2014 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

Wednesday, May 7: Pre-race press conference photos

Stage 1: Friday, May 9, Belfast - Belfast Team Time Trial, 21.7 km

Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Orica GreenEdge

The Race: Orica-GreenEdge was the second team off and this played well to their advantage. Orica got home safe, but by the time Belkin, the ninth team to start, it was raining hard, making corners very dangerous.

Colombia rode a ragged time trial, but by virtue of being the first team off, they were able to turn in a better time than such strong teams as Kutusha and Lotto-Belisol.

Five Garmin-Sharp riders went down hard, possibly after a rider slid on a wet, slippery steel manhole cover. Dan Martin looked to be in bad shape after the crash. Fifteen minutes into the Giro, his race is over.

The rain stopped late in the stage, but roads on portions of the course remained wet, locking in Orica's advantage. Omega Pharma and BMC were only a few seconds slower than Orica-GreenEdge. One wonders what they could have done on dry roads.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 52.713 km/hr

1	Orica-GreenEdge	24min 42sec
2	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	@ 5 seconds
3	BMC	7"
4	Tinkoff-Saxo	23"
5	Team Sky	35"
6	Astana Pro Team	38"
7	Cannondale Pro Cycling	53"
8	Movistar Team	55"
9	Team Giant-Shimano	56"
10	Ag2r-La Mondiale	58"
Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 1:

1	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	24min 42sec
2	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
3	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
5	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
6	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 5 seconds
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 2: Saturday, May 10, Belfast - Belfast, 218 km

Stage 2 finish

Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: A rainy day, but it dried out for the finale. The day's break (Maarten Tjallingii, Andrea Fedi, Sander Armee and Jeffry Romero) wasn't allowed much rope, getting a 6-minute lead before the pack decided to bring them back.

With just under four kilometers to go, Tjallingii (Belkin) was the last of the escape to be caught by a Cannondale-driven peloton. From there the other teams looking to either keep their GC men out of trouble or those teams with good sprinters, scrambled to the front.

After getting round a final dangerous corner, the sprinters opened up and Marcel Kittel, with an excellent leadout, timed his effort perfectly to take the stage.

Overall leader Svein Tuft lost the maglia rosa to Orica-GreenEdge teammate Michael Matthews.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.954 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	5hr 13min 12sec
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
4	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
5	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
6	Manuel Beletti	Androni Giocattoli
7	Ben Swift	SKY
8	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
9	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
10	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 2:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	5hr 37min 54sec
2	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 3 seconds
3	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
5	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
6	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:08
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 3: Sunday, May 11, Armagh - Dublin, 187 km

Stage 3 finish

Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: More rain during the last Irish stage, but things did dry out in the final hour. With about 35 km to go a big crash delayed about 20 riders.

Meanwhile, the day's break with Maarten Tjallingii, Gert Dockx, Yondor Godoy, Giorgio Cecchinel and Miguel Angel Rubiano nursed a 45-second lead with 17 km remaining.

The pack's uneven speed allowed the five men off the front to stay away. Cecchinel had been trying to get the others to stay organized and working, but gave up, attacked the break trying for some personal glory.

At seven km to go, Giant-Shimano went to the front and caught Cecchinel, gruppo compatto. Nicolas Roche flatted with 6 km remaining. Tinkoff-Saxo sent some muscle back to help him get back on as the Cannondale-led pack accelerated.

Giant-Shimano with Marcel Kittel in tow tried to stay in front while Cannondale and Sky swarmed next to them during the technical finishing kilometers. It came down to a drag race between Kittel (who came from behind) and Ben Swift, with Kittel prevailing for the second day in a row.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.754 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	4hr 28min 43sec
2	Ben Swift	SKY
3	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
4	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
5	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
7	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
8	Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia
9	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
10	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 3:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	10hr 06min 37sec
2	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 8 seconds
3	Daniel Oss	BMC	0:10
4	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	0:14
5	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
6	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
8	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:19
9	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Rest Day: Monday, May 12, transfer to Italy

After three days of racing in Ireland, here's how the contenders rank in the GC:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	10hr 06min 37sec
8	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 19 seconds
14	Cadel Evans	BMC	0:21
27	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:37
32	Michele Scarponi	Astana	0:41
55	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	1:07
59	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:09
73	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:12
96	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	1:28
116	Joaquin Rodriguez	Katusha	1:47
156	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	3:40

Stage 4: Tuesday, May 13, Giovinazzo - Bari, 112 km

Stage 4 finish

Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: Sick with a fever, demon sprinter Marcel Kittel did not start stage four.

Concerned that the rain would make the eight finishing circuits too dangerous, the riders staged a go-slow for much of the stage. It was decided that time would be taken at the start of the final lap, there would be no time bonuses and the final circuit would be neutralized.

The streets of Bari were icy-slick and, despite everyone's attempts to stay upright, a crash still happened during the final lap.

Giant-Shimano had several riders at the front and looked to have the stage win nailed, but their sprinter, Luka Mezgec seemed to have gear troubles. Nacer Bouhanni came from way back to win the stage.

Michael Matthews remains the overall leader.

