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Gaviria is third in the points competition, with 110 points, 25 down on Sagan.
It's Nando Gaviria. He's attacked 3 times so far.
It's UAE attacking again.
10km to the intermediate sprint and we have another attack.
There's an ease in pace as the peloton waits and watches for the next attack.
The riders are enjoying a slight tailwind as the attacks come thick and fast, but so does the chase.
And we have attacks!
They're off!
The final road race stage is underway.
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A lot of riders seem ready to attack to go in the early break.
This is the profile of the stage.
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The riders are packed behind the race directors car. There's a real sense of tension in the peloton.
Everyone was cheering for Filippo Ganna at the start and he was even given honoury citizenship of Verbania. He faces a big role to help defend Bernal's maglia rosa and will then target Sunday's Milan TT.
"Racing at home is special and it's emotional seeing my friends and people I know, it gives you the lift and moral to finish the Giro with good legs," he said.
"Lets see what happens today all for Egan and then we'll see about tomorrow’s TT.
"I’ve been happy to work for Egan at the Giro, though Puccio and I perhaps deserve a special prize for all the work we've done on the front."
The riders have rolled out of Verbania but face 6.2km of neutralised riding along the edge of Lake Maggiore.
From the 2,065-metre summit of the beautiful San Bernardino pass, the riders will descend very steadily to Splügen and turn onto the shorter, but consistently steeper Passo della Spluga, which has only been tackled once before, way back in 1965 when Vittorio Adorni led over the top. The hardest sections come in the final 4km when the gradient remains stubbornly above 8 per cent.
Crossing the Spluga’s summit, the race returns to Italy. The second half of the 16km drop into Campodolcino is steep and fast, where the riders will turn onto the stunning old road that climbs initially to Madesimo.
This was originally planned as the finish, but the stage has been extended to the Alpe Motta (8.1 per cent), making the final ascent 8.9km long, the steepest gradients coming in that final section into the foot of the ski slopes.
From the 2,065-metre summit of the beautiful San Bernardino pass, the riders will descend very steadily to Splügen and turn onto the shorter, but consistently steeper Passo della Spluga, which has only been tackled once before, way back in 1965 when Vittorio Adorni led over the top. The hardest sections come in the final 4km when the gradient remains stubbornly above 8 per cent.
Crossing the Spluga’s summit, the race returns to Italy. The second half of the 16km drop into Campodolcino is steep and fast, where the riders will turn onto the stunning old road that climbs initially to Madesimo. This was originally planned as the finish, but the stage has been extended to the Alpe Motta (8.1 per cent), making the final ascent 8.9km long, the steepest gradients coming in that final section into the foot of the ski slopes.
This penultimate day brings the eighth summit finish of this Giro at the end of a stage with more than 4,200 metres of vertical gain, almost all of it packed into the second half of the 165km run to the first-time finish of the Alpe Motta.
The action starts in Filippo Ganna’s hometown of Verbania, the first intermediate sprint arriving quickly at Cannobio, so we could see a symbolic sprint from points jersey winner Peter Sagan if the break has not formed.
The route then continues along the northern shore of Lake Maggiore, passing into Switzerland.
At Lostallo, after 70km of flat roads, the road starts to get a little steeper on the early pitches of the 30-kilometre Passo di San Bernardino, the first of a trio of first-category ascents. Its gradient averages 5.3 per cent, a stat that conceals its difficulty, the road climbing in three hard steps with flat sections in between.
Bernal has avoided speaking before the start and is lined up at the start-line.
Alongside him are the other jersey wearers and stage 19 winner Simon Yates.
The stage is about to start.
After losing more time on stage 19, Bernal claimed he was trying to save his legs for the final time trial. He admitted that Yates was the strongest in the final days of the race.
Click below to read what he said.
Egan Bernal: Simon Yates is the strongest at the Giro d’Italia right now
Egan Bernal is on the sign-on podium. He faces a big day today, perhaps even career defining.
Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) took a tense victory on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to win at the summit of Alpe di Mera and gain yet more time on race leader Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers).
Click below to read the full report.
Giro d'Italia: Egan Bernal survives as Simon Yates wins stage 19
Today's stage is the final mountain stage of this year's Giro and is likely to shake-up the race before Sunday's final time trial.
Today's #Giro stage begins in Verbania, hometown of @GannaFilippo - aka Top Ganna, aka The Gannadier!A great morale boost ahead of a key stage 💗 pic.twitter.com/gAdrV67YdDMay 29, 2021
Fortunately the sun is out and the temperatures warm. However it will be cooler on the high climbs, with 10C at 2000m, with a risk of rain for the finish and final climb to Alpe Motta.
As the Cyclingnews blimp takes height over Verbania, the riders are signing on with a view over Lake Maggiore.
Buongiorno and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 20, the final mountain stage of this year's Corsa Rosa.
As always, we will have all the live action.
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