2018 Giro d'Italia

101st edition: May 4 - May 27, 2018

Stage 7, Friday, May 11: 
Pizzo - Praia a Mare, 159 km

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Stage 7, Friday, May 11: Pizzo - Praia a Mare, 159 km. This is the first stage on the mainland.

Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos

Sam Bennett wins in Praia a Mare

Weather at the finish city of Praia a Mare at 2PM, local time: 23C (73F), cloudy, with the wind from the SW at 13 km/hr (8 mph). 25% chance of rain in the mid-afternoon.

The race: 171 riders began the stage at 1:33 PM. Wilier Triestina rider Edoardo Zardini did not start.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

The Irish rider Sam Bennett (Bora – Hansgrohe) won in a bunch sprint Stage 7 of the 101st Giro d’Italia, Pizzo-Praia a Mare of 159km. Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) and Niccolò Bonifazio (Bahrain – Merida) finished second and third.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton – Scott) remains the race General Classification leader, wearing the Maglia Rosa.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Sam Bennett said: “I feel relieved with this first Grand Tour victory. I’ve been so close so many times in the Giro. With so many fast sprinters here, timing was the key and also taking Viviani’s wheel. It’s not easy to beat him!”

The race leader Simon Yates said: “It was a good first day in Maglia Rosa, relaxed at the start. A good breakaway went very fast. For us as a team it was perfect. A bit stressful at the final as always but ok. Tomorrow if I have the legs I might try something. I still need to get some time on Tom Dumoulin and some other guys who are better time trialists than me.”

Here's the report from stage winner Sam Bennett's Bora-hansgrohe team:

After a set back in its GC ambitions yesterday, BORA - hansgrohe gave the right answer today, as Sam Bennett takes an impressive sprint victory in Praia a Mare. While again a breakaway was leading the race for most of the day, everybody was expecting a sprint finish at today's stage 7 at the Giro. As expected, it all came down to the final kilometer after the break was caught, and this time BORA - hansgrohe’s sprinter Sam Bennett got his timing right, when coming from E. Viviani’s wheel on the last 50 meters. This victory is Sam’s first ever Grand Tour stage win, while for BORA - hansgrohe it means the fourth consecutive Grand Tour with at least one stage win.

The Stage
After yesterday´s Etna stage, the race left Sicily and travelled on the ferry to the mainland of Italy, to start the 7thstage in Pizzo today. The 160km long stage ended in Praia a Mare and was another stage which favoured the sprinters in the peloton. Today no KOM´s were taken but two intermediate sprints awaited the riders before the fast finale on wide avenues.

The Team Tactics
After Rudi Selig´s withdrawal from the Corsa Rosa due to illness, teammate Christoph Pfingsten assumed his place as the last lead-out man for Sam Bennett. For today´s sprint stage the team focused again on their Irish sprinter Bennett.

The Race
Racing under sunny skies a group of three riders formed the breakaway of the day with a maximum gap of four minutes. The peloton took it easy and waited until the 83km mark to increase the pace, with 13km remaining it was all back together. The race came alive as the peloton headed into the city of Praia a Mare. BORA – hansgrohe started to form for their leader Sam Bennett. The pace was high, but BORA – hansgrohe showed a great effort. On the final metres Sam stayed on the wheels of Quick-Step Floor rider E. Viviani and waited until he made the final move and took his first Grand Tour Victory. It is first Giro d´Italia win after having placed once second and no less than five times third at the Corsa Rosa.

From the Finish Line
“It’s a big relief! I was close so many times at the Giro, but today to get the timing right was key. It’s not easy to pass Viviani, but I knew my time would come, even there might be some people who thought it will never come. A big thanks to my team BORA - hansgrohe, all the guys support me really well all the time. Today my plan was to take the wheel from Viviani instead of doing all the lead out for him like the first stages. But I needed patience because I didn’t want to be early again, and then a was closed at some point, but in the end the timing was perfect and everybody could see how fast I am.“ - Sam Bennett

“Today is a really special day for us, Sam came to us as a Continental rider and grew, as the team, over the years. He was quite often so close to a victory but today was his day. He and the team worked pretty well together and did a great job. In the finale everything was perfect and Sam had the right timing and took his first Grand Tour victory.” – Christian Pömer, sport director

JERSEYS

• Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader – Simon Yates (Mitchelton – Scott)
• Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader – Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
• Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader – Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton – Scott)
• Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader – Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team)

