Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Race Presentation Full Results and Report
|  Photos from the Tirreno - Adriatico pre-race press conference at Lido di Camaiore Hotel Una: Peter Sagan and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo) have already claimed the winner's prize |  He's the man. No he's the man. | 
|  The past two winners, Vincenzo Nibali and Alberto Contador getting serious | 
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|  Photo-Op with the big names: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) in front of Lido di Camaiore Hotel Una | 
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|  Fabian Cancellara |  Olig Tinkoff |  Alberto Contador announced today that he's signed a new two year deal and will end his career with Tinkoff Saxo at the end of 2016 |  Alberto Contador: “For me, this year is a bit different from last. I’m in good form, Andalucia gave me some confidence. At every moment, in my head, I have the Giro d’Italia. This year, I want to try to win every race I ride, but at the same time I’m thinking of the Giro. It’ll be hard to win Tirreno Adriatico again, given the high level of my rivals. It is true that Froome is not here, but the winners of the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia are here, so my approach will not change. As for where the race will be decided. I don’t know the Terminillo, so I don’t know how selective it will be. But I will take it day by day, stay concentrated so the the race doesn’t slip away from me and, in the end, we’ll see. But in all probability, on the final day, I will have to ride a good time trial.” | 
|  Fabian Cancellara: “I would like to say ‘Well done’ to the organisers. Security is the most important thing and the changes they have made show that they are thinking of us. I came here to work for Bauke and Julian, and to put them in a good position to fight for the General Classification. To change objectives from one day to the other is mentally hard, although I’m used to it. Now I’ll ride alone. I could do well, but a 5.4km time trial is very short, and it means that a lot more riders are in with a chance.” |  Vincenzo Nibali: “My year has started differently from last year. In 2014, my objective was the Tour, but after riding the Giro and the Vuelta, I struggled to find my rhythm. This year, my goals are the same, but I have tried to work harder in the winter. I’m not in my Tour de France condition, and I haven’t ridden against Alberto [Contador], Rigoberto [Urán] or Nairo [Quintana]. They are all great riders, and Alberto has had great results already this season. So we’ll see day by day and, if I feel good one day, I’ll see what I can do, and then we’ll see how the GC goes.” |  Vincenzo Nibali |  Peter Sagan: “Strade Bianche was my first really hard race of the season. I attacked very strongly because I that was how I was feeling. One year it works, the next it doesn’t. I am in good shape here at Tirreno Adriatico and you’ve got to have a go. I’m here to try to win. I won’t be waiting for Arezzo, where I won last year. I intend to be in the sprint tomorrow, and we’ll see how it goes.” |  Peter Sagan |  Nairo Quintana: “I’ve been out of competition for some time so this race is very important for me. I was second last year, but my goals were very different then. I’m calm, it’s my first race in Europe, and there are some strong rivals around me. For me it will be a race for fine-tuning form, getting some kilometres in my legs and finding some rhythm. I love racing in Italy because of the passion of the fans.” |  Rigoberto Urán: “I have a good team around me and I have come here to do well. We would have been competitive in the team time trial, but in the end the modifications change nothing for me. The race goes on. In any case, it is always special to race in Italy, and tomorrow will be memorable for me because I will wear the jersey of the Colombian national time trial champion for the first time. I hope the Colombian fans come out, and I will try to do my best for them.” |  Rigoberto Uran |
Stage 1: Lido di Camaiore, 5.4 km Full Results and Report
