Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 18 [FULL STAGE]

May 28, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 18 – Melide – Verbania – 170 km

When the 98th edition of the Giro d’Italia was presented in Milan’s Palazzo del Ghiaccio last October, it was widely considered as a balanced and fair route – a parcours that would allow the pure climbers to prove their mettle, while providing the robust time triallists with enough kilometres to establish their own credentials. Throw in a sprinkling of stages for the sprinters and a dash of love for the puncheurs, and just about every clan within the peloton had something to aim at.With the race just a matter of days away those sentiments remain true and the 2015 Giro d’Italia – on paper, desktop and tablet – looks a mouth-watering proposition. In the ‘fight for pink’ a volley of GC contenders will vie for the maglia rosa with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) returning to the race for the first time since 2011 as he seeks the first part of his Giro-Tour de France double. He will face stiff opposition in Rigoberto Uran (Etixx QuickStep), Richie Porte (Team Sky) and home favourite Fabio Aru (Astana), while several other contenders, old and new, could make significant impacts on the race.

Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) won his second stage of the Giro d’Italia, finishing alone in Verbania on stage 18 of the race. Francesco Bongiorno (Bardiani-CSF) led home the remnants of an early break with Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling) third.

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) increased his lead in the overall rankings, but not without controversy. When his closest rival Mikel Landa (Astana) was caught up by a crash on the day’s only climb of the Monte Olongo, Contador took off from the front of the field, attacking to leave his rivals in disarray.

The move appeared to be revenge for the Motirolo stage, where Astana attacked when Contador punctured. Contador admitted with a laugh to being “a little” tired, calling it a “tough” day.

“The climb, that was was a time trial for me,” he said. “Hopefully I can now recover quickly for the stage tomorrow.”

The Tinkoff-Saxo leader turned serious about his attack, however, without actually answering his own question.

“Whether my attack was revenge for Tuesday, when Astana profited from my puncture?” he asked. “My team rode hard, because the approach to the climb was dangerous.”

Contador opened up a two minute gap on the field during the 10 kilometre climb and not even a mechanical could hold him back. Landa eventually regained contact with the main chase group that contained the rest of the GC top 10 contenders and although Aru briefly struggled, Astana set about chasing Contador on the long run-in to the finish.

The Spaniard had been joined by Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin) at the summit of the Monte Olongo and the pair – along with Davide Villella – maintained their advantage before a late rally saw the Landa and Aru group claw back time.

Landa and Aru finished 1:15 minutes down on Contador after a frantic chase. The Tinkoff Saxo leader extended his advantage on GC to 5:15 on Landa, with Aru hanging on to third at 6:05.

How it unfolded

The 170km stage from Melide to Verbania had a profile made for a breakaway, however it took 44km for the group to finally form with Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Amael Moinard (BMC), Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin), Davide Villella (Cannondale-Garmin), Matteo Busato (SouthEast), Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge), Sylvain Chavanel (IAM), David De La Cruz (Etixx-Quick Step), Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani CSF), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r La Mondiale), Maxim Belkov (Katusha) and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Team Sky) escaping.

Damiano Cunego (Nippo-Fantini) and Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) were part of the original group, but a crash, allegedly with a moto, took them out. Cunego abandoned the race while Ferrari fell back to chasers Jesus Herrada (Movistar) and Fabio Felline (Trek). The three had no chance of joining the leaders and were soon back with the peloton.

Cunego was taken to hospital with a suspected collarbone fracture and a possible concussion. Lotto Soudal’s Stig Broeckx was also diagnosed with a collarbone break and concussion.

The lead group’s gap skyrocketed, hitting the 13-minute mark. None of the riders were a threat to Contador, with the highest ranked being Moinard, who at 15th in GC was 26:21 down.

As the peloton hit the foot of the main climb Tinkoff Saxo set the pace in order to put Contador in the best position. The road narrowed and as riders tried to move up a touch of wheels led to the fall.

Landa was caught behind the crash along with the majority of Team Sky as Tinkoff continued to set the pace. With the Astana leader in trouble Contador appeared to pull alongside his team and order them to put the hammer down. Payback for the Mortirolo in kind. Within a matter of seconds Contador was on the front and without hesitation he lifted the pace once more, immediately dropping the entire field.

The only thing that slowed him was a momentary mechanical problem, but otherwise the race leader continued on as he looked to increase his overall lead.

Now it was Landa’s turn to come from behind, and his valiant chase brought him back to Aru and the rest of the top 10 contenders mid-way up the climb. Up ahead only four riders were still in the lead as they crested the top of the climb, with Bongiorno leading over Moinard, De la Cruz and Siutsou.

Ryder Hesjedal, who won the Giro in 2012, moved up to join Contador and the pair crossed the climb 7:38 after the leaders. Contador and Hesjedal were joined by Villella, who had long since fallen back from the break group, and the Cannondale-Garmin pair led the race leader through the descent.

With 19 km to go, Gilbert had finally worked his way up to the leaders, and almost immediately went on the attack. He was able to quickly put in a good 20 seconds between himself and the others.

“We said this morning on the bus that the break group might have a chance today,” Gilbert said. “At the foot of the climb the rest went full out, but I knew that I had to ride my own tempo. When I connected to the front group, I started to attack immediately. Yes, I took risks in the descent, but you have to do that if you want to win a stage in the Giro.”

The Belgian was able to cruise home, taking 30 seconds with him into the final 5km. Bongiorno rolled in for second, and Chavanel won the sprint for third.

