Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 18: Abbiategrasso → Prato Nevoso, 196 km |
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| Worth fighting three weeks for | share this photo |
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| His confidence is building after another solid result today; Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) said post-race "As everyone knows, my goal is to defend my third place overall but perhaps also try for something extra, including a stage win. I'm looking forward to the big mountain stages. I'm not sure if everyone else is." (cyclingnews.com) | share this photo |
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| Our race leader, Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) finally showed some cracks today | share this photo |
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| Yesterday's winner, Elia VIVIANI (ITA/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) | share this photo |
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| Chris Froome | share this photo |
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| Stage 18 start scene in Abbiategrasso | share this photo |
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| The rollout from Abbiategrasso | share this photo |
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| Getting ready to officially start the race outside of the town | share this photo |
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| The break | share this photo |
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| Final 3 km of the 13 km climb to Pratonevoso | share this photo |
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| Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and Mattia CATTANEO (ITA/ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - SIDERMEC) well in front of the peloton on the final climb | share this photo |
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| In the peloton 11 minutes back, Tom Dumoulin setting a pace that would drop the race leader, Simon Yates | share this photo |
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| Ruben PLAZA (ESP/ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY) yoyo'ed off and on the back the lead group | share this photo |
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| Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 18 in 4:55:42 ahead of 2nd Ruben PLAZA (ESP/ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY) + 10s and 3rd Mattia CATTANEO (ITA/ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - SIDERMEC) + 16s | share this photo |
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| The finish scene at Pratonevoso | share this photo |
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| Wouter - Wout POELS (Netherlands / Team Sky) and Christopher - Chris FROOME (GBR / Team Sky) extending the gap to race leader Simon Yates with Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) in tow | share this photo |
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| Top GC finishers: 12th Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 11:03, 13th Tom DUMOULIN (NED/SUNWEB), 14th Chris FROOME (GBR/SKY), 15th Wout POELS (NED/SKY) + 11:07 | share this photo |
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| Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) charging to the line. His confidence is building. He sits 3rd overall + 2:43 with two difficult mountain stages remaining. Don't count him out especially for a stage win. | share this photo |
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| Race leader, Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) lost time for the first time in this Giro to his GC contenders | share this photo |
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| 16th Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 11:23, 17th Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/ASTANA) and 18th Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/MOVISTAR) | share this photo |
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| 19th Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE (ESP/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 11:31, 20th Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 21st Davide FORMOLO (ITA/BORA - HANSGROHE) | share this photo |
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| Defending champion and 2nd overall, Tom DUMOULIN (Netherlands / Team Sunweb), post stage 18 after gaining 28s on Simon Yates. 28 seconds is the closest gap between the leader and the runner-up in the overall rankings after stage 18 since Denis Menchov led the 2009 Giro d’Italia by 26 seconds over Danilo Di Luca. | share this photo |
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| Tom Dumoulin, 'That's nice, finally a moment of weakness [in the race leader, Simon Yates]' | share this photo |
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| Not that his team needed another win, your stage 18 winner, Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) after his first Grand Tour win: “We knew it was probably going to be a good day for a breakaway, although so far none had worked. The first nine attackers went pretty early. I have to say a big thank you to Michael Morkov who took me on his wheel to jump as the last two riders to reach the front group. I knew I had quite good legs, so I tried to bring home the victory in a safe way. I tried to keep energy for the last few meters before the finish line. I knew the last 2km would be fine for me. I didn’t panic when [Ruben] Plaza came across. He’s an experienced rider but I believed he’d be dropped again. With this victory, I’m already pretty close to the top of world cycling. It’s the most enjoyable part of my career but I know it’ll be harder in the future.” | share this photo |
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| The Maglia Rosa, Simon Yates, said: “Today it was an explosive big effort, which is not my forte. After Tom Dumoulin’s first acceleration, I looked at him to see how he was. When he went the second time, I couldn’t close the gap. I was tired. But I’m ok with it. I have no regret to have spent a lot of energy earlier in the Giro because this is what I needed to do. If I didn’t race so aggressively before, I would be behind Dumoulin. I collected almost 50 seconds in time bonuses – that’s more than my overall lead now. I only felt bad for one kilometre today. I’m still in the lead and the coming two mountain stages suit me much more than today’s.” | share this photo |
Giro d'Italia (2018) Photos; Stage 18: Abbiategrasso → Prato Nevoso, 196 km |
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