(graphic credit: VeloNews)

Really not a whole lot to talk about in today’s Giro Stage 14. Break holds at the end, top three stays the same, Levi loses a couple of seconds but Lance doesn’t seem the least bit worried.

The most interesting part of the stage, if we’re even calling it that, was the end. Take, for example, Michael Rogers’ thoughts on the matter:

(via Twitter: mickrogers)

“We had a bake session on the bike today. Fast and nervous stage with 2km wall at the finish. Ouch !!! Congrats to Simon Gerrans.”

Armstrong’s Twitter, before moving on to the daily dose of videos and massage updates, described the finish as “insanely steep.”

Steep enough to send the sprinters packing. Cavendish and teammate Mark Renshaw gave the Giro a goodbye wave, as did a handful of other fastboys, signalling that the time has come for the big boys to slug it out to the finish.

Until tomorrow.