Greig Leach

With 190 kilometers covered, a distance longer than most every Grand Tour stage, it was important for everyone to keep eating just to be able to make it to Sanremo. Let alone to be able to race to the finish. So it was that Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiaini-CSF-Falzane) dropped back to his team car to grab another bite to eat. He and his break away companions still had another 109 kilometers so he (and they) had to eat. The octet had almost five minutes on the peloton behind, yet it would not be enough time to ensure a win on the Via Roma.