Peter Sagan has used his explosive power to win the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy, proving best out of a five man group which forced its way clear inside the tough final two kilometres of the stage to Chieti.
The 22 year old Slovak jumped hard inside the final 200 metres to overhaul his Liquigas Cannondale team-mate Vincenzo Nibali, who had attacked out of that group moments earlier but didn’t have the same strength.
Roman Kreuziger (Astana) got past Nibali to take second, with Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) and Chris Horner (RadioShack Nissan) fourth and fifth.
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil DCM) was best of the rest, eight seconds back.
“We played a two-rider strategy,” said Sagan after the stage. “It was important to win for Liquigas-Cannondale. I’m sorry that Vincenzo didn’t manage to win. But I saw that Di Luca was coming back up and so I went one last time to make sure we won.
“I feel good and I’m on good form. I hope it lasts for the Classics. Milan-Sanremo is the first Classic that could be for me and I want to do well, even if luck plays a big part. It’s my first goal. Tomorrow we’ll try and do the stage for Vincenzo. I’m ready to work for him. We’ll see if we can win.”
Defending champion Cadel Evans was prominent when the finishing climb started but cracked and slipped backwards, losing time. He placed ninth, twelve seconds back, and is now 53 seconds off the race lead in 20th overall.
Horner took over the race lead from previous jersey holder Matt Goss (GreenEdge), ending the day seven seconds clear of Kreuziger and a further six up on Goss’ team-mate Cameron Meyer. Sagan and Di Luca are next, 21 and 22 seconds back respectively.
“Before the race today I thought for sure I might have the leader’s jersey at the end of the day,” Horner said afterwards. “After the team time trial on Sunday, Fabian Cancellara and all the big riders on my team did a fantastic job, so today they protected me from the wind and brought me to the front at the bottom of the climb. Cancellara got me in position and then I knew to follow the moves from the best riders on the day. “
Once the selection was made, Horner knew he was riding into the leader’s jersey. However there was a danger in the group. “Roman Kreuziger came along and threw an attack in on the three of us and I had to bridge that,” he said. “He was the biggest threat to us on GC so I had to respond in order to take the jersey.”
After a small error at the end, he had to push hard to ensure he didn’t lose any time to the Astana rider. “In the final [sprint] to the line I accidentally shifted from the big chain ring to the small one and my hands were cramping up. I couldn’t get it back up to do the sprint, leaving me to just spin the cranks at 130rpms to the finish, all the while losing ground,” he said.
Before that, Katusha rider Pavel Brutt was one of seven riders who clipped clear soon after the start of the stage. He was the last to be caught, finally being reeled in twelve kilometres from the end, and expressed some frustration.
“I feel in a great shape, but I'm disappointed I still haven't found the right breakaway,” he stated.
Slow start enables break to build large advantage:
A septet of riders clipped clear eight kilometres after the start in Amelia, showing little hesitation despite today’s leg being the longest of the race at 252 kilometres.
The peloton was more guarded, though, and 26 kilometres into the stage, Pavel Brutt (Katusha Team), Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Bank), Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox), Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale), Stefano Pirazzi and Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) had a sizeable eight minute 47 second lead. This grew further to ten minutes.
The bunch’s slow start turned around, though, and by kilometre 135 this had dropped to four minutes 18 seconds. Inside the final forty kilometres, the septet were just a minute and a half clear.
Pirazzi was taking advantage of his position in the break to add to his lead in the mountains classification.
The seven leaders dropped to four when Hulsman, Mondory and Pagani cracked, slipping backwards. The latter was able to claw his way back up again, but had no answer when Brutt pushed on ahead inside the final 25 kilometres.
His advantage was slight, though, and Boaro tried to get back up to him. Their efforts were in vain, though, with the chaser being hauled back fifteen kilometres from the line. Brutt’s own push for victory ended twelve kilometres from the line but, in truth, the steep final two kilometres meant that he would have had to have a much bigger advantage to stay clear.
The action heats up:
Several attacks were fired off from the bunch, which had already seen race leader Matt Goss (GreenEdge) crack and slip backwards.
