Saturday May 11, 2013
54.8 KM Individual Time
Trial from Gabicce Mare to Saltara;
Course: Technical, half-flat,
half-rolling, with a punchy climb to the finish (last 1km @ 13%); INT time
check at km 26.
Weather: 19 c; Wind N 10km/h; mostly sunny early
then overcast later, but dry
DNS: Julien Berard (ALM)
British TT champ Alex Dowsett (24-MOV) sets the early mark at
36:20. Dowsett was 8th at the 45 km World Championship TT last September,
finishing ahead of the mighty Alberto Contador.
TT specialist Jesse Sergent is currently in second at +1:18
The ailing pair of Taylor Phinney (BMC) and Dario Cataldo (Sky) would both have been
favorites for today’s TT under healthier circumstances. At the first intermediate
check point Phinney is riding in 4th place, 2:12 behind the current
leader, while Cataldo is next, :13 behind Phinney. Doubtless those placings
will drop as the leaders come in.
Kessiakoff
prepares to start. He’s been quiet so far this year, but it will be interesting
to see if he can match the winning TT performances he put on in last year’s
Vuelta a España (where he beat the likes of Contador, Froome, Valverde, Porte
and today’s Maglia Rosa wearer, Beñat Intxausti—as well as Tony Martin) and the
Tour de Suisse (where he beat the great Fabian Cancellara).
Aussie champ Luke Durbridge (OGE) comes through the INT
in 2nd place.
13:50:17 CEST:
After 90 minutes Belkov has a dominant lead:
1.
Maxime Belkov
(KAT) 1:27:57
2.
Laurent Pichon
(FDJ) +5:14
3.
Miguel Minguez
(EUS) 5.37
4.
Bobridge (BLA) 6.25
Dowsett
finishes and takes the lead with a time of 1.16.27 (at 43.008 kph), a full 2:00
ahead of second-place Jesse Sergent. I’m surprised he held that time up the
last climb. Chapeau.
*Rain reported at the finish line now. (??? Looks dry to me—maybe there
was a sprinkle off camera.) As I said in my preview, this will be a
disadvantage—and potential danger—to all the riders who have to race the clock
on wet roads.
Durbridge replaces Sergent
in 2nd at the finish. Then Stef Clement (BLA) supplants Durbridge;
A Bardiani rider crashes on
a corner.
Garate is
late to the gate for his start;
Kessiakoff losing big time
on the final climb;
Wiggins
ready to start on dry roads in the sun.
Wiggins: mechanical issue (flat?) on
the course and gets a new bike; discards the old one like trash--remembers to grab bidon;
Wiggo goes thru the 1st INT in 7th,
just ahead of Saxo’s Manuele Boaro.
Evans
starts; almost scrapes a wall taking a sharp left turn;
Uran thru
the INT in 5th, 10 seconds faster than team leader Wiggins;
Kelderman
(BLA) takes his time passing his minute-man, Sky’s Sergio Henao.
Wiggins gets mooned by the Tifosi.
Good to see the Italians are keeping their butts clean;
Hesjedal
then Nibali leave the start house.
Nibali bunny-hops a bump in the road and then hugs the same corner wall that Evans
nearly grazed.
Michele Scarponi (4th place overall last year) goes through the
INT with a very good time of 36:50, good for 3rd place, :30 off the
pace; Not a great TT’er, the 2011 Giro winner is one of my favorites for the
overall, but was not expected to excel today.
Maglia Rosa wearer Intxausti is the last man out of the
gate.
Dowsett still holds the lead
ahead of Clement and Durbridge.
Tanel Kangert finishes with a very impressive 2nd place, :14
behind Dowsett.
*Some damp spots reported on
the road, but for the most part the course is still dry, sky partly sunny.
Wiggins goes through the
last time check in 5th. Not looking too sharp.
Evans holds nothing back as
he uses all of the road hammering around the bends;
Henao
crosses the line in 6th; He lost a minute since the first check;
*Wiggins
made up some good time on the final climb and finishes in 2nd place,
10 seconds behind countryman Dowsett. Not the dominant ride we expected, but
still very good for this stage, and remember he had a bike change earlier;
Uran comes
in 8th as the clouds seem to be closing in overhead;
Scarponi, like Henao, lost a
minute in between the time checks;
Tom Danielson (GRS) comes in over 4 minutes down;
No footage yet of Intxausti
at all.
