Blows were exchanged in the final gallop as a clearly frustrated Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) who missed the final decisive breakaway let many days of pent up frustration burst out. A handful of seconds up ahead it didn't stop a deserving Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) from beating Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues) and Jerome Pineau (Quick Step) in a closely faught battle.
Australian Richie Porte kept the pink leader's jersey but along with the thwarted Aussie World Champion Cadel Evans, he lost 10 seconds to many of the favourites, including Alexandre Vinokourov.
Giro d'Italia Stage 12 Selected Result
1 POZZATO Filippo KAT 5:15:50 0:00 bonus 20" 2 VOECKLER Thomas BTL 5:15:50 0:00 bonus 12" 3 PINEAU Jerome QST 5:15:50 0:00 bonus 8" 4 GARZELLI Stefano ASA 5:15:50 0:00 5 VINOKOUROV Alexandre AST 5:15:50 0:00 6 NIBALI Vincenzo LIQ 5:15:50 0:00 7 PINOTTI Marco THR 5:15:50 0:00 8 SCARPONI Michele AND 5:15:50 0:00 9 CUNEGO Damiano LAM 5:15:50 0:00 10 BASSO Ivan LIQ 5:15:50 0:00 25 PORTE Richie SAX 5:16:00 0:10 29 EVANS Cadel BMC 5:16:00 0:10 58 WIGGINS Bradley SKY 5:16:00 0:10 82 LLOYD Daniel CTT 5:16:14 0:24 114 CUMMINGS Steven SKY 5:16:26 0:36 125 FROOME Christopher SKY 5:17:51 2:01 135 WEGELIUS Charles OLO 5:19:42 3:52
Giro d'Italia 2010 General Classification after stage 12
1 PORTE Richie SAX 50:46:16 0:00 2 ARROYO DURAN David GCE 50:47:58 1:42 3 KISERLOVSKI Robert LIQ 50:48:12 1:56 4 TONDO VOLPINI Xavier CTT 50:50:10 3:54 5 AGNOLI Valerio LIQ 50:50:57 4:41 6 EFIMKIN Alexander ALM 50:51:32 5:16 7 GERDEMANN Linus MRM 50:51:50 5:34 8 SASTRE CANDIL Carlos CTT 50:53:25 7:09 9 DIDIER Laurent SAX 50:53:40 7:24 10 WIGGINS Bradley SKY 50:54:30 8:14 12 VINOKOUROV Alexandre AST 50:56:04 9:48 13 EVANS Cadel BMC 50:57:26 11:10 14 NIBALI Vincenzo LIQ 50:57:34 11:18 15 BASSO Ivan LIQ 50:57:55 11:39 16 PINOTTI Marco THR 50:58:21 12:05 17 DE GREEF Francis OLO 50:58:37 12:21 18 GARZELLI Stefano ASA 50:58:48 12:32 19 KARPETS Vladimir KAT 50:58:48 12:32 20 CUNEGO Damiano LAM 50:59:09 12:53 21 SCARPONI Michele AND 50:59:10 12:54 22 CATALDO Dario QST 50:59:38 13:22 23 PETROV Evgeni KAT 51:01:50 15:34 24 MOLLEMA Bauke RAB 51:02:19 16:03 25 MAYOZ ECHEVERRIA IbanFOT 51:02:30 16:14 26 WEENING Pieter RAB 51:03:54 17:38 27 ARDILA CANO Mauricio RAB 51:05:17 19:01 28 MILLAR David GRM 51:05:30 19:14 29 SERPA PEREZ Jose AND 51:07:15 20:59 30 CIONI Dario David SKY 51:07:38 21:22 31 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir ASA 51:08:02 21:46 32 GADRET John ALM 51:08:10 21:54 33 DUPONT Hubert ALM 51:11:49 25:33 34 TSCHOPP Johann BTL 51:15:42 29:26 35 BARRY Michael SKY 51:19:59 33:43 36 CODOL Massimo ASA 51:20:28 34:12 37 SORENSEN Chris SAX 