Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico
Malori takes final time trial victory
Adriano Malori (Movistar) prevailed in the final stage at Tirreno-Adriatico, a 9.1km individual time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto, with a winning time of 10:13. The victory against the clock today was the second of the year for the 26-year-old Italian after his time trial win at Argentina's Tour de San Luis in January.
Four-time time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) placed second at six seconds followed by 2012 Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) in third at 11 seconds.
Reigning time trial world champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), winner of this very stage at Tirreno-Adriatico one year ago with a time six seconds faster than runner-up Malori, placed fourth this time around at 15 seconds.
Overnight general classification leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) started the day with a commanding 2:08 lead over Nairo Quintana (Movistar) plus a 2:15 advantage over his Tinkoff-Saxo teammate Roman Kreuziger, and the Spaniard easily defended the blue jersey with a 10:54 effort, good for 29th on the day.
The top three on general classification remained the same as Quintana put two seconds into Kreuziger over the 9.1km course, 10:51 versus 10:53, to defend his second place position ahead of the Czech rider. Contador's final margin of victory would be 2:05 over Quintana and 2:14 ahead of Kreuziger.
Alex Dowsett (Movistar), the sixth rider out of the start house in San Benedetto del Tronto, set the early benchmark of 10:33 which stood for approximately one hour until it was bettered by one second courtesy of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Shimano). Movistar, however, reclaimed the hot seat 30 minutes later when former Italian time trial champion Adriano Malori scorched the course for 10:13, stopping the clock over the 9.2km parcours 19 seconds faster than the Dutchman.
Malori's time then withstood the efforts of the peloton's time trial royalty as first Tony Martin (10:28), then Bradley Wiggins (10:24), followed by Fabian Cancellara (10:19) all failed to eclipse the Italian's time.
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), who earlier this season won the time trial stage at the Volta ao Algarve (en route to overall victory) ahead of none other than Malori, Martin and Dowsett, could only manage a 10:35 effort on the day, a time ultimately good enough for seventh place.
Only 17 riders remained following Kwiatkowski, and while none would factor into the stage results there was still a matter of the top general classification riders at Tirreno-Adriatico seeking to defend or improve their final overall placings.
The top three on general classification would ultimately remain the same as Contador, Quintana and Kreuziger would all finish within three seconds of each other, while there would be some minor shuffling in the rest of the top 10. Former French time trial champion Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) started the day in fifth overall, just one second down on Julian Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing), and the Frenchman beat the Colombian by 16 seconds to improve his final GC position by one place.
Mikel Nieve (Sky) would be the biggest loser in the top ten as he dropped from sixth to 10th overall after his time trial performance while Croatian road champion Robert Kiserlovski (Trek Factory Racing) improved the most, from 10th to seventh overall.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:10:13 |
2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:06 |
3 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:11 |
4 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:15 |
5 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:19 |
6 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:20 |
7 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:22 |
8 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:23 |
9 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:24 |
10 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:26 |
11 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:28 |
12 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:31 |
13 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:32 |
15 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:33 |
16 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:34 |
17 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
18 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:38 |
20 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 0:00:39 |
23 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:40 |
25 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:00:41 |
29 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:42 |
32 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:43 |
36 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:44 |
38 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:45 |
42 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:46 |
44 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:47 |
47 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:49 |
50 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:50 |
54 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:51 |
58 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 0:00:52 |
62 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:53 |
65 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:55 |
71 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:56 |
74 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin Sharp | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:57 |
81 | Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:58 |
87 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:01:00 |
89 | Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:01 |
92 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:03 |
95 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:04 |
97 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp | 0:01:05 |
99 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:06 |
101 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin Sharp | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:07 |
107 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:08 |
108 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:09 |
110 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:10 |
111 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:11 |
114 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:01:12 |
115 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp - Endura | 0:01:13 |
117 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp | 0:01:14 |
119 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:15 |
120 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:01:16 |
124 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:17 |
129 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:01:18 |
131 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 0:01:19 |
133 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:21 |
135 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:22 |
136 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:23 |
139 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:01:25 |
142 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:01:29 |
143 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:01:30 |
144 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:32 |
145 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:01:33 |
146 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:01:35 |
147 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:01:38 |
148 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | 0:01:41 |
151 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:46 |
152 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:56 |
154 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:02:10 |
155 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:02:21 |
156 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:25 |
DNS | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNS | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp - Endura | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | 25:28:45 |
2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:02:05 |
3 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:14 |
4 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:39 |
5 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:54 |
6 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:04 |
7 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing | 0:03:09 |
8 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:03:16 |
9 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky | 0:03:19 |
11 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:03:32 |
12 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:37 |
13 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:03:47 |
14 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:04:10 |
15 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura | 0:04:18 |
16 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:24 |
17 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:05:36 |
18 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:05:38 |
19 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:34 |
20 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge | 0:06:44 |
21 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:06:45 |
22 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:50 |
23 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:53 |
24 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale | 0:06:58 |
25 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:07:21 |
26 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:07:29 |
27 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:07:45 |
28 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF | 0:07:57 |
29 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 0:11:11 |
30 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:48 |
31 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:13:37 |
32 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:14:32 |
33 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:14:40 |
34 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:14:54 |
35 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:17:32 |
36 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:19:44 |
37 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:20:08 |
38 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:20:19 |
39 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:20:36 |
40 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:20:47 |
41 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:20:54 |
42 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:21:55 |
43 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | 0:22:11 |
44 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 0:22:14 |
45 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp - Endura | 0:22:49 |
46 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | 0:24:40 |
47 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp - Endura | 0:24:47 |
48 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin Sharp | 0:24:48 |
49 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:24:49 |
50 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:25:57 |
51 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:26:04 |
52 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:28:37 |
53 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 0:28:49 |
54 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge | 0:28:53 |
55 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Mar |