Sagan prevails in Chieti
Horner takes over Tirreno-Adriatico leader's jersey
Peter Sagan took advantage of Liquigas-Cannondale's hard work and won the mountainous fourth stage of Tirenno-Adriatico, while RadioShack-Nissan's Christopher Horner crossed the finish line in the five-man lead group to take the leader's jersey.
Astana's Roman Kreuziger and Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas-Cannondale took second and third on the stage, which featured a taxing uphill finale into Chieti's city center. Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) and Horner rounded out the lead group which contested the stage four finale.
Kreuziger moved up to second overall, only seven seconds behind Horner, while Cameron Meyer (GreenEdge) holds third on general classification at 13 seconds.
Matthew Goss (GreenEdge), who held the blue leader's jersey since stage one, lost contact with the leaders on the day's many climbs and surrendered the general classification lead to Horner.
Liquigas-Cannondale worked hard for the win, leading the chase virtually the whole day and bringing its strong riders into position. Yet it was not team captain Nibali who won, but 22-year-old Slovakian champion Sagan, who shot past his fading teammate in the final meters to secure the victory.
"Today we gave so much as a team and it was important to win," said Sagan. "The best option for the team's victory today was [Vincenzo] Nibali and I tried to encourage it until the last [moment]. I pushed on the final climb, then I slowed down for him. When Di Luca attacked I closed the gap, then I thought Vincent was able to deal with our opponents.
"On the final straight I heard they were catching up and at that moment I thought only of the good of the team: not winning would be a great sin. I'm sorry for Vincent, we are a united group and among us there are absolutely no problems. Tomorrow we will have a hard stage and I'll be at his disposal to help him."
"Needless to say that today I wanted success, to try to gain precious seconds on the general classification," said Nibali. "The final was very animated and we, as a team, had a double opportunity: I had to win or Peter to reward the good work of our teammates. When he (Sagan) passed me I did not expect it, of course, but I also believe Peter's words and that it was in good faith."
Horner finished fifth on the stage, in the same time as the winner., which was enough to catapult him from eighth place to first. The 40-year-old said that he had been eying this stage all along, and felt early on that he had good chances.
“Before the race today I thought for sure I might have the leader’s jersey at the end of the day,” Horner said on the team's website. “All the team was very important to me today. They’ve worked very hard for me in the past few days and this stage was a goal for us. My legs are feeling very good, so certainly I have a shot at winning the overall.”
GreenEdge was happy to see best young rider Cameron Meyer move up to third overall, and didn't mourn the loss of the overall lead. “We weren’t interested in defending the jersey today,” admitted GreenEdge sports director Matt White. “Gossy was never going to hang onto the lead. None of the sprinters hung on today. Given our lack of interest in defending the jersey, we were pretty relaxed today.”
A long day in the saddle
The race's longest stage (252km) got off to an early start, with the riders rolling out of Amelia at 9:15am. Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) and Thomas Löfkvist (Sky) did not start.
Seven riders went out on the attack only eight km into the stage: Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale), Stefano Pirazzi and Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox), Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia), Pavel Brutt (Katusha Team) and Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Bank). They quickly built up a sizeable lead, up to 10 minutes after only 75 km.
Sixty kilometers later, after enjoying a maximum advantage of nearly 12 minutes, the gap had dropped dramatically to just over four minutes and continued to go down.
Snow and cold had caused the race organisers to change today's route, taking out the Passo Lanciano climb and substituting the Valico della Forchetta. Mountains leader Pirazzi took top honours there, securing a nearly insurmountable lead in the classification for the race, but with 36km to go and still one more climb, the gap was down to a minute and a half.
Lampre-ISD, Colombia-Coldeportes and Omega Pharma-QuickStep combined their efforts at the head of the peloton to bring the gap down. The lead group shrank to four, as Mondory, Pagani and Hulsmans were unable to keep up any longer, although Pagani later caught up again.
