The breakaway came mighty close on yesterday, and the road from Fano to Forli may provide an even greater opportunity. The challenging climbs of Monte Casale and Monte Trebbio, coming late in the stage, will surely either play havok with the chasing peloton or the sprinters trying to hold in it - or both!
But if it does come down to a sprint, then Daniele Bennati will be the favourite to make it 4 stage wins. Ben Swift will be determined to make it 3-3, but seemed slightly off Bennati's pace yesterday. Allan Davis appears to be the next best sprinter to have recovered after the mountains - while Juan Van Heerden just needs to learn a more sensible tactic.
Given that this stage is harder than yesterday though - maybe Taylor Phinney and Yuri Trofimov could claim to be surprise contenders for a sprint victory?
The first move of the day failed to stay clear for long, as Pokerstars.com seem to have reverted back to their sprint support role today and help with the chasing.
Ramon Sinkeldam Tim Kennaugh Johann Tschopp Elia Viviani Adrian Malori Taylor Tolleson
The second attempt will surely fail as well, as Wes Sulzberger has gone with it.
But ... no. Shock of all shocks, Sulzberger has finally made it into a breakaway that sticks! They ride up and through the first KoM of the day, La Siligata.
Matteo Trentin Wes Sulzberger Dmitriy Gruzdev
Trentin also won the intermediate sprint as they built their gap up.
The peloton are content to let it go - just for now, or for good? Time will tell.
With around 60km to go, Johim Ariesen attempted a sneaky move to regain the Lanterne Rouge by puncturing. But the peloton were still in off mode, so he is forced to rejoin them.
At 50km to go, it is time for the crucial part of the stage:
The breakaway lead by 8 minutes and will fancy their chances here.
Wikipedia are alone in leading the peloton. No sign of interest from the sprinters teams just yet.
Inevitably the peloton do claim back some time here - the temp pace of the likes of McCarthy and Mai being able to reduce that to 6 minutes by the time Wes Sulzberger leads the break over the Monte Trebbio.
The order over both climbs was Sulzberger -> Trentin -> Gruzdev. Giving Sulzberger a haul of 19 points from today, with 17 for Trentin and 9 for Gruzdev to add to his previously earnt 4.
Since Monte Trebbio is a Cat 2 climb, there are 4 points available for the first rider in the peloton. If Aleksandr Efimkin were to take those 4 points then he would reclaim the King of the Mountains lead.
But there is no attack, and so Atapuma takes 4 points, with 2 for McCarthy.
Bizarrely Aleksandr Efimkin does then attack on the descent. A little late there!
And also quite shortlived - it would appear that the sprinters teams were just waiting for the climbs to be out of the way before setting to work. Pokerstars, Vesuvio and Puma-SAP thus set to work.
The lead of the break is already reduced to 3'30 at 16km to go. Dmitriy Gruzdev tries to attack away from his stronger companions.
The chasing efforts are strong though - led by Delage, Nuyens, Kvasina, Paterski, Gastauer and Wallays.
The gap stands at 2 minutes with 10km to go. Not necesarrily a guarantee of capture, but the peloton did wipe out a larger gap at this stage yesterday.
Gruzdev is off on another attack, after his previous effort failed.
At 6km to go, Pokerstars.com have completely disappeared from the front of the peloton.
Why? Erik Mohs has been dropped.
The pace may not have been too high over the climbs, but they seem to have done their gap - either that, or Mohs simply isnt cut out for racing well in Grand Tours. Kobe Vanoverschelde is also dropped a little further on.
And it is soon to be bad news for the breakaway as they are caught soon after the 5km to go banner. The usual two sprint trains are out in force and take the lead.
Merino Criado, Caethoven and Swift versus Gasparotto, Kvist and Bennati.
Allan Davis has taken Bennati's wheel, while also up here are Maximiliano Richeze, Paride Grillo, Romain Vanderbiest, Juan Van Heerden and Andreas Stauff.
There's some concern for Puma though as Enrico Gasparotto pulls out of the train at 2.6km to go, forcing Thomas Vedel Kvist to take to the front before launching his leadout. You would have thought that Gasparotto would be stronger on a stage like today.
