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Friday, April 22: 4th and Final Stage, Malè - Cles, 160.9 km

Stage 4 map

Tanel Kangert (Astana) takes the final stage

The race: Here the report from overall winner Mikel Landa's Sky team.

Mikel Landa prevailed in a nail-biting finish to secure an impressive overall victory at the Giro del Trentino.

The Spaniard stayed remarkably calm under pressure on the final stage in Italy, timing his sprint perfectly to edge into third place, giving him the crucial bonus seconds he needed to clinch the general classification.

An attacking final day heaped the pressure onto Team Sky and Landa, who ended the race with a slender advantage of just two seconds - wrapping up his first stage race victory in the process.

Tanel Kangert (Astana) went into the deciding day just eight seconds off the lead, and the Estonian unleashed a fast finish to make it two victories on the trot - taking 10 bonus seconds in the process.

Undeterred, Landa battled to the head of an elite lead group and bagged the podium place he needed. Phil Deignan helped his team-mate with a remarkable shift late on, battling his way back to the front to chase down a number of dangerous attacks, in addition to setting a strong tempo.

After the finish Landa admitted he was aware of just how fine the margins were, but is happy to now carry winning momentum into next month's Giro d'Italia. "With the bonus seconds at the finish, it was always going to be dangerous today," he confirmed. "When I saw Kangert with Jakob [Fuglsang] I thought they would have a good sprint, but fortunately I was able to take some bonus seconds of my own and keep the jersey. I'm really happy. The team did really good work to keep this jersey.

"It was a difficult day. The last climb was really hard and because of that I lost some team-mates. Fortunately Philip was able to give me some really good support in the final kilometres.

"I think overall my climb on stage two was key. I was able to make some time at the finish to take the lead and make a difference. We lost some time on day one in the team time trial, but we gained it all back the next day. It was a perfect Giro del Trentino for us.

"It'll be really nice for me to arrive at the Giro d'Italia having taken this victory and it will give me more confidence to fight for the maglia rosa. Now I will recover, train hard and then go to the Giro!"

Early in the 161.km test Astana made things interesting by sending Vincenzo Nibali up the road. The Italian was just 2:45 off the fuchsia jersey and that demanded the attention of Team Sky, who rode hard to manage and then pull back the deficit.

With his team-mates pulling off one by one after working tirelessly, Landa was eventually isolated, but showed great presence of mind and awareness to manage his efforts and carve out a hard-fought victory, as well as the mountains jersey. That all ensured back to back success for Team Sky in Trentino, following on from Richie Porte's win in 2015.

Tangert secured second overall, while Astana team-mate Fuglsang came home third, 14 seconds back.

Complete Results:

160.9 kilometers raced at an average seed of 39.057 km/hr

1	Tanel Kangert	Astana	4hr 7min 29sec
2	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
3	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
4	Patrick Konrad	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
5	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
6	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
8	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
9	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	s.t.
10	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
11	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
12	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	s.t.
13	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	@ 4sec
14	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	@ 1min 41sec
15	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
16	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	s.t.
17	Michele Scarponi	Astana	+1' 44''
18	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
19	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 43''
20	Gianni Moscon	Sky	s.t.
21	Edward Ravasi	Italy	s.t.
22	Marco Tecchio	Italy	s.t.
23	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	s.t.
24	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
25	Davide Malacarne	Astana	s.t.
26	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
27	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+4' 09''
28	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
29	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
30	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
31	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	s.t.
32	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
33	Eros Capecchi	Astana	s.t.
34	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
35	Ian Boswell	Sky	s.t.
36	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	+8' 00''
37	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
38	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+8' 06''
39	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+10' 33''
40	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	s.t.
41	João Gaspar	Brazil	s.t.
42	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
43	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
44	Adam Phelan	Drapac	s.t.
45	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
46	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
47	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
48	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
49	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	s.t.
50	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	s.t.
51	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
52	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
53	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
54	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
55	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
56	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
57	Axel Domont	Ag2r	s.t.
58	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	s.t.
59	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
60	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	+13' 54''
61	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
62	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
63	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	s.t.
64	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	s.t.
65	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
66	Paul Voß	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
67	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
68	François Bidard	Ag2r	s.t.
69	Christian Knees	Sky	s.t.
70	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	s.t.
71	José Mendes	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
72	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+17' 34''
73	Peter Koning	Drapac	s.t.
74	Mauro Finetto	Italy	s.t.
75	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	s.t.
76	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
77	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
78	Bartosz Huzarski	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
79	Dominik Nerz	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
80	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
81	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani CSF	+17' 38''
82	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+18' 26''
83	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	+20' 42''
84	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4

• Final GC leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Mountains classification winner: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Sprint classification winner: Antonio Molina (Caja Rural)
• Young rider classification winner: Egan Bernal (Androni Giocattoli)
• Team classification winner (Ag2r)

