STRADE BIANCHE
2015 [1.HC]
March 7, 2015
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| The eponymous white dirt/gravel roads of Strade Bianche |
200 kms. 11 ranked, dirt sections of varying length and
difficulty; finish in Siena.
Dirt road sectors
and finish climb for Strade Bianche:
Km / To Go Climb Length Grade Max Grade
32 / 168 1
San Leonardo 2.2 km
48 / 152 2
Vidritta 2.1 km
55 / 145 3
Bagnaia 5.9 km
67 / 133 4
Radi 4.4 km
78 / 122 5
Str. Com. di Murlo 5.5 km
120 / 80 6
Lucignano d'Asso
9.5 km
147 / 53 7
Monte Sante Marie 11.5 km
175 / 25 8
Monteaperti 0.8
km
181 / 19 9
Colle Pinzuto 2.4 km
187 / 13 10
Le Tolfe 1.1 km 18 %
199 / 1 Siena
0.6 km 9.2
% 16
%
2015 STRADE
BIANCHE
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| The 2015 race profile |
Race report:
[When the race broadcast came online, a four-man break was leading
the race.
Arredondo (TFR), Ovechkin (RUS), Colli
(NIP), and Fonzi (SOU) had a gap of
1:23 over the chasing peloton, with 65k left to ride.]
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| The race route on the map |
…Lively pace now,
at km3 Pirazzi (BAR), Berlato (NIP) and Arredondo (TFR)
attack; they are shortly after joined by Koshevoy (LAM), Colli
(NIP), Ovechkin (RVL), Fonzi (SOU) and Lozano (TNN).
At km 11, the
eight escapees have a 1'05 gap, ahead of the peloton led by the Movistar
men. At km 13 the advantage is 1:47.
At km 19, 5'10, with the group still led by Movistar.
At km 29, the
advantage of the eight escapees still grows, and reaches 6'30.
At km 38, 7'18.
Average after an
hour of racing: 44.500 km / h
At km 60, the gap is 6'38.
Ruffoni (BAR)
retires.
At km 73, the gap
is 6'05.
At km 75, 5'40.
Average after two
hours Racing: 39.950 km / h.
At km 87, the
advantage of the eight escapees drops to 4'26.
At 100 km, 4'15. HALFWAY Point.
At 105 km, with
the peloton still led by Movistar, 3'56.
The withdrawal of Bongiorno (BAR) should
be noted.
At 107 km, 3'43; leading the group are Androni riders.
Average after
three hours of racing: 37.650 km / h.
At km 115, 3'55.
At km 120 (beginning of the sixth sector of dirt road), Movistar leads the peloton again, at +2'33 to the break, which now includes Lozano.
At km 120 (beginning of the sixth sector of dirt road), Movistar leads the peloton again, at +2'33 to the break, which now includes Lozano.
Piarzzi
crashes out.
Gerrans (OGE) abandons. It was his first race of the year, otherwise he would
have been a favorite today.
-75 Km: Boom (AST), Rosa (AST)
and Sütterlin
(MOV) attack from the peloton.
Colli, Ovechkin, Fonzi and Arredondo, lead, A group of nine riders chase the four remaining escapees: Boom
and Rosa (AST), Stybar (EQS),
Valverde and Sütterlin (MOV), Sagan
and Bodnar (TCS), Lozano (TNN), and Berlato (NIP).
-70k: At km 130, the group in pursuit of the four escapees is back together, although very stretched out.
At 134 km, the gap is 1'23.
[Now the
broadcasts came online, and my own report commences...]
65k to go: 4
remaining escapees lead the race now: Arredondo (TFR), Ovechkin (RUS), Colli
(NIP), and Fonzi (SOU). Their gap is
dropping fast.
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| The early rollout |
At km 138 (-62k), the gap is :43.
-56k: km144: The 4 escapees have :44 on the peloton.
-55k: Ovechkin is picked up by the peloton;
three leaders in front now.
