Denz wins Giro stage 18 as Del Toro retains lead
"This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro," Denz said. "Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that."I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around."With three stages remaining, Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG retained his 41-second overall lead over Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost.Del Toro's team-mate Juan Ayuso, meanwhile, was forced to abandon the race after suffering an allergic reaction to a bee sting on stage 17.The Spaniard said he was advised by his doctor not to take part in Thursday's stage 18 but made the start line before having to withdraw after an hour.Speaking to TNT Sports before the stage, Ayuso said: "It's been a couple of hard days. Yesterday, a bee went inside my helmet and I can't see out my right eye."The team doctor said it's best for me not to start, but I really want to try and give my best to be here for the team."
Stage 18 results
Nico Denz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) 3hrs 12mins 07 secsMirco Maestri (Ita/Team Polti VisitMalta) +1min 01secEdward Planckaert (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same timeFilippo Magli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) Same timeAlexander Edmondson (Aus/Team Picnic PostNL) Same timeDries de Bondt (Bel/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) Same timeDaan Hoole (Ned/Lidl-Trek) Same timeDavide De Pretto (Ita/Jayco Alula) Same timeNicola Conci (Ita/XDS Astana) Same timeLawrence Warbasse (US/Tudor Pro Cycling) Same time
General classification after stage 18
Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 68hrs 56mins 32secsRichard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +41secsSimon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +51secsDerek Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) + +1min 57secsDamiano Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +3mins 06secsEgan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 43secsGiulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +5mins 02secsEiner Rubio (Col/Movistar) +6mins 09secsAdam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +7mins 45secsMichael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro Cycling) +7mins 46secs
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