Welcome🌟 to live coverage of stage 11 of the Giro d'Itꦐalia from Collecchio to Savona

We are around 20 minutes away from the beginning of stage 11 of the Giro d♎'Italia. At 249 kilometres, it is the second🐻 longest stage of the race.

The big news today is that the former maglia rosa Michael Matthews has abandoned the race. He sprinted to third yesterday, but his injuries from two days ago have forced him to call it a day. You can read it all here.

Today's stage was originally supposed to be the longest of the race, until the peloton were forced to take a diversion on stage 6. It could be the perfe🐲ct opportunity for a break to succeed today, as the two climbs will prove much too difficult for the sprinters while th﷽e GC boys will be saving their energy for the tougher stuff to come.

Will we see Adam Hansen in the breakaway today? He won an epic rain-soaked stage last year and he's gunning for another this sea🎃son. We spoke to him a few days ago about hꦅis grand tour aspirations. You can watch the video and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel right .

It's another sunny day in Italy and we're expecting it to stay that way until the fini🃏sh.

Sign-on closes soon and the riders are piling onto the stage to ensure they can ride today. Nice to s♏ee them form an orderly queue.

Want to see what's in store for the peloton today, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:have a read of our stage preview

And we're off. The peloton roll♓ out for the neutral start

Yesterday was another day for Nacer Bouhanni. He became the first rider to win three stages of the race, after he escaped the final kilometre crash. He's not getting too ahead of himself though and 168澳洲5最新🔯开奖结果:isn't underestimating any of his rivals.

As we wait for the action to get going today, why not catch up with all of our Giro d'Italia videos right . There's ple💜nty more to come over the next two weeks so make sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single one.

Outside of the Giro d'Italia, it has been reported in German media that Jan Ulrich has been involved in a car crash. The former rider escaped any injury, however two other people involved have been taken to hospital. Police say that Ulirich was over the legal alcohol �🧜�limit, but he denies it. We will have the full story on Cyclingnews soon.

Another big story from the last 24 hours is that Lance Armstrong has been subpoenaed to provide video testimony in the SCA case. The company are trying to sue the American for $12 million. Read the full story here

Still all together at🉐 the moment. The fight to get into the breakaway will be tough today, with the chances of making it to the finish fairly high. Tell us who you think will make it into the break and who could win. Tweet us on @💃Cyclingnewsfeed and @SadhbhOS and we will post some of your thoughts here.

News is that Winner Ancona of Lampre-Meida is still in the race despite suffering fr🌌om dysentery. Anacona was in the break onꦛ stage 7 last week.

Some of your tweets coming 🧔throug♐h with your predictions day.

@Elthamvelo 🍌says "@stefan🍌opirazzi in the break today ?- came in 6 mins down on yesterdays @giroditalia stg"

@Stoeving says "Sky will be aggressive to🍸day. Boasson Hagen and Cataldo will have a great chance♛ to win, if they can get in the break"

Keep them coming in.

Cadel Evans had a lucky🍌 escape yesterday as the peloton came down behind him. The team did receive a blow, however, when his teammate Yannick Eijssen was stretchered out of the race. Hear what he had to say after the finish yesterday, . Don't forget to sub🅠scribe.

221km remaining from 249km

Bad news for Garmin-Sharp, Fabian Wegmann has come down in a cra🀅sh and has left the race. He was suffering a bad stomach in the opening time trial too, but was forced to chase back 💧on when four of his teammates crashed.

A few more of your predictions coming through.

@ldc_groucot🐬t "Im hoꦜping for a certain Italian beard to feature heavily in todays break!" (Luca Paolini?)

@Pi_TroO "Do not forget @DeGendtThomas , well behind in GC and always up for a f෴ight ..."

@jannevlimaa "Landa, Arredondo, Bandiera (ofc), Pirazzi✅ or Bongiorno, Hansen or Bak and 🌜one from Colombia"

Th꧟e attacks keep coming today, but the peloton are not letting anything go right now. They can't lets anyone with a GC hope make it away.

We already brought you the news that Michael Mattheꦬws didn't start today. Two other D🍷NSs are Georg Preidler (Giant-Shimano) and Miguel Angel Rubiano (Colombia)

Rubiano is the second member of the Colombia team to drop out of the race. His teammate Edwin Avila was outside the time limit on stage 9 by 3:01. The former track rider apparently got off his bike to protest against his team refusing to give him a bidon inside the final 20km. You can read the full story here.