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

159 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.315 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	3hr 45min 27sec
2	VIVIANI Elia	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
3	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
4	MODOLO Sacha	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
5	VAN POPPEL Danny	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
6	MARECZKO Jakub	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
7	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
8	PEDERSEN Mads	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
9	ROELANDTS Jurgen	BMC	s.t.
10	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
11	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
12	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
13	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	GIBBONS Ryan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
15	BELLETTI Manuel	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
16	SBARAGLI Kristian	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
17	BILBAO Pello	ASTANA	s.t.
18	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
19	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
20	PREIDLER Georg	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
21	MØRKØV Michael	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
22	MOHORIC Matej	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
23	GONÇALVES José	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
24	YATES Simon	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
25	FROOME Chris	SKY	s.t.
26	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
27	VAN ASBROECK Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
28	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
29	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
30	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
31	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
32	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
33	WOODS Michael	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
34	POZZOVIVO Domenico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
35	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
36	BOIVIN Guillaume	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
37	CHAVES Jhoan Esteban	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
38	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
39	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
40	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
41	VAN HOECKE Gijs	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
42	ROUX Anthony	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
43	ARU Fabio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
44	ULISSI Diego	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
45	MARCATO Marco	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
46	QUINTANA Dayer	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	CARAPAZ Richard	MOVISTAR	s.t.
48	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
49	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
50	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
51	BEWLEY Sam	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
52	PINOT Thibaut	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
53	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
54	POLANC Jan	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
55	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
56	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
57	CONTI Valerio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
58	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
59	FORMOLO Davide	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
60	HAIG Jack	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
61	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	LAMMERTINK Maurits	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
63	KREUZIGER Roman	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
64	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
65	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
66	VALLS FERRI Rafael	MOVISTAR	s.t.
67	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
68	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
69	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
70	BAK YTTING Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
71	MEINTJES Louis	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
72	LOPEZ Miguel	ASTANA	s.t.
73	O'CONNOR Ben	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
74	POELS Wout	SKY	s.t.
75	DENZ Nico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
76	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
77	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
78	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
79	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
80	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
81	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
82	BETANCUR Carlos	MOVISTAR	0’ 23”
83	TORRES Rodolfo	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
84	VENTER Jaco	DIMENSION DATA	0’ 25”
85	SCULLY Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	0’ 27”
86	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
87	SENECHAL Florian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	0’ 32”
88	KNEES Christian	SKY	0’ 38”
89	VLIEGEN Loïc	BMC	s.t.
90	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
91	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
92	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
93	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
94	STYBAR Zdenek	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
95	DEMPSTER Zakkari	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	0’ 43”
96	CATTANEO Mattia	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	0’ 49”
97	BONNET William	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
98	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI-CSF	0’ 51”
99	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0’ 52”
100	SENNI Manuel	BARDIANI-CSF	01’ 08”
101	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
102	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
103	MORI Manuele	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	01’ 15”
104	HANSEN Adam James	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
105	DOCKER Mitchell	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 19”
106	BERTAZZO Liam	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
107	BALLERINI Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	01’ 22”
108	BROWN Nathan	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 31”
109	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
110	FRISON Frederik	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
111	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
112	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
113	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
114	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
115	EG Niklas	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
116	NIEVE Mikel	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
117	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
118	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
119	GAVAZZI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
120	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
121	MASNADA Fausto	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
122	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
123	VILLELLA Davide	ASTANA	s.t.
124	DOWSETT Alex	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
126	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
127	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
128	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	s.t.
129	HERMANS Ben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
130	SAGIV Guy	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
131	TURRIN Alex	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
132	NEILANDS Krists	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
133	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
134	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
135	PEDRERO Antonio	MOVISTAR	s.t.
136	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
137	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
138	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
139	PLAZA Ruben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
140	VERVAEKE Louis	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
141	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
142	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
143	HIRT Jan	ASTANA	s.t.
144	VENDRAME Andrea	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
145	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	01’ 40”
146	TUFT Svein	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
147	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
148	HOFSTEDE Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
149	ROY Jérémy	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
150	MORABITO Steve	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
151	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	s.t.
152	REICHENBACH Sébastien	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
153	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
154	NIBALI Antonio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
155	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	02’ 12”
156	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	02’ 13”
157	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	02’ 24”
158	COLEDAN Marco	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	02’ 30”
159	ELISSONDE Kenny	SKY	02’ 35”
160	DE LA CRUZ David	SKY	s.t.
161	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
162	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
163	SCHMIDT Mads Würtz	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	02’ 59”
164	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	03’ 19”
165	MOSCA Jacopo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
166	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	03’ 37”
167	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
168	CARTHY Hugh John	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	04’ 21”
169	CAVAGNA Rémi	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	10’ 23”
170	FONZI Giuseppe	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
171	NOVAK Domen	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1,083.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.856 km/hr

