Hello and welcome to another quiet day on the Giro d'Italia. Given the monotonous tedium of this oh-so-boring 101st edition of La Corsa Rosa, not much will happen in this 214km Stage 20 from Susa to Cervinia, which features the final three big climbs of the race and will decide once and for all the outcome of the maglia rosa.

It looks like Woods has joined the Ciccone group on the descent but no sign of Grosschartner. Meanwhile, the peloton crest the summit 8'22" down on Nieve. We're hearing that Pinot is another 15 minutes back!

Ciccone leads the chasing trio over the summit 1'38" down. Those 18pts put him on 105pts now. Chris Froome has 123pts so Ciccone will have to win the stage to take the maglia azzurra: if he comes second, the 18pts will put him on 123pts as well but Froome will surely win by virtue of his Cima Coppi and Zoncolan haul.

Over the top of the summit goes lone leader Mikel Nieve to take the maximum 35 points.

Nieve is really giving it his all. His gap over the pack is 7'40" now and it's hard looking beyond him. He'll give Mitchelton-Scott their fifth win after Yates's hat-trick and Chaves's victory on Etna.

A three-man chase group has formed with Ciccone, Brambilla and Gesink. In theory, Ciccone could come second on this climb and second at the finish and pick up enough points to win the maglia azzurra - because he's not going to beat Nieve today.

It is, of course, Mikel Nieve's 34th birthday today. What a present this would be...

Now Nieve rides clear of his Austrian companion. The Spaniard is one of the best climbers in this race but he's also been used sparingly as he returns to form. His job for Mitchelton-Scott has been to support Adam Yates but now that the Briton is out of the picture for pink, Nieve now has his chance to get that win and end this Giro on a high for the team that shone so bright for so long.

Mikel Nieve puts in a dig to drop Gianluca Brambilla on the final third of the climb. Felix Grossschartner manages to stay with the Spanish veteran and so we have two riders out ahead. They have 6'45" on the pack, which has already dropped Yates and Pinot.

This Giro just keeps on surprising us. Yesterday we saw Yates collapse, Froome take pink and Pozzovivo drop off the podium; today it's Pinot's turn, who has opened the door to Lopez - or even Carapaz - to take the final slot on the podium. And we still may see Dumoulin oust Froome at the top...

Ciccone is having a second wind and leads the chase on the three leaders. Pinot is now almost eight minutes behind the main pack...

It's painful to watch Pinot, who is with three Groupama-FDJ team-mates (including Sebastien Reichenbach, who Dumoulin described as descending "like a granny" yesterday). At this rate, the Frenchman will concede as much time as Yates did yesterday. At least Yates was still turning the pedals. Pinot's face is a picture of pain and he's going at a walking pace.

And then there were three: Nieve, Brambilla and Grossschartner have dropped Woods and Ciccone. Back with the pack and there's no sign of Tom Dumoulin and his Sunweb team, so either the Dutchman is conceding the pink jersey or he's going all-in on the final climb, where he'll need to win the stage and take 31 seconds off Froome (that would give him a 41-second swing).

Here's Pinot pedalling squares from a bit earlier, his podium dreams left in tatters.

Just the five men in front now: Nieve, Brambilla, Ciccone, Woods and Grosschartner. Back with the main pack, it's Astana who drive the pace through Lutsenko, Sanchez and Bilbao, with Lopez, the white jersey, just behind.

Yes, it's all over for Mohoric. He takes down a gel while weaving across the road as Brambilla leads the break past.

Mohoric will be caught by the other escapees soon after his cameo off the front. The pack is still over six minutes back.

Poor Pinot, he's all over the place. In trying to refuel he's almost cycled into his team car. He clearly went too deep yesterday and is either ill or didn't eat enough today. He's already the best part of two minutes off the pink jersey pace...

THIBAUT PINOT HAS CRACKED! The Frenchman completely hits the wall on this climb - and he's going to lose a lot of time today... in the same vein as Yates yesterday, perhaps. And that explains the Astana tempo - for their man Lopez is now set to take third place on GC.

Mohoric still has 30 seconds over the other nine escapees - but you'd expect Ciccone to be doing his utmost to keep tabs on that. The Italian needs the points over the top to keep his blue jersey dream alive. Once he has those points, he'll concentrate on trying to win the stage - or at least taking two more points that will put him clear of Froome in the KOM standings.

We're onto the Cat.1 Col St Pantaleon: 16.1km at 7.2% with a maximum ramp of 10% near the summit. The 2015 Giro used this climb in that stage won by Aru and it was that man Gio Visconti, who is in the break, who crested the summit in pole position.