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Stage 14: Saturday, May 24, Agliè - Oropa, 164 km

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The Race: Stage 14, dedicated to Marco Pantani (link takes you to our Pantani photo gallery), marks the beginning of a week of racing in the high mountains. Only stage 17 and the final stage don't involve hard climbing.

Nice dry roads, for a change. A big break of 21 riders (including Ivan Santaromita, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Nicolas Roche) went early and with 90 km remaining the gap had been allowed to grow to about eight minutes

Roche went over the Belmonte alone, with a small gap to the first chasers from the early break.The maglia rosa group, with all the real contenders was 4min 25 seconds back. The Eurosport announcer thought both Roche and Rigoberto Uran were riding this mountain stage wearing skinsuits. They came to race, obviously.

At the start of the first category Oropa ascent, it was Manuel Quinziato (BMC) and Albert Timmer (Giant-Shimano) followed by about a dozen riders, including Roche, then a group with Ryder Hesjedal and Pierre Rolland, then more riders and finally the maglia rosa group at almost six minutes. Everyone was going really fast. The 2014 Giro d'Italia was truly in play today.

At five km to go, on the steep part of the climb, Albert Timmer was alone with the Rolland/Hesjedal group less than a minute back. In the Rigoberto Uran Group, Domenico Pozzovivo and Ag2r went to the front.

Bam! 3.7 km to go, Pozzovivo dropped the hammer and only Nairo Quintana and Gorka Izagirre could hold his wheel. Further up the road Dario Cataldo and Jarlinson Pantano caught Timmer.

With two km to go, Cataldo tried to drop Pantano, but couldn't. Pozzovivo, with Quintana on his wheel an refusing to help, zoomed up the mountain. Lots of riders from the original break were closing up to Cataldo

Cataldo led it out and astonishingly Enrico Battaliglin, who had just bridged, took the stage.

Rigoberto Uran, looking shattered, was slightly distanced in the sprint by Cadel Evans

Complete Results:

1	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	4hr 34min 41sec
2	Dario Cataldo	SKY
3	Jarlinson Pantano Gomez	Colombia	@ 7 seconds
4	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	0:17
5	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:22
6	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	0:26
7	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	0:28
8	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:33
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	0:39
10	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	0:54
11	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	1:17
12	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:46
13	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	2:22
14	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	2:26
15	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	2:39
16	Fabio Aru	Astana	2:43
17	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
18	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:47
19	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
20	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:59
21	Cadel Evans	BMC
22	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:04
23	Axel Domont	Ag2r
24	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	3:22
25	Igor Anton	Movistar	3:27
26	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	3:36
27	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	3:36
28	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
29	Mikel Landa	Astana
30	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar	3:46
31	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	3:53
32	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	4:01
33	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	4:02
34	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
35	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:05
36	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	4:16
37	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ	4:27
38	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	4:54
39	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
40	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
41	Jose' Herrada	Movistar
42	Philip Deignan	SKY
43	Sebastian Henao	SKY
44	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	5:25
45	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	5:37
46	Steve Morabito	BMC
47	Marc Goos	Belkin	6:38
48	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
49	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	8:24
50	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
51	Daniel Moreno	Katusha
52	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol
53	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar
54	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia
55	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
56	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol
57	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	9:01
58	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	9:08
59	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	9:10
60	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	9:21
61	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha
62	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
63	Brent Bookwalter	BMC
64	Ben Hermans	BMC
65	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	10:13
66	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha	10:44
67	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r	11:07
68	Julien Berard	Ag2r
69	Romain Sicard	Europcar	11:23
70	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	11:37
71	Eros Capecchi	Movistar	11:38
72	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
73	Alberto Losada	Katusha
74	Francis Mourey	FDJ
75	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	11:44
76	Danilo Wyss	BMC	13:11
77	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
78	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
79	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
80	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
81	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
82	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano
83	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13:20
84	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
85	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	13:47
86	Michele Scarponi	Astana
87	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	13:53
88	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	14:13
89	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	15:37
90	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	17:18
91	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	17:48
92	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	18:27
93	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	19:24
94	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
95	Andrey Amador	Movistar
96	Adriano Malori	Movistar
97	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
98	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
99	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
100	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida
101	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
102	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia
103	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli
104	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
105	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	19:30
106	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli
107	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia
108	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia
109	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	19:35
110	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	19:39
111	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	20:31
112	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	21:58
113	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
114	Andrey Zeits	Astana
115	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
116	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
117	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol
118	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
119	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	22:03
120	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	22:36
121	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	22:51
122	Johan  Le Bon	FDJ	24:13
123	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
124	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
125	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	27:17
126	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
127	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
128	Daniel Oss	BMC
129	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF
130	Luca Paolini	Katusha
131	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
132	Ben Swift	SKY
133	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
134	Christopher Sutton	SKY
135	David Tanner	Belkin
136	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
137	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
138	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
139	Rick Flens	Belkin
140	Jos Van Emden	Belkin
141	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
142	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
143	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
144	Tony Hurel	Europcar
145	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	27:25
146	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ	28:03
147	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ
148	Borut Bozic	Astana	28:05
149	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
150	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	28:09
151	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	28:14
152	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	32:04
153	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia
154	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
155	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
156	Michel Koch	Cannondale
157	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
158	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
159	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
160	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
161	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
162	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ
163	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol
164	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
165	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
166	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
167	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
168	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
169	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
170	Jetse Bol	Belkin