597.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.524 km/hr

1	Mikel Landa	Sky	14hr 44min 48sec
2	Tanel Kangert	Astana	@ 2sec
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	+14''
4	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+19''
5	Patrick Konrad	Bora-Argon 18	+24''
6	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	+28''
8	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Argon 18	+30''
9	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	+42''
10	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+56''
11	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	@ 1min 11sec
12	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani CSF	+2' 03''
13	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	+2' 04''
14	Michele Scarponi	Astana	+2' 52''
15	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	+3' 35''
16	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	+4' 18''
17	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	+4' 22''
18	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	+6' 21''
19	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	+6' 28''
20	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+6' 48''
21	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	+6' 58''
22	Ian Boswell	Sky	+7' 08''
23	Davide Malacarne	Astana	+8' 10''
24	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+8' 16''
25	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+8' 19''
26	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	+9' 29''
27	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	+10' 07''
28	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	+11' 06''
29	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+11' 14''
30	Philip Deignan	Sky	+11' 43''
31	Edward Ravasi	Italy	+13' 10''
32	Gianni Moscon	Sky	+13' 40''
33	Marco Tecchio	Italy	+13' 54''
34	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+14' 14''
35	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+14' 20''
36	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	+14' 21''
37	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+14' 37''
38	João Gaspar	Brazil	+18' 05''
39	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	+18' 20''
40	Mauro Finetto	Italy	+20' 09''
41	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani CSF	+21' 21''
42	Eros Capecchi	Astana	+21' 24''
43	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	+21' 27''
44	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	+22' 22''
45	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	+22' 38''
46	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani CSF	+23' 09''
47	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
48	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	+23' 43''
49	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+23' 58''
50	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	+24' 12''
51	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	+24' 34''
52	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	+24' 48''
53	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-Argon 18	+25' 33''
54	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+25' 37''
55	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	+25' 49''
56	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	+25' 51''
57	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+26' 04''
58	Paul Voß	Bora-Argon 18	+26' 20''
59	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	+26' 53''
60	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+27' 05''
61	Adam Phelan	Drapac	+27' 07''
62	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	+28' 04''
63	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+28' 08''
64	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	+28' 36''
65	Christian Knees	Sky	+29' 51''
66	Bartosz Huzarski	Bora-Argon 18	+30' 02''
67	Dominik Nerz	Bora-Argon 18	+30' 47''
68	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	+31' 01''
69	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+31' 54''
70	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani CSF	+32' 16''
71	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+33' 18''
72	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+35' 29''
73	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+36' 29''
74	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+36' 33''
75	François Bidard	Ag2r	+38' 13''
76	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	+38' 36''
77	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+39' 00''
78	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	+39' 40''
79	José Mendes	Bora-Argon 18	+41' 10''
80	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+41' 27''
81	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	+43' 24''
82	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	+45' 05''
83	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	+45' 24''
84	Peter Koning	Drapac	+46' 08''

Stage 4 map:

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Thursday, April 21: Stage 3, Sillian - Mezzolombardo, 204.5 km

Stage 3 map

Tanel Kangert wins stage 3

The Race: Here are the orgainzer's remarks about the stage:

Estonian Tanel Kangert claimed a solo win in 40th Giro del Trentino Melinda’s third stage, 204,6 km from Sillian (Austria) to Mezzolombardo (Italy), finished a few minutes ago. Astana Pro Team’s rider attacked before the final kilometer’s banner, kicking alone to victory with a 10-second advantage on Bora Argon 18’s Patrick Konrad and AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet. Team Sky’s Mikel Landa, sixth, kept his GC leadership.

And here's what Tanel Kangert's Team Astana said about the stage:

"It was a dead moment of the race - said Tanel Kangert, arrived solo at Mezzolombardo finish line - and I realized that it was the right time to attack. It was true!"

"I have to thank my teammate Jakob Fuglsang who attacked before forcing our opponents to make effort to take it back. I looked at them in the face and I realized they were very tired so, with 2 km to go, I left. "

"I have not won a major competition since 2012 - a stage at the Tour de Suisse - and I must thank the team and Alexandr Vinokurov for the trust they have always had in me".

With today's victory, the Estonian rider is now second overall only 8 seconds behind the leader Mikel Landa, while Fuglsang is in third position with a gap of 10 seconds.

Tomorrow fourth and last stage; a very nervous race and with many climbs.

Complete Results:

204.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.190 km/hr

1	Tanel Kangert	Astana	5hr 5min 27sec
2	Patrick Konrad	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
3	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
4	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
5	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
6	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
7	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
8	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	s.t.
9	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
11	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	@ 20sec
12	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
13	Mauro Finetto	Italy	+52''
14	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
15	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
16	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	s.t.
17	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Michele Scarponi	Astana	s.t.
19	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	s.t.
20	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
21	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+2' 18''
22	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+2' 27''
23	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
24	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
25	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
26	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
28	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
29	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
30	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
31	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	s.t.
32	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
33	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
34	Davide Malacarne	Astana	s.t.
35	Ian Boswell	Sky	s.t.
36	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	+4' 56''
37	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
38	João Gaspar	Brazil	s.t.
39	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
40	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	s.t.
41	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	+5' 00''
42	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	+5' 30''
43	Adam Phelan	Drapac	+9' 21''
44	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
45	Michele Scartezzini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
46	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
47	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
48	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	s.t.
49	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	Paul Voß	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
51	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
52	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	s.t.
53	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico	s.t.
54	Bartosz Huzarski	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
55	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	s.t.
56	Edward Ravasi	Italy	+9' 27''
57	Gianni Moscon	Sky	s.t.
58	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
59	Marco Tecchio	Italy	s.t.
60	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	+11' 00''
61	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
62	Giacomo Giuliani	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
63	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
64	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
65	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
66	Iuri Filosi	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
67	Axel Domont	Ag2r	s.t.
68	Dominik Nerz	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
69	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	s.t.
70	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
71	Christian Knees	Sky	+12' 50''
72	Eros Capecchi	Astana	s.t.
73	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	s.t.
74	Dennis Paulus	Tirol	s.t.
75	Diego Rubio	Caja Rural	s.t.
76	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
77	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
78	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+13' 25''
79	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+15' 59''
80	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
81	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
82	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
83	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico	+17' 24''
84	François Bidard	Ag2r	+17' 48''
85	Luca Wackermann	Italy	s.t.
86	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	s.t.
87	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+18' 54''
88	Marco Tizza	D'Amico	+19' 31''
89	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
90	José Mendes	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
91	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+21' 21''
92	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Soufiane Haddi	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
94	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
95	Andrea Marchi	Italy	s.t.
96	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
97	Genki Yamamoto	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
98	Kleber Ramos	Brazil	s.t.
99	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	s.t.
100	Evgeny Zverkov	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
101	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
102	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
103	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.
104	Sam Spokes	Drapac	s.t.
105	Patrick Bosman	Tirol	s.t.
106	Fabio Tommassini	D'Amico	s.t.
107	Martin Weiss	Tirol	s.t.
108	Alexander Wachter	Tirol	s.t.
109	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	s.t.
110	Mirko Trosino	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
111	Seid Lizde	Italy	s.t.
112	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
113	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
114	Alexander Serov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
115	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
116	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
117	Luis Mora	D'Amico	s.t.
118	Xabier Zandio	Sky	s.t.
119	David López	Sky	s.t.
120	Alex Peters	Sky	s.t.
121	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
122	Travis Meyer	Drapac	s.t.
123	Peter Koning	Drapac	s.t.
124	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+21' 31''
125	Jens Mouris	Drapac	s.t.
126	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+23' 51''
127	André Gohr	Brazil	+25' 34''
128	Dmytro Ponomarenko	Amore & Vita	+26' 09''
129	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Skydive Dubai	+29' 13''
130	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico	s.t.
131	Marlen Zmorka	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
132	Volodymyr Kogut	Amore & Vita	s.t.
133	TunisiaMaher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
134	Giorgio Bocchiola	D'Amico	s.t.
135	Gian Marco Di Francesco	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
136	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
137	Davide Leone	D'Amico	s.t.
138	Otavio Bulgarelli	Brazil	s.t.
139	Flávio Cardoso	Brazil	+32' 01''

