Boasson Hagen speeds to final stage victory
By Cycling News published
Garzelli snatches overall victory from Scarponi on time bonuses, stage placings
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) won the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in a bunch sprint, besting Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) and Sacha Modolo (Colnago - CSF Inox) in San Benedetto del Tronto.
The 22-year-old Norwegian took advantage of a strong lead-out from his Sky teammates over the last four kilometres to earn his fourth victory of the season.
"I like bunch sprints but they're not actually my favourite thing in the sport," said Boasson Hagen. "I won because I had a great team that led me out perfectly. Without the team it would have been very difficult to win. I have to thank them."
Boasson Hagen's win places him amongst the favourites for Saturday's Milan-San Remo, but he's cautious about his chances in the Italian classic.
"Milan-San Remo is a very long race and anything can happen," he said. "I'll do my best. My form's not perfect, I'm a bit tired and I'm not at 100 percent but I'll give it a go. I could attack alone but if the team works well I could do the sprint, we'll see happens on the day.
"I rode last year and this year I trained on the route before Tirreno-Adriatico but I know that there are other riders with far more experience than me. I'll try and take advantage of my teammates' experience. I know they'll help me and I know I've got to be at the front for the climbs. I just hope to do well."
Boasson Hagen has studied his main rivals during the seven days of racing at Tirreno-Adriatico and has picked his own favourite.
"My favourite is [Tom] Boonen because I saw him riding really well on the climbs. Although it's difficult to say because a lot of riders can win it. Milan-San Remo is always a wide open race."
Every second counts
In a dramatic conclusion to the general classification contest, Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) used time bonuses on the final stage to erase his two second deficit to overnight leader Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli). Garzelli and Scarponi finished tied on time, but stage placings gave the overall victory to Garzelli for his first career Tirreno-Adriatico victory and his first win in two years.
Australia's Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) rounded out the GC podium in third place, 12 seconds behind Garzelli.
"It was a hard week because it was a hard race this year," said Garzelli. "I suffered in the cold weather. To win like that on the last day makes it hard to believe but very special. It's never happened to me to win like that before, it makes it more special and more enjoyable.
"I have to thank the team and especially Luca Paolini. He a magician at leading out in the intermediate sprints. He went early and I was on his wheel. I knew I was faster than Scarponi but there was the incognito of the other riders who could have got in the way.
"I was relaxed this morning before the start because I didn't have anything to lose. I went for it in the intermediate sprint, got them and then stayed focused for the finish."
Garzelli's Tirreno-Adriatico victory was his first win since 2008 and his first stage race win since the 2004 Vuelta a Aragon. The 36-year-old Italian was winless in 2009, but the he did claim the mountains classification at the Giro d'Italia.
Garzelli's win reversed the top two podium placings of the 2009 Tirreno-Adriatico, where Scarponi beat Garzelli by 25 seconds on general classification.
"I often ask myself why I'm still racing after so many seasons as a professional," said Garzelli. "I've got a family and so this win is for my wife and for our third son Matteo. Having children has actually given me motivation and makes racing a personal challenge.
"I was one of the five oldest riders here but I like seeing what I can do against all these young riders in the race. I haven't got long left but I want to do well and I'll keep racing as long as I'm motivated and healthy."
Down to the wire
The 164km finale to Tirreno-Adriatico was tailor made for the sprinters, with a flat 10km finishing circuit in the Adriatic waterfront city of Benedetto del Tronto to be completed seven times. That didn't stop Blel Kadri (Ag2R La Mondiale), however, from giving it a go off the front. The Frenchman spent 100km in a solo break, but was swept up by the peloton on the first of the finishing circuits.
The teams of the sprinters took control of the peloton in preparation for the anticipated bunch finish, while the feverish battle for overall honours between Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) heated up on the finishing circuits.
The general classification contest went down to the wire as only two seconds separated race leader Scarponi and second-placed Garzelli at the start of the stage.
