May 25, 2018 (Bardonecchia, Italy) – Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky attacked with 80km to go and took a stunning victory on Stage 19 from Venaria Reale to Bardonecchia, 184km, capturing the race lead and the maglia rosa as Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott was dealt a crushing blow finishing 79th at 38:51 behind.

Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb held onto second overall finishing 5th on the stage at 3:23 behind Froome as Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team was second and Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ was third.

Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida was also a victim and dropped from third to sixth overall as Pinot takes over now sitting third in the GC. Canada’s Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale finished 39th and remains 21st overall.

Results

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

GC after Stage 19

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