Well what a stunning Giro d’Italia that was. Without further ado, here are the final results!
Final General Classification:
Who can deny that Ricco deserved to win this? He took the jersey after a smart attack on stage 4 and he hasn’t taken it off since. He won the hilly stages 6 and 17, as well as the finish on top of Etna in stage 9. He was rarely far away from the front of the race and usually did what was required of him to close down attacks when they came.
Sella comes in second with 5 wins on summit finishes. He is more of a pure climber than Ricco and that is, in the end, what cost him the race. Ricco could use his skills as a puncheur to pull out a buffer early int eh race and then his superior time trialing abilities won him the race. All in all though, Sella should not be too disappointed in his results – 5 stage wins and 2nd on GC should never be a cause for disappointment.
1
Riccardo Ricco
Bacardi - Ignis
92h18'59
2
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
+ 18
3
Domenico Pozzovivo
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 3'28
4
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 6'53
5
Andrei Amador
UBS - La Pierre
+ 9'51
6
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - Vittel
+ 12'03
7
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 15'48
8
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 16'08
9
Bernhard Kohl
Sony Ericsson
+ 20'04
10
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 24'31
11
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 26'02
12
Mauricio Ardila
Jack Wolfskin
+ 30'57
13
Stijn Devolder
Spyker Cars
+ 33'34
14
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 40'21
15
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 43'39
16
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 47'31
17
Yannick Talabardon
Warner Brothers
+ 51'54
18
Sergio Ghisalberti
Webeffect
+ 52'42
19
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 55'21
20
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 1h03'49
21
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h05'25
22
Marco Marzano
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 1h05'58
23
Johnny Hoogerland
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h09'33
24
Dario Cataldo
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h10'52
25
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h11'29
26
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h12'58
27
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1h13'57
28
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h15'11
29
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h16'39
30
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h19'01
31
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h22'16
32
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h24'24
33
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 1h32'16
34
Jaime Suaza
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h32'27
35
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h32'57
36
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h36'54
37
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - Vittel
+ 1h37'17
38
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
+ 1h37'38
39
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h39'30
40
Francesco Bellotti
Spyker Cars
+ 1h40'39
41
Guillaume Levarlet
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h41'57
42
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
+ 1h46'03
43
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h47'19
44
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h50'27
45
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 1h51'12
46
Mattia Cattaneo
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 1h52'37
47
Dmitri Grabovski
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h57'48
48
Aleksandar Flügel
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 1h59'56
49
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 2h08'17
50
Francisco Matamoros
Webeffect
+ 2h08'31
51
Rinaldo Nocentini
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2h10'15
52
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2h12'16
53
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2h14'36
54
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2h15'37
55
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2h16'46
56
Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
Café de Colombia
+ 2h17'20
57
Diego Gallego
Warner Brothers
+ 2h22'45
58
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2h23'03
59
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 2h24'54
60
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h30'53
61
Edwin Orozco
Café de Colombia
+ 2h30'59
62
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2h32'03
63
Christian Pfannberger
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 2h33'18
64
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h36'09
65
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h36'57
66
Ran Margaliot
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2h38'54
67
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2h41'05
68
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 2h42'40
69
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 2h42'42
70
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 2h44'33
71
Alexis Castro Rodriguez
Warner Brothers
+ 2h45'14
72
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 2h49'57
73
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2h56'57
74
Diego Alejandro Montoya
Café de Colombia
+ 3h02'44
75
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 3h09'37
76
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
+ 3h10'11
77
Christian Meier
Wikipedia
+ 3h11'04
78
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3h12'15
79
Winner Anacona
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 3h18'00
80
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 3h22'11
81
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 3h26'36
82
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 3h33'39
83
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 3h34'20
84
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
+ 3h34'22
85
Mathieu Perget
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 3h34'47
86
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 3h34'48
87
Denis Vorontsov
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3h35'33
88
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3h35'49
89
Diego Ulissi
Festina - Conec
+ 3h45'57
90
Roberto Traficante
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
+ 3h48'34
91
Jude Libert
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3h52'29
92
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 4h01'22
93
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
+ 4h02'37
94
Honorio Machado
Café de Colombia
+ 4h08'51
95
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 4h15'56
96
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 4h19'24
97
Jonas Ljungblad
Festina - Conec
+ 4h20'38
98
Jean-François Camier
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 4h21'24
99
Jelle Wallays
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 4h28'54
