Giro d’Italia 2013 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

May 22, 2013

Giro d’Italia 2013 – Stage 17 – Caravaggio – Vicenza : 214 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.

Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in Vicenza to earn his second stage win of the 2013 Giro d’Italia and the third straight for his Movistar squad. The 30-year-old Italian jumped away from the peloton on the day’s only climb, the category 4 Crosara with 16km to go, rode through the remnants of the day’s early break, and held off the pursuit of a diminished peloton in the stage finale.

Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) took the sprint for second ahead of Luka Mezgec (Argos-Shimano) and Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) in the maglia rosa group, which crossed the line 19 seconds after Visconti.

The top of the general classification remained unchanged with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) retaining the overall lead, 1:26 ahead of Cadel Evans (BMC) and 2:46 in front of Rigoberto Uran (Sky).

Prior to the start of the Giro, Visconti had thought that today’s stage into Vicenza would be a favourable parcours for either himself or teammate Francisco Ventoso. “I decided to try my luck on the climb, and leave the sprint to Ventoso,” said Visconti. “I saw [Danilo] Di Luca and [Miguel] Rubiano ahead. I caught them, and dropped them on the climb. I dropped Rubiano because he is fast in the sprint. Then I just gave it full gas on the descent and flat.”

When it rains it pours for the Movistar Italian who won his first race of the season on the Giro’s 15th stage to the Galibier, and now added another Grand Tour stage victory to his palmares just three days later.

“My mentality has changed completely,” said Visconti. “It is now what it was before, and how it should be: your head can make you ride badly, but it can also revive you. The stimulus of the win on the Galibier and the congratulations I received, were deeply touching.

“I felt fearless today. I rode 13km without panicking. The kilometres flowed past one after the other and it was wonderful. I can’t describe it. The crowds shouting my name. Today was special for me.”

From the gun

Today’s stage would provide a classic opportunity for an early break to try and ride away with the spoils as the GC contenders would opt to keep their powder dry on a parcours nearly perfectly flat, except for a category four kick in the tail at 16km to go.

And, as if on cue, soon after kilometre zero and the official start of proceedings in Caravaggio, four riders went out on the attack: Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli), stage 9 winner Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Gert Dockx (Lotto Belisol) and Australian road champion Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge), in the midst of his Grand Tour debut.

With Rubiano the highest placed rider on general classification in 49th, 1:17:50 down, the escape sparked no alarm bells from maglia rosa Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and his rivals for overall honours. However, in a Giro d’Italia with few opportunities for the fast men, the Omega Pharma-QuickStep and Argos-Shimano squads soon committed men to the chase in hopes of delivering their respective sprinters Mark Cavendish, who had previously downplayed his chances for today, and Luka Mezgec, another Grand Tour debutant with a pair of third place finishes thus far in Giro sprint finales, to the finish in Vicenza.

The quartet quickly pushed their advantage out to nearly five minutes, but the two sprinters’ teams came to the fore and prevented a runaway. After approximately 100km of racing in the 214km stage had been completed the gap was reduced to nearly two minutes, but with so much real estate still to cover the peloton eased back on the throttle and the break’s lead was pushed out to more than four minutes.

With 80km to go and the escape now with a more than five-minute advantage, the tempo ramped up in the peloton as Omega Pharma-QuickStep, Argos-Shimano as well as Movistar, perhaps thinking favourably of Spanish champion Francisco Ventoso’s chances, added additional horsepower to the front of the peloton. Soon Cannondale chipped in support, too, but with the break fully committed and working smoothly the lead still remained at approximately five minutes for another 20km.

Belkov had additional motivation for the break to succeed, or at least remain off the front deep into the stage, as the 28-year-old Russian started the day just one point out of the lead in the intermediate sprint classification, held by Rafael Andriato (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia). The Katusha rider took maximum points at the first sprint line in San Bonifacio (150.3km) to take over the classification lead and prevailed again 23km later to further increase his points tally.

