2016 Giro d'Italia

99th edition: May 6 - May 29, 2016

Stage 18 results, Thursday, May 26, 2016

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Thursday, May 26: Stage 18: Muggiò - Pinerolo, 240 km (this year's longest stage)

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Matteo Trentin wins Giro stage 18

Weather: Muggiò: Light clouds. Wind: S 5-7km/h. 22-23°C

Pinerolo (Finish): Cloudy. Wind: S 7-9km/h. 22-23°C

The Route: Flat for 170 km, this stage will have a more challenging finale. The route initially runs across the entire northwestern Po Plain, from Milano to Torino, along mainly straight and wide roads. The stage course cuts across a few major cities, where the common traffic calming devices will be found.

After reaching Pinerolo (and clearing Colletta di Cumiana), the route takes a first pass over the finish line, climbs up the steep Via dei Principi d’Acaja stretch, tackles the Pramartino climb and goes back to Pinerolo. 2,500 m before the finish, the route turns left and climbs up Via Principi d’Acaja (average 14% gradient and peaks of 20%, on setts-paved and narrow road).

Next is a steep and harsh descent leading into Pinerolo. The last 1,500 m run on level roads, with just a few bends and a short stretch on stone-slab paving.  Pinerolo is  stage finish for the sixth time in the Giro d'Italia history. The first one was in 1949 with a great victory for Fausto Coppi.

The Race: 161 riders started at 11:22 AM for a projected 5:15 PM finish. Manuel Belletti (Wilier Triestina) did not start.

Italian rider Matteo Trentin (Etixx – Quick Step) won Stage 18 of the 99th Giro d’Italia, 240km from Muggiò to Pinerolo. Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team) finished second, with Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx – Quick-Step) third.

Steven Kruijswijk (Team Lotto NL – Jumbo) remains the race leader overall and keeps the Maglia Rosa.

Seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner said: “It’s beautiful! Really beautiful! In the classics I was in great shape but I had some back luck, so I came to the Giro with the goal of winning at least a stage. I started off working for Marcel [Kittel], and then for Gianluca Brambilla and Bob Jungels. Today it all went perfectly. Brambilla is a climber so he went away uphill and I was behind with three guys pulling for me, until I came across by myself at the very end.”

The Maglia Rosa said: “I felt really good today. It was a long stage but I didn’t see much of the rest of the peloton because my team kept me protected and safe all the time. Only the last climb did I have to do it by myself, although I was never in trouble. I’m getting closer every day to winning the Giro. Tomorrow it looks like a good stage for me. I like long climbs. Maybe I can do something. After finishing second three times, I’d like a stage win as well but firstly I’ll defend the Maglia Rosa”.

Here's the report from stage winner Matteo Trentin's Etixx-Quick Step team:

With around 700 meters to go of Giro d'Italia stage 18, the leading duo of Gianluca Brambilla and Moreno Moser (Cannondale) cruised on the streets of Pinerolo. Gianluca, already victorious at this edition, was second wheel, but even though the finish line was getting closer, he kept looking over his shoulder. The reason for that became clear for everybody in just a couple of seconds, as Matteo Trentin came hard from behind and caught them, before passing the two and taking the win, his first ever on Italian soil.

Up until that point, the longest stage of the Giro d'Italia (244 kilometers) saw a massive break get clear after 16 kilometers from the start, no less than 24 riders booking a place in the group that forged a hefty advantage of 14 minutes before the sole categorized climb of the day, Pramartino (4.3 kilometers, average gradient of 10.9%). There, Matteo did a strong pull at the front before his teammate launched an inspired attack to which only Moreno Moser had a response. Together, the two stayed clear on the descent and on the final climb of the stage, the sharp and cobbled San Maurizio (20% maximum slope), where Moser tried to distance Gianluca, but without any luck.

In the final kilometer, it looked like the stage win will be played in a two-man sprint, but the resilience Matteo Trentin showed, combined with the fact that Gianluca didn't pull anymore, sensing his teammate – who in the meantime attacked from the chasing group – had a chance to come back, led to a different outcome. As soon as he made the junction, the 27-year-old Italian, who's riding for Etixx – Quick-Step since turning pro, opened his sprint and brought the team's fourth victory at the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, following the two of Marcel Kittel in the Netherlands and the one of Gianluca Brambilla in Arezzo.

After claiming his maiden win in Italy, Matteo sat down to talk about his special day and those crucial final kilometers, which saw him return to the front when nobody else was expecting it anymore: "After helping Brambi on Pramartino, I just rode my own tempo, so I could survive and recover until the top. Then, on the downhill, I rode full gas and caught Rovny, Arndt and Modolo. Having Gianluca at the front, the pressure was on them, so I stayed at the back of the group and recovered. On the San Maurizio ascent, I launched my attack, made the catch with around 350 meters to go and continued with my acceleration, which brought me this beautiful triumph."

