Stage 18

The road

At the start

Ascension Day in the Dolomites

Pierre Rolland soloed into Canazei and nothing moved at the top: Dumoulin by 31 seconds from Quintana, 1:12 from Nibali, 2:38 from Pinot. Today is short and stacked — 137 kilometres, close to 4,000 metres of climbing, almost no valley road at all: the Pordoi, the Valparola, the Gardena, the Passo di Pinei, and a last kick at Pontives four kilometres from Ortisei.

How it was won

1. 1111 km to go

   Onto the giant Pordoi

   The breakaway tackles the towering Passo Pordoi as the peloton lets the day’s move build a lead.

2. 252 km to go

   Thinning over the Sella passes

   Across the Passo Gardena the escape sheds riders on the relentless Dolomite roads.

3. 328 km to go

   The final climb

   Over the Passo di Pinei the move sets up the run down to Ortisei.

4. 4At the line

   Van Garderen wins in Ortisei

   Tejay van Garderen takes a long-awaited win from the breakaway in Ortisei/St. Ulrich.

The result