2015 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
di Coppi e Bartali (2.1), Italy

Results: March 26 - March 29, 2015

Settimana Ciclista di Coppi-Bartali podium history | 2014 edition | 2016 edition

Teams invited |

Stage 1a | Stage 1b | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |

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Sunday, March 29: Stage 4, Pavullo - Roccapelago, 141 km

Stage 4 photos |

Louis Meintjes wins stage 4 and the 2015 Coppi-Bartali

The Race: This race turned out to have a surprise finish with an unexpected winner. There was one change before the start: the organizers shortened the stage from 152.6 km to 141 km. Don't know why.

A pair of riders from two small teams, Samuel Spokes (Drapac) and Primoz Roglic (Adria Mobile) were allowed a lot of freedom after rolling away from the peloton. At one point they had 3min 30sec.

As the pack raced along, a small group formed at the front, but still behind the escaping pair. As the front chase group started the final ascent, MTN-Qhubeka rider Louis Meintjes jetted away with Damiano Cunego and Davide Rebellin. He was on fire today and dropped Cunego and Rebellin. He then went on to catch and pass both breakaway riders and unworried and undeterred, he kept on going.

Still facing 22 kilometers to the finish, Meintjes pressed on and built a lead of more than a minute. That was enough to not only earn him the stage win, with overnight leader Ben Swift finishing 1min 12sec behind, but also gave Meintjes the overall win. Bravo.

After the stage Meintjes said, "This win really means a lot to me. It’s my first win in Europe and I have to thank the whole team who supported me at this race. They were always there and it makes me really proud. I hope this win also motivates people to help us and Qhubeka putting more kids on bikes in Africa."

Complete Results:

Stage 4 photos |

Winner's average speed: 36.169 km/hr

1	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	3hr 54min 24sec
2	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	@ 1min 12sec
3	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
4	SWIFT Ben	Sky	s.t.
5	KVASINA Matija	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:01:15
6	HENAO Sergio	Sky	0:01:17
7	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	0:01:23
9	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	0:02:22
10	REDA Francesco	Team Idea 2010	0:02:30
11	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	0:02:31
12	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:02:33
13	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	s.t.
14	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	0:02:37
15	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	0:02:46
16	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:03:20
17	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	0:03:26
18	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro-Wilier	0:03:30
19	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	s.t.
20	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	0:04:44
21	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:05:19
22	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
23	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
24	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
25	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:05:29
26	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:05:38
27	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	0:05:54
28	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	0:06:26
29	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	0:07:17
30	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:07:59
31	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	0:08:00
32	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:08:00
33	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Merdiana-Kamen	0:08:07
34	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	0:08:13
35	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:08:44
36	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	0:09:31
37	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	0:12:41
38	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	s.t.
39	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	0:13:40
40	PONZI Simone	Southeast	0:14:21
41	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	s.t.
43	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
44	GOLCER Jure	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
45	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
46	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
47	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
48	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea 2010	s.t.
49	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
51	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	s.t.
52	VACCHER Andrea	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
53	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	0:14:54
54	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	0:15:27
55	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	s.t.
56	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
57	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
58	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
59	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
60	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	s.t.
61	VAN HECKE Preben	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
62	BERHANE Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
63	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	s.t.
64	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	0:17:29
65	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:17:50
66	CAMBIANICA Enea	Merdiana-Kamen	0:18:40
67	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	0:19:24
68	KONING Peter	Drapac	0:20:12
69	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	0:21:33
70	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	0:22:41
71	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	s.t.
72	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	0:22:43
73	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:24:12
74	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
75	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
76	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
77	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
78	THALMANN Roland	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
79	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	s.t.
80	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
81	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	s.t.
82	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
83	RABITSCH Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
84	JONES Brenton	Drapac	s.t.
85	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	0:28:29
86	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
87	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
88	ZHUKOVSKY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	s.t.
89	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	s.t.
90	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	s.t.
91	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	s.t.
92	REPSE Uros	Merdiana-Kamen	s.t.
93	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
94	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	s.t.
95	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	s.t.
97	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	s.t.
98	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
99	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea 2010	s.t.
100	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
101	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
102	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	s.t.
103	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
104	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
105	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
106	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	s.t.
107	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
108	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	s.t.
109	MALTAR Bruno	Merdiana-Kamen	s.t.
110	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
111	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
112	KRIZEK Matthias	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
113	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
114	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
115	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
116	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
117	SISR Frantisek	Dukla Praha	s.t.
118	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4:

580.3 km raced at an average speed of 39.935 km/hr

1	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	14hr 31min 42sec
2	SWIFT Ben	Sky	@ 2sec
3	KVASINA Matija	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:00:46
4	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	@ 1min 1sec
5	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:02:31
6	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	0:02:38
7	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	0:02:39
8	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	0:03:12
9	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:03:33
10	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	0:03:35
11	REDA Francesco	Team Idea 2010	0:04:09
12	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	0:04:11
13	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:04:26
14	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:05:14
15	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro-Wilier	0:05:33
16	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:46
17	HENAO Sergio	Sky	0:07:23
18	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	0:08:34
19	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	0:09:02
20	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	0:10:07
21	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:12:16
22	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	0:13:47
23	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	0:14:00
24	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:14:30
25	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:15:33
26	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Merdiana-Kamen	0:15:56
27	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	0:16:22
28	PONZI Simone	Southeast	0:17:23
29	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:17:25
30	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:18:49
31	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	0:18:55
32	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	0:20:12
33	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:20:12
34	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:20:13
35	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	0:20:33
36	CHIRICO Luca	BAR	0:20:33
37	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:21:00
38	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:21:44
39	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	0:21:47
40	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	0:21:56
41	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	0:22:48
42	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	0:23:02
43	GOLCER Jure	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:23:35
44	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	0:24:08
45	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	0:24:15
46	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	0:24:41
47	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	0:26:37
48	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	0:29:16
49	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	0:29:18
50	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	0:30:56
51	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	0:31:30
52	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	0:32:27
53	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:32:44
54	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	0:33:12
55	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	0:34:09
56	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth-Skoda	0:34:29
57	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:34:52
58	VAN HECKE Preben	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:34:59
59	VACCHER Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:35:08
60	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	0:36:17
61	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:37:31
62	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:37:38
63	THALMANN Roland	Roth-Skoda	0:38:24
64	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	0:39:13
65	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea 2010	0:39:22
66	RABITSCH Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:40:11
67	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:41:22
68	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	0:41:27
69	KRIZEK Matthias	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:41:32
70	BERHANE Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	0:42:04
71	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	0:42:56
72	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	0:43:05
73	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:43:48
74	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	0:44:35
75	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:45:35
76	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	0:45:44
77	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea 2010	0:46:25
78	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:46:29
79	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:46:56
80	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:46:56
81	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	0:46:57
82	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:47:44
83	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	0:47:53
84	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:48:32
85	SISR Frantisek	Dukla Praha	0:49:32
86	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:50:17
87	JONES Brenton	Drapac	0:50:32
88	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	0:50:35
89	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro-Wilier	0:51:02
90	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	0:51:07
91	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	0:51:31
92	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:52:06
93	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	0:52:14
94	CAMBIANICA Enea	Merdiana-Kamen	0:53:38
95	KONING Peter	Drapac	0:56:46
96	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	0:57:20
97	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro-Wilier	0:57:27
98	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	0:57:30
99	MALTAR Bruno	Merdiana-Kamen	0:58:07
100	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	@ 1hr 0min 11sec
101	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	1:00:15
102	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth-Skoda	1:00:55
103	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	1:05:06
104	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	1:05:41
105	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:06:01
106	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	1:06:06
107	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	1:06:46
108	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	1:08:02
109	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	1:08:46
110	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	1:09:21
111	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	1:09:48
112	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	1:10:08
113	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	1:12:23
114	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	1:12:45
115	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	1:12:59
116	REPSE Uros	Merdiana-Kamen	1:15:10
117	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	1:15:29
118	ZHUKOVSKYY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	1:16:09