Reports of a crash over race radio though, and it's ROMAIN SICARD!
Disaster for the rider sat in 4th overall, meanwhile Kvist is having to launch his sprint early. Pedro Merino Criado still leads the Vesuvio train.
Kvist does move into the lead as Steven Caethoven waits a little before starting Vesuvio's sprint and now will look to chase the Dane down.
Romain Sicard is back on his feet, having also caused a few others riders to crash. Another team leader is down: 16th overall Gianpaolo Caruso. Also down are Sébastien Minard, José Joaquin Rojas Gil and Mauro Facci.
Sicard will now rely on the Pokerstars.com train to limit his losses. The Green team have sent all of their team back to support Mohs - therefore including Degenkolb.
Back to the front though as Steven Caethoven is once again delivering a storming leadout, and used his fresher legs to overhaul Kvist. This has forced Bennati into going for a long sprint.
But Daniele Bennati is struggling here. The best he can do is match Caethoven!
Paride Grillo is very well placed on Swift's wheel, and it is suddenly all Koenigsegg with Santo Anza looking dangerous, and just behind him Yuri Trofimov is surging forwards alongside Riccardo Ricco.
Ben Swift launches his move now, knowing that Bennati is already beaten.
Grillo tries to be the man to finally break the Swift/Bennati sprint monopoly, while Trofimov has moved into 4th, and Simon Spilak now moves alongside Bennati.
It doesnt look like Trofimov is going to close down Swift - so what about Grillo?
It's a good effort, but ultimately not even close. Ben Swift sails to his 3rd Giro stage win - again indebted to the work of his always consistent lead out train.
Koenigsegg have a 2-3 with Grillo's best result of the race and Trofimov collecting 8 bonus seconds.
Spilak and Ricco collect Top 5s, while Caethoven is the 3rd best sprinter in 6th.
Bennati was beaten by Taylor Phinney as well and any hopes he once had of the Points jersey are surely over.
It's a miserable stage for Romain Sicard as he loses 2'46. No teammates dropped back to help him, but at least he had Pokerstars trying their best. He suffers a 5 place drop to 9th overall.
Gianpaolo Caruso tripped over the Frenchman, and then finished a further minute behind. He is down to 20th in GC.
Tomorrow is a long flat time trial - and Taylor Phinney already has the race lead. Be afraid, be very afraid.
1
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
4h24'18
2
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
3
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
s.t.
4
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
s.t.
5
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
s.t.
6
Steven Caethoven
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
7
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
8
Santo Anza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
9
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
10
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
11
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
12
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
13
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
14
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
15
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
16
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
17
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
s.t.
18
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
19
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
20
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
21
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
22
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
23
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
24
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
s.t.
25
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
26
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
27
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
28
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
29
Vitor Rodrigues
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
30
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
31
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
s.t.
32
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
33
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
34
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
35
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
36
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
38
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
39
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
40
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
43
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
44
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
45
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
46
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
47
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
48
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
49
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
50
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
51
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
52
Yonathan Monsalve
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
53
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
s.t.
54
Philipp Walsleben
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
55
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
56
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
57
Adam Blythe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
59
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
60
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
61
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
63
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
64
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
65
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
66
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
67
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
68
Maciej Paterski
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
69
Fabio Taborre
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
71
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
72
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
73
Dimitri Claeys
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
74
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
75
Carlos Betancourt
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
76
Coen Vermeltfoort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
77
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
78
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
79
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
81
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
82
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
83
Cristiano Salerno
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
84
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
85
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
86
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
87
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
88
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
89
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
90
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
91
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
92
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
s.t.
93
Wilson Marentes
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
94
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
95
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
96
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
97
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
98
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
99
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
100
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
101
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
102
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
103
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
104
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
105
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
106
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
107
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
108
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
109
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
110
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
111
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
112
Johannes Frohlinger
Project 1t4i
s.t.
113
Diego Ulissi
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
114
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
115
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
116
Paolo Locatelli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
117
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
118
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
119
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
120
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
121
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
s.t.