There he is going through
the time check with no graphics available for time splits; Danny Lloyd says
he’s over a minute off the pace, 15th at the INT;
Niemiec is
8th at the 2nd INT; finishes 12th, down 2:13.
Scarponi does a good job
limiting his losses. He finishes in 8th place, within a minute of
Dowsett’s time; No one has approached Dowsett’s time;
Kruijswijk and Kiserlovski
posting less than impressive times.
We haven’t gotten a single
look at Sanchez, who just as I write this, comes in 3:17 down.
Hesjedal passes his
minute-man, Caruso before the last time check;
Evans has a real shot at
glory here, but Kirby and Lloyd are now saying his pace is falling off;
Gesink finishes, currently
in 9th at 1:17.49;
Weening 20th at
+2.47;
Cadel attacks the final
climb with legs he’s been saving all day; finishes just :39 off the best time
set much earlier by Alex Dowsett; Evans’ time is currently 6th;
Not a great ride from the
Canadian 2012 GDT winner, Hesjedal. He’s riding in 11th, about 2:44 down
at the last time check;
Hesjedal finishes 2:23 down currently in 17th;
Nibali powers to the line
:21 off Dowsett’s pace, for 4th (currently). The Italian hope is the
only person to crack the top 5 since Wiggins finished in 2nd.
The Maglia Rosa is on the
final climb, apparently about to concede the lead;
Intxausti
“enjoys” his final
minutes in pink with a long, lonely struggle up to the line, finishing
just
outside the top 40, conceding 3:52 to Wiggins, 3:41 to Nibali. Wow. Much
worse than I expected. Too bad for the young Basque GC hopeful.
Wiggins might be ruing that flat he had early on. It probably cost him the win.
Wiggins might be ruing that flat he had early on. It probably cost him the win.
STAGE 8 (54.8K ITT) RESULTS:
1
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Alex
Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
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1:16:27
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2
|
Bradley
Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
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0:00:10
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3
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Tanel
Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
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0:00:14
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4
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Vincenzo
Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
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0:00:21
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5
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Stef
Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
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0:00:32
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6
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Luke
Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
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0:00:35
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7
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Cadel
Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
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0:00:39
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8
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Manuele
Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
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0:00:45
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9
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Sergio
Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
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0:00:53
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10
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Michele
Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
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11
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Robert
Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
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0:01:22
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12
|
Rigoberto
Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
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0:01:48
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13
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Patrick
Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
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14
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Wilco
Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
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0:01:57
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15
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Jesse
Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
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0:02:00
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16
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Przemyslaw
Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
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0:02:13
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17
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Nelson
Filipe Santos Oliveira (Por) RadioShack
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0:02:17
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18
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Ryder
Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
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0:02:23
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19
|
Juan
Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
|
0:02:28
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20
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Domenico
Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
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0:02:34
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21
|
Fredrik
Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana
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0:02:38
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22
|
Juan Jose
Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
|
0:02:40
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23
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Fabio Aru
(Ita) Astana Pro Team
|
0:02:44
|
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24
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Pieter
Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
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0:02:47
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25
|
Mauro
Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
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0:02:56
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26
|
Julien
Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
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0:02:59
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27
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Egoi
Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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0:03:03
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28
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Maarten
Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
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0:03:09
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29
|
Samuel
Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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0:03:17
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30
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Dario
Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
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0:03:24
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31
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Rafal
Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
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0:03:27
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32
|
Hayden
Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
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0:03:29
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33
|
Tobias
Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
|
0:03:34
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34
|
Svein
Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
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0:03:40
|
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35
|
Vladimir
Gusev (Rus) Katusha
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0:03:44
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36
|
Dirk
Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
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0:03:46
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37
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Matteo
Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
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0:03:56
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38
|
Brett
Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
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39
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Rory
Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
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0:03:57
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40
|
Jose
Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
|
0:04:01
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41
|
Benat
Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
|
0:04:02
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42
|
Francis
De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol
|
0:04:05
|
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43
|
Thomas
Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
|
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44
|
Evgeny
Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
|
0:04:06
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45
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Anthony
Roux (Fra) FDJ
|
0:04:14
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46
|
Franco
Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
|
0:04:18
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47
|
Tiago
Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
|
0:04:22
|
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48
|
Rafael
Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling
|
0:04:24
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49
|
Alan
Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
|
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50
|
Stefano
Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
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0:04:27
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51
|
Jens
Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
|
0:04:37
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52
|
Yury
Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
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0:04:41
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53
|
Steven
Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
|
0:04:42
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54
|
Danilo
Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
|
0:04:44
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55
|
Ivan
Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
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0:04:48
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56
|
Vladimir
Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
|
0:04:50
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57
|
Petr
Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
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0:04:51
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58
|
Michal
Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
|
0:04:53
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59
|
Martijn
Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling
|
0:04:54
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60
|
Xabier
Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
|
0:04:56
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Other notable times:
63. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) + 5:05
67. Carlos Betancur (AG2R) 5:19
69. Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack) 5:21
72. Taylor Phinney (USA) (BMC) 5:28
90. Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini) 6:14
104. Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) 6:52
And my pick for last place was correct.
