{{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2013 Roma Maxima | series = 2013 UCI Europe Tour | race_no = | season_no = | image = | image_caption = | date = March 3 | stages = 1 | distance = 180 | unit = km | time = 4h 26' 17" | speed = | first = Blel Kadri | first_nat = FRA | first_natvar = | first_team = {{UCI team code|ALM|2013}} | second = Filippo Pozzato | second_nat = ITA | second_natvar = | second_team = {{UCI team code|LAM|2013}} | third = Grega Bole | third_nat = SLO | third_natvar = | third_team = {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} | previous = 2008 | next = 2014 }}
The '''2013 Roma Maxima''' was the 75th edition of the Italian semi-classic cycle race previously known as Giro del Lazio. The ''Giro del Lazio'' had not been held 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 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, after {{convert|180|km}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/RomaMaxima/en/18-02-2013/the-new-roma-maxima-has-been-officially-presented-rome-9257957610.shtml|title=The new Roma Maxima has been officially presented in Rome|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>
The French Blel Kadri won the race after a {{convert|127|km|1|abbr=on}} breakaway. Kadri, together with André Cardoso, Christophe Prémont, Pim Ligthart and Albert Timmer, got away after {{convert|53|km|1|abbr=on}}; on the climb to ''Campi di Annibale'' he dropped the other riders and powered on alone with {{convert|40|km|1|abbr=on}} 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. {{UCI team code|LAM|2013}}'s Filippo Pozzato won the sprint for the second place, and Grega Bole ({{UCI team code|VCD|2013}}) 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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Marco|last=Pastonesi|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/RomaMaxima/en/03-03-2013/roma-maxima-goes-to-the-frenchman-kadri-who-managed-to-join-the-winning-breakaway-92291102178.shtml|title=Roma Maxima goes to the Frenchman Kadri who managed to join the winning breakaway|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|date=3 March 2013|accessdate=5 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="results">{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-del-lazio-2013/results|title=Blel Kadri wins Roma Maxima|website=Cycling News|date=3 March 2013|accessdate=5 March 2013}}</ref>
==Teams== The start list included 16 teams – 9 ProTeams and 7 Professional Continental Teams – and a total of 128 riders.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/roma-maxima-start-list|title=Roma Maxima 2013: Startlist|website=Cycling News|date=26 February 2013|accessdate=1 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301003611/http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/roma-maxima-start-list|archive-date=1 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among them, the pre-race favourites were {{UCI team code|MOV|2013}} pairing Alejandro Valverde and Giovanni Visconti, {{UCI team code|LAM|2013}}'s Damiano Cunego and Filippo Pozzato, {{UCI team code|ALM|2013}} rider Carlos Betancur and Oscar Gatto of {{UCI team code|FAR|2013}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/RomaMaxima/en/26-02-2013/roma-maxima-the-international-challenge-at-the-coliseum-92189642962.shtml|title=Roma Maxima: the international challenge at the Coliseum|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|date=26 February 2013|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{UCI team code|ALM|2013}} *{{UCI team code|AND|2013}} *{{UCI team code|AST|2013}} *{{UCI team code|COG|2013}} *{{UCI team code|BMC|2013}} *{{UCI team code|CJR|2013b}} *{{UCI team code|CAN|2013}} *{{UCI team code|COL|2013}} *{{UCI team code|LAN|2013}} *{{UCI team code|IAM|2013}} *{{UCI team code|KAT|2013}} *{{UCI team code|LAM|2013}} *{{UCI team code|MOV|2013}} *{{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} *{{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} *{{UCI team code|FAR|2013}} {{div col end}}
==Results== <ref name="results"/>
{| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Team !Time |- | 1 | {{flagathlete|Blel Kadri|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|ALM|2013}} |align="right"| 4h 26' 17" |- | 2 | {{flagathlete|Filippo Pozzato|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|LAM|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 3 | {{flagathlete|Grega Bole|SLO}} | {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 4 | {{flagathlete|Enrico Barbin|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|COG|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 5 | {{flagathlete|Simone Ponzi|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 6 | {{flagathlete|Leonardo Duque|COL}} | {{UCI team code|COL|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 7 | {{flagathlete|Giovanni Visconti|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|MOV|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 8 | {{flagathlete|Simon Geschke|GER}} | {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 9 | {{flagathlete|Sergey Lagutin|UZB}} | {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |- | 10 | {{flagathlete|Sergey Chernetskiy|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|KAT|2013}} |align="right"| + 37" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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