2017 Giro d'Italia

100th edition: May 5 - May 28, 2017

Stage 18 results, Thursday, May 25, 2017

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Thursday, May 25, Stage 18: Moena - Ortisei/St. Ulrich (137 km)

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Tejay Van Garderen wins the 18th stage

Weather at the finish town of Ortisei at 1:45 PM: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 Km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast

The race: Today's brutal stage with its five major ascents started at 1:00 PM.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Tejay Van Garderen said: “It’s been a couple of years and grand tours I’ve done for the general classification but my body wasn’t responding earlier in the Giro. I did my best to keep the morale. This is my first grand tour victory. It’s an incredible feeling, especially in an area like this I’m so familiar with, having done many training camps here. I knew all the roads. I was not confident at all to beat Mikel Landa. He’s a very good sprinter.”

Race leader Tom Dumoulin said: “Nibali and Quintana were only focusing on me and trying to make me lose instead of trying to win. In the end, they lost some significant time to the other competitors. Riding like this, I hope they’ll lose their podium spot. If this happens in Milan it would be very nice and I would be very happy. It would have been a dream scenario if Thibaut Pinot didn’t take a minute on me. In the last climb I was feeling strong. So I decided to show them that I’m also awake.”

Here's the report from stage winner Tejay van Garderen's BMC team:

25 May, 2017, Ortisei (ITA): Tejay van Garderen claimed his maiden Grand Tour stage win in a strong display of strength and determination to win stage 18 in a head to head battle with Mikel Landa (Team Sky).

At just 137km with five categorized climbs, including the uphill finish, stage 18 was a tough battle from kilometer 0. Joey Rosskopf formed part of the early four-rider breakaway in the opening ten kilometers, but was soon joined by a chase group featuring van Garderen. The junction of the two groups created a group of 17 riders that gained more than two minutes on the Maglia Rosa group.

The race situation stabilized as the breakaway tackled climb after climb and as van Garderen's group reached the summit of Passo Valparola with 79km to go, the gap remained at two minutes.

Behind, the Maglia Rosa group picked up the chase as race leader Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) started to attack each other which eventually brought the group within 30 seconds of the van Garderen breakaway.

Riders began to drop from the front group and it was just van Garderen, Landa, Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) and Jan Hirt (CCC Sprandi Polkowice in the lead with 25km to go.

As they reached the banner 10km before the line it was van Garderen and Landa powering on towards the finish line with a margin of 25 seconds on the chasers and 55 seconds on the Maglia Rosa group.

The General Contenders began to attack each other behind which was to the advantage of van Garderen and Landa who held on to their advantage in the final kilometers. The duo began to look at each other in the final kilometer of racing but it was van Garderen who had the power to edge Landa out of the win in Oristei.

Interview with Tejay van Garderen

Tejay, congratulations on your maiden Grand Tour win! Talk us through the finale.

"Mikel Landa is a very good bike rider. He is a very quick sprinter and I think it got a little bit tactical at the end and I tried to just be patient and not get overly excited. Coming into the last corner, I knew it was downhill and you had to hit it in the first position. I was coming in on the inside and he was going to close on me a little bit so I just thought, 'I'm not braking'. If we crashed, we crashed but I wasn't going to brake."

"It was a hard day. Lots of climbing. I knew all of the climbs. I have done training camps in this area quite often. It was just an amazing feeling. Landa and I got away on a descent right before the finish. We looked around and saw that it was just us and we decided to keep going."

How does this feel to get your first Grand Tour stage win?

"It is incredible. It feels great. I came here obviously with GC ambitions but that didn't materialize. I've just tried to keep the morale high. I love this area. I knew every inch of the road today and it was almost like training at home."

You were very emotional at the finish line. 

"Yeah, I'm eight years as a professional now and this is my first Grand Tour stage victory. It was emotional just because I've had so many trials these past few years. Sometimes things go up and sometimes they go down and today was definitely up and hopefully I keep that trajectory. It feels good. It is good to know that I am still capable of doing a ride like that and now I just have to put it all together into three weeks like I have done in the past and like I know I can do again."

Does the Giro d'Italia mean something special to you and can it be your goal again in the future?

"Absolutely, I love Italy. I love the Giro d'Italy. At the beginning of my career I used to live in Lucca, in Tuscany, and for several years, I have done altitude camps just up the road and stayed at a hotel with a lovely family who I now know very well. So, this area in particular feels like home to me. I knew every inch of the road today. Italy is very beautiful, the people are passionate and positive. I'm surprised it has taken me this long to do the Giro d'Italia and certainly I will be back."

