Stage 14 - Porte is left; Arroyo is the boyyo

After coming a cropper in the first week and spending a few days recovering, it seems that there's now no stopping Fillipo Pozzato. He won stage 12, led the bunch home on stage 13 and today he was off the front again. 

His breakaway group of six didn't last long however when they hit the day's big feature, Monte Grappa. Liquigas were riding hard up the climb and it soon got too much for pink jersey Ritchie Porte, who slid off the back. Sliding off the front though, was Bradley Wiggins, (Wiggy) who caught up to team-mate Steve Cummings, (Cummy) who was part of the break, for a bit of a tow. Wiggy tested his legs off the front for a while, but it was short-lived and it wasn't long before he was reeled back in.

Come the summit, at the head of the race it was Liqugas duo Basso and Nibali, along with Evans and Scarponi in front. Nibali attacked on the descent and thanks to a set of invisible tri-bars, (the UCI has yet to rule on the legality of imaginary handlebars) managed to hold-on to the finish.

Nibali may have won the stage, but he's still nearly seven minutes down on new race leader, Davide Arroyo. So after they did the sums, (or math as it's known in the US), here's the new top 15.

While we saw most of the big names of this year's race giving it some on Monte Grappa, the 40km run-in to the finish gave riders the chance to re-group and limit their losses. Tomorrow they're off up the infamous Zoncolan climb, (after three other climbs), which is brutally steep and the finish is right at the top. Here's where we can expect some real battles to be fought and we should see some more changes in the top ten.