Hello and welcome to live coverage of what could be the key stage of this year's Giro d'Italia - it's stage 19, a mammoth 184km ride from Venaria Reale to Bardonecchia that includes the Cima Coppi - the Colle delle Finestre - a second 2,000+ metre climb to Sestriere and the final steep ascent of the Jafferau. If yesterday was tough, then this takes things to a whole new level...

Giro d'Italia

Stage 19 | Mountain | Men | 25.05.2018

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Venaria RealeBardonecchia

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ByDan Quarrell

Updated 25/05/2018 at 16:53 GMT

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16:30

Thanks for joining me for what was a complete knock-out of a stage. What a race this Giro is proving to be - and it's not over yet... See you tomorrow for more fireworks and perhaps a final pink twist in the tale?

16:25

Full stage report from a quite astonishing day in Italy. As I wrote, Froome is donning his maglia rosa while Simon Yates has yet to even cross the line...

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Froome in pink following incredible charge on Stage 19 as Yates implodes

26/05/2018 at 15:29

16:20

And the new top 10 with Froome now holding a 40-second gap on Dumoulin with one key stage remaining...

16:15

Today's stage result...

16:10

16:05

Here's the moment Chris Froome crossed the line to win stage 19. With it, he took both the pink and blue jerseys... what a performance.

'Knockout performance!' - Froome crosses the line following astonishing stage

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Froome took 3'22" off Dumoulin, plus 11 bonus seconds in total... so he'll go into tomorrow's stage with around 30 seconds on his rival.

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CHRIS FROOME IS THE NEW RACE LEADER!

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Carapaz is second three minutes down, Pinot third, Lopez fourth... and Dumoulin fifth 3'22" down.

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Pinot swings forward - then Carapaz attacks. Dumoulin has been distanced...

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Dumoulin leads the charge - he's after those six bonus seconds which could prove the difference...

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The gap is 1'30 now but they still have half a kilometre to go...

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And the clock starts...

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Victory for Chris Froome of Team Sky - and he's ecstatic with that one, punching the air once, twice and then three times!

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"The most majestic performance you could possibly imagine," says Carlton Kirby on the comms for Eurosport.

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Dumoulin still leads the chase, the penny really starting to drop.

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Under the 1-to-go banner goes Froome - and he still has over three minutes...

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Froome is now out of the saddle as he grapples with a steep ramp in a wooded section of this climb. Loads of fans here - and they're cheering, not booing. People know that they're watching a slice of history today - whichever way you're looking at it.

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Dumoulin has recovered again and is setting a hefty tempo. It's such a hard call - can he hold on to take the pink, or will it go to Froome?

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