Quick-Step Floors’ Maximilian Schachmann won the 196km 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia at Prato Nevoso today.
The German won the race in a three-man sprint up the Prato Nevoso summit, beating Israel Cycling Academy’s Ruben Plaza and Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec’s Mattia Cattaneo in a three-man sprint. He completed the stage in 4:55:42.
Quick-Step Floors’ Maximilian Schachmann won the 196km 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia. Photo: Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse
Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates (Britain) retained his race lead, but it was halved to 28 seconds ahead of Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands). Yates’ total time is 75:06:24 ahead of the final three stages.
View more results below.
Stage 18
1. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 4:55:42
2. Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy +0:10
3. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec +0:16
4. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe +1:10
5. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates +1:26
6. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors +1:36
7. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin +1:52
8. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +3:22
9. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia +3:29
10. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec +5:09
General classification
1. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 75:06:24
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:28
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +2:43
4. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +3:22
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +4:24
6. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team +4:54
7. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +5:09
8. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +5:54
9. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team +5:59
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe +7:05