At the Corsa Rosa, Matteo's sharing the room with Gianluca, and for them it was the second successful breakaway in which they both booked a place, after the one in stage 8, when Brambilla won following a huge work of Trentin. On Thursday, the former maglia rosa returned the favour and his countryman seized the day: "We proved once again how great we get along together and how strong we are. For me, to get my first Italian win at the Giro, it's something really unbelievable, I couldn't have asked for more. This victory is for my family, who supports me all the time, and for the whole team. Now we have four stage victories, and what's great is that the race is still not over, so who knows what else can happen".

The favourites completed the stage more than 13 minutes behind, but not before Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) attacked on the last ascent, prompting the response of the other riders. Seventh in the overall standings, white jersey Bob Jungels was there and stayed with the best, finishing the day safely and confident ahead of Friday's big mountain stage: "I'm really happy that the team won again. This Giro was really great for us. Concerning me, I felt good and I am satisfied with my performance, as I was there with the best guys. Tomorrow it will be a different stage, shorter, colder, at altitude and hard right from the beginning. We'll see how it unfolds, but I hope to be strong again."

Complete stage 18 results:

Stage 18 photos

240 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.230 km/hr

1	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	5hr 25min 3sec
2	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	s.t.
3	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
4	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE-MERIDA	@ 20sec
5	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT-ALPECIN	0’ 30”
6	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
7	BUSATO Matteo	WILIER TRIESTINA	01’ 10”
8	KNEES Christian	SKY	01’ 16”
9	DOMONT Axel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	01’ 24”
10	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	04’ 28”
11	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
12	AMEZQUETA Julen	WILIER TRIESTINA	s.t.
13	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF	05’ 07”
14	KUNG Stefan	BMC	05’ 23”
15	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	05’ 40”
16	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
17	MCCARTHY Jay	TINKOFF	s.t.
18	MOHORIC Matej	LAMPRE-MERIDA	07’ 34”
19	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
20	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	07’ 51”
21	SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	08’ 07”
22	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	08’ 38”
23	YAMAMOTO Genki	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	13’ 02”
24	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	13’ 24”
25	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
26	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
27	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
28	CHAVES Esteban	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
30	JUNGELS Bob	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
31	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
32	URAN URAN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	s.t.
33	ROCHE Nicholas	SKY	s.t.
34	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
35	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
36	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
37	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	DIMENSION DATA	13’ 36”
38	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI-CSF	13’ 41”
39	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	s.t.
40	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
41	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
42	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR	s.t.
43	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
44	CARDOSO Andre Fernando	CANNONDALE	s.t.
45	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	DIMENSION DATA	14’ 24”
47	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	14’ 28”
48	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	14’ 49”
49	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	15’ 51”
50	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
51	KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
52	POLJANSKI Pawel	TINKOFF	s.t.
53	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
54	LIGTHART Pim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	17’ 07”
55	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	18’ 11”
56	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	s.t.
58	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
59	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
61	TXURRUKA Amets	ORICA-GREENEDGE	18’ 22”
62	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	20’ 48”
63	ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin	MOVISTAR	21’ 27”
64	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	s.t.
65	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
66	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
67	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
68	BROWN Nathan	CANNONDALE	21’ 37”
69	POZZATO Filippo	WILIER TRIESTINA	23’ 22”
70	ULISSI Diego	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
71	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
72	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
73	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
74	HOWSON Damien	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
75	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA	s.t.
76	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
77	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
78	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
79	ZABEL Rick	BMC	s.t.
80	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
81	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
82	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE	s.t.
83	SUTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR	s.t.
84	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
85	COLEDAN Marco	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
87	ROSSKOPF Joseph	BMC	s.t.
88	DIDIER Laurent	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
89	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar	ASTANA	s.t.
90	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
91	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
92	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
93	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
94	DENIFL Stefan	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
95	BETTIOL Alberto	CANNONDALE	s.t.
96	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
97	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
98	JI Cheng	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	MARTINEZ Daniel	WILIER TRIESTINA	s.t.
100	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
101	VERONA Carlos	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TINKOFF	s.t.
104	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	WILIER TRIESTINA	s.t.
105	HAGA Chad	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
106	PETILLI Simone	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
107	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
108	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
109	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
110	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
111	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
112	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
113	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
114	BETANCUR Carlos A.	MOVISTAR	s.t.
115	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	s.t.
116	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	s.t.
117	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	s.t.
118	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
119	CAPECCHI Eros	ASTANA	s.t.
120	PETROV Evgeny	TINKOFF	s.t.
121	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA	s.t.
122	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
123	FIRSANOV Sergey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
124	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	s.t.
125	VANENDERT Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
126	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	s.t.
127	TJALLINGII Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
128	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
129	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
130	RYBALKIN Aleksey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
131	FOLIFOROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
132	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
133	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
134	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
135	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
136	SAVITSKIY Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
137	KADRI Blel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
138	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE	s.t.
139	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
140	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
141	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
142	BOLE Grega	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
143	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE	s.t.
144	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
145	SENNI Manuel	BMC	s.t.
146	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
147	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
148	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
149	DELAGE Mickael	FDJ	s.t.
150	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
151	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
152	PORSEV Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
153	OVECHKIN Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
154	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
155	BOBRIDGE Jack	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
156	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
157	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
158	TUFT Svein	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
159	GROSU Eduard Michael	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	24’ 43”
160	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
161	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	26’ 38”

