Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

May 17, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 9 – Benevento – San Giorgio Del Sannio – 251 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.

Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) soloed in to take the win on stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia from the day’s breakaway, with Stephen Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) second and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) third.

“Today I was part of a great team. I found the right breakaway. My job was to wait for my teammates on the final climb, but things didn’t turn out that way,” Tiralongo said. “It is an unexpected win.”

Alberto Contador defended his race lead ahead of the first rest day, although the gap during the stage was large enough for the lead to change hands. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider attacked out of the chasing field along with co-favourites Fabio Aru (Astana) and Richie Porte (Sky) with about 12 km remaining. The loser of the day was Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep), who missed the cut and fell even further back.

“I would have preferred to have ridden more conservatively from the final climb to the finish, but Aru asked me to work with him because Urán was behind us, and it was important to put time into him,” Contador said. “We worked together, even if he sprinted to gain back a second, but I’m very happy with where I am after nine stages. I have the Maglia Rosa, and I have a rest day for my shoulder and legs to recover.”

Aru sprinted with 100 meters remaining, hoping to pick up a few seconds on Contador, who led him in the GC by only four seconds. The Italian picked up one second, and is now only 3 seconds down in second place, with Porte third at 22 seconds.

“Right now it looks like it won’t be easy to take the pink jersey away from Contador,” Tiralongo said after the stage. “He’s a real champion, but there is still time. For us, it is important to concentrate on Fabio Aru. I was in the break group to support him, and then saw that it could work out for me.”

Contador was happy to have defended his lead, and called it “the most unusual stage I have ever experienced.”

How it unfolded

The stage got off to an early start in Benevento, and the field set off on the 215 kilometers at a high pace. The day, with constant ups and downs and a total of 4000 vertical meters of climbing, seemed perfect for an escape group to find success, but it took a while for the group of the day to form.

Finally, after 52 km, a group of 11 got away: Carlos Betancur (AG2R), Paolo Tiralongo (Astana). Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF), Amael Moinard (BMC), Kenny Elissonde (FDJ), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Ryder Hesjedal and Tom-Jelte Slagter (Cannondale-Garmin), Simon Geschke (Giant Alpecin), Maxim Belkov (Katusha) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo).

It was a high-powered group, with former Giro winner Hesjedal, and two riders from the previous day’s break, Betancur and Kruijswijk. They quickly pulled away and took a lead of 4:30 with them as they started up the first climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Monte Termino.

That gap had jumped to 5:53 at the top of the climb, giving Moinard the virtual leader’s jersey. Geschke was the first over the top, followed by Betancur and Tiralongo.

After the descent, the climbing started again immediately. Sergio Paulinho jumped from the field on the way down, and quickly gained one minute in pursuit of the lead group. Their gap dropped dramatically on the climb, down to four minutes.

The first sprint of the day, on the climb, went to Hesjedal ahead of Moinard and Herrada. Colbrelli, celebrating his 25th birthday, was the first to pay tribute to the pace and drop back from the lead group. Belkov soon followed him and Paulinho was unable to keep up his lead, falling back into the peloton.

That peloton was around 50 riders strong as it hit the top of the cat. 1 Colle Molella, a mere 2:06 after the reduced lead group. Geschke was first at the top, giving himself the mountain jersey, followed by Betancur and Kruijswijk.

Astana was determined to wrestle control of the race its way, and sent Dario Cataldo on the attack on the descent. Tinkoff-Saxo and race leader Alberto Contador were having none of that, and pulled him back as promptly as they could.

Slagter jumped from the lead group and was able to claim the second intermediate sprint and three seconds time bonus for himself.

The lead group apparently gained an advantage on the descent. A motorcycle crashed on a sharp curve, and the chasing peloton was slowed to pass the scene of the accident. The road surfaces were generally not in the best condition, as well as being narrow and with tight curves.

Slagter did not wait for his companions after the sprint but kept going, building up a lead for himself. The peloton was said to have fallen back to five minutes, with that going up to six minutes with 50 km – and one more ranked climb – to go.

Tiralongo continued the Astana offensive by attacking with 42km to go, and was joined by Herrada. They were not allowed to stay away, however.

Elissonde was the next to give it a try, with just over 15km to go. He kept looking back to see if anyone would join him, and it was Tiralongo who then shot right past him. But once again they were hauled back.

Although it appeared at times that Tinkoff-Saxo would not be sorry to see the leader’s jersey change hands before the rest day, the Russian team picked up the pace as they started up the day’s final climb, cutting the gap to Slagter to under four minutes. Tiralongo attacked again on the ascent of the Passo Serra, this time slowly pulling away.

Back in the pack, Contador had only man at his side, with five Astana riders and a handful of Sky riders. Aru then mad his move, taking Contador and Porte with him, as well as Landa. The gap was down to only 2:46 behind Slagter, and the quartet starting catching and passing those who had fallen back from the break.

Landa and Aru led the group, with Contador and Porte contented to let them do so, and in fact, refusing to take hints they should take their turns.

Slagter made it to the mountain ranking alone, taking the top points, but Tiralongo was rapidly closing the gap on him. The rest of the former break group had splintered in the meantime. Landa led the group of favourites over the top at 1:20 down, with the field another 25 seconds or so back. Uran was in that chasing field, losing further time.

With 8.1 km remaining, Tiralongo caught Slagter. Aru pulled alongside of Contador, gesturing and apparently speaking, and the Spaniard finally took a turn at the front. The group also turned up the speed a notch, and the Uran group fell further back.

Slagter and Tiralongo took 1:35 into the final five kilometres, but soon Slagter had to fall back, no longer able to keep up. With just over four km to go, the Astana rider was on his own.

“The team car told me to go for it, so I rode the final 5 km at 100%. On the hard final climb, I caught Slagter, then I held on as the finish line approached,” Tiralongo said.

Kruijswijk pulled away from the remnants of the break group with some 3 km left, but ahead, Tiralongo grinned and gestured thumbs up on his way to the win. His lead had narrowed but he still had plenty of time for an extended victory celebration – and also becoming the oldest man to win a stage in the Giro.

The Dutch rider crossed the line 21 seconds later, with Geschke leading the small chasing group at 24 seconds to take third.

About 30 seconds after the Geschke group, the group of four around Contador came towards the finish. With about 100 meters to go, Aru jumped and sprinted towards the line. His strategy worked, and he picked up one second.

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

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