Onto sector #7, the longest dirt section,
the Monte Sante Marie, at 11.5k.
At km 148, the peloton is stretched out in a long single file.
At km 148, the peloton is stretched out in a long single file.
The
race sees a flurry of activity as the unpaved path claims tired victims and
rewards the intrepid.
Avg
speed after
four hours of racing: 37.400 km
/ h.
The erstwhile
lead group disintegrates.
Arredondo is going backwards through the peloton; Ovechkin
has been spit out the back. Fonzi is fading.
-52k: Pablo
Lastras (MOV) and Michael Hepburn (OGE) are seen struggling off the back of the
peloton. The rest of the leaders are scooped up.
*-50k: At km 150, Peter Sagan (TCS) leads an escape group off the front, including, Diego Rosa (AST), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Zdenek Stybar (EQS), Alejandro Valverde (MOV), Magnus Cort Nielsen (OGE), Nathan Haas (TCG), Sep Vanmarcke (TLJ), and Fabian Cancellara (TFR) escape off the front, shortly after, they are joined by Daniel Oss (BMC); the peloton is at + :10.
*-47k: Sagan, Stybar, and Valverde get a gap on the rest, to form the current three-man leading group.
At km155, Stybar,
Valverde and Sagan remain in the lead, chased by a group of six at about +:20.
Inside 40k to go
[At km 162]: After coming off of the long section 7, the 3 leaders are joined
by the six chasers, Rosa, Van Avermaet,
Oss, Haas, Vanmarcke and Cancellara;
a first chase group of twenty-nine riders is at + 1'06.
-37k: The 9 leaders
on the road have a gap of 1:14.
-35k: Passing
through Siena, the gap to the peloton is 1:10.
The onscreen graphics continue to incorrectly list Nibali as being with the leaders, instead of Rosa.
*The nine leaders on the road are: Sagan, Stybar, Valverde, Rosa, Van Avermaet, Oss, Haas, Vanmarcke and Cancellara.
The onscreen graphics continue to incorrectly list Nibali as being with the leaders, instead of Rosa.
*The nine leaders on the road are: Sagan, Stybar, Valverde, Rosa, Van Avermaet, Oss, Haas, Vanmarcke and Cancellara.
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| The road surface, close-up |
-28k: Vanmarcke
accelerates uphill off the front, followed quickly by Oss and Haas, then Stybar, Sagan, Valverde, Van
Avermaet...
the leaders then regroup;
-26k: Oss attacks and gets a gap.
-26k: Oss attacks and gets a gap.
-25k: Oss leads
by about :10-:15; the peloton is at :40-:45.
-23.8k: Onto 800m
section #8, Monteaperti; Oss has :06
ahead of the eight, and :28 on the group.
*-22.4k: Vanmarcke attacks the front chase group
again, at about the same spot where Sagan made his move last year (2014). Stybar
and Valverde are first on the big
Belgian's wheel;
-22k: Vanmarcke catches Oss.
Vanmarcke's sudden burst cracks Sagan, who is now going backwards. He must know his body doesn't have the goods today; he would know, since he was attacked at the same spot where he attacked last year.
Vanmarcke's sudden burst cracks Sagan, who is now going backwards. He must know his body doesn't have the goods today; he would know, since he was attacked at the same spot where he attacked last year.
Betancur and
Stannard have abandoned.
-21k: Oss runs
out of steam.
About 20k to go: Haas
has been dropped from the lead group.
*The five leaders on the road now are: Vanmarcke, Cancellara, Valverde, Stybar, and Van Avermaet.
Onto sector #9...
19k: Sagan passes
Oss on his way to try and bridge
back up to the leaders.
Cancellara is struggling,
and falls out of the lead group.
Four lead now: Van
Avermaet, Stybar, Valverde, and Vanmarcke.
-18k: Oss and Cancellara drop Sagan, and chase at about +:15.
-17k: Valverde sets a furious pace in front.
Back in the peloton, Niemiec
launches an attack.
