 Three riders broke free of the peloton after 12 km ( 7 @.@ 5 mi ) — Mikhail Ignatiev , Leonardo Scarselli , and Björn Schröder . Their maximum advantage was 5 ' 20 " , but the peloton had no trouble catching them . Ignatiev and Scarselli were absorbed with 32 km ( 20 mi ) left to race , while Schröder fought on alone , being caught at around 6 km ( 3 @.@ 7 mi ) to go . Despite being seven riders deep in the bunch with under 1 km ( 0 @.@ 62 mi ) to go , Mark Cavendish was able to get a successful leadout from Edvald Boasson Hagen and Mark Renshaw to pick up his third stage win of the Giro . The leadout was so fast that only 21 riders had the same time as the stage winner — another 89 , including each of the top ten in the General classification ( GC ) , were eight seconds back . Cavendish actually missed the start of the stage , after becoming stuck in the race village due to his habit of lining up on the start of the race at the last minute to avoid press . He was picked up by a Rabobank team car , which was also running late , and brought back to the field by them . He went on to win the stage . 
