Giro d’Italia 2018 full route map

Dates: May 4-27, 2018
Stages: 21
Grande Partenza: Jerusalem, Israel
Finish: Rome

Chris Froome (Team Sky) won the pink jersey at the 2018 Giro d’Italia, becoming the first British rider to claim the title and cementing a place in history by achieving three consecutive Grand Tour wins.

With four Tours de France wins and one Vuelta a España GC title to his name, he’s just the third rider to be defending champion of all three in one year – joining an exclusive club that only includes himself, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.

Froome had been sitting 3 minutes 22 seconds down on general classification before stage 19 – but a history making 80km solo break saw him claim the lead.

Froome and Team Sky rode a calculated race on stage 20, to keep their main man in the maglia rosa, and the final stage was neutralised after three laps.

Before Froome took the top spot, the GC lead had been held by fellow Brit, Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) – who had been a dominant force in the first two weeks, after gaining time on stage six, and winning stages nine, 11 and 15.

Yates struggled with the pace on stage 19, dropping quickly out of the top ten.

Defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) spent much of the race in second place – though he did try to eat into Froome’s lead on stage 20, he was never able to crack the Team Sky rider’s composure.

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Giro d’Italia 2018: as it happened…

Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 21 – Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett celebrates as he crosses the finish line. Image: LUK BENIES/AFP/Getty Images

The overall Giro d’Italia title went to Chris Froome (Team Sky) after the stage was neutralised after three of 10 laps due to rider concerns over the safety of the course.

The stage win went to Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), who came off the wheel Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) with 200 metres to go.

Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 20 – Mikel Nieve

Mikel Nieve crosses the line solo on stage 20 (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) won solo, ahead of Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Felix Grosschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) – after breaking away from his fellow escapees with 32km to go.

Froome finished in front of Dumoulin, despite multiple attempts from the Sunweb rider to dislodge Team Sky’s GC leader.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 19 – Chris Froome

Froome wins stage 19. Image: Sunada

Chris Froome (Team Sky) moved into the pink jersey, after breaking away from the competition – including Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) with 80km to go.

Whilst Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) cracked before Froome made his move, Dumoulin remained in contention, chasing with four other riders until the final slopes of the day’s fourth climb.

Froome crossed the line solo, with Dumoulin over three minutes back, and 40s behind in the GC.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 18 – Maximilian Schachmann

Maximilian Schachmann wins stage six of the Volta a Catalunya (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) lost time on Tom Dumoulin, after the Sunweb rider was able to follow a counter-attack from Chris Froome (Team Sky), where Yates was not.

The win went to Maximilian Schachmann (Quick Step Floors), who was part of an early break which managed to reach the foot of the day’s final climb 15 minutes ahead of the bunch.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 17 – Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani wins stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images))

A very damp sprint finish went to Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) – representing the Italian’s fourth stage victory at the 2018 race.

Viviani had a two-man lead out, and was dropped off at the line with 100 metres left – his powerful surge pushing Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) into second.

Bennett had to kick off his charge from further back, and appeared to simply run out of road before the line.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) finished safely in 17th place and there were no changes in the top-10 overall at the end of the stage.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 16 – Rohan Dennis

Rohan Dennis on the 2018 Giro d’Italia stage 16 time trial (Sunada)

The TT win went to Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing), with a time of exactly 40 minutes over the 34.2km course. The second step of the podium was taken up by  Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), 14s back, with defending Giro champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) third.

Maglia Rosa Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) held on to his GC lead, losing 1-15 to second placed Dumoulin, reducing his time gap to a still impressive 56s.

Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 15 – Simon Yates

2Simon Yates attacks on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia. Image: Sunada

Simon Yates (Michelton-Scott) attacked with 18km remaining to win solo on the summit finish into Sappada.

Yates increased his overall lead, from 1-24 over Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) to 2-11, tightening his grasp on the Maglia Rosa.

Yates crossed the line 41 seconds ahead of nearest competitor, Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) with Dumoulin in third.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 14  – Chris Froome

Chris Froome wins on the Monte Zoncolan on stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia 2018 (Sunada)

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 13 – Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani wins stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia

Having been dropped before the pivotal sprinter’s moment on the previous stage, Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) was able to clinch the win on stage thirteen.

A powerful and late attack by Marco Coledan (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) under the flamme rouge momentarily looked like it could ruin a sprinter’s stage. However. he faded in the final 400m as  Sacha Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac) closed him down.

Modolopassed Coledan with 200m to the line, but Viviani was planted on his wheel, sprinting around him to take the win.

A second sprint stage meant that the GC remained unchanged.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 12 – Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett wins stage 12 of the 2018 Giro d’Italia (Getty Images)

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) took it upon himself to sprint past two remaining breakaways on the final stretch of the Imola motor racing circuit.

Five escapees went early, only to be brought back before a potentially dangerous duo of Carlos Betancur (Movistar) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain–Merida) rode clear with less than 10km to go.

