Parte la fuga in avvio di tappa, il gruppo non lascia mai troppo spazio, pensi per tutta la giornata che ci sarà volata e che non c'è speranza per i cinque attaccanti. A provarsi lo stesso sono Oscar Gatto della Androni Sidermec, Matteo Busato della Southeast, Alessandro Malaguti della Nippo Vini Fantini, Alan Maragoni della Cannondale Garmin e Nicola Boem della Bardiani CSF.
Invece accade che a 30 km dal traguardo di Forlì, il gruppo sia ancora a 3 minuti nonostante le squadre dei velocisti siano là davanti già da un po'. E, complice il vento favorevole e la perfetta gestione delle energie da parte dei fuggitivi, il vantaggio non cala, non cala.
A 20 chilometri, ancora più di due minuti e le possibilità degli attaccanti crescono ancora, sorprendentemente. Arriva tutta la Lotto Soudal davanti, arrivano in tanti ma il vantaggio cala troppo lentamente, anche quando a sei chilometri dal tragurado la sfortuna appieda Oscar Gatto, costretto a fermarsi per una foratura e a dare l'addio ai sogni di gloria.
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1 Nicola BOEM ITA BAR 4:26:16
2 Matteo BUSATO ITA STH +4:26:16
3 Alessandro MALAGUTI ITA NIP +4:26:18
4 Alan MARANGONI ITA TCG +4:26:20
5 Giacomo NIZZOLO ITA TFR +4:26:34
6 Sacha MODOLO ITA LAM +4:26:34
7 André GREIPEL GER LTS +4:26:34
8 Luka MEZGEC SLO TGA +4:26:34
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10 Davide APPOLLONIO ITA AND +4:26:34
11 Alexander PORSEV RUS KAT +4:26:34
12 Eduard Michael GROSU ROU NIP +4:26:34
13 Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE ESP MOV +4:26:34
14 Kévin REZA FRA FDJ +4:26:34
15 Manuel BELLETTI ITA STH +4:26:34
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20 Fabio ARU ITA AST +4:26:34
21 Grega BOLE SLO CCC +4:26:34
22 Philippe GILBERT BEL BMC +4:26:34
23 Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE ARG LAM +4:26:34
24 Davide FORMOLO ITA TCG +4:26:34
25 Stefan KUENG SUI BMC +4:26:34
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50 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL ESP AST +4:26:34
51 Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA CRC MOV +4:26:34
52 Diego ROSA ITA AST +4:26:34
53 Tanel KANGERT EST AST +4:26:34
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62 Sébastien REICHENBACH SUI IAM +4:26:44
63 Davide MALACARNE ITA AST +4:26:44
64 Maarten TJALLINGII NED TLJ +4:26:44
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92 Andrey ZEITS KAZ AST +4:26:58
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DNF Matteo PELUCCHI ITA IAM
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