Stage 4 photos:

Racing in Italy, lovely

The early break; Samuel Spokes and Primoz Roglic

Race leader Ben Swift would lose his GC first place at the end of the stage.

The peloton races under trees just leafing out.

The stage climbed up into the snow.

Damiano Cunego was second in the stage.

Louis Meintjes on his solo breakaway

And he makes to the finish alone

Meintjes enjoys the fruits of his victory

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Saturday, March 28: Stage 3, Calderara di Reno - Crevalcore, 178.3 km

Stage 3 photos |

Francesco Chicchi wins a close one in stage 3

The Race: L'Equipe called Androni Giocattoli rider Francesco Chicchi "forever young" [toujours jeune] and I think that is just about right. The 34-year old racer beat highly regarded and skilled sprinters Manuel Belletti and Daniele Colli to win the third stage.

An early break of eleven riders survived survived for much of the stage, but with twelve kilometers remaining, the pack came together. Though a crash disrupted the stage's final kilometers, the sprinters weren't deterred.

Ben Swift remains the overall leader with a single hilly stage remaining.

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos |

1	CHICCHI Francesco	Androni Giocattoli	3hr 33min 5sec
2	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	s.t.
3	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
4	RUFFONI Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
5	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
6	GASPARRINI Rino	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
7	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth Skoda	s.t.
8	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
9	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	s.t.
10	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	s.t.
12	STASH Mamyr	RusVelo	s.t.
13	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	s.t.
14	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	s.t.
15	CHINELLO Fabio	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
16	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	MOLANO Sebastián	Colombia	s.t.
18	SWIFT Ben	Sky	s.t.
19	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	s.t.
20	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	s.t.
21	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	s.t.
22	MUFFOLINI Luca	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
23	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	s.t.
24	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
25	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	s.t.
26	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	s.t.
27	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
28	PONZI Simone	Southeast	s.t.
29	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	s.t.
30	JONES Brenton	Drapac	s.t.
31	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Tosport Vlaanderen	s.t.
32	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
33	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
34	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	s.t.
35	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
36	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Meridiana Kamen	s.t.
37	KVASINA Matija	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
38	BOTTURA Alessio	Roth Skoda	s.t.
39	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
40	BERHANE Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
41	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
42	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
43	THALMANN Roland	Roth Skoda	s.t.
44	BIEDERMANN Daniel	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
45	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
46	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea	s.t.
47	BOZIC Jon	Adria Mobil	s.t.
48	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
49	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	s.t.
50	RAMIREZ Carlos	Colombia	s.t.
51	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
52	RASMUSSEN Alex	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
53	DAMIANO Maurizio	Team Idea	s.t.
54	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
55	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
56	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	s.t.
58	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	s.t.
59	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	s.t.
60	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
61	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	s.t.
62	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
63	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
64	REDA Francesco	Team Idea	s.t.
65	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
66	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	SPRENGERS Thomas	Tosport Vlaanderen	s.t.
68	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	s.t.
69	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	s.t.
70	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	s.t.
71	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	s.t.
72	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
73	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	s.t.
74	HENAO Sergio	Sky	s.t.
75	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	s.t.
76	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
77	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	s.t.
78	CAMBIANICA Enea	Meridiana Kamen	s.t.
79	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	s.t.
80	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
81	REPSE Uros	Meridiana Kamen	s.t.
82	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
83	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
84	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Tosport Vlaanderen	s.t.
85	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
86	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
87	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
88	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Feldmary Simplon Wels	s.t.
89	OLSSON Michael Einar	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
90	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth Skoda	s.t.
91	ZHUKOVSKYY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	s.t.
92	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	s.t.
93	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
94	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
95	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
96	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
97	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
98	D'URBANO Marco	GM Cycling	s.t.
99	SISR Frantisek	ADP	s.t.
100	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	s.t.
101	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	s.t.
102	VACCHER Andrea	Roth Skoda	s.t.
103	STIMULAK Klemen	Adria Mobil	s.t.
104	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	s.t.
105	KONING Peter	Drapac	s.t.
106	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
107	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RusVelo	s.t.
108	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	s.t.
109	CEPEDA Wilson Fernando	Movistar	s.t.
110	VAN HECKE Preben	Tosport Vlaanderen	s.t.
111	PETTITI Alessandro	Team Idea	s.t.
112	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
113	RABITSCH Stefan	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
114	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	s.t.
115	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	@ 1min 8sec
116	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	@ 0sec
117	LUNARDON Paolo	Amore & Vita	0sec
118	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0sec
119	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	0sec
120	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0sec
121	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	0sec
122	EARLE Nathan	Sky	0sec
123	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:01:31
124	BERTAZZO Liam	Southeast	@ 0sec
125	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0sec
126	GOLCER Jure	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:02:11
127	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	0:00:00
128	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	0:02:11
129	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:00:00
130	GALVIZ Carlos Johan	Androni Giocattoli	0:02:18
131	MALUCELLI Matteo	Team Idea	0:02:18
132	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	0:00:00
133	KUREK Adrian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:00:00
134	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	0:03:01
135	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:00:00
136	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:00:00
137	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	0:00:00
138	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea	0:00:00
139	KRIZEK Matthias	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:00:00
140	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth Skoda	0:03:56
141	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	0:04:04
142	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro Wilier	0:04:06
143	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	Colombia	0:04:07
144	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	s.t.
145	MALTAR Bruno	Meridiana Kamen	0:05:45
146	VERGAERDE Otto	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:06:34
147	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:37
148	TOMIO Giacomo	Roth Skoda	0:06:39
149	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:06:41
150	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro Wilier	s.t.
151	HACECKY Vojtech	ADP	0:09:03

GC after Stage 3:

