Friday, March 29, 2024

Giro d’Italia 2013 – Stage 14: Cervere – Bardonecchia 168km. Wiggins Pulls Out

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Sky did well to pull Wiggins out of the race when they did, starting Stage 14 today could have seen him contract pleurisy if he’d ridden.

There’s still a long way to go but Nibali looks like it’s his race to lose.

However, the ‘Forum Dwellers’ are at it already; when I was looking on CyclingNews for the full stage result I stumbled upon the forum bittie at the bottom.

One individual was asking why no one is querying Nibali’s ‘improvement’ since he joined Astana.

That’ll be the same Vincenzo Nibali who has 27 UCi wins to his credit, who won the Vuelta in 2010, won Tirreno-Adriatico in 2012 and 13, the Giro del Trentino in 2008 and 13, has twice been on the Giro podium and was on the podium in last year’s Tour de France – that one?

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Santambrogio didn’t seem to feel the cold today. Photo©LaPresse

Mauro Santambrogio has been one of the revelations of the race; his stage win today under scoring that fact.

This is his tenth season as a pro; two with LPR, four with Lampre, three with BMC and this year with Vini Fantini.

On the one hand the step down from World Tour to Pro Continental seems to be a move backwards.

But in real terms, it’s no hardship – if the contract is fat enough – in terms of programme.

Luca Scinto’s squadra will get a ride in all of the Italian races – up to and including the Giro.

Santambrogio’s first big result was winning the Tre Valli Varesine in 2009 and placing second in the Coppa Agostoni the same year.

He was again second in the Agostoni in 2010 as well as sixth in Plouay and eighth in Lombardia.

The following year he was second in the Giro di Toscana and his National Championships as well as sixth on GC in the Tour of Austria.

Last year’s highlights were sixth in Lugano and Piemonte and fourth in Lombardia.

But this year – with the fresh motivation of being back on an Italian team – he’s had strong results; sixth on GC in San Luis, third in Laigueglia, seventh on GC in Tirreno, second on GC in Tirreno and he won the GP Industria and Artigianato.

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Not a bad year for the little chap who it used to be easy to mistake for Cunego, back in his Lampre days. Photo©LaPresse

There are a few interesting names in the top ten, now.

Saxo-Tinkoff’s Pole, Majka for one; if he can stay up there ’til Brescia he’ll have plenty of offers.

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Rafal Majka. Photo©LaPresse

Genuine podium contenders for the Grand Tours are rare birds and are eagerly snapped up teams desperate for the publicity that only the Grand Tours can generate.

AG2R have two in the top ten; Betancur and Pozzovivo – and both should revel in the Dolomites.

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Betancur has shown really well in this race so far. Photo©LaPresse

Although the team has major problems as a result of Sylvain Georges ‘positif’ – the sponsors won’t be chuffed about that one.

And despite being en route ‘the pictures’ [cinema, editor] on Saturday night VeloVeritas managed to find a Gazzetta.

Vincenzo beams down from above the masthead, resplendent in pink after the Montasio finish, Stage Ten.

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Its starting to look like Nibali’s race to lose. Photo©LaPresse

The Gazzetta likes stage winner Uran, saying he has the physique of a boxer and the look of Mick Jagger.

He’s the 16th ‘Columbiane’ to win a stage: ’73 saw Martin ‘Cochise’ Rodriguez take one; Luis Herrera won two in ’89 and one in ’92; Olivero Rincon one in ’95; Chepe Gonzalez one in 1997 and one 1999;Victor Pena one in 2000; Carlos Contreras one in 2001; Ivan Parra two in 2005; Luis Laverde one in 2006 and one in 2007 and Miguel Rubiano, last season.

But the man proving that the mullet is still a valid statement dropped time on Nibali, yesterday – he’s now at 2:46 with Evans at 1:26.

Like I said at the top of the page, it looks like Nibali’s to lose.

But in this Giro, who knows ?

Two of my podium choices are back in the house!

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Result - Giro d'Italia 2013 - Stage 14: Cervere - Bardonecchia 168km

Stage Result

1 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 4:42:55
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:09
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:26
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:30
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:33
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
8 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:00:55
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:58
11 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:59
12 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:04
14 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:08
15 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
16 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:01:15
17 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:24
18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:28
19 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:01:41
20 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:48
21 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:02:16
22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:02:32
23 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:40
24 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:02:53
25 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:03:21
26 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia
27 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:03:25
29 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:03:39
30 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:01
31 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:04:05
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:04:16
33 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
34 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
35 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
36 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
37 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp
38 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
39 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
40 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:04:30
42 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:04:58
43 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
44 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:05:18
45 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:43
46 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
47 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:05:50
48 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:06:18
50 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:06:24
51 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
52 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:06:56
53 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
54 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
55 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:07:06
56 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
57 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 0:07:42
58 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:07:54
59 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0:07:57
61 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:09:11
62 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:10:08
63 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
64 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
65 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
66 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
67 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
68 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
69 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
70 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
71 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
72 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
73 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:10:17
74 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:11:14
75 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:11:23
76 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:11:27
77 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:12:05
78 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:17
79 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 0:12:28
80 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:59
81 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:13:02
82 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 0:13:31
83 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
85 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 0:13:35
86 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:14:22
87 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
88 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
89 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
90 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
91 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:14:28
92 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 0:14:50
93 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:14:53
94 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:15:00
95 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:15:03
96 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:15:09
97 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:16:05
98 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:16:57
99 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
100 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:17:48
101 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:18:17
102 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 0:20:32
103 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
105 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
106 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
107 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
108 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
109 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol
110 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp
112 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
113 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
114 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
115 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
116 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
119 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
120 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol
121 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
122 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
123 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
124 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
125 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
126 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
127 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
128 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
129 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
130 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
131 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
132 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
133 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
134 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
136 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
137 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
139 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
140 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
141 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
142 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
143 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
144 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
145 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
146 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
147 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano
148 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
149 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
150 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
151 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
152 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ
153 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:21:18
154 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:21:28
155 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:21:31
156 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:21:33
157 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:21:35
158 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:22:26
159 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
160 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
161 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:22:31
162 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
163 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
164 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
165 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
166 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
167 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
168 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:22:36
169 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 0:22:58
170 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0:23:32
171 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0:23:45
172 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:24:13
173 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:24:45
174 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia
175 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
176 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:25:03
177 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:25:05
178 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
179 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:25:17
180 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 0:25:24
DNS Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
DNS Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNS Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
DNF David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp

General Classification after Stage 14

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 57:20:52
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:26
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:02:46
4 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:47
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:53
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:04:55
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:05:12
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:05:32
9 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:05:39
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:51
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:06:40
12 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 0:06:42
13 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:06
14 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:07:19
15 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:07:36
16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:08:11
17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:08:24
18 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:09:53
19 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:13:23
20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:14:29
21 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:14:36
22 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0:16:25
24 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:16:44
25 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:19:37
26 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:21:49
27 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:22:25
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ 0:22:44
29 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard 0:28:01
30 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:29:50
31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 0:30:01
32 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:32:01
33 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:34:02
34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:38:35
35 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:39:20
36 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:40:26
37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:40:41
38 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:43:56
39 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:46:21
40 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:46:28
41 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 0:46:56
42 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0:47:06
43 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:49:18
44 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:49:50
45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:53:55
46 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:56:24
47 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:58:03
48 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 1:00:41
49 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:01:10
50 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:01:12
51 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:01:54
52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 1:02:04
53 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 1:04:19
54 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:05:22
55 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:07:54
56 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:08:07
57 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 1:08:24
58 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 1:08:36
59 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2R La Mondiale 1:09:43
60 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:14:42
61 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia 1:15:27
62 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 1:15:33
63 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:16:17
64 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 1:17:55
65 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:18:44
66 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:20:02
67 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:21:31
68 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:22:42
69 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:24:28
70 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:24:52
71 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:24:56
72 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:26:00
73 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard 1:26:05
74 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:27:17
75 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:27:53
76 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 1:28:52
77 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:29:47
78 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:31:45
79 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 1:31:50
80 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:32:03
81 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 1:32:34
82 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:33:11
83 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 1:33:44
84 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ 1:35:06
85 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 1:37:18
86 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 1:37:51
87 Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:37:54
88 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:38:41
89 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:40:54
90 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:40:56
91 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:42:09
92 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:43:23
93 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:44:23
94 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:44:24
95 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:44:58
96 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 1:45:54
97 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 1:45:56
98 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:47:01
99 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:47:09
100 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:47:17
101 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 1:48:19
102 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:50:03
103 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol
104 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:51:09
105 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:51:44
106 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:51:49
107 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:52:24
108 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:53:04
109 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 1:53:10
110 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:53:11
111 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:53:37
112 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:55:07
113 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:56:50
114 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:57:45
115 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:58:22
116 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol 1:59:13
117 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:00:59
118 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:01:28
119 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 2:02:17
120 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:02:23
121 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 2:02:28
122 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 2:02:37
123 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 2:02:55
124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:03:06
125 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 2:03:08
126 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:03:22
127 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:04:04
128 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 2:06:03
129 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:08:24
130 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 2:08:53
131 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 2:09:00
132 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 2:11:27
133 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:12:58
134 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:13:42
135 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:14:31
136 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:14:32
137 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:15:16
138 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 2:15:59
139 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 2:16:24
140 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 2:16:44
141 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:16:48
142 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:17:53
143 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:18:22
144 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:18:37
145 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 2:19:50
146 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:20:35
147 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2:21:28
148 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 2:21:49
149 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 2:22:14
150 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 2:23:43
151 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:25:38
152 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:26:43
153 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:28:10
154 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 2:28:24
155 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 2:28:31
156 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:29:37
157 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 2:30:00
158 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 2:31:32
159 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 2:31:59
160 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:32:48
161 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 2:33:54
162 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:33:55
163 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2:39:13
164 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:39:35
165 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 2:41:24
166 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 2:42:07
167 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:43:01
168 Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:43:51
169 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano 2:44:06
170 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:49:00
171 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:52:00
172 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 2:56:45
173 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 3:00:31
174 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3:01:52
175 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:02:37
176 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 3:03:14
177 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 3:04:34
178 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia 3:06:15
179 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 3:07:11
180 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3:24:38
Ed Hood
Ed Hood
Ed's been involved in cycling for over 50 years. In that time he's been a successful time triallist, a team manager and a sponsor of several teams and clubs. He's also a respected and successful coach and during the winter months was often working in the cabins at the Six Days for some of the world's top riders. Ed remains a massive fan of the sport and couples his extensive contacts with an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the minutiae and the history of our sport. In February 2023 however, our dear friend and beloved colleague Ed suffered a devastating stroke and faces an uncertain future; Ed has lost his ability to speak, to read, and has lost movement on the right side of his body. He's working with speech and physical therapists on rehabilitation, but all strokes are different and each patient responds differently, so unfortunately recovery is one day at a time. Ed ran his own business installing windows, and will probably not be able to work again. Please consider joining us to make a contribution to Ed's GoFundMe page to help stabilise and secure his future.

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