Cavendish Denied As De Bondt Wins Giro 18th Stage

Treviso, Italy, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th May, 2022 ) :Belgian Dries De Bondt won stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday as a quartet of escapees defied a frantic bid from the sprinters to reel them in over the final kilometre.

The final flat stage on this 21-day race around Italy was supposed to be the last chance for sprinters such as Arnaud Demare and Mark Cavendish, but in a rare event the mass bunch sprint was denied by the escape group.

"It's a we question, not an I question. It was a collaboration (working together) until the last kilometre," De Bondt said.

"Everyone said Cavendish or Demare or (Alberto) Dainese was going to win - it was written in the stars.

"But there was no moment of doubt, nobody skipped one turn," he said of the escape.