With a little more than 20 km to go, Brutt pulled away from his escape companions and tried to get away on a curving ascent. But the peloton was less than a minute behind and gaining fast, with Liquigas-Cannondale's Oss leading the train.
Boaro took off in an attempt to catch Brutt as the peloton came closer and closer. Meanwhile, race leader Matt Goss (GreenEdge) was finally unable to hold the pace in the peloton, dropping further and further back on the undulating terrain.
Boaro was caught by the Liquigas-Cannondale-led field with about 15km to go, and Brutt had only about 20 seconds. Three kilometers later he, too, was caught. Astana's Dimitriy Muravyev was the next to try his luck, but with 9km to go he was caught and passed by Euskaltel's Mikel Landa, and the Astana rider faded back into the field.
A crash in the middle of the field knocked down a handful of riders, including yesterday's stage winner Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), and split the field on the stage's penultimate climb. Again, Liquigas-Cannondale led the field past the escapee with 6.5km to go.
The final climb of the day started with five kilometers to go, and BMC moved to the front of the peloton to position defending Tirreno-Adriatico champion Cadel Evans for the final ascent to the finish. With two kilometers remaining the real climbing started, with gradients up to 15 percent. BMC's Alessandro Ballan pulled off at the base of the steep pitch, leaving George Hincapie to set the tempo for Evans.
It was slow going on the steep parcours in Chieti, with the field becoming increasingly smaller with every pedal stroke. Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) attacked with 1.5 kilometers remaining, but was caught by Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone), who led a small group powering their way up the narrow streets. Di Luca was then passed by Peter Sagan, and the two rode together under the flamme rouge, which was also served as the stage's final KOM.
A high-powered group of Sagan, Kreuziger, Nibali, Di Luca and Horner had emerged at the head of affairs to fight it out for the win as the road levelled off in the final kilometer. Astana's Kreuziger shot out around the leaders and took a lead on the run-in to the finish. Nibali responded and gave his all, but Sagan came around his teammate and went on to win, with Kreuziger passing Nibali for second.
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 7:24:50 |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:08 |
7 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:10 |
8 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:12 |
9 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:19 |
13 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:23 |
21 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:00:30 |
26 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
31 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:00:40 |
32 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:42 |
33 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:44 |
34 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:55 |
42 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:57 |
44 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:00:59 |
46 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:07 |
51 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Robinson Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:12 |
60 | Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:16 |
63 | Jérome Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:20 |
64 | Ego Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:29 |
68 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:40 |
70 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:01:53 |
71 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Juan Horrach Ripoll (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:02:04 |
76 | Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:40 |
77 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:02:52 |
83 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:03:15 |
84 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:03:21 |
88 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:28 |
89 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:03:57 |
90 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:07 |
91 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:04:15 |
92 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:04:40 |
98 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:55 |
108 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:08 |
110 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:06:05 |
111 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:07:28 |
117 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:07:51 |
119 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 0:08:55 |
120 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 0:10:51 |
121 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Jurgen Wandewalle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:11:23 |
138 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 0:13:07 |
140 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:17:35 |
143 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
151 | Wilson Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
155 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
156 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
157 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
158 | Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
159 | Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
160 | Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
161 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
162 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
163 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
164 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
165 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:17:53 |
166 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
167 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
168 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
169 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
170 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
171 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
172 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 12 | pts |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 10 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 8 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | pts |
2 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 5 | pts |
2 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | pts |
2 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | pts |
2 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 5 | pts |
2 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22:15:09 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:03 |
3 | Katusha Team | 0:00:15 |
4 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:20 |
5 | Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:24 |
6 | Movistar Team | 0:00:33 |
7 | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:58 |
8 | BMC Racing Team | 0:01:27 |
9 | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:39 |
10 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:40 |
11 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:48 |
12 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:57 |
13 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:01 |
14 | Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:02:18 |
15 | RadioShack-Nissan | 0:02:31 |
16 | FDJ-Big Mat | 0:04:04 |
17 | Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:04:27 |
18 | Garmin - Barracuda | 0:06:00 |
19 | Lampre - ISD | 0:06:06 |
20 | Sky Procycling | 0:07:15 |
21 | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:08:31 |
22 | Lotto Belisol Team | 0:10:07 |
1 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 19:01:54 |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
3 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:13 |
4 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:21 |
5 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:22 |
6 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:30 |
7 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:32 |
8 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:34 |
9 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:00:35 |
10 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:36 |
11 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:00:41 |
13 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:42 |
15 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:43 |
17 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:45 |
18 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:00:46 |
19 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:00:52 |
20 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:53 |
21 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:55 |
24 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:56 |
