2013 Giro d'Italia

2013 Giro d'Italia 2013 UCI World Tour 15 28 Giro2013 en.png 250 4–26 May 2013 21 3,405 km Vincenzo Nibali ITA AST 2013 pink Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2013 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2013 Mark Cavendish GBR QST 2013 red Stefano Pirazzi ITA COG 2013 blue Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2013 white Rafael Andriato BRA FAR 2013 yes Mark Cavendish GBR QST 2013 red number SKY 2013 MOV 2013 2012 2014 The 2013 Giro d'Italia was the 96th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Naples and finished in Brescia. Vincenzo Nibali of team Astana won the general classification. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 2013 Giro d'Italia As a UCI World Tour race, the Giro was obliged to invite all teams in the UCI's top division—the ProTour teams—and these teams were obliged to take part. At the beginning of the season, there were, as in recent years, 18 ProTour teams, and the race organisers issued four wildcard invitations to fill the usual quota of 22 teams for the event.Farrand Stephen Bardiani, Colombia and Fantini Vini secure Giro d'Italia wild card invitations https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bardiani-colombia-and-fantini-vini-secure-giro-ditalia-wild-card-invitations Cyclingnews.com Future plc 19 February 2013 8 January 2013 However, KAT 2013 successfully appealed against its loss of ProTour status to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the UCI decided against demoting any of the other teams;UCI confirms 19 WorldTour teams for 2013 https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirms-19-worldtour-teams-for-2013 Cyclingnews.com Future plc 19 February 2013 18 February 2013 meaning that 23 teams took part in the Giro, as happened under a special dispensation in 2011. The participating teams were: 22em ALM 2013 AND 2013* ARG 2013 AST 2013 COG 2013* RAB 2013a BMC 2013 LIQ 2013 COL 2013* EUS 2013 FDJ 2013a GRM 2013 LAM 2013 OLO 2013 MOV 2013 QST 2013 OGE 2013 LEO 2013 KAT 2013 SBS 2013 SKY 2013 VCD 2013 FAR 2013* *: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event. Pre-race favourites 2012 Giro winner Ryder Hesjedal, Bradley Wiggins, winner of the 2012 Tour de France, and Vincenzo Nibali were among the favourites for overall victory. Other possible contenders included Michele Scarponi, Cadel Evans, Robert Gesink and Samuel Sánchez.Barry Ryan https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-2013-the-main-contenders Giro D'Italia 2013: The Main Contenders Cyclingnews.com Future plc 29 April 2013 29 April 2013The Favorites: Wiggins, Nibali top list of Giro contenders in 2013 http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/road/the-favorites-wiggins-nibali-top-list-of-giro-contenders-in-2013_284569 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 10 May 2013 5 May 2013 Route and stages thumbnail|The Giro arrives at the final destination Brescia 2013 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 2013 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21 On 30 September 2012 the complete route was announced in Milan. For the first time since 2008, the first stages of the race (eight in total) took place in the south of Italy.Brown Gregor Giro d'Italia 2013 route presented https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534977/giro-d-italia-2013-route-presented.html Cycling Weekly IPC Media 10 May 2013 30 September 2012 The island of Ischia also hosted a stage for the first time in 54 years.http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/sky-wins-2013-giro-ditalia-team-time-trial-puts-salvatore-puccio-into-pink_285027 Sky wins 2013 Giro d'Italia team time trial, puts Salvatore Puccio into pink Justin Davis VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 5 May 2013 6 May 2013 Agence France-Presse 19 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219165619/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/sky-wins-2013-giro-ditalia-team-time-trial-puts-salvatore-puccio-into-pink_285027 dead In 2013, the race paid tribute to the victims of the Vajont Dam disaster of 1963, but also to composer Giuseppe Verdi in stage 13 and to famous cyclist and triple Giro winner Gino Bartali in stage 9. There was speculation before the race that some sections of the route may also be relevant for contenders of the world championships in Florence.https://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/30-09-2012/ecco-giro-d-italiacrono-sprint-cime-storiche-912766040432.shtml Ecco il Giro d'Italia! Crono, sprint e cime storiche corriere.it 30 September 2012 ithttp://www.ilmessaggero.it/sport/altrisport/giro_ditalia_2013/notizie/222606.shtml Giro d'Italia 2013 presentato a Milano Si parte a Napoli, l'arrivo a Brescia Il Messaggero 30 September 2012 it 24 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024083035/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/sport/altrisport/giro_ditalia_2013/notizie/222606.shtml