July 16/13 15:24 pm - Tour de France - Stage 16
Posted by Editoress on 07/16/13
Costa victory on the day that could have cost Contador dearly
The stage to Gap has a habit of creating several stories at the same time and it happened again in stage 16 of the 100th Tour de France. There were two races unfolding concurrently: one for the stage victory that was dominated by Portugal’s Rui Costa – who outsmarted, out climbed and out paced everyone else on a fast, hot day of racing – and a second contest fought between the riders vying for the yellow jersey. An escape had formed after an hour of attacking early in the stage and there were 26 men involved: Costa would prove to be the best of this group. He would savour a moment of success only a few days after slipping out of the top 10 while fulfilling his role as domestique on the Movistar team. He lost time while trying to help Valverde minimise his losses after an ultimately puncture in stage 13. But now there’s the consolation: a stage win for Movistar and a moment to celebrate for Costa who started punching the Sky well before the line.
Meanwhile, however, the battle behind was providing the major story of the stage. The antics of Contador and Kreuziger were putting Froome into a position of having to chase every attack. It happened on the way up the final climb, the col de Manse and on the way down it almost ended in disaster. Contador was throwing the gauntlet down and Froome reacted. Around a sharp turn about 7.5km from the finish, the Spaniard lost control of his bike and the yellow jersey swerved to avoid him and ended up off the road. It was a scene similar to what happened en-route to Gap in 2003 but this time there was no riding over a field and the fallen Spaniard would remount his bike, race back to the other GC rivals and finish together.
The progress report
The start of the 16th stage of the 100th Tour de France was at 1.22pm with 179 riders still in the race. The two non-starters were Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Danny van Poppel (VCD). Ahead lay a 168km course that included three categorised hills: the cote de la Montagne de Bluye (cat-3 at 17.5km), the col de Macuègne (cat-2 at 48km) and the col de Manse (cat-2 just 11.5km from the finish). The intermediate sprint on this hot stage that started in Vaison-la-Romaine and ended in Gap was in Vyenes at 123km. The temperature at the start was 28.5 degrees Celsius.
20 riders in the escape
At the 4km mark, Voigt and Sagan were on the move at the front of the peloton. There were a range of attacks and counter-attacks and eventually 32 got ahead that group included: Sagan (CAN), Hansen (LTB), Morabito (BMC), Bakelants, Didier, Gallopin, Kloden and Voigt (RTL), Voeckler (EUC), Jeannesson (FDJ), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Bennati, Hernandez and Roche (TST), Brutt and Trofimov (KAT), Valverde, Costa and Rojas (MOV), Navarro (COF), Mori (LAM), Chavanel and Velits (OPQ), Boom (BEL), Hesjedal, Martin and Navardauskas (GRS), Dumoulin (ARG), De Gendt (VCD) and Vuillermoz (SOJ). But the attacks kept coming until 35km when Sky moved to the front and stopped the counter-attacks. After an hour of racing a group of 23 gained a good advantage on the peloton. The riders involved were: Hansen (LTB), Gilbert and Quinziato (BMC), Didier, Gallopin and Kloden (RTL), Gautier and Voeckler (EUC), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Roche (TST), Trofimov (KAT), Astarloza (EUS), Costa (MOV), Coppel and Navarro (COF), Mori (LAM), Velits (OPQ), Navardauskas (GRS), Albasini and Meyer (OGE), Dumoulin (ARG), De Gendt and Hoogerland (VCD) and Marino (SOJ). At 39km they were ahead by 2’50”. Jeannesson (FDJ) joined the lead group at 42km. Hoogerland led the escape over the second climb with a lead of 6’35” over the peloton.
The best on GC of the men in the lead was Navarro who started the stage in 20th overall, 23’26” behind Froome.
The average speed for the first hour was 42.4km/h; the second hour: 43,6km/h. The peloton was stopped at a level crossing for 20” at the 92.5km mark and this helped the escapees lift their advantage up to 8’10”. At 101.5km, the escape had a lead of 9’00”. The average speed for the third hour was 43.6km/h.
Costa makes his winning move 18km from the finish
With 35km to go in the stage, Marino launched an attack from the lead group. He was chased by Kadri and the pair worked well together to gain time on their former breakaway companions: with 25km to go they were 20” ahead of the other escapees while the peloton was at 11’40”. Hansen chased the leading pair and caught them with 19km to go. But the star of the stage, Rui Costa – who was also voted winner of the ‘Fighting Spirit’ award was the rider who seized the day 18km from the line. He surged into the lead and left the other escapees in his wake. He wouldn’t see them again until after he’d won his second Tour de France stage, following the success at Super Besse in stage eight of the 2011 race. Behind him a group of four formed: Kloden, Kadri, Coppel, and Jeannesson but this French trio and the German couldn’t close the gap opened by Costa on the final climb.
Costa had been in 10th place overall at the start of stage 13 but he dropped to 18th overall as he tried to help Valverde minimize his time losses after a puncture that day. The consolation has come in Gap; he became the second Portuguese rider to win his this city in three years (following Sergio Paulino’s success in 2010).