25 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:57 |
26 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:04 |
27 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:05 |
28 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:06 |
30 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:11 |
31 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:01:12 |
32 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:15 |
33 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:17 |
34 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:20 |
35 | Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:22 |
37 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:24 |
38 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:27 |
39 | Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:28 |
40 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:29 |
42 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:31 |
44 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:39 |
45 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:40 |
46 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:41 |
48 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:01:44 |
49 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:46 |
50 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:47 |
51 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Jérome Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:54 |
53 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:01:58 |
54 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:00 |
55 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:02:03 |
56 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:02:04 |
57 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:05 |
58 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:02:07 |
59 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team | 0:02:08 |
60 | Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:10 |
61 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:02:12 |
62 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 0:02:22 |
63 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:27 |
64 | Ego Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:28 |
65 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:31 |
66 | Robinson Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:02:35 |
67 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:02:46 |
68 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:48 |
69 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:02:54 |
70 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:16 |
71 | Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:03:18 |
72 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:21 |
74 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:03:39 |
76 | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:41 |
77 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:03:46 |
78 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:03:52 |
79 | Juan Horrach Ripoll (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:04:06 |
80 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:10 |
81 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:04:15 |
82 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:20 |
83 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:04:25 |
84 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:04:34 |
85 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:04:44 |
86 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:04:49 |
87 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:53 |
88 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:04:58 |
89 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 0:05:03 |
90 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:05:07 |
91 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:05:09 |
92 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:05:10 |
93 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:05:14 |
95 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:05:15 |
96 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:05:18 |
97 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:05:20 |
98 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:21 |
99 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:29 |
100 | Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:05:31 |
101 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:05:34 |
102 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:36 |
103 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:57 |
104 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:06:33 |
105 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:06:43 |
106 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:07:05 |
107 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:07:06 |
108 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:07:11 |
109 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:46 |
110 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:07:48 |
111 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:08:08 |
112 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:08:09 |
113 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 0:09:36 |
114 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:10:22 |
115 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:10:31 |
116 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:10:51 |
117 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:11:13 |
118 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:14 |
119 | Jurgen Wandewalle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:11:19 |
120 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 0:11:20 |
121 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | 0:11:23 |
122 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:11:59 |
123 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:12:15 |
126 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 0:13:23 |
128 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 0:13:28 |
129 | Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:14:06 |
130 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:14:13 |
131 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:14:35 |
132 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 0:14:42 |
133 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:14:45 |
134 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:15:08 |
135 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:15:55 |
136 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:16:13 |
137 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:17:28 |
138 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:17:29 |
139 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:17:50 |
140 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:17:53 |
141 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17:56 |
143 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:18:04 |
144 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:18:12 |
145 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:18:19 |
146 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:18:21 |
147 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:18:22 |
149 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:18:24 |
150 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:18:38 |
151 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:19:05 |
152 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:19:10 |
153 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:19:21 |
154 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:19:27 |
155 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:19:48 |
156 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:20:08 |
157 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:20:31 |
158 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:20:50 |
159 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:20:55 |
160 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:21:15 |
161 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:21:33 |
162 | Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:23:49 |
163 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:25:11 |
164 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:25:21 |
165 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:25:48 |
166 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:27:05 |
167 | Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:27:21 |
168 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:29:05 |
169 | Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:29:17 |
170 | Wilson Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:30:33 |
171 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
172 | Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:32:19 |
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 27 | pts |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 15 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | 15 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 13 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Te |