With the departure of those two riders, plus Wegmann, the peloton has been to reduced to 179 down from the original 198 that started.🌸 This Giro is taking it's toll and we haven't even reached the toughest parts.

219km remaining from 249km

30 kilometres ridden so far, with the f♐irst climb of the day coming in around 20km. Perhaps this could be where we see the day's attack sticking.

The average speed of the race so far has been 48kph, no wonder we haven't had a break yet. Extremely hard to get ☂off the front when the peloton are motoring like that. Reme✱mber to tweet us at @Cyclingnewsfeed and @SadhbhOS with your predictions for today.

Cyclinওg predictions that it, although we're open to lottery number predictions too if you have them.

203km remaining from 249km

Some confusion over how much they've ridden. It's actually 47km gone, so they're just about to this the first climb 🎃of the day the Passo Cento Croci

More news coming through about the Wegmann abandon. He reportedly crashed, but rode on for a little while before deciding that the pain was too much. Good news is the German was able to climb into the ambulance himself. He is on his way to hospital to be checked out and we will bring you more news of his conditiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon as we find out.

Garmin are now down to six riders after the abandon of Dan Martin and Koldo Fernandez on the first stage. Th🧸ey will be keen to get into the break today to salvage something from th𓆏e race.

Earlier we told you about Jan Ulrich being involved in a car crash. You can read the full story here.

199km remaining from 249km

We're onto the first climb of the day and we still a൩wait the break. Who will be the lucky ones to get ꦺaway?

Over the first hour of racing the peloton rode at a whopping 🎀49༺kph.

Alexandre Geniz and Tim Wellens have attacked. Can the🐲y make it stick?

Seeไms not. The fast pace of the peloton is really making things difficult today. It's BMC who are setting the pace. They're keep♕ing their eye on potential GC contenders.

 Susan jumping in for a ﷽spell. We understand there is a break in the peloton, and ꦿthat Michele Scarponi is in the second group.

Happy Birthday to Dylanඣ Van Baarle of Garmin-Sharp, hitting the ripe old age of 22 today!

Another escape attempt from Francesco Bongiorno (BAR),🤡 Francis Mourey (FDJ) and Tim Wellens (Lotto),🐻 but also unsuccessful.

Geniez, 💦Quemenuer and Roche are the next to give it a try. BMC is doing its best to keep eve꧙rything under control.

189km remaining from 249km

We have covered 60 km so far. Will thi♚s break be the one to go?

No, that group didn't make it, either.

They are taking this climb so fas🦩t that some ꦑriders are suffering off the back -- including Scarponi.

If you want to actu🏅ally see what is going on these days, then check out the CN YouTube page here. And be sure to subscribe!

The guys are speedy today, covering 49 to 50 km in t📖he first hour.

With one km to go to the top of the climb, a group of 22 riders has built🌃 up a 28 second ga🅷p.

We understand t𒅌hat Bardiani and Europcar both have 3 riders in the group, which also includes Morabito, Cataldo, Roche and Moser. But we don't have anything definite yeet.

183km remaining from 249km

Whoever they are, they have a gap o🔯f 32 seconds after 66 km.

Arredondo, Thurau and Roche said to be the f✅irst over the climb. Also said to be a seven man group in fron💛t. Confusing, yes?

There was a crash on the descent, and Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) has apparently had to a🌸ba🎐ndon the race.

Durbridge's withdrawal leaves the Australian team with only five riders in the race🙈.

W෴e still hav🔥e conflicting reports as to whether we have a lead group of seven or of 22.......

Things are🐻 coming together again in the race, with a group of about 60 no𓄧w up front.

Double stage winner Diego Ulissi was also involved🌱 in that crash. He was able to continue on, though.

Looks like we may have a group of 23 again: Herrada (Movistar Team), Arredondo (Trek), Quintero (Colombia), Cardoso (Garmin - Sharp), Morabito (BMC), Rochꦦe and Rovny (Tinkoff-Saxo), Cataldo, Deignan and Siutsou (Sky), Moser (Cannondale), Geniez (FDJ), Bongiono, Colbrelli and Zardini (Bardiani-CSF), Bono (Lampre-Merida), Pauwels (Omega), Finetto (Neri Sottoli), Malacarne, Thurau and Quemeneu🐲r (Europcar), Gusev (Katusha), Geschke (Giant-Shimano).