As the break rolled through the second sprint line in Orgiano, however, their lead was down to 3:04 and falling steadily. Belkov, content with his sprint classification success, was the first to drop from the break with 35km to go as they grew close to the day’s only climb, the 5.3km ascent to Crosara with its summit just 16km from the finish.

In the approach to the climb where was a changing of the guard at the head of the peloton as Vini Fantini-Selle Italia drove the pace on the narrow, technical roads with Rubiano, Dockx and Durbridge still maintaining a one-minute lead as they began their ascent of the Crosara.

Sting in the tail

The leading trio shattered on a steep ramp under the impetus of Rubiano while Vini Fantini’s Alessandro Proni and Danilo Di Luca jumped away from the peloton. Proni gave it his all for Di Luca and cracked, while Di Luca pressed onwards in pursuit of the solo Colombian. Di Luca made contact with Rubiano two kilometres from the summit while stage 15 winner Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) also attacked the peloton and quickly crossed the gap to the two leaders.

Visconti kept his foot on the gas, gapping Di Luca and Rubiano, but the Colombian dug deep to regain contact. Nearing the KOM line, however, Visconti dispatched of Rubiano once and for all while the Lampre-Merida led peloton swept up Di Luca and crested the summit 30 seconds behind the Movistar Italian.

Cavendish, meanwhile, had lost contact with the peloton and trailed the maglia rosa group which still contained several fast men eager to contest a stage’s endgame without the Manxman in their ranks.

Rubiano was soon caught by the peloton while Visconti plummeted down the technical descent at the head of the race. Visconti held a 25-second lead when he reached the bottom, but still faced a flat, 8km run-in to the finish. In his favour, however, was the fact that the peloton was greatly reduced in numbers by the ascent and descent of the Crosara, and there wasn’t an organised pursuit driving the pace in his wake.

Inside of five kilometres to go Visconti maintained a 23-second advantage as attacks were launched and brought back within the pursuing peloton. Only three seconds were chipped away in the next three kilometres and Visconti soon found himself in another technical section of twists and turns which played to his favour.

Still lacking any cohesion in his pursuit the peloton would never close the gap to Visconti, who enjoyed his second stage victory of this Giro in the home of Campagnolo, his Movistar team’s equipment supplier.

“The cheering of the crowds made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck,” said Visconti. “On the final corner, with 200m to go, everything around me was like a dream – beautiful. In the final 50m, I was already thinking of the photograph in tomorrow’s papers, the photo I’ll put on the wall at home. What more could I ask for?”

Results :
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5:15:34
2 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:19
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
6 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
7 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
8 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
11 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
12 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
14 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
15 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
16 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
17 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
18 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
21 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
22 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
25 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
26 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
29 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
30 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
31 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
32 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
33 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
35 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
36 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
37 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
38 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
39 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
40 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
41 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:00:50
42 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:01:11
43 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
44 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
45 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia
46 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
47 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
48 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:01:37
49 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
50 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
52 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
53 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
54 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
55 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
56 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
58 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
59 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol
60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
61 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
62 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
63 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
64 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
65 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
66 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
67 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
68 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
69 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
71 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
72 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
73 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
75 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
77 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
78 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
79 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
80 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
81 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
82 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi
83 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
85 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
86 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
87 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:46
88 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
89 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale
90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
91 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
92 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:55
93 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:00
94 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 0:02:09
96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 0:02:38
97 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:03:12
98 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
99 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
100 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
101 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
102 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
103 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
104 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
105 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
106 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
107 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:19
108 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:05:22
109 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:53
110 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:06:26
111 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp
112 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
113 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:07:28
114 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 0:08:09
115 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ
116 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
117 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
118 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol
119 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
120 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
121 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
122 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
123 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
124 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
125 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
126 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
127 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
128 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
129 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
130 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
132 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:09:33
133 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp
134 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
135 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
136 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
137 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
138 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
139 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
140 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
141 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
142 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi
143 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
144 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
145 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling
146 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
147 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano
148 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
149 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
150 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
151 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia
152 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia
153 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
154 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
155 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
156 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
157 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
159 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
160 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
161 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
162 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
163 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
164 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
165 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
166 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
167 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
168 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
169 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
170 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
171 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:09:48
172 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 0:11:05
DNS Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard

