Antonio Andolini | Il Lombardia
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 20-06-2017 15:24
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Great story, it never loses pace!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2017 16:17
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Tamijo - The hope is definitely still there! And Antonio will work hard to achieve it
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2017 16:17
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Welcome, fellow fans of Antonio Andolini.
The second week of the Giro has really flown by. We had two stages for the sprinters, a hilly stage, three mountain stages, including a mountain time trial.
We saw our hero talk to Mark Cavendish. Maybe asking some tips to follow in the sprint?
If he did, it must've worked, as Antonio was delivered perfectly by his team mates to contest for the win in a windy mass sprint!
And Cavendish might've revealed too much, as Antonio adds another unreal victory to his counter here in Italy. This time in a straight mass sprint. Today, he couldn't have done it without his team, but he did it!
Result
1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 4h33'52 | 2 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 4 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 6 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 7 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 8 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 9 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 10 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
The next day, he didn't come close and finished 8th.
Result1 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2h38'32 | 2 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. | 3 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 5 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. | 7 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 8 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 9 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 10 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
In the next stage, Antonio went down and we were afraid he'd have to abandon for a second!
But he was back on his feet... bike, fairly soon. A few attackers tried to break away in the final downhill of a hilly stage.
Antonio chased them down and was heading towards the finish line with a small group.
As his reputation has grown immensely in this Giro, nobody wanted to take Antonio to the finish. He set the pace himself and had confidence in his sprint. Surely a 5th (!) stage win was in the making!
Was it underestimation, having done too much work during the race or the fall? We don't know, but Antonio couldn't finish it off and ended 3rd. Good for his points jersey, though.
Result
1 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | 4h07'34 | 2 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | s.t. | 3 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 4 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | 5 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 6 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 8 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 1'22 | 9 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | s.t. | 10 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. |
The next three days could best be described by one picture:
Result - Stage 13
1 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | 6h26'30 | 2 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | + 20 | 3 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 1'34 | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 6 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2'25 | 7 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 2'49 | 8 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | 9 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 10 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Result - Stage 14
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 5h14'42 | 2 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | 3 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 4 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 5 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 23 | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | 7 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | s.t. | 8 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 9 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'05 | 10 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Result - Stage 15
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 1h03'27 | 2 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 9 | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 10 | 4 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 16 | 5 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 18 | 6 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 19 | 7 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 8 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 22 | 9 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 25 | 10 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | + 27 |
And so we have arrived at the second rest day. Only one week is left in this Giro but so far it has been unbelievable. Antonio winning stages left and right, wearing Pink for so long, in a very good position for Red now. It's a dream Giro for us fans of Antonio Andolini.
He's exactly what Italian cycling needed.
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 58h14'10 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 4'29 | 3 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 7'21 | 4 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 9'10 | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | + 9'27 | 6 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 11'49 | 7 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'31 | 8 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | + 14'47 | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16'11 | 10 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | + 16'27 |
Spoiler 11 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 18'28 | 12 | Diego Rosa | Cattelan Italia | + 21'28 | 13 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | + 21'39 | 14 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 24'11 | 15 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 25'11 | 16 | Edoardo Zardini | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 28'01 | 17 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | + 29'38 | 18 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | + 30'19 | 19 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 31'21 | 20 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 33'18 | 21 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 33'29 | 22 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 35'44 | 23 | Lawson Craddock | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 36'00 | 24 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | + 37'34 | 25 | Joe Dombrowski | BMC Racing Team | + 37'38 | 26 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Katusha | + 38'15 | 27 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | + 42'00 | 28 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | + 42'30 | 29 | Florencio Emery | Movistar Team | + 47'42 | 30 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 48'16 | 31 | Enrico Barbin | Lampre-Merida | + 48'28 | 32 | Daniele Ratto | Cattelan Italia | + 49'41 | 33 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | + 49'55 | 34 