STAGE 7 Recap and Results 2013 Giro d'Italia

 

STAGE 7-  
177km, Rolling (saw-tooth) from San Salvo to Pescara:

Friday May 10, 2013

Dry at the start, rain last hour.

Many short climbs spread across the whole course today. Four categorized climbs in the last 50 km (2 cat.3’s and 2 cat 4’s).  First time Giro starting in Marina di San Salvo.

Some stats for the climbs:

Bucchianico (max 15%), Villamagna (KOM), Chieti-Pietragrossa (max 16% - KOM), Chieti-Tricalle (max 19% - Sprint), Santa Maria de Criptis (max 16% - KOM) and San Silvestro (max 14% - KOM).

Besides Leigh Howard (OGE) who broke his collarbone yesterday, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC) also Did Not Start today.

Mattia Cattaneo (Lampre-Merida) is also out of the race after a crash just 3km into the stage.

Taylor Phinney (BMC) is struggling with hay fever and admitted today will be a battle of survival for him.

Dario Cataldo (Team Sky) is one of several riders fighting a virus for the last few days.

Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) has been struggling with a knee injury, and now a fever.

To the action:

 

Taborre and Trentin trying to break free…

Wiggins bike change;

Thomas Damuseau (ARG) and Fabio Taborre (VIN) were together with Danilo Hondo (RadioShack) in a break group. Then Hondo and Damuseau crashed, and Taborre continued on alone, with a 26 second gap.

*-141k Brk: Sella, Tamouridis, Tjallingii, Rollin, Hansen, and Ligthart build a 1-min. lead;

-140k: The gap is now 2:14 for Emanuele Sella (Androni Giacattoli), Ioannis Tamoridis (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Maarten Tjallingii (Blanco), Dominique Rollin (FdJ), Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) and Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM).

Looks like they got away at km 29.

*Cattaneo (LAM) has been taken to hospital with a suspected fractured femur. UPDATE: No fracture.

Peloton lets the break go for a while.

-62k -5:38

1^st KOM: 1. Sella  2. Tjallingi  3. Hansen

-50k: the lead is 2:40

-40k: lead @ 2:30;

Thunder and lightning reported at the finish, no rain yet;

Onto 2^nd climb

-39.5k Taborre accelerates off the front of the pack; Uran has a silly fall and is back up;

2^nd KOM: 1. Sella  2. Hansen  3. Rollin  4. Ligthart;

-35k onto the Chieti climb (see stage 5 of this year’s Tirreno Adriatico);

Hansen, Sella and Ligthart lead up the climb (~2:00 to peloton); other three from the lead are drifting back on the steep slope;

Taborre still trying to bridge up to the leaders in no-man’s-land;

1^st INT Sprint: 1. Hansen  2. Sella  3. Ligthart  4. Tjallingi  5. Rollin

*-32k: Hansen and Sella drop Ligthart and summit together, as the leaders on the road;

-31k: roads are all wet now, entering light rain;

*Crash: Sella; skids out on a slick bend; he’s back up quickly;

Inside -28 k the rain is falling hard on the riders now;

2^nd INT SPR: 1. Sella  2. Hansen  3. Ligthart  4. Tjallingi  5. Rollin

-25k: Taborre catches Tamouridis on the road;

-23.2k: crash:

-23k: Hansen waited for Sella to catch back up so they could work together through the difficult terrain; their lead to the chasing peloton is 3:00;

Tjallingi, Ligthart and Rollin form the first chase group behind the leaders, at +1:05; Rollin is dropped;

*Hansen drops Sella on the steeps and goes alone;

The peloton is riding very cautiously now, taking the corners slowly on the slippery, technical roads; Have they given up the chase?

-20k: Taborre 2:12 behind the 2 leaders; the peloton a further :30 back, as Bonnafond attacks out of the pack;

3^rd KOM: 1. Hansen  2. Sella  3. Ligthart  4. Rollin;

BLANCO lead the peloton chase, and Di Luca escapes, catching Taborre under the 20k to go banner;

A select group forming behind; chasing Di Luca are Nibali, Scarponi, Santambrogio, Kiserlovski, et al;

NO SKY RIDERS AROUND AT THE FRONT!

