170km; mountains; from Sansepolcro to Florence
(Firenze)
Sunday May 12, 2013
POURING RAIN and 20 c
(68 f);
Folks are calling this stage a “dress rehearsal for the
World Championships” later this season.
Four climbs (one of each category).
[Wiggins has been
evading the media.]
The mountains:
1st KOM: Km
81.8: Passo della Consuma (cat 2);
2nd KOM:
Vallombrosa (cat 1), at km. 106.7;
3rd KOM:
Cat. 3 Vetta le Croci at km 148;
4th KOM: km 159.3: Pian di Mugnone (Fiesole) which tops out at -10.7 k);
The cat. 1 Vallombrosa starts at km. 97.7 and runs aboyt 9 kilometers.
The gradient starts out at an easy 2.6%, hits 12% and then finishes up around
7.3%. Montetrini is a cat. 3, at only 4 km long, but with an average gradient
of 9.1% and a maximum
of 12%.
Very technical descents;
DNS: Chicchi (VIN)
Early Crash: Ermetti (AND)
*Early Break: at km 6, and now with a gap of 23 seconds are:
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil), Diego Rosa (Androni Giacattoli), Francesco Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole), Carlos Quintero (Colombia), Eros Cappechi (Movistar), Gianluca Brambilla (OPQS) and Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge).
-155k: Vini Fantini lead the peloton chase and bring back
the escapees;
*Aban: Gil (AND).
-150k: Stefano Pirazzi
(Bardiani Valvole) and Robinson Chalapud
(Colombia) try an escape.
NOT RAINING on peloton now; raining hard at finish though;
*Group of 12 now get a gap: Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole), Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), Juan Manuel Garate (Blanco), Fabio Felline
(Androni Giacattoli), Robinson Chalapud
(Colombia), Jarlinson Pantano
(Colombia), Ricardo Mestre
(Euskaltel), Maxim Belkov (Katusha),
Michel Golas (OPQS), Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano), Alessandro Proni (Vini Fantini) and Evgeni Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff).
ASTANA control front of peloton;
-125k: 12 leaders have a gap of 2:58
1st INT Sprint (km 49.5): 1. Belkov 2. Felline 3. Visconti 4. Chalapud 5. Mestre
1st INT Sprint (km 49.5): 1. Belkov 2. Felline 3. Visconti 4. Chalapud 5. Mestre
onto 1st Mtn.
-93k: attack Chalapud on the climb; Pirazzi follows and
they’re climbing together;
Pirazzi squeezes Chalapud into the barriers at the top of
the climb;
They summit and keep going away together;
1st KOM
(km 82): 1. Pirazzi 2. Chalapud 3. Pantano 4.
Visconti 5. Garate;
Pirazzi now leads MTN competition;
Wet roads; Steady rain now;
Belkov catches up
to 2 leaders, now 3; Pel +5:09;
Belkov and Chalapud drop Pirazzi, but he catches back on;
*Pouring rain now;
Onto 2nd climb: Vallombrosa;
-65k: 3 leaders attacking each other on the cat. 1 climb;
2nd KOM
(km 107): 1. Pirazzi 2. Chalapud 3.
Belkov (at +:50) 4. Pantano 5. Petrov 6. Garate
Erstwhile breakaway group splintering;
BMC lead Pel. up the climb in heavy rain and fog;
A CAN rider jumped out of the pack at the summit, but any
points left? No.
*Belkov catches
back up to 2 ldrs; Pel + 6:23; then motors on ahead alone (he is 189th
on GC);
*We now have one leader,
Belkov, chased by Chalapud and Pirazzi. They are followed by a group of four:
Garate, Pantano, Mestre and Petrov.
The rest of the earlier
break group are somewhere out there, too.
