May 10, 2018 (Etna, Italy) – Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) is now 14th overall following Stage 16 from Caltanissetta to Etna, 169km, where he placed 16th behind Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott who won the stage with teammate Simon Yates (Gbr) taking second and pink leader’s jersey as well.

The duo crossed the line together breaking away on the final climb to Etna with a solid margin of 26s over Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ in third. Defending champ, Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, is now second overall with Chaves third.

Results

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

GC after Stage 6

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