Vermeulen show also on the Stelvio Pass

The Belgian Daan Vermeulen set the best time in the mountain time trial from Prad to the Stelvio Pass in 1:15.27 hours. At first it looked as if Thomas Gschnitzer could challenge the overall leader for victory. But on the way Vermeulen caught up with Sterzinger, then literally stuck to his rear wheel and won a stage for the third time at the Giro delle Dolomiti 2018. Gschnitzer rolled through the finish line ahead of Vermeulen, but was 22 seconds slower than the cyclist from Ghent.

“The Stelvio Pass is one of my favorite passes. It's very high, the climb is long, I like that a lot. At some point my legs didn't want to go anymore, but I persevered and that makes me a little proud today," said Daan Vermeulen at the finish at the 2757 meter high pass. Behind Vermeulen and Gschnitzer, who only took part in the last three stages and thus the “short” Giro, the Austrian Philipp Schwarzl ended up in third place.

In the overall standings, Vermeulen has now extended his lead over Colombian Jaime Corredor to over 13 minutes. In third place is Manuel Giacomelli from Trentino, who was able to overtake Edi Rizzi from Sarn.

Dietl beaten for the first time In the women's category, Monika Dietl's winning streak was broken on Thursday. The German had to admit defeat to two cyclists who only started the Giro delle Dolomiti 2018 with the Stelvio stage. Lorna Ciacci from the sports team won the day. The woman from Bolzano drove from Prad to the Stelvio Pass in 1:38.38 - and was accompanied by none other than former world champion Maurizio Fondriest. Austrian Nora Kittel took second place with a time of 1:40.12. Dietl, however, mastered the Stelvio Pass in 1:42.13. The best “Azzurra” was Evelyn Fissneider from the Bike Club Neumarkt. She broke the 1:50 hour mark with a time of 1:48.38.

In the overall ranking, Dietl was able to further extend her lead over the Swiss Mirjam Bebi and Esther Frei. On Friday to the Seiser Alm The Seiser Alm is the focus of the fifth stage on Friday. The section is 81 kilometers long in total, with an elevation gain of 1615 meters. The mountain time trial is much shorter (11 km/748 meters in altitude) from the Seiser Alm intersection up to the plateau with an average gradient of 8 percent. Seiser-Alm-Straße remains closed to traffic from 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

Giro delle Dolomiti 2018 – Results 4th stage (Stelvio)

Men: 1. Daan Vermeulen BEL 1:15.27 hours 2. Thomas Gschnitzer ITA/Racing Team Winax-Food Artists 1:15.49 3. Philipp Schwarzl AUT 1:22.26 4. Jaime Corredor ITA 1:23.01 5. Manuel Giacomelli ITA/SSD Pedals Feltrino 1:23.10

Women: 1. Lorna Ciacci ITA/Athlete Team 1:38.28 hours 2. Agnes Kittel AUT 1:40.12 3. Monika Dietl GER 1:42.13 4. Mirjam Bebi SUI 1:45.02 5. Esther Frei SUI/RV Winterthur 1:47.04

Giro delle Dolomiti 2018 – overall ranking

Men: 1. Daan Vermeulen BEL 3:05.8 hours 2. Jaime Corredor COL 3:18.23 3. Manuel Giacomelli ITA/SSD Pedals Feltrino 3:19.02 4. Eduard Rizzi ITA/athlete team 3:21.33 5. Vebjørn Rønning NOR 3:23.20

Women: 1. Monika Dietl GER 4:05.13 hours 2. Mirjam Bebi SUI 4:13.46 3. Esther Frei SUI/RV Wintherthur 4:15.41 4. Gina Koch GER/RSV Werner Otto Berlin 4:19.30 5. Carola Skarbela GER/Alè Cipollini 4:30.05

Giro delle Dolomiti 2018 – overall ranking “Giro short”

Men: 1. Thomas Gschnitzer ITA/Racing Team Winax - Food Artists 1:15.49 hours 2. Philipp Schwarzl AUT 1:22.26 3. Roberto Dalsant ITA/ASC CC Rotaliano 1:23.41 4. Davide Ferrari ITA/ASD Stemax Team 1:24.33 5. Alois Vigl ITA/Carina - Brao Caffè 1:26.50

Women: 1. Lorna Ciacci ITA/Athlete Team 1:38.38 hours 2. Evelyn Fissneider ITA/Bike Club Egna Neumarkt 1:48.38 3. Irene Raab GER/BMW Cycling 1:50.37 4. Kerstin Simon GER 1:59.31 5. Laura Laermann GER 2:03.29

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Vermeulen show also on the Stelvio Pass

The 2018 Dolomites cycle tour continued on Thursday with the fourth section. This time the 700 cyclists from 33 nations went from Pradz up to the Stelvio Pass.

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