Results:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	2hr 22min 06sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
3	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
5	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
6	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
7	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol
8	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
9	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
10	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 4:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	12hr 28min 43sec
2	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:08
3	Daniel Oss	BMC	0:10
4	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	0:14
5	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
6	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
8	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:19
9	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 5: Wednesday, May 14, Taranto - Viggiano, 203 km

Stage 5 finish

Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: The Giro's first climbing has arrived in stage five with two climbs of the ascent to Viggiano, the second one being a hill-top finish. It was another day of racing in the rain.

At the start of the first Viggiano climb the pink jersey group was led by BMC and all the riders from the day's early break had been mopped up. Europcar rider Bjorn Thurau was the last holdout.

The organizers warned the riders that with the rain, the technical descent was perilous. The riders went down the hill with care, except for Gianluca Brambilla who descended fearlessly.

Brambilla had 30 seconds as the pack started the final ascent under sunny skies, with about four kms to go. Katusha dragged the remaining riders in the the maglia rosa group up to Brambilla with a little more than a kilometer remaining.

Nicolas Roche attacked under the red kite, but he was immediately neutralized. Joaquin Rodriguez and Cadel Evans started a drag race to the finish but Diego Ulissi went by everyone to win the stage.

Stage 5 Results:

1	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	5hr 12min 39sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 1 second
3	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
6	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver	Katusha
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
10	Nairo Quintana	Movistar
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 5:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	17hr 41min 23sec
2	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 14 seconds
3	Cadel Evans	BMC	0:15
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:19
5	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:26
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	0:35
7	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:37
8	Michele Scarponi	Astana	0:41
9	Dario Cataldo	SKY	0:49
10	Fabio Aru	Astana	0:52
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 6: Thursday, May 15, Sassano - Montecassino, 247 km, the longest stage of this year's Giro.

Stage 6 finish

Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: Four men (Rodolfo Torres, Edoardo Zardini, Marco Bandiera and Andrea Fedi) rolled away just ten kilometers into the race. They extracted a gap that grew to fourteen minutes, but as the race approached the Montecassino climb the peloton gave their leash a sharp tug. At 25 km to go the gap was down to 1min 21sec.

Intermittent rain rendered the roads slippery. As the break was caught (11 km to go), the peloton was hit by two crashes in succession. Gianpaolo Caurso looked to be very badly hurt.

Out of the chaos of the crashes, on the climb it was quickly down to just eight riders in the lead. Michael Matthews and Cadel Evans had been riding heads-up and were in that group. Matthews had two teammates with him while Evans had Daniel Oss to help.

Movistar was leading a furious chase. Joaquin Rodriguez had gone down and was trying to get back up to the chasing peloton.

At 1.5 km to go the gap was 37 seconds with the chasing peloton unable to get organized. Under the red kite Cadel Evans dropped the hammer and then it was just four riders in front, Matthews hanging on to Evans' wheel.

Matthews came off Evans' wheel to take the stage and keep the maglia rosa. Evans had clearly done himself a world of good and with Matthews keeping the lead, Orica-GreenEdge will keep doing the work of controlling the race, saving Evan's BMC team a lot of energy.

The Giro reports that Giampaolo Caruso, Joaquin Rodriguez (broken thumb and rib) and Angel Vicioso (fractured femur) have been sent to the hospital. Nicholas Roche had to wait fifteen minutes for a replacmenet bike after crashing, his GC fight is over as well. Michele Scarponi lost 97 seconds because of his crash.

Stage 6 Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.328 km/hr

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	6hr 37min 01sec
2	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol
3	Cadel Evans	BMC
4	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
5	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 13 seconds
6	Steve Morabito	BMC	0:23
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	0:49
8	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
9	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida
10	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 6:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	24hr 18min 14sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 21 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:18
4	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:25
5	Steve Morabito	BMC
6	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:25
7	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	1:47
8	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	1:51
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	1:52
10	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	2:06
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 7: Friday, May 16, Frosinone - Foligno, 211 km

Stage 7 finish

Complete stage 7 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: A hard-working break with Winner Anacona, Bjorn Thurau, Robinson Chalapud, Nicolas Boem and Nathan Hass went almost from the start and wasn't mopped up until 2.5 km to go. The sprinters didn't want to let this stage get away.

Under the Red Kite Giant-Shimano was leading the pack, working to get a stage win by Luka Mezgec, but Nacer Bouhanni jumped in the leadout train.

Bouhanni, clearly the fastest rider, came around from several positions back to win the stage by just a half-wheel ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo.

Michael Matthews finished fourth and retains his overal lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.053 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	5hr 16min 05sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
3	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
4	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
5	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
6	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
7	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
8	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
9	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
10	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
Complete stage 7 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 7:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	29hr 34min 19sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 21 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:18
4	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:25
5	Steve Morabito	BMC
6	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
7	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	1:47
8	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:51
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	1:52
10	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	2:06
Complete stage 7 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 8: Saturday, May 17, Foligno - Montecopiolo, 179 km

Stage 8 finish

Complete Stage 8 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: This weekend's racing will bring a lot of clarity to this year's Giro, with both Saturday's and Sunday's stages having summit finishes. It is one of three stages in this year's edition dedicated to Marco Pantani.