100
Blel Kadri
Spyker Cars
+ 4h47'10
101
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 4h50'00
102
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
+ 5h01'19
103
Andrea Moletta
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 5h08'40
104
Adam Semple
Wikipedia
+ 5h08'56
105
Jan Ghyselinck
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 5h12'11
106
Jure Kocjan
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 5h12'18
107
Hernâni Broco
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 5h17'56
108
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 5h18'13
109
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 5h21'42
110
Richie Porte
Milka - Vittel
+ 5h23'17
111
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 5h28'53
112
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 5h30'36
113
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 5h34'32
114
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 5h41'31
115
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 5h44'11
116
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 5h48'45
117
Gracjan Lejman
Wikipedia
+ 5h56'55
118
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 5h59'52
119
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 6h00'44
120
Leigh Howard
Milka - Vittel
+ 6h02'29
121
Gediminas Bagdonas
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 6h02'59
122
Michael Schär
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 6h08'49
123
Timothy Vangheel
Wikipedia
+ 6h12'14
124
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
+ 6h13'21
125
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 6h13'50
126
Gianluca Cavalli
Team D
+ 6h19'18
127
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 6h19'29
128
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 6h19'38
129
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 6h21'49
130
Pedro Merino Criado
Santander
+ 6h27'13
131
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 6h27'36
132
Richard Cleaver
Wikipedia
+ 6h35'11
133
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 6h39'28
134
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 6h40'23
135
Fabio Sabatini
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 6h42'22
136
Jacopo Guarnieri
Pearl Adidas
+ 6h43'44
137
Alberto Loddo
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 6h50'16
138
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
+ 6h52'29
139
Mauro Richeze
Pearl Adidas
+ 6h56'43
Final Points Classification:
Ricco takes out the points classification as well, which is hardly surprising given that he was rarely off the podium when the break didn’t win. He even gained a lot of points in bunch sprints.
1
Riccardo Ricco
Bacardi - Ignis
285
2
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
184
3
Domenico Pozzovivo
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
178
4
Andrei Amador
UBS - La Pierre
171
5
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio-Accumalux
171
6
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
102
7
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
98
8
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
92
9
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - Vittel
89
10
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
82
11
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
79
12
David Arroyo
Santander
58
13
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
56
14
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
52
15
Bernhard Kohl
Sony Ericsson
49
16
Stijn Devolder
Spyker Cars
48
17
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
41
18
Marco Marzano
VolksWagen - Siemens
41
19
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
41
20
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
41
21
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
40
22
Aleksandar Flügel
VolksWagen - Siemens
37
23
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
35
24
Honorio Machado
Café de Colombia
34
25
Óscar Guerao
Santander
31
26
Mauricio Ardila
Jack Wolfskin
26
27
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
25
28
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
25
29
Francesco Ginanni
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
24
30
Diego Ulissi
Festina - Conec
24
31
Andrea Moletta
Pendleton's Twicer
24
32
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
22
33
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
22
34
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
22
35
Guillaume Levarlet
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
21
36
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
21
37
André Steensen
Team B&O
20
38
Jacopo Guarnieri
Pearl Adidas
20
39
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
17
40
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
16
41
Dario Cataldo
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
15
42
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
15
43
Francesco Bellotti
Spyker Cars
14
44
Dmitri Grabovski
Bacardi - Ignis
12
45
Gracjan Lejman
Wikipedia
12
46
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
12
47
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
10
48
Diego Alejandro Montoya
Café de Colombia
10
49
Blel Kadri
Spyker Cars
10
50
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen - Siemens
9
51
Jaime Suaza
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
9
52
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
9
53
Richie Porte
Milka - Vittel
9
54
Pedro Merino Criado
Santander
9
55
Timothy Vangheel
Wikipedia
8
56
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
8
57
Yannick Talabardon
Warner Brothers
7
58
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
7
59
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
7
60
Leigh Howard
Milka - Vittel
7
61
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
6
62
Christian Meier
Wikipedia
6
63
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
6
64
Alberto Loddo
VolksWagen - Siemens
6
65
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
6
66
Sergio Ghisalberti
Webeffect
5
67
Hernâni Broco
Nestlé Cycling Team
5
68
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
5
69
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
4
70
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
4
71
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
4
72
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
4
73
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
3
74
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
2
75
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
2
76
Winner Anacona
VolksWagen - Siemens
2
77
Jude Libert
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
2
78
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
2
79
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
2
80
Michael Schär
Nestlé Cycling Team
2
81
Richard Cleaver
Wikipedia
2
82
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
1
Final Mountain Classification:
If Ricco was the King of this year’s Giro then Sella was the King of the climbs. Whenever he attacked it was a big moment and so the green jersey will have to act as his consolation prize for second place.
