Vincenzo Nibali wins Giro d'Italia stage 20 to close in on overall win

Vincenzo Nibali leads, Giro d'Italia 2013, stage 20

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) goes into tomorrow's final stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia with an increased lead in the general classification after a spectacular stage victory in snowy conditions on the Tre Clime di Lavaredo.

The Italian was the first of the favourites to attack on the final climb, and was able to ride away from everyone and solo alone to the finish, holding off the Colombian trio of Fabio Duarte (Colombia), Rigoberto Uran (Sky) and Carlos Betancur (Ag2r).

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.