GC after Stage 14:

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	57hr 52min 51sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 32 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:35
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:11
5	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:33
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	3:04
7	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:16
8	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:01
9	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	5:07
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	5:13
11	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	6:07
12	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	6:13
13	Steve Morabito	BMC	6:53
14	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	7:21
15	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	8:08
16	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	9:09
17	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	9:34
18	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ	10:31
19	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	10:32
20	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	10:36
21	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	11:25
22	Jose' Herrada	Movistar	12:11
23	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	15:13
24	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	16:13
25	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	16:56
26	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	17:51
27	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	19:49
28	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	24:32
29	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	27:53
30	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	29:31
31	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	29:47
32	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	30:31
33	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	30:49
34	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	33:18
35	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	33:23
36	Sebastian Henao	SKY	34:00
37	Dario Cataldo	SKY	36:49
38	Francis Mourey	FDJ	37:41
39	Mikel Landa	Astana	38:17
40	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r	39:57
41	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	40:10
42	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	41:36
43	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	43:30
44	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	44:35
45	Daniel Moreno	Katusha	46:46
46	Marc Goos	Belkin	47:46
47	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	47:48
48	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	49:27
49	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	50:16
50	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	50:27
51	Alberto Losada	Katusha	55:23
52	Julien Berard	Ag2r	57:21
53	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	58:28
54	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	58:42
55	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	1:00:20
56	Igor Anton	Movistar	1:01:32
57	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:02:32
58	Michele Scarponi	Astana	1:02:58
59	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	1:04:45
60	Axel Domont	Ag2r	1:04:50
61	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol	1:04:52
62	Romain Sicard	Europcar	1:05:14
63	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	1:06:18
64	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	1:06:25
65	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia	1:07:05
66	Philip Deignan	SKY	1:11:08
67	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha	1:11:18
68	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	1:12:08
69	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	1:12:25
70	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	1:12:31
71	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	1:13:16
72	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	1:13:17
73	Ben Hermans	BMC	1:14:22
74	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	1:14:36
75	Eros Capecchi	Movistar	1:17:38
76	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar	1:18:14
77	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	1:18:25
78	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:19:06
79	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:20:14
80	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	1:20:21
81	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	1:20:58
82	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli	1:21:22
83	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	1:21:55
84	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	1:22:39
85	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	1:25:06
86	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	1:25:48
87	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	1:26:10
88	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol	1:27:00
89	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	1:27:59
90	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	1:28:01
91	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	1:29:08
92	Danilo Wyss	BMC	1:29:29
93	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	1:32:55
94	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	1:36:03
95	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	1:36:26
96	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	1:37:23
97	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp	1:37:45
98	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	1:38:10
99	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	1:38:14
100	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:38:25
101	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	1:38:41
102	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	1:39:23
103	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia	1:41:18
104	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	1:44:04
105	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	1:44:20
106	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	1:44:43
107	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	1:46:20
108	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli	1:46:38
109	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	1:47:30
110	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	1:49:08
111	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	1:49:13
112	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:49:30
113	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	1:49:55
114	Adriano Malori	Movistar	1:50:35
115	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	1:51:27
116	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	1:52:15
117	Andrey Zeits	Astana	1:53:01
118	Luca Paolini	Katusha	1:53:17
119	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	1:54:30
120	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:55:24
121	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:56:22
122	Daniel Oss	BMC	1:56:52
123	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	1:57:36
124	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp	1:57:54
125	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF	1:58:22
126	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	1:58:28
127	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	1:58:53
128	David Tanner	Belkin	1:59:04
129	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	2:00:07
130	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	2:00:11
131	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	2:00:11
132	Andrey Amador	Movistar	2:02:41
133	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	2:04:07
134	Borut Bozic	Astana	2:04:57
135	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar	2:05:00
136	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	2:09:48
137	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:09:57
138	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	2:10:10
139	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	2:10:24
140	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	2:10:25
141	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	2:11:37
142	Tony Hurel	Europcar	2:13:42
143	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ	2:13:47
144	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	2:15:34
145	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	2:16:28
146	Ben Swift	SKY	2:16:32
147	Rick Flens	Belkin	2:16:40
148	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	2:17:20
149	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	2:18:14
150	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	2:18:46
151	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:19:17
152	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ	2:20:56
153	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	2:21:43
154	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	2:21:44
155	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	2:23:45
156	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	2:24:23
157	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	2:25:04
158	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	2:25:47
159	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	2:26:39
160	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	2:28:22
161	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	2:30:11
162	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia	2:30:56
163	Michel Koch	Cannondale	2:32:51
164	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	2:39:18
165	Christopher Sutton	SKY	2:40:09
166	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol	2:46:14
167	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	2:47:17
168	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	2:51:36
169	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ	2:56:22
170	Jetse Bol	Belkin	2:57:00

