Giro d'Italia 2008 - Stage Eighteen

The 2008 Giro d'Italia held from May 10 until June 21 covering 21 stages.

A breakaway on rolling terrain was always on the cards breakaway and that's what happened.

A first win in the Giro for Jens Voigt - Pic fotoreporter sirotti

Jens Voigt (Team CSC) won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy when he took the 18 stage, a 147 kilometres ride from the Swiss town of Mendissio the venue for the 2009 world championships.

Voigt, 36, dropped his fellow escapees, who had broken away shortly after the start, some 40km from the finish and stayed out in front, finishing more than a minute in front of Italian trio Giovanni Visconti, Rinaldo Nocentini and Gabriele Bosisio.

While it was Voigt's first stage win in the Giro, he has tasted success in the Tour de France winning two stages in 2001 and 2006 and wore the overall leader's yellow jersey for two days, once in 2001 and once in 2005.

Alberto Contador retained the overall leader's pink jersey, despite coming in nearly eight minutes behind with the peloton.

1 Voigt Jens GER CSC 03:22:46
2 Visconti Giovanni ITA QST 01:07
3 Nocentini Rinaldo ITA ALM 01:07
4 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 01:07
5 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 02:04
6 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 02:04
7 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 02:04
8 Perez Lezaun Alan ESP EUS 02:04
9 Ardila Cano Mauricio A. COL RAB 02:04
10 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 02:06
11 Spilak Simon SLO LAM 03:41
12 Trussov Nikolai RUS TCS 05:19
13 Jegou Lilian FRA FDJ 07:51
14 Contador Alberto ESP AST 07:51
15 Mangel Laurent FRA ALM 07:51
16 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 07:51
17 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 07:51
18 Van Den Broeck Jurgen BEL SIL 07:51
19 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 07:51
20 Sorensen Nicki DEN CSC 07:51
21 Pasamontes Luis ESP GCE 07:51
22 Colom Mas Antonio ESP AST 07:51
23 Noe' Andrea ITA LIQ 07:51
24 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 07:51
25 Illiano Raffaele ITA SDA 07:51
26 Menchov Denis RUS RAB 07:51
27 Ivanov Ruslan MDA SDA 07:51
28 Facci Mauro ITA QST 07:51
29 Kloden Andreas GER AST 07:51
30 Simoni Gilberto ITA SDA 07:51
31 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 07:51
32 Canada Gracia David ESP SDV 07:51
33 Missaglia Gabriele ITA SDA 07:51
34 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 07:51
35 Kozontchuk Dmitry RUS RAB 07:51
36 Sorensen Chris DEN CSC 07:51
37 Bruseghin Marzio ITA LAM 07:51
38 Nibali Vincenzo ITA LIQ 07:51
39 Garate Juan Manuel ESP QST 07:51
40 Frohlinger Johannes GER GST 07:51
41 Larsson Gustav Erik SWE CSC 07:51
42 Valjavec Tadej SLO ALM 07:51
43 Leipheimer Levi USA AST 07:51
44 Szmyd Sylvester POL LAM 07:51
45 Karpets Vladimir RUS GCE 07:51
46 Gavazzi Francesco ITA LAM 07:51
47 Tonti Andrea ITA QST 07:51
48 Levarlet Guillaume FRA FDJ 07:51
49 Le Boulanger Yoann FRA FDJ 07:51
50 Veikkanen Jussi FIN FDJ 07:51
51 Bailetti Paolo ITA LPR 07:51
52 Nardello Daniele ITA SDA 07:51
53 Savoldelli Paolo ITA LPR 07:51
54 Pozzovivo Domenico ITA CSF 07:51
55 Mazzanti Luca ITA TCS 07:51
