May 27, 2018 (Rome, ITA) – Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe pipped Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors on the prestigious final finishing line of the 101st Giro d’Italia to claim his third stage victory in front of the Coliseum in Rome. This marked the fourth time that the Giro has finished in the Eternal City.

Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky became the first Briton to win the Giro d’Italia and the third rider to make the grand slam with three Grand Tours victories in a row. The final stage times were neutralized after three laps to ensure a safe race so the sprinters could put on a great show while Froome and the other GC contenders were able to enjoy the great atmosphere in the capital.

Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, the defending champion and best young rider, Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team,rounded out the final podium.

Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) made the top 20 finishing 19th overall which was a big improvement over his debut last year where he finished 38th. He came 2nd on Stage 4 and was as high as 9th but Woods fell short of his expectations tweeting, “Wasn’t the Giro I wanted, but it was the Giro I got. Grazie mille to everybody at @rideargyle (staff & riders) for pulling me through this one, all the amazing fans for the incredible support, and @cannondaleroad for covering it all.”

Fellow Canuck Guillaume Boivin (Israel Cycling Academy) finished 17th on the final stage for a strong finish to his debut Grand Tour. Following some big early headlines as Boivin lit things up in two breaks as Giro started in Israel he earned a career-best 11th place result on Stage 13.

Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott, perhaps at this final Giro, was a major contributor to his teammate Simon Yates (Gbr) who won three stages in pink but was unable to keep pace in the final mountain stages losing the jersey to Froome.

At the finish Giro winner Froome said, “After we started racing on the circuit, many riders came to me to find a solution to make the race safer. It’s been a fantastic event. It still came down to a bunch sprint with Sam Bennett and Elia [Viviani] fighting, that’s what everyone wanted to see this evening. The atmosphere was fantastic, you could see how much it meant for the fans to have the Giro finishing in Rome.

“A week ago, I didn’t believe that I’d be here in the Maglia Rosa. To recover more than three minutes, it had been done before but it seemed unlikely. Stage 19 with the Colle delle Finestre was the moment the race turned around for me. This is in my mind what bike racing is about. I’d like to dedicate this victory to my wife and the daughter we’re expecting at the beginning of August.”

Jerseys
Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader – Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader – Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader – Chris Froome (Team Sky)
Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader – Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team)

Results

1. Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA-hansgrohe 2:50:49
2. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
3. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
4. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
5. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
6. Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team EF Education First
7. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
9. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
10. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
11. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
12. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
13. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
14. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data
15. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott
16. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
18. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
19. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe
20. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
21. Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
22. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
23. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
24. Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data
25. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
26. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
27. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
28. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
29. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
30. Boy Van Popper (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
31. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
32. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team EF Education First
33. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
35. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
36. José Gonçalves (Por) Team Katusha Alpecin
37. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
38. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
39. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
41. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
42. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data
43. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
44. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe
45. Davide Formolo (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe
46. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe
47. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe
48. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
49. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
50. Stake Laengen Vegard (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
51. Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe
52. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
53. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
54. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
56. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team
57. Frederik Frisonert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
58. Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
59. Ytting Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
60. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
61. Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
62. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin
63. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
64. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
65. Nathan Brown (USA) Team EF Education First
66. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
67. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
68. Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
69. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
70. Benjamin King (USA) Team Dimension Data
71. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
72. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
73. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy
74. Francisco Jo Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team
75. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
76. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
77. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
78. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
79. Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
80. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
81. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
82. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin
83. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
84. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
85. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
86. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
87. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
88. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
89. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
90. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
91. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
92. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
93. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
94. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
95. Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) UAE Team Emirates
96. Mads Wü rtz Schmidt (Den) Team Katusha Alpecin
97. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Team Katusha Alpecin
98. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
99. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
100. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
101. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
102. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
103. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
104. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
105. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
106. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
107. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
108. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Team Katusha Alpecin
109. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
111. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team
112. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
113. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team
114. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team
115. Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo
116. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
117. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
118. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
119. Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team
120. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
121. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin
122. Rodolfo Andre Torres Agudelo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
123. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team
124. Jacques W Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
125. Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Esp) Astana Pro Team
126. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
127. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
128. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
129. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
130. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
131. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
132. Simon Philip Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
133. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott
134. George Bennett (Nzl) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
135. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
136. Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo
137. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
138. Hugh John Carthy (Gbr) Team EF Education First
139. Michael Woods (Can) Team EF Education First
140. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Team EF Education First
141. Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team EF Education First
142. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
143. David Melgarejo De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky
144. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
145. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky
146. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
147. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
148. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky
149. Rubio Jhoan Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott all s.t.
DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNS Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