1	SWIFT Ben	Sky	10hr 36min 8sec
2	KVASINA Matija	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	@ 41sec
3	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	0:00:54
4	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	@ 1min 15sec
5	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	0:01:17
6	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	0:01:20
7	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:01:23
8	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:27
9	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	0:01:30
10	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	0:01:35
11	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:45
12	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	0:02:02
13	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	0:02:27
14	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:02:33
15	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	0:02:36
16	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	0:02:37
17	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	0:02:48
18	REDA Francesco	Team Idea	0:02:49
19	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:03:03
20	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro Wilier	0:03:13
21	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	0:03:46
22	PONZI Simone	Southeast	0:04:12
23	SPRENGERS Thomas	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:04:14
24	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:04:32
25	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	0:04:35
26	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:05:18
27	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	0:06:14
28	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:16
29	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:06:56
30	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Feldmary Simplon Wels	0:07:02
31	HENAO MONTOYA Sergio	Sky	0:07:16
32	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	0:07:22
33	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:08:07
34	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	0:08:31
35	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	0:08:41
36	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	0:08:45
37	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	0:08:55
38	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Meridiana Kamen	0:08:59
39	GOLCER Jure	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:10:24
40	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth Skoda	0:11:05
41	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:11:50
42	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	0:13:10
43	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	0:13:26
44	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	0:13:34
45	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro Wilier	0:14:08
46	KRIZEK Matthias	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:14:13
47	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	0:14:57
48	THALMANN Roland	Roth Skoda	0:15:22
49	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	0:15:46
50	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	0:15:54
51	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:16:03
52	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	Colombia	0:16:35
53	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:16:51
54	RABITSCH Stefan	Feldmary Simplon Wels	0:17:09
55	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	0:17:13
56	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	0:17:16
57	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:17:25
58	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	0:18:03
59	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:18:16
60	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:18:20
61	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	0:18:22
62	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:18:27
63	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	0:18:55
64	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea	0:19:06
65	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:19:10
66	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	0:19:38
67	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro Wilier	0:19:54
68	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth Skoda	0:20:12
69	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:20:25
70	STIMULAK Klemen	Adria Mobil	0:20:31
71	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:32
72	VAN HECKE Preben	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:20:42
73	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:58
74	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:21:13
75	VACCHER Andrea	Roth Skoda	0:21:57
76	SISR Frantisek	ADP	0:22:13
77	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:22:58
78	OLSSON Michael Einar	Trefor-Blue Water	0:23:13
79	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	0:23:16
80	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro Wilier	0:23:43
81	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:23:54
82	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:23:54
83	KUREK Adrian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:23:54
84	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	0:24:12
85	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:24:27
86	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	0:24:51
87	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RusVelo	0:25:02
88	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	0:25:24
89	CEPEDA Wilson Fernando	Movistar	0:25:25
90	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	0:25:29
91	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea	0:26:11
92	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	0:26:47
93	JONES Brenton	Drapac	0:27:30
94	BERHANE Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	0:27:47
95	BIEDERMANN Daniel	Feldmayr Simplon Wels	0:29:12
96	EARLE Nathan	Sky	0:29:23
97	D'URBANO Marco	GM Cycling	0:29:54
98	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	0:30:01
99	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro Wilier	0:30:08
100	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:30:41
101	MALTAR Bruno	Meridiana Kamen	0:30:48
102	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	0:32:31
103	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	0:32:33
104	GASPARRINI Rino	Unieuro Wilier	0:32:46
105	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	0:32:52
106	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth Skoda	0:33:36
107	CHINELLO Fabio	Unieuro Wilier	0:34:56
108	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:35:26
109	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	0:35:57
110	CAMBIANICA Enea	Meridiana Kamen	0:36:08
111	TOMIO Giacomo	Roth Skoda	0:36:16
112	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:36:59
113	HACECKY Vojtech	ADP	0:37:36
114	KONING Peter	Drapac	0:37:44
115	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:37:47
116	VERGAERDE Otto	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:37:53
117	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	0:37:56
118	RUFFONI Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	0:38:41
119	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:38:42
120	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	0:38:44
121	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:38:53
122	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	0:39:03
123	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:39:27
124	STASH Mamyr	RusVelo	0:40:09
125	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	0:40:43
126	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	0:41:27
127	BERTAZZO Liam	Southeast	0:42:01
128	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:42:02
129	MUFFOLINI Luca	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:42:11
130	BOTTURA Alessio	Roth Skoda	0:42:26
131	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	0:42:29
132	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	0:42:39
133	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	0:42:49
134	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	0:43:04
135	MALUCELLI Matteo	Team Idea	0:43:49
136	LUNARDON Paolo	Amore & Vita	0:44:21
137	GALVIZ Carlos Johan	Androni Giocattoli	0:44:35
138	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	0:45:04
139	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	0:45:05
140	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:45:26
141	CHICCHI Francesco	AND	0:45:29
142	RASMUSSEN Alex	Trefor-Blue Water	0:45:30
143	MOLANO Sebastián	Colombia	0:45:38
144	RAMIREZ Carlos	Colombia	0:45:38
145	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	0:45:40
146	DAMIANO Maurizio	Team Idea	0:47:11
147	PETTITI Alessandro	Team Idea	0:47:34
148	REPSE Uros	Meridiana Kamen	0:47:51
149	BOZIC Jon	Adria Mobil	0:48:09
150	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	0:48:10
151	ZHUKOVSKYY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	0:48:50

Stage 3 photos:

Race leader Ben Swift

The peloton enters the finish town, Crevelcore

Francesco Chicchi wins stage 3

Chicchi celebrates his stage win well after the line.

Francesco Chicchi after his stage win. The grey-haired gent in the suit is team director and cycling management legend Gianni Savio.

The podium for the day, from left: Manuel Belletti, Francesco Chicchi and Daniele Colli

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Friday, March 27: Stage 2, Cesenatico - Soglianio al Rubicone, 156.2 km

Stage 2 photos |

Ben Swift wins a rainy stage in Italy

The Race: Another rainy day of racing in Sunny Italy. On the final ascent Ben Swift dropped the hammer, jumping clear to join a small break on the road. Not content with that, near the stage's end he left his fellow breakaways to solo across the line for both the stage win and the overall race lead.

Overnight race leader Davide Rebellin finished 21st, two and a half minutes behind Swift

Complete Results:

34.411 km/hr average speed. 45 riders abandoned.

