We’re on the percorso early, today.
Montevergine is the destination – the first real mountain top finish of the Giro.
At the top it’s 1,260 metres above sea level, it’s 17.1 K long with a total altitude gain of 856 metres, average gradient 5% and maximum gradient 10%.
It’s always good to ‘work the start’ – get some pictures and quotes in the 90 minutes or so between the team buses arriving and the roll out but today we just don’t have time.
Due to the nature of the percorso this year – a headlong breenge down the western seaboard of Italy, with the odd ‘squiggly bit’ into the dirt or hills – there are significant distances between the finish of one stage and the start of the next.
Our game plan has been to hole up half way – drive a bit after the stage, then drive a bit before the stage, next morning.
This has worked well enough, but today there’s an added complication up at Montevergine – essential vehicles are the only ones allowed up there.
Team cars which are following the race and Giro organisation cars.
The T-shirt sales vans aren’t even allowed – that shows how serious it is.
When the race passes through Mercogliano there are 15 K to go; for anyone not on a bike or on foot, there are around two K to go – by funicular.
Dave and I did this a few years back; and whilst getting up the hill was fine, getting off it was horrific – the queue for the funicular was solid back up the access stairs to the main road and there were some ugly scenes.
This year we resolved that we couldn’t wait the 15 minutes that the gruppetto would be down – we’d watch the leaders from our vantage point at 600 to go, then make for the funicular.
It worked well, we had good chat with the locals; got our shots of Bart De Clerq en route to glory; the Lampre chase with the favourites in tow and a few of the stragglers.
No pictures of the gruppetto, though – we had to get on that Funicular before things got messy.
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And now it’s Saturday and we’re driving down the Campania coast – it’s beautiful.
I’ve never been this far south on the Tirreno side of Italy before, last year, Martin and I were way down to Bitonto – but that’s on the Adriatico side.
The road is hugging the cliff tops, the sun is splitting, the sea is like a mill pond and the roadside folks are cool.
Not much more you can ask for.
Best get writing! Ciao, ciao.
Montevergine di Mercogliano Gallery
Montevergine di Mercogliano Result
1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:54:47
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
7 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
10 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
13 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana
14 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
19 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling
24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
25 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana
26 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
27 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:10
28 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
29 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
30 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:17
31 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
32 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
34 Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team
35 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:00:21
36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
37 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:00:25
38 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre – ISD
39 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC 0:00:28
40 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC
41 Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
42 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
43 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
44 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:31
45 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:33
46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
48 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:00:44
49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:00:46
50 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
51 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:01:00
52 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:04
53 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
55 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
57 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
58 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:01:11
59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
60 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:24
61 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:01:29
62 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 0:01:34
63 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:39
64 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:43
65 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
66 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:50
69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:53
71 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:03:01
72 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:03:14
73 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:39
74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:51
75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:47
76 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:02
78 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:07:35
79 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:07:57
80 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team
81 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
83 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
84 Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad
85 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
87 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
90 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
92 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
93 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
94 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard
95 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling 0:08:28
96 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
97 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana
98 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:10:05
99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
100 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC 0:11:01
102 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC
103 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:43
104 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
105 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Procycling
106 Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team
107 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
108 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
109 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
110 David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC
111 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
113 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
116 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
117 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
118 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
120 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
121 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
122 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
123 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
124 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli
125 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
126 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
127 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 0:15:09
128 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team RadioShack
129 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre – ISD
130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
131 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
132 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
133 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
134 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
135 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
136 Carlos Alberto Betancourt Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone
137 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
138 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
139 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
140 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
141 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
142 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
143 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
144 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
145 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
146 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
147 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
148 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
149 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
150 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
151 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team
152 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
153 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
154 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team
155 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
156 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad
157 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
158 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
159 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre – ISD
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
161 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
162 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
163 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
164 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
165 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
166 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
167 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
168 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto
169 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC
170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
171 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
172 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
173 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
174 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
175 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
176 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling
177 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
178 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
179 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
180 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
181 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
182 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
183 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack
184 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad
185 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
186 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
187 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team
188 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
189 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
190 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
191 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
192 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 0:16:32
193 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:18:11
194 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:18:56
Points
1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 25 pts
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 20
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 16
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 14
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 12
6 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 10
7 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 8
9 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 8
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 7
Most combative rider
1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 pts
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 7
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 5
Teams
1 Pro Team Astana 8:44:21
2 Androni Giocattoli
3 Movistar Team 0:00:17
4 Geox-TMC 0:00:49
5 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:56
6 Katusha Team 0:01:21
7 Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Lampre – ISD 0:01:29
9 AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:43
10 Sky Procycling 0:01:50
11 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:56
12 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:57
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:07
14 Acqua & Sapone 0:03:26
15 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:51
16 Colnago – CSF Inox 0:04:01
17 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:00
18 HTC-Highroad 0:07:57
19 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:07
20 Team RadioShack 0:09:14
21 BMC Racing Team 0:13:24
22 Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:21:39
General classification after stage 7
1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 23:09:59
2 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0:00:02
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:05
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:00:14
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:22
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:24
8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:28
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:30
10 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:33
11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:00:39
12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:40
13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:44
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
15 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:52
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:00:55
17 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:58
18 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:00:59
19 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:01