The final stage provided three opportunities to win time bonuses: two intermediate sprints on the finishing circuits, coming at 40km to go and 20km to go, plus the finish of the stage. The intermediate sprints awarded 3, 2, and 1 second bonuses respectively for the top three while the finish offered 10, 6, and 4 second bonuses.
At the first intermediate sprint, Scarponi's teammate Francesco Ginanni won ahead of Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) and Garzelli. The one second bonus earned by Garzelli reduced his general classification deficit to Scarponi to a single second.
At the second intermediate sprint with 20km to go the Acqua & Sapone and Androni Giocattoli teams went head-to-head in the dash to the line knowing that the race leadership was at stake. Scarponi's teammates Ginanni and Jackson Rodriguez took the top two spots but once again Garzelli finished third, erasing his one second general classification deficit to Scarponi and moving him into a tie on overall time.
Based on stage placings, Garzelli became the virtual leader on the road. As Saxo Bank and then Sky ramped up the pace for their sprinters, Scarponi had no chance to reclaim the race lead by either breaking away or earning time bonuses at the finish.
Several crashes marred the final 10km circuit, with Mark Cavendish (Team HTC - Columbia) going down with 8km to go while Assan Bazayev (Astana) and Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) crashed with 2km remaining.
Edvald Boasson Hagen stayed out of trouble at the front and finished off a textbook lead-out from his Sky teammates to claim victory while Garzelli finished comfortably in the field to win overall.
1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen c(Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 3:52:36 |
2 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
3 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
4 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia | |
5 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
7 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha | |
8 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
9 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise Des Jeux | |
10 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions | |
11 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
12 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
13 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
14 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | |
15 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | |
16 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram | |
17 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
18 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
19 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
20 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | |
21 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | |
22 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
23 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
24 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
25 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
26 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
27 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
28 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
29 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
30 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
31 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
32 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
33 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
34 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
35 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri | |
36 | Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
37 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
38 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | |
39 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
40 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
41 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
42 | Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - Neri | |
43 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
44 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
45 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | |
46 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
47 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
48 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
49 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | |
50 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
51 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank | |
52 | Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
53 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
54 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
55 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
56 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Katusha | |
57 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
58 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri | |
59 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
60 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | |
61 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
62 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia | |
63 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
64 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
65 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
66 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
67 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
68 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
69 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
70 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | |
71 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
72 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
73 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
74 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
75 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | |
76 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
77 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
78 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
79 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
80 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
81 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
82 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
83 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
84 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | |
85 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
86 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
87 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | |
88 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
89 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
90 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | |
91 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
92 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - Neri | |
93 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
94 | Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana | |
95 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
96 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia | |
97 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
98 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
99 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
100 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | |
101 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
102 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
103 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
104 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | |
105 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne | |
106 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | |
107 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli | |
108 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
109 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
110 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
111 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | |
112 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
113 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
114 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions | |
115 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
116 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
117 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
118 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
119 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | |
120 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions | |
121 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
122 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
123 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
124 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions | |
125 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
126 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
127 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | |
128 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | |
129 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
130 | Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
131 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
132 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
133 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | |
134 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
135 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
136 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:16 |
137 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
138 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
139 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
