Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE]

May 26, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 16 – Pinzolo – Aprica – 174 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.

Mikel Landa (Astana) rode himself into second place overall on stage 16 to Aprica after an epic day of racing at the Giro d’Italia. With his team leader Fabio Aru already dropped, Landa attacked with four kilometres remaining to take his second stage victory of the race. Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) out-sprinted Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) to take second. Aru eventually crossed the line 2:49 back on his teammate.

Contador now leads Landa by 4:02, with Aru in third 4:52 behind.

“It was a really beautiful day for me, maybe even more than the last one,” said Landa.

“We saw that Contador had a problem and Katusha rode the group full gas and we collaborated with them. On the Mortirolo, Fabio didn’t feel very good and he told me to go with Alberto and Kruijswijk. In the last kilometres I saw that they were playing a little bit for winning the stage. I tried and I didn’t know I was so strong.”

The day had been labelled as a defining one for the general classification and it proved to be just that. At one stage it looked like Aru had Contador on the ropes when the maglia rosa suffered a puncture on the first descent of the Aprica. Katusha drove on with some assistance from Astana, and forced Contador to mount what later became a solo chase with the gap extending to nearly a minute at the foot of the Mortirolo.

After a monumental effort to bridge the gap, Contador finally made contact with a leading group that contained Landa, Aru and Kruijswijk.

Aru, who had already been struggling, capitulated almost immediately, with Contador attacking as soon as he caught the leaders. Landa hesitated briefly before he was given the go ahead to follow Contador and leave his Aru to make his own way home.

The battle for the stage honours had come down to just three men by the top of the Mortirolo, with Kruijswijk proving a match for the two Spaniards. The Dutchman and Contador worked perfectly together to keep Aru at bay – with Landa sitting on – but with less than five kilometres remaining of the final ascent to Aprica, they began playing cat and mouse. Kruijswijk was the first to make his move, with Landa counter-attacking as soon as the Dutchman was caught. The gap quickly jumped to over 30 seconds and neither Contador nor Kruijswijk could react.

How it happened

After taking it easy on the second rest day of the race, the Giro reared up on stage 16 as it took the peloton over the Mortirolo. Once again, the weather would be a factor with intermittent rain and cold conditions. With the road going up the Campo Carlo Magno immediately, many riders chose to warm up on the rollers before they took the start.

There were attacks from the word go, but It wasn’t until the descent that a serious break got free with Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani CSF), Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli), Fabio Felline (Trek Factory Racing), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), David De La Cruz (Etixx-QuickStep), Ruben Fernandez (Movistar), Nikolay Mihaylov (CCC Sprandi), Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin) and Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida).

Separate chases from Sander Armée (Lotto Soudal) and Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) saw the escape group grow. After 80 kilometres completed though, the breakaway only had two minutes to show for their efforts. As the riders approached Aprica for the first time the gap was coming down quickly and Hesjedal decided that he had enough. He quickly distanced his former break companions, building an advantage of up to two minutes.

Using every ounce of his mountain biking skills, Hesjedal charged down the Aprica descent. Considering what was to come, it was surprisingly this twisting descent that caused the first real excitement of the day. While the cameras were distracted by the crash of Astana’s Diego Rosa, race leader Contador found himself in trouble. The maglia rosa appeared to suffer a mechanical problem just as the peloton was breaking into small splinter groups.

Aru would have hardly believed his luck as Contador found himself almost a minute behind by the time he reached the valley, with only a single teammate to help the chase. The Kazakh team reached a brief accord with Katusha to work together and try to get rid of the race leader once and for all. Contador soon found himself having to chase by himself with a small helping hand from Movistar’s Igor Anton on the Mortirolo to bring him within 30 seconds of Aru.

Contador hopped from group to group, constantly closing in on Aru and his teammate Landa. Continuing his great comeback, Kruijswijk kept the pace of the Astana pair and even attacked but to no avail. With 40 kilometres to go, Contador emerged around one of the many turns that litter the Mortirolo and he could see Aru just metres ahead. A last little spurt brought Contador back to this three-man group, and the tables were about to turn.

After perhaps believing that he’d got his Giro challenge back on track, Aru was quickly going backwards. With a podium place up for grabs, Landa didn’t wait for his team leader and followed Contador and Kruijswijk up the road. Aru fleetingly had Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) for company but the Italian struck a lonely figure amongst the crowds of the Mortirolo. By the time he’d reached the top, he had been passed by Andrey Amador (Movistar) and the gap had ballooned to almost two minutes.

Not content with the damage he’d already done, Contador pushed on the descent eager to put the Giro out of reach of the Sardinian. Aru followed suit, taking back Amador as he scythed down the tree-lined road. Just to make the tricky descent a little more challenging, the riders had to contend with a drying – but not quite dry – road.

A mechanical problem saw all of Aru’s efforts on the descent go to naught. The bike change was quick enough but he would have to waste yet more energy, with one climb still to come. Aru wrestled with the bike as he chased on, and had a group containing Hesjedal, Amador and Trofimov in his sights before dropping back again.

On the second ascent of the Aprica, Contador, Kruijswijk and Landa pushed the gap out further, with Kruijswijk doing almost all of the work. Landa spent as little time on the front of the group as possible, hoping to allow his leader to minimise the damage. However, Aru could almost see his podium disappearing altogether as the second group on the road, which contained Amador, slipped further into the distance.

With less than five kilometres remaining, the leading group turned their focus to the stage victory. Kruijswijk jumped off the front with 4.3km to go, but was brought back almost immediately by Landa. The Astana rider didn’t stop there and instantly launched his own attack off the front. The result was emphatic as he quickly pulled out a gap on his two companions. Landa had plenty of time to celebrate becoming the first rider at this year’s Giro to win two stages, while Contador and Kruijswijk battled it out for the runner’s up spot.

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

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