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 52'09 | 35 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | + 52'13 | 36 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 53'54 | 37 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 54'14 | 38 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 54'24 | 39 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 54'27 | 40 | Sebastián Henao | Team Sky | + 55'10 | 41 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 55'13 | 42 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 57'30 | 43 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Soudal | + 57'41 | 44 | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 57'56 | 45 | Jan Bakelants | Trek Factory Racing | + 59'42 | 46 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 59'46 | 47 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h02'10 | 48 | Davide Villella | Lampre-Merida | + 1h02'36 | 49 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | + 1h03'43 | 50 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h05'30 | 51 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h05'36 | 52 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 1h07'25 | 53 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h08'17 | 54 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 1h09'14 | 55 | Matthew Busche | BMC Racing Team | + 1h09'29 | 56 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 1h09'38 | 57 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 1h10'19 | 58 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h10'20 | 59 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | + 1h10'58 | 60 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h11'27 | 61 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h13'00 | 62 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | + 1h14'07 | 63 | Kristijan Durasek | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h14'18 | 64 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Southeast | + 1h15'35 | 65 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre-Merida | + 1h15'48 | 66 | Maxime Bouet | FDJ | + 1h15'53 | 67 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | 68 | Manuel Senni | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h17'09 | 69 | Jay McCarthy | Bardiani CSF | + 1h18'47 | 70 | Romain Hardy | FDJ | + 1h19'44 | 71 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h20'29 | 72 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Bardiani CSF | + 1h21'45 | 73 | Fränk Schleck | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h22'52 | 74 | Julien El Fares | IAM Cycling | + 1h23'46 | 75 | Davide Malacarne | Astana Pro Team | + 1h23'54 | 76 | Serghei Tvetcov | IAM Cycling | + 1h23'58 | 77 | Sirko Laudeley | Bardiani CSF | + 1h25'01 | 78 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h25'20 | 79 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h26'13 | 80 | Julien Simon | FDJ | + 1h26'53 | 81 | Haritz Orbe | Team Katusha | + 1h30'25 | 82 | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 1h30'31 | 83 | Gaëtan Bille | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h31'58 | 84 | José Herrada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 85 | Rudy Molard | BMC Racing Team | + 1h32'45 | 86 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h32'50 | 87 | Daniil Fominykh | Southeast | + 1h33'03 | 88 | Florian Gaugl | Southeast | + 1h33'22 | 89 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h33'36 | 90 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 1h34'12 | 91 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h34'16 | 92 | Sondre Holst Enger | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h34'48 | 93 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | + 1h35'13 | 94 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h36'18 | 95 | Xin Luo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 96 | Reto Hollenstein | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h36'52 | 97 | Maciej Paterski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h37'01 | 98 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | + 1h37'15 | 99 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 100 | Jan Brockhoff | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h39'23 | 101 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | s.t. | 102 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | + 1h41'05 | 103 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | + 1h41'29 | 104 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | + 1h42'26 | 105 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h43'32 | 106 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h43'38 | 107 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h43'52 | 108 | Ryan Mullen | Lampre-Merida | + 1h46'04 | 109 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | + 1h51'50 | 110 | Frederik Backaert | Bardiani CSF | + 1h51'59 | 111 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h52'08 | 112 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 1h52'46 | 113 | Jens Debusschere | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h53'11 | 114 | Cédric Pineau | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h53'17 | 115 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h53'22 | 116 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h53'49 | 117 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h54'51 | 118 | Yoann Offredo | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h56'58 | 119 | Ersen Weiss | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h58'02 | 120 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | + 1h59'19 | 121 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h00'17 | 122 | Florian Vachon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h01'22 | 123 | Christophe Laborie | FDJ | + 2h01'31 | 124 | Alexei Tsatevich | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h02'13 | 125 | Luke Durbridge | FDJ | + 2h02'17 | 126 | Alexandre Pichot | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 127 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h04'22 | 128 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h04'30 | 129 | Tyler Farrar | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h04'32 | 130 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h06'11 | 131 | Adam Hansen | Team Sky | + 2h06'12 | 132 | Pavel Jara | Bardiani CSF | + 2h08'23 | 133 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | + 2h11'45 | 134 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | + 2h11'52 | 135 | Pim Ligthart | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h11'55 | 136 | Oliver Naesen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h12'57 | 137 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h13'34 | 138 | Antonino Parrinello | Southeast | + 2h14'05 | 139 | Andrea Fedi | Team Katusha | + 2h14'35 | 140 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | + 2h15'13 | 141 | Patrick Gretsch | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h17'37 | 142 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h19'19 | 143 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h21'00 | 144 | Matteo Pelucchi | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h23'15 | 145 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h23'42 | 146 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | + 2h23'57 | 147 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 2h26'42 | 148 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h26'53 | 149 | Davide Vigano | Southeast | + 2h27'15 | 150 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | + 2h28'04 | 151 | Gedinimas Butkus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h28'07 | 152 | Damien Gaudin | FDJ | + 2h28'18 | 153 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 2h28'52 | 154 | Per Ole Wold | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h28'53 | 155 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h28'59 | 156 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 2h29'17 | 157 | Hugo Houle | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h29'21 | 158 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | + 2h30'52 | 159 | Timothy Dupont | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2h30'53 | 160 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h31'58 | 161 | Adam Blythe | IAM Cycling | + 2h33'35 | 162 | Jonas Vangenechten | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2h34'11 | 163 | Campbell Flakemore | BMC Racing Team | + 2h35'49 | 164 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | + 2h36'19 | 165 | Pieter Jacobs | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h36'22 | 166 | José Joaquin Rojas | Team Katusha | + 2h37'16 | 167 | Roy Jans | IAM Cycling | + 2h38'35 | 168 | Jelle Donders | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h44'15 | 169 | Maciej Bodnar | Astana Pro Team | + 2h46'30 | 170 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h48'14 | 171 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h49'12 | 172 | Shoji Hayashi | Team Katusha | + 2h51'04 | 173 | Federico Zurlo | Cattelan Italia | + 2h53'27 | 174 | Eugenio Alafaci | Southeast | + 2h56'25 | 175 | Michael Van Staeyen | FDJ | + 2h57'13 | 176 | José Jesús MÃnguez | Team Katusha | + 2h57'22 | 177 | Mathew Hayman | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3h03'21 | 178 | Marco Benfatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3h07'56 | 179 | Marvin Van Zwam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h11'36 | 180 | Barry Markus | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h13'08 | 181 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | + 3h15'27 | 182 | Robin Stenuit | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h25'23 | 183 | Rodolfo Fagnoni | Team Katusha | + 3h32'38 | 184 | Stan Wijkel | Bardiani CSF | + 3h37'03 | 185 | Davide Ballerini | Bardiani CSF | + 3h39'22 | 186 | Luigi Miletta | Cattelan Italia | + 3h51'24 | 187 | Liam Bertazzo | Southeast | + 3h52'05 |
1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 184 | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 119 | 3 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | 115 | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | 103 | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 101 | 6 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 70 | 7 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | 64 | 8 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | 63 | 9 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | 59 | 10 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | 58 |
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 133 | 2 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | 88 | 3 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | 67 | 4 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Etixx - Quick-step | 62 | 5 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | 61 |
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Posted on 20-06-2017 17:11
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Great to see Antonio doing so well in the Giro
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Posted on 20-06-2017 22:56
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The red is not far off! Thinking a final stage win now to a certain city is missing to complete the perfect Giro
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Posted on 21-06-2017 12:58
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Great to see another stage win being added to the collection The crash luckily doesn't seem to have had too much of an impact, which is obviously great news. The red jersey looks quite secure already
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-06-2017 13:37
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DiCyc - He's certainly the most impressive rider in the Giro so far, gotta say.
rogvi97 - Let's try to make this Giro perfect!
Selwink - Red Jersey is looking better and better. I think he has it if he can stay upright until Milan
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-06-2017 13:37
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Welcome, friends.
It's been a while again since I updated this blog. As you know, I've taken a turn in my career and that makes it harder for me to do this blog regularly. But I'm certain you've been following the news or some of those cycling podcasts and blogs that are around. Did you happen to catch the interview with Rein of the fan club? I thought it was fun. They originally wanted to interview me but when they were at the hotel I was getting a massage and I couldn't be disturbed, not even for my own fan club, I'm sorry to say.
Anyway, even though I have won four stages already, yesterday's stage was the most important one for me. It was the stage to my home town, where I grew up and lived my entire life. Coming into Varese in the Red Jersey with four wins in my first Giro is already a dream, but I wanted more. I wanted to come to Varese a hero. I wanted to come as a conquerer. This is my Varese. Yesterday I wanted to own it.
Giro d'Italia - Stage 16
Pre-race
A short race, so it might be action-packed. You'd think this is one for the sprinters, but that final climb might make life hard for some of the pure sprinters. On paper this looks like the perfect profile for someone like me. I can see what happens on the final hill or I can wait for the sprint.
The Race
Despite it being a short stage, some of the top teams wanted to make it pass even faster. The pace skyrocketed with 60 km to go!
And that had its consequences. The peloton broke in pieces. I was near the front and very alert!
Coming up to that final hill, we still hadn't caught part of the breakaway. I was getting very nervous and I hear Guldhammer had broken away solo and was still over a minute ahead. There were only 9 km to go. I attacked!
I picked up a few riders from the breakaway, now only Guldhammer remained. So I had to catch him and try to win, while also keeping off the peloton. I hadn't made it myself easy, but I had no other choice!
Entering the final kilometer I was getting real worried. Still no Guldhammer. And then, suddenly, there he was! Because I was so involved with the race, I hadn't even noticed we had already entered Varese. There were many banners with my name and face on it. The people cheered so loudly I suddenly returned with all my senses. My heartbeat reacted to the applause from my friends and neighbours. I've come home!
By some miracle I recognized my mom and dad in the crowd, along with ALL my five brothers and their family. It gave me such a rush I managed to get out the saddle one final time and step on the pedals like I never done before.
Dying inside, I couldn't give up!
And then, there was the finish. And I had him. I was the first to reach my city. I did it!
I couldn't possibly describe what I felt crossing the line. I have known joy in my life, and yet this was something else. It was almost a spiritual experience, to tell you the truth.
I let out a prehistoric yell, like something a caveman would yell to his neighbour after he crushed his skull. I let the applause wash over me and I basked in it.