1	YATES Simon	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	26hr 31min 30sec
2	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	@ 16sec
3	CHAVES Jhoan Esteban	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0’ 26”
4	POZZOVIVO Domenico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0’ 43”
5	PINOT Thibaut	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0’ 45”
6	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	0’ 53”
7	BILBAO Pello	ASTANA	01’ 03”
8	FROOME Chris	SKY	01’ 10”
9	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	01’ 11”
10	ARU Fabio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	01’ 12”
11	CARAPAZ Richard	MOVISTAR	01’ 23”
12	O'CONNOR Ben	DIMENSION DATA	01’ 39”
13	WOODS Michael	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
14	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	01’ 42”
15	BETANCUR Carlos	MOVISTAR	01’ 44”
16	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	01’ 46”
17	HENAO Sergio	SKY	01’ 47”
18	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	02’ 01”
19	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	02’ 02”
20	GONÇALVES José	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	02’ 06”
21	VALLS FERRI Rafael	MOVISTAR	02’ 07”
22	LOPEZ Miguel	ASTANA	02’ 12”
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	02’ 42”
24	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03’ 00”
25	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	03’ 57”
26	MEINTJES Louis	DIMENSION DATA	04’ 34”
27	PREIDLER Georg	GROUPAMA-FDJ	04’ 43”
28	CONTI Valerio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	04’ 44”
29	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
30	POELS Wout	SKY	s.t.
31	FORMOLO Davide	BORA-HANSGROHE	05’ 35”
32	KREUZIGER Roman	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	05’ 54”
33	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	06’ 03”
34	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	TREK-SEGAFREDO	06’ 40”
35	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	07’ 16”
36	LAMMERTINK Maurits	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	07’ 22”
37	POLANC Jan	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	08’ 16”
38	MASNADA Fausto	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	08’ 36”
39	REICHENBACH Sébastien	GROUPAMA-FDJ	09’ 21”
40	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	10’ 07”
41	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	10’ 26”
42	BROWN Nathan	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	11’ 10”
43	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	12’ 41”
44	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	12’ 57”
45	HERMANS Ben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	13’ 00”
46	PLAZA Ruben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	14’ 03”
47	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	14’ 13”
48	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	14’ 52”
49	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15’ 29”
50	GAVAZZI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	15’ 50”
51	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	15’ 55”
52	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI-CSF	16’ 08”
53	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	16’ 12”
54	TORRES Rodolfo	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	16’ 20”
55	MOHORIC Matej	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	16’ 21”
56	HAIG Jack	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	16’ 26”
57	ELISSONDE Kenny	SKY	17’ 15”
58	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM SUNWEB	17’ 35”
59	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	BORA-HANSGROHE	18’ 16”
60	QUINTANA Dayer	MOVISTAR	18’ 28”
61	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	18’ 33”
62	CATTANEO Mattia	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	18’ 34”
63	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18’ 50”
64	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	19’ 08”
65	SENNI Manuel	BARDIANI-CSF	19’ 39”
66	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	20’ 45”
67	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	21’ 06”
68	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO-SOUDAL	22’ 09”
69	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	22’ 24”
70	BAK YTTING Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	22’ 34”
71	HANSEN Adam James	LOTTO-SOUDAL	22’ 48”
72	GIBBONS Ryan	DIMENSION DATA	23’ 13”
73	ROUX Anthony	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23’ 19”
74	CARTHY Hugh John	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	23’ 26”
75	MORI Manuele	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	23’ 45”
76	DENZ Nico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24’ 07”
77	STYBAR Zdenek	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	24’ 10”
78	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	24’ 44”
79	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	25’ 02”
80	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	25’ 06”
81	SCHMIDT Mads Würtz	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	25’ 36”
82	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26’ 00”
83	BOIVIN Guillaume	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	26’ 03”
84	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	26’ 13”
85	VERVAEKE Louis	TEAM SUNWEB	26’ 22”
86	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	27’ 12”
87	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	27’ 15”
88	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	27’ 51”
89	DOWSETT Alex	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	28’ 19”
90	ROY Jérémy	GROUPAMA-FDJ	28’ 21”
91	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-HANSGROHE	28’ 28”
92	BALLERINI Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	30’ 16”
