Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

May 17, 2014

Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 8 – Foligno – Montecopiolo : 179 km

It’s a bit of a strange choice to start the Giro d’Italia in Belfast. When you think the last time a Grand Tour visited Ireland, the infamous 1998 Tour de France, the only memorable thing was the Festina affair and everyone suspicious or frightened about going home before the end. Then there’s the Titanic Centre as the first stage focal point, that wasn’t exactly a successful venture either. Maybe the organisers are thinking outside the box, maybe it’s third time lucky or maybe I’m just being miserable. It just seems a strange choice, but then the Giro d’Italia people quite often make decisions like that. Like the team time trial to open affairs; a debatable way to start a race if ever there was one. It makes things ordered but I’m not sure it brings any excitement to the opening stages. And though foreign starts are well and good for promotional use, the race won’t really get under way until it is back in Italy. Most of the riders will be hoping to get through the opening three stages without falling off, losing too much time or getting wet in the rain. Good luck with that last hope.

Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) took victory on the first major mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, as a small group of favourites swallowed up the lone leader within sight of the finish line. Robert Kiserlovski (Trek Factory Racing) took second and Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) third.

“I really didn’t expect the win,” Ulissi said. “Of course, it was a difficult race today, too difficult, but I’m really, really happy.”

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) held a slim advantage as he entered the final 500 metres of the stage, but the Frenchman’s hopes were dashed by an attacking Daniel Moreno (Katusha). Kiserlovski then dug in, passing Moreno, and dragged Ulissi with him. Ulissi left it until about 50 metres to go before launching his bid for the line and taking his second stage victory of the race.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) finished in fourth place with Cadel Evans (BMC) right behind him. Evans moved in to the race lead, as former pink jersey Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) cracked on the first difficult mountain stage, as expected. Evans now has 57 seconds on Rigoberto Urán (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), with Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) at 1:10.

“You have hopes of what you can do in the Giro, it’s been a difficult Giro,” Evans said. “It was a hard stage an all the contenders were there.”

Julian Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing) had led the race on the final climbs, and looked to have a good chance before cracking with less than 2 km to go. Rolland jumped from the field to finally join him, but he too couldn’t hold up. Arredondo at least had the satisfaction of receiving the King of the Mountains jersey.

Pink jersey Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) was dropped on the day’s first climb, but he had never expected to be up in the mix on this stage. The day’s biggest loser in the GC race was Michele Scarponi (Astana), who fell back on the penultimate climb and saw his hopes of a top placing fade to nothing.

A Sunny Start

Happily for everyone, there was sunshine at the start of the day. Stage 8 was one of three stages dedicated to the memory of Marco Pantani, who died ten years ago. The day’s first climb, the Cippo di Carpegna, was one of his training runs. There was only one DNS today, Cameron Meyer of Orica-GreenEdge, who is suffering from a viral infection.

Everyone wanted to be in the day’s break group, and after many attempts, the group finally formed after about 30 kilometres. Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing), Marco Bandiera (Androni Giocattoli), Julien Bérard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), Mattia Cattaneo (Lampre-Merida), Mauro Finetto (Neri Sottoli), Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani CSF), Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar), Carlos Quintero (Colombia) and Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) were the lucky ones who, after 40 km, built up a gap of 8:30. The indefatigable Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) gave chase, but eventually fell back into the field.

BMC led much of the early part of the chase but gave way to Movistar, which was desperate to turn its Giro around. Other teams also took their turns and the gap slowly dropped.

Boasson Hagen took the maximum points at the intermediate sprint, in celebration not only of the Norwegian national holiday but also his 27th birthday. At around the same time, Francesco Chicchi fell over the barrier on the roadside and tumbled into the neighbouring field. He appeared shaken, but rode on.

The first two-thirds of the stage were across rolling terrain, before the first major challenge of this year’s Giro made its appearance. The first category Cippo di Carpegna runs six kilometres up with an average gradient of 9.9%. The steepest part was 14%, with the final half of the climb averaging around 10%.

The lead group took a gap of just under six minutes with them as they started up the climb, with Orica-GreenEdge making its first appearance of the day at the head of the chasing field. The gap started coming down dramatically as the road went up.

Going Up

Pirazzi moved to the head of the break group and picked up the speed, soon dropping the weaker climbers. In fact, the group soon consisted of only Pirazzi, Arredondo and Quemeneur. Only some four minutes behind them, pink jersey Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) starting sliding away on the steep climb, barely hanging on to the tail end of the group before being definitely dropped, with a rueful grin.

