Giro d'Italia: The last mountain stage of a memorable tour offered an exciting spectacle. And finalized the overall rating.
The 34-year-old Australian Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff) is experiencing his second spring in this Giro and is already celebrating his second stage win. As he himself explains, a dream to triumph on this mountain that has become a Giro legend in recent years. He won relatively confidently in front of the two Italians Franco Pellizotti (Androni-Giocattoli/+0:36) and Francesco Bongiorno (Bardiani-CSF/+0:48).
Nairo Quintana's (Movistar) overall victory on this final mountain stage of the Giro was never in serious jeopardy. The Colombian finished 4:44 behind Rogers at the Zoncolan alongside fellow countryman and second overall Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-QuickStep). Another strong performance was shown by Simon Geschke (+2:37) as tenth in the stage.
Australia's Cadel Evans again lost time in the fight for a better place in the top ten. He is now eighth, exactly twelve minutes behind. Fabio Aru (Astana/+4:04) will finish the Giro in third place and thus on the podium, ahead of Frenchman Pierre Roland (Europcar/+5:46). The first ten complete Pozzovivo, Maijka, Keldermann, Evans, Hesjedal, Kiserlowski.
Tomorrow's stage takes the riders to Trieste, where eight laps of honor are on the stage plan.
Giro d'Italia result
Giro d'Italia - General Classification