2012 Giro D'Italia: Stage 9
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Stage 9, Monday, May 14: San Giorgio nel Sannio - Frosinone, 171 km
The Race: The day's break was caught with about 20 kilometers to go. The sprinters' teams seemed to have things under control when Joaquin Rodriguez lit the jets on a hill about 5 kilometers before the finish. Sitting in second place, just 9 seconds behind Hesjedal (and some experts' pick to win this Giro), this was not a move to be ignored. Perhaps if the hill had been steeper Rodriguez would have made the move stick, but he was caught.
There was a hard left-hand corner just before the sprint. Filippo Pozzato seemed to clip Matthew Harley Goss' rear wheel. Chaos ensued. Mark Cavendish and several others were brought down. Ventoso took advantage of the other remaining upright riders' going too early and cleanly won the sprint. Ryder Hesjedal stayed out of trouble and will spend another day in pink.
Results :
- Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) 3hr 39min 15sec. 45.427 km/hr
- Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
- Giacomo Nizzolo (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.
- Daniel Schorn (NetApp) s.t.
- Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.
- Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Matthias Brandle (NetApp) s.t.
- Manuel Beletti (Ag2r) s.t.
- Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
- Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
- Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) s.t.
- Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Jon Izaquirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Enrico Gasprotto (Astana) s.t.
- Francis De Greef (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) s.t.
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) s.t.
- Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre) s.t.
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
- John Gadret (Ag2r) s.t.
- Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) s.t.
- Sergio Pardilla (Movistar) s.t.
- Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
- José Rujano (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
- Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) s.t.
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) s.t.
- Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
- Michele Scarponi (Lampre) s.t.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- Stefan Denifl (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Sergio Henao (Sky) s.t.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
- Thomas Rohregger (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) s.t.
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) s.t.
- Diego Ulissi (Lampre) s.t.
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) s.t.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.
- Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Marco Pinotti (BMC) s.t.
- Stef Clement (Rabobank) s.t.
- Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) s.t.
GC after Stage 9:
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) 36hr 2min 40sec- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 9sec
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) @ 15sec
- Roman Kreuziger (Astana) @ 35sec
- Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 40sec
- Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 45sec
- Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 46sec
- Frank Schleck (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 48sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 52sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 53sec
- Michele Scarponi (Lampre) @ 54sec
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF) @ 55sec
- Sergio Henao (Sky) @ 1min 10sec
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 14sec
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) @ 1min 16sec
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 1min 18sec
- Sergio Pardilla (Movistar) @ 1min 20sec
- Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 1min 23sec
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
- Johann Tschopp (BMC) @ 1min 28sec
- Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Marco Pinotti (BMC) @ 1min 43sec
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) @ 1min 44sec
- Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) @ 1min 47sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1min 54sec
- Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) @ 2min 1sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 3sec
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 2min 15sec
- Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) @ 2min 24sec
- Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) @ 2min 26sec
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- John Gadret (Ag2r) @ 2min 38sec
- José Rujano (Androni Giocattoli) @ 2min 39sec
- Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago-CSF) @ 2min 41sec
- Oliver Zaugg (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 42sec
- Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2min 50sec
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2min 52sec
- Ivan Santaromita (BMC) s.t.
- Francis De Greef (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3min 17sec
- Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel) @ 3min 18sec
- Diego Ulissi (Lampre) @ 3min 23sec
- Volodymir Gustov (Saxo) @ 3min 27sec
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 3min 39sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 3min 44sec
- Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 3min 55sec
- Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) @ 4min 10sec
- Bransilau Samoilau (Movistar) @ 4min 23sec
- Thomas Rohregger (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 4min 44sec
- Ivan velasco (Euskaltel) @ 4min 54sec
Points Competition
Matthew Harley Hoss (Orica-GreenEdge): 65 points- Mark Cavendish (Sky): 61
- Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli): 36
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF): 35
- Francisco Ventoso (Movistar): 32
Climbers' Competition
Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli): 24 points- Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 16
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana): 9
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF): 9
- Cesare Benedetti (NetApp): 7
Young Rider
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) 36hr 3min 25sec- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 8sec
- Sergio Henao (sky) @ 25sec
- Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 38sec
- Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) @ 1min 41sec
Stage 9 map
Stage 9 profile
Mark Cavendish looked good for a third stage win this Giro
Luigi Sarti looks over Filippo Pozzato's bike after the crash
Mark Cavendish was among the fallen in crash just before the sprint.
Francisco José Ventoso enjoys his time on the podium
Ryder Hesjedal gets another day in pink.
Despite today's crash, Matthew Harley Goss remains the points classification leader. Shame the Giro got rid of the purple jersey for this competition.
The current King of the Mountains, Miguel Angel Rubiano
Damiano Caruso, the leading young rider