A four-man breakaway - Dries De Bondt (Alpecin–Fenix), Edoardo Affini (Jumbo–Visma), Magnus Cort (Education–EasyPost) and Davide Gabburo (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè) – were left to contest Stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia after a miscalculation by the peloton. And De Bondt proved to be the strongest in a sprint finish as he sealed a first Grand Tour stage win.