Manuele Boaro, a time trial specialist for the Bahrain-Merida team, won the Point d’Appui for the 2018 Giro d’Italia. He has ridden the Giro four previous times, finishing as high as 46th and as low as 100th. He has also ridden the Vuelta twice. Boaro finished 3 hours, 30 minutes and 5 seconds adrift from the winner.
Provisional winner of the Giro was Chris Froome of Team Sky, and the Lanterne Rouge was Giuseppe Fonzi of Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia. Sander Armee of Lotto Fix All finished with closest time to the median.
The general classification fulcrum placement by stage:
Stage 1: Anthony Roux of Groupama-FDJ.
Stage 2: Nicolas Roche of BMC Racing Team.
Stage 3: Florian Senechal of Quick-Step Floors.
Stage 4: No fulcrum.
Stage 5: Sacha Modolo of EF Education First-Drapac.
Stage 6: No fulcrum.
Stage 7: Igor Anton of Dimension Data.
Stage 8: Ryan Gibbons of Dimension Data.
Stage 9: No fulcrum.
Stage 10: Natnael Berhane of Dimension Data.
Stage 11: Davide Ballerini of Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec.
Stage 12: Natnael Berhane of Dimension Data.
Stage 13: No fulcrum.
Stage 14: No fulcrum.
Stage 15: Davide Villella of Astana Pro Team.
Stage 16: Jacques Janse Van Rensburg of Dimension Data.
Stage 17: No fulcrum.
Stage 18: No fulcrum.
Stage 19: Hugh Carthy of EF Education First-Drapac.
Stage 20: Manuele Boaro of Bahrain-Merida.
Stage 21: Manuele Boaro of Bahrain-Merida.