Colombia's Egan Bernal on Thursday
kept the leader's pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia arriving
alongside his rivals for Sunday's victory in Milan, over 20''
behind the winner of the 18th stage, Alberto Bettiol.
The Tuscan rider sprinted away to win the 231-km stage from
Rovereto near Trento to Stradella near Pavia.
The Giro ends Sunday with a time trial from Senago to Milan.
Bernal looks set for victory unless he is deposed on hill stages
Friday and Saturday.
Bernals still has a 2'21'' lead over Italy's Damiano Caruso with
Britain's Simon Yates 3'23'' behind in third.
How they finished Thursday:
1. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) in 5h14'43" (12" bonus) 2. Simone
Consonni (Ita) at 00'17" (06" bonus) 3. Nicolas Roche (Irl) s.t.
(05" bonus) 4. Nikias Arndt (Ger) s.t. 5. Diego Ulissi (Ita)
s.t. 6. Samuele Battistella (Ita) s.t. 7. Filippo Zana (Ita)
s.t. 8. Nathael Tesfazion (Eri) s.t. 9. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) at
00'24" (03" bonus) 10. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) at 01'12" 11. Stefano
Oldani (Ita) at 01'34" 12. Dario Cataldo (Ita) s.t. 13. Simon
Pellaud (Svi) s.t. 14. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) at 02'11" 15. Nico
Denz (Ger) at 02'36".
General classification:
1) Egan Bernal (Col) 77:10:18 2) Damiano Caruso 2'21'' 3) Simon
Yates (Ing) 3'23'' 4) Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 6'03'' 5) Hugh John
Carthy (Ing) 6'09'' 6) Romain Bardet (Fra) 6'31'' 7) Daniel
Martinez (Col) 7'17'' 8) Joao Almeida (Por) 8'45'' 9) Tobias
Foss (Nor) 9'18' 10) Giulio Ciccone 11'06''
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