Ponzi prevails in Tour de Slovénie opening stage
By Cycling News
Italian tops general classification
| 1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3:46:28 |
| 2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 4 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 5 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 6 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 7 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 8 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 9 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 10 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 11 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 12 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 13 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 14 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 15 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 16 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
| 17 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
| 18 | Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 19 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 20 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 21 | Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
| 23 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:14 |
| 24 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava | |
| 25 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 26 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 27 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
| 28 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 29 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 30 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 31 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 32 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 33 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 34 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 35 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 36 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 37 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 38 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 39 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 40 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 41 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 42 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 43 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 44 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 45 | Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 46 | Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 47 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 48 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 49 | Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 50 | Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava | |
| 51 | Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil | |
| 52 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
| 53 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 54 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 55 | Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 56 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 57 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:39 |
| 58 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:04 |
| 59 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 60 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 61 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 62 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | |
| 63 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 64 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 65 | Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 66 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 67 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
| 68 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
| 69 | Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 70 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 71 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 72 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 73 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:19 |
| 74 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:24 |
| 75 | Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 76 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 77 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 78 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 79 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
| 80 | Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 81 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 82 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
| 83 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 84 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | |
| 85 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
| 86 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 87 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 88 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 89 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:30 |
| 90 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 91 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 92 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:37 |
| 93 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 94 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | |
| 95 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | |
| 96 | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 97 | Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | |
| 98 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 99 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 100 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
| 101 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:07 |
| 102 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 103 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| DNF | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| DNF | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| DNF | Kristjan Durasek (Cro) Adria Mobil |
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
| 3 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 1 |
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
| 3 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 1 |
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | |
| 3 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
| 1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 4 | |
| 3 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | 2 |
| 1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 2 | |
| 3 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1 |
| 1 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2 | |
| 3 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 |
| 1 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:19:24 |
| 2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
| 3 | Team Idea | 0:00:14 |
| 4 | Team Saxo Bank | |
| 5 | Acqua & Sapone | |
| 6 | Lampre - ISD | |
| 7 | Adria Mobil | |
| 8 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:28 |
| 9 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 10 | Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 11 | Tirol Cycling Team | 0:01:18 |
| 12 | Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:57 |
| 13 | Radenska | 0:02:22 |
| 14 | Sava | 0:04:52 |
| 1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3:46:18 |
| 2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:10 |
| 5 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 6 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 7 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 8 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 9 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 10 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 11 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 12 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 13 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 14 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 15 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 16 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
| 17 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
| 18 | Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 19 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 20 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 21 | Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:17 |
| 23 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:24 |
| 24 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava | |
| 25 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 26 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 27 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
| 28 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 29 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 30 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 31 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 32 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 33 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 34 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 35 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 36 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 37 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 38 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 39 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 40 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 41 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 42 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 43 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 44 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 45 | Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 46 | Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 47 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 48 | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 49 | Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 50 | Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava | |
| 51 | Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil | |
| 52 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
| 53 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 54 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 55 | Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 56 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 57 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:49 |
| 58 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:13 |
| 59 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:01:14 |
| 60 | Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 61 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 62 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | |
| 63 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 64 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 65 | Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 66 | Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 67 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
| 68 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
| 69 | Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea | |
| 70 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 71 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 72 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 73 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:29 |
| 74 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 0:04:33 |
| 75 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:34 |
| 76 | Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 77 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 78 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 79 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 80 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
| 81 | Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 82 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 83 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
| 84 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 85 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
| 86 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 87 | Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 88 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 89 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:40 |
| 90 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 91 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 92 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:38 |
| 93 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:41 |
| 94 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07:47 |
| 95 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | |
| 96 | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 97 | Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea | |
| 98 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 99 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 100 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
| 101 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:16 |
| 102 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:09:17 |
| 103 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team |
| 1 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil | 20 | |
| 3 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 16 | |
| 4 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 15 | |
| 5 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 14 | |
| 6 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 12 | |
| 7 | Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea | 10 | |
| 8 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 9 | |
| 9 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 9 | |
| 10 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 8 | |
| 11 | Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea | 7 | |
| 12 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 6 | |
| 13 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
| 14 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4 | |
| 15 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 3 | |
| 16 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2 | |
| 17 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1 | |
| 18 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 1 | |
| 19 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1 | |
| 20 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 1 |
| 1 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 9 | pts |
| 2 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 6 | |
| 3 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
| 4 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2 | |
| 5 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | 2 | |
| 6 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1 | |
| 7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 |
| 1 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3:46:42 |
| 2 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska | |
| 3 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 4 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska | 0:00:50 |
| 5 | Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska | |
| 6 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska | |
| 7 | Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska | 0:04:05 |
| 8 | Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava | 0:04:09 |
| 9 | Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:04:10 |
| 10 | Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska | |
| 11 | Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 12 | Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava | |
| 13 | Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava | |
| 14 | Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | 0:06:16 |
| 15 | Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 16 | Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 17 | Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:17 |
| 18 | Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska | 0:07:23 |
| 19 | Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava | |
| 20 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:08:53 |
| 1 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:19:24 |
| 2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:07 |
| 3 | Team Idea | 0:00:14 |
| 4 | Team Saxo Bank | |
| 5 | Acqua & Sapone | |
| 6 | Lampre - ISD | |
| 7 | Adria Mobil | |
| 8 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:28 |
| 9 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | |
| 10 | Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 11 | Tirol Cycling Team | 0:01:18 |
| 12 | Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:57 |
| 13 | Radenska | 0:02:22 |
| 14 | Sava | 0:04:52 |
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