GC after Stage 3:

• GC leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Mountains classification leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Young rider classification leader: Egan Bernal (Androni Giocattoli)
• Team Classification leader: Ag2r

436.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.109 km/hr

1	Mikel Landa	Sky	10hr 37min 23sec
2	Tanel Kangert	Astana	@ 8sec
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	+10''
4	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+15''
5	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	+20''
6	Patrick Konrad	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	+24''
8	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Argon 18	+26''
9	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	+38''
10	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+52''
11	Michele Scarponi	Astana	+1' 04''
12	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 13''
13	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 31''
14	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	+1' 50''
15	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 55''
16	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	+2' 00''
17	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 03''
18	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	+2' 15''
19	Mauro Finetto	Italy	+2' 31''
20	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	+2' 37''
21	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	+2' 45''
22	Ian Boswell	Sky	+2' 55''
23	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 01''
24	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	+3' 34''
25	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+3' 37''
26	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+3' 43''
27	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 44''
28	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+4' 00''
29	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+4' 01''
30	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+4' 03''
31	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+4' 06''
32	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	+4' 22''
33	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	+5' 16''
34	Davide Malacarne	Astana	+5' 23''
35	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+5' 31''
36	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	+6' 35''
37	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	+6' 53''
38	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+7' 01''
39	João Gaspar	Brazil	+7' 28''
40	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	+7' 50''
41	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	+9' 15''
42	Philip Deignan	Sky	+9' 55''
43	Edward Ravasi	Italy	+10' 23''
44	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	+10' 44''
45	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	+10' 50''
46	Michele Scartezzini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
47	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	s.t.
48	Gianni Moscon	Sky	+10' 53''
49	Marco Tecchio	Italy	+11' 07''
50	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-Argon 18	+11' 35''
51	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	+11' 45''
52	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	+11' 51''
53	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	+11' 53''
54	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico	+11' 57''
55	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	+12' 01''
56	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	+12' 18''
57	Paul Voß	Bora-Argon 18	+12' 22''
58	Bartosz Huzarsk	Bora-Argon 18	+12' 24''
59	Iuri Filosi	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+12' 34''
60	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	+13' 06''
61	Dominik Nerz	Bora-Argon 18	+13' 09''
62	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+13' 21''
63	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	+13' 35''
64	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	+13' 59''
65	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+14' 16''
66	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	+14' 34''
67	Diego Rubio	Caja Rural	+14' 52''
68	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+15' 27''
69	Giacomo Giuliani	Norda-MG.Kvis	+15' 40''
70	Christian Knees	Sky	+15' 53''
71	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+16' 07''
72	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+16' 28''
73	Adam Phelan	Drapac	+16' 30''
74	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	+17' 03''
75	Eros Capecchi	Astana	+17' 11''
76	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	+17' 27''
77	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+17' 33''
78	Dennis Paulus	Tirol	+17' 33''
79	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	+17' 39''
80	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	+17' 52''
81	Brendan Canty	Drapac	+18' 34''
82	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+19' 58''
83	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-Argon 18	+20' 22''
84	Luca Wackermann	Italy	s.t.
85	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+20' 30''
86	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico	+22' 23''
87	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+22' 41''
88	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	+22' 49''
89	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+22' 57''
90	Soufiane Haddi	Skydive Dubai	+23' 32''
91	Sam Spokes	Drapac	+23' 48''
92	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+23' 49''
93	Alex Peters	Sky	+23' 57''
94	Evgeny Zverkov	Norda-MG.Kvis	+24' 00''
95	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+24' 03''
96	François Bidard	Ag2r	+24' 15''
97	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	+24' 27''
98	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	+24' 33''
99	Luis Mora	D'Amico	+24' 34''
100	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	+24' 38''
101	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
102	Marco Tizza	D'Amico	+24' 52''
103	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+24' 54''
104	Andrea Marchi	Italy	+25' 02''
105	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+25' 12''
106	Martin Weiss	Tirol	+25' 14''
107	Seid Lizde	Italy	+25' 36''
108	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	+25' 46''
109	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+25' 52''
110	Alexander Serov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+25' 55''
111	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+25' 56''
112	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+26' 03''
113	Mirko Trosino	Southeast-Venezuela	+26' 18''
114	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	+26' 28''
115	Kleber Ramos	Brazil	+26' 34''
116	Genki Yamamoto	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+26' 36''
117	Patrick Bosman	Tirol	+26' 46''
118	Alexander Wachter	Tirol	+26' 49''
119	José Mendes	Bora-Argon 18	+27' 12''
120	David López	Sky	+27' 30''
121	Peter Koning	Drapac	+28' 30''
122	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+28' 53''
123	Nicola Gaffurin	Norda-MG.Kvis	+29' 03''
124	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+29' 07''
125	Fabio Tommassini	D'Amico	+29' 11''
126	Travis Meyer	Drapac	+29' 51''
127	Dmytro Ponomarenko	Amore & Vita	+29' 55''
128	André Gohr	Brazil	+30' 57''
129	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	+31' 07''
130	Davide Leone	D'Amico	+32' 32''
131	Gian Marco Di Francesco	Norda-MG.Kvis	+32' 49''
132	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+32' 50''
133	Volodymyr Kogut	Amore & Vita	+33' 28''
134	Marlen Zmorka	Skydive Dubai	+34' 19''
135	Giorgio Bocchiola	D'Amico	+35' 36''
136	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico	+37' 07''
137	Otavio BulgarellI	Brazil	+37' 09''
138	Flávio Cardoso	Brazil	+40' 01''
139	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Skydive Dubai	+41' 45''

