Tirreno-Adriatico: Quintana wins overall
Cancellara takes stage win
Tirreno-Adriatico is more of a signpost than a destination in the grand scheme of things, and Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) signalled their intentions for the weeks and months ahead as the race drew to a close in San Benedetto del Tronto on Tuesday.
Cancellara made amends for his narrow defeat to Adriano Malori (Movistar) in the opening time trial in Lido di Camaiore last week by scorching around the 10-kilometre course at a speed in excess of 52kph to claim stage victory and lay down a marker of sorts ahead of Milan-San Remo at the weekend.
Quintana’s performance on the day was rather less assured – he finished some 55 seconds down on Cancellara – but he had done the bulk of the heavy lifting on the snowy upper reaches of Monte Terminillo on Sunday, and he sealed final overall victory here, 19 seconds clear of Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) and 31 ahead of his fellow countryman Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep).
The short time trial along the seafront at San Benedetto del Tronto has become the default finale for Tirreno-Adriatico in recent years, and it was the third time that Cancellara has emerged victorious in the short test on the Adriatic Coast, following his triumphs in 2011 and 2012. The Swiss rider beat Malori by four seconds, while Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) took third, a further five seconds back.
“I think I made up for the mistakes from the prologue. I just gave it all in. I’m really happy and satisfied, not just with the race but also with the bigger picture and the big races in the next weekends,” Cancellara said.
Cancellara began his time trial just as Malori was bringing his effort to a close with the provisional quickest time, and the pair were evenly matched through the opening section, with Malori a second up at the intermediate time check. On the back end of the course, however, Cancellara took flight.
Though less fluid and comfortable, perhaps, than during his heyday as a time triallist between 2006 and 2010, Cancellara showed that he is not lacking in raw power ahead of the spring classics as he put five seconds into Malori in the closing five kilometres to stop the clock in 11:23, a time that was never remotely threatened for the remainder of the afternoon.
“I’ll think about Milan-San Remo from Friday, when we’ll see what the weather is going to be like, because that’s an important factor,” Cancellara said. “And in any case, from now on, every weekend is important for me.”
Quintana does enough
Carrying a buffer of 39 seconds into the time trial, the consensus was that Quintana’s blue jersey would be similarly out of reach and so it proved, even if his performance over the 10km course was a little short of what he will aim to produce in Utrecht on the opening day of the Tour de France.
The Colombian had the added luxury, however, of being updated on the progress of Mollema, Uran et al, and would have been particularly mindful not to take any unnecessary risks. He carried the blue jersey safely across the line in 51st place, 55 seconds down on Cancellara, enough to seal overall victory.
If Quintana’s dominance at the weekend had removed much of the suspense, the battle for the podium places promised to be keenly fought. Mollema began the day just nine seconds clear of Uran, and given their respective recent time trialling pedigree, many anticipated that the Dutchman would cede the second step of the podium.
Surprisingly, however, Mollema reached the time check ahead of Uran and although he was visibly struggling to keep the gear turning over in the closing kilometre, he reached the finish four seconds up on the Colombian’s time to secure second place overall.
Uran’s low-key showing (25th at 38 seconds) almost cost him a spot on the podium as Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) offered a full demonstration of his improvements against the watch, as the Frenchman delivered an assured ride to finish inside the top 20 (19th at 33 seconds).
Although Pinot fell just four seconds shy of dislodging Uran from the podium, he had the consolation of holding off Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and defending fourth place overall. Contador was the best of the general classification riders on the day, finishing 15th at 31 seconds, though his next major time trial – the mammoth 55km test at Valdobbiadene at the Giro d’Italia – will be a rather different animal.
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) brought the curtain down on his non-descript Tirreno-Adriatico by completing the time trial in 17th place, and in the morning newspapers he placated home anxieties by confirming that, despite his misgivings about the parcours, he will indeed be on the start line at Milan-San Remo on Sunday.