1	SWIFT Ben	Sky	4hr 28min 10sec
2	KVASINA Matija	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	@ 16sec
3	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	0:00:21
4	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:00:57
5	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	s.t.
6	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	@ 1min 1sec
7	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	0:01:05
8	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	0:01:07
9	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
10	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:10
11	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	0:01:25
12	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:28
13	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	0:02:12
14	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
15	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	0:02:14
16	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	s.t.
17	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
18	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
19	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	0:02:18
20	REDA Francesco	Team Idea 2010	0:02:21
21	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:02:24
22	PONZI Simone	Southeast	0:03:03
23	SPRENGERS Thomas	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:03:23
24	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:03:27
25	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	0:04:25
26	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:04:41
27	HENAO Sergio	Sky	0:05:22
28	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	0:05:39
29	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	0:05:43
30	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:05:45
31	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:26
32	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:06:31
33	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Meridiana Kamen	0:07:41
34	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	0:07:42
35	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	s.t.
36	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	s.t.
38	GOLCER Jure	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
39	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	0:07:57
40	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	0:07:58
41	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	0:09:38
42	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	0:10:03
43	VIGANO Davide	Team Idea 2010	0:10:06
44	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:10:12
45	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:11:19
46	THALMANN Roland	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
47	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	Colombia	s.t.
48	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	0:11:59
49	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	0:12:11
50	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	0:13:09
51	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
52	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	0:13:13
53	KRIZEK Matthias	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
54	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	0:14:37
55	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	0:14:49
56	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:14:58
57	STIMULAK Klemen	Adria Mobil	0:14:58
58	VAN HECKE Preben	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:15:07
59	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:15:21
60	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	0:16:05
61	RABITSCH Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:16:09
62	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:16:22
63	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
64	SISR Frantisek	Dukla Praha	0:16:49
65	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:17:11
66	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	0:17:14
67	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	0:17:28
68	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea 2010	0:17:39
69	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
70	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	0:17:45
71	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
72	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:17:51
73	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	s.t.
74	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth-Skoda	0:19:19
75	VACCHER Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:19:22
76	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:19:24
78	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:18
79	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:19
80	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:20:22
81	HACECKY Vojtech	Dukla Praha	0:22:44
82	CHINELLO Fabio	Unieuro-Wilier	0:22:45
83	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
84	EARLE Nathan	Sky	s.t.
85	BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	s.t.
86	OLSSON Michael Einar	Trefor-Blue Water	0:22:48
87	JONES Brenton	Drapac	0:23:41
88	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	s.t.
89	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	s.t.
90	GASPARRINI Rino	Unieuro-Wilier	s.t.
91	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	0:23:43
92	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:23:45
93	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
94	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	s.t.
95	MALTAR Bruno	Meridiana Kamen	s.t.
96	KUREK Adrian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
97	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	0:23:49
98	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	0:23:50
99	BIEDERMANN Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	s.t.
100	TOMIO Giacomo	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
101	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
102	D'URBANO Marco	GM Cycling	s.t.
103	CEPEDA Wilson Fernando	Movistar	s.t.
104	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
105	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RusVelo	0:23:58
106	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
107	VERGAERDE Otto	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:24:44
108	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea 2010	s.t.
109	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	0:25:23
110	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:28:04
111	MALUCELLI Matteo	Team Idea 2010	0:29:31
112	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:29:50
113	MUFFOLINI Luca	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:30:20
114	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	0:30:26
115	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	0:32:13
116	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	0:32:47
117	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	0:32:50
118	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	0:32:51
119	KONING Peter	Drapac	s.t.
120	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
121	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	s.t.
122	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:32:55
123	RASMUSSEN Alex	Trefor-Blue Water	0:32:56
124	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	s.t.
125	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:32:58
126	RUFFONI Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	0:33:01
127	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	0:33:02
128	FEDI Andrea	Southeast	0:33:10
129	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	s.t.
130	CAMBIANICA Enea	Meridiana Kamen	0:34:50
131	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	0:36:21
132	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	0:36:22
133	BOTTURA Alessio	Roth-Skoda	s.t.
134	CHICCHI Francesco	Androni Giocattoli	0:36:24
135	MOLANO Sebastián	Colombia	s.t.
136	RAMIREZ Carlos	Colombia	s.t.
137	REPSE Uros	Meridiana Kamen	s.t.
138	STASH Mamyr	RusVelo	s.t.
139	GALVIZ Carlos Johan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
140	BOZIC Jon	Adria Mobil	0:36:33
141	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	s.t.
142	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	0:36:39
143	DAMIANO Maurizio	Team Idea 2010	s.t.
144	ZHUKOVSkyY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	s.t.
145	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:36:42
146	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	0:36:45
147	BERTAZZO Liam	Southeast	s.t.
148	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:36:49
149	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	0:36:50
150	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	0:36:59
151	PETTITI Alessandro	Team Idea 2010	0:37:02
152	CAPELLI Luca	Team Idea 2010	0:37:06
153	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	0:37:11

GC after Stage 2:

268.90 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.122 km/hr

1	SWIFT Ben	Sky	7hr 3min 3sec
2	KVASINA Matija	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	@ 41sec
3	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	Bardiani-CSF	0:00:54
4	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	Colombia	@ 1min 15sec
5	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Sky	0:01:17
6	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	0:01:20
7	AGNOLI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:01:23
8	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:27
9	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Trefor-Blue Water	0:01:30
10	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	0:01:35
11	STORTONI Simone	Androni Giocattoli	0:01:45
12	ZARDINI Edoardo	Bardiani-CSF	0:02:02
13	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-Qhubeka	0:02:27
14	REBELLIN Davide	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:02:33
15	AVILA Edwin Alciviades	Colombia	0:02:36
16	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Trefor-Blue Water	0:02:37
17	MONSALVE Jonathan	Southeast	0:02:48
18	REDA Francesco	Team Idea 2010	0:02:49
19	SANTORO Antonio	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:03:03
20	PETILLI Simone	Unieuro-Wilier	0:03:13
21	NOVAK Domen	Adria Mobil	0:03:46
22	PONZI Simone	Southeast	0:04:12
23	SPRENGERS Thomas	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:04:14
24	CIAVATTA Paolo	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:04:32
25	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	0:04:35
26	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:05:18
27	SPOKES Samuel	Drapac	0:06:14
28	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:16
29	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:06:56
30	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:07:02
31	HENAO Sergio	Sky	0:07:16
32	CHIRICO Luca	Bardiani-CSF	0:07:22
33	BOLE Grega	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:08:07
34	GOLCER Jure	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:08:13
35	ROGLIC Primoz	Adria Mobil	0:08:31
36	MOSCON Gianni	Italian National Team	0:08:41
37	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	0:08:45
38	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	Meridiana Kamen	0:08:59
39	BELLETTI Manuel	Southeast	0:09:01
40	VIGANO Davide	Team Idea 2010	0:10:58
41	PASQUALON Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:11:05
42	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:11:50
43	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	Colombia	0:12:28
44	CICCONE Giulio	Italian National Team	0:13:10
45	FRAPPORTI Marco	Androni Giocattoli	0:13:26
46	MONTANA Freddy	Movistar	0:13:34
47	CARBONI Giovanni	Unieuro-Wilier	0:14:08
48	KRIZEK Matthias	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:14:13
49	ARSLANOV Ildar	RusVelo	0:14:57
50	THALMANN Roland	Roth-Skoda	0:15:22
51	DONATO Riccardo	Italian National Team	0:15:46
52	BALLERINI Davide	Unieuro-Wilier	0:15:48
53	FAJT Kristjan	Adria Mobil	0:15:54
54	PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:16:03
55	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:16:51
56	RABITSCH Stefan	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:17:09
57	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	Androni Giocattoli	0:17:13
58	MARTINELLI Davide	Italian National Team	0:17:16
59	BISOLTI Alessandro	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:17:25
60	GAZZARRA Michele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:18:02
61	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	Colombia	0:18:03
62	FILOSI Iuri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:18:16
63	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:18:20
64	NORRIS Lachlan	Drapac	0:18:22
65	BROGI Adriano	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:18:27
66	ZAMPARELLA Marco	Amore & Vita	0:18:55
67	TIZZA Marco	Team Idea 2010	0:19:06
68	LANDER Sebastian	Trefor-Blue Water	0:19:38
69	BRUNGGER Nico	Roth-Skoda	0:20:12
70	NIBALI Antonio	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:20:25
71	STIMULAK Klemen	Adria Mobil	0:20:31
72	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:32
73	VAN HECKE Preben	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:20:42
74	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-Qhubeka	0:20:58
75	GAFFURINI Nicola	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:21:13
76	VACCHER Andrea	Roth-Skoda	0:21:57
77	SISR Frantisek	Dukla Praha	0:22:13
78	COLLI Daniele	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:23:02
79	OLSSON Michael Einar	Trefor-Blue Water	0:23:13
80	FORTIN Filippo	GM Cycling	0:23:16
81	ROTA Lorenzo	Unieuro-Wilier	0:23:27
82	TECCHIO Marco	Unieuro-Wilier	0:23:43
83	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:23:54
84	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
85	KUREK Adrian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
86	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	Drapac	0:24:12
87	BERLATO Giacomo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:24:27
88	ROE Thimothy	Drapac	0:24:51
89	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RusVelo	0:25:02
90	MALTAR Bruno	Meridiana Kamen	0:25:03
91	TALERO Cristian	Movistar	0:25:24
92	CEPEDA Wilson Fernando	Movistar	0:25:25
93	CLAUSEN Patrick	Trefor-Blue Water	0:25:29
94	SPREAFICO Matteo	Team Idea 2010	0:26:11
95	OCHOA Diego Antonio	Movistar	0:26:47
96	JONES Brenton	Drapac	0:27:30
97	BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael	MTN-Qhubeka	0:27:47
98	HACECKY Vojtech	Dukla Praha	0:28:33
99	BIEDERMANN Daniel	Felbermayr Simplon Wels	0:29:12
100	EARLE Nathan	Sky	0:29:23
101	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	0:29:30
102	TOMIO Giacomo	Roth-Skoda	0:29:37
103	DIETRICH Silvan	Roth-Skoda	0:29:40
104	D'URBANO Marco	GM Cycling	0:29:54
105	RUMAC Josip	Adria Mobil	0:30:01
106	VANOVERBERGHE Arthur	Tosport Vlaanderen	0:30:41
107	VERGAERDE Otto	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:31:19
108	MENDOZA Omar Alberto	Movistar	0:31:50
109	OVECHKIN Artem	RusVelo	0:32:33
110	GASPARRINI Rino	Unieuro-Wilier	0:32:46
111	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RusVelo	0:32:52
112	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	Colombia	0:33:55
113	FEDI Andrea	Southeast	0:34:19
114	CHINELLO Fabio	Unieuro-Wilier	0:34:56
115	CAMBIANICA Enea	Meridiana Kamen	0:36:08
116	TVETCOV Serghei	Androni Giocattoli	0:36:39
117	CONTI Valerio	Italian National Team	0:36:59
118	KONING Peter	Drapac	0:37:44
119	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	d'Amico-Bottecchia	0:37:47
120	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN-Qhubeka	0:37:56
121	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	0:38:27
122	RUFFONI Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	0:38:41
123	ISHIBASHI Manabu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:38:42
124	KOMIN Aleksandr	RusVelo	0:38:44
125	DI FRANCESCO Gianmarco	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:38:45
126	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:38:53
127	HERNANDEZ Jose Tito	GM Cycling	0:39:03
128	FODER Daniel	Trefor-Blue Water	0:39:16
129	RADICE Raffaele	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:39:27
130	STASH Mamyr	RusVelo	0:40:09
131	MALUCELLI Matteo	Team Idea 2010	0:41:31
132	BERTAZZO Liam	Southeast	0:42:01
133	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:42:02
134	MUFFOLINI Luca	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:42:11
135	GALVIZ Carlos Johan	Androni Giocattoli	0:42:17
136	BOTTURA Alessio	Roth-Skoda	0:42:26
137	CAVASIN Daniele	GM Cycling	0:42:29
138	RIIS Thomas Nybo	Trefor-Blue Water	0:42:39
139	DI SANTE Antonio	GM Cycling	0:42:49
140	JIM Songezo	MTN-Qhubeka	0:43:04
141	CAPELLI Luca	Team Idea 2010	0:43:17
142	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	0:45:05
143	RASMUSSEN Alex	Trefor-Blue Water	0:45:30
144	MOLANO Sebastián	Colombia	0:45:38
145	RAMIREZ Carlos	Colombia	s.t.
146	CHICCHI Francesco	Androni Giocattoli	0:45:39
147	LIZDE Seid	Italian National Team	0:45:40
148	DAMIANO Maurizio	Team Idea 2010	0:47:11
149	PETTITI Alessandro	Team Idea 2010	0:47:34
150	REPSE Uros	Meridiana Kamen	0:47:51
151	BOZIC Jon	Adria Mobil	0:48:09
152	BANI Eugenio	Amore & Vita	0:48:10
153	ZHUKOVSKYY Rostyslav	Amore & Vita	0:48:50

Stage 2 photos:

The peloton descends Monte Tiffi

Panorama

Manuel Belletti

Along the way...the Marco Pantani monument in Cesinatico

Bn Swift wins stage 2

Katija Kvasina followed in a few seconds later.

Francesco Bongiorno was third.

Winner Ben Swift after the stage

Ben Swift enjoys his victory

The day's podium, from left: Matija Kvasina, Ben Swift amd Francesco Bongiorno

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Thursday, March 26: Stage 1b, Gatteo 13.3 km team time trial

Stage 1B photos |

The winning team, CCC Sprandi Polkowice A

The Race: Each team was split into two 4-man squads, hence the "A" and "B" team designations in the results below. Davide Rebellin's CCC Sprandi Polkowice was the fastest. Since Rebellin finished in the front group in the morning's Stage 1A road race, he is the overall leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed 53.858 km/hr

