2023 Giro d'Italia stage 8 by BikeRaceInfo

Ben Healy wins stage eight. EF Procycling photo

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Weather at the finish city of Fossombrone at 1:50 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind fom the northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain.

The race: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) tested positive for Covid-19 and did not start. Lars Van Den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) also did not start. Early in the stage Samuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani), Florian Stork (Team DSM) & David Dekker (Arkea-Samsic) abandoned.

Here's the report from GC leader Andreas Leknessund's Team DSM:

A fast start was expected as the peloton rolled out of Terni on Saturday afternoon and that’s exactly what they got, with a fierce and ferocious fight to make the breakaway. Unfortunately, Florian Stork had to abandon the race in the opening 50 kilometres; having fallen sick last night, the opening for today’s stage proved too much for him. The rest of the team rolled with the attacks well, covering any dangerous moves and the pink jersey himself Andreas Leknessund sneaking into one of the groups that had a brief lead.

Eventually proceedings calmed down and a large 13 rider group went clear. With no immediate threat to the GC lead, the team took stock before Martijn Tusveld and Jonas Iversby Hvideberg began to set tempo in the valley roads so that the gap didn’t grow out too far as Barguil was roughly six minutes behind Leknessund at the start of the day. Looking to hold onto the jersey, the team also didn’t want the gap to get too close and entice a battle for the stage win as well amongst the peloton and give the GC riders the opportunity to go for bonus seconds.

Managing the gap perfectly, the breakaway held onto an advantage of five minutes going onto into the last 50 kilometres of the day where the climbing resumed. Niklas Märkl, Alberto Dainese, Marius Mayrhofer and Harm Vanhoucke kept the tempo high so that Leknessund was in a good position for when the action started. As the kilometres and climbs ticked by the GC group thinned down, while ahead Healy would go on to claim the spoils from the break.

Ben Healy, off the front and on his way to winning stage eight. Sirotti photo

On the last ascent there were attacks in the GC group with Roglic going on the charge. Riding brilliantly, Leknessund was one of the only few riders who could respond to his initial acceleration. The steep ramps continued and the race leader had to let go of the wheels, but Leknessund fought valiantly over the top and found himself in another group of riders. Going all-in to the line, it was enough for Leknessund and Team DSM to retain the race lead by eight seconds ahead of tomorrow’s individual time trial.

“I’m really happy and proud of how we rode as a team,” said a delighted Leknessund at the finish. “I got the chance to really fight for it today. We can expect that I will probably lose the jersey tomorrow but it’s super nice to let’s say ‘finish’ with a proper fight like we had today. I wanted to leave it all out there today. The guys helped me to claim my spot in the bunch all day and then I did what I could in the final. I’m really happy about these days we’ve had in pink and I’m also going to enjoy tomorrow like I have done every day so far.”

Team DSM coach Matt Winston continued: “What a day. The guys did another really good job controlling the breakaway and making sure the peloton wasn’t racing for the victory. We had some fireworks from the GC guys, which we did expect. Andreas was super attentive, following the attacks and really going all-in there to do the jersey proud. That’s what he did, finishing with an eight second lead still in the race. I think the whole team can be proud of the last five days and we can really look forward to the time trial tomorrow and the coming weeks.”

Complete results:

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207 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.671 km/hr

1	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 44min 24sec
2	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 1min 49sec
3	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
4	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
5	Carlos Verona	Movistar	2:12
6	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:37
7	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	3:51
8	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:56
9	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:00
10	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	4:34
11	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	François Bidard	Cofidis	4:41
14	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	4:48
15	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
19	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	5:08
23	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	5:34
28	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	5:36
29	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	William Barta	Movistar	6:02
35	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
36	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	6:08
38	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	6:41
45	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	7:21
46	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:29
47	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	7:48
49	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	8:32
50	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	9:03
51	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	10:58
55	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	11:57
56	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	11:58
58	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	12:37
59	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	19:20
60	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	20:36
61	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
62	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
65	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
71	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
90	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
95	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:18
100	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
102	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	22:34
104	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	24:53
105	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
107	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
109	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
111	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
114	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
116	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
118	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
120	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
121	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
122	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
125	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
128	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
131	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
132	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
137	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
139	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
140	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
141	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
142	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
143	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
144	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
145	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
147	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
148	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
150	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
151	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
152	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
153	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
154	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
155	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
157	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
158	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
159	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:07
160	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
161	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
162	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
163	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	25:18
164	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

