Rubiera goes it alone in hills

Spaniard Jose Luis Rubiera went it alone in the mountains yesterday to win the 19th stage of the Tour of Italy as leader Ivan Gotti recovered from Wednesday's slip to extend his overall advantage to more than 90 seconds with two stages left. Gotti, who lost 14 seconds to main rival Pavel Tonkov in Wednesday's timetrial, gained 55 seconds on the Russian over yesterday's six hill climbs covering 140 miles in the Dolomites, stretching his overall lead to 1 min 32secs.