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Cavagna dives into Broni, for the final climb.
It will be make or break for the Frenchman.
The Bernal peloton is at a massive 19:30.
Cavagni takes a last drink. Bettiol and Roche are at 12 seconds.
Nico Roche joins Bettiol.
10km to go.
Bettiol is also a good time trialist and will need his power and skills to close the 10-second gap.
Bettiol is 200m behind Cavagna. Roche is trying to join Bettiol.
Cavagna is diving down the country roads between the Oltrepo Pavese vines.
Seven other riders are a little behind Bettiol.
Cavagna is not slowing at all.
Bettiol can see him and is closing. He's at 12 seconds. Time to go all in Alberto!
💗Giro d'Italia 2021 - Stage 1⃣8⃣🚴♂️ @remicav ⏱️ 35" > Chasers | Inseguitori⏱️ 18'00" > Peloton | Gruppo💻 Live: https://t.co/j8ggij1PMo🏁 15 km#Giro pic.twitter.com/ThtfBGfOnlMay 27, 2021
Bettiol takes off alone in pursuit of Cavagna.
Denz cracks, so does Bevin.
As Cavagna starts the next climb, he leads the chasers by 30 seconds.
Only the climbs can slow him but he seems to have the power to dominate them.
He is pushing a big gear and keeping a low profile as he cuts through the air at 60km/h.
15km to go
This is the chance for the chasers to go after Cavagna but he is time trialing his way to the finish.
Back on the main road and a chase group forms. But will they work together?
Now Denz, Cataldo and Mosca are trying to pull back the Frenchman on the descent.
Remember that Cavagna is the current French TT champion.
Out front alone, he can choose the best lines and use all the road.
It won't be easy to catch him. He tucks into a low TT position again and powers away.
Cavagna dives down the descent.
Cavagna leads by 20 seconds at the Castana KOM.
Cavagna leads by 25 seconds as the other chase down each other.
The break is exploding behind as other riders attack.
Cavagna has opened a 15-second lead.
Roche and Bettiol are chasing him on the 5km Castana climb.
25km to go
Cavagna has gone into TT mode. He will be hard to catch.
The road is climbing but Cavagna is flattening the gradient.
He's going for it!
The attack comes back and so Cavagna tries a move.
We're entering the final 35km with a trio of sharp climbs to finish the stage. The day will belong to the break, which has a 16 minute lead, but the Grenadiers are pacing the peloton behind #Giro pic.twitter.com/eTvAUMptNqMay 27, 2021
Cataldo is trying to come across at speed.
Some of the riders in the chase are the wrong kind of rider for these rolling hills.
Bettiol is upping the pace and hurting Izagirre.
The six are: Roche, Bettiol, Mosca, Bevin, Izagirre and Oldani.
Can they stay away?
They're at 15 seconds.
Six riders have a gap on the rest of the break.
Also there are Oldani, Roche and Izagirre.
The categorised climb is splitting the break.
Roche and Bettiol are moving too.
Bevin in the next to attack.
Denz joins the two but the rest of the attack joins them.
Other riders are on the move.
The hills roll through the vineyards.
Here we go! Attack
Battistella (Astana) and Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) jump away on the narrow country road.
33km to go and break begins the first climb. Instead of a double line, the rider are spread across the road waiting for the first attack.
Today's finish town Stradella also played host to a memorable victory for Max Sciandri, now directing Movistar on the race, in the 1994 Giro, when the Italo-British all-rounder got the measure of no less a sprint star than Djamolidine Abdoujaparov.
Will that mean it is Movistar's day?
Ineos are still leading the peloton, 15:25 down on the 23-rider break.
40km to go
The riders in the break have emptied their pockets in the green zone in preparation for the attacks.
In many ways today's stage is like Milan-San Remo in a Grand Tour.
It's very flat for most of the day, with then a series of climbs in the finale that will see the race explode.
The climbs start in 10km.
Someone will surely attack on the first climb.
Bettiol drops back to the team car to clean his glasses and talk tactics.
He seems to sense this could be his stage.
Right now, the Giro has just covered its 3000th kilometre.In questo momento il Giro ha percorso il suo chilometro numero 3000. #Giro pic.twitter.com/bSRPfqjR0cMay 27, 2021
Teams are taking on a final bidon from a domestique before the speed rises.
