(ANSA) - Treviso, May 18 - Italy's Elia Viviani won the 13th
stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish Friday while
Britain's Simon Yates kept the leader's pink jersey for the
seventh day running.
Yates said "I don't know the Zoncolan climb but if I have the
legs I will try to attack".
The stage was a 180km run from Ferrara to Nervesa della
Battaglia near Treviso.
It was Viviani's third stage win after two wins in Israel, in
sprints at Jerusalem and Eilat.
Ireland's Sam Bennett, victorious at Imola Thursday, came
second, and Dutchman Danny Van Poppel third.
How they finished today:
1. Elia Viviani (Ita) in 3h56'25" (+10" bonus)
(av.speed 45.682 km/h)
2. Sam Bennett (Irl) s.t. (+06" bonus)
3. Danny Van Poppel (Ned) s.t. (+04" bonus)
4. Sacha Modolo (Ita) s.t.
5. Ryan Gibbons (Rsa) s.t.
6. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) s.t.
7. Manuel Belletti (Ita) s.t.
8. Clement Venturini (Fra) s.t.
9. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) s.t.
10. Jens Debusschere (Bel) s.t.
31. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) s.t.
34. Simon Yates (Gbr) s.t.
39. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) s.t.
52. Fabio Aru (Ita) s.t.
65. Chris Froome (Gbr) s.t.
General classification:
1. Simon Yates (Gbr) in 55h54'20"
(2,316.7 km, av.speed 41.434 km/h)
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) at 00'47"
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) at 01'04"
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) at 01'18"
5. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) at 01'56"
6. George Bennett (Nzl) at 02'09"
7. Rohan Dennis (Aus) at 02'36"
8. Pello Bilbao (Spa) at 02'54"
9. Patrick Konrad (Aut) at 02'55"
10. Fabio Aru (Ita) at 03'10"
11. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) at 03'17"
12. Chris Froome (Gbr) at 03'20"
13. Ben O'Connor (Aus) at 03'25"
14. Carlos Betancur (Col) at 03'29"
21. Davide Formolo (Ita) at 06'03"
Viviani wins 13th stage, Yates still pin (6)
Italian's third stage win