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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 18: Thursday, May 27

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Thursday, May 27: Stage 18, Rovereto - Stradella, 231 km

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Alberto BEttiol

Alberto Bettiol wins in Stradella. RCS photo

Weather at the finish city of Stradella at 1:40 PM, local time: 23C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There are 147 riders left in the Giro. There were three non-starters this morning: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Nicholas Schultz (Team Bike Exchange) & Julio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo). The official start to this year's longest stage was given at 11:45 AM.

Peloton

Early in the stage the peloton enjoys good weather as it races through vineyards.

Here's the stage 18 report from Team DSM:

The longest stage of the race awaited the riders this morning as they rolled out of Rovereto, with 231 kilometres and a hilly finale on the menu. As expected, it was a fierce fight to try and make the early breakaway, with attack after attack failing to go clear. The team worked well rotating attacks and a large group of 23 riders gained an advantage of around 20 seconds over the peloton after 30 kilometres; with Nikias Arndt, Nico Denz and Nicholas Roche making it into the split. However, they weren’t allowed to go easily as some teams had missed the move and started to chase ferociously, but after an exceptionally hard fought 20 kilometres the elastic snapped and the break was gone.

Their gap slowly grew throughout the afternoon and heading into the finale of the race it it was clear they would fight it out for stage victory. Ahead of them was a testing final 35 kilometres that was littered with four climbs, only one of which was categorised. Immediately on the first ascent the attacks started, with Roche reacting well to cover the early moves while Denz worked to position Arndt behind. Things regrouped before more attacks flew once again and on the penultimate climb of the day Roche dug deep to try and follow a strong move from Bettiol. Using his descending skills Roche made contact with Bettiol, who pulled as they tried to catch Cavagna.

On the last climb Bettiol would launch his winning move, with Roche digging deep to try and follow; riding at his own tempo and overtaking Cavagna, while Arndt also rode strongly and showed his climbing legs in the chasing group behind. With a final downhill and three kilometres of flat to the finish, it was a fast finale with Roche crossing the line in third place with Arndt just behind him in fourth; making it a double top five result for the team on the day, and with the time gained the team moves into the lead of the team classification.

“I think the race went pretty well. It was important for us to have numbers in the breakaway and we managed to get three guys in there, which was pretty good,” explained Roche after the stage. “In the finish I bridged across to Bettiol which took a while. Then he was really strong and rode away on the last climb and I managed to take third place at the finish, with Nikias behind in fourth which is a good result for us after a hard day out.”

Team DSM coach Matt Winston added: “We thought it would be a breakaway day so we fixed that as our goal for today. It was good to have three guys in there, especially after a hard fight at the start. Coming into the finish I think we rode pretty well but in the end just didn’t have the legs to go for the victory. I think another top three placing is a good result and we were fighting up there again.”

Complete results:

Stage 18 photos

231 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.040 km/hr

1	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	5hr 14min 43sec
2	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	@ 17sec
3	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
5	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
8	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
9	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:24
10	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:12
11	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	1:34
12	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
13	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
14	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:11
15	Nico Denz	Team DSM	2:36
16	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	2:58
17	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:16
18	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:50
19	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
20	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	7:09
21	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	8:37
23	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	10:29
24	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	23:30
25	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
35	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
38	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
39	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
40	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
42	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
43	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
44	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
45	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
48	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
50	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
52	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
53	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
55	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
58	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
59	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
61	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
66	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
69	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
71	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
76	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
79	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
82	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
86	Max Kanter	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
88	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
89	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
91	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
95	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
97	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
101	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
103	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
106	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
108	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
110	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
112	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
115	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
116	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
117	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
118	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
119	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
120	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
121	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
122	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
123	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
125	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
126	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
128	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
129	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
130	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
132	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
133	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
135	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
137	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
138	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
140	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
141	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
142	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
143	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
144	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:18
145	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
146	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
147	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.

GC after stage 18:

GC leader: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r-Citroën)
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Team classification leader: Team DSM

3,057.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.614 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	77hr 10min 18sec
2	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2min 21sec
3	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	3:23
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	6:03
5	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	6:09
6	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	6:31
7	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:17
8	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:45
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	9:18
10	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:37
11	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	19:08
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	27:30
13	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	27:43
14	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	29:17
15	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	35:12
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	38:31
17	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	38:37
18	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	41:13
19	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	42:01
20	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	44:26
21	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	45:12
22	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	45:29
23	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	46:45
24	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	58:58
25	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	59:07
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:02:04
27	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05:58
28	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	1:10:01
29	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:14:51
30	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:21:04
31	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:22:35
32	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:26:08
33	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	1:28:09
34	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:31:21
35	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:31:30
36	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:34:01
37	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:34:17
38	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:36:47
39	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:39:39
40	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:40:41
41	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:40:43
42	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:41:03
43	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:43:22
44	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:43:37
45	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:44:04
46	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	1:44:21
47	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:46:33
48	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	1:46:57
49	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:51:07
50	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:52:49
51	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:54:05
52	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54:27
53	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	1:57:10
54	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:57:31
55	Davide Villella	Movistar	2:01:15
56	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:03:04
57	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:03:34
58	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	2:03:51
59	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	2:05:42
60	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:08:20
61	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:08:55
62	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	2:10:33
63	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:11:36
64	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	2:12:57
65	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	2:13:36
66	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:19:06
67	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:21:18
68	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	2:26:05
69	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:29:01
70	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:29:04
71	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:31:54
72	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:34:21
73	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:35:45
74	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	2:40:34
75	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:44:38
76	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:45:05
77	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	2:46:07
78	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	2:47:58
79	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
80	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	2:48:20
81	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	2:48:30
82	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	2:48:41
83	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:49:05
84	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	2:53:10
85	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	2:53:35
86	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:53:50
87	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
88	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	2:54:17
89	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:55:18
90	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	2:57:39
91	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	2:58:28
92	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:01:51
93	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	3:02:02
94	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	3:06:26
95	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:07:41
96	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	3:08:28
97	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:10:34
98	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	3:12:02
99	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	3:13:59
100	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	3:14:37
101	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	3:15:55
102	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:19:25
103	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:24:23
104	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	3:25:23
105	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:28:10
106	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:28:48
107	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	3:29:31
108	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:30:03
109	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:32:18
110	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:33:16
111	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	3:33:34
112	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:34:03
113	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:36:26
114	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	3:37:32
115	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:39:05
116	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:39:59
117	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	3:41:36
118	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:43:19
119	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	3:45:31
120	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	3:45:39
121	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	3:47:26
122	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49:30
123	Max Kanter	Team DSM	3:50:00
124	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:50:08
125	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:53:15
126	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:54:17
127	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	3:54:21
128	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	3:54:30
129	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:54:41
130	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	3:57:38
131	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:58:00
132	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:58:05
133	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:58:32
134	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:58:59
135	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	4:00:09
136	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:04:39
137	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	4:05:36
138	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	4:05:40
139	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	4:09:23
140	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	4:09:40
141	Albert Torres	Movistar	4:09:42
142	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	4:11:09
143	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	4:14:11
144	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	4:17:06
145	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	4:24:42
146	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	4:25:03
147	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4:30:34