Stage 3 map:

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Wednesday, April 20: Stage 2, Arco - Anras, 220.3 km

Stage 2 map

Mikel Landa finishes well ahead of Sergey Firsanov

The Race: Here is the organizer's telling of the stage's events.

The uphill finish in Anras, Austria, revolutionized Giro del Trentino Melinda’s overall classification. Team Sky’s captain Mikel Landa made the best of the work of his teammates and attacked on the toughest slopes, the final ones of the 2nd stage from Arco to Anras (220 km), immediately opening a gap. Set up by the forcing by Moscon, the Spaniard increased his margin first on the hardest ramps, and then held on up to the finish. Even Vincenzo Nibali, his most expected riva, could not live up to his acceleration, eventually surrendering 32 seconds. The quickest men to react were Firsanov, Cunego, Ciccone and Fuglsang, who finished in the order, but they could not hold Landa.

“I was not sure this second stage would have been enough to make a difference – Landa explained – instead the over 200 km in the legs finally exacted their toll. This climb was perfect to me, and we had planned to push hard from the beginning and test my rivals on the climb. When I turned back and saw that several were on the back foot, I kicked out.”

The longest stage of this Giro del Trentino Melinda started from Arco at 8.45, and was characterized by a breakaway that was allowed to get clear after he first hour at a 43,300 km/h average.  The seven riders upfront –  Foliforov, Berlato, Rodriguez, Mendes, Cardoso, Gaffurini and Schoenberger, reached a maximum advantage of three minutes, but were always kept under control by the peloton, until Astana and Team Sky strongly accelerated as the race neared the Austrian border. Then came the last climb, and there Team Sky made the decisive forcing, launching Landa towards the stage win.

For the Basque rider, it was the second career win in the GS Alto Garda’s race after the success atop the Monte Bondone in 2014, and after also winning a Giro d’Italia stage in Trentino, last year in Madonna di Campiglio. “I love these places, and they are also bringing me good luck. I hope this will not be the only day for me to wear this jersey: I don’t know if I will be the first Spaniard to win Giro del Trentino Melinda, but I certainly feel closer to that goal today.”

Last year’s precedent bodes well for Landa. Already in 2015, a Team Sky rider, Richie Porte, won Giro del Trentino Melinda’s stage 2, wearing the leader’s jersey in the process. We all remember how it ended up.

Tomorrow, Landa and Team Sky will be called to defend their leadership in stage 3, 204 km from Sillian (Austria) to Mezzolombardo (live on TV from 15.00). On the riders’ way will be two climbs, Nova Ponente and Fai della Paganella: the latter will be decisive also in the 16th stage of the upcoming Giro d’Italia. And, who knows, even the top protagonists might be the same.

Complete Results:

220.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.540 km/hr

1	Mikel Landa	Sky	5hr 18min 12sec
2	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	@ 4sec
3	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+13''
4	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+14''
5	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
6	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
9	Patrick Konrad	Bora Argon 18	s.t.
10	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora Argon 18	s.t.
11	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+24''
12	Michele Scarponi	Astana	+26''
13	Edward Ravasi	Italy	s.t.
14	Ian Boswell	Sky	+28''
15	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	s.t.
16	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	s.t.
17	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
18	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
19	Tanel Kangert	Astana	+32''
20	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
21	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
22	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	s.t.
23	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
24	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+39''
25	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Brendan Canty	Drapac	+43''
27	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	+46''
29	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
30	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	+49''
31	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	s.t.
32	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora Argon 18	s.t.
33	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	+52''
34	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+53''
35	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+55''
36	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	+57''
37	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+59''
38	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
39	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	s.t.
40	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
41	Michele Scartezzini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
42	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
43	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
44	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1' 03''
45	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Marco Tecchio	Italy	+1' 07''
47	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+1' 09''
48	Mauro Finetto	Italy	s.t.
49	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
50	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1' 14''
51	Iuri Filosi	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
52	Diego Rubio	Caja Rural	+1' 22''
53	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	+1' 24''
54	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
55	Gianni Moscon	Sky	+1' 26''
56	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	+1' 32''
57	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	s.t.
58	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 35''
59	Soufiane Haddi	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
60	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
61	Andrea Marchi	Italy	+1' 38''
62	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	s.t.
63	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	+1' 44''
64	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
65	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	s.t.
66	Kleber Ramos	Brazil	s.t.
67	João Gaspar	Brazil	s.t.
68	Sam Spokes	Drapac	+1' 47''
69	Giacomo Giuliani	Norda-MG.Kvis	+2' 00''
70	Luca Wackermann	Italy	+2' 04''
71	Dominik Nerz	Bora Argon 18	+2' 07''
72	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	+2' 09''
73	Davide Malacarne	Astana	s.t.
74	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
75	Dennis Paulus	Tirol	s.t.
76	Evgeny Zverkov	Norda-MG.Kvis	+2' 09''
77	Cesare Benedetti	Bora Argon 18	+2' 12''
78	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 21''
79	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
80	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
81	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
82	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.
83	Luis Mora	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
84	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
85	Davide Leone	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+2' 27''
86	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 35''
87	Alex Peters	Sky	+2' 36''
88	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	+2' 46''
89	Dmytro Ponomarenko	Amore & Vita	+2' 50''
90	Alexander Wachter	Tirol	+2' 54''
91	Bartosz Huzarski	Bora Argon 18	+2' 59''
92	Paul Voß	Bora Argon 18	s.t.
93	Christian Knees	Sky	+3' 03''
94	Martin Weiss	Tirol	s.t.
95	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+3' 04''
96	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+3' 06''
97	Gian Marco Di Francesco	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
98	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 14''
99	Volodymyr Kogut	Amore & Vita	+3' 19''
100	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	+3' 35''
101	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+3' 39''
102	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	+3' 45''
103	Seid Lizde	Italy	s.t.
104	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+4' 00''
105	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+4' 11''
106	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
107	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+4' 27''
108	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	s.t.
109	François Bidard	Ag2r	s.t.
110	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
111	Otavio Bulgarelli	Brazil	s.t.
112	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	s.t.
113	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
114	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	s.t.
115	Genki Yamamoto	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
116	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
117	Alexander Serov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
118	Fabio Tommassini	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
119	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+4' 29''
120	André Gohr	Brazil	+4' 35''
121	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	s.t.
122	Patrick Bosman	Tirol	s.t.
123	Eros Capecchi	Astana	s.t.
124	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
125	Mirko Trosino	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
126	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
127	Marlen Zmorka	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
128	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	+4' 38''
129	Giorgio Bocchiola	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+5' 31''
130	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
131	David López	Sky	+6' 09''
132	Peter Koning	Drapac	+6' 29''
133	Travis Meyer	Drapac	s.t.
134	Adam Phelan	Drapac	s.t.
135	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+6' 56''
136	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7' 12''
137	Flávio Cardoso	Brazil	s.t.
138	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
139	José Mendes	Bora Argon 18	+7' 39''
140	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Skydive Dubai	+8' 26''

GC after Stage 2:

• GC leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Mountains classification leader: Mikel Landa (Sky)
• Team classification leader: Ag2r

232.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.030 km/hr

1	Mikel Landa	Sky	5hr 31min 46sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	@ 10sec
3	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+15''
4	Michele Scarponi	Astana	+22''
5	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	+24''
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
7	Patrick Konrad	Bora Argon 18	+26''
8	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora Argon 18	s.t.
9	Tanel Kangert	Astana	+28''
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
11	Ian Boswell	Sky	+38''
12	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	s.t.
13	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
14	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+39''
15	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	+42''
16	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+44''
17	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	+45''
18	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora Argon 18	+1' 01''
19	Matteo Busato	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 03''
20	Edward Ravasi	Italy	+1' 06''
21	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	+1' 08''
22	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 11''
23	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 13''
24	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	+1' 14''
25	Daniel Martínez	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 17''
26	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	+1' 18''
27	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+1' 20''
28	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
29	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 21''
30	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 26''
31	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 27''
32	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 31''
33	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	+1' 33''
34	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
35	Gianni Moscon	Sky	+1' 36''
36	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	+1' 38''
37	Michele Scartezzini	Norda-MG.Kvis	+1' 39''
38	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
39	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+1' 43''
40	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1' 44''
41	Iuri Filosi	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+1' 46''
43	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	+1' 49''
44	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
45	Mauro Finetto	Italy	s.t.
46	Marco Tecchio	Italy	+1' 50''
47	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+1' 53''
48	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	+1' 55''
49	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	+2' 04''
50	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	+2' 05''
51	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 07''
52	Diego Rubio	Caja Rural	+2' 12''
53	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+2' 15''
54	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	+2' 16''
55	Dominik Nerz	Bora Argon 18	+2' 19''
56	Soufiane Haddi	Skydive Dubai	+2' 21''
57	Cesare Benedetti	Bora Argon 18	+2' 24''
58	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	+2' 30''
59	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+2' 31''
60	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	+2' 34''
61	Sam Spokes	Drapac	+2' 37''
62	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+2' 38''
63	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 40''
64	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	+2' 42''
65	João Gaspar	Brazil	s.t.
66	Luca Wackermann	Italy	+2' 44''
67	Brendan Canty	Drapac	+2' 45''
68	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+2' 46''
69	Alex Peters	Sky	s.t.
70	Evgeny Zverkov	Norda-MG.Kvis	+2' 49''
71	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 52''
72	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
73	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 59''
74	Davide Malacarne	Astana	+3' 06''
75	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	+3' 07''
76	Francesco Gavazzi	Androni Giocattoli	+3' 09''
77	Paul Voß	Bora Argon 18	+3' 11''
78	Bartosz Huzarsk	Bora Argon 18	+3' 13''
79	Christian Knees	Sky	s.t.
80	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 16''
81	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	+3' 22''
82	Luis Mora	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+3' 23''
83	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+3' 26''
84	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	+3' 27''
85	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	s.t.
86	Davide Leone	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+3' 29''
87	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+3' 43''
88	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 44''
89	Gian Marco Di Francesco	Norda-MG.Kvis	+3' 46''
90	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+3' 47''
91	Andrea Marchi	Italy	+3' 51''
92	Dmytro Ponomarenko	Amore & Vita	+3' 56''
93	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+4' 01''
94	Martin Weiss	Tirol	+4' 03''
95	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	+4' 23''
96	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	+4' 24''
97	Volodymyr Kogut	Amore & Vita	+4' 25''
98	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	s.t.
99	Seid Lizde	Italy	+4' 25''
100	Eros Capecchi	Astana	+4' 31''
101	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	+4' 35''
102	Axel Domont	Ag2r	+4' 37''
103	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+4' 41''
104	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
105	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+4' 44''
106	Alexander Serov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
107	Giacomo Giuliani	Norda-MG.Kvis	+4' 50''
108	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+4' 52''
109	Dennis Paulus	Tirol	+4' 53''
110	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	+4' 59''
111	Mirko Trosino	Southeast-Venezuela	+5' 07''
112	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+5' 09''
113	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	+5' 12''
114	Marlen Zmorka	Skydive Dubai	+5' 16''
115	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	+5' 17''
116	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+5' 19''
117	Kleber Ramos	Brazil	+5' 23''
118	Genki Yamamoto	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5' 25''
119	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+5' 31''
120	André Gohr	Brazil	+5' 33''
121	Patrick Bosman	Tirol	+5' 35''
122	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
123	Alexander Wachter	Tirol	+5' 38''
124	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	+6' 04''
125	David López	Sky	+6' 19''
126	Giorgio Bocchiola	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+6' 33''
127	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	+6' 37''
128	François Bidard	Ag2r	s.t.
129	Peter Koning	Drapac	+7' 19''
130	Adam Phelan	Drapac	+7' 19''
131	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7' 42''
132	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+7' 46''
133	José Mendes	Bora Argon 18	+7' 51''
134	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	+7' 52''
135	Fabio Tommassini	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+8' 00''
136	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+8' 04''
137	Otavio Bulgarelli	Brazil	+8' 06''
138	Flávio Cardoso	Brazil	+8' 10''
139	Travis Meyer	Drapac	+8' 40''
140	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Skydive Dubai	+12' 42''

