Blel Kadri (Ag2r la Mondiale) won the 2013 Roma Maxima after being in the break of the race and spending a total of 127 km out front. Filippo Pozzato of Lampre Merida won the sprint in the chasing bunch and finished in second, but he believed he had won the race and threw his arms in the air as a victorious gesture. Grega Bole of Vacansoleil-DCM finished in third.
The 2013 Roma Maxima was the 75th edition of the Italian semi-classic cycle race previously known as Giro del Lazio. The Giro del Lazio has not been raced since 2008, and the 2013 edition was the first one with the new name.
Kadri was one of four riders in an early breakaway group. He attacked 40 km to go, with Manuel Antonio Cardoso of Caja Rural, but he dropped Cardoso and went for a solo win.
2013 Roma Maxima started on Via Appia Antica in Rome, passed through the cobblestone section of the ancient Appian Way and the steep climbs of the Roman hills, and ended again in Rome in Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Coliseum, after 180 kilometers (110 mi).
The French Blel Kadri won the race after a 127 km (78.9 mi) breakaway. Kadri, together with André Cardoso, Christophe Premont, Pim Ligthart, and Albert Timmer, got away after 53 km (32.9 mi); on the climb to Campi di Annibale he dropped the other riders and powered on alone with 40 km (24.9 mi) to go.
A five-rider group, among whom there was also Vincenzo Nibali, tried to chase Kadri down, but Kadri managed to hold the gap all the way to Rome.
Lampre-Merida’s Filippo Pozzato won the sprint for second place, and Grega Bole (Vacansoleil-DCM) was third. Since Roma Maxima is not a World Tour event, riders were not allowed to use the radio during the race; so both Pozzato and Bole did not know that Kadri was still away, and Pozzato celebrated on the finish line thinking he had won the race.
After the race, a very sheepish Filippo Pozzato said: “I thought I won the race, because we caught a breakaway group, I didn’t know Kadri was up front. There was no radio today.”
It was Kadri’s biggest victory in his career. He said: “On the podium, I thought that, sometimes, you work hard and going for it pays off. Luck doesn’t often smile on you but it did this time. I’m very, very happy.”
2013 Roma Maxima full results
- Blel Kadri France AG2R La Mondiale 4:26:27
- Filippo Pozzato Italy Lampre-Merida 0:00:37
- Grega Bole Slovenia Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Enrico Barbin Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Simone Ponzi Italy Astana Pro Team
- Leonardo Fabio Duque Colombia Colombia
- Giovanni Visconti Italy Movistar Team
- Simon Geschke Germany Team Argos-Shimano
- Sergey Lagutin Uzbekistan Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Sergei Chernetski Russia Katusha
- Mikael Cherel France AG2R La Mondiale
- Mirko Selvaggi Italy Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Damiano Caruso Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Amets Txurruka Spain Caja Rural
- Angel Vicioso Arcos Spain Katusha
- Matteo Rabottini Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Francois Parisien Canada Team Argos-Shimano
- Emanuele Sella Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Valerio Agnoli Italy Astana Pro Team
- Mauro Santambrogio Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Dmitry Kozontchuk Russia Katusha
- Riccardo Chiarini Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Omar Fraile Matarranza Spain Caja Rural
- Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez Colombia Androni Giocattoli
- Francesco Reda Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Marcel Wyss Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Christophe Premont Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Francesco Manuel Bongiorno Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Stephen Cummings Great Britain BMC Racing Team
- Sébastien Reichenbach Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Alan Marangoni Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Spain Movistar Team
- Damiano Cunego Italy Lampre-Merida
- Daniele Pietropolli Italy Lampre-Merida
- Jarlinson Pantano Colombia Colombia
- Domenico Pozzovivo Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Fabio Aru Italy Astana Pro Team
- Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso Portugal Caja Rural
- Simone Stortoni Italy Lampre-Merida 0:00:46
- Vincenzo Nibali Italy Astana Pro Team 0:00:48
- Giampaolo Caruso Italy Katusha 0:01:30
- Albert Timmer Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:07
- Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi Spain Movistar Team 0:03:12
- Manuel Belletti Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Francesco Lasca Italy Caja Rural
- Luka Mezgec Slovenia Team Argos-Shimano
- Sacha Modolo Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Oscar Gatto Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Francisco Javier Moreno Allue Spain Caja Rural
- Davide Cimolai Italy Lampre-Merida
- Gilles Devillers Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Rémi Cusin France IAM Cycling
- Angel Madrazo Ruiz Spain Movistar Team
- Edoardo Zardini Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Dalivier Ospina Navarro Colombia Colombia
- Marcel Aregger Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Lawrence Warbasse USA BMC Racing Team
- Maxim Belkov Russia Katusha
- Michael Rodriguez Galindo Colombia Colombia
- Rob Ruijgh Netherlands Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Cameron Wurf Australia Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Pavel Brutt Russia Katusha
- Marco Frapporti Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Darwin Atapuma Colombia Colombia
- Thomas Damuseau France Team Argos-Shimano
- Juraj Sagan Slovakia Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Ben Gastauer Luxembourg AG2R La Mondiale
- Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni Spain Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Nariyuki Masuda Japan Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Pim Ligthart Netherlands Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Przemyslaw Niemiec Poland Lampre-Merida
- Patrick Schelling Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Sylvain Georges France AG2R La Mondiale
- Francesco Failli Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Stefano Agostini Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Fabio Felline Italy Androni Giocattoli
- Stefano Garzelli Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Fabio Taborre Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Tomasz Marczynski Poland Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Alessandro Proni Italy Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
- Ivan Velasco Murillo Spain Caja Rural
- Jonathan Fumeaux Switzerland IAM Cycling
- John Gadret France AG2R La Mondiale
- Carlos Julian Quintero Colombia Colombia
- Stefano Pirazzi Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Angelo Pagani Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Eros Capecchi Italy Movistar Team
- Enrico Battaglin Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
- Daniel Petrov Bulgaria Caja Rural 0:04:51
- Mattia Gavazzi Italy Androni Giocattoli 0:06:37
- Fabio Duarte Colombia Colombia
- Vladimir Isaichev Russia Katusha
- Alexandr Pliuschin Moldova IAM Cycling
- Martin Kohler Switzerland BMC Racing Team
- Johannes Fröhlinger Germany Team Argos-Shimano
- Sébastien Delfosse Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Matthias Brandle Austria IAM Cycling
- Tanel Kangert Estonia Astana Pro Team
- Sebastian Lander Denmark BMC Racing Team 0:09:50
- Klaas Sys Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor Colombia Colombia
- Joeri Bueken Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Dmitriy Gruzdev Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team
- Michel Koch Germany Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Baptiste Planckaert Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Stijn Steels Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Ramon Sinkeldam Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano
- Wesley Kreder Netherlands Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
- Reinier Honig Netherlands Crelan-Euphony
- Massimo Graziato Italy Lampre-Merida
- Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff Sweden Astana Pro Team
- Federico Canuti Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Klaas Lodewyck Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Alessandro Vanotti Italy Astana Pro Team
- Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente Spain Caja Rural
- Thomas Peterson USA Team Argos-Shimano
- Donato De Ieso Italy Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
Sources
- 2013 Roma Maxima on Wikipedia
- Kadri wins 2013 Roma Maxima on the Campagnolo website
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