The situation with 16 km to go, on the penultimate climb: Trek rider Julian Arredondo has left the day's break behind with a 70-second lead on Stefano Pirazzi and Pierre Rolland, a trio with Edvald Boasson Hagen chasing and the group with the main contenders 2min 40sec behind Arredondo. Maglia Rosa Michael Matthews was dropped long ago and Astana hope Michele Scarponi was struggling and losing time. His GC ambitions were clearly over.

Over the crest of the Villagio del Lago, Arredondo was hanging tough, maintaining a minute gap to Rolland and 1min 46sec to the Cadel Evans group, led by Ag2r.

Under the 5km banner Rolland has closed to within 40 seconds of Arredondo, who was beginning to rock in his saddle and look tired, and the Evans group was 1min 20sec back.

Just past the 3 km mark Rolland caught and later dropped Arredondo, but the Evans group, led by BMC rider Steve Morabito, was just 45 seconds behind.

Rolland went under the red kite with just 15 seconds. Daniel Moreno went after Rolland and then the rest of the chasers went by the Frenchman as well. Diego Ulissi unleashed a magnificent attack with Robert Kiserlovski going with him. But Ulissi was not to be denied and took an impressive stage win.

Cadel Evans, finishing fifth today, takes over the maglia rosa with a 57-second lead over Rigoberto Uran.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.320 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	4hr 47min 47sec
2	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
3	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	@ 6 seconds
4	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	0:06
5	Cadel Evans	BMC	0:08
6	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
8	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:14
9	Fabio Aru	Astana	0:17
10	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	0:20
Complete Stage 8 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 8:

1	Cadel Evans	BMC	34hr 22min 35sec
2	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 57 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
4	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:31
5	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:39
6	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	1:43
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	1:44
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:45
9	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:50
Complete Stage 8 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 9: Sunday, May 18, Lugo - Sestola, 174 km

Stage 9 finish

Complete Stage 9 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: A fourteen-man break finally got clear with about 110 km to go and soon extracted an 8-minute lead.

With 40 km to go BMC was massed at the front and the gap was exactly 6 minutes.

As the break began the final ascent to Sestola, Pieter Weening attacked the escape while the peloton closed the gap to 3min 20sec and BMC remained at the front. BMC seemed unworried about the tiring break since none of the riders presented a GC threat.

Davide Malacarne bridged from the break up to Weening and the pair started working together. The gap back to the maglia rosa group at 12 km remaining went back out to 3min 45sec, making it look like the break might succeed.

The final kilometers of the Sestola ascent grew steep, but Weening and Malacarne were undaunted. At 6 km to go their gap back to the peloton was 3min 17sec.

Bam! Domenico Pozzovivo attacked the maglia rosa group with a little more than 3 km to go and flew away with Evans and the other contenders scrambling to get up to him. But Pozzovivo quickly had 30 seconds.

Weening and Malacarne came to a near halt jockeying for position for the sprint. Malacarne led it out and Weening took it. Pozzovivo cruised in just 42 seconds late. The maglia rosa group came in about a half-minute later.

Going into Monday's rest day, Cadel Evans remains the leader with a 57-second lead over Rigoberto Uran.

Results:

Winners' average speed: 39.818 km/hr

1	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	4hr 25min 51sec
2	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
3	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	@ 42 seconds
4	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	1:08
5	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
7	Cadel Evans	BMC
8	Dario Cataldo	SKY
9	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
10	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
Complete Stage 9 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 9:

1	Cadel Evans	BMC	38hr 49min 34sec
2	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 57 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:20
5	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:31
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:39
7	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	1:43
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	1:44
9	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:45
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
Complete Stage 9 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Rest Day: Monday, May 19, Modena

16 race abandons to date:

Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia
Janez Brajkovic	Astana
Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Gianpaolo Caruso	Katusha
Giorgio Cecchinel	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge
Daniel Martin	Garmin-Sharp
Maxime Mederel	Europcar
Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver	Katusha
Angel Vicioso Arcos	Katusha
Davide Villella	Cannondale

Stage 10: Tuesday, May 20, Modena - Salsomaggiore Terme, 173 km

Stage 10 finish

Complete stage 10 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: Marco Bandiera (Androni Giocattoli) and Andrea Fedi (Neri Sottoli) escaped almost at the gun and quickly built a lead of more than eight minutes.

They were allowed nearly an entire day of freedom and with 19 km remaining they still had 2min 33sec. The sprinters' teams, not wanting to lose a chance of winning this flat stage, massed at the front to capture the pair.

A crash in the middle of the peloton took out an important domestique for Cadel Evans. BMC rider Yannick Eijssen was ambulanced out of the race.

With a handshake, Bandiera and Fedi sat up at 8 km to go and let the BMC-led peloton catch them. Then Sky took over the duties of stringing out the pack on the uphill approach to Salsomaggiore.

Sky's vicious pace split the pack, forcing many riders to dig deep to get back on and move to a good position. Nacer Bouhanni was one of the riders who had been temporarily caught out.

Big crash in the final kilometer with maybe 10 riders left to fight it out for the sprint.

Nacer Bouhanni beat out Giacomo Nizzolo for the stage win, giving Bouhanni three victories this Giro.