93	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI-CSF	30’ 21”
94	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30’ 25”
95	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	30’ 26”
96	HIRT Jan	ASTANA	31’ 07”
97	BEWLEY Sam	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	32’ 06”
98	MARCATO Marco	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	32’ 12”
99	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	32’ 29”
100	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-HANSGROHE	32’ 38”
101	DE LA CRUZ David	SKY	32’ 39”
102	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	32’ 52”
103	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	32’ 59”
104	MØRKØV Michael	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	33’ 03”
105	BELLETTI Manuel	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	33’ 03”
106	VLIEGEN Loïc	BMC	33’ 07”
107	EG Niklas	TREK-SEGAFREDO	33’ 16”
108	MORABITO Steve	GROUPAMA-FDJ	34’ 49”
109	MODOLO Sacha	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	34’ 57”
110	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	35’ 08”
111	VAN HOECKE Gijs	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	35’ 13”
112	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	35’ 25”
113	DEMPSTER Zakkari	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	35’ 46”
114	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
115	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	35’ 58”
116	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	35’ 59”
117	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	36’ 32”
118	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	36’ 33”
119	VENDRAME Andrea	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	36’ 39”
120	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	37’ 39”
121	SBARAGLI Kristian	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	37’ 44”
122	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	37’ 48”
123	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	37’ 49”
124	KNEES Christian	SKY	38’ 27”
125	SAGIV Guy	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	38’ 40”
126	NEILANDS Krists	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	38’ 41”
127	DOCKER Mitchell	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	38’ 43”
128	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	38’ 52”
129	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	39’ 16”
130	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	39’ 54”
131	BONNET William	GROUPAMA-FDJ	40’ 47”
132	NIBALI Antonio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	40’ 48”
133	SENECHAL Florian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	40’ 54”
134	ROELANDTS Jurgen	BMC	40’ 56”
135	VIVIANI Elia	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	41’ 01”
136	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI-CSF	41’ 41”
137	SCULLY Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	41’ 50”
138	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	41’ 50”
139	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI-CSF	41’ 56”
140	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	43’ 13”
141	VAN ASBROECK Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	43’ 38”
142	VAN POPPEL Danny	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	44’ 04”
143	CAVAGNA Rémi	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	44’ 09”
144	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	44’ 39”
145	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	44’ 47”
146	VENTER Jaco	DIMENSION DATA	45’ 01”
147	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	45’ 07”
148	NOVAK Domen	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	45’ 40”
149	PEDRERO Antonio	MOVISTAR	45’ 45”
150	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI-CSF	46’ 12”
151	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	46’ 32”
152	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	46’ 57”
153	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	47’ 19”
154	PEDERSEN Mads	TREK-SEGAFREDO	47’ 30”
155	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-HANSGROHE	47’ 33”
156	VILLELLA Davide	ASTANA	47’ 55”
157	FRISON Frederik	LOTTO-SOUDAL	48’ 37”
158	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO-SOUDAL	48’ 44”
159	TUFT Svein	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	49’ 09”
160	MOSCA Jacopo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	50’ 15”
161	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	50’ 27”
162	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK-SEGAFREDO	51’ 39”
163	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI-CSF	52’ 49”
164	HOFSTEDE Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	53’ 08”
165	MARECZKO Jakub	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	53’ 59”
166	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	54’ 57”
167	BERTAZZO Liam	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	55’ 51”
168	COLEDAN Marco	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	56’ 04”
169	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	56’ 34”
170	TURRIN Alex	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	56’ 58”
171	FONZI Giuseppe	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	1h 11’ 47”

Stage 7 map & profile:

2018 Giro d'Italia stage 7 map.

2018 Giro d'Italia stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Gettng ready to start stage seven.

81 riders in the front group dash for the line.

Sam Bennett just beats Elia Viviani

Sam Bennett celebrates his win.

Bennett shows the effort it took to win the stage.

GC leader Simon Yates finished safely.

Stage winner Sam Bennett

Simon Yates will start stage eight in pink, but he will probably not be wearing the lipstick then.

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