After 86 km, the group has 30 seconds on th💖e field, with ൩BMC and Movistar leading the chase.

In other news, Luis Leon Sanchez (Caja Rural) will be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:undergoing tests to see if he picked up some sort of virus in Africa, as he 𒉰hasn't been feeling well lately. 

We think we can now confidently report that we have a group of 14 with a gap of 1:40: Bongiorno, Moser, Mourey, Polanc, Monsalve, Quemeneur, Sicard, Thurau, Preidler, Moreno, Vorganov, Deignan, Roche an💞d Rovny.

There were reports earlier that Georg Preidler had abandoned due to a crash. As he is in the es🌜cape group, we can safely say that he is still in the race

Here is the full 22 riders in this escape group: Francesco Bo✅ngiorno 🌳(Bardiani), Moreno Moser (Cannondale), Francis Mourey (FDJ), Jan Polanc (Lampre), Yonathan Monsalve (Nero Sottoli), Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar), Romain Sicard (Europcar), Björn Thurau (Europcar), Georg Preidler (Giant-Shimano), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Phililp Deignan (Sky), Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff-Saxo)

Europcar are the m𝔉ost heavily represented in th♒at group with three riders and Tinkoff-Saxo have two.

Apologies, we can't c🐠ount, that 🐻should be 14 rider in that lead group

There are 12 teams without riders in this bre𝔍ak, including the team of pink jersey wearer BMC

The 14 rider🌠s now have an advantage of 3:20 on the peloton. Francis Mourey is th𓄧e best placed of the leaders, at 7:52 behind Evans.

Nicolas Roche is one of the escapees today. He's had a rough Giro d'Italia. I☂t began well but was derailed on the stage 6 crash into Montecassino. We spoke to him about his outlook on the race. Watch it and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

T𝓡he gap is growing q🐲uickly now to these 14 riders. It's now 4:08.

104km remaining from 249km

With less than half the stage to g🏅🌟o, here is another look at today's parcours.

Outside of the Giro d'Italia, news continues to creep out about the Alonso team. Despite rumours that they might not make it for 2015, the team are adamant that they will be there come next January. Read the full article here.

This could be the day for the breakaway, but🃏 it all depends on the teams left behind. There are 12 teams not in this break, any of wh🎐ich could decide to try and bring this back together.

Orica-GreenEdge have confirmed that Luke Durbridge has got a suspected collarbone fracture. It's not been a good few days for Durbridge, who could hardly stand🅠 at the end of stage 9, after he🎃 crashed.

GreenEdge are one of the team missing from this break, but they have had an exceptional run up until now. They held the jersey for the first seven stages and ꧑won three stages too.

There are some strong riders in t🃏his front group however, including Daniel Moreno and Nicolas Roche, who are looking to salಌvage something from this Giro.

The gap to the 14 men has levelled out at five💖 minutes.

Who are your picks for today? Dꦅo you think that this break will make it? Tweet us at @Cyclingneꦕwsfeed and @SadhbhOS

Double stage winner Dieg🔯o Ulissi is reportedly battling on with a bruised knee. He's got a teammate out front, however, in the form of Jan Polanc.

The Giro d'Italia has finished in Savona four times before. The first was in 1969 and the most recent was 1991, which was won by BMC direct๊eur sportif Max Sciandri.

We🗹 seem to have mixed thoughts on whether the break will make it today, here is a selection of your tweets.

@cycling_mad1 "I think the break can make it if they🐼 ride well together"

@VeloHuman "So man🅠y big teams missed🍰 the break: OGE, Trek, Lotto, Astana, Garmin. Lots of firepower to bring it back"

Today shouldn'tﷺ see much change in the general classification, but h💝ere is a look at how the GC stands at the moment

1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 42:50:47
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:57
3 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:10
4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:20
5 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:31
6 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:39
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:43
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:45
10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek F𝕴actory Racing 0:01:49

115km remaining from 249km

The gap has been pretty steady at the moment. The peloton haven't let them get two far away, it currently stands at 4:4🍃2

Nicolas Roche is in the break today. Want to see the bike he is doing it on? Watch our video of his Specialized Tarmac, . You can subscribe to Our YꦇouTube channel .

Ben Swift also showed us hi🍸s Pinarello Dogma - one of three bikes that he rides - eꦑarlier this week. You can watch that .