Evans’ BMC Racing Team moved to the front coming towards the end of the stage and that tough two kilometre drag to the line. Alessandro Ballan and George Hincapie worked hard for the Australian, who was well positioned when the leaders hit the base of that last climb.
With 1.8 kilometres to go Nibali tried to accelerate, but was swamped. The Farnese Vini team moved to the front, with Evans in close attendance. Di Luca was also prominent, and appeared to be going well.
With 1.5 kilometres to go Johnny Hoogerland (Vancansoleil) put in a huge effort, gapping the group. Evans led the chase, then Di Luca accelerated, followed by Horner. Evans appeared to crack and slipped backwards.
Peter Sagan hit the front with 1.1 kilometres to go, driving hard. His acceleration was covered by Di Luca, with Horner a few lengths back and Roman Kreuziger just behind him. Going under the kite, Kreuziger jumped hard; Horner chased him down, though, bringing things back together.
Nibali was next to try, surging forward and being chased by Di Luca. Sagan wasn’t prepared to wait, though, and surged, passing both and going on to take the win.
Kreuziger got by Nibali for second, while Di Luca and Horner were fourth and fifth.
Tirreno-Adriatico (WorldTour) stage 4, Amelia to Chieti
1, Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) 252 kilometres in 7:24:50
2, Roman Kreuziger (Astana Pro Team)
3, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Cannondale)
4, Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone)
5, Chris Horner (RadioShack - Nissan)
6, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:08
7, Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:10
8, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) 00:12
9, Michele Scarponi (Lampre - ISD)
10, Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha Team)
11, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
12, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) 00:19
13, Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha Team)
14, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
15, Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
16, Jon Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
17, Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
18, Christophe Riblon (Ag2R - La Mondiale)
19, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team)
20, Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 00:23
21, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha Team)
22, Francesco Failli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
23, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team)
24, Benat Intxausti (Movistar Team)
25, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:30
26, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan)
27, Cameron Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
28, Jose Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team)
29, Matteo Montaguti (Ag2R - La Mondiale)
30, Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:37
31, Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:40
32, Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:42
33, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo Bank) 00:44
34, Fabio Taborre (Acqua & Sapone)
35, Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar Team)
36, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia - Coldeportes)
37, Arthur Vichot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
38, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team)
39, David Tanner (Team Saxo Bank)
40, Jelle Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team)
41, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 00:55
42, Enrico Battaglin (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
43, Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:57
44, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team)
45, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 00:59
46, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team)
47, Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing Team)
48, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank)
49, Matti Breschel (Rabobank Cycling Team)
50, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 01:07
51, Mads Christensen (Team Saxo Bank)
52, Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank Cycling Team)
53, Carlos Alberto Betancurt Gomez (Acqua & Sapone)
54, Massimo Codol (Acqua & Sapone)
55, Nicki Sørensen (Team Saxo Bank)
56, Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Colombia - Coldeportes)
57, Arnaud Gerard (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
58, Branislau Samoilau (Movistar Team)
59, Filippo Savini (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 01:12
60, Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Movistar Team)
61, Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
62, Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 01:16
63, Jérome Pineau (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 01:20
64, Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
65, Paul Martens (Rabobank Cycling Team)
66, Fabian Wegmann (Team Garmin - Barracuda)
67, Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) 01:29
68, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep)
69, Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:40
70, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) 01:53
71, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre - ISD)
72, Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
73, Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
74, Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team)
75, Johan Vansummeren (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 02:04
76, Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) 02:40
77, Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas - Cannondale)
78, George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team)
79, Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team)
80, Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan)
81, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling)
82, Benoit Vaugrenard (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 02:52
83, David Millar (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 03:15
84, Andrew Talansky (Team Garmin - Barracuda)
85, Steve Houanard (Ag2R - La Mondiale)
86, Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia - Coldeportes)
87, Johan Esteban Cháves Rubio (Colombia - Coldeportes) 03:21
88, Mikel Landa Meana (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 03:28
89, Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) 03:57
90, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team) 04:07
91, Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack - Nissan) 04:15
92, Diego Caccia (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
93, Dominique Rollin (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
94, Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
95, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack - Nissan)
96, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling)
97, Luca Mazzanti (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 04:40
98, Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
99, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
100, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team)
101, Bram Tankink (Rabobank Cycling Team)
102, Adriano Malori (Lampre - ISD)
103, Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma - Quickstep)
104, Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas - Cannondale)