122
Kevin Fouquet
Koenigsegg
s.t.
123
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
s.t.
124
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
125
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
126
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
127
Alessandro Ballan
Koenigsegg
s.t.
128
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
s.t.
129
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
130
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
131
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
133
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
134
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
135
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
137
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
138
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
139
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
s.t.
140
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
141
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
142
Grégory Rast
Pendleton's
s.t.
143
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
144
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
145
Kobe Vanoverschelde
Aker - MOT
s.t.
146
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
147
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
148
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
149
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
150
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
s.t.
151
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
152
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
153
Oumaru Minoungou
Pendleton's
s.t.
154
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
155
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
156
Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
157
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
158
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
159
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
160
Elia Viviani
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
161
Nick Clesen
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 2'46
162
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
163
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
164
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
165
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
166
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
167
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
168
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
169
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
170
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
171
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
172
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
173
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
174
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
175
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
s.t.
176
Chu Thien Sinelobov
UBS - BMC
s.t.
177
Gianpaolo Caruso
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 3'55
178
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
179
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
180
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 4'40
181
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
182
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'32
183
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
184
Cameron Meyer
Koenigsegg
s.t.
185
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
186
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
187
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
188
Rinaldo Nocentini
Control Team
s.t.
189
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
190
Jos Van Emden
Project 1t4i
s.t.
191
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
192
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
193
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
194
Anthony José Brea
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
195
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 9'03
196
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
197
Andrei Nechita
Project 1t4i
s.t.
198
Troels Vinter
Team B&O
+ 10'07
GC
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
50h09'50
2
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
+ 29
3
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 45
4
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
+ 3'21
5
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 3'23
6
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 3'27
7
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 4'09
8
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 4'19
9
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'32
10
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 5'05
11
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'42
12
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 6'47
13
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 6'53
14
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 7'15
15
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 7'40
16
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 7'51
17
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 9'17
18
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 9'56
19
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
+ 10'23
20
Gianpaolo Caruso
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 11'42
21
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 11'45
22
Vitor Rodrigues
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 13'19
23
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 13'43
24
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 15'20
25
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 15'30
26
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 15'54
27
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 16'02
28
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 16'56
29
Johannes Frohlinger
Project 1t4i
+ 18'09
30
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 19'07
31
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 19'13
32
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 19'52
33
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 20'06
34
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 21'28
35
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 21'29
36
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 21'49
37
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 22'09
38
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 22'48
39
Maciej Paterski
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 23'32
40
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 23'40
Spoiler
41
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 24'11
42
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 24'37
43
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 25'18
44
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 25'44
45
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 26'56
46
Santo Anza
Koenigsegg
+ 27'49
47
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 28'08
48
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 28'44
49
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 30'21
50
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 32'53
51
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 33'58
52
Yonathan Monsalve
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 36'13
53
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 36'31
54
Carlos Betancourt
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 37'01
55
Diego Ulissi
Festina-Canal+
+ 37'03
56
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 39'49
57
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
+ 40'00
58
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 40'15
59
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 40'33
60
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 40'51
61
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 40'55
62
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 41'05
63
Dimitri Claeys
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 41'10
64
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 41'26
65
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 41'28
66
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 42'33
67
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 44'21
68
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 46'37
69
Fabio Taborre
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 46'54
70
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 47'39
71
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 48'14
72
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 48'57
73
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 49'04
74
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 49'05
75
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
+ 49'48
76
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 49'52
77
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 50'13
78
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 50'20
79
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 50'46
80
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 52'38
81
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 53'16
82
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 53'50
83
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 53'56
84
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 54'17
85