It's a pleasant 25C at the moment in the race.
50km to go
As the Giro d'Italia nears 3000km raced, today's stage enters into the final 50km.
The speed is rising in the attack.
Bernal can enjoy a quieter day, with the peloton expected to roll into Stradella.
Unless Simon Yates goes on the attack in the late hills.
The pace is still steady but with 55km to go the finale for the break is about to start.
Bettiol stops for a rear wheel change. But there's no panic.
The mechanic is quick to change the disc wheel and pushes off Bettiol. He also gets a sticky bottle to help him get back up to speed.
After Cremona the stage has dipped into Emilia Romagna to pass through Piacenza.
There are 63km to race.
Bernal has four riders riding in front of him at the head of the peloton. That protects him from the wind and from any crashes or problems.
Up front the break continues to gain time and work well together.
There's no need to talk, the riders go through and off in a double pace line.
The pace is so steady in the peloton is that Egan Bernal drops back to his team car to get a bidon and chat to DS Matteo Tosatto and Oli Cookson.
In the final 35km, there are four short but testing climbs in the hills around Stradella, which could spark attacks and a real selection in the 23-rider break.
That's why the likes of Bettiol, Ulissi, Roche and Vermeersch are in the move and fancy their chances.
There are 77km to race now. However this is not a simple sprint stage as the ripples in the profile below shows.
This is the map of stage 18, showing the long ride from Rovereto to Stradella.
The peloton cross the long iron bridge over the Po after Cremona.
They are now 13:00 down on the break.
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12 minutes now for the break. It looks certain for them to succeed today, with 90km left to run.
Vermeersch was defending from Pellaud, who is third in that competition.
A quiet period of the sprint is interrupted by the intermediate sprint. Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix) takes it. He's protecting the classification lead of teammate Dries De Bondt there.
103km to go
We're nearing the 100km to go mark now. 10:45 for the breakaway at the moment.
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Ganna grabbed 2 musettes, one for him and one for Bernal.
It's lunch time in the peloton too, with the Ineos riders grabbing their orange musettes.
They replace their bidons, throw the empty ones in the litter zone and see what food they have.
There are some fans waiting to collect the bidons as a much desired souvenir.
110km to go
The break is 13km from the intermediate sprint point.
Filippo Ganna is still riding on the front of the peloton, setting a steady tempo.
Riders in the break enjoy lunch as they pass through the feed zone in Pessina on the road to Cremona.
The race is riding through open fields at the moment but there is no wind today, with the sun out and the riders enjoying the 23C temps.
120km to go
After 110km of racing, the break has pushed out their lead to 10:00.
🇮🇹 #Giro L'écart continue de grandir pour l'échappée de Simone Consonni. 9 minutes d'avance désormais pour le groupe de 23 coureurs🏁 130 km📸 @GettySport pic.twitter.com/zIHZ97mVbpMay 27, 2021
The GC battle is equally established but perhaps more open after Bernal suffered yesterday.
Bernal remains 2:21 ahead of Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious), Yates has moved up to third and closed to within 3:23 after he dropped the Colombian and clawed back 53 seconds – plus bonuses – of his deficit on the most demanding climb of the Giro to date.
However the finishes at Alpe di Mera and Alpe Motta are real tests for Bernal and Ineos.
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Peter Sagan and his Bora team were happy to see a big break go away.
That neutralised the risk of any rivalry in the cyclamen points jersey. Sagan leads with 135 points. Cimolai has 113 and Gaviria is third. However the break will reach the intermediate sprint and so sweep up the points and are highly likely to do the same at the finish.
None of the riders well placed in the points competition are likely to score points in the next two mountain stages and in the final time trial. That means Sagan has 'only' to reach Milan to add his first cyclamen jersey to his seven Tour de France green jerseys.
Back in the race and the gap has grown to 8:20 as Ganna and Puccio swap off on the front.
Everyone is sat in their slipstream and enjoying the ride to Stradella.
Alessandro De Marchi (ISN) took the pink jersey but he lost it two days later and then crashed out on the stage to Bagno di Romagna.