105, Simone Stortoni (Lampre - ISD)
106, Luca Paolini (Katusha Team)
107, Kristof Goddaert (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 04:55
108, Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
109, Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 05:08
110, Federico Canuti (Liquigas - Cannondale) 06:05
111, Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale)
112, Gert Dockx (Lotto - Belisol Team)
113, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo Bank)
114, Sébastien Hinault (Ag2R - La Mondiale)
115, William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
116, Pavel Brutt (Katusha Team) 07:28
117, Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
118, Oscar Gomez Freire (Katusha Team) 07:51
119, Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) 08:55
120, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) 10:51
121, Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
122, Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
123, Francesco Ginanni (Acqua & Sapone)
124, Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua & Sapone)
125, Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale)
126, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team)
127, John Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia - Coldeportes)
128, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
129, Michael Schar (BMC Racing Team)
130, Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
131, Danilo Hondo (Lampre - ISD)
132, Tomas Vaitkus (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
133, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack - Nissan)
134, Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Colombia - Coldeportes)
135, Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
136, Manuel Belletti (Ag2R - La Mondiale)
137, Sacha Modolo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 11:23
138, Angelo Pagani (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
139, Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Team Saxo Bank) 13:07
140, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Bank)
141, Stefano Pirazzi (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
142, Robert Hunter (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 17:35
143, Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team)
144, Alex Rasmussen (Team Garmin - Barracuda)
145, Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep)
146, Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling)
147, Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia - Coldeportes)
148, Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
149, Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre - ISD)
150, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - ISD)
151, Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Colombia - Coldeportes)
152, Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin - Barracuda)
153, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep)
154, Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep)
155, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling)
156, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team)
157, Anthony Roux (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat)
158, Baden Cooke (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
159, Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
160, Jens Mouris (GreenEdge Cycling Team)
161, Marco Coledan (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
162, Davide Vigano (Lampre - ISD)
163, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
164, Jeremy Hunt (Sky Procycling)
165, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack - Nissan) 17:53
166, Daniele Bennati (RadioShack - Nissan)
167, Simone Ponzi (Astana Pro Team)
168, Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team)
169, Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team)
170, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team)
171, Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone)
172, Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
General classification:
1, Chris Horner (RadioShack - Nissan) 19:01:54
2, Roman Kreuziger (Astana Pro Team) 00:07
3, Cameron Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:13
4, Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:21
5, Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) 00:22
6, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:30
7, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) 00:32
8, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:34
9, Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha Team) 00:35
10, Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:36
11, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team)
12, Michele Scarponi (Lampre - ISD) 00:41
13, Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
14, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:42
15, Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha Team)
16, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:43
17, Christophe Riblon (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:45
18, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha Team) 00:46
19, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 00:52
20, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) 00:53
21, Francesco Failli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
22, Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team)
23, Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:55
24, Matteo Montaguti (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:56
25, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) 00:57
26, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 01:04
27, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo Bank) 01:05
28, David Tanner (Team Saxo Bank)
29, Fabio Taborre (Acqua & Sapone) 01:06
30, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 01:11
31, Jelle Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team) 01:12
32, Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 01:15
33, Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) 01:17
34, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank) 01:20
35, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team)
36, Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) 01:22
37, Benat Intxausti (Movistar Team) 01:24
38, Jon Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:27
39, Nicki Sørensen (Team Saxo Bank) 01:28
40, Mads Christensen (Team Saxo Bank)
41, Massimo Codol (Acqua & Sapone) 01:29
42, Carlos Alberto Betancurt Gomez (Acqua & Sapone)
43, Jose Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) 01:31
44, Matti Breschel (Rabobank Cycling Team) 01:39
45, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) 01:40
46, Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing Team)
47, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 01:41
48, Arthur Vichot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 01:44
49, Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 01:46
50, Enrico Battaglin (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 01:47
51, Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank Cycling Team)
52, Jérome Pineau (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 01:54
53, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) 01:58
54, Paul Martens (Rabobank Cycling Team) 02:00
55, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 02:03
56, Johan Vansummeren (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 02:04
57, Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 02:05