Cadel Evans stayed out of trouble and retained his overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 43.053 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4hr 01min 13sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
3	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
5	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
6	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha
7	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
8	Ben Swift	SKY
9	Cadel Evans	BMC
10	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Complete stage 10 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 10:

1	Cadel Evans	BMC	42hr 50min 47sec
2	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 57 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:20
5	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:31
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:39
7	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	1:43
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	1:44
9	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:45
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
Complete stage 10 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 11: Wednesday, May 21, Collecchio - Savona, 249 km

Michael Rogers wns stage 11

Complete Stage 11 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: Former maglia rosa Michael Matthews succumbed to crash injuries and did not start stage 11.

Michael Rogers, an excellent time trialist, attacked on the descent of the Naso di Gatto, maybe 20 km from the finish. With seven km to go he had extended his lead to 41 seconds from an unmotivated peloton.

At four kms to go the pack was really chasing and had whittled Rogers' lead to 34 seconds.

Two km to go, 16 seconds.

Under the red kite, Rogers is turning a big gear, has 20 seconds.

He did it! Time for a kiss to the crowd. The pack, led by Simon Geschke and Enrico Battalgin, followed in about 10 seconds later.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 43.086 km/hr

1	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	5hr 48min 7sec
2	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	@ 10 seconds
3	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
4	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
5	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick Step
6	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
7	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp
8	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli
9	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
10	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Complete Stage 11 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 11:

1	Cadel Evans	BMC	48hr 39min 4sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 57 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	1:20
5	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:31
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:39
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	1:44
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:45
9	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
10	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	2:01
Complete Stage 11 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 12: Thursday, May 22, Barbaresco - Barolo individual time trial, 41.9 km

Rigoberto Uran

Complete Stage 12 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

The Race: Rain during the middle of the stage, causing a wet dangerous descent. Tobias Ludvigsson crashed when his bike broke loose on the slippery road (Ludvigsson had to abandon, but suffered no bad injuries). Ivan Basso crashed as well, but was able to continue. The course dried up a bit (but there were plenty of wet corners) for the GC contenders who rode last.

Maglia rosa Cadel Evans, normally a superb time trialist, seemed to struggle slightly, which was reflected in his less than scintillating time. Evans finished strongly, but it wasn't enough.

Rigoberto Uran, on the other hand, was on song and turned in the ride of his career. He becomes the first Colombian to lead the Giro d'Italia.

Results:

Winer's average speed: 43.671 km/hr

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	57min 34sec
2	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	@ 1min 17sec
3	Cadel Evans	BMC	1:34
4	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:39
5	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:53
6	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:00
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:03
8	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:07
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:09
10	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	2:12
Complete Stage 12 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 12:

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	49hr 37min 35sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 37 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:52
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:32
5	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:50
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	3:29
7	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:37
8	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:06
9	Steve Morabito	BMC	4:20
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	4:41
Complete Stage 12 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 13: Friday, May 23, Fossano - Rivarolo Canavese, 157 km

Stage 13 finish

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The Race: Another day with bad weather. There was rain and hail today, but I don't think the hail fell on the riders.

The sprinters' teams waited too long to close the gap up to the day's break. With 5 km to go, the escapees (Marco Canola, Angelo Tulik and Jackson Rodriguez) still had 49 seconds.

Marco Canola led it out with 250 meters to go and won the stage with the peloton just seconds behind. This is Canola's second professional win.

Rigoberto Uran conserved his overall lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 43.344 km/hr

1	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF	3:37:20
2	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
3	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
4	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	@ 11 seconds
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
6	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
7	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
8	Ben Swift	SKY
9	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
10	Borut Bozic	Astana
Complete Stage 13 results, GC, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 13:

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	53hr 15min 6sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 37 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:52
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:32
5	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:50
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	3:29
7	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:37
8	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:06
9	Steve Morabito	BMC	4:20
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	4:41
Complete Stage 13 results, GC, photos map and profile

Stage 14: Saturday, May 24, Agliè - Oropa, 164 km

Stage 14 finish

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The Race: Stage 14, dedicated to Marco Pantani (link takes you to our Pantani photo gallery), marks the beginning of a week of racing in the high mountains. Only stage 17 and the final stage don't involve hard climbing.

Nice dry roads, for a change. A big break of 21 riders (including Ivan Santaromita, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Nicolas Roche) went early and with 90 km remaining the gap had been allowed to grow to about eight minutes

Roche went over the Belmonte alone, with a small gap to the first chasers from the early break.The maglia rosa group, with all the real contenders was 4min 25 seconds back. The Eurosport announcer thought both Roche and Rigoberto Uran were riding this mountain stage wearing skinsuits. They came to race, obviously.

At the start of the first category Oropa ascent, it was Manuel Quinziato (BMC) and Albert Timmer (Giant-Shimano) followed by about a dozen riders, including Roche, then a group with Ryder Hesjedal and Pierre Rolland, then more riders and finally the maglia rosa group at almost six minutes. Everyone was going really fast. The 2014 Giro d'Italia was truly in play today.

At five km to go, on the steep part of the climb, Albert Timmer was alone with the Rolland/Hesjedal group less than a minute back. In the Rigoberto Uran Group, Domenico Pozzovivo and Ag2r went to the front.

