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The penultimate stage with three category 1 climbs proved to be the undoing of race leader Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), who succumbed to the attack of Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and slipped to second overall. Rein Taaramae (Katusha) won the stage from the day's breakaway.