Roman´s dream has come true

He made the decisive move with 25km remaining and one by one he shook off the riders that were riding in front of him in a breakaway. He set a brisk pace on the final climb and cruised to one of the greatest achievement of his career.“It´s my first Grand Tour victory and I greatly value this result. I´m happy to have made it. Today´s stage  has cost me a lot of energy and I must admit that I was a bit skeptical about the possible  outcome. In the last couple of meters I was on my limit and didn’t know what was going on around me,” Roman said.“But all in all, I can´t be happy about my performance because, most importantly, I came here to fight for the front positions in the GC. I feel really bad about what happened on Wednesday in Cortina. But what is done is done and I know that if I had stayed in the game for the GC they wouldn’t have let me go,” he added.19th stage (Treviso-Alpe di Pampeago, 195 km): 1. Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana) 6:18:03, 2. Ryder Hesjedal (Can/Garmin) +19, 3. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha) +32, 4. JMichele Scarponi (Ita/Lampre) +35, 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/Colnago) +43, 6. Ivan Basso (Ita/Liquigas) +55.Overall standings: 1. Rodriguez 84:06:13, 2. Hesjedal +17, 3. Scarponi +1:39, 4. Basso +1:45, 5. Uran (Col) +3:21, 6. Pozzovivo +3:30, … 17. Roman Kreuziger +12:21.