Results :
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:04:14
2 Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:47
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:01:01
4 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
5 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
6 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky
9 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:42
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 0:03:55
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:05
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
13 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:38
14 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:07:18
15 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
16 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
17 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky
18 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
20 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal
22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
23 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
25 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
26 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
29 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
30 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:11:34
31 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
32 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 0:14:45
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
36 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
38 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
39 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
40 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
41 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
42 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step
43 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
44 Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
46 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
47 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
48 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
50 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
51 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
52 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr
53 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:19:33
54 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 0:21:10
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
56 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
57 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
58 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
59 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr
60 Janier Acevedo (Col) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
61 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
62 Igor Anton (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
64 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling
65 Fabio Felline (Ita) TrekRacing
66 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
68 Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
69 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo
70 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling
71 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
72 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
73 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
74 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
75 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:21:57
76 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge
78 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
79 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
80 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
81 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
82 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
83 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
84 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge
85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
86 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
88 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
89 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
90 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
92 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
93 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
94 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin
95 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
96 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
98 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
99 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
100 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
101 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
102 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
103 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) TrekRacing
104 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
105 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
106 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
107 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
108 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
109 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
110 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini
111 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
112 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
113 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
114 Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
115 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
116 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
117 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
118 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
120 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
121 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
122 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
123 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
124 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
125 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr
127 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
128 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
129 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
130 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
131 Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
132 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
133 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
134 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
135 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team
136 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
137 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
138 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
139 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha
140 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
141 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
142 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
143 Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
144 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
145 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
146 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
147 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
148 Calvin Watson (Aus) TrekRacing 0:22:50
149 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) TrekRacing 0:22:51
150 Marco Coledan (Ita) TrekRacing
151 Fabio Silvestre (Por) TrekRacing
152 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) TrekRacing
153 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) TrekRacing
154 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Southeast Pro Cycling
155 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida
156 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
157 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
158 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:23:59
159 Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
160 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
161 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha
162 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:25:19
163 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli
164 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
165 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:39
DNF Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
DNF Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling

General Classification after Stage 18 :
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 72:23:09
2 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:05:15
3 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:06:05
4 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:07:01
5 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:09:40
6 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:10:44
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:11:05
8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:12:53
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:13:01
10 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:14:01
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:17
12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:17:12
13 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:21:15
14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:21:25
15 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:28:11
16 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:30:52
17 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:33:24
18 Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 0:41:13
19 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:42:22
20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:46:40
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:53:39
22 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:57:01
23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:02:01
24 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 1:07:17
25 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:10:07
26 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:11:23
27 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 1:12:25
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:23:16
29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:26:50
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:31:47
31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 1:33:01
32 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling 1:34:43
33 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:35:35
34 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 1:36:07
35 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:40:16
36 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:44:58
37 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 1:46:57
38 Fabio Felline (Ita) TrekRacing 1:47:20
39 Igor Anton (Spa) Movistar Team 1:47:27
40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:47:40
41 Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1:48:39
42 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:49:10
43 Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 1:51:45
44 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:55:25
45 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge 2:01:54
46 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:02:16
47 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:04:27
48 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:04:59
49 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 2:05:15
50 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 2:07:35
51 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:07:54
52 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2:09:01
53 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 2:09:07
54 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:11:15
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:12:00
56 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:14:22
57 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:16:30
58 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:16:34
59 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 2:21:09
60 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2:23:43
61 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 2:23:53
62 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 2:25:10
63 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2:25:47
64 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 2:27:33
65 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2:30:02
66 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:30:41
67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:30:58
68 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 2:31:34
69 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 2:31:50
70 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 2:34:25
71 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 2:38:00
72 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2:38:18
73 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 2:38:49
74 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2:39:44
75 Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2:42:59
76 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:44:11
77 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:45:55
78 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 2:46:12
79 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 2:46:46
80 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 2:47:04
81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 2:49:04
82 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:50:17
83 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:51:38
84 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:55:35
85 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:56:31
86 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:57:26
87 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 2:59:59
88 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3:03:30
89 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 3:04:24
90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
91 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3:04:27
92 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:05:06
93 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:07:46
94 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:08:13
95 Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 3:09:56
96 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 3:12:12
97 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3:12:57
98 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 3:15:45
99 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3:15:53
100 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 3:17:39
101 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:17:41
102 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 3:19:34
103 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 3:19:36
104 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 3:22:07
105 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:26:11
106 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 3:26:21
107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:27:34
108 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 3:28:35
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:29:08
110 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 3:29:51
111 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:31:31
112 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3:33:06
113 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) TrekRacing 3:33:47
114 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 3:35:07
115 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha 3:36:06
116 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:36:45
117 Janier Acevedo (Col) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 3:36:48
118 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3:39:53
119 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 3:39:56
120 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:40:04
121 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 3:40:40
122 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 3:42:05
123 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3:42:30
124 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:42:59
125 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 3:44:27
126 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3:45:13
127 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 3:45:23
128 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 3:50:43
129 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:51:53
130 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge 3:52:10
131 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 3:53:45
132 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3:55:57
133 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 3:56:04
134 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 3:56:33
135 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:57:40
136 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) TrekRacing 3:58:36
137 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4:00:28
138 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) TrekRacing 4:00:46
139 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 4:02:06
140 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:06:57
141 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli 4:07:10
142 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4:08:17
143 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 4:08:33
144 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:12:32
145 Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 4:12:50
146 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) TrekRacing 4:15:48
147 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:16:18
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 4:17:04
149 Fabio Silvestre (Por) TrekRacing 4:19:01
150 Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4:19:50
151 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 4:21:37
152 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini 4:22:19
153 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 4:28:29
154 Calvin Watson (Aus) TrekRacing 4:29:08
155 Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 4:32:25
156 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4:33:52
157 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:33:55
158 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 4:36:10
159 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:54:51
160 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Southeast Pro Cycling 5:32:51
161 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4:38:11
162 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:44:07
163 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 4:46:52
164 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 4:53:26
165 Marco Coledan (Ita) TrekRacing 4:56:07