Stage 2 map:

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Tuesday, April 19: Stage 1, Riva del Garda - Torbole 12.1 km team time trial

Stage 1 map and profile

Astana hammers out a stage-winning ride

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's stage.

The first round goes to Astana and Vincenzo Nibali. The opening act of the 40th Giro del Trentino Melinda saw the Kazakh team score an emphatic win in the 12.1 km team time trial effort from Riva del Garda to Torbole, giving the edge to the Italian over his expected rival, Mikel Landa and his Team Sky. The two teams inverted their starting order, as the British team was the first down the ramp of the “Garda Trentino Opening” ahead of Astana, but it was immediately clear at the intermediate that the light-blue line-up was absolutely flying on the route.

Fourteen seconds is the gap Mikel Landa had to surrender to Nibali, the same as AG2R’s Romain Bardet and Domenico Pozzovivo, who finished third for a matter of hundredths of seconds. The hopes for the third rider from Trentino to wear the first leader’s jersey vanished as Gianni Moscon could not stretch the tradition: the rider from Val di Non was the first Team Sky’s man to the line, but he eventually had to stand with the KOM and best youngster’s jerseys after day 1.

It was a day of celebration for Astana, and particularly for Nibali’s long-time domestique Valerio Agnoli, who wore the first leader’s jersey of Giro del Trentino Melinda: a well-received reward for the 31-year-old Italian, one of the closest men to the Astana’ leader.

“My relationship with Vincenzo goes well beyond the job – explained the fuchsia jersey – and today he made me a beautiful gift: I was not supposed to be on his wheel at the start, but when he saw where I was he probably decided in a second. At the finish, I didn’t even realize I had passed first!”

The Giro del Trentino Melinda leader’s jersey comes a reward for many years of restless work for his leaders: “I think it’s important in life to do your work with soul and dedication. Life as a domestique is not easy, but I feel blessed to have been riding on the side of great champions like Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali, and I have always felt part of their success. Today, again, the team put on a huge effort, and for once I was on the top of it.”

With the top riders in the space of fourteen seconds, tomorrow the classification is all but certain to be revolutionized by the uphill finish to Anras at the end of stage 2, 220 km from Arco to the Tirol’s town. A 4 km ascent, short and explosive, where many riders could pay the toll after a weary and lengthy effort. “I would obviously like to keep the jersey,” Agnoli said, “but our priority will be to bring Vincenzo in the best position into the final kilometres. And then, there are other teammates I should pay close attention to, namely Michele Scarponi and Jakob Fugslang who are riding great.”

Two things are ensured: we are up for an exciting effort, and we will see a very strong leader on the stage tomorrow. Who he will be, the road will tell.

