2023 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

It was a close one. Filippo Zana (left) just beats Thibaut Pinot to win stage 18.

The equipoise between Primoz Roglic and Geraint Thomas continues as they finish the stage together.

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Weather at the finish at Val di Zoldo at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (71F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The race: Luca Covili (Green Project-Bradiani) & Nicolo Bonifazio (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) did not start, leaving 126 riders in the race.

Once the riders hit the day's first ascent, the Passo della Crosetta, things really broke up with lots of attacking. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) was first over the climb.

Here's the report from stage winner Filippo Zana's Team Jayco-AlUla:

Italian champion Filippo Zana put in a ride for the ages on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia, winning from the breakaway in the tricolore to make it a memorable day for the Italian and Team Jayco AlUla.

The stage start: It's time for some serious racing.

Zana made it into a seven-rider break that openend up a sizeable gap on the road from Oderzo to Val di Zoldo, and as the ante upped onto the final climb into Palafavera, the 24-year-old found himself head-to-head with Thibaut Pinot in the battle for victory.

In a two-up sprint for the line after a tough day’s climbing, Zana played his cards to perfection to cross the finish line with his arms aloft, and celebrated a momentous first Grand Tour stage win – the team’s second success of the 2023 edition of the race.

Eddie Dunbar put in a superb ride too to come across the line inside the top 10, and move up to fourth on GC after holding his own on an aggressive stage as the team celebrated on multiple fronts.

It was a day of climbing.

Filippo Zana:
“For me this Giro d’Italia has been a dream. I need to thank Team Jayco AlUla for allowing me to join a WorldTour Team and bringing me to where I am now, at this level. It’s the best team I could have joined to help me grow and bring me to this level and play my best cards. I need to thank all my team members, all the riders who have helped me, Marco Pinotti… This is incredible.

"In the final sprint I tried to stay behind until the last moment as I thought that an occasion such as this is quite rare, and I wanted to give everything. It went well at the end, it was a 50/50 opportunity but in the end I had something extra. It’s an incredible feeling, to win a stage at the Giro d’Italia wearing the Italian national champion jersey!”

Eddie Dunbar:
“I said to Brent last night ‘I think Filippo will win tomorrow!’. I’m super happy for him. What a day, to win in the national champion’s jersey at the Giro d’Italia. It’s incredible.

"I’ve moved up to fourth on GC too. When Roglic attacked I just went at my own pace, and I knew Almeida was coming across. When they caught me I just sat on them as much as I could. There was a moment on the descent where we misjudged it a bit.

"We’re taking it day by day, these victories don’t come around all that often and I think this victory is just a credit to everyone on the team today. Chapeau!”

Brent Copeland, General Manager:
“Filippo has been riding really well all Giro d’Italia, always improving his form day by day, especially this last week. He has worked hard for the team and for himself. He deserves this victory, he has worked hard for it. We didn’t know if we should make him stop to support Eddie at one stage, but with a five-minute gap we decided to let him go and try to win it.

"The Sport Directors have done a great job, Eddie is also doing an amazing Giro including today’s stage. He is now in fourth position overall and it’s something we knew he could be capable of and we are also proud of him. It’s not over yet of course but we can be happy with how the Giro is going for Team Jayco AlUla.”

Complete results:

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161 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.425 km/hr

1	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	4hr 25min 12sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 50sec
4	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	1:03
5	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:24
6	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	1:56
8	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	2:17
10	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:32
11	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	2:40
13	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:57
14	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	3:03
15	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	3:13
16	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Einer Rubio	Movistar	3:16
18	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	5:14
21	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	5:48
22	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	6:02
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	6:23
24	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	6:27
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	6:37
26	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	7:24
28	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:34
29	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	9:07
34	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	10:06
35	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	10:27
36	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	11:03
37	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	11:15
39	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	13:51
41	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
46	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16:33
49	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
50	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	17:38
51	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	17:41
53	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	18:55
54	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	20:00
55	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	22:50
63	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	22:55
64	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	23:42
65	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
66	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	23:58
67	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	24:03
68	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
71	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	24:10
72	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	24:39
73	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	25:02
75	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	25:13
76	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	25:25
77	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	25:50
78	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	26:21
79	William Barta	Movistar	26:46
80	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	28:37
81	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	29:47
83	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	32:07
87	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	34:57
88	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
89	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
91	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
92	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
94	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
98	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
101	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
102	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	35:11
105	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	35:17
106	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	35:51
107	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	35:58
108	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
110	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:38
111	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	37:44
113	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	37:54
114	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
115	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
116	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
117	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	38:10
119	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	38:33
120	Max Kanter	Movistar	38:42
121	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	39:23
122	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
124	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	39:25
125	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
126	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	39:29

GC after stage 18:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

3,026.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.594 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	76hr 25min 51sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 29sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
4	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:39
5	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:51
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	4:27
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	4:43
8	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:47
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:53
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	5:52
11	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	6:40
12	Einer Rubio	Movistar	7:03
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	9:03
14	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	9:21
15	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	9:29
16	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	11:30
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	12:02
18	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	16:26
19	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	18:01
20	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	28:49
21	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	29:23
22	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	30:32
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	32:56
24	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	35:05
25	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	35:14
26	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	38:11
27	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	39:31
28	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	40:44
29	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	42:51
30	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	43:51
31	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	53:42
32	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	55:31
33	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:02:32
34	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05:05
35	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:05:59
36	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	1:07:55
37	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:08:00
38	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:08:25
39	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	1:09:07
40	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:13:59
41	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	1:23:18
42	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	1:24:05
43	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:24:31
44	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:25:37
45	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:26:02
46	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:26:28
47	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	1:28:28
48	William Barta	Movistar	1:35:46
49	François Bidard	Cofidis	1:36:51
50	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	1:37:37
51	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:40:24
52	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:43:44
53	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:46:06
54	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:50:31
55	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:50:57
56	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:51:18
57	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:53:13
58	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:53:51
59	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	2:09:07
60	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:10:09
61	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	2:10:32
62	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:15:28
63	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	2:21:54
64	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:23:11
65	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:24:50
66	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:26:57
67	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	2:27:28
68	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	2:28:52
69	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:32:53
70	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	2:33:37
71	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:34:11
72	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:35:44
74	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:41:50
75	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	2:44:06
76	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:45:55
77	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:50:36
78	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:52:03
79	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:55:10
80	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:55:24
81	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	2:57:25
82	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	3:01:08
83	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	3:02:33
84	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:05:49
85	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:11:37
86	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	3:15:09
87	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:15:44
88	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:16:12
89	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:16:15
90	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:17:28
91	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	3:18:08
92	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	3:21:56
93	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	3:23:57
94	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3:24:00
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:24:10
96	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:29:20
97	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	3:33:00
98	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:35:11
99	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:35:55
100	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	3:36:41
101	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:40:23
102	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:40:31
103	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:40:37
104	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	3:41:38
105	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:47:58
106	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:56:33
107	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:57:02
108	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	4:00:46
109	Max Kanter	Movistar	4:00:48
110	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	4:02:31
111	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	4:07:09
112	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	4:10:48
113	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	4:11:23
114	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	4:12:00
115	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:12:55
116	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:13:32
117	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:15:41
118	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	4:16:28
119	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:17:15
120	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	4:18:24
121	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:22:07
122	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:25:10
123	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	4:27:06
124	Albert Torres	Movistar	4:27:46
125	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	4:30:25
126	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:33:31