Dombrowski was unfortunate to crash the day after his win, in the final kilometres of the stage to Cattolica.
Stage 4 started in Piacenza and finished in the Apennines at Sestola, with Joe Dombrowski (UAE) winning from the break in the rain.
The riders are cutting diagonally across the Lombardy plain towards Cremona.
They were near here two weeks ago in the early stages of the race. A lot of fatigue has passed through the riders legs since then.
This was the view as the stage blasted down the valley and the break tried to get away.
💗Giro d'Italia 2021 - Stage 1⃣8⃣📌 Pozzolengo - km 69 ☀️🚴♂️Break | Fuga ⏱️ 4'58" > Peloton | Gruppo💻 Live: https://t.co/j8ggiiKeUQ🏁 162 km#Giro pic.twitter.com/7nvOCtuRvCMay 27, 2021
The break has pushed their lead out to 7:00. They have eased the pace slightly, knowing that the peloton will also ease in their chase.
The Ineos riders take 2 musettes for an early feed.
152km to go
The gap the break is up to 6:30.
However Gorka Izagirre (Astana-PremierTech), Simone Consonni (Cofidis), Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alberto Bettiol (EF-Nippo), Stefano Oldani (Lotto Soudal) and Dario Cataldo (Movistar) are all strong.
Consonni and Oldani are fast while the others are always aggressive and race smart.
There are some interesting rider in the break, with several teams having a numbers of riders there, to help out their selected leader.
UAE are likely to ride for Ulissi, while DSM have Roche and Denz to help Arndt.
Indeed Filippo Ganna takes up position on the front as Bernal returns up to the head of the peloton.
it will be interesting to see who will lead the chase and what gap they will let the break have.
It is likely to be Ineos but the break could open a gap of double figures.
These are the 23 attackers:
Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën), Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix), Simon Pellaud, Andrii Ponomar, Natnael Tesfatsion (Androni-Sidermec), Samuele Battistella, Gorka Izagirre (Astana-PremierTech), Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Simone Consonni (Cofidis), Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alberto Bettiol (EF-Nippo), Francesco Gavazzi, Samuele Rivi (EOLO-Kometa), Wesley Kreder (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation), Stefano Oldani (Lotto Soudal), Dario Cataldo (Movistar), Nikias Arndt, Nico Denz, Nicolas Roche (Team DSM), Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo), Alessandro Covi, Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates).
Meanwhile, the 23 attackers push on to extend their lead to 3:50.
They include Sagan and 20 or so others.
Lots of riders in the peloton have stopped for a natural break.
In just 4km the gap has gone up to 2:00.
175km to go
That's it. The peloton eases this time, seemingly giving up the chase.
The riders are in Lazise and can see the huge lake. But there is little time to enjoy any of it. The pace is still high.
It is working, the gap is up to 45 seconds.
Ganna, Sagan and Oss are trying to dissuade the chase.
180km to go
It's been a super fast 50km and the gap is only 35 seconds.
Deceuninck say it right.
Ok, so we are 50 kilometers into the stage and only 20 seconds separate the #Giro breakaway from the bunch. It has been crazy fast so far.May 27, 2021
But others force their way through.
They let Koen Bouwmen sneak away alone try to close down the rest of the pack.
Ineos are also on the front of the peloton. But to slow down any chase.
Other riders join them but here comes the peloton. The 23 still lead by 25 seconds.
Dries de Bont of Alpecin tries to move but it will be difficult.
🇮🇹 #Giro Une échappée avec 23 coureurs est en train de partir. Dedans, on retrouve Simone Consonni 💪🏁 193 km pic.twitter.com/vWi5XZ0TzzMay 27, 2021
The gap is up to 25 seconds but the peloton has not eased up yet.
190km to go
The 23-rider break is riding in a double pace line, every rider doing at least some of the work on the front.
Movistar are also trying to slow the chase. They are happy to have riders in the attack.
The gap is up to 20 seconds.
Sagan and Bora are marshalling any surges from Qhuebaka and Groupama riders.
Some how Qhubeka Assos missed the move.
Nikia Arndt is there for DSM and is perhaps the fastest in an eventual sprint finish.
