Nibali and the other major contenders for overall honors finished safely in the main bunch.

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Mosquera finished second behind Italian Vincenzo Nibali in La Vuelta earlier this month.

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Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda) finished one second adrift of Evans, the same time as Italian Vincenzo Nibali, rated by many as the main rival to Wiggins and Evans.

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Saxo Bank, including Luxembourg's Andy and Frank Schleck and Swiss time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara, were third, 12 seconds behind the winners and two seconds off the Liquigas outfit of Italy's Vincenzo Nibali.

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Wiggins was bidding to become the first British winner of the Giro, but he was laboring in 13th place overall -- five minutes and 22 seconds behind leader Vincenzo Nibali -- when he withdrew before the start of Friday's 13th stage.

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