Chaves liberated by special Giro d'Italia stage win

Esteban Chaves' career has always been defined by its glittering highs and despairing lows. The plucky Colombian climber rarely does boring but on stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia, he provided a telling reminder of his class and put to bed a year plagued by illness and sudden a loss of form that threatened to end his career at the very top.

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