Bam! 3.7 km to go, Pozzovivo dropped the hammer and only Nairo Quintana and Gorka Izagirre could hold his wheel. Further up the road Dario Cataldo and Jarlinson Pantano caught Timmer.

With two km to go, Cataldo tried to drop Pantano, but couldn't. Pozzovivo, with Quintana on his wheel an refusing to help, zoomed up the mountain. Lots of riders from the original break were closing up to Cataldo

Cataldo led it out and astonishingly Enrico Battaliglin, who had just bridged, took the stage.

Rigoberto Uran, looking shattered, was slightly distanced in the sprint by Cadel Evans

Complete Results:

1	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	4hr 34min 41sec
2	Dario Cataldo	SKY
3	Jarlinson Pantano Gomez	Colombia	@ 7 seconds
4	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	0:17
5	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:22
6	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	0:26
7	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	0:28
8	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:33
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	0:39
10	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	0:54
Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 14:

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	57hr 52min 51sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 32 seconds
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:35
4	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:11
5	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:33
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	3:04
7	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:16
8	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:01
9	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	5:07
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	5:13
Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 15: Sunday, May 25, Valdengo - Montecampione, 217 km

Aru wins stage 15

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The Race: Another stage dedicated to Marco Pantani, and in particular to his stage 19 victory over Pavel Tonkov at Montecampione in 1998. That year Pantani went on to win the Tour de France, as well.

About 15 km into the race about twelve riders broke loose. With 20 km to go and about the start of the Montecampione ascent, the escape's gap was just 2min 19sec and falling fast.

Adam Hansen (joined soon thereafter by Fernanado André Cardoso) jumped away from the break, seeking a stage win and from the maglia rosa group KOM Julian Arredondo and Enrico Zardini attacked.

Under the 10 km banner the gap from the leaders (Cardoso, Arredondo) to the maglia rosa group was 26 seconds. Sky rider Phillip Deignan blew by the two leaders. And then the maglia rosa group, led by Michael Rogers, caught all breakaways except Deignan (who was in the big ring!).

Under the 5 km banner Deignan had 22 seconds on a really reduced maglia rosa group.

Bam! Rigoberto Uran and Pierre Rolland attack and then Evans counter-attacks. The leaders re-group. Rolland goes and this time gets a gap and bridges to Deignan and then drops the Irishman.

Three km to go: Fabio Aru lights the jets and takes Uran, Evans struggles and can't catch Uran's wheel.

Two km, Aru drops everyone and presses on, chased by Quintana, Rolland and Fabio Duarte. And then Uran. Evans falls further back. Domenico Pozzovivo seems to have nothing today.

Fabio Aru holds everyone off to win the stage.

Complete Results:

1	Fabio Aru	Astana	5:33:06
2	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	@ 21 seconds
3	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	0:22
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar
5	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:42
6	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:57
7	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	1:08
8	Daniel Moreno	Katusha	1:08
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	1:13
10	Cadel Evans	BMC
Complete Stage 15 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 15:

1	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	63hr 26min 39sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 1min 3sec
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:50
4	Fabio Aru	Astana	2:24
5	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	2:40
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:42
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	3:04
8	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	4:47
9	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	5:44
10	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6:32
Complete Stage 15 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Rest Day: Monday, May 26, Ponte di Legno

30 Retirees and abandons by the end of stage 15:

Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia
Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli
Janez Brajkovic	Astana
Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Gianpaolo Caruso	Katusha
Giorgio Cecchinel	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
Yannick Eijssen	BMC
Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano
Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge
Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
Daniel Martin	Garmin-Sharp
Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
Maxime Mederel	Europcar
Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
Joaquin Rodriguez	Katusha
Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY
Anker Sorensen Chris	Tinkoff-Saxo
Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol
Angel Vicioso Arcos	Katusha
Davide Villella	Cannondale
Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp

Stage 16: Tuesday, May 27, Ponte di Legno - Val Martello, 139 km

stage 16 finish

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The Race: Stage 16 will take the racers over the legendary Gavia and Stelvio passes. The Stelvio north face will be ascended this year. For more info on these passes, plus photos of great racers of the past on these climbs, please click on the links below.

What a day! There was confusion because many teams understood a warning to the riders to be cautious on the Stelvio descent and not try to improve their position in the impenetrable air (see pictures below results) as a neutralization (a term which an early, but deleted Giro twitter post used). Notably stage winner Nairo Quintana, Pierre Rolland and Ryder Hesjedal went down the treacherous switchback hell-bent-for-leather, setting themselves up for big time gains for the day. Others, like Rafal Majka who thought the stage neutralized, suffered significant losses.

Partway up the Val Martello ascent, race leader Rigoberto Uran had been dropped and it was down to just Nairo Quintana and Ryder Hesjedal. Quintana shelled Hesjedal with about a kilometer to go and stormed up the mountain for a stage win and the pink jersey.

This stage will be argued about for decades, I promise.

