Giro d'Italia: Visconti wins stage 17
Nibali retains maglia rosa
Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in Vicenza to earn his second stage win of the 2013 Giro d'Italia and the third straight for his Movistar squad. The 30-year-old Italian jumped away from the peloton on the day's only climb, the category 4 Crosara with 16km to go, rode through the remnants of the day's early break, and held off the pursuit of a diminished peloton in the stage finale.
Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) took the sprint for second ahead of Luka Mezgec (Argos-Shimano) and Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) in the maglia rosa group, which crossed the line 19 seconds after Visconti.
The top of the general classification remained unchanged with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) retaining the overall lead, 1:26 ahead of Cadel Evans (BMC) and 2:46 in front of Rigoberto Uran (Sky).
Prior to the start of the Giro, Visconti had thought that today's stage into Vicenza would be a favourable parcours for either himself or teammate Francisco Ventoso. "I decided to try my luck on the climb, and leave the sprint to Ventoso," said Visconti. "I saw [Danilo] Di Luca and [Miguel] Rubiano ahead. I caught them, and dropped them on the climb. I dropped Rubiano because he is fast in the sprint. Then I just gave it full gas on the descent and flat."
When it rains it pours for the Movistar Italian who won his first race of the season on the Giro's 15th stage to the Galibier, and now added another Grand Tour stage victory to his palmares just three days later.
"My mentality has changed completely," said Visconti. "It is now what it was before, and how it should be: your head can make you ride badly, but it can also revive you. The stimulus of the win on the Galibier and the congratulations I received, were deeply touching.
"I felt fearless today. I rode 13km without panicking. The kilometres flowed past one after the other and it was wonderful. I can't describe it. The crowds shouting my name. Today was special for me."
From the gun
Today's stage would provide a classic opportunity for an early break to try and ride away with the spoils as the GC contenders would opt to keep their powder dry on a parcours nearly perfectly flat, except for a category four kick in the tail at 16km to go.
And, as if on cue, soon after kilometre zero and the official start of proceedings in Caravaggio, four riders went out on the attack: Miguel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli), stage 9 winner Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Gert Dockx (Lotto Belisol) and Australian road champion Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge), in the midst of his Grand Tour debut.
With Rubiano the highest placed rider on general classification in 49th, 1:17:50 down, the escape sparked no alarm bells from maglia rosa Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and his rivals for overall honours. However, in a Giro d'Italia with few opportunities for the fast men, the Omega Pharma-QuickStep and Argos-Shimano squads soon committed men to the chase in hopes of delivering their respective sprinters Mark Cavendish, who had previously downplayed his chances for today, and Luka Mezgec, another Grand Tour debutant with a pair of third place finishes thus far in Giro sprint finales, to the finish in Vicenza.
The quartet quickly pushed their advantage out to nearly five minutes, but the two sprinters' teams came to the fore and prevented a runaway. After approximately 100km of racing in the 214km stage had been completed the gap was reduced to nearly two minutes, but with so much real estate still to cover the peloton eased back on the throttle and the break's lead was pushed out to more than four minutes.
With 80km to go and the escape now with a more than five-minute advantage, the tempo ramped up in the peloton as Omega Pharma-QuickStep, Argos-Shimano as well as Movistar, perhaps thinking favourably of Spanish champion Francisco Ventoso's chances, added additional horsepower to the front of the peloton. Soon Cannondale chipped in support, too, but with the break fully committed and working smoothly the lead still remained at approximately five minutes for another 20km.
Belkov had additional motivation for the break to succeed, or at least remain off the front deep into the stage, as the 28-year-old Russian started the day just one point out of the lead in the intermediate sprint classification, held by Rafael Andriato (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia). The Katusha rider took maximum points at the first sprint line in San Bonifacio (150.3km) to take over the classification lead and prevailed again 23km later to further increase his points tally.
As the break rolled through the second sprint line in Orgiano, however, their lead was down to 3:04 and falling steadily. Belkov, content with his sprint classification success, was the first to drop from the break with 35km to go as they grew close to the day's only climb, the 5.3km ascent to Crosara with its summit just 16km from the finish.
In the approach to the climb where was a changing of the guard at the head of the peloton as Vini Fantini-Selle Italia drove the pace on the narrow, technical roads with Rubiano, Dockx and Durbridge still maintaining a one-minute lead as they began their ascent of the Crosara.
Sting in the tail
The leading trio shattered on a steep ramp under the impetus of Rubiano while Vini Fantini's Alessandro Proni and Danilo Di Luca jumped away from the peloton. Proni gave it his all for Di Luca and cracked, while Di Luca pressed onwards in pursuit of the solo Colombian. Di Luca made contact with Rubiano two kilometres from the summit while stage 15 winner Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) also attacked the peloton and quickly crossed the gap to the two leaders.
Visconti kept his foot on the gas, gapping Di Luca and Rubiano, but the Colombian dug deep to regain contact. Nearing the KOM line, however, Visconti dispatched of Rubiano once and for all while the Lampre-Merida led peloton swept up Di Luca and crested the summit 30 seconds behind the Movistar Italian.
Cavendish, meanwhile, had lost contact with the peloton and trailed the maglia rosa group which still contained several fast men eager to contest a stage's endgame without the Manxman in their ranks.
Rubiano was soon caught by the peloton while Visconti plummeted down the technical descent at the head of the race. Visconti held a 25-second lead when he reached the bottom, but still faced a flat, 8km run-in to the finish. In his favour, however, was the fact that the peloton was greatly reduced in numbers by the ascent and descent of the Crosara, and there wasn't an organised pursuit driving the pace in his wake.
Inside of five kilometres to go Visconti maintained a 23-second advantage as attacks were launched and brought back within the pursuing peloton. Only three seconds were chipped away in the next three kilometres and Visconti soon found himself in another technical section of twists and turns which played to his favour.
Still lacking any cohesion in his pursuit the peloton would never close the gap to Visconti, who enjoyed his second stage victory of this Giro in the home of Campagnolo, his Movistar team's equipment supplier.
"The cheering of the crowds made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck," said Visconti. "On the final corner, with 200m to go, everything around me was like a dream - beautiful. In the final 50m, I was already thinking of the photograph in tomorrow's papers, the photo I'll put on the wall at home. What more could I ask for?"
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 5:15:34 |
2 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:19 |
3 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:00:50 |
42 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:01:11 |
43 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:19 |
48 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | 0:01:37 |
49 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:46 |
88 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:01:55 |
93 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:02:00 |
94 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard | 0:02:09 |
96 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha | 0:02:38 |
97 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:03:12 |
98 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:00:19 |
108 | Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | 0:05:22 |
109 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:53 |
110 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:06:26 |
111 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:07:28 |
114 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | 0:08:09 |
115 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:09:33 |
133 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
151 | Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
155 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
156 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
157 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
158 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
159 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
160 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
161 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
162 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
163 | Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
164 | Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
165 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
166 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
167 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
168 | Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
169 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
170 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
171 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:09:48 |
172 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | 0:11:05 |
DNS | Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | 20 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano | 16 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | 16 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 14 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 12 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 10 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 10 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 9 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 9 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 8 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 7 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 7 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 |