Stage 1B photos |

1. CCC Sprandi Polkowice-A: 14min 49sec
2. Sky-A: @ 1sec
3. MTN-Qhubeka -A @ 4sec
4. Androni Giocattoli-A @ 8sec
5. Colombia-A @ 9sec
6. RusVelo-A @ 11sec
7. Trefor-Blue Water-A @ 16sec
8. Italian National Team-A @ 17sec
9. Team Idea-A @ 19sec
10. CCC Sprandi-Polkowice-B @ 20sec
11. Drapac-A @ 22sec
12. Febermayr Simplon-A @ 22sec
13. Southeast-B @ 25sec
14. Bardiani-CSF-A @ 28sec
15. Nippo-Vini Fantini-A @ 28sec
16. MTN-Qhubeka-B @ 31sec
17. Dukla-Praha-A @ 15min 20sec
18. Adria-Mobil-A @ 40sec
19. Topsport Vlaanderen-A @ 42sec
20. MG.Kvis-Vega-A @ 42sec
21. Roth-Skoda-A @ 44sec
22. Bardiani-CSF-B @ 47sec
23. Unieuro-Wilier-B @ 49sec
24. Italian National Team-B @ 50sec
25. Unieuro-Wilier-A @ 50sec
26. FelberMayer-Simplon @ 51sec
27. Nippo-Vini Fantini-B @ 54sec
28. RusVelo-B @ 55sec
29. D'Amico-Bottecchia-A @ 56sec
30. Colombia-B @ 58sec
31. Drapac-B @ 59sec
32. Androni Giocattoli-B @ 59sec
33. Southeast-A @ 1min 0sec
34. Topsport Vlaanderen-B @ 1min 2sec
35. Meridiana Kamen-A @ 1min 9sec
36. Roth-Skoda-B @ 1min 11sec
37. GM Cycling Team-A @ 1min 11sec
38. Movistar-A @ 1min 15sec
39. Dukla-Praha-B @ 1min 16sec
40. Team Idea-B @ 1min 18sec
41. Amore & Vita @ 1min 18sec
42. Adria Mobil-B @ 1min 23sec
43. D'Amico-Bottecchia-B @ 1min 25sec
44. Movistar-B @ 1min 26sec
45. Trefor-Bluewater-B @ 1min 32sec
46. MG.Kvis-Vega-B @ 1min 38sec
47. GM Cycling Team-B @ 1min 43sec
48. Team Sky-B @ 1min 45sec
49. Meridian Kamen-B @ 1min 56sec
50. Amore & Vita @ 1min 58sec

GC after Stage 1b:

1	REBELLIN Davide	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2hr 35min 2sec
2	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
3	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
4	KUREK Adrian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
5	SWIFT Ben	TEAM SKY	@ 1sec
6	DEIGNAN Philip	TEAM SKY	s.t.
7	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	TEAM SKY	s.t.
8	MEINTJES Louis	MTN - QHUBEKA	4
9	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
10	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
11	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	@ 8sec
12	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
13	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
14	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
15	AVILA Edwin Alcibiades	COLOMBIA	9
16	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	COLOMBIA	s.t.
17	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	COLOMBIA	s.t.
18	ARSLANOV Ildar	RUSVELO	11
19	OVECHKIN Artem	RUSVELO	s.t.
20	BOLE Grega	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	16
21	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjorn	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
22	KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
23	OLSSON Michael	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
24	AGNOLI Valerio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	17
25	CONTI Valerio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
26	REDA Francesco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	19
27	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	20
28	MIHAYLOV Nikolay	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
29	KVASINA Matija	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLONN	22
30	SPOKES Samuel	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	s.t.
31	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLONN	s.t.
32	NORRIS Lachlan	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	s.t.
33	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	s.t.
34	GOLCER Jure	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
35	MUHLBERGER Gregor	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
36	GAVAZZI Francesco	SOUTHEAST	25
37	MONSALVE Yonattah	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
38	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI CSF	28
39	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
40	BERLATO Giacomo	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
41	ZARDINI Edoardo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
42	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
43	FILOSI Iuri	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
44	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN - QHUBEKA	31
45	CECCHINEL Giorgio	SOUTHEAST	39
46	ROGLIC Primoz	ADRIA MOBIL	40
47	SPRENGERS Thomas	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	42
48	GAFFURINI Nicola	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
49	VAN OVERBERGHE Arthur	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
50	SANTORO Antonio	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
51	GAZZARRA Michele	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
52	VIGANO Davide	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	43
53	PASQUALON Andrea	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
54	BRÜNGGER Nico	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
55	VENTER Jaco	MTN - QHUBEKA	46
56	CHIRICO Luca	BARDIANI CSF	47
57	BOSWELL Ian	TEAM SKY	48
58	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
59	TECCHIO Marco	UNIEURO WILIER	49
60	NARDELLI Stefano	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
61	BALLERINI Davide	UNIEURO WILIER	50
62	PACCIONI Luca	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
63	MOSCON Gianni	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
64	PETILLI Simone	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
65	CARBONI Giovanni	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
66	CICCONE Giulio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
67	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	51
68	RABITSCH Stephan	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
69	BELLETTI Manuel	SOUTHEAST	54
70	NIBALI Antonio	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
71	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
72	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RUSVELO	55
73	CIAVATTA Paolo	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	56
74	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
75	PARRINELLO Antonino	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
76	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	59
77	ROE Timothy	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	s.t.
78	PONZI Simone	SOUTHEAST	@ 1min 0sec
79	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	COLOMBIA	s.t.
80	FEDI Andrea	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
81	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	1'02
82	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	1'09
83	MALTAR Bruno	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
84	CAMBIANICA Enea	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
85	MENDOZA Omar Alber	MOVISTAR TEAM	1'15
86	SOLIZ VILCA Oscar	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