Results:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	4hr 42min 35sec
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	0:08
3	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	1:13
4	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	3:32
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	3:37
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:40
7	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	4:08
8	Sebastian Henao	SKY	4:11
9	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Cadel Evans	BMC	4:48
Complete Stage 16 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 16:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	68hr 11min 44sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 1min 41sec
3	Cadel Evans	BMC	3:21
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	3:26
5	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:28
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:34
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	3:49
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	4:06
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	4:16
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	8:02
Complete Stage 16 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 17: Wednesday, May 28, Sarnonico - Vittorio Veneto, 208 km

Stage 17 finish

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The Race: After yesterday's confusion over whether the descent of the Stelvio had been neutralized, the race directors had a meeting. Some were calling for maglia rosa Nairo Quintana to have some of his time gain removed. In the end, there was no protest and all 160 of yesterday's finishers started today under decent weather at Sarnonico.

It took a long time for a break to get established, but after about 80 km a big group, maybe 25 riders, were clear. With about 50 km to go the escapees were more than 12 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Late in the stage Thomas de Gendt took off from the break, soon to be joined by Stefano Pirazzi, Tim Wellens, Matteo Montaguti and Jay McCarthy. The quintet worked well together and was able to maintain a slim lead to the end.

As rain fell, near the finish Stefano Pirazzi jumped from the break and crossed the line slightly in front of the other break members, giving Bardiani-CSF its third stage win this Giro.

Nairo Quintana remains the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.863 km/hr

1	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	4hr 38min 11sec
2	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol
3	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
4	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
6	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	@ 28 seconds
7	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano
8	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
9	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
10	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Complete stage 17 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Full GC after Stage 17:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	75hr 05min 31sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 1min 41sec
3	Cadel Evans	BMC	3:21
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	3:26
5	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:28
6	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:34
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	3:49
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	4:06
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	4:16
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	8:02
Complete stage 17 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 18: Thursday, May 29, Belluno - Rifugio Panarotta (Valsugana) , 171 km

Stage 18 finish

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The Race: Today's challenging day in the mountains will be ridden without two important protagonists, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) and Ivan Santaromita (Orica-GreenEdge).

The first big climb of the day, the Passo San Pellegrino, was the scene of the stage's first big move, where about 14 riders went clear. Near the top a few riders went ahead of the break with the maglia rosa group further back.

One the final ascent to Rifugio Panarotta, Thomas de Gendt raced ahead, but KOM Julian Arredondo was having none of that. Arredondo chased him down, went away and won the stage.

In the maglia rosa group Nairo Quintana was able to defend his lead, but Cadel Evans suffered enough time loss that his chances of a podium finish are about gone.

Stage 18 Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.398 km/hr

1	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	4hr 49min 51sec
2	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	@ 17 seconds
3	Philip Deignan	SKY	0:37
4	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	1:20
5	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	1:24
6	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:38
7	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	1:43
8	Dario Cataldo	SKY	1:59
9	Fabio Aru	Astana	2:43
10	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	2:46
Complete stage 18 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 18:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	77hr 58min 8sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 1min 41sec
3	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	3:29
4	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:31
5	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	3:52
7	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	4:32
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	4:37
9	Cadel Evans	BMC	4:59
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	8:33
Complete stage 18 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 19: Friday, May 30, Bassano del Grappa - Cima Grappa individual time trial, 26.8 km

Nairo Quintana

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The Race: This Giro is far from over. Stage 19's timed hill climb as well as stage 20's finish at Monte Zoncolan have the potential to substantially alter the standings. With four riders within a half-minute of that last place on the podium, this should remain exciting to the end.

Nairo Quintana scorched the time trial and now probably has a stranglehold on the maglia rosa. Tomorrow is the Giro's penultimate stage and last day in the mountains. But who can drop the flying Quintana?

Results:

Winner's average speed: 24.506 km/hr

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1hr 05min 37sec
2	Fabio Aru	Astana	@ 17 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:26
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	1:57
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	2:24
6	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	3:22
7	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:28
8	Sebastian Henao	SKY	3:48
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	4:00
10	Dario Cataldo	SKY	4:10
Complete stage 19 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 19:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	79hr 03min 45sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 3min 7sec
3	Fabio Aru	Astana	3:48
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	5:26
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	6:16
6	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	6:59
7	Cadel Evans	BMC	9:25
8	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	9:29
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	10:11
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	13:59
Complete stage 19 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

Stage 20: Saturday, May 31, Maniago - Monte Zoncolan, 167 km

Michael Rogers wins stage 20

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The Race: For the fifth time in Giro history, the fiendishly difficult Monte Zoncolon ascent is being used. Here is the GC top 6 after the stage 19 time hill climb. Fabio Aru's superb ride yesterday gave him a solid third place with a good time cushion.

1	Nairo Quintana	79hr 03min 45sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	@ 3min 7sec
3	Fabio Aru	3:48
4	Pierre Rolland	5:26
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	6:16
6	Rafal Majka	6:59

Stage winner Michael Rogers attacked out of a very early break to win at the top of Monte Zoncolan. Enthusiastic fans on the slopes of the Zoncolan interfered with many of the riders, particularly Francesco Bongiorno, who was riding with Rogers until an over-eager tifoso brought him down.

