Giro d’Italia 2013 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE]

May 6, 2013

Giro d’Italia 2013 – Stage 3 – Sorrento – Marina di Ascea : 222 km

This year’s Giro d’Italia is set to be one of the best ever editions of the Corsa Rosa, promising three weeks of great racing with the Italian countryside as a stunning backdrop. The race route is finely balanced, with the passion and warmth of Naples and the south of Italy coming before a visit to Florence, little-known mountain stages in the northeast, a ‘homage’ to the French Alps with a summit finish on the Galibier, and then a grand finale in the Dolomites. The Giro d’Italia tifosi admire the best international riders but they love a home favourite and everyone in Italian cycling is hoping Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) can take on Wiggins this year and win his first maglia rosa.

Luca Paolini (Katusha) won stage three to Marina di Ascea and snatched the race leader’s pink jersey with a solo attack on the final part of the twisting descent to the finish.

The 36 year-old Italian won alone, with Cadel Evans (BMC) and Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) taking second and third, 16 seconds behind. Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) finished in the same front group but Salvatore Puccio was not there and so lost the pink jersey to Paolini, who took it thanks the 20 second time bonus. Evans picked up 12 seconds and Hesjedal took 8 seconds, making up for their poor team time trial on Sunday.

The late climb of Sella di Catona was not expected to shake up the race but an attack by 2012 Giro winner Hesjedal forced a major selection with the twisting descent causing several crashes and left just 20 riders up front.

Paolini is riding his first Giro d’Italia and took off in pursuit of victory with five kilometres to go.

“It’s incredible to win like that and take the pink jersey as well,” he said. “My father was in hospital today for a minor operation and so this pink jersey is for him.”

“I suffered to stay on during the climb and tried to ride at my pace. I knew there was a little climb near the finish and know I can descend pretty well. I went for it.”

“I rode as if it was a Classic. We had a good TTT and so I knew I could take pink if I won. I did it.”

How it happened

The riders rolled out of Sorrento under grey skies with a risk of rain at the start and at the finish, 222km down the coast. Fortunately the sun would shine on the race and the riders all day.

Before the start, riders and directeur sportif predicted an intense fight to get in the break, with a super fast first hour of racing, before the move went away. Many also expected Team Sky to let the move go and not defend Puccio’s pink jersey in order to save their legs for later in the Giro d’Italia.

Instead seven riders quickly got away on the circuits of Sorrento before diving down the Amalfi coast. In the move were Fabio Taborre (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia), Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo-Tinkoff), Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team), Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia), Bert De Backer (Team Argos-Shimano), Dirk Bellemakers (Lotto Belisol) and Jackson Rodriguez (Androni Giocattoli).

They quickly opened a gap and had a chance to enjoy the twisting coast road and stunning views across the Mediterranean. Their lead reached six minutes after an hour of racing but then stayed there as Team Sky set the pace behind, flexing their muscles and perhaps playing mind games on their rivals.

The seven riders worked smoothly together as they followed the now flat coast road and passed the stunning ruins of Paestum, with the Omega Pharma-Quick Step also helping Team Sky with the chase.

The first of the two climbs of the stage began after 145km, heading quickly into the Cilento hills. The San Mauro Cilento climb was not difficult but De Backer was dropped, reducing the break to six. Many of the sprinters also suffered on the eight-kilometre climb, with Cavendish, Bouhanni, Chicchi, Gavazzi all going into the red and losing contact.

Up front, the riders in the break sprinted for the mountain points, with Taborre even using his shoulder and head to fight his way clear to accelerate away. However, Wauters was the strongest and was first to the line. Behind the Team Sky steamroller powered on, reducing the gap to less than three minutes. As a result, the break ran out of steam, morale and unity, with Taborre going clear alone on a rise. He opened a gap of a minute but the peloton continued to chase them down as the final climb loomed.

The Sella di Catona climb started gradually, included a short dip and then kicked up again. Few expected any fireworks, but that all changed with 27km to go, when Garmin-Sharp went on the front and then Hesjedal accelerated away alone. For a few seconds it seemed the race could explode but then the big teams got organised and Astana set the pace and led the chase. Hesjedal eased up and let the front group of chasers catch him. But Puccio was not there and would lose seven minutes at the finish of the stage.

Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) jumped away to take the mountain points but would lose his blue climber’s jersey to Wauters. Straight after the summit, the attacks came again. Valerio Agnoli (Astana) went first and Hesjedal joined him, with other riders going across to them on the fast and technical descent to the coast.

For a while there was no sign of Wiggins or Team Sky but the men in black gradually moved back up near the front. Paolini took advantage as the overall contenders watched each other. He is an excellent descender and gradually opened a gap, giving him time to celebrate his first ever Giro d’Italia stage win and take the pink jersey.

After just three days, the overall contenders have already begun to clash and are already in the top ten overall. Paolini leads Wiggins by 17 seconds, with Rigoberto Uran (Team Sky) third at the same time. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) is fifth at 31 seconds with Hesjedal seventh at 34 seconds.