Final GC
1. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 89:02:39
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:46
3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 4:57
4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 5:44
5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 8:03
6. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:11:50
7. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:01
8. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:13:17
9. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:14:18
10. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:16
11. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:30
12. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:17:40
13. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:29:41
14. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:34:29
15. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:41:48
16. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:56:07
17. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott 0:58:16
18. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:00:30
19. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:01:24
20. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:03:54
21. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott 1:15:11
22. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 1:15:18
23. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:19:49
24. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:23:04
25. Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 1:23:11
26. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 1:26:13
27. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:28:47
28. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:31:28
29. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 1:33:24
30. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 1:40:18
31. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 1:41:36
32. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 1:58:09
33. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:00:17
34. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:02:15
35. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:02:53
36. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 2:03:06
37. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:06:25
38. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 2:07:32
39. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team 2:08:19
40. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:08:55
41. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 2:10:27
42. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:17:10
43. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team 2:20:10
44. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 2:24:26
45. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 2:25:01
46. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 2:26:47
47. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 2:27:57
48. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:29:16
49. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 2:42:24
50. Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:42:38
51. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 2:42:39
52. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
53. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:45:41
54. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 2:48:11
55. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 2:51:50
56. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky 2:52:42
57. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All 2:53:44
58. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:56:01
59. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:58:56
60. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All 3:00:57
61. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 3:04:46
62. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 3:06:03
63. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 3:09:17
64. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 3:10:40
65. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 3:11:06
66. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:12:32
67. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:13:51
68. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 3:14:02
69. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:19:46
70. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:19:53
71. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 3:20:46
72. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 3:21:31
73. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 3:28:13
74. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 3:28:31
75. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3:35
76. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:39:48
77. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 3:43:25
78. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 3:43:35
79. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 3:45:10
80. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 3:50:40
81. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 3:53:07
82. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 3:54:32
83. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 3:54:37
84. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 3:58:31
85. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team 3:59:36
86. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 4:02:56
87. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4:04:11
88. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:05:44
89. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team 4:06:01
90. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 4:06:38
91. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 4:07:02
92. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team 4:07:15
93. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 4:08:20
94. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4:08:34
95. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 4:12
96. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 4:10:17
97. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 4:11:05
98. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 4:11:21
99. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 4:14:22
100. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 4:14:30
101. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 4:15:24
102. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 4:17:23
103. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 4:19:34
104. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:20:56
105. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 4:21:56
106. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All 4:22:00
107. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 4:22:56
108. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:23:41
109. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 4:24:39
110. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 4:27:59
111. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 4:28:29
112. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:32:23
113. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 4:34:24
114. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 4:36:23
115. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:36:25
116. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 4:39:44
117. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 4:40:13
118. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 4:40:19
119. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 4:41:35
120. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin 4:41:53
121. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 4:43:41
122. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 4:44:25
123. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 4:45:51
124. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:45:53
125. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4:46:51
126. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 4:49:40
127. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 4:51:09
128. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 4:55:00
129. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 4:55:09
130. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 4:55:48
131. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:56:30
132. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 4:57:04
133. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:57:56
134. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 4:59:12
135. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 4:59:31
136. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All 5:03:59
137. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 5:05:39
138. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 5:08:12
139. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:08:33
140. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 5:09:34
141. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 5:15:42
142. Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All 5:15:59
143. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 5:18:15
144. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 5:18:53
145. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 5:25:31
146. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 5:32:07
147. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 5:32:52
148. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 5:34:14
149. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 5:48:37