Inside 15k to go,
Oss, Cancellara and Rosa are closing on the lead group of four.
-14.6k: Van Avermaet
attacks the lead group. They give him a long leash before Stybar accelerates in pursuit, with Valverde and Vanmarcke on his wheel.
Van Av has gone all-in with this move. He is going into all
sorts of pain trying to stay away.
Behind, Oss, Rosa and Cancy continue to chase the leaders.
-12k: Stybar and
Valverde catch Van Avermaet at the front of the race, while Vanmarcke is sputtering out behind
them.
Stybar looks very strong. He has calmly responded to every
attack.
-11k: Valverde looks at his two companions, exchanges some
dialogue, looks back behind them...he seems nervous.
10k to go: The
three leaders Van Avermaet, Stybar and Valverde continue to work together out
front.
Vanmarcke chases at about +:14; :27 to Rosa, :35 to Oss and
Cancellara, the peloton at 1:22.
-8.5k: :10 gap to the three leaders.
-5k: Van Avermaet,
Stybar and Valverde continue to
lead. :25 to chase-1 (Vanmarcke); behind the big Belgian, chase-2 is comprised
of Rosa, Oss, and Cancellara.
-4k: :16 to Ch1; :45 to Ch2.
-3k: Vanmarcke at
:16, Rosa, Oss and Cancellara at :44 with the peloton right behind.
-1.3k: Vanmarcke
is closing on the three leaders...
Valverde has
continued to look around constantly.
Under the red
kite they approach the final little climb before the short drop to the finish
line.
I am surprised
not to see Valverde attacking here. He's the best climber of the three, on
paper at least.
Van Avermaet attacks again!
Valverde cracks!
Stybar follows
Van Avermaet and goes over the top, passing the BMC classics specialist, and
cruises down to the finish line.
Stybar wins the
2015 Strade Bianche! That is his first win of the season.
Van Av rolls in
second, at :01; Valverde has to settle for third place, about :18 back.
Vanmarcke is fourth at about :46.
Strade
Bianche 2015 Results:
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Pos.
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Rider Name (Country) Team
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Result
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1
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Zdenek
Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step
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5:22:13
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2
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Greg Van
Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
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0:00:02
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3
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Alejandro
Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
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0:00:18
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4
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Sep
Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
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0:00:46
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5
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Diego
Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
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0:00:56
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6
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Oscar
Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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0:00:59
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7
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Rigoberto
Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step
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8
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Fabio
Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
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0:01:02
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9
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Przemyslaw
Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
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0:01:03
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10
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Giampaolo
Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
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11
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Roman
Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo
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12
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Angel
Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
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0:01:07
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13
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Salvatore
Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
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14
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Julien
Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
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0:01:10
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15
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Samuel
Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
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16
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Damiano
Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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0:01:19
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17
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Luke
Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
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0:01:22
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18
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Daniel
Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
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0:01:26
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19
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Fabian
Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
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20
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Pieter
Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
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21
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Esteban
Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge
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0:01:29
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22
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Andriy
Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
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0:01:56
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23
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Eduard
Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
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0:01:57
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24
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Matteo
Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
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0:02:01
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25
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Hayden
Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing
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0:02:10
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26
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Nathan
Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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0:02:19
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27
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Filippo
Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
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0:04:21
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28
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Christopher
Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
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0:04:30
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29
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Mathew
Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
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0:04:47
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30
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Giovanni
Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
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0:04:49
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31
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Peter
Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
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0:05:13
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32
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Maciej
Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
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33
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Mauro
Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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0:05:40
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34
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Magnus
Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge
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0:06:34
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35
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Francesco
Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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0:06:51
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36
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Elia
Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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0:07:35
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37
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Damiano
Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
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38
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Manuele
Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
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39
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Aleksei
Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha
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40
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Vincenzo
Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
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41
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Manuel
Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
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42
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Pavel
Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
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43
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Luka
Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida
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44
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Iuri
Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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45
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Jose
Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida
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46
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Moreno
Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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47
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Xabier
Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
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48
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Marco
Fontana (Ita) Italy
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49
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Dmitrii
Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha
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50
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Alexander
Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
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0:07:49
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51
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Alessandro
De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
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0:08:16
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52
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Andrei
Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo
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0:11:18
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53
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Ildar
Arslanov (Rus) RusVelo
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54
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Alexey
Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
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55
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Niki
Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step
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0:11:22
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56
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Sonny
Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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57
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Paul
Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
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0:12:12
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58
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Andrey
Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
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0:18:31
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59
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Fabio
Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step
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0:19:20
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60
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Ruslan
Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
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61
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Daniele
Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
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62
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Pablo
Lastras (Spa) Movistar Team
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63
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Markel
Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