|  Fans getting ready as riders warm up for the opening stage/prologue of Tirreno-Adriatico |  The short 5.4 km TT course in Lido di Camaiore along the Ligurian Sea |  Adriano Malori (Movistar) picked after where he left off after winning the final (tt) stage at last year's Tirreno-Adriatico |  Adriano Malori (Movistar) wins the Lido di Camaiore Stage 1 TT/Prologue in 6:04 |  Adriano Malori (Movistar) |  Bike throw and the win by 1s |  Swiss National TT Champ Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) was next |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) |  2nd Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) + 1s |  3rd Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) + 2s |  Daniel OSS (BMC) had the early lead and ended up 6th + 4s |  Peter SAGAN (TINKOFF - SAXO) had interesting ride. He almost slide out in a corner when distracted by recreational cyclist and had a black cat cross his path... |  Nonetheless, Peter SAGAN (TINKOFF - SAXO) posted the 9th best result + 6s |  17th Simon GESCHKE (GIANT - ALPECIN) + 10s |  Best among the GC contenders today was Rigoberto URAN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) |  18th Rigoberto URAN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 10s |  28th Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) + 11s |  Nice shot of Sep Vanmarcke (Lotto NL - Jumbo) leaning into it for 36th + 13s |  61st Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo) + 15s |  Not a good ride for Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo) |  81st Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) + 21s |  Call him Adriano Adriatico. Your stage 1/prologue winner, Adriano Malori (Movistar) hits the stage in Lido di Camaiore has now won TTs on both coasts of this event. |  Adriano Malori (Movistar) |  And first race leader, Adriano Malori (Movistar) |  Blue Jersey: “It’s a dream. It’s wonderful. I won the final time trial a year ago, but this time I get to wear the blue jersey of the race leader, which will leave me with wonderful memories. Wearing it just for one day is a big deal.” |  Looks like Peter SAGAN (TINKOFF - SAXO) is about to get the best young rider jersey |  Post race winner's press conference: “The time trial was a rush of adrenaline, taking the bends at top speed, and finishing totally out of breath. I didn’t think I’d manage to win on roads like that. Normally, on this type of route, Cancellara is the rider to beat. But today it all went perfectly for me.” |
Stage 2: Camaiore → Cascina, 153 km Full Results and Report
|  Mark Cavendish signing in for Stage 2, a day for the sprinters |  Current Italian and Tour de France champion, Vincenzo Nibali gets a warm welcome in Camaiore |  Lotto NL - Jumbo at the start in Camaiore |  Rollout |  Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on the first of two times up Monte Pitoro at the start of the stage |  Monte Pitoro (x2) was the only climb of the day |  Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani Csf) in the break the second time up Monte Pitoro |  Danilo Wyss (Bmc) in the break |  Movistar leading race leader Adriano Malori (Movistar) up Monte Pitoro |  Mostly flat for the rest of the stage |  Danilo Wyss (Bmc) and the rest of the break |  Race leader, Adriano Malori (Movistar) |  Alberto Contador and Tinkoff - Saxo |  Break |  Etixx - Quick Step at the front of the chase on the finishing circuits in Cascina |  Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) wins the depleted sprint finish in Cascina after Mark Cavendish took out Elia Viviani and others. Peter Sagan was second |  Final 200m: “At the moment I started my sprint I heard a crash or someone hitting someone else behind me. I still didn’t really think of winning when I went. I was thinking maybe Cavendish or Viviani were on my wheel and they’d come out. But it was a really fast sprint, and it’s really hard to pass someone when you are doing 70 kph. I thought maybe one or two might come past, but luckily no one did.” |  Mark Cavendish (Etixx - Quick Step) dropped his chain in the sprint causing the crash |  Stage 2 winner Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) in Cascina. |  Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) in Cascina |  Adriano Malori (Movistar) in Cascina |  Bloody and battered, Elia Viviani (Team Sky) finished the stage |  Your Stage 2 winner, Belgian Road Champ Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal). Milestone: “This win is really important to me. It’s the biggest win in my career. The Belgian Championship was big, but this is at a much higher level. And I’m always happy to win while wearing the jersey [of the Belgian champion]. It’s great to win a victory so early in the season, especially in a WorldTour race.” | 
|  Adriano Malori (Movistar) barely keeps the race lead, same time as Peter Sagan |
Stage 3: Cascina → Arezzo, 203 km Full Results and Report
|  Adriano MALORI (MOVISTAR) signing in for his last day as the race leader |  Greg Van Avermaet and BMC look confident at the Stage 3 start in Cascina |  Stage 3 rollout with bandaged Eli Viviani | 
|  Danilo Wyss (Bmc) leading the break |  Carlos Quintero (Colombia) leading the break | 
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|  Team Colombia climbing San Martino, the first of two modest climbs early in the stage | 