General Classification after Stage 17 :
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 73:11:29
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:26
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:02:46
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:53
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:04:13
6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:04:57
7 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:05:15
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:05:20
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:47
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:07:24
11 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:07:34
12 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:07:43
13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:08:15
14 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 0:08:19
15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:08:36
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:09:02
17 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:11:18
18 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:15:04
19 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:18:26
20 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0:21:34
21 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:23:12
22 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ 0:26:12
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27:24
24 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:28:18
25 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:28:23
26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:31:41
27 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:32:41
28 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:33:34
29 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:35:15
30 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:42:15
31 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:43:15
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:43:21
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:44:21
34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:45:49
35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:53:29
36 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard 0:55:29
37 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:56:12
38 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:59:31
39 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:59:36
40 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 1:04:40
41 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:04:47
42 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 1:06:45
43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 1:08:37
44 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:08:39
45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 1:11:13
46 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 1:14:43
47 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:15:50
48 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:17:17
49 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 1:17:46
50 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 1:23:19
51 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 1:25:02
52 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale 1:26:26
53 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:26:43
54 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:28:10
55 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:31:07
56 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:31:19
57 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 1:31:21
58 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:33:15
59 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:33:32
60 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:33:43
61 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:35:42
62 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 1:37:36
63 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 1:41:10
64 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:42:07
65 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 1:48:01
66 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:48:44
67 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:49:32
68 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:49:43
69 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 1:50:36
70 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 1:50:43
71 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:51:03
72 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
73 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:53:10
74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:56:34
75 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 1:57:00
76 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard 1:58:06
77 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:58:20
78 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:59:47
79 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:59:51
80 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:03:20
81 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 2:04:08
82 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:04:45
83 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ 2:04:53
84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:06:54
85 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 2:07:42
86 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:09:03
87 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:10:12
88 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:12:33
89 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 2:13:16
90 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 2:13:56
91 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 2:15:19
92 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:15:36
93 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:16:44
94 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 2:17:23
95 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:17:45
96 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 2:18:32
97 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 2:18:56
98 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 2:20:57
99 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 2:21:01
100 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:21:29
101 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:22:03
102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:23:21
103 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 2:23:35
104 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:24:47
105 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:26:36
106 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol 2:28:04
107 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:30:03
108 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 2:32:52
109 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 2:33:12
110 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:34:05
111 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 2:35:42
112 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 2:36:25
113 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:37:13
114 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 2:37:19
115 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:37:24
116 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:37:38
117 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:37:57
118 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:38:01
119 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:39:06
120 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:39:11
121 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 2:39:21
122 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:41:20
123 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 2:42:00
124 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:42:19
125 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
126 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol 2:44:42
127 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:46:05
128 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:50:07
129 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:50:21
130 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:50:58
131 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:51:05
132 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 2:52:47
133 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:53:29
134 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:53:57
135 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 2:54:44
136 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
137 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:58:56
138 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 3:00:51
139 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 3:03:23
140 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 3:04:38
141 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 3:05:22
142 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 3:06:43
143 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:07:30
144 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 3:10:29
145 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 3:10:30
146 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 3:10:36
147 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 3:11:25
148 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 3:12:58
149 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 3:13:06
150 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 3:15:24
151 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 3:16:26
152 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:17:45
153 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3:18:01
154 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 3:20:40
155 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:20:48
156 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3:22:16
157 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3:23:40
158 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
159 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3:25:21
160 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3:27:37
161 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano 3:30:59
162 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 3:33:40
163 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3:34:31
164 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3:36:07
165 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:36:33
166 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 3:46:00
167 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 3:49:45
168 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia 3:52:01
169 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 3:52:30
170 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3:54:08
171 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:54:53
172 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 3:56:50