56 Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo COL SDA 07:51
57 Ochoa Carlos José VEN SDA 07:51
58 Golcer Jure SLO LPR 07:51
59 Cherel Mikael FRA FDJ 07:51
60 Miholjevic Vladimir CRO LIQ 07:51
61 Possoni Morris ITA THR 07:51
62 Zabel Erik GER MRM 07:51
63 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX CSF 07:51
64 Buffaz Mickael FRA COF 07:51
65 Petrov Evgeni RUS TCS 07:51
66 Scognamiglio Carlo ITA BAR 07:51
67 Lund Anders DEN CSC 07:51
68 Siutsou Kanstantsin BLR THR 07:51
69 Van Huffel Wim BEL SIL 07:51
70 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 07:51
71 Seeldrayers Kevin BEL QST 07:51
72 Martens Paul GER RAB 07:51
73 Wegelius Charles GBR LIQ 07:51
74 Laverde Jimenez Luis F. COL CSF 07:51
75 Lloyd Matthew AUS SIL 07:51
76 Greipel André GER THR 07:51
77 Pietropolli Daniele ITA LPR 07:51
78 Blaudzun Michael DEN CSC 07:51
79 Horrach Rippoll Joan ESP GCE 07:51
80 Benitez Roman Jose A. ESP SDV 07:51
81 Perez Arango Marlon A. COL GCE 07:51
82 Irizar Markel ESP EUS 07:51
83 Loosli David SUI LAM 07:51
84 Camano Ortuzar Iker ESP SDV 07:51
85 Monier Damien FRA COF 07:51
86 Hondo Danilo GER SDA 07:51
87 Spezialetti Alessandro ITA LPR 07:51
88 Ermeti Giairo ITA LPR 07:51
89 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 07:51
90 Vandevelde Christian USA TSL 07:51
91 Velo Marco ITA MRM 07:51
92 De Greef Francis BEL SIL 07:51
93 Perez Sanchez Francisco ESP GCE 07:51
94 Gusev Vladimir RUS AST 08:07
95 Iglinskiy Maxim KAZ AST 08:27
96 Bazayev Assan KAZ AST 08:30
97 Schwab Hubert SUI QST 08:47
98 Krivtsov Yuriy UKR ALM 09:18
99 Sonnery Blaise FRA ALM 09:18
100 Carlstrom Kjell FIN LIQ 09:18
101 Hesjedal Ryder CAN TSL 07:51
102 Roy Jérémy FRA FDJ 09:42
103 Mizourov Andrey KAZ AST 09:58
104 Hansen Adam AUS THR 09:58
105 Klimov Serguei RUS TCS 10:16
106 Eltink Theo NED RAB 10:16
107 Dall'antonia Tiziano ITA CSF 10:16
108 Gasparotto Enrico ITA BAR 10:16
109 Dean Julian NZL TSL 10:16
110 De Groot Bram NED RAB 10:16
111 Thomas Geraint GBR BAR 10:54
112 Millar David GBR TSL 10:54
113 Serov Alexander RUS TCS 10:54
114 Usov Alexandre BLR ALM 10:54
115 Velasco Murillo Ivan ESP EUS 10:54
116 Jurco Matej SVK MRM 10:54
117 Galparsoro Dionisio ESP EUS 10:54
118 Rabon Frantisek CZE THR 10:54
119 Martin Tony GER THR 10:54
120 Engels Addy NED QST 10:54
121 Lowik Gerben NED RAB 10:54
122 Deignan Philip IRL ALM 10:54
123 Hartmann Nicolas FRA COF 10:54
124 Ongarato Alberto ITA MRM 10:54
125 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 10:54
126 Devenyns Dries BEL SIL 10:54
127 Krauss Sven GER GST 10:54
128 Ignatiev Mikhail RUS TCS 12:16
129 Gates Nick AUS SIL 12:16
130 Eichler Markus GER MRM 12:16
131 Rousseau Nicolas FRA ALM 12:16
132 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 12:16
133 Mccartney Jason USA CSC 12:16
134 Baldato Fabio ITA LAM 12:16
135 Capecchi Eros ITA SDV 12:35
136 Pinotti Marco ITA THR 12:35
137 Cummings Steven GBR BAR 12:35
138 Pate Danny USA TSL 12:35
139 Wiggins Bradley GBR THR 12:35
140 Agirre Josu ESP EUS 12:35
141 Huguet Yann FRA COF 12:35
142 Vanotti Alessandro ITA LIQ 12:35
143 Perget Mathieu FRA GCE 12:35
144 Chiarini Riccardo ITA LPR 12:35
145 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 12:35
146 Gudsell Timothy NZL FDJ 12:35