The latest time check for the escapees is no 4 minutes, it seems to be cꦆoming down as the app🌌roach the 100 kilometres to go.

The group of leaders has🎶 split into two. Moser, Monselve, Quemeneur and Roche now lead.

100km remaining from 249km

The current situation is that we've got four men out front with a gap of 20 seconds. The peloton are 🌠4:50 behind the four leaders.

There are൩ a number of teams who missed out on the initial break who will be keen to bring this back together before the finish. Androni Giocattoli, Orica-GreenEdge, Colombia and Garmin-Sharp will want to make something of today.

Today has seen quite a few riders drop out, read a full round-up of the abandons, plus in bed with Thomas Dekker here.

Another rumour spreading through the peloton is that Ivan Basso is looking to leave Canno💟ndale at the end of the year and join forces with Alberto Contador at Tinkoff-Saxo. We will have more details on that later.

As we close in on the second climb of the day, here is a look at the final kilometres of today stage. it's going to come down to who has the best sprint, but it cꦐertainly won't be a Bouh𒁏anni day today.

86km remaining from 249km

The advantage of the 14 riders is nowও 5:05 as the four leaders have been brought back.

Androni Giocattoli are on the front of the peloton. They're trying to bring this back together. They've be♌en in the break every day, but they missed it today. Johnny Hoogerland is sitting as second man, will he try somethi⛄ng?

83km remaining from 249km

The work of the An𒈔droni team is having an effect on the advantage of🌼 the leaders. They've reduced is to 4:25.

Some remonstrating going on at the front of the pelꦺoton. A Tinkoff-Saxo rider asked the camera bike to move away, which did not receive a good reception from the Androni r𝄹ider on the front. Tinkoff-Saxo want this move to stick.

There are a 🅠few other riders who look like they've been down on the deck at some point today. Salvatore Puccio (Sky) is missing a large chuck from his shorts, while Dylan van Baarle (Garmin-Sharp) has got a lot of holes in the back of his jersey.

After initially bringing the gap down, the chaseಞ seems to have stalled. Androni are still putting in the work on the front.

Crash

BMC's Steve Morabito has gone down. And✤rey Zeits (Astana) and Maim🤪e Monfort (Lotto-Belisol) have all gone down.

Ben Swift (Sky) has also been involved. It looks like a huge number of the Lotto and Neri S🔯ottoli teams have been involved. It happened just behind the front of the peloton on a relatively narrow stretch of road.

Androni a💛re still pushing along on the front, none of the other teams look like they want to assi😼st them.

Evans has gone up to the front of the peloton and has had a word with the Androni team. It looks like he's asking them to slow down, but they don't look like they're too interest in doing that. Morabito is in a strong𓆏 GC positioning as well as being one of Evans♔' main helpers.

70km remaining from 249km

Despite the cr🅠ash the advantage is being cut down quickly. The 14 leaders have a gap of 3:20, so there is still hope for Androni.

Sky report that Chris 🐬Sutton was also involved in that crash. They've had a numb🎉er of riders on the deck today.

Evans will be hoping that Morabito can make it back. He lost Eijssen yesterday and he won't want to lose any more. W𝐆e spoke to Evans after yesterday's stage. Watch that and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

65km remaining from 249km

After the split where four riders went away, things have been fairly ♐calm in the break. We might see that change soon as their advanta༒ge drops under 3 minutes for the first time today.

Omega Pharma-QuickStep are sitting right behind the Androni team, but they're not giving t꧂hem any help in the chase. They want to keep Uran safe, but they don't car too much whether or not the break is caught.

The escapees are trying to push on. Rovny gives a dig and splits them, but it is all back together. This cou♈ld be touch and go, still five Androni riders on the front of the peloton.

There is little to gain 💮for the GC riders today. They will be saving themselves from tomorrow and beyond. Tomorrow's stage 12 is the first individual time trial. Watch our preview of what could prove to be a defining stage in the general classification . Remember to subscribe to our YouTube c✱hannel to make sure you don't miss a single Giro d'Italia video.

It has been confirmed that Enri🍸🧸co Barbin is in the break, rather than Jan Polanc. This is the first time he's been listed as one of the escapees.

Speak of the devil, it is Barb🐽in who takes the points at the intermediate sprint.

53km remaining from 249km

Androni haven't left the front of the peloton for the last 40km. They've brought the gap down to 2:15, but will they have the🔜 energy to do anything if they d꧟o manage to close it down?

