Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 15 [FULL STAGE]

May 25, 2014

Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 15 – Valdengo – Montecampione : 225 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.

Thanks to a sensational solo victory at Plan de Montecampione, Astana’s Fabio Aru pitched himself right into the battle for the Giro d’Italia crown. The young Sardinian waited until the final three kilometres of the iconic climb before making his move, attacking from the maglia rosa group and taking race leader Rigoberto Urán. The pair quickly got across to the two leaders on the road, Fabio Duarte and Pierre Rolland, with 2.3km remaining. Aru hardly paused before accelerating once again, and this time no one went with him.

Although Nairo Quintana came up to the group behind Aru and produced a couple of brief digs in the final kilometre, the Astana rider kept increasing his advantage all the way to the line, where he finished 21 seconds ahead of Duarte. His victory pushed him up to fourth place overall, 2.24 behind maglia rosa Urán, who fell back from Quintana, Rolland and Duarte in the final kilometre, but still managed to push his lead over second-placed Cadel Evans to just over a minute.

Fabio Aru could hardly have picked a better moment to clinch the first victory of his professional career. The 23-year-old Astana rider gave a majestic performance on the iconic climb up to Plan de Montecampione, producing a series of accelerations that left him left him 21 seconds clear of Fabio Duarte (Team Colombia) at the line. The Colombian led in Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar), with race leader Rigoberto Urán another 21 seconds back in fifth place.

Aru had already made one thwarted effort to escape from the maglia rosa group when, with 3km remaining, he pressed hard once again. Urán managed to get on his wheel, but second-placed Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) failed to bridge the gap. Urán was happy to let Aru set the pace as they closed in on Rolland, Duarte and Sky’s Philip Deignan at the head of the race.

As Deignan fell back after making a great effort to thwart the GC contenders, the two chasers made it across to Rolland and Duarte with 2.2km to the line. Rather than hesitating, Aru accelerated hard again, and this time no one went with him.

Although Quintana came up to the group behind Aru and produced a couple of brief digs in the final kilometre, the Astana rider kept increasing his advantage all the way to the line. His victory pushed him up to fourth place overall, 2-24 behind maglia rosa Urán, who could not stay with Quintana, Rolland and Duarte in the final kilometre, but still managed to push his lead over second-placed Evans to a minute and three seconds, with Tinkoff-Saxo’s Rafal Majka now 1-50 down in third place.

Aru’s victory pitched him right into the battle for the overall title. “I am very happy and can hardly believe it yet,” said the tearful Sardinian at the finish. “I must say thanks to the team, who stayed close to me all day. My team-mates were really exceptional. I’m really happy, but I’m not going to get ahead of myself. I’ve still got a lot to learn, and from tomorrow everything will be just as it was before.”

How it unfolded

Although Montecampione was the only categorised climb on the stage, its length and difficulty meant that the riders who made it into the break needed a lead of several minutes at the foot of it if they were to have any chance of victory.

Maxime Bouet (Ag2r La Mondiale), Daniele Ratto (Cannondale), Johan Le Bon (Fdr.fr), Andre Cardoso (Garmin-Sharp), Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida), Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol), Simon Geschke (Giant-Shiamo), Luca Paolini (Katusha) and Fabio Felline (Trek Factory Racing) came together after 16km. Rodolfo Torres (Colombia), Jackson Rodríguez (Androni Giocattoli) and Enrico Barbin (Bardiani-CSF) joined them another dozen kilometres later.

The break’s advantage swelled to 10 minutes with 80 of the 225km remaining. However, their hopes of hanging on to the finish all but went when Neri Sottoli, who had missed the move, went to the front of the peloton and started a fierce pursuit. With 50km remaining, the break’s lead was 6-18. When the lead group reached the initial ramps up to Montecampione, their advantage was a mere 2-24.

Hansen was the first of the escapees to make a move and the Australian was eventually joined by Cardoso, but their efforts to stay clear were always likely to be in vain as Ag2r and Movistar’s pace-making began to string the maglia rosa group out.

Mountains leader Julián Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing) did manage to get clear of the fast-diminishing peloton, together with Bardiani’s Edoardo Zardini. Arredondo made it up to the lead group with the assistance of team-mate Felline. A flurry of attacks followed that left Cardoso and Arredondo at the front with 11km to go. But by now the peloton was just 30 seconds back.

With 10km to go, Deignan attempted to brighten what has been a disappointing race for the Irish riders by jumping clear of the peloton, where Mick Rogers was setting the pace for Tinkoff-Saxo leader Majka. Deignan was quickly up to and past the two leaders. His lead never reached much more than 20 seconds, but he stayed out on his own until he was inside 4km to go, when the GC contenders came to life.

Rolland went first, with Uran and Evans responding quickly. Evans tried his luck, then Rolland went again, and only Duarte chased him down. As the Frenchman and the Colombian glided across the gap to Deignan, the GC contenders tested each other out. Quintana had a dig, then Ryder Hesjedal, then Aru, before Steve Morabito went to the front of the maglia rosa group to tap out the pace for his BMC leader Evans.

Having quickly distanced Deignan, Rolland and Duarte led by 39 seconds with 3km remaining. It was at this moment, though, that Aru went into overdrive. Within a few hundred metres, the Sardinian had bridged up to the leading pair, Urán happy to sit on his wheel and get pulled away from his nearest GC rivals. However, even Urán could not follow when Aru went all out for the stage and in doing so emerged as a genuine contender for the maglia rosa.

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

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