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Gapping Aru
When I picked up the TV coverage of stage 11, it was the moment that BMC and Tinkoff Saxo hit the front of the vastly reduced peloton. Both teams had noticed that Fabio Aru (Astana) and Richie Porte (Team Sky) had not descended off of the mountain as quickly as they had. With the possibility of gaining time on two of Alberto Contador's (Tinkoff Saxo) rivals it was time to raise the pace and push through the rain soaked roads of central Italy. Fortunately for Aru and Porte, this move didn't succeed.