Cycling - Tour de France - The 65-km Stage 17 from Bagneres-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet - July 25, 2018 - Katusha Alpecin rider Ilnur Zakarin of Russia finishes. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
CERESOLE REALE, Italy (Reuters) - Russian Ilnur Zakarin powered to victory in the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the first mountain test for the overall contenders, while favourites Primoz Roglic and Vincenzo Nibali finished together on Friday.
A member of the day's breakaway, Katusha's Zakarin went solo in the final climb to beat Spain's Mikel Nieve by 35 seconds and another Spaniard, Mikel Landa, by 1:20 with Jan Polanc of Slovenia retaining the overall leader's pink jersey.
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