51:21:54 35:38 38 HORRACH RIPPOLL Juan KAT 51:22:24 36:08 39 POZZATO Filippo KAT 51:23:56 37:40 40 KRUIJSWIJK Steven RAB 51:24:29 38:13 41 CARUSO Giampaolo KAT 51:24:32 38:16 42 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA A GCE 51:26:18 40:02 43 POSSONI Morris SKY 51:28:52 42:36 44 POZZOVIVO Domenico COG 51:29:57 43:41 45 KIRYIENKA Vasil GCE 51:30:24 44:08 46 VOECKLER Thomas BTL 51:30:26 44:10 47 EIBEGGER Markus FOT 51:31:11 44:55 48 URAN URAN Rigoberto GCE 51:31:14 44:58 49 LOSADA ALGUACIL A GCE 51:32:45 46:29 50 JUFRE POU Josep AST 51:33:49 47:33 51 LARSSON Gustav Erik SAX 51:34:52 48:36 52 PINEAU Jerome QST 51:35:55 49:39 53 GRIVKO Andriy AST 51:36:22 50:06 54 CUMMINGS Steven SKY 51:36:29 50:13 55 DONATI Alessandro ASA 51:36:37 50:21 56 TROFIMOV Yury BTL 51:38:43 52:27 57 BERTOGLIATI Rubens AND 51:40:48 54:32 58 WEGELIUS Charles OLO 51:41:53 55:37 59 MORENO FERNANDEZ D OLO 51:42:00 55:44 60 WYSS Marcel CTT 51:42:49 56:33 61 SAMOILAU Branislau QST 51:45:17 59:01 62 GOSS Matthew Harley THR 51:46:26 1:00:10 63 RODRIGUEZ Jackson AND 51:46:39 1:00:23 64 VANOTTI Alessandro LIQ 51:46:52 1:00:36 65 SARMIENTO Cayetano ASA 51:48:12 1:01:56 66 MARTIN Daniel GRM 51:48:39 1:02:23 67 OCHOA Carlos Jose AND 51:49:27 1:03:11 68 TOSATTO Matteo QST 51:49:34 1:03:18 69 FAILLI Francesco ASA 51:49:51 1:03:35 70 MONCOUTIE David COF 51:50:45 1:04:29 71 CANUTI Federico COG 51:52:15 1:05:59 72 LANG Sebastian OLO 51:52:27 1:06:11 73 RUSS Matthias MRM 51:54:11 1:07:55 74 TURPIN Ludovic ALM 51:56:41 1:10:25 75 SORENSEN Nicki SAX 51:56:47 1:10:31 76 BONO Matteo LAM 51:57:21 1:11:05 77 CUSIN Remi COF 51:57:43 1:11:27 78 HENDERSON Gregory SKY 51:58:22 1:12:06 79 CHEULA Giampaolo FOT 51:58:45 1:12:29 80 BONNET William BTL 52:00:08 1:13:52 81 DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano LIQ 52:00:59 1:14:43 82 GUSTOV Volodymir CTT 52:03:35 1:17:19 83 LUND Anders SAX 52:03:40 1:17:24 84 FORSTER Robert MRM 52:04:23 1:18:07 85 BISOLTI Alessandro COG 52:05:08 1:18:52 86 MAZZANTI Luca KAT 52:06:32 1:20:16 87 JEANNESSON Arnold GCE 52:08:34 1:22:18 88 DUQUE Leonardo COF 52:10:17 1:24:01 89 KIREYEV Roman AST 52:10:30 1:24:14 90 KLIMOV Serguei KAT 52:10:35 1:24:19 91 HINAULT Sebastien ALM 52:10:39 1:24:23 92 WURF Cameron AND 52:11:15 1:24:59 93 HONDO Danilo LAM 52:11:19 1:25:03 94 RIGHI Daniele LAM 52:11:56 1:25:40 95 ZANDIO ECHAIDE XabierGCE 52:12:31 1:26:15 96 LLOYD Matthew OLO 52:12:57 1:26:41 97 STANGELJ Gorazd AST 52:13:17 1:27:01 98 STALDER Florian BMC 52:14:22 1:28:06 99 STORTONI Simone COG 52:15:14 1:28:58 100 SZMYD Sylvester LIQ 52:15:59 1:29:43 101 VELO Marco QST 52:16:55 1:30:39 102 CUESTA LOPEZ Inigo CTT 52:17:23 1:31:07 103 LOOSLI David LAM 52:18:09 1:31:53 104 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC 