Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 06 [FULL STAGE]

May 14, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 6 – Castiglione Della Pescaia – 183 km

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

André Greipel and his Lotto-Soudal team dominated the sprint finish in Castiglione della Pescaia on stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia, with the German national champion getting a perfect lead out and then finishing off the work of his teammates.

Greipel opened up the sprint on the long finishing straight and had the speed and power to hold off a late charge from Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) and Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida).

Race leader Alberto Contador was protected by his Tinkoff-Saxo teammates throughout the stage but was caught up in the high-speed crash in sight of the finish line that saw several riders go down.

The crash happened inside the final two hundred metres, with Daniele Colli (Nippo – Vini Fantini) apparently hitting a spectator leaning out into the road with a camera and a zoom lens. Colli landed on his shoulder, with his arm twisted, causing other riders to crash across the road. He was unable to finish the stage and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Contador was on the other side of the road but went over his front wheel and landed on his left hip. He seemed to hurt his shoulder as his arm hit the road. He got up to finish the stage and was given the same time as Greipel and so kept the race lead. However he was unable to pull on the pink jersey on the podium and opted to be treated by his team doctor instead of speaking to Italian television. He quickly left the finish area instead of attending the race leader’s press conference.

Contador leads Fabio Aru (Astana) by two seconds in the general classification, with Richie Porte (Team Sky) third overall at 20 seconds.

Andre Greipel proudly pointed to his names of his sponsors on the podium. He also took the red points jersey thanks to his stage victory.

“This is what we’re here for: to win a stage,” he said. “I’ve got to thank the team, they gave me an awesome lead out. Greg Henderson did a long, long pull to lead me out. We can be happy with this win today.”

“I never look at the race manual or think ahead to how many sprints I might be able to contest, I prefer to take the Giro day by day. I made a mistake in the Genoa sprint but me and the team are very happy today with this win.”

Greipel did not see the crash but accepted that risks are part of sprinting.

“I don’t know what happened in the crash, it was behind me. Watching it on television, it doesn’t look so good. Crashing is part of racing and part of our job. It looks like a spectator caused it which is not good.”

How it happened

The 183km stage started under the sun, with the peloton a little tired after three intense days of racing. Most of the riders were happy to let the early break of the stage form and Marek Rutkiewicz (CCC Sprandi) and Eduard Grosu (Nippo-Vini Fantini) were the first to attack after just two kilometres. They were joined by Marco Bandiera (Androni Giocattoli), Alessandro Malaguti (Nippo-Vini-Fantini and Alan Marangoni (Cannondale-Garmin) after 20km and the peloton let them go.

Their gap grew gradually on the flat roads south of Pisa, with the five opening a lead of five minutes close to the Piaggio Vespa factory in Pontedera.

The Tinkoff-Saxo team had been hoping that someone in the break would be able to take Contador’s pink jersey but the sprinters’ teams kept the break under control and the gap to around five minutes.

The break tried their hardest to hold their gap, working smoothly together to Volterra and the hills near Pomerance and Larderello but the peloton never let them go too far clear. The Lotto Soudal, IAM Cycling, Trek Factory Racing and Giant-Alpecin teams did much of the hard work, riding for Greipel, Pelucchi, Nizzolo and Mezgec.

After over 120km in the saddle, Bandiera won the final sprint of the day with 34km to go but the gap was down to three minutes, with the news of strong head and side winds making the peloton nervous. The five breakaways suffered in the breeze blowing rom the south and their lead melted quickly as the peloton lined out in pursuit. The flat roads near Grosseto made it easy for the peloton to catch the break and the race return to ‘gruppo compatto’ –all together, with 14km to go.

The Astana, Tinkoff-Saxo and Team Sky squads also hit the front to protect their team leaders at this point, with several trains of riders filling the country roads.

The Giant-Alpecin team moved to the front with their lead out train with four kilometres to go but they were quickly past by Lotto Soudal and Lampre-Merida as the overall contenders slipped back down the peloton knowing they were inside the three kilometre to go point and so would not lose time in the event of a crash.

Lotto Soudal lead the peloton with Lars Bak and other teammates doing long turns for Greipel entering Castiglione della Pescaia. Greg Henderson led out Greipel on the long finishing straight as the other sprinters fought for his wheel. The sprint was hectic, with the crash scattering riders across the road behind the sprinters. But Greipel was ahead of the chaos, hit out early and won with his arms in the air.

It was his first stage victory at the Giro since he won in Brescia back in 2010. He will have a chance of further success at the end of Friday’s seventh stage from Grosseto to Fiuggi. At 264km, it is the longest stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia. The finish rises into the centre of the spa town.

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

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