Full Result 1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 2h52'44 | 2 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Southeast | s.t. | 3 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | + 2'02 | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | s.t. | 6 | Jens Debusschere | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 7 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. | 8 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 9 | Daniele Ratto | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 10 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Sondre Holst Enger | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 12 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 13 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | 14 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 15 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 16 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 17 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 18 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 19 | Christophe Laborie | FDJ | s.t. | 20 | Matteo Pelucchi | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 21 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 22 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 23 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 24 | Enrico Barbin | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 25 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | s.t. | 26 | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 27 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | s.t. | 28 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 29 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 30 | Reto Hollenstein | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 31 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 32 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 33 | Gaëtan Bille | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 34 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | s.t. | 35 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 36 | Pim Ligthart | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 37 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 38 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 39 | Yoann Offredo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 40 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 41 | Barry Markus | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 42 | Jonas Vangenechten | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 43 | Roy Jans | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 44 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 45 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 4'01 | 46 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | s.t. | 47 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 48 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 49 | Gedinimas Butkus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 4'57 | 50 | Marvin Van Zwam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 51 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 52 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 53 | Julien El Fares | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 54 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | 55 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | s.t. | 56 | Leopold König | Team Sky | s.t. | 57 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 58 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 59 | Julien Simon | FDJ | s.t. | 60 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | 61 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 62 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 63 | Alexei Tsatevich | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 64 | Adam Hansen | Team Sky | s.t. | 65 | Jan Bakelants | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 66 | Tyler Farrar | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 67 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 68 | José Joaquin Rojas | Team Katusha | s.t. | 69 | Haritz Orbe | Team Katusha | s.t. | 70 | Jay McCarthy | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 71 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 72 | Ersen Weiss | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 73 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 74 | Davide Villella | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 75 | Maxime Bouet | FDJ | s.t. | 76 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 77 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 78 | Oliver Naesen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 79 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 80 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 81 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 82 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | s.t. | 83 | Sebastián Henao | Team Sky | s.t. | 84 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 85 | Davide Vigano | Southeast | s.t. | 86 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | s.t. | 87 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 88 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | 89 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | s.t. | 90 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | Davide Malacarne | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 92 | Florian Vachon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 93 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 94 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 95 | Andrea Fedi | Team Katusha | s.t. | 96 | Jelle Donders | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 97 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 98 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 99 | Ryan Mullen | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 100 | Diego Rosa | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 101 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 102 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 103 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 104 | Timothy Dupont | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 105 | Eugenio Alafaci | Southeast | s.t. | 106 | Rudy Molard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 107 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 108 | Serghei Tvetcov | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 109 | Pieter Jacobs | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 110 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 111 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 112 | Adam Blythe | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 113 | Jan Brockhoff | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 114 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 115 | Maciej Paterski | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 116 | Romain Hardy | FDJ | s.t. | 117 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | s.t. | 118 | Manuel Senni | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 119 | Campbell Flakemore | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 120 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 121 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | 122 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 123 | Per Ole Wold | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 124 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 125 | Cédric Pineau | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 126 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 127 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 128 | Michael Van Staeyen | FDJ | s.t. | 129 | Maciej Bodnar | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 130 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | s.t. | 131 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 132 | Antonino Parrinello | Southeast | s.t. | 133 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 134 | Federico Zurlo | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 135 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | s.t. | 136 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | 137 | Damien Gaudin | FDJ | s.t. | 138 | Alexandre Pichot | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 139 | Davide Ballerini | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 140 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | s.t. | 141 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 142 | Marco Benfatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 143 | Liam Bertazzo | Southeast | s.t. | 144 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 145 | Mathew Hayman | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 146 | Edoardo Zardini | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 