Entering the final 1km, the pair were still out front, but with just 4s lead, Bennett chose to make the final move himself, sprinting past the pair and taking the win whilst the GC remained unchanged.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 11 – Simon Yates

Simon Yates at the 2018 Giro d’Italia (Sunada)

Another win for Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) – who attacked on the ramps of the final 2km, dropping his rivals with 1.4km to go.

Yates finished two seconds ahead of second place overall rider, defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb).

Most other contenders finished eight seconds back, though Chris Froome (Team Sky) struggled in 40 seconds down, dropping out of the top-10 overall.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage 10 – Matej Mohoric

Matej Mohoric wins stage 10 of the 2018 Giro d’Italia (Sunada)

Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) won stage ten, out-sprinting his breakaway companion Nico Denz (Ag2r La Mondiale).

The break was formed with 40km to go, initially also with Davide Villella (Astana) – who was eventually dropped.

The day did not go well for Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) who move3d from second on GC to lose 25 minutes. Leader Simon Yates finished safely in the bunch.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage nine – Simon Yates

Giro d’Italia stage nine, Simon Yates. Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

GC leader Simon Yates won the stage on a summit finish at the end of a 225km stage, increasing his overall lead.

The 47km finishing climb was lit up in with multiple attacks over the final 2km.

In the end, a six rider group approached the finish line, with Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) first to open his sprint.

Yates, having been protected all day, was able to come past to take the win.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage eight – Richard Carapaz

Richard Carapaz wins stage eight of the Giro d’Italia. Image: Sunada

Best young rider Richard Carapaz (Movistar) attacked with less than 2km to the line, accelerating past the remainder of the breakaway to take the win on the summit finish to Montevergine.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) stays in the Maglia Rosa, with the top ten on GC remaining largely unchanged, though Carapaz moves into eighth.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage seven – Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett celebrates his maiden Grand Tour stage win (Credit: LaPresse – D’Alberto/Ferrari/Paolone/Alpozzi)

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) took his maiden Grand Tour stage victory, beating points leader Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors).

The Irishman waited for the Italian Viviani to launch his sprint, matching and holding his pace as his competitor faded.

The GC saw no major changes, with Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) holding on to his pink jersey.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage six – Esteban Chaves

Chaves wins whilst Yates moves into pink. Image: Sunada

Stage six was a triumphant day for Mitchelton-Scott – with Esteban Chaves winning the summit finish whilst team mate Simon Yates claimed the overall from Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing).

Chaves attacked from the breakaway, whilst Yates made his move from a group of favourites with 1.5km to go.

The favourites – defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) finished together, 26 seconds behind.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage five – Enrico Battaglin

Enrico Battaglin celebrates winning stage five of the Giro d’Italia (Credit: LUK BENIES/AFP/Getty Images)

Stage five went to Italian rider Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo), in a sprint finish as the peloton eventually swallowed up a  break of four riders.

The break went almost from the line on the lumpy 153km stage. The riders built up a lead of over four minutes, but the gap sunk, even more so after the quartet began to attack itself in an attempt to go solo.

The group gallop meant that Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) held on to the Maglia Rosa, with Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), one second behind and Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) in third.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage four – Tim Wellens

Tim Wellens wins stage four of the 2018 Giro d’Italia (Sunada)

Tim Wellens (Lotto-Fix All) claimed victory on stage four, keeping Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac) at bay on his way up the summit finish to Caltagirone.

A group of riders – Wellens included – found themselves clear with 1km to go, but the peloton was back together with 400m to go.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage three – Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani crosses the line after strong work from his Quick-Step team (Sunada)

Elia Viviani made it two in two days, proving himself the fastest in a bunch sprint on stage three.

The Italian was treated to an expert lead out by his Quick-Step Floors team mates, tracking competitor Sam Bannett after the Bora-Hansgrohe Irishman kicked into gear first.

Rohan Dennis (BMC) stayed in the GC lead, with all the major GC riders finishing safely together.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage two – Elia Viviani

Viviani wins the sprint finish on stage two of the Giro d’Italia (Sunada)

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) moved into the points jersey, after sprinting to the win on stage two – ahead of Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina).

No one could match Viviani, who rode past Mareczko with 50 metres to go.

The result saw Rohan Dennis (BMC) take the GC lead from Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), having collected three bonus seconds at the second intermediate sprint.

Outside of the top two, there were no other major GC changes.

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Giro d’Italia 2018 stage one – Tom Dumoulin

Dumoulin celebrates in pink after the opening time trial. Image: Sunada

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) finished the first stage of the 2018 Giro d’Italia in pink, after covering the 9.7km time trial course in 12-02.

Rohan Dennis was second, having set an early benchmark of 12-04.

Chris Froome (Team Sky) finished 37 seconds back – having crashed in his recon ride.

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