The 2013 Giro del Trentino was the 37th edition of the

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region ...

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stage race. It started on 16 April in

Lienz Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of '' ...

(

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) and ended on 19 April in Sega di Ala. The race, that was officially presented on 8 April in

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, consisted of four stages, with the first one divided into two half-stages. The race was won by

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rider

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, who claimed the leader's jersey in the final stage and won the ''King of the Mountains'' classification as well.(Italian) Mauro Santambrogio ( Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) was second and

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completed the podium. In the race's other classifications, Jarlinson Pantano of won the ''Sprints'' classification and 's

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won the ''Young Rider'' classification, with finishing at the head of the ''Teams'' classification.

Teams

Six World Tour teams took part in the race:

, BMC,

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and Team Sky. Among the riders, there were six

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-winners:

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, Ivan Basso, Michele Scarponi and

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. A total of 18 teams were invited to the race:

Race overview

Stages

Stage 1a

;16 April 2013 –

(

) to Lienz,

Stage 1b

;16 April 2013 – Lienz,

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(TTT)

Stage 2

;17 April 2013 –

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(Austria) to Vetriolo Terme,

Stage 3

;18 April 2013 –

Pergine Valsugana Pergine Valsugana (''Pèrzen'' in local dialect, german: Fersen im Suganertal) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. Pergine Valsugana borders th ...

to Condino (Valle del Chiese),

Stage 4

;19 April 2013 –

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to Sega di Ala,

Classification leadership table

"Giro del Trentino - Jerseys"
, ''Giro del Trentino - Official website'', 8 April 2013. Retrieved 8 Aprtl 2013

Teams

Race overview

Stages

Stage 1a

Stage 1b

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Classification leadership table

Final standings

General classification

King of the Mountains classification

Points classification

Young Rider classification

Teams classification

References

External links