GC after Stage 18:

• GC leader: Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Points classification leader: Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)
• Mountains classification leader: Damiano Cunego (Nippo-Vini Fantini)
• Young rider classification leader: Bob Jungels (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Astana

3,004.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.68 km/hr

1	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	73hr 50min 37sec
2	CHAVES Esteban	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 3min 0sec
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	03’ 23”
4	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	04’ 43”
5	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	04’ 50”
6	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	05’ 34”
7	JUNGELS Bob	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	07’ 57”
8	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	08’ 53”
9	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	10’ 05”
10	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	DIMENSION DATA	11’ 15”
11	URAN URAN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	13’ 53”
12	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	16’ 08”
13	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	21’ 04”
14	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	22’ 30”
15	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	24’ 41”
16	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR	27’ 15”
17	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI-CSF	29’ 23”
18	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	30’ 11”
19	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	30’ 43”
20	CARDOSO Andre Fernando	CANNONDALE	31’ 53”
21	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	34’ 45”
22	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	40’ 49”
23	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	42’ 08”
24	ROCHE Nicholas	SKY	43’ 06”
25	ULISSI Diego	LAMPRE-MERIDA	48’ 26”
26	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE	52’ 33”
27	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	52’ 57”
28	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	53’ 45”
29	FIRSANOV Sergey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	1h 0’ 20”
30	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	DIMENSION DATA	1h 0’ 42”
31	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	1h 01’ 54”
32	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	1h 03’ 08”
33	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	1h 06’ 47”
34	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	1h 07’ 25”
35	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	1h 11’ 42”
36	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	1h 13’ 40”
37	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	1h 14’ 42”
38	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	1h 18’ 26”
39	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE	1h 21’ 52”
40	POLJANSKI Pawel	TINKOFF	1h 23’ 50”
41	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	1h 28’ 22”
42	VERONA Carlos	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	1h 28’ 56”
43	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	1h 29’ 04”
44	KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	1h 30’ 28”
45	BUSATO Matteo	WILIER TRIESTINA	1h 32’ 43”
46	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK - SEGAFREDO	1h 35’ 25”
47	ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin	MOVISTAR	1h 36’ 07”
48	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	1h 41’ 28”
49	DOMONT Axel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	1h 42’ 51”
50	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	1h 43’ 44”
51	HOWSON Damien	ORICA-GREENEDGE	1h 48’ 17”
52	BROWN Nathan	CANNONDALE	1h 52’ 42”
53	KUNG Stefan	BMC	1h 52’ 47”
54	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TINKOFF	1h 56’ 23”
55	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	1h 58’ 49”
56	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT-ALPECIN	1h 59’ 58”
57	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2h 0’ 45”
58	FOLIFOROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2h 04’ 08”
59	TXURRUKA Amets	ORICA-GREENEDGE	2h 05’ 34”
60	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI-CSF	2h 05’ 39”
61	DENIFL Stefan	IAM CYCLING	2h 09’ 23”
62	KNEES Christian	SKY	2h 10’ 11”
63	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	2h 10’ 40”
64	SENNI Manuel	BMC	2h 12’ 22”
65	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-GREENEDGE	2h 16’ 49”
66	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	2h 17’ 53”
67	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2h 17’ 58”
68	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2h 18’ 50”
69	BETANCUR Carlos A.	MOVISTAR	2h 19’ 09”
70	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	2h 20’ 30”
71	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2h 20’ 43”
72	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	2h 23’ 36”
73	PETILLI Simone	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2h 24’ 13”
74	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT-ALPECIN	2h 24’ 16”
75	DIDIER Laurent	TREK - SEGAFREDO	2h 25’ 39”
76	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar	ASTANA	2h 29’ 52”
77	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2h 31’ 48”
78	PETROV Evgeny	TINKOFF	2h 32’ 11”
79	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE	2h 32’ 26”
80	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	2h 33’ 29”
81	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	2h 34’ 29”
82	BETTIOL Alberto	CANNONDALE	2h 34’ 38”
83	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF	2h 36’ 31”
84	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2h 37’ 44”
85	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI-CSF	2h 37’ 47”