87	OCHOA Diego	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
88	SPREAFICO Matteo	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	1'18
89	ZAMPARELLA Marco	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
90	TIZZA Marco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	1'18
91	NOVAK Domen	ADRIA MOBIL	1'23
92	TALERO Cristian	MOVISTAR TEAM	1'26
93	MONTANA Freddy	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
94	CEPEDA Wilson Fernand	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
95	CLAUSEN Patrick	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	1'30
96	HERNÁNDEZ José	GM CYCLING TEAM	1'43
97	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	1'45
98	VARGAS Juan David	MOVISTAR TEAM	1'56
99	VACCHER Andrea	ROTH - SKODA	2'26
100	BROGI Adriano	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	2'57
101	FURST Roman	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	3'12
102	COLLI Daniele	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	3'29
103	TEKLEHAYMANOT Temesgen	ROTH - SKODA	3'34
104	STASH Mamyr	RUSVELO	3'36
105	JONES Brenton	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	3'40
106	THALMANN Roland	ROTH - SKODA	3'54
107	FRANKOVIC Mateo	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	4'37
108	CENGIC Filip	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	4'42
109	KONING Peter	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	4'44
110	BERHANE Natnael	MTN - QHUBEKA	4'53
111	EVTUSHENKO Alexander	RUSVELO	4'55
112	SEROV Alexander	RUSVELO	4'55
113	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	5'04
114	BERTAZZO Liam	SOUTHEAST	5'07
115	BIEDERMANN Daniel	TEAM FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	5'13
116	SISR Frantisek	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	5'15
117	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	5'16
118	STIMULAK Klemen	ADRIA MOBIL	5'24
119	KUMP Marko	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
120	DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco	MG.KVIS-VEGA	5'26
121	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
122	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI CSF	5'31
123	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
124	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	5'31
125	DIETRICH Silvan	ROTH - SKODA	5'33
126	ROTA Lorenzo	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
127	DONATO Riccardo	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	5'34
128	TOMIO Giacomo	ROTH - SKODA	5'38
129	ISHIBASHI Manabu	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	5'38
130	KOMIN Aleksandr	RUSVELO	5'39
131	HACECKY Vojtech	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	5'40
132	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	COLOMBIA	5'42
133	GALVIZ Carlos	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	5'44
134	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	5'46
135	FORTIN Filippo	GM CYCLING TEAM	5'53
136	D'URBANO Marco	GM CYCLING TEAM	5'55
137	BOTTURA Alessio	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
138	CACCIOTTI Andrea	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
139	GIAMPAOLO Moreno	MG.KVIS-VEGA	6'00
140	PIETRULA Nicolas	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
141	CAPELLI Luca	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	6'02
142	RUMAC Josip	ADRIA MOBIL	6'07
143	FAJT Kristjan	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
144	CAPOCCHI Thomas	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	6'09
145	JIM Songezo	MTN - QHUBEKA	6'10
146	LANDER Sebastian	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	6'16
147	FODER Daniel	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATE	s.t.
148	ANGARITA Marvin	MOVISTAR TEAM	6'21
149	ROTONDI Matteo	GM CYCLING TEAM	6'25
150	VERGAERDE Otto	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	6'26
151	RADICE Raffaele	MG.KVIS-VEGA	6'27
152	EARLE Nathan	TEAM SKY	6'29
153	CAMPAGNARO Simone	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	6'40
154	HISHINUMA Yukinori	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	6'42
155	KRAUS Jan	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	7'49
156	DUARTE Fabio Andres	COLOMBIA	8'16
157	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI CSF	8'35
158	LIZDE Seid	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	8'41
159	PER David	ADRIA MOBIL	8'47
160	GASPARRINI Rino	UNIEURO WILIER	8'56
161	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RUSVELO	9'02
162	MOLANO Sebastián	COLOMBIA	9'05
163	RAMIREZ Carlos Mario	COLOMBIA	s.t.
164	CHICCHI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	9'06
165	CAVASIN Daniele	GM CYCLING TEAM	9'18
166	MARTINELLI Davide	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	9'25
167	ZAMPILLI Rino	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
168	GIORNI Silvio	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	9'32
169	RIIS Thomas Nybo	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATE	9'39
170	DI SANTE Antonio	GM CYCLING TEAM	9'50
171	PETTITI Alessandro	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	10'23
172	DAMIANO Maurizio	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
173	STAMEGNA Sebastian	GM CYCLING TEAM	10'32
174	RUDOLPH Malcom	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	11'03
175	KOHLER Martin	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL	s.t.
176	CONTI Samuele	SOUTHEAST	11'04
177	HOCHMANN Jiri	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	11'13
178	REPSE Uros	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	11'18
179	RUGOVAC Denis	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	11'20
180	KOHOUT Michal	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
181	LUNARDON Paolo	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	11'22
182	BANI Eugenio	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
183	BOZIC Jon	ADRIA MOBIL	11'27
184	NIKA Iltjan	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	11'29
185	MUFFOLINI Luca	MG.KVIS-VEGA	11'42
186	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	11'49
187	MALUCELLI Matteo	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	11'51
188	SIROL Endi	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	12'00
189	ZHUKOVSKYI Rostyslav	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	12'02
190	LOADER Logan	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
191	CHINELLO Fabio	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
192	GAVAZZI Mattia	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
193	RASMUSSEN Alex	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATE	12'25
194	PADOUR Frantisek	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	12'29
195	FAIETA Emiliano	MG.KVIS-VEGA	13'08
196	POLETTI Nicola	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	13'32