Complete Results:

Stage 18 photos

137 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.118 km/hr

1	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	3h 54’ 04”
2	LANDA MEANA Mikel	SKY	s.t.
3	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	0’ 08”
4	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
5	HIRT Jan	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0’ 11”
6	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0’ 24”
7	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0’ 34”
8	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
9	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	01’ 06”
10	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	YATES Adam	ORICA-SCOTT	01’ 12”
13	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	01’ 12”
14	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	01’ 48”
15	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
16	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	02’ 20”
17	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
18	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03’ 06”
19	JUNGELS Bob	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	03’ 55”
20	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	04’ 28”
22	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
23	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
24	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	05’ 06”
25	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
26	KISERLOVSKI Robert	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	05’ 44”
27	POLANC Jan	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	06’ 57”
28	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
29	ROSA Diego	SKY	s.t.
30	FOLIFOROV Alexander	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
31	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	07’ 40”
32	PELLIZOTTI Franco	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
33	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	08’ 44”
34	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
35	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	09’ 23”
36	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-HANSGROHE	10’ 16”
37	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	14’ 18”
38	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM SUNWEB	18’ 37”
39	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
40	ROSSKOPF Joseph	BMC	s.t.
41	VERONA Carlos	ORICA-SCOTT	18’ 48”
42	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
43	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
44	GONÇALVES Jose'	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
45	ROJAS Jose	MOVISTAR	21’ 59”
46	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	32’ 57”
47	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
48	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	FDJ	s.t.
49	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
50	RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
51	MEZGEC Luka	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
52	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
53	PETILLI Simone	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
54	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
55	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
56	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
57	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
58	CHEVRIER Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
59	OWSIAN Lukasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
60	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
62	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	s.t.
63	PATERSKI Maciej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
64	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
65	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
66	GROSSCHARTNER Felix	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
67	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
68	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
69	TRATNIK Jan	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
70	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
71	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
72	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
73	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
74	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
75	AGNOLI Valerio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
76	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
77	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
78	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
79	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
80	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
81	PEDERSEN Mads	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
82	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
83	MENDES Jose'	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
84	AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
85	HANSEN Jesper	ASTANA	s.t.
86	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
87	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
88	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
89	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
90	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
91	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
92	KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
93	DE PLUS Laurens	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
94	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
95	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
96	SHALUNOV Evgeny	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
97	ROVNY Ivan	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
98	TCATEVICH Aleksei	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
99	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
100	BILBAO LOPEZ Pello	ASTANA	s.t.
101	CARTHY Hugh	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
102	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	33’ 09”
104	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	35’ 55”
105	POZZATO Filippo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
106	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
107	CONTI Valerio	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
108	FONZI Giuseppe	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
109	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
110	PONZI Simone	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
111	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
112	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
113	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
114	SENNI Manuel	BMC	s.t.
115	MARCATO Marco	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
116	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
117	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
118	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	s.t.
119	BAK YTTING Lars	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
120	BERARD Julien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
121	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
122	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
123	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
124	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
125	SAMOILAU Branislau	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
126	FIRSANOV Sergey	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
127	BRUTT Pavel	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
128	RAVASI Edward	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
129	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
130	POSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
131	SERRY Pieter	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
132	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
133	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
134	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
135	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
136	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
137	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
138	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
139	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
140	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
141	MOHORIC Matej	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
142	TUFT Svein	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
143	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
144	BIALOBLOCKI Marcin	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
145	MARTINELLI Davide	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
146	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
147	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
148	KOSHEVOY Ilia	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
149	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
150	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
151	ROTA Lorenzo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
152	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
153	DEVENYNS Dries	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
154	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
155	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	s.t.
156	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
157	GAVIRIA Fernando	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
158	LAGUTIN Sergey	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	s.t.
159	KEISSE Iljo	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
160	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
161	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
162	FERRARI Roberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
163	RICHEZE Maximiliano	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
164	BUSATO Matteo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
165	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	ASTANA	s.t.

