Vincenzo Nibali's tactical mistake sees him lose time at the Giro d'Italia

Team Astana admit that their plan for Vinenzo Nibali to attack and join team-mate Jakob Fuglsang on the final climb of stage six of the Giro d'Italia failed

Vincenzo Nibali attacks on stage six of the 2016 Giro d'Italia

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Astana played their card today, but admitted they made a mistake in sending Vincenzo Nibali on the attack in Giro d'Italia's stage six summit finish to Roccaraso.

Nibali tried to bridge to Astana team-mate Jakob Fuglsang but could not. Instead, race leader Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) countered, joined Fuglsang and gained 21 seconds on Nibali doing so. Dumoulin now leads the race by 26 seconds on Dane Fuglsang, who moved ahead nine seconds, and by 47 seconds on Nibali in ninth overall.

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