Stage 1B photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Amore & Vita is ready to go

RusVelo on the road

The winning team: CCC Sprandi Polkowice

The winning tea,. Race leader Davide Rebellin in on the left/

Race leader Davide Rebellin

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Thursday, March 26: Stage 1a, Gatteo - Gatteo 101.8 km

Manuel Belletti wins stage 1a

Results:

43.561 km/hr average speed

Stage 1a photos |

1	BELLETTI Manuel	SOUTHEAST	2hr 20min 13sec
2	BOLE Grega	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
3	CLAUSEN Patrick	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
4	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjorn	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
5	SWIFT Ben	TEAM SKY	s.t.
6	AVILA Edwin Alcibiades	COLOMBIA	s.t.
7	GAVAZZI Francesco	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
8	VIGANO Davide	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
9	COLLI Daniele	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
10	PONZI Simone	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
11	SPRENGERS Thomas	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
12	PASQUALON Andrea	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
13	BALLERINI Davide	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
14	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
15	LIETAER Eliot	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
16	PACCIONI Luca	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
17	AGNOLI Valerio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
18	GAFFURINI Nicola	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
19	KRIZEK Matthias	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
20	KISERLOVSKI Emanuel	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
21	KVASINA Matija	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
22	MOSCON Gianni	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
23	ARSLANOV Ildar	RUSVELO	s.t.
24	TALERO Cristian	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
25	KUSTADINCHEV Roman	RUSVELO	s.t.
26	MALTAR Bruno	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
27	SPREAFICO Matteo	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
28	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
29	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
30	KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
31	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
32	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
33	SPOKES Samuel	DRAPAC	s.t.
34	CHIRICO Luca	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
35	PETILLI Simone	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
36	MEINTJES Louis	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
37	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
38	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
39	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
40	HERNÁNDEZ José	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
41	VAN OVERBERGHE Arthur	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
42	ZAMPARELLA Marco	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
43	CUNEGO Damiano	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
44	DEIGNAN Philip	TEAM SKY	s.t.
45	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	TEAM SKY	s.t.
46	MIHAYLOV Nikolay	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
47	QUINTERO Carlos Julian	COLOMBIA	s.t.
48	REBELLIN Davide	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
49	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
50	BERLATO Giacomo	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
51	CONTI Valerio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
52	CIAVATTA Paolo	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
53	REDA Francesco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
54	ZARDINI Edoardo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
55	SANTORO Antonio	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
56	BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
57	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
58	NOVAK Domen	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
59	TECCHIO Marco	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
60	GAZZARRA Michele	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
61	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
62	CARBONI Giovanni	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
63	NORRIS Lachlan	DRAPAC	s.t.
64	RUBIANO Miguel Angel	COLOMBIA	s.t.
65	RAMIREZ Brayan Stiven	COLOMBIA	s.t.
66	NARDELLI Stefano	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
67	KIENDYS Tomasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
68	FILOSI Iuri	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
69	BOSWELL Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
70	MARYCZ Jaroslaw	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
71	KUREK Adrian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
72	NIBALI Antonio	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
73	CICCONE Giulio	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
74	CAMBIANICA Enea	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
75	VACCHER Andrea	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
76	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
77	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
78	GIRDLESTONE Dylan	DRAPAC	s.t.
79	OLSSON Michael	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
80	MENDOZA Omar Alber	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
81	BROGI Adriano	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
82	ROE Timothy	DRAPAC	s.t.
83	OVECHKIN Artem	RUSVELO	s.t.
84	TIZZA Marco	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
85	BOCCHIOLA Giorgio	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
86	TEKLEHAYMANOT Temesgen	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
87	MONSALVE Yonattah	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
88	BRÜNGGER Nico	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
89	GOLCER Jure	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
90	MUHLBERGER Gregor	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
91	ROGLIC Primoz	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
92	RABITSCH Stephan	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
93	SOLIZ VILCA Oscar	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
94	FEDI Andrea	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
95	OCHOA Diego	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
96	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
97	MONTANA Freddy	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
98	CEPEDA Wilson Fernand	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
99	CECCHINEL Giorgio	SOUTHEAST	@ 14sec
100	VARGAS Juan David	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
101	NIYONSHUTI Adrien	MTN - QHUBEKA	@ 0sec
102	PARRINELLO Antonino	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	0
103	THALMANN Roland	ROTH - SKODA	@ 2min 41sec
104	JONES Brenton	DRAPAC	s.t.
105	CENGIC Filip	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
106	STASH Mamyr	RUSVELO	s.t.
107	FRANKOVIC Mateo	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
108	FURST Roman	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
109	VENTER Jaco	MTN - QHUBEKA	0
110	GIAMPAOLO Moreno	MG.KVIS-VEGA	4'22
111	TOMIO Giacomo	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
112	BERHANE Natnael	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
113	VERGAERDE Otto	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
114	BIEDERMANN Daniel	FELBERMAYR SIMPLON	s.t.
115	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
116	DIETRICH Silvan	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
117	KONING Peter	DRAPAC	s.t.
118	JIM Songezo	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
119	FORTIN Filippo	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
120	ROTONDI Matteo	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
121	BERTAZZO Liam	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
122	GALVIZ Carlos	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	4'44
123	D'URBANO Marco	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
124	DELLE STELLE Christian	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
125	ROTA Lorenzo	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
126	EVTUSHENKO Alexander	RUSVELO	s.t.
127	PIETRULA Nicolas	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
128	SEROV Alexander	RUSVELO	s.t.
129	CAMPAGNARO Simone	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
130	STIMULAK Klemen	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
131	RUMAC Josip	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
132	FAJT Kristjan	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
133	KOMIN Aleksandr	RUSVELO	s.t.
134	KUMP Marko	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
135	LANDER Sebastian	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
136	BOTTURA Alessio	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
137	CAPOCCHI Thomas	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
138	KRAUS Jan	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
139	SISR Frantisek	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
140	VALENCIA Juan Pablo	COLOMBIA	s.t.
141	FODER Daniel	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
142	ANGARITA Marvin	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
143	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
144	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
145	CACCIOTTI Andrea	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
146	CAPELLI Luca	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
147	EARLE Nathan	TEAM SKY	s.t.
148	DE TIER Floris	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
149	HISHINUMA Yukinori	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
150	ISHIBASHI Manabu	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
151	DI FRANCESCO Gian Marco	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
152	RADICE Raffaele	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
153	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
154	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
155	HACECKY Vojtech	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
156	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN	s.t.
157	DONATO Riccardo	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
158	MOLANO Sebastián	COLOMBIA	8'07
159	GIORNI Silvio	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
160	GASPARRINI Rino	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
161	DI SANTE Antonio	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
162	DUARTE Fabio Andres	COLOMBIA	s.t.
163	RIIS Thomas Nybo	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
164	STAMEGNA Sebastian	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
165	CHICCHI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
166	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
167	RAMIREZ Carlos Mario	COLOMBIA	s.t.
168	MARTINELLI Davide	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
169	LIZDE Seid	NAZIONALE ITALIANA	s.t.
170	ZAMPILLI Rino	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
171	POZDNYAKOV Kirill	RUSVELO	s.t.
172	CAVASIN Daniele	GM CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
173	PER David	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
174	SIROL Endi	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	10'04
175	MALUCELLI Matteo	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
176	ZHUKOVSKYI Rostyslav	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
177	LOADER Logan	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
178	PETTITI Alessandro	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
179	MUFFOLINI Luca	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
180	BOZIC Jon	ADRIA MOBIL	s.t.
181	FAIETA Emiliano	MG.KVIS-VEGA	s.t.
182	PADOUR Frantisek	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
183	CONTI Samuele	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
184	HOCHMANN Jiri	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
185	LUNARDON Paolo	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
186	REPSE Uros	MERIDIANA KAMEN TEAM	s.t.
187	CHINELLO Fabio	UNIEURO WILIER	s.t.
188	DAMIANO Maurizio	TEAM IDEA 2010 ASD	s.t.
189	RASMUSSEN Alex	TEAM TREFOR - BLUE WATER	s.t.
190	NIKA Iltjan	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
191	POLETTI Nicola	D'AMICO BOTTECCHIA	s.t.
192	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
193	RUDOLPH Malcom	DRAPAC	s.t.
194	KOHLER Martin	DRAPAC	s.t.
195	RUGOVAC Denis	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
196	KOHOUT Michal	TEAM DUKLA PRAHA	s.t.
197	BANI Eugenio	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.
198	GAVAZZI Mattia	AMORE & VITA - SELLE SMP	s.t.

Stage 1a photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

RusVelo waiting for the race to begin.

Davide Cassani: former racer, former broadcast commentator and now Italian National Team manager

Racing across the Italian countryside. Who could ask for more?

Time to climb

Manuel Belletti wins stage 1a

Manuel Belletti is justifiably pleased after the stage.

The podium after stage 1a: left, Grega Bole, Manuel Belletti and Patick Clausen on the right.

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Teams and their important riders:

• Team Sky: Swift, S. Henao
• Nazionale Italiana: Conti, Agnoli
• Drapac Professional Cycling: Kohler
• Androni Giocattoli: Pellizotti
• Bardiani – Csf: Ruffoni, Zardini
• Southeast: Finetto, Ponzi
• Nippo – Vini Fantini: Cunego, Colli
• Colombia: Duarte, Rubiano Chavez
• Rusvelo: Serov
• MTN – Qhubeka: Meintjes
• CCC Sprandi: Rebellin, Bole
• Topsport Vlaanderen: Van Hecke
• Team Trefor – Blue Water: Lander, A. Rasmussen
• Roth Skoda: Thalmann
• Adria Mobil: Kump, Fajt
• Team Idea 2010: Pettiti, Viganò
• MG.KVis – Vega: Gaffurini, Scartezzini
• Amore & Vita – Selle SMP: Luksevics
• Unieuro – Wilier: Ballerini, Petilli
• GM Cycling Team: Fortin, D’Urbano
• Meridiana Kamen: Maltar
• Movistar Team (Continental): Ochoa, Soliz
• Team Felbermayr Simplon: Krizek
• Dukla Praha: Sisr, Hochmann
• D’Amico – Bottecchia: Ciavatta