Its time to find out who has been bluffing and who could have a chance of winning the Giro, with the Maglia Rosa almost certain to fall onto the shoulders of today's winner. Thor Hushovd made the most of the jersey with a stage win, but his time is up.
With 9km to the top, the attacks began - but noone expected Giusseppe Guerini to be the first to go. Plaza followed, then Cunego and soon all the big names had attacked.
The devil game the 'Killer' some words of advice, and told him how he could shake off Piepoli, Cunego, Schleck and Plaza. Simoni was leading the chase behind in a group that would eventually become 10.
Plaza was the only one to be dropped before the sprint and Di Luca led from the front to take a victory. Cunego took 2nd, Piepoli 3rd, and Schleck hit red at the finish, but still managed 4th.
1
Danilo Di Luca
ASTANÁ
4h04'16
2
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 8
3
Leonardo Piepoli
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
4
Andy Schleck
LIQUIGAS
+ 33
5
Rubén Plaza
BOUYGUES TELECOM
+ 1'04
6
Gilberto Simoni
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
7
Giuseppe Guerini
T-MOBILE TEAM
+ 1'17
8
Ivan Parra Pinto
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
9
Patxi Vila
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
10
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
11
Luca Mazzanti
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
+ 1'39
12
Cyril Dessel
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
13
Marzio Bruseghin
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
14
Felix Cardénas
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
15
Tadej Valjavec
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 2'05
16
Wladimir Gustov
TEAM CSC
+ 2'20
17
Pietro Caucchioli
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
18
Kim Kirchen
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
19
Tom Danielson
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
20
Sandy Casar
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
+ 2'51
21
Iban Mayo
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
22
Vladimir Efimkin
ASTANÁ
s.t.
23
Vincenzo Nibali
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
24
Paolo Tiralongo
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 3'18
25
Marco Marzano
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
26
Michael Rogers
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
27
Axel Merckx
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
28
Dario Cataldo
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
29
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 3'57
30
Iker Camaño
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
31
Alex Ardila Cano
T-MOBILE TEAM
+ 4'11
32
Vladimir Miholjevic
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
33
Andrea Tonti
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
34
Mauricio Soler
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
35
Ryder Hesjedal
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
36
Thomas Lövkvist
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
37
Hubert Schwab
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
38
Rémy Di Gregorio
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
39
Sérgio Paulinho
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
40
José Luis Rubiera
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
41
Paolo Bettini
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
42
Joan Horrach
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 4'47
43
Remmert Wielinga
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
+ 4'59
44
Leonardo Bertagnolli
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
45
Cristian Moreni
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
46
Christian Vande Velde
TEAM CSC
s.t.
47
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
48
Steve Morabito
ASTANÁ
s.t.
49
Patrik Sinkewitz
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
50
Giuliano Figueras
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Danilo Di Luca
ASTANÁ
13h39'24
2
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 12
3
Andy Schleck
LIQUIGAS
+ 13
4
Leonardo Piepoli
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
+ 17
5
Gilberto Simoni
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 56
6
Giuseppe Guerini
T-MOBILE TEAM
+ 1'01
7
Felix Cardénas
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 1'31
8
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
+ 1'36
9
Tom Danielson
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
+ 1'40
10
Rubén Plaza
BOUYGUES TELECOM
+ 1'42
11
Ivan Parra Pinto
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
+ 1'43
12
Patxi Vila
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
+ 1'50
13
Marzio Bruseghin
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
+ 1'55
14
Luca Mazzanti
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
+ 1'58
15
Pietro Caucchioli
LIQUIGAS
+ 2'00
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Robbie McEwen
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
0
44
2
Thor Hushovd
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
0
42
3
Juan José Haedo
TEAM CSC
0
32
4
Danilo Di Luca
ASTANÁ
25
31
5
Daniele Bennati
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
0
30
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Danilo Di Luca
ASTANÁ
15
15
2
Damiano Cunego
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
10
10
3
Leonardo Piepoli
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
6
6
4
Simon Gerrans
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
0
5
5
René Mandri
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
5
5
Cunego now has the Maglia Blanca with a 1 second lead over Schleck.
Edited by Roman on 16-10-2016 12:56