Barring misfortune, Nairo Quintana has won the 2014 Giro d'Italia.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.542 km/hr

1	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	4hr 41min 55sec
2	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	@ 38 seconds
3	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	0:49
4	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:35
5	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	1:37
6	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	1:46
7	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	1:52
8	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	2:12
9	Dario Cataldo	SKY	2:24
10	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	2:37
Complete Stage 20 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 20:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	83hr 50min 25sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 3min 7sec
3	Fabio Aru	Astana	4:04
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	5:46
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	6:41
6	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	7:13
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	11:09
8	Cadel Evans	BMC	12:00
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	13:35
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	15:49
Complete Stage 20 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

21st and Final Stage: Sunday, June 1, Gemona del Friulli - Trieste, 172 km

Stage 21 finish

Stage 21 photos | Stage 21 map and profile

The Race: This is it, the final stage, one fourth-category climb (Monte Croce), some speedy circuits in Trieste (where Giordano Cottur "won" a stage in 1946 while partisan guns still blazed), and probably a howlingly fast sprint to the line and the 2014 Giro d'Italia will be over. Assuming Nairo Quintana stays up on his bike today, the rock-solid climber will become the first Colombian Giro winner.

Indeed, after a leisurely toodle the peloton got down to the brass tacks of serious racing. The nine Trieste circuits were raced aggressively and finishing with an elbows and belly buttons everywhere sprint won by Luka Mezgec.

Nairo Quintana finished safely to claim the 2014 Giro d'Italia General Classification.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.096 km/hr

1	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	4hr 23min 58sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
3	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
4	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
5	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
6	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia
7	Luca Paolini	Katusha
8	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
9	Borut Bozic	Astana
10	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
11	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
12	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
13	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
14	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
15	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
16	Ben Swift	SKY
17	Jos Van Emden	Belkin
18	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
19	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r
20	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
21	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
22	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF
23	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
24	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin
25	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha
27	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
28	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
29	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
30	Cadel Evans	BMC
31	Julien Berard	Ag2r
32	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
33	Fabio Aru	Astana	@ 9 seconds
34	Samuel Sanchez	BMC
35	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36	Manuel Quinziato	BMC
37	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
38	Dario Cataldo	SKY
39	Danilo Wyss	BMC
40	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
41	David Tanner	Belkin
42	Sebastian Henao	SKY
43	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
44	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
45	Daniel Moreno	Katusha
46	Pierre Rolland	Europcar
47	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
48	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
49	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
50	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha
51	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale
52	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
53	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
54	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
55	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
56	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
57	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
58	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
59	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
60	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
61	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp
62	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
63	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
64	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano
65	Marc Goos	Belkin
66	Axel Domont	Ag2r
67	Martijn Keizer	Belkin
68	Mikel Landa	Astana
69	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
70	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
71	Christopher Sutton	SKY
72	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli
73	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
74	Ben Hermans	BMC
75	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia
76	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli
77	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
78	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
79	Andrey Amador	Movistar
80	Alberto Losada	Katusha
81	Nairo Quintana	Movistar
82	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar
83	Igor Anton	Movistar
84	Steve Morabito	BMC
85	Andrey Zeits	Astana
86	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar
87	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
88	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
89	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	0:28
90	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
91	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
92	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
93	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol
94	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
95	Jose' Herrada	Movistar
96	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
97	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
98	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
99	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
100	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
101	Rick Flens	Belkin
102	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r
103	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
104	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo
105	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
106	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
107	Francis Mourey	FDJ
108	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	0:43
109	Daniel Oss	BMC	0:57
110	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:06
111	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	1:18
112	Michel Koch	Cannondale
113	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
114	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol
115	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol
116	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
117	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ
118	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
119	Brent Bookwalter	BMC
120	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
121	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia
122	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
123	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
124	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli
125	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
126	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar
127	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
128	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	1:32
129	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	1:49
130	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
131	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
132	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia
133	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia
134	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	1:58
135	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
136	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
137	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia
138	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
139	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli
140	Romain Sicard	Europcar
141	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli
142	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
143	Tony Hurel	Europcar
144	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	2:01
145	Adriano Malori	Movistar	2:03
146	Jetse Bol	Belkin	2:08
147	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	2:10
148	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	2:32
149	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:38
150	Valerio Agnoli	Astana
151	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF
152	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
153	Philip Deignan	SKY	2:46
154	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	3:14
155	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia	4:17

Final complete 2014 Giro d'Italia General Classification after Stage 21: 3445.4 km raced at an average speed of 39.045 km/hr

