May 04, 2013 (Naples, Italy) – Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Omega Pharma – Quick Step took the 130km Stage 1 victory in Naples and is now in pink taking the win over Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale in second with Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ in third. Dominque Rollin (FDJ) was the top Canuck with defending champ Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp in 63rd, Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge 69th and Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge in 160th.

Manx Missile in Pink After his 8th Win of the Season
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Mark Cavendish is in the Maglia Rosa after an aggressive final of the 130km Stage 1 of Giro d’Italia on Saturday. The Manx Missile was able to close a gap to Cannondale, Orica-GreenEDGE and Radioshack, launch on the right side, and beat Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) to the line for the opening stage victory in Napoli.

OPQS did a tremendous job for the entire race protecting their leader, chasing down a lone rider — Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) — with a little more than 18km remaining in the stage that featured two circuits. As the peloton began to establish sprint position in the second, shorter 8km eight-lap circuit, five OPQS riders remained at the front for Cavendish. The tempo was set so high that the peloton split. The front group split even more in the final few kilometers, as a crash behind the front left only a few teams with leadouts left to contest the sprint finale.

Gert Steegmans was the final leadout man for Cavendish, but a mechanical caused a setback in his efforts. Cavendish still managed to work his way into close enough position for a win — and his speed, from a few riders back in the sprint, was simply unmatchable.

This is the 25th victory for OPQS, in three disciplines. Cavendish has also won eight races in 2013.

“It was a difficult stage for me, with all the corners and accelerations it was almost like a criterium race or something,” Cavendish said. “The team did an incredible job to stay in the front. Things didn’t go quite so perfect in the end, with Steegmans getting a mechanical problem in the final kilometer, but I made the best of it. I had to catch the GreenEDGE train and that took a lot of energy. Sprinters are ones who can really sprint in the red zone, and I was in the red for most of that. It was really hot out there, but I wanted it so bad. The team worked so hard for me all day, and after the Classics not quite going as planned we wanted to really start getting things right. I’m happy we could win this first stage.”

Jerome Pineau and Steegmans crashed, but without physical consequence while working at the front for Cavendish with about 40kms to go.

“Just because it’s not a big line in the last kilometer doesn’t mean that the team hasn’t done everything to get me there,” Cavendish continued about the work of the team going into the sprint finale. “You would have seen a mastermind from Gert had he not had yet another mechanical this year. He did an incredible job to lead me up in the last kilometers, got on the right wheel and then unfortunately had a mechanical problem. Sure I had to close a gap in the last kilometer but had he not had a complication, you would have seen him lead me to the front and then in the final. So I’m really happy how it went, as the guys rode all day on the front. It’s not easy to sit on the front when you’ve got guys surging and there’s a sprint for every corner. It’s like a series of efforts. It’s not easy to sprint for every corner, brake, accelerate. It’s not easy and the team did that all day before dropping me off at the end. I’m lucky I’ve got the speed to be able to come back like that in the final. I’m really happy today.”

Cavendish also made a bit of a promise with Paul Smith, designer of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Maglia Rosa.

“He said ‘I’m coming to Napoli, but you’ve got to promise you’ll win the jersey for me,'” Cavendish said of his conversation with Smith before the Giro. “I told him I’ll try my best and see what happens. I’m super happy, he’s a great friend of mine. He’s always a supporter whether things are going good or bad. You can see he just loves it. He loves cycling, and he did some laps in the team car today. I’m so happy he’s here. He’s a really great man. What he’s done to design the jersey for the Giro is really incredible. I’m happy to wear it, for him and the team.”

As for the next goals, Cavendish said that the set up of the Giro this year makes the goal of the Red Jersey a particularly difficult task for pure sprinters. He said his bigger goal is victories in the few remaining flat stages that favor the bunch sprints. Also, he noted that the Stage 2, 17.4km TTT will not be as easy as it may seem with a team that won the UCI TTT World Championship in 2012. Still, OPQS will do what it can with a strong bunch of riders.

“We had a more specialist TTT group in Tirreno-Adriatico,” Cavendish said. “We had Tony Martin there, who did about 15km of the 18km on the front. So, it’s a little difficult without a guy like him, but we will do our best. The TTT is a lot more about commitment from the riders and you saw today that we’ve got that. So, we’re going to do everything to keep the Maglia Rosa and have respect for the jersey. We also have respect for each other. We want to try and succeed.”

Results

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

GC after Stage 1

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