GC after stage 18:

• GC leader: Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
• Points classification leader: Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors)
• Mountains classification leader: Mikel Landa (Team Sky)
• Young rider classification leader: Adam Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Movistar

3,199 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.981 km/hr

1	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	80h 0’ 48”
2	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	0’ 31”
3	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	01’ 12”
4	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	01’ 36”
5	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	01’ 58”
6	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	02’ 07”
7	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	03’ 17”
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	05’ 48”
9	YATES Adam	ORICA-SCOTT	07’ 06”
10	JUNGELS Bob	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	07’ 34”
11	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	07’ 59”
12	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	11’ 16”
13	POLANC Jan	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	12’ 24”
14	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	14’ 08”
15	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	14’ 18”
16	HIRT Jan	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	18’ 07”
17	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	25’ 26”
18	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	30’ 27”
19	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	30’ 50”
20	PELLIZOTTI Franco	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	36’ 49”
21	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	39’ 45”
22	LANDA MEANA Mikel	SKY	40’ 46”
23	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	42’ 42”
24	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	47’ 05”
25	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	51’ 27”
26	PETILLI Simone	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1h 0’ 58”
27	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	1h 03’ 08”
28	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1h 03’ 22”
29	DE PLUS Laurens	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	1h 07’ 04”
30	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM SUNWEB	1h 08’ 45”
31	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1h 13’ 36”
32	KISERLOVSKI Robert	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1h 14’ 07”
33	HANSEN Jesper	ASTANA	1h 18’ 26”
34	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1h 18’ 49”
35	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1h 20’ 15”
36	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-SCOTT	1h 23’ 00”
37	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	1h 25’ 11”
38	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1h 25’ 26”
39	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	1h 27’ 49”
40	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-HANSGROHE	1h 31’ 18”
41	FOLIFOROV Alexander	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	1h 33’ 28”
42	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	1h 36’ 07”
43	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	1h 37’ 35”
44	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	1h 37’ 57”
45	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	1h 39’ 24”
46	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian	SKY	1h 40’ 06”
47	RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	1h 44’ 14”
48	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	LOTTO SOUDAL	1h 46’ 29”
49	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	1h 52’ 20”
50	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1h 52’ 50”
51	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1h 53’ 00”
52	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	1h 56’ 53”
53	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	1h 58’ 16”
54	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	1h 58’ 50”
55	MENDES Jose'	BORA-HANSGROHE	1h 59’ 19”
56	ROSA Diego	SKY	2h 0’ 28”
57	ROJAS Jose	MOVISTAR	2h 0’ 44”
58	GONÇALVES Jose'	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	2h 01’ 33”
59	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2h 01’ 39”
60	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	2h 02’ 29”
61	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	2h 04’ 49”
62	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	2h 04’ 58”
63	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2h 06’ 59”
64	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	2h 07’ 13”
65	CONTI Valerio	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2h 08’ 41”
66	VERONA Carlos	ORICA-SCOTT	2h 09’ 58”
67	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2h 10’ 24”
68	ROSSKOPF Joseph	BMC	2h 13’ 11”
69	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	2h 18’ 35”
70	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM SUNWEB	2h 21’ 31”
71	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2h 23’ 14”
72	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	2h 23’ 26”
73	BILBAO LOPEZ Pello	ASTANA	2h 29’ 27”
74	GROSSCHARTNER Felix	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2h 30’ 45”
75	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2h 32’ 58”
76	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	2h 33’ 17”
77	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	2h 33’ 39”
78	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	2h 34’ 47”
79	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	FDJ	2h 34’ 52”
80	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2h 35’ 04”
81	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	2h 36’ 32”
82	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	2h 40’ 55”
83	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	2h 43’ 06”
84	CHEVRIER Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2h 46’ 05”
85	CARTHY Hugh	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	2h 46’ 21”
86	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	2h 47’ 37”
87	RAVASI Edward	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2h 48’ 52”
88	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	2h 51’ 10”
89	BUSATO Matteo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	2h 52’ 29”
90	OWSIAN Lukasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2h 53’ 15”
91	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	2h 53’ 33”
92	SENNI Manuel	BMC	2h 55’ 05”
93	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2h 55’ 59”
94	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2h 57’ 30”
95	DEVENYNS Dries	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	2h 57’ 44”
96	FIRSANOV Sergey	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	2h 59’ 36”
97	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3h 01’ 49”
98	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	3h 03’ 10”
99	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 04’ 32”
100	AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	3h 09’ 05”
101	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	3h 09’ 29”
102	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	3h 10’ 22”
103	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	3h 13’ 15”
104	AGNOLI Valerio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	3h 14’ 57”
105	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	3h 15’ 53”
106	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	3h 16’ 30”
107	SAMOILAU Branislau	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3h 16’ 37”
108	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	3h 17’ 19”
109	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-HANSGROHE	3h 19’ 57”
110	TRATNIK Jan	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3h 20’ 56”
111	POSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA-HANSGROHE	3h 21’ 20”
112	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI CSF	3h 22’ 15”
113	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 22’ 40”
114	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	TEAM SUNWEB	3h 23’ 13”
115	MARCATO Marco	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	3h 23’ 31”
116	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3h 23’ 40”
117	BAK YTTING Lars	LOTTO SOUDAL	3h 23’ 50”
118	ROVNY Ivan	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	3h 24’ 37”
119	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 24’ 39”
120	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	3h 24’ 54”
121	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI CSF	3h 26’ 27”
122	PONZI Simone	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3h 27’ 26”
123	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	3h 28’ 03”
124	POZZATO Filippo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	3h 30’ 01”
125	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	3h 31’ 27”
126	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	3h 32’ 37”
127	BERARD Julien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3h 32’ 38”
128	GAVIRIA Fernando	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	3h 33’ 16”
129	CASTELIJNS Twan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3h 34’ 42”
130	TCATEVICH Aleksei	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	3h 34’ 59”
131	BRUTT Pavel	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	3h 35’ 10”
132	SERRY Pieter	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	3h 36’ 00”
133	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3h 36’ 46”
134	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	3h 37’ 25”
135	MOHORIC Matej	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	3h 37’ 33”
136	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	3h 37’ 35”
137	PATERSKI Maciej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3h 40’ 51”
138	PEDERSEN Mads	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3h 40’ 57”
139	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	3h 41’ 30”
140	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	3h 41’ 42”
141	GOLAS Michal	SKY	3h 42’ 53”
142	MEZGEC Luka	ORICA-SCOTT	3h 42’ 59”
143	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	3h 43’ 25”
144	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI CSF	3h 45’ 40”
145	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3h 47’ 48”
146	TUFT Svein	ORICA-SCOTT	3h 48’ 59”
147	SHALUNOV Evgeny	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	3h 51’ 27”
148	KEISSE Iljo	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	3h 54’ 28”
149	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3h 58’ 21”
150	FERRARI Roberto	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4h 03’ 17”
151	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4h 03’ 51”
152	KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	4h 04’ 40”
153	RICHEZE Maximiliano	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	4h 04’ 47”
154	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	4h 05’ 59”
155	MARTINELLI Davide	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	4h 06’ 05”
156	VAN ZYL Johann	DIMENSION DATA	4h 06’ 29”
157	LAGUTIN Sergey	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	4h 15’ 24”
158	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI CSF	4h 15’ 54”
159	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	4h 20’ 17”
160	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	4h 22’ 19”
161	ROTA Lorenzo	BARDIANI CSF	4h 28’ 12”
162	BIALOBLOCKI Marcin	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	4h 30’ 48”
163	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	ASTANA	4h 31’ 27”
164	KOSHEVOY Ilia	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	4h 33’ 52”
165	FONZI Giuseppe	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	4h 50’ 09”