140 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:42 |
141 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:57 |
142 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
143 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | |
144 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
145 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha | |
146 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:08 |
147 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:08 |
148 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
149 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:33 |
150 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:34 |
151 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
152 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:07:27 |
153 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | |
154 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne |
1 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 5 | pts |
2 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
3 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 2 | |
4 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 5 | pts |
2 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 3 | |
3 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 2 | |
4 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 12 | pts |
2 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 10 | |
3 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 8 | |
4 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia | 7 | |
5 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 6 | |
6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 5 | |
7 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha | 4 | |
8 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
9 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise Des Jeux | 2 | |
10 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions | 1 |
1 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | pts |
2 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 3 | |
3 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | 2 | |
4 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | pts |
2 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli | 3 | |
3 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 2 | |
4 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 1 |
1 | Garmin - Transitions | 11:37:48 |
2 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
3 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
4 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
5 | Colnago - CSF Inox | |
6 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
7 | Astana | |
8 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
9 | Team Katusha | |
10 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
11 | BMC Racing Team | |
12 | Cervelo Test Team | |
13 | Rabobank | |
14 | Team Milram | |
15 | Acqua & Sapone | |
16 | ISD - Neri | |
17 | Team HTC - Columbia | |
18 | Liquigas-Doimo | |
19 | AG2R La Mondiale | |
20 | Team Saxo Bank | |
21 | Quick Step | |
22 | Androni Giocattoli |
1 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 30:51:36 |
2 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
3 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:12 |
4 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | 0:00:22 |
5 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:27 |
6 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:29 |
7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:33 |
8 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:00:42 |
9 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:01:04 |
10 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:01:07 |
11 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:20 |
12 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:34 |
13 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:44 |
14 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:48 |
15 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:02:07 |
16 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:02:09 |
17 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:02:16 |
18 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | 0:02:19 |
19 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:02:21 |
20 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:26 |
21 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:31 |
22 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:02:40 |
23 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:02:41 |
24 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:02:47 |
25 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:02:54 |
26 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 0:03:18 |
27 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:19 |
28 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:28 |
29 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 0:03:40 |
30 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:03:56 |
31 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:04:13 |
32 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:05:27 |
33 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:07:25 |
34 | Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana | 0:07:52 |
35 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | 0:08:30 |
36 | Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:09:01 |
37 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:11:52 |
38 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:12:35 |
39 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:12:36 |
40 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 0:12:40 |
41 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 0:12:50 |
42 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:13:04 |
43 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | 0:13:19 |
44 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:14:36 |
45 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:14:44 |
46 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Katusha | 0:14:53 |
47 | Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:15:58 |
48 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:17:09 |
49 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:18:45 |
50 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:20:27 |
51 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:34 |
52 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:20:59 |
53 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:22:00 |
54 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:22:49 |
55 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:23:43 |
56 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:23:55 |
57 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:27:02 |
58 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:27:06 |
59 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:27:28 |
60 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:27:44 |
61 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:28:44 |
62 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:30:04 |
63 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:30:20 |
64 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:30:21 |
65 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:31:11 |
66 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 0:32:29 |
67 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:32:48 |
68 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:35:59 |
69 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:36:06 |
70 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:36:42 |
71 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:36:48 |
72 | Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - Neri | 0:37:11 |
73 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:38:31 |
74 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 0:40:48 |
75 | Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:41:02 |
76 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:41:07 |
77 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:41:30 |
78 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:43:30 |
79 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:46:13 |
80 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:46:38 |
81 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank | 0:46:43 |
82 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions | 0:47:14 |
83 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:47:27 |
84 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:49:13 |
85 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:50:07 |
86 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:51:29 |
87 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 0:51:39 |
88 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:51:55 |
89 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:52:02 |
90 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:52:45 |
91 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:53:27 |
92 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:54:21 |
93 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 0:54:55 |
94 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 0:55:25 |
95 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:55:28 |
96 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:56:11 |
97 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:56:13 |
98 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:57:00 |
99 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:58:03 |
100 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 0:59:12 |
101 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:59:38 |
102 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:59:56 |
103 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 1:01:11 |
104 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1:02:12 |