Points Classification:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	251 points
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	225
3	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	173
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	161
5	Ben Swift	SKY	130
6	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	96
7	Cadel Evans	BMC	94
8	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	78
9	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	78
10	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	71

Mountains Classification:

1	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	75 points
2	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	57
3	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	39
4	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	39
5	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	32
6	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	27
7	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	26
8	Dario Cataldo	SKY	22
9	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	20
10	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	17

Young Rider:

1	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	57hr 54min 26sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	@ 58 seconds
3	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:29
4	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:41
5	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	5:46
6	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	16:16
7	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	28:12
8	Sebastian Henao	SKY	32:25
9	Mikel Landa	Astana	36:42
10	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	38:35

Team Classification:

1	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	172hr 57min 49sec
2	Ag2r-La Mondiale	@ 4min 47sec
3	Bmc Racing Team	15:15
4	Lampre - Merida	18:29
5	Tinkoff Saxo	22:54
6	Astana Pro Team	24:01
7	Movistar Team	29:01
8	Colombia	45:10
9	Team Europcar	46:31
10	Team Sky	48:04

Photos from Stage 14:

Alpe Noveis, the day's first big climb.

Nicolas Roche on the Oropa ascent.

Emanuele Sella digs deep...

Ryder Hesjedal

Domenico Pozzovivo leads Nairo Quintana

Rigoberto Uran leads Cadel Evans

Wilco Kelderman

KOM Julian Arredondo

Now that was a surprise, Battaglin bridged to the Cataldo group and won the sprint.

Cadel Evans, like everyone today, went deep.

Stage winner Enrico Battaglin

Rigoberto Uran lost a little time to his main rivals today.

Stage 14 map and profile:

Stage 14 map

Stage 14 profile

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