Inside 15k to go, the leader, Hansen has :45 gap to Sella, and 2:15 to the chasing GC group;

Kangert then Di Luca attack with a big dig;

-12k: Pirazzi to the front of the chase; Water is puddling all over the road;

-10k: Weening attacks, followed by Pirazzi and Kiserlovski;

Hansen now leads Sella by 1:15, Kangert by 2:44 and the Maglia Rosa group by 3:12;

-8.5k: big attack from Nibali, Vicioso on his wheel; Stortoni trying to get on with Di Luca and Taborre;

Evans leads GC chase group over the final categorized summit;

4^th KOM: 1. Hansen  2. Sella  3. Pirazzi;

Sella crashes again and gets back on again;

Several other crashes happening behind, incl. Wiggins;

A Movistar rider hits the pavement, as up ahead, Hansen has 4k to go to the finish;

The select group chasing Hansen swells to 12 then to around 20 riders;

-3k: Wiggins looks bad and is being passed by many riders; Uran drops back to help;

The sky is very dark and hurling down rain at the struggling riders as Adam Hansen rolls down the long finishing stretch with no challengers visible behind him; His birthday is tomorrow.

A lot of shake-up in the standings after today’s fast, wet stage. Tomorrow’s 55-km time trial should shake it up even more.

STAGE 7 RESULTS:

  1  HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL)              4:35:49
  2  BATTAGLIN, Enrico (BARDIANI VALVOLE)       + 1:07
  3  DI LUCA, Danilo (VINI FANTINI)       
  4  SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro (VINI FANTINI)   
  5  CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING)            
  6  EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING)                           
  7  PIRAZZI, Stefano (BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX)      
  8  JEANNESSON, Arnold (FDJ)                            
  9  WEENING, Pieter (ORICA GREENEDGE)                   
  10 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN SHARP)                      
  11 CARUSO, Giampaolo (KATUSHA)                         
  12 SERPA PEREZ, Jose Rodolfo (LAMPRE-MERIDA)           
  13 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos Alberto (AG2R LA MONDIALE)   
  14 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM)          
  15 VALLS FERRI, Rafael (VACANSOLEIL-DCM)               
  16 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BLANCO PRO CYCLING)               
  17 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (BLANCO PRO CYCLING)             
  18 MAJKA, Rafal (SAXO-TINKOFF)                         
  19 GESINK, Robert (BLANCO PRO CYCLING)                 
  20 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI)        
  21 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw (LAMPRE-MERIDA)                 
  22 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE-MERIDA)                   
  23 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA PRO TEAM)                  
  24 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD)            
  25 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING)




General Classification after Stage 7  

1	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar	28:30:04
2	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:00:05
3	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp	0:00:08
4	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha	0:00:10
5	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini	0:00:13
6	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:00:16
7	Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling	0:00:19
8	Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:00:28
9	Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge	0:00:29
10	Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack LT	0:00:34
11	Samuel Sanchez  (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:00:52
12	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco	0:00:53
13	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida	0:00:57
14	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
15	Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha	0:00:58
16	Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
17	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM	0:00:59
18	Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha	0:01:02
19	Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff	0:01:08
20	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:01:11

21	Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:15
22	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling	0:01:27
23	Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:01:32
24	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini	0:01:41
25	Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky	0:01:44
26	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco	0:01:55
27	Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QS
28	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R	0:01:57
29	Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre	0:02:06
30	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale	0:02:12

Points classification
	Name (Country) Team	Points
1	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	58
2	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling	52
3	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox	45
4	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team	40
5	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol	39
6	Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha	35
7	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ	31
8	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano	30
9	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp	30
10	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	29
11	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge	28
12	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard	25
13	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling	24
14	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ	20
15	Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha	20
16	Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	20
17	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	18
18	Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	16
19	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM	16
20	Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge	16
21	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling	16
22	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	16
23	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team	16
24	Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team	16
25	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha	15

                                   Mountains classification:

	Name (Country) Team	Points
1	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team	14
2	Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	13
3	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox	12
4	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol	12
5	Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia	9
6	Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM	9
7	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	5
8	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff	5
9	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling	3
10	Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team	3
11	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale	3
12	Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ	3
13	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	3
14	Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano	3
15	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling	3

Young rider classification
		Result
1	Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff	28:31:12
2	Carlos Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale	0:00:07
3	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team	0:00:47
4	Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:01:05
5	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox	0:01:21
6	Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:02:41
7	Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia	0:02:49
8	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole	0:08:53
9	Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox	0:08:59
10	Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia	0:10:16

	Fuga Pinarello classification	Points
1	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling	290
2	Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	278
3	Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi	263
4	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling	221
5	Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi	204
6	Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol	204
7	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	202
8	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	197
9	Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale	189
10	Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling	178
11	Tomas A Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli	177
12	Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia	177
13	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ	176
14	Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia	167
15	Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli	167
16	Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol	167
17	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff	167
18	Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling	167
19	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ	151
20	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol	147