Davide Villella

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.

Clement Chevrier

French rider Clement Chevrier of AG2R La Mondiale is the general classification Point d’Appui for the 2017 Giro d’Italia. He finished 81st out of the 161 riders who survived the race.

Chevrier began racing in 2009, doing well in 2014, winning the San Dimas Stage Race and the best Young Rider classification in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. He rode the Giro in 2015, finishing 69th, and the Vuelta a España in 2016, finishing 41st. He rides in support of Domenico Pozzovivo, who finished sixth in the overall standings.

The Point d’Appui changed hands 13 times during the Giro, and three riders managed to finish at the fulcrum twice, including Enrico Gasparotto early in the race, Jurgen Van Den Broeck in the middle and Tom-Jelte Slagter in the latter part. Slagter held the Point d’Appui after Stage 6 of the 2014 Tour de France.

Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb won the 2017 Giro, and Giuseppe Fonzi of Wilier Triestina held the Lanterne Rouge at the end of the race, finishing 5 hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds adrift.

The rider with the time closest to the median was Andrey Zeits of Astana Pro Team, who finished at 2 hours, 56 minutes and 15 seconds.

The placement by stage:

Stage 1: Maxim Belkov of Katusha-Alpecin
Stage 2: Cristian Rodriguez of Wilier Triestina
Stage 3: Jesper Hansen of Astana Pro Team
Stage 4: Enrico Gasparotto of Bahrain-Merida
Stage 5: Lukas Pöstlberger of Bora-Hansgrohe
Stage 6: Enrico Gasparotto
Stage 7: Jurgen Van Den Broeck of Team LottoNl-Jumbo
Stage 8: Maciej Paterski of CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Stage 9: No fulcrum
Stage 10: Tom-Jelte Slagter of Cannondale-Drapac
Stage 11: No fulcrum
Stage 12: No fulcrum
Stage 13: Davide Villella of Cannondale-Drapac
Stage 14: Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Stage 15: No fulcrum
Stage 16: Matvey Mamykin of Katusha-Alpecin
Stage 17: No fulcrum
Stage 18: Tom-Jelte Slagter
Stage 19: No fulcrum
Stage 20: No fulcrum
Stage 21: Clement Chevrier of AG2R La Mondiale

Point d'Appui

Boaro Wins Fulcrum in 2018 Giro

Chevrier Wins Point d’Appui on 2017 Giro