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 54'48
86
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 54'58
87
Wilson Marentes
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 55'35
88
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 56'45
89
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 58'17
90
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 58'40
91
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 58'53
92
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 58'59
93
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 59'54
94
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
+ 1h01'32
95
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h01'33
96
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
+ 1h02'06
97
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h02'15
98
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h03'54
99
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 1h04'31
100
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h04'32
101
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 1h05'02
102
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h05'38
103
Grégory Rast
Pendleton's
+ 1h05'49
104
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 1h06'26
105
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h07'13
106
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h08'15
107
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h08'51
108
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 1h10'38
109
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 1h10'50
110
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 1h11'19
111
Kevin Fouquet
Koenigsegg
+ 1h12'25
112
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h12'29
113
Cristiano Salerno
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h12'46
114
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h14'00
115
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h14'05
116
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 1h15'08
117
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h16'30
118
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h16'32
119
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h16'37
120
Coen Vermeltfoort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h16'40
121
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 1h16'52
122
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h17'09
123
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h17'44
124
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 1h18'59
125
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 1h19'44
126
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 1h19'47
127
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h20'36
128
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h20'53
129
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h21'02
130
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h21'17
131
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h21'27
132
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h22'08
133
Alessandro Ballan
Koenigsegg
+ 1h22'33
134
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 1h22'40
135
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h23'05
136
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
137
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h23'22
138
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h23'24
139
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h23'37
140
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h24'01
141
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h24'16
142
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 1h25'08
143
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h25'18
144
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h25'21
145
Philipp Walsleben
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h26'13
146
Adam Blythe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h26'18
147
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 1h26'31
148
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h26'51
149
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h26'52
150
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h26'53
151
Steven Caethoven
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h26'55
152
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
+ 1h27'01
153
Paolo Locatelli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h27'17
154
Elia Viviani
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h27'27
155
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 1h28'37
156
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 1h29'49
157
Rinaldo Nocentini
Control Team
+ 1h29'51
158
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h31'13
159
Oumaru Minoungou
Pendleton's
+ 1h31'18
160
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h31'22
161
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1h31'57
162
Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 1h33'22
163
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 1h33'24
164
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 1h33'35
165
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
+ 1h34'29
166
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h34'34
167
Chu Thien Sinelobov
UBS - BMC
+ 1h34'43
168
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 1h34'47
169
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h35'14
170
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h35'38
171
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h36'07
172
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h36'08
173
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h36'33
174
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h36'35
175
Jos Van Emden
Project 1t4i
+ 1h36'46
176
Kobe Vanoverschelde
Aker - MOT
+ 1h36'48
177
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
178
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h37'55
179
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 1h41'23
180
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 1h43'28
181
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
+ 1h44'22
182
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h45'00
183
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h45'32
184
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h48'23
185
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h49'00
186
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h49'11
187
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h49'38
188
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h49'53
189
Nick Clesen
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h49'59
190
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h51'01
191
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h53'57
192
Cameron Meyer
Koenigsegg
+ 1h56'50
193
Anthony José Brea
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 1h56'53
194
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h58'23
195
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h00'16
196
Troels Vinter
Team B&O
+ 2h04'26
197
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h04'44
198
Andrei Nechita
Project 1t4i
+ 2h14'11
Points
1
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
127
2
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
110
3
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
110
4
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
106
5
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
104
6
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
61
7
Angel Madrazo
Santander
57
8
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
56
9
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
51
10
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
50
KoM
1
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
40
2
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
38
3
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
35
4
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
33
5
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
32
6
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
26
7
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
23
8
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
23
9
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
23
10
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
19
U25
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
50h09'50 (1)
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 45 (2)
3
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'32 (3)
4
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 6'47 (4)
5
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 15'20 (5)
6
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 15'30 (6)
7
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 19'52 (7)
8
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 21'29 (8)
9
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 24'11 (9)
10
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 24'37 (10)
Team
1
Wikipedia
150h45'36 (1)
2
Pendleton's
+ 13'31 (2)
3
Milka - AVG
+ 14'07 (3)
4
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 16'01 (4)
5
Aker - MOT
+ 17'08 (5)
6
Festina-Canal+
+ 19'36 (6)
7
Pearl Adidas
+ 21'53 (7)
8
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 23'06 (8)
9
Team Bacardi
+ 23'58 (9)
10
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
Ramon Sinkeldam
Tim Kennaugh
Johann Tschopp
Elia Viviani
Taylor Tolleson
Wes Sulzberger
Dmitriy Gruzdev
