Giro d'Italia: Quintana wins mountain time trial
Uran loses more time to Movistar leader
Nairo Quintana cemented his lead in the Giro d'Italia and moved a step closer to the overall win by flying up the Monte Grappa to win the mountain time trial on the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Colombian climbed up in a time of 1.05:37, beating Astana's Fabio Aru and Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).
Quintana smashed his opposition to take a lead of 3:07 in the overall rankings ahead of Uran. Aru jumped to third overall at 3:48. Pierre Rolland (Europcar) dropped to fourth overall at 5:27, with Domenico Pozzovivo fifth at 6:16 and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) sixth at 6:59.
It looked as if Aru would take the stage win, when he was the first to break the 1:06 mark, and taking a lead of more than two minutes. However, Quintana proved himself the best on the day finishing 17 seconds faster. Uran lost nearly a minute and a half, while the biggest loser of the day was probably Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp), who suffered not only a dropped chain but seemingly an off-day, dropping to ninth overall.
A day of climbing
The Monte Grappa is a brutal climb, with tight switchbacks and changes of gradient and pitch, all seemingly designed to keep riders from finding their rhythm on the way up.
Belkin's Jetse Bol was the first to head off to the fog-covered mountaintop, leaving at 13:15. He was not the first to arrive though. That honour went to his one minute man, Australian time trial champion Michael Hepburn (Orica-GreenEdge), who put in the first time of 1:17:21.
Nicola Boem smashed the best time by nearly three minutes, coming in at 1:12:19 but that was eventually topped, first by teammate Sonny Colbrelli and then by teammate and stage 17 winner Stefano Pirazzi with a great time of 1:10.11.
Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) was really motivated and pushing it, but perhaps too much. He totally misjudged a corner and went into the barriers. He didn't crash but lost time disentangling himself from the bars before he could start again.
Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) was the first man to break the 1:10 limit, coming in at 1:09:37.
Nairo Quintana also started out on a time trial bike, smiling as he was cheered off from the start house. His greatest rival was Rigoberto Uran who took off three minutes ahead of the Movistar rider and with a GC gap of 1:41.
Uran picked up an early 18 seconds on Quintana while Cadel Evans (BMC) showed signs of life again, setting the third best time at the second intermediate time check.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) suffered when his chain dropped. Evans had already passed him on the virtual rankings, and the unplanned bike change threw the Canadian even further back.
Meanwhile, Quintana who was in pink from head to toe was on top form. He flew up the mountain. He wasn't the only one as Fabio Aru (Astana) smashed the time at the 19 km time check by nearly a minute.
Uran was only 28 seconds slower than Aru at the time check but Quintana was not going to let this one get away and broke Aru's time by eight seconds.
Evans put in a more than respectable time of 1:10:03, which helped to move him back up in the rankings.
Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R) caught and passed his three minute man, Hesjedal, and Aru did the same with Maika.
Pozzovivo flew up the climb, taking the best time of 1:08:01 but Aru was right behind him. The young Astana Italian was even faster, smashing Pozzovivo's time by more than two minutes to set an incredible performance.
It wasn't enough though, as Quintana put his stamp on the race with his second stage win.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 1:05:37 |
2 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:17 |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:01:26 |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:57 |
5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:24 |
6 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:03:22 |
7 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:28 |
8 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 0:03:48 |
9 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:04:00 |
10 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | 0:04:10 |
11 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:26 |
12 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:04:34 |
13 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing | 0:04:42 |
14 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:04:46 |
15 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr | |
16 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:52 |
17 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:05:11 |
18 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | |
19 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:20 |
20 | Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia | 0:05:22 |
21 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing | 0:05:26 |
22 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:28 |
23 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:05:29 |
24 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:05:33 |
25 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:35 |
26 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp | 0:05:39 |
27 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:05:53 |
28 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:06:14 |
29 | Wout Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:06:15 |
30 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
31 | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:06:21 |
32 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
33 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:06:26 |
34 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | |
35 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano | |
36 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:06:30 |
37 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:06:31 |
38 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:35 |
39 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:37 |
40 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:06:42 |
41 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:06:51 |
42 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 0:06:52 |
43 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:58 |
44 | André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp | 0:07:03 |
45 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:05 |
46 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:07:08 |
47 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale | 0:07:12 |
48 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:14 |
49 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:07:35 |
50 | Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:36 |
51 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | 0:07:41 |
52 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:07:42 |
53 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:43 |
54 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | 0:07:45 |
55 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:53 |
56 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:58 |
57 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:08:06 |
58 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:08:12 |
59 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
60 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:18 |
61 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:08:46 |
62 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:08:49 |
63 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | |
64 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Androni Giocattoli | 0:08:51 |
65 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:08:52 |
66 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale | 0:08:54 |
67 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:08:59 |
68 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | 0:09:01 |
69 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | 0:09:04 |
70 | Yonder Godoy (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 0:09:06 |
71 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:09:07 |
72 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 0:09:09 |
73 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:09:13 |
74 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:09:14 |
75 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:09:16 |
76 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:09:19 |
77 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | |
78 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:09:30 |
79 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:09:31 |
80 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:09:38 |
81 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | 0:09:40 |
82 | Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:09:43 |
83 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:09:45 |
84 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:09:48 |
85 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
86 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:09:56 |
87 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:10:04 |
88 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:10:05 |
89 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:10:07 |
90 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 0:10:09 |
91 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | |
92 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:10:15 |
93 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:10:20 |
94 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:10:22 |
95 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
96 | Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | 0:10:34 |
97 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:10:38 |
98 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:10:48 |
99 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
100 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:10:49 |
101 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:10:53 |
102 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale | 0:10:55 |
103 | Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia | |
104 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia | 0:10:56 |
105 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:10:58 |
106 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:11:01 |
107 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:11:04 |
108 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:11:05 |
109 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing | 0:11:19 |
110 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
111 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale | 0:11:20 |
112 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | |
113 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:11:24 |
114 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | 0:11:37 |
115 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:11:41 |
116 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:11:43 |
117 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:11:44 |
118 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:11:48 |
119 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 0:11:49 |
120 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:11:56 |
121 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
122 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:03 |
123 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:04 |
124 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:12:06 |
125 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr | 0:12:10 |
126 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 0:12:13 |
127 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | 0:12:18 |
128 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
129 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 0:12:39 |
130 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | 0:12:45 |
131 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:12:47 |
132 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:12:51 |
133 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:12:58 |
134 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:01 |
135 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:13:05 |
136 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:13:09 |
137 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:13:15 |
138 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge | 0:13:16 |
139 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:13:22 |
140 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:13:26 |
141 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:13:43 |
142 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 0:13:45 |
143 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | 0:14:04 |
144 | Andrea Fedi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo | 0:14:14 |
145 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:14:18 |
146 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:14:40 |
147 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:14:47 |
148 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:14:52 |
149 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:15:13 |
150 | David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:17 |
151 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:15:22 |
152 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:15:28 |
153 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:15:30 |
154 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia | 0:15:31 |
155 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:15:33 |
156 | Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia | 0:18:00 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
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1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 15 | pts |
2 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 12 | |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 9 | |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 7 | |
5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | |
6 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 5 | |
7 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 4 | |
8 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 3 | |
9 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 2 | |
10 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 32 | pts |
2 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 20 | |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 14 | |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 10 | |
5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | |
6 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 4 | |
7 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 2 | |
8 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
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1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 4 | pts |
2 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 2 | |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
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1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 10 | pts |
2 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 8 | |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 6 | |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 4 | |
5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
6 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | AG2R La Mondiale | 3:30:56 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:03 |
3 | Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:07 |
4 |