147 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 148 | Shoji Hayashi | Team Katusha | s.t. | 149 | Daniil Fominykh | Southeast | s.t. | 150 | José Jesús MÃnguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | 151 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 152 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 153 | José Herrada | Team Katusha | s.t. | 154 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 155 | Kristijan Durasek | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 156 | Florencio Emery | Movistar Team | s.t. | 157 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 158 | Luke Durbridge | FDJ | s.t. | 159 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 160 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 161 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 162 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 163 | Patrick Gretsch | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 164 | Joe Dombrowski | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 165 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 166 | Fränk Schleck | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 167 | Rodolfo Fagnoni | Team Katusha | + 7'37 | 168 | Robin Stenuit | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | 169 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | s.t. | 170 | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 171 | Stan Wijkel | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 172 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 8'04 | 173 | Florian Gaugl | Southeast | s.t. | 174 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | 175 | Frederik Backaert | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 176 | Matthew Busche | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 177 | Xin Luo | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 178 | Lawson Craddock | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 179 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 180 | Sirko Laudeley | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 181 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 182 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 183 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | 184 | Hugo Houle | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 185 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | s.t. | 186 | Pavel Jara | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | 187 | Luigi Miletta | Cattelan Italia | + 8'54 |
General Classification 1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 61h08'56 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 4'29 | 3 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 7'21 | 4 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 9'10 | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | + 9'27 | 6 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 11'49 | 7 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | + 14'31 | 8 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | + 14'47 | 9 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | + 16'27 | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 19'06 |
Spoiler 11 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 20'27 | 12 | Diego Rosa | Cattelan Italia | + 24'23 | 13 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | + 24'34 | 14 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 26'10 | 15 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 28'06 | 16 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | + 29'38 | 17 | Edoardo Zardini | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 30'56 | 18 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 31'17 | 19 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | + 33'14 | 20 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 34'16 | 21 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 36'13 | 22 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 38'39 | 23 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | + 40'29 | 24 | Joe Dombrowski | BMC Racing Team | + 40'33 | 25 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Katusha | + 41'10 | 26 | Lawson Craddock | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 42'02 | 27 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | + 44'55 | 28 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | + 45'25 | 29 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 48'16 | 30 | Enrico Barbin | Lampre-Merida | + 48'28 | 31 | Daniele Ratto | Cattelan Italia | + 49'41 | 32 | Florencio Emery | Movistar Team | + 50'37 | 33 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | + 52'50 | 34 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 55'04 | 35 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | + 55'08 | 36 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 55'53 | 37 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 57'09 | 38 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 57'19 | 39 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 57'22 | 40 | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 57'56 | 41 | Sebastián Henao | Team Sky | + 58'05 | 42 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 58'08 | 43 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h00'25 | 44 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Soudal | + 1h00'36 | 45 | Jan Bakelants | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h02'37 | 46 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h02'41 | 47 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h05'05 | 48 | Davide Villella | Lampre-Merida | + 1h05'31 | 49 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | + 1h06'38 | 50 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 1h07'25 | 51 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h08'25 | 52 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h08'31 | 53 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h11'12 | 54 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 1h12'09 | 55 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 1h12'33 | 56 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Southeast | + 1h13'22 | 57 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | + 1h13'53 | 58 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | + 1h14'03 | 59 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h14'22 | 60 | Matthew Busche | BMC Racing Team | + 1h15'31 | 61 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h15'55 | 62 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 63 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 1h16'21 | 64 | Kristijan Durasek | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h17'13 | 65 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre-Merida | + 1h18'43 | 66 | Maxime Bouet | FDJ | + 1h18'48 | 67 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | s.t. | 68 | Manuel Senni | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h20'04 | 69 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h20'29 | 70 | Jay McCarthy | Bardiani CSF | + 1h21'42 | 71 | Romain Hardy | FDJ | + 1h22'39 | 72 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Bardiani CSF | + 1h24'40 | 73 | Fränk Schleck | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h25'47 | 74 | Julien El Fares | IAM Cycling | + 1h26'41 | 75 | Davide Malacarne | Astana Pro Team | + 1h26'49 | 76 | Serghei Tvetcov | IAM Cycling | + 1h26'53 | 77 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h29'08 | 78 | Julien Simon | FDJ | + 1h29'48 | 79 | Sirko Laudeley | Bardiani CSF | + 1h31'03 | 80 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h31'22 | 81 | Gaëtan Bille | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h31'58 | 82 | Haritz Orbe | Team Katusha | + 1h33'20 | 83 | Sondre Holst Enger | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h34'48 | 84 | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 1h34'54 | 85 | Rudy Molard | BMC Racing Team | + 1h35'40 | 86 | Daniil Fominykh | Southeast | + 1h35'58 | 87 | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 1h36'06 | 88 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h36'18 | 89 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h36'31 | 90 | Reto Hollenstein | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h36'50 | 91 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 1h37'07 | 92 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h37'11 | 93 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | + 1h37'15 | 94 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | + 1h38'08 | 95 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h38'52 | 96 | Florian Gaugl | Southeast | + 1h39'24 | 97 | Maciej Paterski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h39'56 | 98 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h40'10 | 99 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | + 