Elia Viviani made it a hat trick of wins in the Giro d’Italia on the 13th stage while Simon Yates remained in the overall lead on Friday as the race prepares to head into the mountains.
Viviani won a bunch sprint at the end of the mainly flat 180-kilometer leg from Ferrara to Nervesa della Battaglia for his first victory in Italy after two wins in Israel at the start.
Sam Bennett, who was also seeking a third victory, was second, just ahead of Danny van Poppel.
The general classification was unchanged as Yates retained his 47-second advantage over defending champion Tom Dumoulin.
The Giro heats up again with a climb up Monte Zoncolan on Saturday and a grueling leg through the Dolomite Range on Sunday.
Giro d’Italia 2018 – stage 13 results (Ferrara – Nervesa della Battaglia):
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) | 3:56:25 |
| 2 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 3 | Danny van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) | ,, |
| 4 | Sacha Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac) | ,, |
| 5 | Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) | ,, |
| 7 | Manuel Belletti (Androni-Sidermec-Bottecchia) | ,, |
| 8 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 9 | Baptiste Planckaert (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 10 | Jens Debusschere (Lotto Fix All) | ,, |
| 11 | Guillaume Boivin (Israel Cycling Academy) | ,, |
| 12 | Paolo Simion (Bardiani-CSF) | ,, |
| 13 | Davide Ballerini (Androni-Sidermec-Bottecchia) | ,, |
| 14 | Enrico Barbin (Bardiani-CSF) | ,, |
| 15 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Fix All) | ,, |
| 16 | Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 17 | Christoph Pfingsten (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 18 | Boy Van Poppel (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 19 | Liam Bertazzo (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) | ,, |
| 20 | Alex Turrin (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia) | ,, |
General classification after stage 13:
| 1 | Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | 55:54:20 |
| 2 | Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) | +47” |
| 3 | Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) | +01’04” |
| 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida) | +01’18” |
| 5 | Richard Carapaz (Movistar) | +01’56” |
| 6 | George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo) | +02’09” |
| 7 | Rohan Dennis (BMC) | +02’36” |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao (Astana) | +02’54” |
| 9 | Patrick Konrad (Bora-hansgrohe) | +02’55” |
| 10 | Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) | +03’10” |
| 11 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | +03’17” |
| 12 | Chris Froome (Team Sky) | +03’20” |
| 13 | Ben O’Connor (Dimension Data) | +03’25” |
| 14 | Carlos Betancur (Movistar) | +03’29” |
| 15 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | +03’40” |
| 16 | Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac) | +03’43” |
| 17 | Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) | +04’01” |
| 18 | Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) | +04’33” |
| 19 | Sergio Henao (Team Sky) | +05’08” |
| 20 | Jose Goncalves (Katusha-Alpecin) | +05’21” |