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|  Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso | 
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|  Arezzo, ancient city finish coming up |  Passing through the finishing line for four more circuits | 
|  Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the Arezzo circuits |  Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) |  Race leader Adriano Malori (Movistar) |  Passing through the finish again |  Ivan Basso and Tinkoff - Saxo leading for the final lap |  Ancient city sprint finish in full flight |  Peter Sagan goes wide |  A close finish coming uo between Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc), Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) | 
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|  Greg VAN AVERMAET (BMC RACING) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (TINKOFF - SAXO), 3rd Zdenek STYBAR (ETIXX - QUICK STEP), 4th Filippo POZZATO (LAMPRE - MERIDA) |  On Beating Sagan, Pozzato, Cancellara: “In my head I knew I could beat those guys, but you have to prove it. Fabian has beaten me in sprints a few times, and Sagan is normally a bit faster than me, but if the finish is slightly uphill and comes at the end of a hard race, I’m good in a sprint. So far, it has never quite finished the way I wanted, but you keep on trying, you never give up, and in the end you win a race like this. It’s always nice when you see those guys on your wheel, and you get the result” |  Finish perspective, no time or space for a victory salute |  BMC celebrate |  Your stage 3 winner, Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) | 
|  And new race leader by two seconds over Peter Sagan |  “It is important to me because I’m leading the team here and you can only be a leader if you win races. I finished second or third a few times recently: in Het Nieuwsblad and Flanders last year, and in Qatar, Oman and Strade Bianche this year. I sprinted all the way to the line today: I didn’t raise my hands in case I didn’t win. If you celebrate and they come past you, it’s even worse”. |  “This is a special day for me. I looked at the road book when I knew I was coming to Tirreno Adriatico, and I was confident about these two stages, stages 3 and 4. Stage 4 will be a little bit harder, but I knew that today’s finish would really suit me. I looked at what happened last year when [my team-mate] Philip Gilbert was 3rd. I knew it could be a good day for me, although there were some good guys to beat. I’ve come close a few times this year, so I’m really happy that I could finish it off. The team worked really well for me, because on a stage like this it is really important to be well positioned. And, of course, I’m really glad I could keep guys like Sagan off”. |  Peter Sagan has 10 second place finishes since his last win (June 2014) |
Stage 4: Indicatore → Castelraimondo, 218 km Full Results and Report
|  The morning sign in for Stage 4 |  Greg VAN AVERMAET (BMC RACING) about to his first and only day in the race leader's jersey |  He has 10 second place finishes since his last win (June 2014), but Peter Sagan is still popular with the fans |  Danilo Wyss (Bmc) and Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) getting VIP treatment at the start line in Indicatore |  Dropping the flag on Stage 4 |  Vincenzo NIBALI and Joaquin RODRIGUEZ | 
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|  Orica GreenEdge's Luke Durbridge and Mathew Hayman |  BMC leading the peloton |  Today's main break | 
|  The end of the stage was hilly |  13:11:02 14 marzo 2015. ANSA/CLAUDIO PERI |  Team Colombia on the deck during the descent of San Romualdo |  Nathan Haas (Cannondale - Garmin) attack | 
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|  10 km to go: Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) at the front on the Crispiero climb | 
|  Vicioso Angel (Katusha) attacks on Crispiero |  Scenic shot of Crispiero | 
|  Wouter Poels's (Team Sky) winning move on the descent into Castelraimondo |  15s back, Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) leading the chase |  Race leader, Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) was dropped |  Solo win for Wouter Poels (Team Sky) in Castelraimondo |  The rest of the riders in the distance |  The attack: “The plan today was to follow, lose no time, and stay with the best GC riders. We spoke before the stage about attacking if I had really good legs, but not too early in the stage. I had good legs, and I didn’t go too early, so the plan was perfect. I know Contador is also in really good shape, and the others too, but today I was the strongest on the final climb. It was a really good moment to attack and afterwards it was only downhill, so I was lucky.” |  Team Sky redeems themselves in the eyes of the race organizers |  2nd Rigoberto URAN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 14s, 3rd Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA), 4th Alexis VUILLERMOZ (AG2R LA MONDIALE) |  11th Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo) was saving himself for the Stage 5's summit finish |  Your stage 4 winner, Wouter Poels (Team Sky) |  And new race leader, Wouter Poels (Team Sky) |  Another Team Sky win: “When you see your team-mates winning, you want to win yourself. I was the lucky one today. Having said that, I worked really hard this winter, and trained at altitude for the first time in my life. It is great to win a stage and take the lead at a really nice race like Tirreno Adriatico, and so early in the season. It was really disappointing for me that I couldn’t ride my first race with [Chris Froome], because I really want to go to the Tour de France with him to work. We have to see if I fit in the team. On the other hand, it was an opportunity for me to get a good result, and good for the team that they can win and get good results. Chris is also happy for me because we’ve done a lot of training together.” | 
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|  Are you the favourite now?: “Yeah, maybe after today. I’m in really good shape, I feel really good, and normally the long climbs are not so bad for me. The jersey gives me confidence and I feel I can keep it. But there are still 3 more stages and a time trial, Urán is also in really good shape, Contador also. The gap is 17 seconds I think: not a huge amount but not a small advantage either. I’m looking forward to tomorrow. The race is not done, and we will see.” |
Stage 5: Esanatoglia → Terminillo, 194 km Full Results and Report
|  Despite the fan support, Vincenzo Nibali has been unusually glum at this year's race. He had another poor ride today. 22nd + 2:16. |  Alberto Contador pre race |  Race leader, Wouter POELS (SKY) was 16th + 1:37 and is now 10th overall |  Break | 
|  Climbing the Arette climb in the first half of the stage |  Sky at the front of the chase |  Le Arette 72 km into the stage | 
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|  Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r La Mondiale) leading the break through Esanatoglia |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) on the final climb, Terminillo |  Wouter Poels (Team Sky) on Terminillo |  Ivan Basso (Tinkoff - Saxo) setting the pace |  Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attack with 5 km on the 14 km gradual Terminillo climb |  Battling through the deteriorating weather |  Bauke MOLLEMA (TREK FACTORY RACING) |  Alberto Contador (Tinkoff - Saxo) |  Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) hanging on to a nice advantage |  Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) next |  Scenes from the snow covered finish... | 
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|  Waiting for the race |  Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wins on snowy Terminillo by 41s | 
|  Cold weather Colombian?: “In Colombia, I live at an altitude of nearly 3000m. Some mornings it is very cold, 4 or 5 degrees, and it can go down to zero. At altitude, it’s a different cold, but then, racing in Europe, we get used to even more extreme conditions. It is not the first time I’ve won in the cold. There was the Giro d’Italia last year, and at Vallter 2000 in the Volta a Catalunya [2013] the conditions were the same as this. I don’t know if I’m the strongest in extreme conditions. [Vincenzo] Nibali and Alberto [Contador] have both won in the heat and in the cold. In the end, when you are a leader, you have to have a strong head and legs, whatever the weather”. | 
|  Finish perspective |  2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 41s and now second overall |  3rd Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA) + 55s and 4th Rigoberto URAN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) |  5th Alberto CONTADOR (TINKOFF - SAXO), 6th Thibaut PINOT (FDJ), 7th Adam YATES (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 55s |  22nd Vincenzo NIBALI (ASTANA) + 2:16 |  A Proud Colombian takes the stage |  Your Stage 5 winner, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) |  Tough to do with cold, wet hands |  New race leader, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will be tough to beat now | 