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64
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Ivan
Balykin (Rus) RusVelo
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65
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Serghei
Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli
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66
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Carlos
Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step
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67
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Kristijan
Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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68
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Roman
Maikin (Rus) RusVelo
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69
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Kristoffer
Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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70
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David
Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
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71
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Davide
Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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72
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Artem
Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
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73
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Dmitriy
Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
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74
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Enrico
Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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75
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Ryder
Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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76
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Jasha
Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
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77
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Svein
Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
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78
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Lars Boom
(Ned) Astana Pro Team
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0:22:53
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79
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Lloyd
Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
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80
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Rinaldo
Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
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81
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Daniele
Colli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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82
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Rick
Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
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83
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Marco
Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
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0:23:20
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84
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Andrew
Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
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0:23:22
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85
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Manabu
Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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0:24:14
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86
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Edoardo
Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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0:27:32
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87
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Simone
Velasco (Ita) Italy
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0:29:20
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88
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Valerio
Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida
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0:29:24
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89
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Artem
Nych (Rus) RusVelo
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0:31:14
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90
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Luca
Braidot (Ita) Italy
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0:32:51
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Carlos
Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale
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DNF
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Hubert
Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
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DNF
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Damien
Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
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DNF
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Pierre-Roger
Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
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DNF
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Christophe
Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
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DNF
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Marco
Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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DNF
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Tiziano
Dall'Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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DNF
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Alberto
Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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DNF
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Franco
Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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DNF
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Gianfranco
Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
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DNF
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Dario
Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
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DNF
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Enrico
Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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DNF
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Francesco
Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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DNF
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Andrea
Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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DNF
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Stefano
Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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DNF
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Nicola
Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
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DNF
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Brent
Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
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DNF
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Peter
Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team
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DNF
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Ilia
Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida
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DNF
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Manuele
Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
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DNF
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Maximiliano
Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
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DNF
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Enrique
Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
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DNF
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Marc
Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
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DNF
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Francisco
Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team
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DNF
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Nicholas
Pettina (Ita) Italy
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DNF
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Seid
Lizde (Ita) Italy
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DNF
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Giacomo
Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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DNF
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Alessandro
Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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DNF
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Eduard
Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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DNF
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Antonio
Nibali (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
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DNF
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Simon
Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
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DNF
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Michael
Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
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DNF
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Adam
Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
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DNF
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Petr
Ignatenko (Rus) RusVelo
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DNF
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Roman
Kustadinchev (Rus) RusVelo
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DNF
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Manuel
Belletti (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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DNF
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Giuseppe
Fonzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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DNF
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Jonathan
Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling
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DNF
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Simone
Ponzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
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DNF
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Eugert
Zhupa (Alb) Southeast Pro Cycling
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DNF
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Alberto
Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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DNF
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Alan
Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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DNF
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Kevin De
Weert (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
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DNF
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Robert
Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
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DNF
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Joonas
Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Nicolas
Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Javier
Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Andrea
Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Charles
Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Martijn
Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Christopher
Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
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DNF
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Elia
Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
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DNF
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Christian
Knees (Ger) Team Sky
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DNF
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Ian
Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
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DNF
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Juraj
Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
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DNF
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Matteo
Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
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DNF
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Julian
Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing
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DNF
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Yaroslav
Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing
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DNF
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Jasper
Stuyven (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
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DNF
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Calvin
Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing
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DNS
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Gianluca
Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step
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DNS
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Ruben
Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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| The 2015 Strade Bianche final podium |
