Basso poised to win the Giro after taking pink jersey from Arroyo

Michele Scarponi wins, Giro d'Italia 2010, stage 19

With two days remaining, Ivan Basso became the seventh rider to pull on the maglia rosa in the Giro d'Italia. Now he looks poised to clinch overall victory on Sunday.

Michele Scarponi, the Androni Giocattoli rider, won the stage after hitching a ride with Basso and his Liquigas team-mate Vincenzo Nibali from the top of the Mortirolo to the finish in Aprica.

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