CRASH XXX? (AST),
he skids a long way across the road surface;
-43k: Belkov has a 1:35 lead over Pirazzi and Chalapud (G2);
Pel. at +6:52;
*Wiggins dropping
behind (being cautious?) on the long descent; 4 or 5 teammates helping him;
Lots of water puddling on road;
-38k: Belkov leads G2 +2:00 (and rising); Pink Jsy Grp
7:27; Wiggins 8:24;
Henao and Uran still in Pink Jsy grp (not going back for
Wiggins);
2nd INT:
1. Belkov 2. Chalapud 3. Pantano 4. Golas 5. Felline
-30k: Belkov leads G2 +2:49 (and rising); Pink Jsy Grp 6:55
(and falling); Wiggins 7:24; Wiggins grp seems to be getting back on terms;
Belkov might have to seriously bonk or crash to be caught if
he keeps this pace up;
Ludvigsson and Petrov leading the 1st chase
grp. (G2), with Felline, Garate,
Pantano, Pirazzi, Chalapud and Golas;
-25k: Belkov leads
G2 +3:39; Pink Jsy Grp 6:17; Wiggins 6:18;
Felline stretches his legs in front of G2;
On penultimate climb,
cat. 3 Vetta le Croci;
Sun peeking out! Rain has stopped;
-24.2 k: Pantano
escapes G2; Pirazzi tries a kick;
Wiggins is back
on with the Pink Jersey chase group;
Pantano has left G2 way behind;
Ludvigsson
attacks out of G2;
3rd KOM
(km 148): 1. Belkov 2.
Pantano 3. Ludvigsson
Pantano summits at + 1:47
Visconti riding
in back of Wiggins group;
*Hesjedal not
looking very good today; struggling a bit in back of Pel.
*Ludvigsson catches up to Pantano to form 2-man 1st
chase group;;
-15k: Belkov has -:29 to G2 (Ludvigsson and Pantano); +:51
to G3 (4-man grp with Pirazzi);
and 1:55 to GC chasers;
*Belkov onto final
climb (Fiesole, 2.9 km, Av 5.7%, Max 11% near the bottom);
Pellizotti being dropped from GC chase grp.
*Belkov at -9.5 k: Betancur
attacks chase grp. near top of final climb;
*4th KOM: Belkov
goes over last summit first; 2. Pantano (at +1:20) with 3. Ludvigsson;
Betancur: +1:49; Pink Jrsy grp 2:05; Hesjedal 2:50;
? Pink jsy grp seems to be waiting for someone; Wiggins
dangling off the back;
Belkov riding with more caution now, taking the downhill
turns a little slower;
Clouds clearing as Belkov rides into Florence; suddenly it’s
raining again;
He’s got 1:14 to G2, 1:35 to Betancur, 1:56 to the maglia
rosa, and 2:40 to Hesjedal;
Belkov rides up the 1.8 km finish straight alone…
Behind, Betancur catches up to 2 chasers and goes around
them to take 2nd.
Looks like Betancur thought he’d won. He crosses himself,
raises his arms and does a celebration gesture at the line.
Pantano is 3rd Ludvigsson 4th.
Nibali keeps Pink Jersey; Hesjedal falls out of top 10 (11th);
| 1 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | 4:31:31 | |
| 2 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:00:44 | |
| 3 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | 0:00:46 | |
| 4 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:00:54 | |
| 5 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:03 | |
| 6 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 7 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | ||
| 8 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | ||
| 9 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | ||
| 10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 11 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 12 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 13 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 14 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard | ||
| 15 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | ||
| 16 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 17 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 18 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 19 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 20 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
| 21 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | ||
| 22 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 23 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale | ||
| 24 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 25 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | ||
| 26 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 27 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 28 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | ||
| 29 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 30 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha | ||
| 31 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 32 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 33 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 34 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia | ||
| 35 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 36 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 37 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 38 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:16 | |
| 39 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:01:22 | |
| 40 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:24 | |
| 41 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:01:39 | |
| 42 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:02:07 | |
| 43 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | 0:02:09 | |
| 44 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 45 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 46 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 47 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | ||
| 48 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:03:46 | |
| 49 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:05:36 | |
| 50 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 51 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 52 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | ||
| 53 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:05:40 |
Other notable times:
65.
Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) +8:42
78. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana)
10.48
146.
Fabio Aru (Astana) 17.45
164.
Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli) 17.45
197
riders finished.
DNF: Tomas Aurelio Gil
Martinez (Androni Giocattoli), and
Arnold
Jeannesson (FDJ)
DNS: Chicchi (VIN)
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