Movistar and BMC pulled the field up the climb, riding for captains and potential Giro winners Nairo Quintana and Cadel Evans, who had moved into the virtual leader’s jersey. The hard climb shredded the field, with AG2R taking over the lead work.

With 37.6km to go, Arredondo jumped. Pirazzi, who had done most of the lead work, struggled to chase, but Quemeneur was dropped. However, the Colombian was strong and pulled away, with the favourites’ group not quite one and a half minutes down. Arredondo was first over the top, about 36 seconds ahead of Pirazzi. The rest of the former lead group dribble over the line, before a greatly reduced group came in 1:57 later.

They then face a difficult and technical descent, and once at the bottom, had to go up again. The category 2 Villagio del Lago had a maximum gradient of 11%, but it was only a bump on the way up to the finish line atop the Montecopiolo, with gradients of 11% and 13%.

Rolland attacked out of the group on the descent, quickly gaining some 20 seconds on the field. Steve Morabito (BMC) and Evans were the next to give it a try, moving up to the head of the bunch. Rolland caught up with teammate Quemeneur, getting some help and continuing to move on up towards the leader.

Arredondo took a lead of 1:10 over Rolland and 2:40 over the favourites’ group as he started up the next climb. That group had grown larger on the descent. But by that point they no longer cared about the leader, who had come into the stage nearly 20 minutes down. The top favourites for the overall title were all together, with only Scarponi getting dropped and being forced to scramble back.

For all of Rolland’s efforts, his gap to Arredondo stayed around 1:15 to 1:20. Further back – much further back – pink jersey Matthews was 15 minutes down with 12 km to go.

Arredondo soloed over the next climb, ensuring himself the KOM jersey at the end of the day, and took a one minute lead over Rolland as he started off on the final 10 km. The final climb was made more difficult by the constantly changing gradient, making it difficult for the riders to find their rhythm.

Arredondo made it within 2 km of the finish before cracking, and Rolland continued on alone, but with the field not 30 seconds back. BMC was driving hard, while the Frenchman was having a hard time of it. Arredondo was quickly swept up and they set out for Rolland. The Frenchman by then had nothing left, and was caught with only 350 meters to go. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) jumped, and was subsequently caught by Kiserlovksi, with Ulissi following. The Italian then moved up to take his second win of the 2014 Giro.

Results :
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4:47:47
2 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing
3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:06
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:08
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:14
9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:17
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 0:00:20
11 Wout Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:22
12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:24
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale
14 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:28
17 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team
18 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:33
19 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:35
20 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:22
22 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:26
23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:47
24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:17
25 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:59
26 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:03:07
27 Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:03:10
28 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:03:12
29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:18
30 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
31 André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp 0:03:47
32 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:04:50
33 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:06:06
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
35 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
36 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:06:12
37 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:06:31
38 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:07:09
39 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:12
40 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
41 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 0:07:14
42 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
43 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:07:20
44 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano
45 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
46 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge
47 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 0:07:30
48 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
49 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:44
50 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 0:08:28
51 Yonder Godoy (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
52 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:45
53 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia 0:08:53
54 Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:09:09
55 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:09:21
56 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
57 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:09:30
58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:09:39
59 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
60 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
61 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
62 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar
63 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
64 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
65 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
66 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:42
67 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:43
68 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
69 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:15:08
70 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 0:15:16
71 Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 0:16:14
72 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:16:37
73 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
74 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:16:52
75 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol
76 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:16:59
77 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 0:20:09
78 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:21:52
79 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge
80 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing
81 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky
82 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
83 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
84 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
85 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
86 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp
87 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
88 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Androni Giocattoli
89 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
90 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
92 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol
93 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha
94 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr
95 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
96 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr
97 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia
98 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:25:18
99 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:27:01
100 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale
101 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida
102 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
103 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol
104 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
105 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
106 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp
108 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
109 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
110 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
111 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
112 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
113 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
114 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:27:06
115 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
116 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:28:42
117 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 0:29:32
118 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo
119 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
120 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo
121 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
122 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
124 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
125 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
126 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
127 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
128 David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
129 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
130 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
131 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
132 Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:33:02
133 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:33:32
134 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:34:19
135 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
136 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia
137 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale
138 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale
139 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp
140 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
141 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
142 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
144 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp
145 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
146 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
147 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp
148 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
149 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
150 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
151 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo
153 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
154 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
155 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale
156 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano
157 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo
158 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
159 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica Greenedge
160 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano
161 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
162 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
163 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
164 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge
165 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
166 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
167 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
168 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale
169 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
170 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
171 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
172 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
173 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
174 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
175 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
176 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr
177 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
178 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
179 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
180 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge
181 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
182 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
183 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:35:01
184 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:35:29
185 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:35:44