Deignan suffers a puncture in the break.

52km remaining from 249km

Deignan is now 27 seconds down on the peloton.

We've just had an update from Garmin-Sharp on the condition of Fabian Wegmann. It sounds like a ✱horrific set of injuries for the German.

"Fabian Wegmann suffered a complete tear of the hamstrings in his left leg during today's Giro stage. He underwent imaging at a local hospital and team medical staff is currently 🥃arranging an orthopedic surgical follow up for him in Germany, close to his home. "

47km remaining from 249km

Dei💞gnan𝓰 has made it back to the group of leaders as the advantage falls to 1:46

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The peloton is in one long line now and the gap to the escapees has been sliced down to 1:10. Their chances are ge♚tting slimmer by the pedal stꦗroke.

Belkin, BMC and Omega Pharma-QuickStep are all on the front now. Th🧔e front of the pe▨loton has become two distinct trains.

38km remaining from 249km

Despite the efforts of Bardi🦋ani in the breakaway, the gap has com꧙e down to a lone minute.

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Barbin is dropped from the escapees as the gap comes down to 33 seconds. Only a matter of time before these guys♚ get caught.

ꦯBongiorno attacks down the left-hand side of the road.

Roche and Moreno chase the Bardiani rider down.

It is now Roche in the lead but th🌳e advantꦯage over the peloton is only 17 seconds.

Arredondo has attacked out of the peloton𓆏 and he catches some of the 🐠lagging group of escapees.

Arredondo took the maximum points🧸 in the moun♓tains competition on the first climb. He's still got to catch the leading four if he wants to do that again.

We're onto the steepest section of the climb and Arredondo has caught the four leaders. The peloton areꩲ 25 seconds behind them.

The ꦏpeloton can almost see the leaders. There is around three riders in between the leaders and the peloton.

Arredondo attacks and is chased by Roche

As these two attack, they have managed💮 to extend the gap to the peloton to 40 seconds. They have 11 seconds on the chasers.

Preidler has managed to catch up with Arredondo. The Colombian seems surprised to see the big German behind him. Roche is now struggling behind the two, he🐼'll be praying for the descent now.

Edoardo Zardini attacks from the peloton

Zardini has had a very ꧃good season with a victory at the Giro del Trentino last month.

30km remaining from 249km

Arredondo has distanced Preidler towards the top of this climb. Pr🐈eidler will probably make up the ground on ꧂the descent.

Zardini has caught a st🌟ruggling Roch🌺e and he sets off after Preidler and Arredondo.

Samuel Sanchez has moved to the front of the peloton to setꦡ the pace.

29km remaining from 249km

Arre💙dondo crosses the top of the climb with Preidler in his wheel. Barbin is not too far behind.

29km remaining from 249km

Preidler is doi🌠ng well to keep in touch with Arredondo. Zardini can see the two up front at the moment.

Two very differentꩲ styles on that climb, Arredondo dancing on the pedals as Preidler grinds it out behind him.

It looks like almost all of the former escapees have been caught. Rol♏land, Losada and Pelizotti have come out of the peloton and are chasing now.

28km remaining from 249km

Arredondo extends his lead๊ in the mountains classification as he crosses over the KOM and he's on the descent.

Zardini is about to get caught by the chasers as they continue to⭕ make their wa🍌y to the top of the climb.

Preidler and Arredondo have also been caught by tha💦t group

27km remaining from 249km

Preidler is the only rider from the 🅰original breakaway that is still out in front, depite rumours that he had abandoned earlier on.

BMC trying to bring that group on the descent. At 2:56 back in the GC, Rolland stil๊l poses a threat and they won't be comfortable with him being out front.

24km remaining from 249km

That climb has drastically reduced the size of the peloton, but they're about to grow in nu💧mbers at they catch the leaders.

Losada is flicking his arm out asking fo🐬r help on the front, but the others are not interested as they get caught.

Rolland attacks, with Arredondo chasing, but they're just de💫laying the inevitable.

With everyth🃏ing back together Omega Pharma-QuiဣckStep have taken to the front.

Reports say that Diego 🃏Ulissi has been dropped from the peloton. He wasn't looki🌌ng too good after crashing earlier on. It is a flat finish so it will be one for the faster sprinters

Michael Rogers attacks

Rogers is really 🅘going for it on this descent. He was recently cleared to race again after testing positive for Clenbuterol

Rogers has built an advantage of 17 seconds over the peloton💜.

