Giro d'Italia 2012: Spain's Jon Izagirre wins maiden grand tour stage on day 16 as Joaquim Rodríguez retains lead Italy's Alessandro De Marchi was second, 16 seconds back, and Dutchman Stef Clement took third. Spain's Joaquim Rodríguez, who finished safely in the main bunch eight minutes 57 seconds behind, remains the overall leader. Izagirre, the brother of Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Gorka and son of Jose Ramon Izagirre, a former professional who twice won Spain's National Cyclo-Cross Championships, said close calculation of his strength had enabled him to take the victory in his first grand tour. "When I accelerated three kilometres from the line, it was on the only steep part of the course where I could be sure of getting away, and I made sure it was an attack that counted," Izagirre said afterwards. I got in the right move, and made my move at the right moment. I thought my rivals might try to ambush me on that steep part but in fact nobody did - you could tell that we're into the last week of the Giro and everybody's got tired legs," race leader Rodríguez, 18th in the stage, said. It was a very fast stage in the first part for the favourites, we were going flat out for the first 80 kilometres and only eased back after the break got away. Asked about Wednesday's 186km trek through the Dolomites, the first of three major mountain stages in four days, the Katusha rider laughed and said: "Everything could happen, so could absolutely nothing. I hope to be in good shape. Somebody's going to attack. Saturday with the Stelvio and Mortirolo, which are two legendary climbs, is the most attractive of these three stages in terms of cycling history and culture, but they're all really tough.