52:20:02 1:33:46 105 LEWIS Craig THR 52:20:06 1:33:50 106 KRIVTSOV Yuriy ALM 52:20:07 1:33:51 107 LLOYD Daniel CTT 52:21:39 1:35:23 108 BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo AND 52:21:43 1:35:27 109 HAYMAN Mathew SKY 52:22:25 1:36:09 110 FOTHEN Markus MRM 52:22:39 1:36:23 111 GREIPEL Andre THR 52:22:41 1:36:25 112 VAN EMDEN Jos RAB 52:23:37 1:37:21 113 BELLETTI Manuel COG 52:23:41 1:37:25 114 SABATINI Fabio LIQ 52:23:51 1:37:35 115 FARRAR Tyler GRM 52:24:18 1:38:02 116 MARANGONI Alan COG 52:24:23 1:38:07 117 BRANDLE Matthias FOT 52:25:55 1:39:39 118 STAMSNIJDER Tom RAB 52:26:32 1:40:16 119 MONIER Damien COF 52:26:37 1:40:21 120 BUFFAZ Mickael COF 52:26:54 1:40:38 121 KRIIT Kalle COF 52:27:12 1:40:56 122 ELIJZEN Michiel OLO 52:27:29 1:41:13 123 MCEWEN Robert KAT 52:29:18 1:43:02 124 MARZANO Marco LAM 52:29:55 1:43:39 125 KAISEN Olivier OLO 52:30:53 1:44:37 126 FISCHER Murilo A GRM 52:31:20 1:45:04 127 FOUCHARD Julien COF 52:31:23 1:45:07 128 HAEDO Lucas SebastianSAX 52:33:05 1:46:49 129 REDA Francesco QST 52:33:10 1:46:54 130 CAPELLI Ermanno FOT 52:34:04 1:47:48 131 FROOME Christopher SKY 52:35:04 1:48:48 132 SIEBERG Marcel THR 52:35:13 1:48:57 133 VOSS Paul MRM 52:35:32 1:49:16 134 SIMONI Gilberto LAM 52:35:40 1:49:24 135 SCHÄR Michael BMC 52:36:00 1:49:44 136 MORKOV Michael SAX 52:36:23 1:50:07 137 BROWN Graeme RAB 52:36:42 1:50:26 138 ROBERTS Luke MRM 52:37:44 1:51:28 139 KING Edward CTT 52:37:45 1:51:29 140 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo GCE 52:38:42 1:52:26 141 ARASHIRO Yukiya BTL 52:39:47 1:53:31 142 ENGELS Addy QST 52:39:48 1:53:32 143 DEAN Julian GRM 52:40:17 1:54:01 144 TUFT Svein GRM 52:40:52 1:54:36 145 REYNES MIMO Vicente THR 52:40:53 1:54:37 146 RAVARD Anthony ALM 52:42:10 1:55:54 147 WYSS Danilo BMC 52:42:25 1:56:09 148 BERTOLINI Alessandro AND 52:44:10 1:57:54 149 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas CTT 52:44:30 1:58:14 150 BODNAR Maciej LIQ 52:44:41 1:58:25 151 RABON Frantisek THR 52:45:21 1:59:05 152 LE FLOCH Guillaume BTL 52:45:59 1:59:43 153 FLENS Rick RAB 52:46:16 2:00:00 154 CLAUDE Mathieu BTL 52:46:29 2:00:13 155 SUTTON Christopher SKY 52:46:47 2:00:31 156 ALBASINI Michael THR 52:47:17 2:01:01 157 FACCI Mauro QST 52:48:40 2:02:24 158 GAUDIN Damien BTL 52:50:31 2:04:15 159 SPEZIALETTI A LAM 52:51:05 2:04:49 160 IGNATIEV Mikhail KAT 52:51:29 2:05:13 161 RASCH Gabriel CTT 52:52:13 2:05:57 162 ANDRIOTTO Dario ASA 52:52:42 2:06:26 163 PIRAZZI Stefano COG 52:55:48 2:09:32 164 SIJMENS Nico COF 52:55:52 2:09:36 165 FRAPPORTI Marco COG 53:07:51 2:21:35 166 BLOT Guillaume COF 53:10:22 2:24:06 167 MEYER Cameron GRM 53:10:57 2:24:41 168 CORTI Marco FOT 53:12:47 2:26:31 169 BOBRIDGE Jack GRM 53:20:23 2:34:07