Good news for Rogers is that there is only around 4km of flat once he reaches the bottom and he can use his time trialling♛ abiliti♔es to keep his gap.

16km remaining from 249km

Rogers is really flying down this descent. He's using every bit of road hꦍe can.

Roge꧑rs' advantage has grownཧ to 44 seconds with only 15km to go. Zardini on the front of the peloton doing the chasing.

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Zardini is still sitting at the front of the group. He has Sanchez and Evans right behi🌊nd him. Rogers' advantage going up and down bu♍t currently stands at 38 seconds

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Nobody wants to heꦚlp Zardini. They're all bunching up behi𝓀nd him, but he remains at the front.

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Zoidl finally gives Zardini some help and takes up the chasing. Rogers still has an advantage of 39 secoꦺnds, however.

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Rogers goes under the 10km to go banner with a lead of 37 seconds. The peloton don't seem to be able to shut this down. It's🦩 looking good for the Australian at the moment.

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As the road begins to flatten out, Rogers s actually extending his advantage. He is a three-time time ꦐtrial world 𓂃champion, so he can do this.

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Georg Preidler, who has spent most of the day🅘 in the break, now takes to the front in an attempt to catch Rogers.

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5km to go for Rogers and the gap is beginniඣng to come down. It's now 34 seconds.

The real test for Rogers will be when this road flattens❀ out. It looks like the peloton have organised themselves now and the advantage is cut down to 2♊5 seconds.

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We're onto the flat now and he is going to have to t🥀ime trial to the finish now.

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14 seconds for Rogers it's getting close

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BMC are on the front noꦰw with Evans in second wheel

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This is a tight finish, which could he🃏lp Rogers who has 13 seconds now.

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He's bring the gap back up, it's now 21 seconds

This looks good for Rogers

He's aꦑll alone as he comes iꦬnto the final 200 metres to go

Rogers wins

Geschke takes the sprint from the peloton

Rogers hugging every body after he crosses the line. This is his first r♚ace of thℱe year.

The top 3 for today

1. Michael Rogers

2. Simon Geschke

3. Enrico Battaglin

And here is the full top 10

1    Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
2    Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
3    Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF  
4    Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
5    Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
6    Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale
7    Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp
8    Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo  
9    Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia  
10    Alexis Vui🔴llermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

Here is what the stage winner Micha𒆙el Rogers has to say about his victory today

"It was certainly a beautiful moment. The team tried r𝓡eally hard  we had Nicolas Roche and Ivan 🦂(Rovny) out front. unfortunately the break came back but it gave me a chance and I made the most of it.

It was a spur of the moment. I saw that the team leaders wer🌠e looking at each other. I saw my opportunity and I took it."

Cadel Evans stays in the pink jersey here is what he had to say about today's stage and tomorrow's time t𒁃ri♚al.

"The conditions in both of♊ the long stages has been difficult and today was no different. The speed in the climbs made it a difficult stage

"Its (the ITT) the first indi✱vidual test and it looks like a good time trial for me."

He also passed🦩 comment on Michael Rogers 🐼and his victory today.

"Cycling has been unfair on h🥀im for the last few month and hopefully things are turning around for him."

Here is how th💫e general classification is looking after that stage.

1    Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
2    Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
3    Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
4    Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
5    Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
6    Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7    Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
8    Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
9    Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing
10    Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale

We will haveꦅ video from today's stage on our YouTube channel later. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss anything.

Today's victory is the first for Michael Rogers since the 2012 Bay🅷ern-Rundfahrt when he was riding for team Sky.

Tomorrow is the first of two time trials. While the mountain stage will be the most spectacular tomorrow could make the bi🀅ggest differences to the GC. If he's having a good day, Evans could put more time into his rivals.

The good news today is that all of the general classification riders have finished safely. You will be able to read get the report, results and pictures here.

With regards to tomorrow's stage, you can find our text and video previews of it here.

A few sore rid🧸ers crossing the line. Orica GreenEdge DS Neal Stephens posted this picture of Chris Anker Sorensen at the finish line.

Her😼e is 𒅌the stage winner Michael Rogers on the podium.

And Cadel Evans gets to spray the champagne for anot🐼her day

That is aꦰll for us today on stage 11, but you can join us live tomorrow for that crucial time trial and remember to check gxiaowu.com for all the latest reaction from today's stage and subscribe to our YouTubꦐe page .