|  The attack: “I knew it was going to be very cold on the final climb. I was psychologically ready. The team has taken great care of me these days. I saved energy all day and they delivered me to the final climb. Sky pulled for a bit, then Tinkoff - Saxo. Then Etixx took over. I saw some tension in the group around me. I looked around, not at [Contador] in particular, and I saw people were looking at each other as if they were thinking about attacking. Yesterday, when we were looking at each other, the Sky rider [Wouter Poels] took advantage. Today, the pace dropped and I decided to give it a go” |
Stage 6: Rieti → Porto Sant'Elpidio, 210 km Full Results and Report
|  Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR), signing in for his first day as race leader |  Alberto Contador knows he lost too much time yesterday to repeat his overall win |  Make room for the race leader, Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) |  The rollout from Rieti |  The break getting started in miserable conditions |  Checking for a gap |  The peloton |  Quintana, Sagan and Contador. Sagan said post-race: “I have to thank [Alberto Contador] because it was not so much a surprise as a pleasure so see someone like Alberto working on the climb to drop the other sprinters, or at least to break up the group. Then my other team mates rode hard for the final 80km.” | 
|  The race arrives in Porto Sant Elpidio |  Mark Cavendish (Etixx - Quick Step) off the back, dropped on the early climbs |  Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Alessandro Vanotti (Astana) off the front in Porto Sant Elpidio |  Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale) |  Stage 2 winner, Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) looking to give it another go |  Sagan biding his time. |  Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r La Mondiale), sole break survivor on the final lap in Porto Sant Elpidio, but he didn't make it |  Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step), Luca Paolini (Katusha) |  Sprint finish in full flight | 
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|  Despite a good Mtn - Qhubeka leadout, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) wins ahead of Gerald Ciolek (Mtn - Qhubeka) while Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) was 3rd | 
|  Needless to say, Peter Sagan was pleased to break his 9 month winless spell in which he recorded 10 second place finishes: “I don’t know about frustrating. All these second places, I wanted to win. but I don’t know how many 2nd places I did. [Q: 15.] That’s a lot! It would have been a lot of first places. But I take it as experience. Life is like that. Sometimes up, sometimes down. It’s OK.” |  “After the fall in Qatar, I had some bad grazes, but I was OK to ride, and I felt good. Oman was very hot, and I don’t like it when it is that hot, although it was good for my condition. I didn’t feel 100% at [Strade Bianche] Eroica [Pro], but I’ve felt good enough to win here at Tirreno Adriatico. At Arezzo I had the legs to win but I made a mistake at the end. But it’s important to think about the future, not the past.” |  Finish perspective |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) |  Your Stage 6 winner, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) hits the stage in Porto Sant Elpidio | 
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|  Nairo Quintana (Movistar) looks confident as race leader heading into the final day short time trial: “Tomorrow’s stage has to be ridden at top speed. There will be no secrets, and nowhere to hide. I think with the advantage I have, I’ll be fine, and I’ll finish without any problems.” |  Colombian fans | 
|  Peter Sagan is also the points leader |  Pressure: “Contracts are drawn up on the basis of results. I think I’ve achieved a lot in the past four years. You don’t reach the top in cycling, and get a big contract, by chance. You have to deserve it. I’m riding for a new team, I’m happy with today’s win, but I want much more from this season, and I think the team does too. But we riders put pressure on ourselves. It doesn’t come from anyone else.” |
Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto, 10 km Full Results and Report
|  Rain for the third day in a row; riders "warming up" along the Adriatic Sea before the final stage in San Benedetto del Tronto |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won the 10 km flat, non-technical ITT in 11:23 |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) makes his bike look small |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) finishing off his winning ride. Proof of form for Milano Sanremo?: “Strade Bianche and Tirreno are the races that lead to Milano Sanremo and the classics, although remember that today was 10km, not 300km. Sanremo is the longest race in the world. You have to concentrate on every metre, and consider where you use your energy. It’s true that the route has changed, but