Races Road Giro d'Italia: Michael Rogers wins on Monte Zoncolan By Peter Cossins published 31 May 2014 Second stage victory for Australian Comments Image 1 of 83Michael Rogers counts up his Grand Tour stage wins(Image credit: AFP Photo)Nathan Haas pulls a one handed wheelie up Monte Zoncolan to please the fansThe mighty Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) enjoying the morning newspaper mid climb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Michael Hepburn (Orica-GreenEdge) finished his first Giro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Nathan Haas pulls a one handed wheelie up Monte ZoncolanMichael Rogers on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Wout Poels leads Omega Pharma teammate Rigoberto Uran, but race leader Nairo Quintana held fast to the group(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lines of guards keep the crowds back on the top of the Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Michael Rogers gets a big hug from Oleg Tinkov(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fabio Aru (Astana) out of air atop the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Colombian fans have had much to celebrate in the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins atop the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fabio Aru (Astana) leads out of a tunnel(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Best young rider Fabio Aru (Astana) on the Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) tries to distance Aru on the Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) through the tunnel of fans on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) makes his way up the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)There was no dislodging Nairo Quintana on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The maglia rosa group heads through the tunnel on the Monte Zoncolan, getting a brief respite from the crowds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Huge crowds line the climb of the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Pierre Rolland (Europcar) lost some more ground on the Zoncolan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Wilco Kelderman (Belkin)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The Monte Zoncolan surely sank a millimeter or two under the weight of the thousands of fans(Image credit: Bettini Photo)AG2R's Hubert Dupoint and Alexis Vuillermoz finish the Monte Zoncolan climb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Movistar's Nairo Quintana finishes his last big test of the Giro(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) feels like a winner on the Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) comes to the line ahead of Rigoberto Uran (OPQS)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Simon Geschke (Giant-Shimano) rounded out the top 10 on the Zoncolan stage(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Robinson Chalapud (Colombia)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)A devastated Francesco Bongiorno rues being nearly pushed over by a spectator on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Sky's Dario Cataldo in 9th on the Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Maxime Monfort (Lotto Belisol) rides to 8th on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Oleg Tinkov celebrates the win of Michael Rogers (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Jay McCarthy and team owner Oleg Tinkov(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Giro d'Italia leader Nairo Quintana is nearly tackeld by an overzealous fan on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Maglia rosa Nairo Quintana could have used these guards 500m earlier(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Nairo Quintana shows his only moment of panic of the entire Giro d'Italia after being nearly taken out by a spectator(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Guards keep the crowds back on the final few hundred meters of the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Riders pass heaving throngs of fans(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) after the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Unruly fans were the order of the day (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Georg Preidler (Giant-Shimano) finishes 7th on the Monte Zoncolan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fabio Aru, shattered, finishes just behind Rafal Majka (Image credit: AFP Photo)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) celebrates his win on stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: AFP Photo)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins the Giro d'Italia stage on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: AFP Photo)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) confirmed himself as Giro d'Italia champion extraordinare(Image credit: AFP Photo)Race leader Nairo Quintana leads Rigoberto Uran to the line(Image credit: AFP Photo)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) cemented his race lead on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: AFP Photo)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) (Image credit: AFP Photo)Nairo Quintana (Movistar) celebrates after another strong ride on the Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: AFP Photo)Michael Rogers on the podium(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers had never won a grand tour stage until this year's Giro(Image credit: Sirotti)Huges crowds lined the slopes of Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Sirotti)It was a narrow road for the riders on Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans dropped out of the top 10(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers celebrates his victory on Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins his second stage of the 2014 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo)(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia on Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Michael Rogers riders to victory(Image credit: Sirotti)Franco Pellizotti had to settle for second(Image credit: Sirotti)Rigoberto Uran and Nairo Quintana ride to the line together(Image credit: Sirotti)Fabio Aru rides to third place in the general classification(Image credit: Sirotti)Domenico Pozzovivo couldn't drop his rivals(Image credit: Sirotti)Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp)(Image credit: Sirotti)Ivan Basso makes it home after being dropped early on.(Image credit: Sirotti)Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida)(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins the GIro d'Italia stage 20 on Monte Zoncolan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Dario Cataldo (Team Sky)(Image credit: Sirotti)Michael Rogers takes his second stage win of the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Sirotti)Nairo Quintana and Fabio Aru at the start(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Nairo Quintana lets loose the pink balloons ahead of stage 20(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Mountains leader Julian Arredondo (Trek) heads to the start(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Ivan Basso (Cannondale)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fabio Aru and Renato di Rocco(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Giuseppe Martinelli happy with the Astana team's ride in the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Steve Morabito (BMC) before the start with team manager Jim Ochowicz(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Domenico