Cavagna, Bettiol, Consonni, Bevin, Oldani, Cataldo, Hirt, Roche, Mosca, Richeze and Ulissi are part of the break.
Behind Bora (for Sagan) and Ineos (for Bernal) are trying to disrupt any chase.
But who is in the attack? Lets dive down and check their numbers.
The peloton is chasing but some riders ready to let them go.
There are 23 riders in the move and they have a 15-second gap.
200km to go
We have a big break on the move. It could be the one.
There are 147 riders left in the Giro, as well as Ciccone, Evenepoel, Nick Schultz of BikeExchange is also out of the race after crashing.
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Intermarche and Bardiani are constantly sending riders on the attack but each time they are chased down by other teams.
The race has crossed from Trentino into the Veneto region but the landscape stays the same and so do the attacks.
Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria are locked in their own battle for the points jersey. They are closely marking each other in their friendly rivarly.
Qhubeka Assos can be seen trying in the attacks, as are Alpecin.
Attacks go, they are caught and so the peloton eases until the next attack comes.
We have an attack of 20 or so riders but it seems too big to succeed.
Mosca is with Fabio Felline of Astana.
Mosca is now trying for Trek as they try to bounce back from Ciccone's DNS.
The pace eases but only for a second.
They are chased down.
220km to go
Three riders are on the move:
Remi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo)
Max Richeze (UAE Team Emirates)
The intermediate sprint which awards the points for the cyclamen jersey comes after 134km in Cremona. If Peter Sagan and his rivals want to score points, they will have to close down any attacks for the sprint.
The race is following the Adige river, the Brennero autostrada and is cutting through the vineyards and apple orchards.
Alberto Bettiol (EF) also has the freedom to target the stage victory and has joined several surges. However it is again gruppo compatto.
With Remco Evenepeol out of the Giro and Almeida not really a GC contender, the Deceuninck riders are free to try to get into the break.
Riders are attacking at 60km/h to try to get away.
The whole peloton is moving and evolving like a swarm of bees.
We can see six riders on the attack but the peloton shuts them down.
The opening kilometres are on wide, fast roads than descend slightly in the valley towards Verona and the bottom of Lake Garda.
Race director Stefano Allocchio waves his flag, the stage starts and the attacks start straight away.
Fortunately Nibali is able to race on and save something for Trek in this year's Corsa Rosa.
In some breaking news, Giulio Ciccone has opted not to start stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia due to his injuries he suffered in the high-speed crash during Wednesday’s stage to Sega di Ala.
The Italian was hit from behind on the descent to the foot of the final climb. He got going and caught the peloton only to be dropped on the climb to the finish. Vincenzo Nibali and Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier were also involved in the same crash and struggled to make it to the finish.
On Thursday morning the team had initially announced that all three riders would start stage 18 from Rovereto to Stradella but after riding briefly and signing on, Ciccone opted not to continue.
Click below for the full story.
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The riders are packed tight in the slipstream of the race director's car.
Before the 231km stage, the riders face a 4.4km neutralised sector out of town.
#Giro 🇮🇹Onto the next one!Stage 18 coming up! pic.twitter.com/2Duj360DVOMay 27, 2021
📌 RoveretoToday's Stage starts from @mart_museum 😍La tappa di oggi parte dal @mart_museum 😍#Giro pic.twitter.com/6XZqnKwpJRMay 27, 2021
Bernal is lined-up at the front of the start area, alongside Sagan, white jersey wearer Vlasov, yesterday's stage winner Dan Martin and the blue mountains jersey wearer Geoffrey Bouchard.
After yesterday's attacks, Bernal's suffering and crashes, the GC riders will try to rest up as much as possible before the final two mountain stages and Sunday's final time trial to Milan.
The stage is arguably a transfer stage, taking the Giro from Trentino and the mountains across the Lombardy plain to south of Milan.
However lots of riders will be attacking to get in the break of the day, while Peter Sagan will be trying to score points in defence of his cyclamen points jersey.
There are several short climbs in the final kilometres of the stage, adding an extra twist.
The sun is out for the 231km stage to Stradella near Milan. It is the longest stager of this year's Giro.
As the Cyclingnews blimp takes height, the final riders are signing on in Rovereto and lining up for the start.
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