Nairo Quintana takes lead in Giro as Mikel Landa wins stage 19
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Mikel Landa (Team Sky) atoned for two second place finishes in the last three days as the general classification was blown wide open on stage 19 of Giro 100. Credit: cyclingnews.com Landa earned a well-deserved stage victory at the third time of asking, riding away from Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) to claim only his third ever Giro d'Italia win: all of which have come on mountains the great Marco Pantani won on. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) won back the maglia rosa by 38 seconds but three riders - Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) - are less than 55 seconds behind with just one mountain stage and a flat time trial remaining. Landa said: "I had a teammate in the breakaway and that was key for my win today. I'm very happy, it's not what we expected at the beginning [to be fighting for stage wins rather than GC] but I'm really proud." "I had bad legs from the s