Giro 2014: Marco Canola outsprints his fellow escapees

Friday May 23th - Stage 13 leads from Fossano to Rivarolo Canavese. The route is made for escapees and sprinters alike, and it's the break away taking the win. Italian Marco Canola outsprints his two remainning fellow escapees and powers to victory. Uran stays in lead of the GC. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 13th stage Giro 2014

1. Marco Canola (ita)
2. Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) s.t.
3. Angelo Tulik (fra) s.t.
4. Nacer Bouhanni (fra) s.t.
5. Giacomo Nizzolo (ita) s.t.
6. Elia Viviani (ita) s.t.
7. Luka Mezgec (slo) s.t.
8. Ben Swift (gbr) s.t.
9. Tyler Farrar (USA) s.t.
10. Borut Bozic (slo) s.t.

GC after stage 13
1. Rigoberto Uran (col)
2. Cadel Evans (aus) +0.37
3. Rafal Majka (pol) + 1.52
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (ita) + 2.32
5. Wilco Kelderman (Nld) +2.50
6. Nairo Quintana (col) + 3.29
7. Fabio Aru (ita) + 3.37
8. Wout Poels (Nld) + 4.06
9. Steve Morabito (Swi) + 4.20
10. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) + 4.41

Stage Report

The break of the day is made up of Dockx, Canola, Romero, Tulik and Rodriguez. Soon they have a gain of 1’30” when Belkov crosses the gap. As a team of six the gap grows to a max of 3’30”. But because Giant Shimano (Mezgec) and FDJ (Bouhanni) are speeding in the peloton the gap never really widens.

With 40 kilometres left Trek (Nibbolo) and Cannondale (Viviani) are upfront as well. With four collaborating sprint teams the escapees gain is soon under 2 minutes.

But then a strange thing happens. When Canola, Tulik and Rodriguez drop their fellow escapees the pace in the chasing pack drops. With 4 kilometres left the gain upfront is still over a minute.

Marco Canola gives a mighty show of strength and powers to victory outsprinting his companions. Rodriguez comes in second, Tulik third. Bouhanni is fastest in the pack thus securing his lead in the points classification.