Robert Chung said...

Weening attacked inside the red kite to try to get a running start on the
fearsome finish. It wasn't enough and he hit a wall, nearly stalling out,
then was swallowed. Osa countered and only Moncoutie could follow. Second
day in a row Serrano got taken. The incline, which was bad, became worse.
It took about two minutes for Osa and Moncoutie to go from the 500m to the
200m mark. The final 100 meters were a little easier, a very little, and
Moncoutie inched up on Osa. With a supreme effort he passed Osa with 50m
to go to take the stage. Rebellin was closing fast but finished a couple
of seconds back, with DiLuca and Cunego.

Serrano passes the line and nearly falls. He was sitting on the ground,
chest heaving. Hard to tell if it was sobbing or lack of air.

Osa takes the lead on GC.

That was a crazy finish. Weening almost came to a complete stop about
2k from the finish. There was more than one rider sitting on the
ground about 5 metres after the line. And that was supposed to be a
category 2 climb?