20 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:01:06
21 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:07
22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:09
23 Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:14
24 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:15
25 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:16
26 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:01:21
27 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:22
28 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:32
29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:34
30 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
31 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:02:13
32 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:02:28
33 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:02:29
34 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:02:33
35 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:02:37
36 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:57
37 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre – ISD 0:03:27
38 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:30
39 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:03:40
40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:05:47
41 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:05:49
42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:06:11
43 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC 0:06:31
44 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:06:35
45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone 0:07:34
46 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:07:41
47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:08:08
48 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:20
49 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:08:25
50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:40
51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 0:09:30
52 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:54
53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
54 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:09:56
55 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:07
56 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone 0:10:48
57 Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:10:54
58 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:11:27
59 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:11:30
60 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:11:46
61 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:11:49
62 Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:12:09
63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:12:59
64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:54
65 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli 0:14:22
66 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:14:58
67 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:15:14
68 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:15:24
69 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 0:15:52
70 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack 0:16:04
71 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:16:15
72 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:16:18
73 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling 0:16:26
74 Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:16:51
75 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:17:03
76 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:17:21
77 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:18:00
79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:18:15
80 David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:18:46
81 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:19:38
82 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:20:00
83 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:20:08
84 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:20:14
85 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:20:17
86 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:18
87 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:20:19
88 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:20:40
89 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:20:50
90 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:20:56
91 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21:01
92 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:21:07
93 Carlos Alberto Betancourt Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone 0:21:16
94 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:22:01
95 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:22:07
96 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 0:23:08
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:23:50
98 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:23:54
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:23:55
100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Procycling 0:25:07
101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:25:35
102 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:25:36
103 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:25:42
104 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:25:49
105 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:25:54
106 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:26:19
107 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
108 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC
109 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team 0:26:29
110 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:26:55
111 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:07
112 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana 0:27:59
113 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:28:14
114 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:29:03
115 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:29:28
116 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:29:41
117 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:29:44
118 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:30:32
119 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:30:41
120 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:31:11
121 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:33:23
122 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:33:37
123 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
124 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:33:48
125 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:33:49
126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:34:20
127 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:34:23
128 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:34:26
129 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:34:48
130 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:34:56
131 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:57
132 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:35:03
133 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35:11
134 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:35:25
135 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:35:39
136 Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:35:48
137 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:36:01
138 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 0:36:04
139 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:36:54
140 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:37:05
141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:37:15
142 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:37:34
143 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:37:39
144 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:37:55
145 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack 0:39:07
146 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:39:31
147 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:40:04
148 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:40:11
149 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:40:14
150 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:40:30
151 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:40:33
152 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:39
153 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:42:52
154 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:42:53
155 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team RadioShack 0:42:54
156 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:43:02
157 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:43:12
158 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 0:43:18
159 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:43:47
160 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:44:26
161 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:45:02
162 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:45:03
163 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:45:38
164 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:45:50
165 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:45:56
166 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:47:23
167 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:47:37
168 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 0:47:42
169 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:48:34
170 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:48:38
171 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:49:29
172 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:49:47
173 Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:49:52
174 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:50:06
175 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:50:18
176 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:50:35
177 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 0:50:40
178 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team 0:51:11
179 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:51:41
180 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:53:53
181 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:54:17
182 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:56:42
183 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:58:06
184 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:58:09
185 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:58:13
186 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:58:47
187 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:00:22
188 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 1:00:32
189 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
190 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
191 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 1:02:02
192 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:02:09
193 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:05:19
194 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:11:51
Points classification
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 48 pts
2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 41
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 38
4 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 30
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli 28
6 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 27
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 25
8 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 25
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 22
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 22
Mountains classification
1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11 pts
2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10
3 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 9
4 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 8
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 7
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 6
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 3
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 3
Sprint classification
1 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7 pts
2 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5
3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5
4 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
7 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 4
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 4
9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 3
Most combative rider classification
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 11 pts
2 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 8
5 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
6 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 7
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
8 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli 6
9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 6
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 6
Young rider classification
1 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 23:10:27
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:16
3 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:24
4 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:00:31
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:54
6 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:01:45
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:29
8 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:02
9 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC 0:06:03
10 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:06:07
Teams classification
1 Movistar Team 68:49:01
2 Pro Team Astana 0:00:01
3 Geox-TMC 0:01:06
4 Androni Giocattoli 0:01:21
5 Sky Procycling 0:02:32
6 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:27
7 AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:58
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:06
9 Katusha Team 0:06:26
10 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:02
11 Acqua & Sapone 0:07:22
12 Lampre – ISD 0:07:23
13 Colnago – CSF Inox 0:09:45
14 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:09:55
15 HTC-Highroad 0:09:56
16 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:12:20
17 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:13:10
18 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:16:48
19 Team RadioShack 0:23:22
20 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:26:15
21 BMC Racing Team 0:32:14
22 Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli 0:37:30
