Giro d’Italia 2022 - Dries De Bondt denies sprinters to seal stunning Stage 18 win from break

Dries De Bondt (Alpecin–Fenix) won Stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia after the peloton miscalculated leaving a four-man breakaway to contest the stage. Mark Cavendish had slogged his way through the mountains in the expectation to contest a bunch sprint, but a reduced peloton miscalculated and were unable to reel in the escapees, leaving De Bondt, to seal the stage win.

Ad/> Stage 18 – a 156km ride from Borgo Valsugana Treviso – was thought to represent the last opportunity for the sprinters, but an early break – consisting of De Bondt, Edoardo Affini (Jumbo–Visma), Magnus Cort (Education–EasyPost) and Davide Gabburo (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè) – stayed out all the way for De Bondt to pick up a first Grand Tour stage win. Giro d'Italia‘Everyone has a used by date’ – Why Quick-Step’s Cavendish Tour omission wouldn’t be ‘mad’AN HOUR AGO Affini took second and Cort sealed third while Cavendish finished eighth.