Complete Results:

12.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.778 km/hr

1	Astana	13min 30sec
2	Sky	@ 14sec
3	Ag2r	s.t.
4	Bora-Argon 18	+16''
5	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+21''
6	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+34''
7	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Southeast Venezuela	+35''
9	Androni Giocattoli	+36''
10	Italy	+44''
11	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
12	Skydive Dubai	+45''
13	Drapac	+54''
14	Caja rural	s.t.
15	Tirol	+1' 02''
16	Brazil	+1' 04''
17	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+1' 06''
18	Amore & Vita	+1' 10''

GC after Stage 1:

1	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	13min 30sec
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	s.t.
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
4	Eros Capecchi	Astana	s.t.
5	Tanel Kangert	Astana	s.t.
6	Michele Scarponi	Astana	s.t.
7	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Astana	s.t.
8	Gianni Moscon	Sky	@ 14sec
9	Mikel Landa	Sky	s.t.
10	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
11	Alex Peters	Sky	s.t.
12	Ian Boswell	Sky	s.t.
13	Christian Knees	Sky	s.t.
14	David López	Sky	s.t.
15	Romain Bardet	Ag2r	s.t.
16	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	s.t.
17	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	s.t.
18	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r	s.t.
19	Axel Domont	Ag2r	s.t.
20	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-Argon 18	+16''
21	José Mendes	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
22	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
23	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
24	Patrick Konrad	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
25	Dominik Nerz	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
26	Paul Voß	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
27	Bartosz Huzarski	Bora-Argon 18	+18''
28	Alexander Serov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+21''
29	Evgeniy Shalunov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
30	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
31	Ildar Arslanov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
32	Alexandr Kolobnev	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
33	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-Rusvelo	s.t.
34	Artem Nych	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+26''
35	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+34''
36	Damiano Cunego	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
37	Iuri Filosi	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
38	Giacomo Berlato	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
39	Antonio Nibali	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
40	Alessandro Bisolti	Nippo-Vino Fantini	s.t.
41	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
47	Matteo Busato	Southeast Venezuela	+35''
48	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
49	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
50	Daniel Martínez	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
51	Samuele Conti	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
52	Simone Andreetta	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Tomás Gil	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
54	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	+36''
55	Egan Bernal	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
56	Rodolfo Torres	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
57	Mirko Selvaggi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
59	Serghei Tvetcov	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
60	Mirko Trosino	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
61	Giorgio Cecchinel	Androni Giocattoli	+38''
62	Xabier Zandio	Sky	+43''
63	Stefano Nardelli	Norda-MG.Kvis	+44''
64	Niccolò Salvietti	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
65	Evgeny Zverkov	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
66	Michele Gazzara	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
67	Gian Marco Di Francesco	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
68	Seid Lizde	Italy	s.t.
69	Luca Wackermann	Italy	s.t.
70	Mauro Finetto	Italy	s.t.
71	Edward Ravasi	Italy	s.t.
72	Matteo Fabbro	Italy	s.t.
73	Michele Scartezzini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
74	Nicola Gaffurini	Norda-MG.Kvis	s.t.
75	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+45''
76	Edgar Pinto	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
77	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
78	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
79	Marlen Zmorka	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
80	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
81	Marco Tecchio	Italy	+47''
82	Soufiane Haddi	Skydive Dubai	+50''
83	Francesco Gavazz	Androni Giocattoli	+52''
84	Adam Phelan	Drapac	+54''
85	Sam Spokes	Drapac	s.t.
86	Peter Koning	Drapac	s.t.
87	Jens Mouris	Drapac	s.t.
88	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
89	Ángel Madrazo	Caja Rural	s.t.
90	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural	s.t.
91	Hugh Carthy	Caja Rural	s.t.
92	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural	s.t.
93	Miguel Ángel Benito	Caja Rural	s.t.
94	Diego Rubio	Caja Rural	s.t.
95	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural	s.t.
96	Blel Kadri	Ag2r	+56''
97	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural	+58''
98	Davide Malacarne	Astana	+1' 01''
99	Genki Yamamoto	Nippo-Vino Fantini	+1' 02''
100	João Gaspar	Brazil	s.t.
101	André Gohr	Brazil	s.t.
102	Caio Ormenese	Brazil	s.t.
103	Flávio Cardoso	Brazil	s.t.
104	Murilo Ferraz	Brazil	s.t.
105	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+1' 04''
106	Martin Weiss	Tirol	s.t.
107	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
108	Patrick Bosman	Tirol	s.t.
109	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
110	Davide Leone	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+1' 06''
111	Giorgio Bocchiol	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
112	Paolo Ciavatta	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
113	Antonino Parrinello	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
114	Marco Tizza	D'Amico-Bottecchia	s.t.
115	Marco Zamparella	Amore & Vita	+1' 10''
116	Pierpaolo Ficara	Amore & Vita	s.t.
117	Volodymyr Kogut	Amore & Vita	s.t.
118	Danilo Celano	Amore & Vita	s.t.
119	Redi Halilaj	Amore & Vita	s.t.
120	Dmytro Ponomarenko	Amore & Vita	s.t.
121	Uri Martins	Amore & Vita	+1' 10''
122	Daniel Ginés	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+1' 13''
123	Magno Nazaret	Brazil	+1' 33''
124	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-Rusvelo	+1' 36''
125	Cristián Rodríguez	Southeast Venezuela	+1' 54''
126	Sergii Movchan	Amore & Vita	s.t.
127	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+2' 06''
128	Brendan Canty	Drapac	s.t.
129	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	+2' 14''
130	François Bidard	Ag2r	s.t.
131	Travis Meyer	Drapac	+2' 15''
132	Andrea Marchi	Italy	+2' 17''
133	Fabio Chinello	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+2' 37''
134	Alexander Wachter	Tirol	+2' 48''
135	Dennis Paulus	Tirol	s.t.
136	Enrico Anselmi	Italy	+2' 50''
137	Giacomo Giuliani	Norda-MG.Kvis	+2' 54''
138	Fabio Tommassini	D'Amico-Bottecchia	+3' 37''
139	Florian Schipflinger	Tirol	+3' 39''
140	Otavio Bulgarelli	Brazil	+3' 43''
141	Kleber Ramos	Brazil	+3' 43''
142	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Skydive Dubai	+4' 20''

Stage 1 map and profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, April 15, 2016:

