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Stage 18, May 23: Mori - Polsa, 20.6 individually timed hill climb

Rated Ascent:

• Polsa: 19 km long, 5.7% average gradient, 10% max.

Results

1. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) 44min 29sec. 27.785 km/hr
2. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 58sec

3. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) @ 1min 20sec
4. Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) @ 1min 21sec
5. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1min 25sec
6. Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 1min 26sec
7. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) @ 1min 32sec
8. Stef Clement (Blanco) @ 1min 36sec
9. Dario Cataldo (Sky) @ 1min 41sec
10. Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini) @ 1min 52sec
11. Evgeni Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1min 54sec
12. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) @ 1min 56sec
13. Andres Duarte (Colombia) @ 1min 59sec
14. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) s.t.
15. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r) @ 2min 11sec
16. Franco Pellizotti (Andorni Giocattoli) @ 2min 12sec
17. Ben Gastauer (Ag2r) @ 2min 14sec
18. Francis Mourey (FDJ) @ 2min 15sec
19. José Herrada (Movistar) @ 2min 16sec
20. Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2min 21sec
21. Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 2min 22sec
22. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky) @ 2min 25sec
23. Eros Capecchi (Movistar) @ 2min 26sec
24. Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) @ 2min 33sec
25. Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 2min 36sec
26. Stephen Cummings (BMC) @ 2min 39sec
27. Steven Kruijswijk (Blanco) @ 2min 48sec
28. Benat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 2min 49sec
29. Robert Gesink (Blanco) @ 2min 55sec
30. Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli) @ 2min 58sec
31. Tiago Machado (Radio Shack) @ 3min 2sec
32. Vladimir Karpets (Movistar) @ 3min 5sec
33. Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli) @ 3min 7sec
34. Tanel Kangert (Astana) @ 3min 19sec
35. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) @ 3min 20sec
36. Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3min 21sec
37. Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) @ 3min 22sec
38. Manuele Boaro (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3min 29sec
39. Robert kiserlovski (Radio Shack) @ 3min 46sec
40. Juan Manuel Garate (Blanco) @ 3min 53sec
41. Jerome Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3min 54sec
42. Christian Knees Sky) @ 3min 58sec
43. Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 3min 59sec
44. Xabier Zandio (Sky) @ 4min 2sec
45. Sergio Henao (Sky) @ 4min 6sec
46. Thomas Dekker (Garmin-Sharp) @ 4min 8sec
47. Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) s.t.
48. Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) @ 4min 9sec
49. Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 4min 11sec
50. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) @ 4min 16sec

GC after Stage 18:

1. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) 73hr 55min 58sec
2. Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 4min 2sec
3. Rigoberto Uran (Sky)@ 4min 12sec
4. Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) @ 5min 14sec
5. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) @ 6min 9sec
6. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 6min 45sec
7. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) @ 6min 47sec
8. Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini) @ 7min 30sec
9. Benat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 8min 36sec
10. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 9min 34sec
11. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r) @ 9min 45sec
12. Robert Gesink (Blanco) @ 10min 19sec
13. Franco Pellizotti (Andorni Giocattoli) @ 10min 27sec
14. Tanel Kangert (Astana) @ 11min 2sec
15. Yury Torfimov (Katusha) @ 11min 24sec
16. Robert Kiserlovski (Radio Shack) @ 12min 5sec
17. Sergio Henao (Sky) @ 15min 24sec
18. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) @ 17min 3sec
19. Evgeni Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff) 2 20min 20sec
20. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia) @ 25min 58sec
21. Francis de Greef (Lotto-Belisol) @ 28min 13sec
22. Francis Mourey (FDJ) @ 28min 27sec
23. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) @ 29min 38sec
24. Steven Kruijswijk (Blanco) @ 29min 38sec
25. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 31min 59sec
26. Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantni) @ 33min 33sec
27. José Herrada (Movistar) @ 35min 50sec
28. José Rodolfo Serpa (Lampre) @ 37min 16sec
29. Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli) @ 45min 14sec
30. Andres Duarte (Colombia) @ 45min 14sec
31. Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 46min 39sec
32. Juan Manuel Garate (Blanco) @ 47min 14sec
33. Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 50min 14sec
34. Ivan Santaromita (BMC) @ 50min 48sec
35. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) @ 56min 49sec
36. Tiago Machado (Radio Shack) @ 58min 31sec
37. Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 0min 23sec
38. Kanstantisin Siutsou (Sky) @ 1hr 1min 56sec
39. Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 1hr 3min 35sec
40. Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) @ 1hr 9min 39sec
41. Valerio Agnoli (Astana) @ 1hr 10min 46sec
42. Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli) @ 1hr 10min 46sec
43. Petr Ignatenko (Katusha) @ 1hr 11min 39sec
44. Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 1hr 14min 3sec
45. Vladimir Karpets (Movistar) @ 1hr 14min 18sec
46. Fabio Aru (Astana) @ 1hr 21min 32sec
47. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia) @ 1hr 22min 52sec
48. Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) @ 1hr 24min 11sec
49. Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF) @ 1hr 25min 45sec
50. Ben Gastauer (Ag2r) @ 1hr 28min 40sec

Points Competition:

1. Mark Cavendish (Oemga Pharma-Quick Step): 113 points
2. Cadel Evans (BMC): 109
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana): 103
4. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r): 94
5. Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini): 89

Climber's Competition:

1. Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani-CSF): 79 points
2. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar): 45
3. Jackson Rodriguez (Andorni Gocattoli): 41
4. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r): 32
5. Robinson Chalapud (Colombia): 31

Young Rider:

1. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) 74hr 2min 43sec
2. Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r) @ 2sec
3. Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) @ 10min 18sec
4. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia) @ 19min 13sec
5. Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli) @ 31min 37sec

Team Classification:

1. Sky: 221hr 35min 10sec
2. Blanco @ 5min 49sec
3. Movistar @ 7min 1sec
4. Astana @ 7min 55sec
5. Lampre-Merida @ 9min 59sec

Stage 18 map

Giro stage 18 profile

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Stage 18 photos

Cadel Evans

Carlos Alberto Betancur barely lost the White Jersey today to Rafal Majka.

Domenico Pozzovivo

Mauro Santambrogio

Michele Scarponi

Przemyslaw Niemiec

Rigoberto Uran

Alex Dowsett

Filippo Pozzato

Stefano Garzelli

Ramunas Navardauskas

Mark Cavendish

Dario Cataldo

Ben Gastauer

Vincenzo Nibali is somewhere behind all that pink confetti.

There he is. Three more stages to go.