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	88hr 14min 32sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 2min 58sec
3	Fabio Aru	Astana	4:04
4	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	5:46
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r	6:32
6	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	7:04
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	11:00
8	Cadel Evans	BMC	11:51
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp	13:35
10	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	15:49
11	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r	24:45
12	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	26:13
13	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ	27:02
14	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	28:36
15	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	32:08
16	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	36:15
17	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	46:35
18	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	48:06
19	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	49:22
20	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	51:09
21	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	55:59
22	Sebastian Henao	SKY	56:24
23	Jose' Herrada	Movistar	59:01
24	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	1:02:40
25	Steve Morabito	BMC	1:02:59
26	Dario Cataldo	SKY	1:04:46
27	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	1:05:03
28	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	1:05:53
29	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:09:46
30	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:13:07
31	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:15:13
32	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	1:16:16
33	Francis Mourey	FDJ	1:19:33
34	Mikel Landa	Astana	1:23:06
35	Marc Goos	Belkin	1:30:43
36	Alberto Losada	Katusha	1:35:40
37	Igor Anton	Movistar	1:37:49
38	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r	1:39:29
39	Davide Malacarne	Europcar	1:40:10
40	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	1:44:53
41	Daniel Moreno	Katusha	1:45:03
42	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	1:45:31
43	Philip Deignan	SKY	1:47:49
44	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	1:50:08
45	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	1:50:49
46	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:52:16
47	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	1:52:52
48	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:55:29
49	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	1:57:41
50	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:04:29
51	Romain Sicard	Europcar	2:04:56
52	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	2:06:42
53	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	2:10:50
54	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	2:12:34
55	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	2:15:56
56	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol	2:17:27
57	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	2:18:13
58	Axel Domont	Ag2r	2:22:05
59	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	2:23:07
60	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha	2:23:21
61	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	2:25:12
62	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	2:27:30
63	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	2:27:46
64	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	2:27:54
65	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:28:15
66	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	2:28:48
67	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	2:30:31
68	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	2:32:42
69	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano	2:33:30
70	Julien Berard	Ag2r	2:34:17
71	Valerio Agnoli	Astana	2:38:55
72	Ben Hermans	BMC	2:41:22
73	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol	2:42:36
74	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:42:54
75	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	2:46:49
76	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	2:47:27
77	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	2:48:24
78	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia	2:48:58
79	Eros Capecchi	Movistar	2:49:18
80	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	2:52:20
81	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	2:52:24
82	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	2:58:07
83	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar	2:59:06
84	Danilo Wyss	BMC	2:59:14
85	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	3:04:50
86	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli	3:06:07
87	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano	3:07:00
88	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:07:48
89	Johan Le Bon	FDJ	3:10:20
90	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	3:10:38
91	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:13:23
92	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	3:14:51
93	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	3:15:18
94	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	3:17:27
95	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	3:17:55
96	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	3:19:56
97	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	3:21:52
98	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	3:22:27
99	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	3:23:06
100	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	3:32:08
101	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	3:33:00
102	Andrey Zeits	Astana	3:33:30
103	Daniel Oss	BMC	3:33:44
104	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	3:34:24
105	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli	3:37:09
106	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3:37:13
107	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	3:37:17
108	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	3:37:41
109	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	3:37:48
110	Andrey Amador	Movistar	3:39:20
111	Luca Paolini	Katusha	3:44:46
112	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	3:45:16
113	Ben Swift	SKY	3:46:11
114	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	3:47:43
115	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	3:48:30
116	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	3:48:48
117	Carlosjulian Quintero	Colombia	3:50:44
118	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	3:53:05
119	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	3:53:05
120	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	3:53:33
121	Adriano Malori	Movistar	3:53:42
122	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF	3:56:43
123	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	3:58:41
124	Borut Bozic	Astana	4:03:51
125	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	4:04:36
126	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	4:04:39
127	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar	4:05:01
128	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	4:05:56
129	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	4:07:42
130	David Tanner	Belkin	4:07:43
131	Boyp Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	4:08:03
132	Rick Flens	Belkin	4:11:08
133	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	4:13:17
134	Tony Hurel	Europcar	4:18:05
135	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ	4:24:05
136	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	4:27:29
137	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	4:27:36
138	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	4:27:59
139	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:29:52
140	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4:30:05
141	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	4:32:01
142	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	4:34:01
143	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	4:34:10
144	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	4:34:22
145	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	4:35:12
146	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	4:36:35
147	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	4:38:00
148	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	4:38:27
149	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia	4:39:50
150	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ	4:40:49
151	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	4:42:20
152	Michel Koch	Cannondale	4:42:36
153	Christopher Sutton	SKY	4:52:49
154	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	5:03:48
155	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	5:05:44
156	Jetse Bol	Belkin	5:15:19

Final Points Classification:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	291 points
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	265
3	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	186
4	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	174
5	Ben Swift	SKY	135
6	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	128
7	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	108
8	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	103
9	Cadel Evans	BMC	96
10	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	94

Final Mountains Classification:

1	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	173 points
2	Dario Cataldo	SKY	132
3	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	88
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	79
5	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	73
6	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	68
7	Fabio Aru	AST	57
8	Pierre Rolland	Europcar	46
9	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	43
10	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	42

Young Rider Final Classification:

1	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	88hr 14min 32sec
2	Fabio Aru	Astana	@ 4min 4sec
3	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	7:04
4	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	11:00
5	Sebastian Henao	SKY	56:24
6	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	1:05:03
7	Mikel Landa	Astana	1:23:06
8	Marc Goos	Belkin	1:30:43
9	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	1:45:31
10	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:04:29

Final Team Classification:

1	Ag2r-La Mondiale	264hr 30min 55sec
2	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	@ 19min 32sec
3	Tinkoff Saxo	27:12
4	BMC Racing Team	1:08:24
5	Movistar Team	1:13:52
6	Astana Pro Team	1:26:51
7	Team Sky	1:28:05
8	Lampre - Merida	1:47:02
9	Team Europcar	2:04:31
10	Trek Factory Racing	2:14:58