The 2013 Roma Maxima was the 75th edition of the Italian
semi-classic cycle race
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previously known as
Giro del Lazio
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. The ''Giro del Lazio'' has not been raced since 2008, and the 2013 edition was the first one with the new name.
The race was scheduled on 3 March 2013; it started on ''Via Appia Antica'' in Rome, passed through the
cobblestone
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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
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, after .
The French
Blel Kadri won the race after a breakaway. Kadri, together with
André Cardoso
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,
Christophe Prémont,
Pim Ligthart and
Albert Timmer
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Career
Born in Gramsbergen, Timmer competed in the 2012 Tour de Franc ...
, got away after ; on the climb to ''Campi di
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* Annibale Albani (1682–1751), Italian cardinal
* Annibale I Bentivoglio, (died 1445), ruler of Bologna from 1443
* Annibal ...
'' he dropped the other riders and powered on alone with 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. 's
Filippo Pozzato won the sprint for the second place, and
Grega Bole
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() 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.
Teams
The start list included 16 teams – 9
ProTeams and 7
Professional Continental Teams – and a total of 128 riders. Among them, the pre-race favourites were pairing
Alejandro Valverde and
Giovanni Visconti, 's
Damiano Cunego
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Cunego's biggest wins were the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, a ...
and
Filippo Pozzato, rider
Carlos Betancur
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Career
In 2010 he won the Girobio stage race; the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia; and in 2011 ...
and
Oscar Gatto of .
Results
References
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