1h41'05 | 100 | Jan Brockhoff | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h42'18 | 101 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | s.t. | 102 | Xin Luo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h42'20 | 103 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h43'38 | 104 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | + 1h44'24 | 105 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | + 1h45'21 | 106 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h46'27 | 107 | Ryan Mullen | Lampre-Merida | + 1h48'59 | 108 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h49'54 | 109 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h52'08 | 110 | Jens Debusschere | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h53'11 | 111 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h53'22 | 112 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | + 1h54'45 | 113 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | + 1h54'51 | 114 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 1h55'41 | 115 | Cédric Pineau | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h56'12 | 116 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 1h56'44 | 117 | Yoann Offredo | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h56'58 | 118 | Frederik Backaert | Bardiani CSF | + 1h58'01 | 119 | Ersen Weiss | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h00'57 | 120 | Christophe Laborie | FDJ | + 2h01'29 | 121 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | + 2h02'14 | 122 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h02'16 | 123 | Florian Vachon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h04'17 | 124 | Alexei Tsatevich | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h05'08 | 125 | Luke Durbridge | FDJ | + 2h05'12 | 126 | Alexandre Pichot | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | 127 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h06'11 | 128 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h07'25 | 129 | Tyler Farrar | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h07'27 | 130 | Adam Hansen | Team Sky | + 2h09'07 | 131 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h10'24 | 132 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | + 2h11'45 | 133 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | + 2h11'52 | 134 | Pim Ligthart | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h11'55 | 135 | Pavel Jara | Bardiani CSF | + 2h14'25 | 136 | Oliver Naesen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h15'52 | 137 | Antonino Parrinello | Southeast | + 2h17'00 | 138 | Andrea Fedi | Team Katusha | + 2h17'30 | 139 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | + 2h18'08 | 140 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h19'36 | 141 | Patrick Gretsch | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h20'32 | 142 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h22'14 | 143 | Matteo Pelucchi | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h23'15 | 144 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h26'37 | 145 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | + 2h26'52 | 146 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | s.t. | 147 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h27'02 | 148 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h28'56 | 149 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 2h29'17 | 150 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 2h29'37 | 151 | Davide Vigano | Southeast | + 2h30'10 | 152 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | + 2h30'52 | 153 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | + 2h30'59 | 154 | Gedinimas Butkus | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h31'02 | 155 | Damien Gaudin | FDJ | + 2h31'13 | 156 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 2h31'47 | 157 | Per Ole Wold | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | 158 | Timothy Dupont | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2h33'48 | 159 | Jonas Vangenechten | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2h34'11 | 160 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h34'53 | 161 | Hugo Houle | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h35'23 | 162 | Adam Blythe | IAM Cycling | + 2h36'30 | 163 | Roy Jans | IAM Cycling | + 2h38'35 | 164 | Campbell Flakemore | BMC Racing Team | + 2h38'44 | 165 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | + 2h39'14 | 166 | Pieter Jacobs | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h39'17 | 167 | José Joaquin Rojas | Team Katusha | + 2h40'11 | 168 | Jelle Donders | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h47'10 | 169 | Maciej Bodnar | Astana Pro Team | + 2h49'25 | 170 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h51'09 | 171 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 2h52'07 | 172 | Shoji Hayashi | Team Katusha | + 2h53'59 | 173 | Federico Zurlo | Cattelan Italia | + 2h56'22 | 174 | Eugenio Alafaci | Southeast | + 2h59'20 | 175 | Michael Van Staeyen | FDJ | + 3h00'08 | 176 | José Jesús MÃnguez | Team Katusha | + 3h00'17 | 177 | Mathew Hayman | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3h06'16 | 178 | Marco Benfatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3h10'51 | 179 | Barry Markus | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h13'08 | 180 | Marvin Van Zwam | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h14'31 | 181 | Alexander Porsev | Team Katusha | + 3h18'22 | 182 | Robin Stenuit | Trek Factory Racing | + 3h30'58 | 183 | Rodolfo Fagnoni | Team Katusha | + 3h38'13 | 184 | Davide Ballerini | Bardiani CSF | + 3h42'17 | 185 | Stan Wijkel | Bardiani CSF | + 3h42'38 | 186 | Liam Bertazzo | Southeast | + 3h55'00 | 187 | Luigi Miletta | Cattelan Italia | + 3h58'16 |
Points Classification 1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 209 | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 122 | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | 117 | 4 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | 116 | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 109 |
We celebrated. I dined with my family, I kissed my girlfriend. My father took me apart to tell me how proud he is of me. My team mates carried me on their shoulders, partly joking, through (a few meters of) Varese.
When I awoke the next morning, my emotions were spent.
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Posted on 21-06-2017 13:39
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An absolute dream scenario in Varese
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Tamijo |
Posted on 21-06-2017 14:58
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Another two stages since by last visit - my my he is on fire.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-06-2017 16:11
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Definitely. Almost too late but he came just in time
Tamijo wrote:
Another two stages since by last visit - my my he is on fire.
He sure is. I don't think he'll forget this Giro any time soon He's got as much wins as the entire last season here! |
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Posted on 21-06-2017 17:23
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A great show of strength from Antonio |
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Posted on 21-06-2017 17:27
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awesome, just awesome |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-06-2017 18:23
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Sure was. He is probably the strongest rider in the pack at the moment if he really wants to get away, nobody can stop him! although that doesn't count in the mountains
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Posted on 21-06-2017 18:23
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Welcome, fellow fans of Antonio Andolini.
After his stage win to Varese, which we celebrated extensively, there were five stages left before Antonio's first Giro came to an end. For the first time in the Giro, it looked like Antonio had quenched his thirst. For four consecutive days, we saw little of Antonio. In stage 17 he was part of the lead-out train for Appollonio, trying to repay him for the big help during this race. In the mountains, Antonio was quiet and dropped back to place 34. Team mate Rosa slowly climbed the tables to a 10th place.
After an incredible three weeks, in which Antonio made the leap from subtop rider to absolute world class, the Giro would be coming to an end in the streets of Verona, with a flat time trial. One final day for Antonio to show his skills with a bike.
It was the perfect ending to a perfect Giro. This has been a truly historic Giro d'Italia, and Antonio has carried it like a legend of the sport. A legend in the making, but a legend nonetheless.