Mattia Gavazzi was the slowest of the 200 finishers today coming in 16:42
slower than stage winner Alex Dowsett.
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 29:46:57 | |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 3 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:15 | |
| 4 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:01:16 | |
| 5 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:24 | |
| 6 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | 0:02:05 | |
| 7 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | 0:02:11 | |
| 8 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:02:43 | |
| 9 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 0:02:44 | |
| 10 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 0:02:49 | |
| 11 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:50 | |
| 12 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:02 | |
| 13 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:26 | |
| 14 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:03:36 | |
| 15 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:03:43 | |
| 16 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:05 | |
| 17 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:04:09 | |
| 18 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:31 | |
| 19 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:04:37 | |
| 20 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:50 | |
| 21 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:57 | |
| 22 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:05:03 | |
| 23 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:09 | |
| 24 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | 0:05:17 | |
| 25 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard | 0:05:29 | |
| 26 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:41 | |
| 27 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:42 | |
| 28 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:08 | |
| 29 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:06:22 | |
| 30 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha | 0:06:36 | |
| 31 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:06:51 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 58 | pts |
| 2 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 52 | |
| 3 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 49 | |
| 4 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 45 | |
| 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 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 28 | |
| 12 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 28 | |
| 13 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 27 | |
| 14 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 25 | |
| 15 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | 25 |
| 1 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 14 | pts |
| 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 Pro Cycling Team | 9 | |
| 7 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 5 | |
| 8 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 5 |
| 1 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 290 | pts |
| 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 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 178 | |
| 10 | Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 177 | |
| 11 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 177 | |
| 12 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | 176 | |
| 13 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | 167 | |
| 14 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 167 | |
| 15 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 167 | |
| 16 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol | 167 | |
| 17 | Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 167 | |
| 18 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 151 | |
| 19 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 147 | |
| 20 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano | 145 |
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 29:50:23 | |
| 2 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:43 | |
| 3 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:05 | |
| 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:42 | |
| 5 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:05:13 | |
| 6 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:05:27 | |
| 7 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia | 0:06:26 | |
| 8 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:11:53 | |
| 9 | Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:12:38 | |
| 10 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | 0:13:06 |
| 1 | Astana Pro Team | 88:40:51 | |
| 2 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:34 | |
| 3 | Sky Procycling | 0:02:06 | |
| 4 | Lampre-Merida | 0:04:55 | |
| 5 | Movistar Team | 0:08:05 | |
| 6 | BMC Racing Team | 0:08:23 | |
| 7 | Katusha | 0:09:40 | |
| 8 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:10:02 | |
| 9 | RadioShack Leopard | 0:10:23 | |
| 10 | Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:10:32 | |
| 11 | Garmin-Sharp | 0:14:49 | |
| 12 | Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:16:38 | |
| 13 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:17:12 | |
| 14 | Androni Giocattoli | 0:17:27 | |
| 15 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:21:10 | |
| 16 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:21:30 | |
| 17 | Colombia | 0:23:18 | |
| 18 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:29:54 | |
| 19 | FDJ | 0:34:48 | |
| 20 | Orica-GreenEdge | 0:41:26 | |
| 21 | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:48:44 | |
| 22 | Lotto Belisol | 0:51:34 | |
| 23 | Team Argos-Shimano | 1:27:09 |
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