Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 12 [FULL STAGE]

May 21, 2015

Giro d’Italia 2015 – Stage 12 – Imola – Vicenza (Monte Berico) – 190 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.

Philippe Gilbert gave BMC Racing their first victory at this year’s Giro d’Italia when he produced a typically powerful winning burst up the final steep ramp of Monte Berico in Vicenza. The former world champion’s acceleration carried him past Astana’s Tanel Kangert with 200 metres remaining, and Gilbert was still going away from the riders chasing behind as he crossed the line for his second career victory at the corsa rosa.

The victory provided redemption for Gilbert after he failed to build on the work his teammates had done for him on the previous stage. “I was so disappointed with myself when I couldn’t take advantage of it because I felt empty at the end. I even found it hard to sleep,” admitted Gilbert.

“I was scared that the team might have lost confidence in me, but we had a big meeting this morning, the sports directors gave us our confidence back, and we decided to go for it again. The difference today was that we decided to do no work at the beginning and save ourselves for the final. That was certainly the right decision.”

The battle for second place behind the Belgian was just as intriguing. Once again the finale provided another twist in the GC battle as race leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) edged out Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) to take second place behind Gilbert and the six bonus seconds that went with it. Better still for the Spaniard, main rival Fabio Aru (Astana) lost ground, finishing eight seconds in arrears, which resulted in Contador extending his lead to 17 seconds over the Italian.

“We were riding on the front to avoid risks and trying to use our intelligence to keep out of trouble,” said the race leader. “It was another very hard day. We rode the first two hours at about 50kph, then the rain started. The peloton broke apart with the high speeds, but I had good legs. Philippe Gilbert was very strong on the final climb, but I was thinking of the general classification and I’m very happy with the outcome today.”

Heavy rain showers and that high-octane opening to the day made for another very testing “transition” stage. The riders covered 70km before a break managed to gain a significant gap. Patrick Gretsch (AG2R-La Mondiale), Davide Appollonio (Androni-Giocattoli), Enrico Barbin (Bariani-CSF), Kenny Elissonde (FDJ) and Nick van der Lijke (LottoNL-Jumbo) were in the move.

With Orica-GreenEdge keeping the pace high with the aim of keeping Simon Gerrans in contention for the stage win, the five leaders only managed to get two minutes clear. With 57km remaining and the conditions worsening, the battle to be at the front of the peloton on the wet roads ended the break’s hopes.

Gretsch was the last man to be reeled in. As the peloton closed in on the German rider, Androni’s Gianfranco Zilioli bounded clear. The Italian was then joined and then dropped by Lotto-Soudal’s Louis Vervaeke, but the young Belgian’s prospects of a famous win never looked favourable as the peloton, with six Tinkoff-Saxo riders on the front, maintained its rapid pace behind him.

On the second of the day’s categorized climbs at Crosara, 30km from home, Vervaeke’s brief foray ended. Mountains leader Beñat Intxausti led over the third-cat hill. A few seconds behind the Movistar rider, Contador made a little dig near the top of the climb, apparently to test out Aru but also to make sure of being near the front on a technical descent that was made much more hazardous by the rain.

Gerrans lost his hopes of a stage win when he slid off the road on a left-hander. Up at the front, FDJ’s Alexandre Geniez took several corners speedway-style with one leg dangling out to keep him outright, but even this wasn’t enough to prevent the Frenchman going off-road on one bend and sending spectators running for cover. Thankfully, Geniez managed to stay upright and regained the sodden road.

As the riders slipped and slid, the front of the race split. All of the main contenders made it into a 10-strong group at the head of affairs. A second bigger group soon joined them.

With 16km to the finish, Androni’s Franco Pellizotti attacked from this leading pack of 40-odd riders, which was still being pushed along by Tinkoff-Saxo. Steven Kruiswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) attempted to get across to the Italian on the uncategorized climb 13km from home, but his effort was closed down as Movistar’s Giovanni Visconti tried to follow and brought Contador and the other GC favourites with him.

Given his freedom to go in search of the stage win, Kangert clipped away on this descent and joined Pellizotti with 5km remaining. As the duo pushed their lead out to 30 seconds, Gilbert’s BMC teammates took over the pacemaking behind.

With their lead still at 20 seconds as they turned onto the kilometre-long climb of Monte Berico, the two leaders looked like they might hold off the chasers. As the gradient increased, Kangert surged away from Pellizotti, but suddenly the pack was closing. With 400 metres to go, Gilbert, who had looked over the final 70km of this stage earlier in the season, made that knowledge pay and at the same time repaid his teammates’ faith in him.

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

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