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Before a last fireworks in the mountains Friday and Saturday, the Giro peloton was entitled to a short transitional stage on Thursday.

France Télévisions – Sport writing

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German Nico Denz when the 18th stage of the Giro arrived on May 29, 2025. (Luca Bettini / AFP)

The German Nico Denz when the 18th stage of the Giro arrived on May 29, 2025. (Luca Bettini / AFP)

A double stage winner on the Giro in 2023, Nico Denz offered himself a third victory on the Italian roads, Thursday, May 29, during the 18th stage of the Giro. The German of the Red Bull-Hansgrohe surprised the thirty members of the morning escape, attacking 16 kilometers from the finish, in the final circuit. A winning blow, since, behind, no one reacted quickly enough to take it back. Nico Denz was therefore able to raise his arms with a comfortable lead.

In the general classification, no major change after this short transitional stage of 144 kilometers between Morbegno and Cesano Maderno. The Mexican Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates) remains pink jersey, with 41 seconds ahead of the Equatorian Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easy Post) and 51 seconds on the British Simon Yates (Visma-lease A Bike). First Frenchman of the General, Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon-Ag2r-La Mondiale) is more than 25 minutes from the leader. The battle for the pink jersey will resume on Friday, with 19th and 20th very mountainous stages, before the arrival in Rome on Sunday.



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