General Classification after Stage 8 :
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 34:22:35
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:57
3 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:10
4 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:31
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:39
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:43
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:45
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:49
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:50
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 0:02:01
12 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:02:52
13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:56
14 Wout Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:03:03
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:03:41
16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:03:52
17 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:04:03
18 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:25
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 0:04:30
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:05:03
21 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:05:07
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:36
23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 0:05:42
24 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:05:58
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:06:02
26 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:06:33
27 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:37
28 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:08:06
29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:08:27
30 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge 0:08:38
31 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:09:15
32 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:26
33 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:09:27
34 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 0:09:32
35 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano 0:10:05
36 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:10:06
37 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:10:08
38 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:10:42
39 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:10:56
40 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:11:02
41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:11:38
42 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 0:13:03
43 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:13:04
44 André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp 0:14:48
45 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:07
46 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 0:15:55
47 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 0:19:32
48 Yonder Godoy (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:20:51
49 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:21:32
50 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 0:22:03
51 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:22:20
52 Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:22:31
53 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:42
54 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:23:02
55 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia 0:23:22
56 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 0:23:59
57 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:25:44
58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge 0:26:18
59 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:26:22
60 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:26:23
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:26:46
62 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 0:27:38
63 Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:28:00
64 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:28:31
65 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:28:57
66 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:29:24
67 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:30:05
68 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:31:34
69 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:31:56
70 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:32:13
71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:32:14
72 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:33:06
73 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:33:24
74 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:33:50
75 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:06
76 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:34:22
77 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:34:44
78 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 0:34:56
79 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 0:35:09
80 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:35:28
81 Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 0:36:01
82 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:36:14
83 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 0:36:15
84 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:36:46
85 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Androni Giocattoli 0:36:55
86 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 0:37:08
87 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:37:51
88 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:38:32
89 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp 0:38:35
90 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:39:00
91 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:39:22
92 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 0:39:43
93 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:39:52
94 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia 0:40:05
95 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:40:54
96 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:41:05
97 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 0:41:36
98 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:41:39
99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:42:25
100 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:43:07
101 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:43:14
102 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:43:33
103 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:43:43
104 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing 0:43:52
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:45:08
106 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 0:45:43
107 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:46:08
108 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:46:19
109 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:46:34
110 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 0:46:49
111 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:46:56
112 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 0:47:50
113 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:47:56
114 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 0:48:19
115 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 0:48:44
116 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 0:49:16
117 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:49:18
118 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:49:20
119 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 0:49:34
120 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:49:54
121 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
122 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:39
123 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 0:50:41
124 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:50:51
125 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:51:24
126 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:52:48
127 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:52:50
128 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:54:01
129 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:54:02
130 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:54:07
131 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:54:17
132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:54:35
133 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:55:05
134 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:55:30
135 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 0:56:52
136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:57:01
137 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:57:53
138 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 0:58:11
139 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:58:38
140 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:58:55
141 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 0:59:04
142 David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:59:40
143 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 0:59:52
144 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:00:01
145 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:00:16
146 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
147 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 1:01:12
148 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:01:41
149 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1:01:51
150 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 1:01:54
151 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 1:02:37
152 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 1:02:46
153 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:03:01
154 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale 1:03:03
155 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 1:03:33
156 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 1:03:50
157 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:03:59
158 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 1:04:39
159 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 1:04:42
160 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:04:49
161 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:04:57
162 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:05:15
163 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 1:05:43
164 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:06:23
165 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 1:06:26
166 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 1:07:07
167 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp 1:07:20
168 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 1:07:33
169 Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:07:47
170 Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli – Yellow Fluo 1:07:55
171 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
172 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 1:08:21
173 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica Greenedge 1:08:28
174 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:08:32
175 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano 1:10:12
176 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 1:12:48
177 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 1:13:09
178 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 1:17:06
179 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 1:20:04
180 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 1:23:27
181 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 1:25:11
182 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:27:33
183 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:27:39
184 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge 1:29:38
185 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:31:11