2022 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

Dries De Bont

Dries De Bondt gets his first World Tour race win. RCS Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Treviso at 1:30 PM, local time: 27C (81F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 8 mph (5 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

Info about the route: The route connects the Valsugana and the Venetian Plain through the Scale di Primolano and the Muro di Ca’ del Poggio, the only topographical impediments of the stage, leading to Treviso along straight and usually wide roads. As the stage passes through several urban areas, roundabouts, traffic islands and street furniture will be found along the route. In Treviso, the riders will be met with a circuit of approximately 11 km, to be covered only once.

Final kilometers:
The final circuit is played out on wide and flat roads, with the exception of a slightly narrower sector, from the 4 to the 2 km marker, and of a sharper corner with 3 km to go. Over the last 2 km, the road opens up, with just a final bend 1,200 m before the finish (on tarmac).

The race: GC 4th-place Joao Alemida (UAE Team Emirates) as well as the leader of the young rider classification is Covid-19 positive and is out of the Giro.

Here's the report from second-place Edoardo Affini's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Edoardo Affini has given Team Jumbo-Visma another podium place in the eighteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The 25-year-old Italian slipped into a breakaway that lasted until the end of the stage. In the sprint, Affini came just a few centimetres short of winning his first Giro stage.

Dries De Bont

It was so close... RCS Sport photo

After two challenging mountain stages, a relatively flat stage was on the programme. It was likely to end in a bunch sprint, but a few riders tried to prevent it. Affini rode attentively from the start and tried to get away with three other riders.

The quartet seemed to have embarked on a mission impossible, as the peloton kept the margin within two minutes. With ten kilometres to go, the gap was still one minute, which made the escapees believe they still had a chance to win the stage. The sprinters' teams did everything to close the gap, but it proved to be too big.

As a result, the four riders battled for the day's victory. Affini launched the sprint, but Dries De Bondt beat him just before the finish line. "It's a pity I couldn't win the stage", Affini said.

"I know I'm not very explosive, so I needed a long sprint to have a chance. I followed my instincts and went full speed at about 250 metres from the finish. Unfortunately, Dries was half a wheel faster, so congratulations to him. As a team, we showed again that we can compete for the win. That's perhaps the most important thing."

According to Affini, the collaboration with his fellow escapees went perfectly. "We decided to take it easy and see how the peloton would react. Before the climb, we increased our speed, hoping to gain some extra time. That plan worked out well. Then we went to the finish to win the stage."

Koen Bouwman came through the eighteenth stage well and his blue jersey wasn't jeopardised. "I went to the finish relatively easy", Bouwman said. "I haven’t won the jersey yet. There are still plenty of points to be earned in the coming days, so I will do everything to be in the breakaway tomorrow. Luckily I have very strong teammates who will try to get me in the breakaway."

Complete results:

Stage 18 photos

156 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.486 km/hr

1	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	3hr 21min 21sec
2	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	@ 14sec
6	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
9	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
14	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
17	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	JoseJoaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
26	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
27	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
28	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
31	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
34	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
36	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:35
44	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	0:38
45	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:43
46	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:48
47	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:55
48	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:59
49	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
50	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:05
51	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
52	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:10
54	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	1:12
55	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	1:27
56	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:36
57	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:40
58	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:45
59	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:47
60	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	1:49
61	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	1:52
62	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	2:13
64	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
65	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	2:16
66	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	2:19
67	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:52
68	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	2:57
70	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
74	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
75	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
84	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
85	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
86	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
87	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
88	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
94	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
97	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
98	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
102	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
103	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	3:14
104	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
105	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	3:24
107	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
110	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:26
111	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:37
112	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:51
113	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
115	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
116	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	4:01
117	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	4:10
118	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	4:12
119	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:14
121	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	4:19
122	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	4:42
123	Davide Villella	Cofidis	4:57
124	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
126	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
127	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
128	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
129	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
130	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
131	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
132	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	5:28
133	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
134	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	5:31
135	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:38
136	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	7:31
137	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
138	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
140	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
141	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:47
142	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	10:26
143	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	10:41
144	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
145	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
146	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
147	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
148	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
150	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
151	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:52
152	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after stage 18:

GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma)
Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo)
Team classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

3,086.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.244 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	76hr 41min 15sec
2	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:05
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	5:48
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	6:19
6	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:12
7	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	7:13
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:30
9	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	15:10
10	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	17:03
11	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	17:46
12	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	20:15
13	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	21:56
14	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	23:57
15	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	27:30
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	29:23
17	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	30:52
18	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	35:04
19	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	36:32
20	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	50:58
21	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	54:59
22	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:02:01
23	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:02:53
24	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	1:06:31
25	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:19
26	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:12:17
27	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:12:55
28	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:26:11
29	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:35:59
30	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:42:00
31	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:42:59
32	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:49:28
33	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:49:43
34	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:50:44
35	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	1:54:05
36	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:55:51
37	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:57:33
38	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:59:45
39	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:00:18
40	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	2:03:18
41	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	2:04:19
42	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	2:05:15
43	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	2:05:30
44	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:06:37
45	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	2:07:19
46	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	2:10:19
47	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13:47
48	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:17:39
49	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	2:18:39
50	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:22:42
51	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	2:24:58
52	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27:29
53	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:29:19
54	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	2:33:40
55	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:35:15
56	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:35:48
57	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	2:36:06
58	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	2:39:13
59	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	2:41:11
60	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	2:43:45
61	Davide Villella	Cofidis	2:45:27
62	William Barta	Movistar	2:45:49
63	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:46:33
64	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:47:11
65	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	2:47:46
66	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:51:41
67	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:52:51
68	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	2:55:44
69	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:56:14
70	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:56:58
71	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	2:59:47
72	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	3:00:11
73	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	3:03:09
74	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	3:05:01
75	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	3:10:10
76	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	3:10:48
77	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:12:15
78	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	3:15:15
79	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:16:10
80	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:16:41
81	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	3:17:06
82	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	3:18:57
83	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	3:24:28
84	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:25:29
85	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:27:32
87	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	3:32:13
88	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:33:19
89	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:34:01
90	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	3:35:13
91	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:39:29
92	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:40:22
93	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	3:40:43
94	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:44:35
95	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	3:49:10
96	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:49:27
97	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	3:49:56
98	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	3:52:28
99	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	3:52:40
100	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	3:56:15
101	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	3:56:35
102	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	3:58:35
103	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:00:42
104	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	4:01:06
105	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:09:30
106	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	4:10:46
107	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	4:11:32
108	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:17:00
109	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:17:10
110	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:18:08
111	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	4:19:32
112	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:19:42
113	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:20:01
114	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:20:53
115	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:21:32
116	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:22:56
117	Nico Denz	Team DSM	4:25:03
118	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	4:27:47
119	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:29:11
120	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	4:29:45
121	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	4:33:31
122	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:34:21
123	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	4:35:05
124	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	4:35:35
125	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	4:37:11
126	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	4:41:02
127	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	4:41:52
128	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	4:42:13
129	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	4:43:00
130	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	4:47:31
131	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	4:47:56
132	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	4:53:15
133	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	4:54:53
134	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	4:55:34
135	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:57:28
136	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	5:00:07
137	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	5:03:06
138	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	5:03:41
139	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:06:08
140	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	5:09:18
141	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	5:10:38
142	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	5:11:53
143	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	5:13:06
144	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	5:13:35
145	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	5:14:20
146	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:16:27
147	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:31:17
148	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:34:10
149	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:34:58
150	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	5:39:08
151	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:44:17
152	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	5:59:21