General Classification (Maglia Rosa)
1 Contador Alberto ESP AST 75:45:17
2 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 00:41
3 Simoni Gilberto ITA SDA 01:21
4 Bruseghin Marzio ITA LAM 02:00
5 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 02:05
6 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 02:18
7 Menchov Denis RUS RAB 02:47
8 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 04:25
9 Van Den Broeck Jurgen BEL SIL 04:26
10 Pozzovivo Domenico ITA CSF 05:25
11 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 05:37
12 Nibali Vincenzo ITA LIQ 07:02
13 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 08:14
14 Valjavec Tadej SLO ALM 08:44
15 Kloden Andreas GER AST 08:44
16 Larsson Gustav Erik SWE CSC 10:49
17 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 11:25
18 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 14:05
19 Savoldelli Paolo ITA LPR 14:28
20 Szmyd Sylvester POL LAM 15:18
21 Leipheimer Levi USA AST 16:41
22 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 17:38
23 Ardila Cano Mauricio A. COL RAB 18:57
24 Le Boulanger Yoann FRA FDJ 21:08
25 Petrov Evgeni RUS TCS 22:30
26 Sorensen Chris DEN CSC 22:57
27 Visconti Giovanni ITA QST 23:06
28 Laverde Jimenez Luis F. COL CSF 24:55:00
29 Tonti Andrea ITA QST 27:18:00
30 Miholjevic Vladimir CRO LIQ 28:12:00
31 Veikkanen Jussi FIN FDJ 32:09:00
32 Karpets Vladimir RUS GCE 32:33:00
33 Noe' Andrea ITA LIQ 32:35:00
34 Sorensen Nicki DEN CSC 33:25:00
35 Siutsou Kanstantsin BLR THR 37:45:00
36 Garate Juan Manuel ESP QST 37:56:00
37 Lloyd Matthew AUS SIL 38:03:00
38 Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo COL SDA 38:33:00
39 Spezialetti Alessandro ITA LPR 39:38:00
40 Vandevelde Christian USA TSL 39:54:00
41 Colom Mas Antonio ESP AST 40:09:00
42 Golcer Jure SLO LPR 40:20:00
43 Pasamontes Luis ESP GCE 41:09:00
44 Voigt Jens GER CSC 41:58:00
45 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 45:30:00
46 De Greef Francis BEL SIL 45:55:00
47 Nardello Daniele ITA SDA 48:46:00
48 Possoni Morris ITA THR 48:52:00
49 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 49:41:00
50 Frohlinger Johannes GER GST 50:12:00
51 Nocentini Rinaldo ITA ALM 51:02:00
52 Spilak Simon SLO LAM 53:44:00
53 Gusev Vladimir RUS AST 54:59:00
54 Van Huffel Wim BEL SIL 56:22:00
55 Mazzanti Luca ITA TCS 56:27:00
56 Iglinskiy Maxim KAZ AST 57:20:00
57 Pietropolli Daniele ITA LPR 58:24:00
58 Blaudzun Michael DEN CSC 01:02:01
59 Mizourov Andrey KAZ AST 01:04:26
60 Ochoa Carlos José VEN SDA 01:06:32
61 Pinotti Marco ITA THR 01:06:48
62 Velasco Murillo Ivan ESP EUS 01:12:05
63 Kozontchuk Dmitry RUS RAB 01:12:40
64 Ivanov Ruslan MDA SDA 01:15:48
65 Cherel Mikael FRA FDJ 01:16:07
66 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 01:17:33
67 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 01:18:17
68 Perez Lezaun Alan ESP EUS 01:18:47
69 Perez Sanchez Francisco ESP GCE 01:19:06
70 Hesjedal Ryder CAN TSL 01:20:12
71 Loosli David SUI LAM 01:21:26
72 Canada Gracia David ESP SDV 01:23:06
73 Irizar Markel ESP EUS 01:25:12
74 Deignan Philip IRL ALM 01:30:53
75 Zabel Erik GER MRM 01:33:08
76 Camano Ortuzar Iker ESP SDV 01:33:52
77 Missaglia Gabriele ITA SDA 01:34:18
78 Horrach Rippoll Joan ESP GCE 01:36:17
79 Gavazzi Francesco ITA LAM 01:36:54