Another man with designs on Milan-San Remo is Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and he took his emphasis on La Classicissima to extremes on Tuesday afternoon. Eager to save his legs for the Cipressa and Poggio, Sagan soft-pedalled around the course to clock the slowest time of the day, some 2:59 down on Cancellara, and risked finishing outside the time limit. The Slovak did just enough, however, to stay in the race and seal victory in the points classification.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:11:23 |
2 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:00:04 |
3 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | 0:00:09 |
4 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:12 |
5 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:16 |
6 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:17 |
8 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:23 |
9 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:00:25 |
10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:26 |
11 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:27 |
12 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:30 |
14 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | 0:00:31 |
16 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:32 |
18 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:33 |
20 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:34 |
22 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky | 0:00:36 |
24 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:37 |
25 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 0:00:38 |
26 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:40 |
28 | Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 0:00:42 |
31 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:43 |
33 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr | 0:00:45 |
35 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:48 |
37 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:49 |
41 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:50 |
44 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:51 |
46 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:00:52 |
50 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:53 |
52 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:54 |
54 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:00:55 |
56 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:56 |
58 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:57 |
60 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:58 |
62 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:00 |
63 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:01:01 |
67 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:02 |
68 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:03 |
71 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:04 |
72 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:07 |
74 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:08 |
76 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:09 |
79 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:01:12 |
80 | Ramirez Chacon Brayan Stiven (Col) Colombia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:14 |
83 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:15 |
85 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:16 |
87 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:17 |
88 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:18 |
90 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:01:19 |
91 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:20 |
93 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:21 |
94 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:22 |
95 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:23 |
96 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:24 |
97 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Alex Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:25 |
100 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:26 |
101 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 0:01:27 |
102 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:28 |
107 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:01:31 |
109 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:32 |
111 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:33 |
112 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:34 |
113 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:35 |
116 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:36 |
117 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:37 |
119 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia | 0:01:38 |
120 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:40 |
121 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:41 |
122 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:43 |
123 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:45 |
124 | Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:01:46 |
125 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:47 |
126 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:53 |
127 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:55 |
129 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:58 |
130 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:02:02 |
132 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:02:05 |
133 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:02:13 |
134 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:02:14 |
135 | Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:02:15 |
136 | Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Colombia | 0:02:19 |
137 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:02:21 |
138 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:59 |
DNS | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
General Classification
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 25:11:16 |
2 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:18 |
3 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:00:31 |
4 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:35 |
5 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:39 |
6 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:40 |
7 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 0:00:56 |
8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:59 |
9 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:09 |
10 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:11 |
11 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:16 |
12 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:23 |
13 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:01:24 |
14 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:26 |
15 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:29 |
16 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:00 |
17 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky | 0:02:02 |
18 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | 0:02:24 |
19 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:03:02 |
21 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:03:11 |
22 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | 0:03:16 |
23 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:47 |
24 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge | 0:04:03 |
25 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:34 |
26 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:04:37 |
27 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:39 |
28 | Alex Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia | 0:07:42 |
29 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky | 0:08:49 |
30 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:52 |
31 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr | 0:10:27 |
32 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:10:35 |
33 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:10:40 |
34 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:10:52 |
35 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:10:55 |
36 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:12:41 |
37 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:13:37 |
38 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:14:21 |
39 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:15:26 |
40 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:18:13 |
41 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:18:36 |
42 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:19:50 |
43 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:20:22 |
45 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:20:43 |
46 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:21:19 |
47 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:21:50 |
48 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:22:02 |
49 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 0:22:43 |
50 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:22:45 |
51 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | 0:23:01 |
52 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:23:22 |
53 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:23:32 |
54 | Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:23:33 |
55 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:24:18 |
56 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | 0:25:00 |
57 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:25:48 |
58 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:25:49 |
59 | Ramirez Chacon Brayan Stiven (Col) Colombia | 0:26:01 |
60 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:26:40 |
61 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:26:55 |
62 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:27:25 |
63 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:27:51 |
64 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:28:05 |
65 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:28:20 |
66 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:29:31 |
67 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:29:40 |
68 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:29:46 |
69 | Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Colombia | 0:30:14 |
70 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:30:17 |
71 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:30:20 |
72 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:31:23 |
73 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:31:39 |
74 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:32:26 |
75 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | 0:32:59 |
76 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:33:05 |
77 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:33:22 |
78 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:33:24 |
79 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:33:33 |
80 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo |