Only Sagan and Michael Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) could match the Swiss star when he attacked but neither could keep pace as Kwiatkowski first faded and then Sagan got dropped by Cancellara on the final Paterberg climb.
The Swiss jaggernaut caught and passed Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol who was alone leading at the front, and then time-trialed in for the win by a massive 1:26 margin. Sagan bested Roelandts at the finish for second with Roelandts taking the final podium spot.
Results
1. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack Leopard 6:06:01
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:27
3. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 01:29
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 01:39
5. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
6. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
7. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
9. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
10. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
11. Lars Boom (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
12. Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
13. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
14. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
15. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
16. Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
17. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
18. Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
19. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
20. Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
21. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
22. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
23. Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 01:48
24. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 02:30
25. Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 02:49
26. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling
27. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
28. Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura
29. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
30. Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
32. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
33. Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling
34. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
35. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
36. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
37. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
38. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
39. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
40. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
41. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling
42. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack Leopard
43. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 04:56
44. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
45. Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) Movistar Team 05:40
46. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 05:56
47. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
48. Marco Bandiera (Ita) IAM Cycling
49. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
50. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
52. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
53. Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Crelan-Euphony
54. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55. Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Katusha
56. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
57. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
58. Stijn Devolder (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
59. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
60. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 07:45
61. Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 10:52
62. Russell Downing (Gbr) Team NetApp-Endura
63. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
64. Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
65. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
66. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
67. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
68. Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
69. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
70. Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling
71. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
72. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
73. Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
74. Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
75. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano
76. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
77. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Crelan-Euphony 13:35
78. James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
79. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
80. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
81. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
82. Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
83. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp
84. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge
85. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
86. Edward King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
87. Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
88. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
89. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) Lotto Belisol
90. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
91. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
<b> 92. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar </b>
93. Luke Rowe (Gbr) Sky Procycling
94. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
95. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
96. Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
97. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
98. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ
99. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
100. Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha
101. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura
102. Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
103. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
104. Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
105. Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar
106. Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura
107. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
<b> 108. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale </b>
109. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
110. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
111. Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin-Sharp
112. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
113. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
114. Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling
115. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNS Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNS William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNF Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Rick Flens (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
DNF Adam Blythe (Gbr) BMC Racing Team
DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
DNF Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Peio Bilbao (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Steffen Radochla (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Adrian Saez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF André Schulze (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF David Boucher (Fra) FDJ
DNF Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
DNF Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
DNF Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Sharp
DNF Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
DNF Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
DNF Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha
DNF Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol
DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
DNF Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Movistar Team
DNF Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
DNF Hayden Roulston (Nzl) RadioShack Leopard
DNF Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
DNF Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
DNF Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sky Procycling
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
DNF Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF William Clarke (Aus) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Wesley Kreder (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Tim De Troyer (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Roy Jans (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs-Wanty
DNF Christophe Premont (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
DNF Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
DNF Kevin Claeys (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
DNF Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
DNF Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
DNF Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura
DNF Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp-Endura
DNF Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura
DNF Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team NetApp-Endura
DNF Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Stefano Borchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
DNF Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
DNF Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
DNF Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia