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The lumpy course through Tuscany starting with a climb in Montecatini Terme and finishing 200 km later with a flat run into Arezzo | 
Here's the course map going southeast through Tuscany | 
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia was one of the favorites (or big names) but he didn't finish the race |
The rollout from Montecatini Terme | 
200 km later, the bunch sprint among the breakaway in Arezzo | 
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The break succeeds at 85th Giro di Toscana with Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) taking the win ahead of Carlos Betancur (Acqua e Sapone) and Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale) | 
Ballan missed out on a major classic win earlier this month in France and Belgium, but settles for a semi-classic (1.1) in Italy |
Hard to believe, but this is Ballan's first individual win since August 2009 (Stage 5 and overall at Tour de Pologne). Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), left, obscured in the first photo, was 3rd | 
Alfredo Martini and Alessandro Ballan post race | 
Your 2012 Giro di Toscana podium: 2nd Carlos Betancur (Acqua e Sapone), 1st Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) and 3rd Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale). |
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