Dries de Bondt won stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia out of the breakaway. It’s the biggest win of the 30-year-old Belgian’s career and the third for his Alpecin Fenix team at the Giro. Edoardo Affini and Magnus Cort rounded out the podium with his final breakaway companion Davide Gabburo in fourth. The sprinters missed out as peloton came charging 14 seconds behind. Second-place-overall Jai Hindley suffered a puncture in the final 3 kilometers but lost no time in the overall standings.

GIRO D’ITALIA 2022 STAGE 18 RESULTS

1	Dries DE BONDT	Alpecin-Fenix	3:21:21
2	Edoardo AFFINI	Jumbo-Visma	0:00
3	Magnus CORT	EF Education-EasyPost	0:00
4	Davide GABBURO	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:00
5	Alberto DAINESE	Team DSM	0:14
6	Arnaud DÉMARE	Groupama – FDJ	0:14
7	Davide CIMOLAI	Cofidis	0:14
8	Mark CAVENDISH	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:14
9	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE Team Emirates	0:14
10	Simone CONSONNI	Cofidis	0:14

GIRO D’ITALIA 2022 STANDINGS

1	Richard CARAPAZ	INEOS Grenadiers	76:41:15
2	Jai HINDLEY	BORA – hansgrohe	0:03
3	Mikel LANDA	Bahrain – Victorious	1:05
4	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana Qazaqstan Team	5:48
5	Pello BILBAO	Bahrain – Victorious	6:19
6	Jan HIRT	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	7:12
7	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA – hansgrohe	7:13
8	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	12:30
9	Juan LÓPEZ	Trek – Segafredo	15:10
10	Hugh CARTHY	EF Education-EasyPost	17:03

 

Photos: Sprint Cycling Agency