dead In a revocation of a rule change in the 2012 race, all mass-start stages again awarded time bonuses to the first three riders, 20, 12, and 8 seconds respectively. In 2012, stages classified high-mountain did not award time bonuses. This Giro was also the first to feature two intermediate sprints per road stage, rather than only one. These sprints awarded points to the points classification and bonus seconds in the general classification.https://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/en/20-11-2012/time-bonuses-are-back-2013-913269582084.shtml Time bonuses are back in 2013 La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS MediaGroup 20 November 2012 4 May 2013 +List of stagesStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner14 May Naples 130 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR25 May Ischia to Forio 17.4 km 0 on 20px|link= Team time trial SKY 201336 May Sorrento to Marina di Ascea 222 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Luca Paolini ITA47 May Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno 246 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Enrico Battaglin ITA58 May Cosenza to Matera 203 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage John Degenkolb GER69 May Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia 169 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR710 May San Salvo to Pescara 177 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Adam Hansen AUS8https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/regioni/marche/2012/09/30/Ciclismo-tappa-Gabicce-Saltara-Giro-2013_7554599.html Ciclismo, tappa Gabicce-Saltara Giro 2013 ansa.it 30 September 2012 it11 May Gabicce Mare to Saltara 54.8 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Alex Dowsett GBR912 May Sansepolcro to Florence 170 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Maxim Belkov RUS 13 May Rest day10https://www.udine20.it/giro-ditalia-2013-la-tappa-cordenons-montasio/ Giro d’Italia 2013: la tappa Cordenons – Montasio udine20.it 30 September 2012 it14 May Cordenons to Altopiano del Montasio 167 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Rigoberto Urán COL1115 May Cave del Predil to Erto e Casso 182 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU1216 May Longarone to Treviso 134 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stageMark Cavendish GBR1317 May Busseto to Cherasco 254 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR1418 May Cervere to Bardonecchia 180 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Mauro Santambrogio ITAVincenzo Nibali ITA1519 May Cesana Torinese to Col du Galibier Valloire 149 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Giovanni Visconti ITA 20 May Rest day1621 May Valloire to Ivrea 238 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage Beñat Intxausti ESP1722 May Caravaggio to Vicenza 214 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Giovanni Visconti ITA1823 May Mori to Pölsa 20.6 km 0 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Vincenzo Nibali ITA1924 May Ponte di Legno to Martell 139 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Stage cancelled2025 May Schlanders to Tre Cime di Lavaredo 203 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Vincenzo Nibali ITA2126 May Riese Pio X to Brescia 197 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR Race overview The 2013 Giro d'Italia featured cold and wet weather, leading Bicycling magazine to call it "one of the more grueling Grand Tours in recent memory."2013 Giro d’Italia: Winners and Losers Whit Yost Bicycling http://www.bicycling.com/news/pro-cycling/2013-giro-d-italia-winners-and-losers May 29, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613033026/http://www.bicycling.com/news/pro-cycling/2013-giro-d-italia-winners-and-losers 2013-06-13 dead During the first week of the race it looked like it may be a close contest that came down to the final stages. On the eighth stage, a time trial, Vincenzo Nibali took over the pink jersey (given to the overall leader). Early departures by contenders Ryder Hesjedal and Bradley Wiggins took much of the drama out of the race. By the final stages, all Nibali had to do was remain upright to claim victory. ESPN's Andrew Hood described his performance as "three nearly perfect weeks of racing."What we learned from the 2013 Giro Andrew Hood May 28, 2013 ESPN https://www.espn.