Stage 18
Cort Nielsen out of a scrum
- Thursday 8 September 2016
- 201 km
- 2,550 m climbed
- Won by Magnus Cort
The road
How it was won
- 47 km to go
The stage tips back to the sprinters
Etixx-QuickStep move up en masse and other teams sacrifice riders; in the hot Spanish sun the gap melts to 3:30 with 47km left and the five escapees are doomed.
- 11 km to go
Caught, and one more try
The break is swallowed with eleven kilometres left and Jan Bakelants immediately counters alone into a run-in cluttered with late roundabouts, where no team can impose a lead-out.
- At the line
Cort Nielsen out of a scrum
The sprint spreads right across the road in Gandía and Magnus Cort Nielsen has the most speed, sitting down on the tarmac afterwards barely believing he has won a Grand Tour stage on his debut.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Cort | ORICA-BikeExchange | 4:54:31 |
| 2 | Nikias Arndt | Team Giant - Alpecin | +0:00 |
| 3 | Jempy Drucker | BMC Racing Team | +0:00 |
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