86	MCCARTHY Jay	TINKOFF	2h 37’ 58”
87	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2h 38’ 04”
88	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2h 38’ 28”
89	HAGA Chad	GIANT-ALPECIN	2h 38’ 30”
90	MOHORIC Matej	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2h 38’ 54”
91	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	2h 40’ 41”
92	VANENDERT Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2h 42’ 10”
93	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	WILIER TRIESTINA	2h 42’ 55”
94	SAVITSKIY Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2h 43’ 48”
95	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2h 44’ 04”
96	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	2h 45’ 00”
97	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK - SEGAFREDO	2h 45’ 58”
98	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	2h 47’ 00”
99	MARTINEZ Daniel	WILIER TRIESTINA	2h 47’ 47”
100	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	2h 48’ 01”
101	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	2h 48’ 27”
102	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2h 48’ 33”
103	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	2h 48’ 41”
104	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	BARDIANI-CSF	2h 48’ 47”
105	ROSSKOPF Joseph	BMC	2h 49’ 17”
106	CAPECCHI Eros	ASTANA	2h 49’ 52”
107	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	2h 50’ 29”
108	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK - SEGAFREDO	2h 53’ 31”
109	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	2h 54’ 17”
110	OSS Daniel	BMC	2h 56’ 15”
111	AMEZQUETA Julen	WILIER TRIESTINA	2h 57’ 02”
112	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	2h 57’ 54”
113	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2h 58’ 04”
114	POZZATO Filippo	WILIER TRIESTINA	2h 58’ 34”
115	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	2h 59’ 15”
116	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA	3h 0’ 24”
117	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	3h 01’ 13”
118	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	3h 01’ 32”
119	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3h 02’ 32”
120	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI-CSF	3h 03’ 50”
121	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 04’ 03”
122	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3h 04’ 35”
123	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 05’ 43”
124	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	3h 06’ 14”
125	SUTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR	3h 08’ 41”
126	LIGTHART Pim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	3h 09’ 26”
127	SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3h 09’ 48”
128	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3h 11’ 17”
129	COLEDAN Marco	TREK - SEGAFREDO	3h 11’ 45”
130	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA	3h 12’ 55”
131	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI-CSF	3h 13’ 06”
132	TJALLINGII Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 13’ 49”
133	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3h 17’ 21”
134	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	3h 17’ 25”
135	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA	3h 17’ 56”
136	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	3h 19’ 06”
137	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	3h 21’ 18”
138	BOLE Grega	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3h 21’ 44”
139	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	3h 22’ 41”
140	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	3h 22’ 49”
141	RYBALKIN Aleksey	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3h 23’ 56”
142	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3h 23’ 58”
143	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	3h 24’ 56”
144	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI-CSF	3h 25’ 36”
145	ZABEL Rick	BMC	3h 25’ 59”
146	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI-CSF	3h 26’ 05”
147	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	3h 28’ 10”
148	JIM Songezo	DIMENSION DATA	3h 29’ 42”
149	PORSEV Alexander	KATUSHA	3h 31’ 18”
150	OVECHKIN Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3h 32’ 18”
151	TUFT Svein	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3h 32’ 44”
152	KADRI Blel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	3h 33’ 28”
153	DELAGE Mickael	FDJ	3h 35’ 20”
154	THOMSON Jay Robert	DIMENSION DATA	3h 36’ 43”
155	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3h 37’ 39”
156	YAMAMOTO Genki	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3h 38’ 45”
157	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	3h 39’ 39”
158	GROSU Eduard Michael	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3h 40’ 04”
159	JI Cheng	GIANT-ALPECIN	3h 53’ 22”
160	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3h 54’ 43”
161	BOBRIDGE Jack	TREK - SEGAFREDO	3h 58’ 31”

Stage 18 map and profile:

2016 Giro d'Italia stage 18 map

2016 Giro d'Italia stage 18 profile

Stage 18 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The great Felice Gimondi (winner of Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espana, World Championship, Milano-San Remo, Tour of Lombardy, etc, etc) in the broadcast booth

GC leader Steven Kruijswijk before the stage start.

Vincenzo Nibali heads to the start line. He finished with Valverde and Kruijswijk today.

The peloton gets going

The narrow, cobbled Pramartino second-category climb near the finish

Kruijswijk with Valverde and Nibali in close attendance

Nicolas Roche

Matteo Trentin wins the stage

Sacha Modolo finished in fourth place, coming 20 seconds after the Trentin group.

Stage winner Matteo Trentin

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