	Team Sky
1	Mikel LANDA MEANA
2	Christian KNEES
3	Philip DEIGNAN
4	Ian BOSWELL
5	David LOPEZ GARCIA
6	Gianni MOSCON
7	Alex PETERS
8	Xabier ZANDIO
	DS: Dario Cioni, Brett Lancaster
	AG2R La Mondiale
11	Romain BARDET
12	François BIDARD
13	Axel DOMONT
14	Hubert DUPONT
15	Guillaume BONNAFOND
16	Blel KADRI
17	Jean-Christophe PERAUD
18	Domenico POZZOVIVO
	DS: Didier Jannel
	Astana Pro Team
21	Vincenzo NIBALI
22	Valerio AGNOLI
23	Eros CAPECCHI
24	Jakob FUGLSANG
25	Tanel KANGERT
26	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV
27	Davide MALACARNE
28	Michele SCARPONI
	DS: Alexander Shefer
	Italy National Team
31	Mauro FINETTO
32	Luca WACKERMANN
33	Edward RAVASI
34	Matteo FABBRO
35	Andrea MARCHI
36	Enrico ANSELMI
37	Marco TECCHIO
38	Giovanni CARBONI
	DS: Marino Amadori
	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41	Franco PELLIZOTTI
42	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ
43	Francesco GAVAZZI
44	Marco FRAPPORTI
45	Giorgio CECCHINEL
46	Mirko SELVAGGI
47	Serghei TVETCOV
48	Rodolfo TORRES
	DS: Giovanni Ellena
	Bardiani-CSF
51	Sonny COLBRELLI
52	Giulio CICCONE
53	Stefano PIRAZZI
54	Lorenzo ROTA
55	Luca CHIRICO
56	Francesco Manuel BONGIORNO
57	Simone STERBINI
58	Simone ANDREETTA
	DS: Roberto Reverberi
	Gazprom-Rusvelo
61	Alexandr KOLOBNEV
62	Sergey FIRSANOV
63	Alexander SEROV
64	Evgeny SHALUNOV
65	Artem NYCH
66	Alexandr FOLIFOROV
67	Ildar ARSLANOV
68	Alexey RYBALKIN
	DS: Michele Devoti
	Nippo-Vini Fantini
71	Damiano CUNEGO
72	Giacomo BERLATO
73	Alessandro BISOLTI
74	Grega BOLE
75	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI
76	Iuri FILOSI
77	Gianfranco ZILIOLI
78	Genki YAMAMOTO
	DS: Stefano Giuliani
	Southeast-Venezuela
81	Julen AMEZQUETA
82	Matteo BUSATO
83	Samuele CONTI
84	Giuseppe FONZI
85	Tomas Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ
86	Daniel Felipe MARTINEZ
87	Cristian RODRIGUEZ
88	Mirko TROSINO
	DS: Luca Scinto
	Bora-Argon 18
91	Cesare BENEDETTI
92	Emanuel BUCHMANN
93	Bartosz HUZARSKI
94	Patrick KONRAD
95	José MENDES
96	Gregor MUHLBERGER
97	Dominik NERZ
98	Paul VOSS
	DS: Enrico Poitschke
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
101	Eduard PRADES
102	Hugh CARTHY
103	Sergio PARDILLA
104	Diego RUBIO
105	Angel MADRAZO
106	Antonio MOLINA
107	Fabricio FERRARI
108	Miguel Angel BENITO
	DS: Jose Miguel Fernandez
	Drapac Professional Cycling
111	Brendan CANTY
112	Nathan EARLE
113	Peter KONING
114	Gavin MANNION
115	Travis MEYER
116	Lachlan NORRIS
117	Adam PHELAN
118	Samuel SPOKES
	DS: Tom Southam
	Skydive Dubai-Al Ahli Club
121	Francisco MANCEBO
122	Maher HASNAOUI
123	Giuliano KAMBERAJ
124	Soufiane HADDI
125	Marlen ZMORKA
126	Andrea PALINI
127	Ivan SANTAROMITA
128	Edgar PINTO
	DS: Alberto Volpi
	D'Amico-Bottecchia
131	Giorgio BOCCHIOLA
132	Paolo CIAVATTA
133	Fabio CHINELLO
134	Daniel GINES MARTIN
135	Luis MORA
136	Antonio PARRINELLO
137	Marco TIZZA
138	Fabio TOMMASSINI
	DS: Massimo Codol
	Brazil National Team
141	Magno NAZARET
142	Caio GODOY ORMENESE
143	Andre Eduardo GOHR
144	Kleber RAMOS
145	Joao Marcelo PEREIRA
146	Otavio BULGARELLI
147	Flavio SANTOS
148	Maurilio Ferraz AFFOSO
	DS: Estela Farah
	Norda-MG Kvis
151	Gian Marco DI FRANCESCO
152	Nicola GAFFURINI
153	Michele GAZZARA
154	Stefano NARDELLI
155	Niccolò SALVIETTI
156	Michele SCARTEZZINI
157	Evgeni ZVERKOV
158	Giacomo GIULIANI
	DS: Maurizio Frizzo
	Tirol Cycling Team
161	Clemens FANKHAUSER
162	Benjamin BRKIC
163	Patrick BOSMAN
164	Sebastian SCHONBERGER
165	Dennis PAULUS
166	Florian SCHIPFLINGER
167	Martin WEISS
168	Alexander WACHTER
	DS: Hannes Kapeller
	Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
171	Pierpaolo FICARA
172	Danilo CELANO
173	Marco ZAMPARELLA
174	Redi HALILAJ
175	Sandoval URI MARTINS
176	Sergii MOVCHAN
177	Volodymyr KOGUT
178	Dmytro PONOMARENKO
	DS: Francesco Frassi