Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

May 16, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 8 – Fiuggi – Campitello Matese – 186 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.

Spain enjoyed a great day all round on the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia as Movistar’s Beñat Intxausti took a fine solo win at the summit of Campitello Matese, while compatriot Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) answered the doubts about the state of his damaged shoulder by managing to retain his grip on the maglia rosa.

Indeed, Contador not only showed that he was well capable of responding to the attacks of Astana’s Fabio Aru and Sky’s Richie Porte despite the subluxation of his left shoulder he suffered when he crashed two days ago, but even managed to double his narrow lead over Aru when he took two bonus seconds at the first intermediate sprint.

Intxausti described himself as showing “real sangfroid” as claimed the second Giro stage win of his career. Part of a group that spent more than half the stage chasing a minute or so behind breakaway riders Steven Kruiswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Carlos Betancur (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Kristof Vandewalle (Trek Factory Racing), Intxausti joined up with IAM Cycling’s Sébastien Reichenbach on the final climb in chasing down Kruiswijk, the strongest of the leading trio.

With 4km remaining, Reichenbach and Intxausti rode past the fading Kruiswijk. The Swiss IAM rider had looked the stronger of the pair, setting a fierce pace as Intxausti appeared to be struggling to stay on his wheel. But, three kilometres from the finish, the Spaniard came to life, sprinting away from young Reichenbach and never looking likely to be caught even after the maglia rosa group upped its pace a few hundred metres down the road behind him.

“I was really cold-blooded today in my tactics,” he explained. “I knew that the group in front would be incredibly strong, especially Kruiswijk, but we kept pulling and towards the finish we managed to get on terms with him, and then I made my move.

“I was aware that there would be attacks from behind and that Astana were setting a fast pace. I was getting time gaps all the time and when the gap dropped to a minute and a half I knew I had to go. I kept going at a good pace and even though it felt like an age to me I managed to hang on. After this I’ll keep looking for stage wins, which was always the plan for the race. I’ve got no aims for the GC after having a bad day in the heat and losing nine minutes. There are plenty of mountains left for other opportunities, though, and perhaps even a shot at the mountains jersey.”

Having set the pace from almost 30km out, it was very clear Astana were intending to attack towards the top part of the climb to Campitello Matese. After teammates Diego Rosa, Tanel Kangert and Paolo Tiralongo had slimmed down the maglia rosa group, Astana leader Aru attacked just inside the 5km banner.

Initially, the only man able to respond was his teammate Mikel Landa. But Contador, Porte and Rigoberto Urán did scramble back up to the Astana duo, only to see Landa fire away on his own in pursuit of the stage win. That turned out to be a quest in vain, as was Aru’s attempt to wrest the pink jersey from Contador’s shoulders.

Sky’s Leopold König took up the pacemaking until 2004 Giro winner Damiano Cunego rolled back the years with an attack inside the final 2km. ‘The Little Prince’s moment was fleeting, however, as Aru made another move, although the Sardinian couldn’t open up a significant gap.

Porte was quickly on his wheel, with Contador and a resurgent Rigoberto Urán (Etixx-QuickStep) soon in touch as well. Porte countered with an attack of his own, then went hard again. All the while, Contador hung in, defending his lead doggedly as he had said he would.

“I’m really happy with the way it’s gone today, just as I was yesterday,” said Contador. “They’ve been very tough days and today’s stage was incredibly hard until the break went. At the end, Astana made it difficult for us, and then so did Aru and Richie. It was obvious that Aru was going to attack, he’s come here to win the race just as Richie has. They tried to attack me, but despite the fall I’ve been able to respond. It was good to save the day and now I’ve got to think about resting.”

How it unfolded

Gianfranco Zilioli (Androni), Branislau Samoilau (CCC), Roger Kluge (IAM), Louis Vervaeke (Lotto-Soudal), Rubén Fernández (Movistar), Eduard Grosu (Nippo Fantini), and Elia Favilli (SouthEast), soon to be joined by a clearly eager Danielson. But it wasn’t going to be their day.

Behind them, the peloton split, and race leader Contador found himself in the second group. That encouraged the front half of the peloton to press on hard, engulfing the nine breakaway riders as they did so.

The gap between the two groups swelled to a minute, before closing down, enabling maglia rosa Contador and his teammates to work their way up to the very front of affairs. In the midst of that action, Contador picked up two bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint, thereby doubling his lead over Aru to four seconds.

As the groups merged, Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) jumped away, and the Dutchman quickly gained a significant lead. Ten riders went off in pursuit of Kruiswijk, as the pace finally began to settle down in the peloton, where Tinkoff-Saxo took control.

A lack of collaboration among the group chasing Kruiswijk led to Franco Pellizotti (Androni) and Betancur clipping away on their own. The pair quickly went across the gap to the Dutchman, and the trio became a quartet when Vandewalle joined them.

With four strong riders working together at the front, their lead over the peloton grew to more than nine minutes. Even the loss of Pellizotti, who fell back to the group chasing around 40 seconds to a minute behind, didn’t slow their impetus much.

The leading trio’s lead was still above seven minutes with 29km to race, when Astana suddenly moved en masse to the front of the peloton. Diego Rosa initially set the pace, which quickly resulted in a minute being trimmed from the lead held by Kruiswijk, Vandewalle and Betancur, who had managed to push their advantage out over the Pellizotti group behind to 1-23 going onto the first-category 16km climb to Campitello Matese.

With 12km to race, the leading trio reached the first significant ramps on the final climb. By now their lead had tumbled to less than four minutes, and this was the cue for Betancur to accelerate. For a few moments the Colombian looked set to go solo, but Kruiswijk closed the gap and then countered with an attack of his own.

The Dutchman looked impressive for a few kilometres, but the pain became increasingly evident as Intxausti and Reichenbach closed in. With 6km left, this pair were a minute in arrears, with the peloton another two minutes further back. Another kilometre further on, and Intxausti and the powerful Reichenbach were on him.

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

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