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/9318868/endurance-sports-learned-2013-giro-ditalia May 29, 2013 "Nibali revealed he is a complete rider, handling the stresses and demands of racing both on and off the bike," wrote Hood. Nibali called winning the Giro "a dream" and said it was unlikely he would compete in the Tour de France. It was the first time an Italian won the race outright since 2010. Others with strong performance in the Giro d'Italia included Carlos Betancur, Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans, and Rigoberto Urán. Riding in his first grand-tour event, 23-year-old Betancur finished fifth overall and won the best young rider's jersey. He had two second places on stages during the race. "I won my Giro", he said. Cavendish won five stages – all bunch sprints – and the points jersey. He became the fifth rider to win the points jersey at all three grand-tour races. Evans was written off by many commentators following a poor 2012 season, but bounced back with a third-place finish at the Giro. In so doing, he became the oldest rider to reach the podium since 1928. "I wasn't even planning on racing this Giro until a few weeks before it started, so to be [third] isn't so bad," he said. Urán won the tenth stage, and took second overall. His second-place finish came despite his loss of 1:30 on stage seven when he waited for teammate Bradley Wiggins to catch up to him. It was the best finish by Colombian rider since 1995. Classification leadership In the 2013 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cyclingnews.com Future plc 27 August 2009 thumb|left|Some of the 48 hairpin turns near the top of the eastern ramp of the Passo dello Stelvio, which was planned to be the Cima Coppi of the 2013 Giro d'Italia, but was removed from the route (stage 19 was eventually cancelled) because of heavy snow and freezing temperatures.|alt=A mountain pass with paved roads. Additionally, there was a points classification, awarding a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. Unlike in the better known points classification in the Tour de France, the type of stage has no effect on what points were on offer – each stage had the same points available on the same scale. The winner earned 25 points, second place earned 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, was worth still more points than the other first-category climbs. Initially, the Cima Coppi was scheduled to be awarded at the top of the Passo dello Stelvio but, after the cancellation of the stage containing the climb, the Cima Coppi for the 2013 Giro d'Italia was the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, at 2304 m. The fourth jersey represents the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1988 were eligible. There were also two classifications for teams. In the Trofeo Fast Team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time; the Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. In a break with the practice of recent years, defending Giro champion Ryder Hesjedal wore the pink jersey during the first stage. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jerseyPoints classification25px|link=Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Red jerseyMountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Blue jerseyYoung rider classification25px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jerseyTrofeo Fast TeamTrofeo Super Team 1 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Giovanni Visconti Elia Viviani OGE 2013 OGE 2013 2 SKY 2013 Salvatore Puccio Salvatore Puccio SKY 2013 3 Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Willem Wauters Fabio Aru KAT 2013 KAT 2013 4 Enrico Battaglin Giovanni Visconti 5 John Degenkolb 6 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 7 Adam Hansen Beñat Intxausti Rafał Majka 8 Alex Dowsett Vincenzo Nibali Wilco Kelderman AST 2013 OGE 2013 9Maxim Belkov Cadel Evans Stefano Pirazzi RAB 2013a BMC 2013 10 Rigoberto Urán Rafał Majka SKY 2013 SKY 2013 11 Ramūnas Navardauskas 12 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 13 Mark Cavendish 14 Mauro SantambrogioVincenzo Nibali 15 Giovanni Visconti Carlos Betancur 16 Beñat Intxausti MOV 2013 17 Giovanni Visconti 18 Vincenzo Nibali Rafał Majka SKY 2013 19 Stage cancelled 20Vincenzo Nibali Vincenzo Nibali Carlos Betancur 21 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MOV 2013 Final Vincenzo Nibali Mark Cavendish Stefano Pirazzi Carlos Betancur SKY 2013 MOV 2013 Notes In stage 2, Nacer Bouhanni, who was third in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because Mark Cavendish (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification and Elia Viviani, who was second wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. In stage 3, Alex Dowsett, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because Salvatore Puccio (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. In stage 4, Mark Cavendish, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because Luca Paolini (in first place) wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. Also, Cadel Evans and John Degenkolb wore the red jersey for the same reason in stages 5, and 6, respectively. Cavendish also wore the red jersey in stage 21, despite being in second place, because Vincenzo Nibali (in first place) wore the pink jersey. Final standings Legend   20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   