Stage 18 map and profile:

Stage 18 map

Stage 18 profile

Stage 18 photos

By Kaare Sveen:

We think this is Rui Costa being interviewed.

Some lovely ladies at the start of the stage. Kaare Sveen photo

Valerio Agnoli heads to the start line. Kaare Sveen photo

Daniel Teklehaimanot. Kaare Sveen photo

José Mendes making sure they remembered to put on his back wheel. Kaare Sveen photo

The peloton is ready to race. Kaare Sveen photo

Certtainly no shortage of spectators. Kaare Sveen photo

Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

A spectacular setting for the day's racing in the Dolomites. From the Pordoi Pass, one sees the Gruppo Sella massif.

The riders tackle the day's first climb, Passo Pordoi.

The crowds are huge as the pack arrives at Ortisei

700 tough meters to go

Tejay van Garderen wins the stage.

Thibaut Pinot leads Domenico Pozzovivo and Jan Hirt to the line. Thibaut was third today.

Tom Dumoulin leads Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali to the finish.

Adam Yates has taken over the best young rider classification from Bob Jungels.

Van Garderen enjoys his victory.

Tom Dumoulin rode a steady, impressive race. He'll face the slopes of the finish at Piancavallo on Friday.

Organizer's preview: Queen stage in the Dolomites. Some of the most well-known passes of the region will be climbed: Pordoi, Valparola, Gardena and Pinei. Over 137 km an approx. 4000 m cumulative elevation gain will be made. The final ascent in Valgardena leads to few km from Ortisei (same finish as in 2005).