May 12/17 12:22 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 7
Posted by Editoress on 05/12/17
Australia's Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) claimed his first ever stage victory at the Giro d'Italia as he outsprinted Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) in a spectacular bunch sprint in Alberobello.
The final break of the day Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Gazprom-Rusvelo) and Giuseppe Fonzi (Wilier Triestina) got reined in with 20km to go. Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) retained the Maglia Rosa for the fourth day.
Stage winner Caleb Ewan said: “It feels so good after the first few disappointments I've had. I don't think I've felt so good before. It was a bit crazy at the end. We got caught too far back at about three kilometres to go. But we found each other. We didn't panic. The boys did a perfect job.”
The race leader Bob Jungels said: “It was a bit crazy today but I had to ride at the front in the last ten kilometres to come home safe. It's not a disappointment for our team to not win with Fernando Gaviria today, because he did a great sprint and the team helped him. It's no shame to lose against Caleb Ewan who is very fast.”
Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) finished 55th on the stage at 11 seconds back. Woods is top Canadian in GC, 22nd at 1:36 back.
Results from the seventh stage in Italy
| Stage 7: Castroviillari to Alberobello, 224 km | |
| 1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 5:35:18 |
| 2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 6 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | all s.t. |
| 7 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:02 |
| 8 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 9 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo | |
| 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 11 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 13 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 14 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 15 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 16 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott | |
| 17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 18 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 19 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | all s.t. |
| 55 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | 0:11 |
| 177 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 3:10 |
| GC | |
| 1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | 33:56:07 |
| 2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | at 0:06 |
| 3 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | 0:10 |
| 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 9 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 11 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 12 Mikel Landa (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 13 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 14 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:14 |
| 15 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:23 |
| 16 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 17 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:46 |
| 18 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 1:03 |
| 19 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 1:18 |
| 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1:32 |
| 22 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | 1:36 |
| 49 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 40:20 |
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