20px|link=Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Green jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification   20px|link=Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Red jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   20px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jersey   Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey AST 2013 84h 53' 28" 2 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2013 + 4' 43" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2013 + 5' 52" 4 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2013 + 6' 48" 5 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jersey ALM 2013 + 7' 28" 6 Przemysław Niemiec POL LAM 2013 + 7' 43" 7 Rafał Majka POL SAX 2013 + 8' 09" 8 Beñat Intxausti ESP MOV 2013 + 10' 26" 9 Mauro Santambrogio ITA FAR 2013 + 10' 32" 10 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2013 + 10' 59" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px|link=Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Red jersey OPQ 2013 158 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey AST 2013 128 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2013 111 4 Carlos Betancur COL20px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jersey ALM 2013 108 5 Giovanni Visconti ITA MOV 2013 105 6 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2013 102 7 Mauro Santambrogio ITA FAR 2013 89 8 Elia Viviani ITA CAN 2013 88 9 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RLT 2013 75 10 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRS 2013 65 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Stefano Pirazzi ITA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Blue jersey COG 2013 82 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey AST 2013 45 3 Giovanni Visconti ITA MOV 2013 45 4 Jackson Rodríguez VEN AND 2013 41 5 Carlos Betancur COL20px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jersey ALM 2013 37 6 Robinson Chalapud COL COL 2013 31 7 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2013 26 8 Mauro Santambrogio ITA FAR 2013 18 9 Fabio Duarte COL COL 2013 17 10 Pieter Weening NED OGE 2013 14 Young riders classification RiderTeamTime1 Carlos Betancur COL20px|link=Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=White jersey ALM 2013 85h 00' 56"2 Rafał Majka POL SAX 2013 + 41"3 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2013a + 12' 50"4 Darwin Atapuma COL COL 2013 + 21' 28"5 Diego Rosa ITA AND 2013 + 32' 55"6 Fabio Aru ITA AST 2013 + 1h 17' 25"7 Fabio Felline ITA AND 2013 + 1h 23' 31"8 Jarlinson Pantano COL COL 2013 + 1h 28' 09"9 Thomas Damuseau FRA ARG 2013 + 1h 35' 26"10 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno ITA COG 2013 + 2h 04' 36" Trofeo Fast Team classification TeamTime1GBR SKY 2013254h 34′ 25″2KAZ AST 2013 + 4' 29"3ESP MOV 2013 + 7' 27"4ITA LAM 2013 + 10' 35"5NED RAB 2013a + 15' 58"6FRA ALM 2013 + 24' 59"7ITA AND 2013 + 39' 16"8ESP EUS 2013 + 55' 42"9USA BMC 2013 + 1h 03' 24"10RUS KAT 2013 + 1h 08' 43" Trofeo Super Team classification TeamPoints1ESP MOV 20132812GBR SKY 20132763FRA ALM 20132734ITA LAM 20132685KAZ AST 20132656USA BMC 20132327RUS KAT 20131968ITA FAR 20131959LUX RLT 201319410ITA COG 2013181 Minor classifications Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. These awards were based on points earned throughout the three weeks of the tour. Each mass-start stage had two intermediate sprints, the Traguardi Volante, or T.V. The T.V. sprints gave bonus seconds towards the general classification, points towards the regular points classification, and also points towards the T.V. classification. This award was known by various names in previous years, and was previously time-based. It was won by Brazilian Rafael Andriato of the FAR 2013 yes team.http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-21/results Giro d'Italia 2014: Stage 21 Results Cyclingnews.com 2015-05-31 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150313052557/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/stage-21/results 2015-03-13 Andriato also won the Premio della Fuga, which rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field. Each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders received one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Points classification winner Mark Cavendish won this award. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. It was likewise won, like the closely associated points classification, by Cavendish. Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. LIQ 2013 were the only team to avoid being penalised altogether over the course of the race, and so won the Fair Play classification. References Citations 30em External links https://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2013/en/ 2013 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Category:2013 in Italian sport Giro d'Italia Category:2013 in men's road cycling Category:May 2013 sports events in Italy