105 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1:02:16 |
106 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 1:03:24 |
107 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:03:47 |
108 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) ISD - Neri | 1:04:07 |
109 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 1:04:54 |
110 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 1:05:36 |
111 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:06:09 |
112 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 1:07:36 |
113 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:08:13 |
114 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:08:58 |
115 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | 1:09:00 |
116 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 1:09:05 |
117 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 1:10:23 |
118 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 1:10:24 |
119 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia | 1:11:56 |
120 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 1:12:22 |
121 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:13:28 |
122 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1:13:35 |
123 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions | 1:16:20 |
124 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1:16:39 |
125 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 1:16:56 |
126 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:20:23 |
127 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:20:49 |
128 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli | 1:21:10 |
129 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 1:22:08 |
130 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) ISD - Neri | 1:22:38 |
131 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:23:37 |
132 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:23:40 |
133 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1:23:42 |
134 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 1:23:50 |
135 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram | 1:24:00 |
136 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 1:24:09 |
137 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | 1:24:20 |
138 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise Des Jeux | 1:24:39 |
139 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 1:26:51 |
140 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:27:43 |
141 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 1:29:37 |
142 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha | 1:29:42 |
143 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:30:22 |
144 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team | 1:31:29 |
145 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 1:33:16 |
146 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions | 1:33:17 |
147 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 1:34:37 |
148 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions | 1:35:27 |
149 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1:37:26 |
150 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri | 1:38:15 |
151 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:43:14 |
152 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | 1:45:58 |
153 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1:48:02 |
154 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | 1:50:41 |
1 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 32 | pts |
2 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 20 | |
3 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 20 | |
4 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 20 | |
5 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 19 | |
6 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 17 | |
7 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 16 | |
8 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 16 | |
9 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 16 | |
10 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 16 | |
11 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | 15 | |
12 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 15 | |
13 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 15 | |
14 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 15 | |
15 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia | 15 | |
16 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 14 | |
17 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 13 | |
18 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 13 | |
19 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
20 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | 11 | |
21 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | |
22 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha | 11 |
1 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 20 | pts |
2 | Diego Caccia (Ita) ISD - Neri | 14 | |
3 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 11 | |
4 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
5 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia | 8 | |
6 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli | 8 | |
7 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 6 | |
8 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 6 | |
9 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 5 | |
10 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 5 | |
11 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
12 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | |
13 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
14 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
15 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
16 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | |
17 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 4 | |
18 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 3 | |
19 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 3 | |
20 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | |
21 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 3 | |
22 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 3 | |
23 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 3 | |
24 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | 2 |
1 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 30:52:03 |
2 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:07 |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:17 |
4 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:21 |
5 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:40 |
6 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:01:54 |
7 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:02:14 |
8 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:52 |
9 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:03:46 |
10 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:05:00 |
11 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 0:12:23 |
12 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:12:37 |
13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:20:00 |
14 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:23:16 |
15 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:27:01 |
16 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:27:17 |
17 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:32:21 |
18 | Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD - Neri | 0:36:44 |
19 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:38:04 |
20 | Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 0:40:21 |
21 | Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:45:46 |
22 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank | 0:46:16 |
23 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:47:00 |
24 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:51:02 |
25 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:51:28 |
26 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:51:35 |
27 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:53:00 |
28 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 0:58:45 |
29 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:59:29 |
30 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1:01:49 |
31 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 1:04:27 |
32 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:08:31 |
33 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 1:11:55 |
34 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:19:56 |
35 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:29:55 |
36 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team | 1:31:02 |
37 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1:36:59 |
38 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD - Neri | 1:37:48 |
39 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | 1:50:14 |
1 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | 92:39:02 |
2 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:45 |
3 | Astana | 0:00:53 |
4 | Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:13 |
5 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:01:19 |
6 | Rabobank | 0:02:40 |
7 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:59 |
8 | Acqua & Sapone | 0:08:15 |
9 | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:12:05 |
10 | Team Katusha | 0:12:37 |
11 | BMC Racing Team | 0:13:29 |
12 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:14:03 |
13 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:20:50 |
14 | Liquigas-Doimo | 0:26:00 |
15 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:38:46 |
16 | Quick Step | 0:42:37 |
17 | Team Milram | 0:56:00 |
18 | Garmin - Transitions | 0:59:15 |
19 | Francaise Des Jeux | 1:02:15 |
20 | Team Saxo Bank | 1:12:06 |
21 | ISD - Neri | 1:55:48 |
22 | Cervelo Test Team | 2:17:05 |

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