80 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 01:37:48
81 Gasparotto Enrico ITA BAR 01:38:32
82 Velo Marco ITA MRM 01:38:46
83 Vanotti Alessandro ITA LIQ 01:39:56
84 Perez Arango Marlon A. COL GCE 01:40:40
85 Bailetti Paolo ITA LPR 01:40:54
86 Martens Paul GER RAB 01:41:02
87 Sonnery Blaise FRA ALM 01:41:28
88 Eltink Theo NED RAB 01:42:11
89 Wegelius Charles GBR LIQ 01:43:37
90 Efimkin Alexander RUS QST 01:44:28
91 Seeldrayers Kevin BEL QST 01:44:47
92 Bazayev Assan KAZ AST 01:51:00
93 Mccartney Jason USA CSC 01:51:56
94 Ermeti Giairo ITA LPR 01:52:11
95 Millar David GBR TSL 01:52:25
96 Jegou Lilian FRA FDJ 01:54:33
97 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX CSF 01:56:22
98 Dall'antonia Tiziano ITA CSF 01:56:46
99 Roy Jérémy FRA FDJ 01:59:22
100 Rabon Frantisek CZE THR 02:03:50
101 Mangel Laurent FRA ALM 02:04:50
102 Lund Anders DEN CSC 02:05:02
103 Engels Addy NED QST 02:05:25
104 Capecchi Eros ITA SDV 02:07:28
105 Schwab Hubert SUI QST 02:08:10
106 Hondo Danilo GER SDA 02:08:28
107 Baldato Fabio ITA LAM 02:08:33
108 Benitez Roman Jose A. ESP SDV 02:08:34
109 Perget Mathieu FRA GCE 02:09:37
110 Hansen Adam AUS THR 02:09:57
111 Monier Damien FRA COF 02:11:09
112 Krivtsov Yuriy UKR ALM 02:11:11
113 Klimov Serguei RUS TCS 02:11:44
114 Levarlet Guillaume FRA FDJ 02:11:57
115 Lowik Gerben NED RAB 02:13:02
116 Trussov Nikolai RUS TCS 02:14:43
117 Galparsoro Dionisio ESP EUS 02:15:00
118 Devenyns Dries BEL SIL 02:15:44
119 Thomas Geraint GBR BAR 02:17:17
120 Illiano Raffaele ITA SDA 02:17:35
121 Facci Mauro ITA QST 02:18:04
122 De Groot Bram NED RAB 02:18:48
123 Usov Alexandre BLR ALM 02:19:29
124 Rousseau Nicolas FRA ALM 02:19:47
125 Buffaz Mickael FRA COF 02:20:11
126 Cummings Steven GBR BAR 02:25:57
127 Carlstrom Kjell FIN LIQ 02:26:00
128 Scognamiglio Carlo ITA BAR 02:27:38
129 Serov Alexander RUS TCS 02:27:48
130 Chiarini Riccardo ITA LPR 02:28:09
131 Hartmann Nicolas FRA COF 02:29:09
132 Martin Tony GER THR 02:33:25
133 Jurco Matej SVK MRM 02:36:09
134 Ongarato Alberto ITA MRM 02:37:16
135 Krauss Sven GER GST 02:41:51
136 Dean Julian NZL TSL 02:44:01
137 Greipel André GER THR 02:48:00
138 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 02:48:05
139 Wiggins Bradley GBR THR 02:51:57
140 Huguet Yann FRA COF 02:53:14
141 Agirre Josu ESP EUS 02:58:39
142 Gudsell Timothy NZL FDJ 02:58:59
143 Gates Nick AUS SIL 02:59:04
144 Pate Danny USA TSL 03:01:13
145 Ignatiev Mikhail RUS TCS 03:03:59
146 Eichler Markus GER MRM 03:24:36

Mountains (Verde)
1 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 127
2 Kiryienka Vasil BLR TCS 28
3 Baliani Fortunato ITA CSF 27
4 Bertolini Alessandro ITA SDA 20
5 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 19
6 Cardenas Felix Rafael COL BAR 19
7 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 17
8 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP GCE 17
9 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP GCE 12
10 Rujano Guillen José VEN GCE 12

Points (Ciclamino)
1 Bennati Daniele ITA LIQ 180
2 Cavendish Mark GBR THR 106
3 Bettini Paolo ITA QST 106
4 Ricco' Riccardo ITA SDV 105
5 Sella Emanuele ITA CSF 103
6 Pellizotti Franco ITA LIQ 81
7 Zabel Erik GER MRM 80
8 Di Luca Danilo ITA LPR 66
9 Contador Alberto ESP AST 65
10 Bosisio Gabriele ITA LPR 52