Rabobank racing Giro d'Italia without expectations for title defence "Menchov doubled the Giro and Tour last year but realised he wasn't at 100 percent of his capacities at the Tour, so we agreed that he'd focus only on the Tour de France this year," team spokesman Luuc Eisenga told Cyclingnews.
1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 4:56:46 2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 4 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 7 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
GC
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 5:07:09 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:01 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:03 4 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:04 6 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:07 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:08 8 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:09