La prima tappa del Giro di Romandia 2013 si è conclusa allo sprint e ha visto il trionfo di Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) davanti ai nostri Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Leopard) e Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida).
Per la squadra belga è il 22ª successo del 2013 (se si sommano anche le vittorie ottenute in pista e nel ciclocross) mentre per Meersman è il terzo centro stagionale. Ecco cosa ha dichiarato il belga subito dopo l’arrivo:
«Non è stata una tappa facile, il finale era molto caotico, a 500 metri dal traguardo ho dovuto frenare. Il nostro obiettivo di oggi era vincere la tappa con Mark (Cavendish) oppure con me. Sfortunatamente Mark ha avuto un problema meccanico proprio all’inizio dell’ultima salita di giornata, così la squadra ha puntato su di me. Peter Velits mi ha portato sulla ruota di Matthew Goss ma non ho voluto aspettare e sono partito. Ho pensato: se mi passano pazienza ma posso giocarmela. Se ho vinto questo sprint contro velocisti così forti significa che sono in grande condizione. Adesso il mio obiettivo è quello di vincere un’altra tappa.»
Ordine d’arrivo della 1ª tappa:
1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 4:29:09
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
3 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
5 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
8 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
9 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol
10 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
11 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol
12 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
13 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
14 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team
15 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha
16 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
17 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
18 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano
19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol
20 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale
21 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
25 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano
26 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
28 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
29 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
31 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
32 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team
33 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling
34 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
35 Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling
36 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
37 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
38 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
40 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
41 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
42 Rémi Cusin (Fra) IAM Cycling
43 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
44 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp
45 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
46 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
48 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
49 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
50 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol
51 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team
53 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
54 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
55 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
56 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
57 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
58 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
59 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
60 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
61 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
62 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
63 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
67 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
68 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
69 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
70 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
71 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
73 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling
74 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
75 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
77 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
78 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
79 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
80 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
81 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
82 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
83 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
84 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
85 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
87 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
88 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
89 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ
90 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
91 Peio Bilbao (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
92 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
93 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
94 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
95 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida
96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
97 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
99 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
100 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
101 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha
102 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
103 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
104 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling
105 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
107 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
108 Marc Goos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
109 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
110 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
111 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
112 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
113 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
114 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
115 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard
116 Bram Tankink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
117 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ
118 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
119 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
120 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
121 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
122 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
123 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
125 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
126 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
127 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
128 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
129 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
131 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
132 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
133 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol
134 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
135 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
136 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
137 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
138 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
139 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
140 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack Leopard
141 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling
142 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
143 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
144 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
146 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
147 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
148 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
149 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:19
150 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
151 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
152 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:01:13
153 Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:08
154 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:27
155 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:06:39
156 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:09:41
157 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
158 Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling
159 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp
160 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
161 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:11:21
162 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
163 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar
164 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sky Procycling
165 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
166 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
DNS Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNS Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
Classifica generale:
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 4:42:24
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:06
3 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:13
4 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:15
5 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:16
6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:17
7 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:00:18
11 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
12 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:19
13 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:22
14 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:23
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 0:00:26
16 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:29
18 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:00:31
21 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
22 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:32
23 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:33
24 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
25 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
26 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:34
27 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
28 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:00:35
30 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
31 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:37
32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:40
33 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:00:43
34 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:45
35 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:46
36 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
37 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:47
38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
39 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ
40 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:48
41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
42 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling
43 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:49
45 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:50
46 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida
47 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
48 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:51
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha
50 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
51 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:52
52 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:53
53 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
54 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:54
56 Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:56
57 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
58 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
59 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:58
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:00:59
61 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
62 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:00
63 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:01
64 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
65 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:02
66 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:01:05
67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
68 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol
69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
70 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:06
71 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:01:08
72 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
73 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0:01:10
74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ 0:01:11
75 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
77 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:12
78 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:13
79 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
80 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
81 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
82 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:14
83 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
84 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ 0:01:15
85 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
86 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
87 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:01:16
88 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:17
89 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 0:01:18
90 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
91 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:19
92 Peio Bilbao (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:20
93 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:21
94 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:22
95 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:23
97 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
98 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 0:01:24
99 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01:25
101 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:27
102 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
103 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano 0:01:28
104 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano 0:01:32
105 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
107 Rémi Cusin (Fra) IAM Cycling
108 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
109 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:01:33
110 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:01:34
111 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:36
112 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
113 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
114 Marc Goos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01:39
115 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:41
116 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
117 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 0:01:43
118 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
119 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:44
120 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
121 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:45
122 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
123 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
125 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
126 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
127 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
128 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard 0:01:46
129 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:47
130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:01:49
131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:50
132 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 0:01:54
133 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team
134 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
135 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:56
136 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
137 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
138 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:57
139 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 0:01:59
140 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 0:02:04
141 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:06
142 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:02:07
143 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 0:02:09
144 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:13
145 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:02:16
146 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:19
147 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:29
148 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:30
149 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:32
150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:02:49
151 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:03:15
152 Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 0:03:54
153 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:03:55
154 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:05
155 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:08:46
156 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:10:44
157 Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling 0:10:50
158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:11:20
159 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:11:25
160 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 0:12:52
161 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 0:13:03
162 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:13:27
163 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:13:31
164 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:13:40
165 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:14:11
166 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 0:14:42
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