it changes every year, and so have the winners. In this, Milano Sanremo is unlike Flanders and Roubaix. The most important factor is the weather, which changes the nature of the race. We all know who the favourites are, and there are lots of them. We know that removing Le Manie and returning the finish to Via Roma changes everything, although exactly what it will change, we don’t know. I’m not thinking about it yet, because it depends on the weather.” |  2nd Adriano Malori (Movistar) + 4s |  21st Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 34s for 2nd overall |  25th Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) + 38s for 3rd overall |  Nice shot of race leader, Nairo QUINTANA Alexander (MOVISTAR) |  51st Nairo QUINTANA Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 55s |  Good enough for the overall win |  Your Stage 7 winner, Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) | 
|  It's been awhile since Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) has celebrated a ITT win |  3rd overall Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step) + 31s |  2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 18s |  Your overall winner, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 25:11:16 | 
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|  “I needed this win for my own head, but also to show my fans that I am still here. Last year I won the Vuelta a Burgos, but then in the Vuelta a España I couldn’t give my fans the satisfaction of the win because of that disastrous fall. To finish on the podium in Argentina was reassuring, although it’s a very different type of race and lacks the big rivals who go to the WorldTour races. It was fantastic to come here, to find my team in great form and ready to work hard, and to come away with victory: it is emotional, and good for the head.” |  Proud Colombian |  Your 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico podium: 2nd Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) + 18s, 1st Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 25:11:16, 3rd Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick Step) + 31s | 
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|  Terminillo: “When I remember that day, the hair stands up on the back of my neck. It was a spectacular win in enchanting surroundings. I’d have to do my homework to compile a ranking of my favourite mountain stage wins, but to beat those rivals, on a day like that, in the cold, with a nervous, twitchy peloton, and then to finish on the Terminillo in the snow, in conditions that made for wonderful photographs, was special, even if I have to say that we suffered a lot that day.” |  Post race press conference: Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing). Beating Malori: “I’m happy, of course. The years pass and the youngsters come through. Adriano is travelling his own road. He will soon be winning not just Prologues but longer time trials. The young grow and emerge. Today I watched him closely, of course, after losing on day one. ITTs are all about details. I don’t have the same motivation as I once had, but today I’m very happy. I’d prefer not to go into the Prologue, because I think there were too many mistakes, and if I start listing them, I may never stop. Today, I managed not to make the same mistakes again, and today’s performance is more representative of my level. I made a mistake in the final kilometre today, but during the Prologue I made many other mistakes. I lost by 5 hundredths of a second that day. I’m not saying that if I had ridden like this on Day 1, I would have won by 5 seconds, but it went well for me today.” |  Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing): Motivation: “At the end of yesterday’s stage I wanted to sprint, but I also wanted to win today. The time trials no longer give me the motivation they once did, but today is my last day aged 33, so I’ll be turning a page tomorrow. It’s a little thing but it gave me a little extra motivation, and that allows me to find a bit more. It is the fruit of experience.” |  Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on his rivals: “I don’t know what [Contador] is thinking after my win here. But I think all of the big climbing rivals are at a very similar level. Froome wasn’t here, so we didn’t see what shape he is in. But he and Contador showed how strong they are in Andalucia. It was a magnificent spectacle, one of them winning on one day, the next winning the next. Now I have won here. To me, it suggest that we are all pretty even. Contador will be strong at the Tour de France, but so will Froome and Nibali. And for all of us, it’s our main goal.” |
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