Giro d’Italia stage 19 as Steven Kruijswijk loses pink jersey

The Dutchman lost his lead to Esteban Chaves after he crashed on the descent from the Colle Dell'Agnello, as Nibali put in an attacking display to take the stage

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Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) put in an attacking display on the mountainous stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia to take the stage win and move up to second overall.

Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) moved into the maglia rosa after finishing 50 seconds behind the Italian and over four minutes ahead of Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) on the summit finish to Risoul, who suffered a miserable day at the Giro d'Italia and slipped to third, 1-05 behind Chaves.

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