GC after stage 8:

GC leader: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
Mountains classification leader: Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1,367.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.379 km/hr

1	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	33hr 52min 10sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 8sec
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	0:38
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:40
5	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:52
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
7	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:58
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	1:26
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:39
10	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:54
11	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	1:55
12	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:03
13	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	2:06
14	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:26
15	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:27
16	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	2:32
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
18	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:01
19	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3:20
21	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:29
22	William Barta	Movistar	4:12
23	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	4:26
24	Einer Rubio	Movistar	4:29
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	5:55
26	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	6:04
27	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	6:59
28	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	9:07
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	9:08
30	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	9:09
31	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	9:52
32	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	10:22
33	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	10:25
34	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	10:52
35	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	12:14
36	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	12:16
37	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12:31
38	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	13:00
39	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	13:45
40	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	14:37
41	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	16:01
42	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	16:04
43	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	16:06
44	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	20:45
45	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	20:59
46	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	21:11
47	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	22:25
48	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	22:32
49	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	23:35
50	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	23:53
51	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	24:42
52	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	24:43
53	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	24:54
54	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	28:40
55	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	29:33
56	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	30:31
57	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	33:17
58	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	33:18
59	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	33:36
60	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:18
61	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	36:08
62	François Bidard	Cofidis	37:10
63	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	38:32
64	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	39:06
65	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	39:11
66	Carlos Verona	Movistar	39:45
67	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	40:37
68	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	41:51
69	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	43:10
70	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	44:04
71	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	45:01
72	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	46:33
73	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	47:53
74	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	48:15
75	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	48:19
76	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	48:47
77	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	49:15
78	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	49:59
79	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	50:07
80	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	52:24
81	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	52:45
82	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	54:21
83	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	54:27
84	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	54:39
85	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	54:41
86	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	55:21
87	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	56:36
88	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	56:42
89	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	57:40
90	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	57:55
91	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	58:32
92	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	59:32
93	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	59:55
94	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:01:17
95	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:01:34
96	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	1:02:12
97	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	1:03:21
98	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03:25
99	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	1:04:14
100	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:04:21
101	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:04:56
102	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:05:31
103	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:07:38
104	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	1:08:02
105	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:08:38
106	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:08:43
107	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:08:45
108	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:52
110	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:09:18
112	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	1:10:17
113	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:10:20
114	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	1:10:42
115	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:12:46
116	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:12:59
117	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:13:57
118	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:16:45
119	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:17:16
120	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19:03
121	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:19:29
122	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:19:38
123	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	1:21:44
124	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	1:22:46
125	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	1:23:22
126	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23:52
127	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:25:39
128	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:26:32
129	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:26:59
130	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:27:28
131	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:28:07
132	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:29:28
133	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:29:35
134	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:31:47
135	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32:15
136	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	1:33:42
137	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	1:35:09
138	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	1:35:51
139	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
140	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:36:19
141	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	1:36:26
142	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:36:45
143	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:37:40
144	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:38:49
145	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:39:24
146	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:39:36
147	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:40:01
148	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	1:40:07
149	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:40:31
150	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:42:56
151	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:43:17
152	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:43:43
153	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	1:46:41
154	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:47:18
155	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:48:04
156	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	1:48:15
157	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:48:16
158	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	1:48:19
159	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	1:48:34
160	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:49:44
161	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:51:06
162	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	1:52:49
163	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:53:30
164	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:55:54