 He also won the points classification.In March, Nibali finished third in Milan–Sanremo, his first podium finish in a monument.On Liège–Bastogne–Liège, he broke away solo when he attacked on the descent of the Cote de la Roche aux Faucons and dropped his main challengers with 20 kilometers to go, but he was passed by Maxim Iglinsky () in sight of the final kilometer ("flamme rouge").