Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE]

May 15, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 7 – Grosseto – Fiuggi – 264 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.

Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) emerged from a hectic sprint on the rising final kilometre in Fiuggi, stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, to win his first race since serving a nine-month ban for asthma drug Salbutamol. He tested positive during the 2014 Giro d’Italia and only made a comeback in April at the Tour of the Basque Country.

The Lampre-Merida team worked for both Ulissi and sprinter Sacha Modolo in the final kilometre, out powering the Orica-GreenEdge team that was working for Simon Gerrans. When Modolo sat up, Ulissi emerged along the barriers and had the speed to beat Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) and Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) finished the stage safely in the peloton and kept the leader’s pink jersey after being protected and guided by his teammates throughout the stage. Contador was careful to protect his painful left shoulder during the stage but occasionally got out of the saddle in the final kilometres. He was in pain but pulled on the pink jersey on the podium and looks able to continue in the Giro d’Italia. Fabio Aru (Astana) remains second overall at two seconds, with Richie Porte (Team Sky) at 20 seconds.

Ulissi celebrated his victory, even stopping to drop to his knees in tears. He emotionally hugged his teammates, who celebrated with him.

“This is a liberation for me,” Ulissi said. “I’ve been through some difficult months but I’m really happy now and how I reacted to everything that happened. I’ve got to thank my family, my wife and daughter, my parents, friends and my great team that supported me through everything.”

Contador was relieved to have made it through the long stage and tried to stay optimistic for the rest of the race.

“Bueno, I’m happy that I got through the day. I knew I was not feeling great and I suffered, even if things seem to be getting better. We raced for more than seven and a half hours and after four hours I was struggling with my hand. The only thing I want to do now is put some ice on my shoulder and recover from the long stage,” he said on Italian television, opting not to attend the post-race press conference.

“Tomorrow the finish up to Campitello Matese will in theory be a difficult day for me, even if it should have been a good day for me. We’d hoped I’d be able to attack but now we’ll see how I feel, stay relaxed and go on the defensive. I hope to get better day after day.”

How it happened

The longest stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia was always going to be a marathon but because of a stiff headwind and with the riders still thinking about Thursday’s crash in the sprint, the long ride south via Roma was covered at a steady pace.

The break of the stage formed after an early attack of three riders was pulled back after 10 kilometres. Marco Bandiera (Androni Sidermec), Nicola Boem (Bardiani-CSF), Pier Paolo De Negri (Nippo Vini Fantini) and Nikolay Myhaylov (CCC Sprandi) accelerated away and this time the peloton let them go, with the gap rapidly rising to three minutes. None of the four were a threat overall and so their gap rose to over 10 minutes after 50km of racing.

The Tinkoff-Saxo team controlled the chase, respecting their role as race leaders and protecting Contador from possible problems. However, the average speed for the stage was around 35km/h due to the a strong headwind.

Bandiera accelerated clear to win the sprint points near the Vallelunga motor circuit after 151km but quickly eased up. He took time to take a piece of paper out of his pocket to wish hid dad happy birthday but little else happened, with BMC, Orica-GreenEdge and Trek Factory Racing sending a rider to the head of the peloton to help with the chase.

De Negri took the climber’s points at Monterotondo after 184km but the break’s lead began to fall in the Roman hills after BMC hit the front. It seems they decided to set up the finish for Philippe Gilbert. It was just four minutes with 50km to go and 1:45 with 40km to go.

Bandiera won the second sprint of the day, with Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Factory Racing) beating Elia Viviani (Team Sky) for the minor placing behind. Now the peloton was close to catching the quartet after their long day out front. The junction came with 21km, with Tinkoff-Saxo hitting the front with four riders to protect Contador. The hills and distance began to hurt, with Petacchi, Boonen and Haussler all dropped.

Tosatto finally moved off the front at 10km to go, with Contador gratefully giving him a nod of the head in thanks for his huge effort. Greipel was suffering but was determined to try his hand in the sprint. Lotto Soudal lead him out but the final kilometre included several kinds and rose at two and then four per cent.

It was too much for the Belgian team and even Orica-GreenEdge suffered. Michael Matthews sacrificed his chances for Gerrans but he was not perfectly placed. Lampre-Merida seemed in charge heading into the finishing straight but they also ran out of legs, with Modolo sitting up. At the same moment Ulissi came through along the barriers and vented his anger on the pedals. Nobody was able to match his anger and speed and the Livornese rider took the win he had been wanting.

Contador and the overall contenders finished safely in the peloton, knowing their day will come on the Saturday, on the second mountain finish of this year’s Giro d’Italia to Campitello Matese, not far from Naples.

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

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