1
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
138
2
Riccardo Ricco
Bacardi - Ignis
108
3
Domenico Pozzovivo
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
82
4
Marco Marzano
VolksWagen - Siemens
77
5
Andrei Amador
UBS - La Pierre
76
6
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - Vittel
42
7
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
42
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio-Accumalux
39
9
Christian Meier
Wikipedia
38
10
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
26
11
Guillaume Levarlet
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
23
12
Richie Porte
Milka - Vittel
23
13
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
22
14
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
22
15
Gracjan Lejman
Wikipedia
22
16
Matteo Carrara
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
19
17
Sergio Ghisalberti
Webeffect
18
18
Diego Alejandro Montoya
Café de Colombia
18
19
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
16
20
Edwin Orozco
Café de Colombia
16
21
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
16
22
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
16
23
David Arroyo
Santander
15
24
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
15
25
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
14
26
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio-Accumalux
13
27
Jude Libert
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
13
28
Bernhard Kohl
Sony Ericsson
12
29
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
12
30
Stijn Devolder
Spyker Cars
10
31
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
10
32
Aleksandar Flügel
VolksWagen - Siemens
10
33
Dmitri Grabovski
Bacardi - Ignis
10
34
Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
Café de Colombia
10
35
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
10
36
Winner Anacona
VolksWagen - Siemens
10
37
Jonas Ljungblad
Festina - Conec
10
38
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
9
39
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
8
40
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - Vittel
8
41
Francisco Matamoros
Webeffect
8
42
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
8
43
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
8
44
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
8
45
Blel Kadri
Spyker Cars
7
46
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
7
47
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
6
48
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
6
49
Mattia Cattaneo
Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
6
50
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
6
51
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
6
52
Christian Pfannberger
VolksWagen - Siemens
6
53
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
6
54
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
6
55
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
5
56
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
5
57
Adam Semple
Wikipedia
4
58
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
4
59
Leigh Howard
Milka - Vittel
3
60
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
3
61
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
2
62
Rinaldo Nocentini
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
1
63
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
1
Final Young Rider Classification:
Henao and Denifl had a close competition for this jersey earlier in the race but in the end what won it for Henao was the fact that he was just more consistent. He didn’t have any days losing a lot of time due to poor positioning.
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - Vittel
92h31'02
2
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 4'05
3
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 35'28
4
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 43'18
5
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen - Siemens
+ 51'46
6
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 53'22
7
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1h01'54
8
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h03'08
9
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h04'36
10
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h12'21
Final Team Classification:
In what proved to be a close-fought battle between Vesuvio and Vespa, the ProTour team won out in the end thanks to their magnificent amount of climbing talent. Vespa made up a lot of time by getting into the right breaks, whereas Vesuvio was forced to do a lot of pace-setting. Also worth mentioning when talking about teams are the following teams, who had 9 riders finish in this brutally hard race: Pearl, Pendleton’s, Wikipedia and Warner Brothers.