Contador rolls the dice and nearly pays a big price!
All the way up and down the final climb, the Saxo-Tinkoff team attacked the yellow jersey. With 18km to go, Contador fired the first shot from Froome’s group and this prompted a pursuit by Richie Porte (SKY) and his team leader. Once the Spaniard was caught, however, his Czech team-mate Kreuziger attacked. This one-two punch routine happened five times on the way on the col de Manse and although it briefly elminated Porte from the equation it had little effect otherwise, except for cracking the rider who had been ranked fifth overall, Laurens Ten Dam (BEL). In the group of the yellow was: Froome, Porte, Contador, Kreuziger, Quintana, Valverde, Rodriguez, and Mollema.
Problems for Froome and Contador
With 7.5km to go, the rider in third overall was taking the fight to the yellow jersey and, in a scene reminiscent of events leading to Gap in the 2003 Tour, we saw two of the riders at the top of the GC rankings caught up in an incident. Contador lost control of his bike, Froome went off the left side of the road but both quickly remounted and sped off in pursuit of the Mollema group. It was immediate apparent to Contador that the other GC riders had waited for him and Froome and the Spaniard thanked them as they caught the group containing the white jersey and second overall. Quintana was the main beneficiary of the antics in the final as he moved from sixth to fifth overall after stage 16.
Froome finished the stage in 29th place, 11’08” behind Costa but in the same time as his main GC rivals. He will wear the yellow jersey in stage 17 and shall be the last rider to start the time trial.
ASO press release
Results from the sixteenth stage in France
| Stage 16: Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap, 168 KM | |
| 1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 3:52:45 |
| 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | at 0:42 |
| 3 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 0:42 |
| 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | both s.t. |
| 6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:00 |
| 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:01 |
| 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 1:04 |
| 9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 10 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 12 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | |
| 14 Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | all s.t. |
| 15 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:09 |
| 16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:26 |
| 17 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 18 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 20 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:21 |
| 21 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack Leopard | 2:26 |
| 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 3:34 |
| 23 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:42 |
| 24 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 25 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | both s.t. |
| 26 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 5:27 |
| 27 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 11:08 |
| 28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha | |
| 29 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 32 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 34 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 35 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 12:08 |
| 36 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 38 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 41 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 42 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 43 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 44 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | all s.t. |
| 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 12:47 |
| 46 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 47 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 48 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre - Merida | |
| 49 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 50 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 51 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 53 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 54 Julien El Farès (Fra) Sojasun | 13:01 |
| 55 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 56 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 57 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 58 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 59 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 60 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha | |
| 61 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 62 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 15:10 |
| 63 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | |
| 64 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 65 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 66 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 15:41 |
| 67 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 68 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | both s.t. |
| 69 José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team | 16:54 |
| 70 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida | |
| 71 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 72 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | |
| 73 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | |
| 74 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 75 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | 17:59 |
| 76 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 18:28 |
| 77 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
| 78 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 19:16 |
| 79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 80 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 81 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 82 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 83 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 84 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 85 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 87 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 88 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 89 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 90 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 91 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 92 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 93 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | all s.t. |
| 94 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp | 20:57 |
| 95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 96 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha | |
| 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 98 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 100 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 101 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | |
| 102 Kévin Réza (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 103 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha | |
| 104 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | |
| 105 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 106 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 107 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 108 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | |
| 109 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
| 111 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | |
| 112 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 113 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 114 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | |
| 115 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 116 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 117 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 118 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 119 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | |
| 120 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 121 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 122 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 123 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 124 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | all s.t. |
| 125 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 21:46 |
| 126 Jens Voigt (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 127 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 128 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | |
| 129 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 130 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 131 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 132 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | |
| 133 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 134 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 135 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 136 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 137 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 138 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 139 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
| 140 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 141 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 142 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 143 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | |
| 144 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 145 Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 146 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 147 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 148 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 149 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | |
| 150 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 151 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 152 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 153 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | |
| 154 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 155 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
| 156 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 157 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 159 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 160 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 161 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 162 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 163 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 164 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 165 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 166 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 167 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 168 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 169 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 170 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 171 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 172 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 173 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
| 174 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 175 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 176 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 177 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
| 178 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | all s.t. |
| 179 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22:01 |
| DNS Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNS Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 65:15:36 |
| 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | at 4:14 |
| 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4:25 |
| 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4:28 |
| 5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 5:47 |
| 6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 5:54 |
| 7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha | 7:11 |
| 8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 7:22 |
| 9 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8:47 |
| 10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp | 9:28 |
| 11 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 9:37 |
| 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 10:54 |
| 13 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 13:32 |
| 14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 13:54 |
| 15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team | 14:42 |
| 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | 14:47 |
| 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 16:40 |
| 18 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 19:51 |
| 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 21:07 |
| 20 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 22:34 |
| 21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha | 23:35 |
| 22 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 24:50 |
| 23 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 29:45 |
| 24 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | 31:09 |
| 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 32:05 |
| 26 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 32:53 |
| 27 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 34:20 |
| 28 Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 34:28 |
| 29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | 34:29 |
| 30 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre - Merida | 34:41 |
| 31 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 35:07 |
| 32 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 36:05 |
| 33 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 38:49 |
| 34 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 40:12 |
| 35 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 42:12 |
| 36 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Sojasun | 42:17 |
| 37 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 44:16 |
| 38 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 44:55 |
| 39 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 45:45 |
| 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | 47:28 |
| 41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 55:36 |
| 42 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | 55:36 |
| 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 56:31 |
| 44 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 59:07 |
| 45 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 59:53 |
| 46 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | 1:01:04 |
| 47 Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 1:01:43 |
| 48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 1:01:58 |
| 49 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:02:03 |
| 50 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 1:04:56 |
| 51 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | 1:05:29 |
| 52 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | 1:05:40 |
| 53 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack Leopard | 1:06:27 |
| 54 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida | 1:07:05 |
| 55 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:08:10 |
| 56 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:09:58 |
| 57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 1:10:11 |
| 58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 1:16:01 |
| 59 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:17:23 |
| 60 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:17:47 |
| 61 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:18:23 |
| 62 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:18:50 |
| 63 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 1:23:04 |
| 64 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 1:23:04 |
| 65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:25:28 |
| 66 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:25:43 |
| 67 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | 1:26:04 |
| 68 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1:27:44 |
| 69 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 1:28:05 |
| 70 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1:28:30 |
| 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:28:41 |
| 72 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp | 1:28:54 |
| 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:29:30 |
| 74 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:29:41 |
| 75 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:32:04 |
| 76 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:32:19 |
| 77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | 1:34:56 |
| 78 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:34:58 |
| 79 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 1:35:10 |
| 80 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:37:10 |
| 81 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:37:14 |
| 82 Julien El Farès (Fra) Sojasun | 1:38:20 |
| 83 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:39:18 |
| 84 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:40:17 |
| 85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:40:29 |
| 86 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:41:53 |
| 87 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:42:30 |
| 88 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:43:04 |
| 89 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:43:17 |
| 90 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha | 1:43:33 |
| 91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:43:41 |
| 92 José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:44:18 |
| 93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:45:14 |
| 94 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | 1:46:45 |
| 95 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:47:43 |
| 96 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 1:48:28 |
| 97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:48:46 |
| 98 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:48:54 |
| 99 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:49:02 |
| 100 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp | 1:50:50 |
| 101 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:51:31 |
| 102 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp | 1:52:02 |
| 103 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | 1:53:01 |
| 104 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | 1:53:33 |
| 105 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | 1:55:01 |
| 106 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | 1:55:43 |
| 107 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:57:21 |
| 108 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:58:10 |
| 109 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:58:26 |
| 110 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:58:51 |
| 111 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | 1:59:14 |
| 112 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:59:46 |
| 113 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2:00:41 |
| 114 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | 2:01:14 |
| 115 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | 2:01:43 |
| 116 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:02:28 |
| 117 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | 2:03:34 |
| 118 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 2:03:40 |
| 119 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:09:05 |
| 120 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 2:09:15 |
| 121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2:10:35 |
| 122 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | 2:12:24 |
| 123 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 2:12:31 |
| 124 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 2:12:45 |
| 125 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2:14:23 |
| 126 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 2:14:42 |
| 127 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2:18:00 |
| 128 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:18:07 |
| 129 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:20:14 |
| 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 2:20:21 |
| 131 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 2:20:51 |
| 132 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 2:22:57 |
| 133 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 2:22:58 |
| 134 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:23:02 |
| 135 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:23:27 |
| 136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 2:23:37 |
| 137 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | 2:23:44 |
| 138 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2:24:05 |
| 139 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | 2:24:32 |
| 140 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:24:54 |
| 141 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha | 2:25:36 |
| 142 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 2:25:42 |
| 143 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2:26:14 |
| 144 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:30:29 |
| 145 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | 2:31:19 |
| 146 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling | 2:31:30 |
| 147 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:31:44 |
| 148 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi | 2:32:30 |
| 149 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp | 2:32:49 |
| 150 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:33:45 |
| 151 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 2:33:58 |
| 152 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2:34:08 |
| 153 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:35:19 |
| 154 Kévin Réza (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:35:38 |
| 155 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:36:10 |
| 156 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | 2:36:58 |
| 157 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 2:37:11 |
| 158 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 2:37:37 |
| 159 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2:38:02 |
| 160 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 2:38:45 |
| 161 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | 2:39:10 |
| 162 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 2:39:18 |
| 163 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:39:43 |
| 164 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 2:41:01 |
| 165 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2:41:26 |
| 166 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 2:42:54 |
| 167 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 2:43:08 |
| 168 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:44:19 |
| 169 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 2:45:30 |
| 170 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:45:51 |
| 171 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 2:46:44 |
| 172 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:47:36 |
| 173 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:54:44 |
| 174 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 2:54:49 |
| 175 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 2:55:12 |
| 176 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:55:13 |
| 177 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:55:48 |
| 178 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:56:40 |
| 179 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEDGE | 2:57:30 |
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