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The Giro d’Italia experienced the most exciting day of this edition. The stage reigns supreme with the passage through Stelvio, the toughest mountain pass in the competition, It did not disappoint the fans at all and caused the attacks among the favorites that many were asking for.
On the ascent to that mythical Italian port, the squad of the favorites burst. Wilco Kelderman, Jai Hindley and Tao Geoghegan Hart were the ones who separated from the group of candidates and they disputed between them the victory of the stage and the battle to see who would remain with the leader of the general classification.
Portuguese Joao Almeida lost the pink shirt after 15 days with it. The young team rider Deceunick couldn’t keep up with his rivals and had to watch his title options slip away on this great lap.
Ultimately, Hindley won the queen stage, reaching the finish line alongside Tao, while Kelderman finished the day more than two minutes behind them, but that was enough to become the new leader of the Giro.
The Dutchman and his two guards in qualifying are grouped together in just 15 seconds, with Saturday’s high-mountain stage remaining and Sunday’s final time trial in Milan.
General classification Giro d’Italia after stage 18
- 1. Wilco Kelderman
- 2. Jai Hindley at 12 seconds
- 3. Tao Geoghegan Hart at 15 seconds
- 4. Pello Bilbao at 1’19 ”
- 5. Joao Almeida at 2’16 ”
- Jakob Fuglsang at 3’59 “
- 7. Patrick Konrad at 5’40 “
- 8. Vincenzo Nibali at 5’47 “
- 9. Fausto Masnada at 6’46 ”
- 10. Herman Pernsteiner at 7’23 ”
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