Results :
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 5:43:50
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
4 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
11 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
13 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
14 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
15 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
18 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:36
19 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:00:49
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:50
21 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
22 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
23 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
24 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling
25 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
26 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
29 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
30 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
32 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:01:00
33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
34 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:37
35 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:01:52
36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
37 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
39 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
40 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
43 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
44 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
45 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol
46 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
47 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
48 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp
49 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
50 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
51 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
53 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
54 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
56 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
57 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha
58 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
59 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
61 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
62 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
64 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
65 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia
66 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
67 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
68 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
69 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
70 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:02:03
71 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:03:05
72 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida
73 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:03:23
74 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 0:03:31
75 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 0:04:24
76 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
77 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:07:05
78 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 0:08:27
80 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol
81 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
82 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
83 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
85 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
86 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
87 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
88 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
89 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
91 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
92 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
93 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
94 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
95 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ
96 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
97 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
98 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
99 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
100 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
101 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
102 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
103 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
104 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
105 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
106 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
107 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
108 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
109 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
110 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
111 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
112 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
113 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
114 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
115 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
116 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
117 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
118 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
119 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
122 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
123 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
124 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
125 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
126 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
127 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp
128 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
129 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
132 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
133 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
134 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
135 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
136 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
137 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
138 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
139 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia
140 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
141 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
142 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:16
143 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:12:55
145 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
146 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 0:13:37
147 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 0:14:17
148 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
149 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
150 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
151 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
152 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
153 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
154 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
155 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
156 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
157 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
159 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
160 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
161 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
162 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
163 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
164 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
165 Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia
166 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia
167 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
168 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
169 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia
170 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
171 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano
172 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
173 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
174 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
175 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
176 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
177 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
178 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
179 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
180 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp
181 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
182 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
183 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
184 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
185 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
186 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard
187 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
188 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
189 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
190 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
191 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
192 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
193 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:17:07
194 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
195 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
196 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:19:31
197 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
198 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
199 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ
200 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
201 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
202 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
203 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
204 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
205 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano
206 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:19:35
207 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:20:00

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 9:04:32
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:17
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
4 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:26
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:31
6 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:34
8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 0:00:36
9 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
10 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:37
11 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:00:39
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:45
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:54
17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:00
18 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
19 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:05
20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:18
21 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:23
23 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
24 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:25
25 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:28
26 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:34
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:37
28 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:39
29 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
30 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:52
32 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 0:02:12
33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:15
34 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
35 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
36 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:02:18
37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:02:21
38 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
39 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:24
40 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:27
41 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:28
42 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:02:32
43 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:02:34
44 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:02:36
45 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
46 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
47 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:39
48 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
49 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:41
50 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:43
52 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:02:45
53 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:02:48
54 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
55 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0:02:49
56 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
57 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:02:53
58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:54
59 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:55
61 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 0:02:57
62 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:15
63 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
64 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:03:20
65 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:03:27
66 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:03:29
67 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:03:38
68 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:03:45
69 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:07
70 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 0:04:28
71 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:04:29
72 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:04:30
73 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 0:04:44
74 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:05:03
75 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:05:21
76 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:27
77 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:07:06
78 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:08:37
79 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
80 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:08:42
81 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:08:50
82 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
83 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:08:51
84 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:08:53
85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:08:56
86 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
87 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
88 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
89 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
90 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:02
91 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:09:03
93 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
94 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
95 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:09:09
96 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
97 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
98 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 0:09:11
99 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
100 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:09:16
101 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:18
102 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 0:09:24
105 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia
106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 0:09:28
107 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
108 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
109 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:29
110 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:09:32
111 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 0:09:36
112 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:09:41
113 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
114 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:48
115 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:49
116 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:50
117 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:09:52
118 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol 0:10:21
119 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
120 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard 0:10:33
121 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:10:37
122 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:10:42
124 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:10:55
125 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:10:56
126 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:10:57
127 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:11:04
128 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:11:07
129 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:11
130 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:11:14
131 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:11:49
132 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:11:50
133 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 0:11:55
134 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:11:59
135 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ 0:12:15
136 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:12:19
137 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
138 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:12:21
139 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:24
140 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 0:12:39
141 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:13:44
142 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:13:51
143 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:13:55
144 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:14:03
145 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 0:14:27
146 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:14:34
147 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0:14:43
148 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
149 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:14:46
150 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
151 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:14:55
152 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
153 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
154 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
155 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 0:15:01
156 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
157 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:15:04
158 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:15:06
159 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:15:13
160 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
161 Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 0:15:14
162 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:15:18
163 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 0:15:21
164 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:15:31
165 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
166 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
167 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
168 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:38
169 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:15:58
170 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:16:01
171 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:16:03
172 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
173 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:16:15
174 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 0:16:19
175 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:32
176 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0:16:45
177 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
178 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:16:54
179 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
180 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:06
181 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:17:08
182 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 0:17:12
183 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:17:30
184 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:17:45
185 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
186 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 0:17:56
187 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:58
188 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 0:18:00
189 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano 0:18:05
190 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 0:18:21
191 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 0:19:19
192 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:19:32
193 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:19:55
194 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:20:06
195 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
196 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:20:15
197 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
198 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia 0:20:40
199 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:22:03
200 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:22:12
201 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:15
202 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 0:23:05
203 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 0:23:23
204 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:23:50
205 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 0:24:34
206 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:25:41
207 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27:55