58, Arnaud Gerard (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 02:07
59, Branislau Samoilau (Movistar Team) 02:08
60, Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Movistar Team) 02:10
61, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia - Coldeportes) 02:12
62, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre - ISD) 02:22
63, Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 02:27
64, Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 02:28
65, Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) 02:31
66, Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Colombia - Coldeportes) 02:35
67, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) 02:46
68, Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 02:48
69, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) 02:54
70, Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 03:16
71, Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) 03:18
72, Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas - Cannondale)
73, George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) 03:21
74, Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team)
75, Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 03:39
76, Steve Houanard (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 03:41
77, Fabian Wegmann (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 03:46
78, Benoit Vaugrenard (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 03:52
79, Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) 04:06
80, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 04:10
81, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack - Nissan) 04:15
82, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team) 04:20
83, Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) 04:25
84, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 04:34
85, David Millar (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 04:44
86, Johan Esteban Cháves Rubio (Colombia - Coldeportes) 04:49
87, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) 04:53
88, Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar Team) 04:58
89, Luca Paolini (Katusha Team) 05:03
90, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 05:07
91, Adriano Malori (Lampre - ISD) 05:09
92, Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 05:10
93, Luca Mazzanti (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
94, Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 05:14
95, Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 05:15
96, Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas - Cannondale) 05:18
97, Bram Tankink (Rabobank Cycling Team) 05:20
98, Kristof Goddaert (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 05:21
99, Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 05:29
100, Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) 05:31
101, Simone Stortoni (Lampre - ISD) 05:34
102, Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 05:36
103, Mikel Landa Meana (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 05:57
104, Gert Dockx (Lotto - Belisol Team) 06:33
105, Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) 06:43
106, William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 07:05
107, Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack - Nissan) 07:06
108, Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 07:11
109, Sébastien Hinault (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 07:46
110, Pavel Brutt (Katusha Team) 07:48
111, Oscar Gomez Freire (Katusha Team) 08:08
112, Dominique Rollin (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 08:09
113, Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) 09:36
114, Federico Canuti (Liquigas - Cannondale) 10:22
115, Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 10:31
116, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack - Nissan) 10:51
117, Francesco Ginanni (Acqua & Sapone) 11:13
118, Manuel Belletti (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 11:14
119, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) 11:19
120, Danilo Hondo (Lampre - ISD) 11:20
121, Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua & Sapone) 11:23
122, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 11:59
123, Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
124, Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
125, Sacha Modolo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 12:15
126, Angelo Pagani (Colnago CSF Bardiani)
127, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Bank) 13:23
128, Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Team Saxo Bank) 13:28
129, Michael Schar (BMC Racing Team) 14:06
130, Filippo Savini (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 14:13
131, Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 14:35
132, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) 14:42
133, Andrew Talansky (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 14:45
134, Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale) 15:08
135, Diego Caccia (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 15:55
136, Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia - Coldeportes) 16:13
137, Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 17:28
138, Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) 17:29
139, Tomas Vaitkus (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 17:50
140, Robert Hunter (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 17:53
141, Daniele Bennati (RadioShack - Nissan)
142, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo Bank) 17:56
143, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - ISD) 18:04
144, Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 18:12
145, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack - Nissan) 18:19
146, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) 18:21
147, Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia)
148, Davide Vigano (Lampre - ISD) 18:22
149, Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 18:24
150, Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 18:38
151, Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) 19:05
152, Simone Ponzi (Astana Pro Team) 19:10
153, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 19:21
154, John Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia - Coldeportes) 19:27
155, Anthony Roux (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 19:48
156, Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre - ISD) 20:08
157, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 20:31
158, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) 20:50
159, Jeremy Hunt (Sky Procycling) 20:55
160, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) 21:15
161, Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 21:33
162, Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Colombia - Coldeportes) 23:49
163, Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) 25:11:00
164, Marco Coledan (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 25:21:00
165, Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) 25:48:00
166, Stefano Pirazzi (Colnago CSF Bardiani) 27:05:00
167, Jens Mouris (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 27:21:00
168, Alex Rasmussen (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 29:05:00
169, Baden Cooke (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 29:17:00
170, Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Colombia - Coldeportes) 30:33:00
171, Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia - Coldeportes)
172, Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 32:19:00