Cycling-Nibali wins Giro stage 19; Chaves takes pink after Kruijswijk’s crash (Reuters)
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali won stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday, but Esteban Chaves’s third-place finish saw him take the pink jersey from Steven Kruijswijk, who crashed on the treacherous Colle dell’Agnello. Kruijswijk started the 162km stage with a three-minute lead over Chaves but ploughed into a snow bank while descending the Colle dell’Agnello, the highest point of this year’s Giro, and dropped to third on the GC with two days to go. Nibali, the Italian national champions, is in second place on the GC, 44 seconds behind the leader, after holding off Chaves’s challenge on the last climb to Risoul.