Result - Stage 21
1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 40'47 | 2 | Florencio Emery | Movistar Team | + 41 | 3 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'08 | 4 | Ryan Mullen | Lampre-Merida | + 1'19 | 5 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | s.t. | 6 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | + 1'20 | 7 | Sirko Laudeley | Bardiani CSF | + 1'22 | 8 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | s.t. | 9 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 1'28 | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'33 |
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 83h13'45 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 9'47 | 3 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 13'41 | 4 | Rigoberto Uran | Movistar Team | + 16'55 | 5 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 17'51 | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Team Sky | + 23'25 | 7 | Louis Meintjes | Etixx - Quick-step | + 25'48 | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | MTN-Qhubeka | + 28'11 | 9 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | + 28'59 | 10 | Diego Rosa | Cattelan Italia | + 29'52 |
Spoiler 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 31'44 | 12 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | + 31'58 | 13 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 35'12 | 14 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | + 35'25 | 15 | Leopold König | Team Sky | + 37'47 | 16 | Louis Vervaeke | Lotto Soudal | + 43'46 | 17 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 46'05 | 18 | Edoardo Zardini | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 48'39 | 19 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno | Cattelan Italia | + 50'40 | 20 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 55'44 | 21 | Lawson Craddock | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 56'44 | 22 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Soudal | + 59'02 | 23 | Joe Dombrowski | BMC Racing Team | + 1h03'10 | 24 | Rein Taaramae | Cattelan Italia | + 1h03'15 | 25 | Florencio Emery | Movistar Team | + 1h03'25 | 26 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | + 1h03'34 | 27 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Katusha | + 1h03'47 | 28 | Pierre-Roger Latour | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h09'36 | 29 | Sebastián Henao | Team Sky | + 1h11'57 | 30 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 1h15'54 | 31 | Dylan Teuns | BMC Racing Team | + 1h17'34 | 32 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | + 1h18'14 | 33 | Enrico Barbin | Lampre-Merida | + 1h20'13 | 34 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h20'21 | 35 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 36 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h22'33 | 37 | Luca Chirico | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h23'19 | 38 | Thibaut Pinot | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h26'29 | 39 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 1h30'25 | 40 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Soudal | + 1h32'37 | 41 | Daan Olivier | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 1h33'12 | 42 | Stefano Pirazzi | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h34'11 | 43 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | + 1h34'16 | 44 | Jan Bakelants | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h39'04 | 45 | Jay McCarthy | Bardiani CSF | + 1h43'18 | 46 | Davide Villella | Lampre-Merida | + 1h44'50 | 47 | Matthew Busche | BMC Racing Team | + 1h48'12 | 48 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 1h48'33 | 49 | Gianluca Brambilla | BMC Racing Team | + 1h48'36 | 50 | Esteban Cháves | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h48'50 | 51 | Daniele Ratto | Cattelan Italia | + 1h49'27 | 52 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h50'00 | 53 | Romain Sicard | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h51'01 | 54 | Manuel Senni | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 1h52'45 | 55 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto Soudal | + 1h52'59 | 56 | Moreno Moser | Etixx - Quick-step | + 1h58'02 | 57 | Manuele Boaro | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1h58'35 | 58 | Kristijan Durasek | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h59'12 | 59 | Maxime Bouet | FDJ | + 1h59'59 | 60 | Maurits Lammertink | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h02'06 | 61 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 2h02'59 | 62 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Astana Pro Team | + 2h04'18 | 63 | Eduardo Sepulveda | IAM Cycling | + 2h04'53 | 64 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 2h04'56 | 65 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar Team | + 2h05'27 | 66 | Serghei Tvetcov | IAM Cycling | + 2h06'14 | 67 | Fernando Gaviria | IAM Cycling | + 2h08'56 | 68 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 2h09'33 | 69 | Nathan Brown | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h10'09 | 70 | José Herrada | Team Katusha | + 2h12'00 | 71 | Jonathan Fumeaux | Bardiani CSF | + 2h12'09 | 72 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Sky | + 2h13'25 | 73 | Sirko Laudeley | Bardiani CSF | + 2h16'39 | 74 | Romain Hardy | FDJ | + 2h18'08 | 75 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h19'57 | 76 | Fränk Schleck | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h20'15 | 77 | Florian Gaugl | Southeast | + 2h21'22 | 78 | Xin Luo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h22'05 | 79 | Vasil Kiryienka | Team Sky | + 2h22'17 | 80 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h24'07 | 81 | Simone Petilli | Lampre-Merida | + 2h27'50 | 82 | Carlos Galviz | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2h30'31 | 83 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Southeast | + 2h30'52 | 84 | Shakhin Sirkhaev | Lampre-Merida | + 2h30'56 | 85 | Davide Malacarne | Astana Pro Team | + 2h34'27 | 86 | Julien El Fares | IAM Cycling | + 2h35'15 | 87 | Daniil Fominykh | Southeast | + 2h35'41 | 88 | Julien Simon | FDJ | + 2h41'09 | 89 | Haritz Orbe | Team Katusha | + 2h41'45 | 90 | Simone Ponzi | Lampre-Merida | + 2h41'55 | 91 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Etixx - Quick-step | + 2h42'45 | 92 | Stefano Nardelli | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 2h44'50 | 93 | Edward Theuns | Lotto Soudal | + 2h51'37 | 94 | Rudy Molard | BMC Racing Team | + 2h51'50 | 95 | Maciej Paterski | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 2h52'05 | 96 | Sondre Holst Enger | MTN-Qhubeka | + 2h53'37 | 97 | Ivano Schicchi | Team Sky | + 2h56'25 | 98 | Pavel Jara | Bardiani CSF | + 2h57'45 | 99 | Reto Hollenstein | Trek Factory Racing | + 2h58'39 | 100 | Gaëtan Bille | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h00'29 | 101 | Jan Brockhoff | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h07'04 | 102 | Dario Cataldo | Cattelan Italia | + 3h07'06 | 103 | Michel Kreder | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h07'34 | 104 | Mikhail Ignatiev | IAM Cycling | + 3h11'17 | 105 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | + 3h13'44 | 106 | Davide Appollonio | Cattelan Italia | + 3h17'39 | 107 | Ersen Weiss | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3h17'51 | 108 | Frederik Backaert | Bardiani CSF | + 3h22'53 | 109 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h22'56 | 110 | Ryan Mullen | Lampre-Merida | + 3h23'40 | 111 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3h23'41 | 112 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h25'39 | 113 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h25'40 | 114 | Luca Agliottone | Team Cannondale - Garmin | + 3h26'06 | 115 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h27'29 | 116 | Nick Van Der Lijke | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h28'08 | 117 | Sam Bennett | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h33'30 | 118 | Cédric Pineau | Etixx - Quick-step | + 3h34'01 | 119 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 3h34'49 | 120 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Soudal | + 3h35'38 | 121 | Alexei Tsatevich | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3h35'55 | 122 | Jens Debusschere | MTN-Qhubeka | + 3h36'15 | 123 | Sean De Bie | Lotto Soudal | + 3h37'59 | 124 | Christophe Laborie | FDJ | + 3h38'53 | 125 | Yoann Offredo | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h39'35 | 126 | Vincent Jérôme | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h39'45 | 127 | Luke Durbridge | FDJ | + 3h43'44 | 128 | Oliver Naesen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 3h45'03 | 129 | Adam Hansen | Team Sky | + 3h46'01 | 130 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h47'35 | 131 | Antonino Parrinello | Southeast | + 3h49'50 | 132 | José Joaquin Rojas | Team Katusha | + 3h51'59 | 133 | Pim Ligthart | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 3h52'26 | 134 | Danilo Illario | Bardiani CSF | + 3h53'31 | 135 | Florian Vachon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h54'32 | 136 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky | + 3h54'48 | 137 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h56'42 | 138 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | + 4h00'22 | 139 | Matteo Busato | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4h01'46 | 140 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Southeast | + 4h02'21 | 141 | Andrea Fedi | Team Katusha | + 4h05'28 | 142 | Patrick Gretsch | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4h06'49 | 143 | Andrea Pasqualon | Lampre-Merida | + 4h11'39 | 144 | Boy Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4h12'26 | 145 | Damien Gaudin | FDJ | + 4h13'38 | 146 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Soudal | + 4h14'35 | 147 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant-Alpecin | + 4h17'35 | 148 | Hugo Houle | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h17'45 | 149 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 4h17'52 | 150 | Oscar Gatto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4h18'23 | 151 | Davide Vigano | Southeast | + 4h18'53 | 152 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 4h19'29 | 153 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lotto Soudal | + 4h19'45 | 154 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h20'17 | 155 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4h20'47 | 156 | Pieter Jacobs | Trek Factory Racing | + 4h21'21 | 157 | Roy Jans | IAM Cycling | + 4h21'25 | 158 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | + 4h23'05 | 159 | Campbell Flakemore | BMC Racing Team | + 4h24'30 | 160 | Jonas Vangenechten | Etixx - Quick-step | + 4h24'35 | 161 | Jelle Donders | Trek Factory Racing | + 4h36'05 | 162 | Timo Roosen | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 4h38'09 | 163 | Shoji Hayashi | Team Katusha | + 4h47'53 | 164 | Barry Markus | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | + 5h03'31 | 165 | Robin Stenuit | Trek Factory Racing | + 5h19'03 |
1 | Antonio Andolini | Cattelan Italia | 242 | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 164 | 3 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r La Mondiale | 143 | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Giant-Alpecin | 129 | 5 | Danny Van Poppel | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 124 |
1 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | 256 | 2 | Leão Palacios | Team LottoNL - Jumbo | 200 | 3 | Adam Yates | Team Sky | 109 | 4 | Philip Deignan | IAM Cycling | 98 | 5 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | 82 |
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Reveille |
Posted on 21-06-2017 18:56
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What a Giro for Antonio, how many stage wins did he end up with?
Another thing, Quintana absolutely shredded everyone else, 10 min to second and 30 min to tenth is absurd. |
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 21-06-2017 21:34
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He's doing great, let me just order a tombstone already
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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rogvi97 |
Posted on 21-06-2017 21:47
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Absoultely amazing performance, comparisons with legends like Coppi and Binda is unavoidable at the moment!
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Masterblaster01 |
Posted on 21-06-2017 22:09
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Just W-O-W!
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sutty68 |
Posted on 21-06-2017 23:19
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Antonio is also a time trial beast !!!! |
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