Katusha started today' final time trial of Tirreno-Adriatico with both Daniel Moreno and Giampaolo Caruso in the overall top 10. At the end of the day, the former had slipped from 7th to 8th and the latter from 9th to 13th, leaving the team disappointed with the results.

The mountains made all the difference in this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico when the main time differences were established. The final individual time trial on Tuesday made little impact on the general classification with Katusha’s Daniel Moreno the best-placed team rider. He finished in eighth overall behind winner Alberto Contador from Tinkoff-Saxo.

“I gave the maximum I had today but on the bike I really didn’t have good feelings today," Moreno said. "Anyway, I’ve got 8th place in the general classification of a WorldTour race. That’s good enough.”

“Of course, the results we got here are not our maximum for the moment," sports director Jose Azevedo said. "We hoped to get something more, but it’s good that we had one rider in the top ten overall. I think we can expect better results in upcoming races in Belgium and Spain.”

The 9.1 km route in San Benedetto del Tronto ran along the beach in a basically flat and non-technical course. Movistar’s Adriano Malori, 26, took an early lead with a top time of 10:13. Despite valiant efforts by Fabian Cancellara (10:19) and Bradley Wiggins (10:24), the young Italian pulled out the win.

Alberto Contador performed well in the ITT, losing only a little time in the overall classification and taking the final blue jersey by 2:05 to Nairo Quintana of Movistar and 2:14 to his Tinkoff-Saxo teammate Roman Kreuziger to bring the 2014 Tirreno-Adriatico to a close.

Daniel Moreno was 3.16 behind Contador in 8th.