July 6/12 12:14 pm - Tour de France: Stage 6 report and results
Posted by Editoress on 07/6/12
Sagan Takes 3rd Stage Win on a Day of Major Drama
The biggest talking point of the stage from Epernay to Metz will be the crash that took out half the peloton with 26km to go. Not only did it force at least three men to abandon the Tour but it caused the likes of Fränk Schleck, Pierre Rolland, Alejandro Valverde, Mark Cavendish, Ruder Hesjedal and large number of others to lose significant time. The two big pre-race favorites for the general classification – Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins –survived the carnage near Gorze and so too did most of the sprint specialists with the notable exception of Mark Cavendish. While riders like Ryder Hesjedal limped to the finish nursing horrible wounds and moral that was shot to pieces because they’ve essentially been put out of contention for the yellow jersey even before the first mountain stages, there was still the battle for the prestige of a stage victory taking place up ahead.
Lotto-Belisol already conceded that it wouldn’t have their main sprinter in one hundred percent condition as André Greipel had crashed twice in the early stanza of the stage, but it dominated the front peloton that swallowed up the final escape, Dave Zabriskie inside the final two kilometers. With four men at the front going in to the final turn it seem possible that Greipel would become the first man to take a hat-trick of sprint stages since Mario Cipollini in 1999 but he was injured and not able to fire on all cylinders. Instead it was the other multiple stage winner from 2012 who proved that he’s resilient, cunning and super fast – Peter Sagan came off the wheel of the Lotto Express inside the final 300m, just as a member of Vacansoleil’s lead-out train snapped a chain. From there the man in the green jersey put daylight between him and the next best in Metz, André Greipel.
The progress report
The 207.5km sixth stage of the 2012 Tour de France, from Epernay to Metz, was essentially on a flat course with only one categorized hill (the cat-4 côte de Buxières at 145km) and another feature of the race was the intermediate sprint was in Saint-Mihiel (at 135.5km). There were 194 riders at the sign on and the official start was at 12.34pm. There was a fall in the neutral zone that involved Porte (SKY) and van den Broeck (LTB).
Dave Z instigates the escape
After a fast start, the first rider to break free of the peloton was Dave Zabriskie (GRS) at 7.5km he was caught by three others: Malacarne (EUC), Zingle (COF) and Kroon (STB). At 12km, they were ahead by 1’50”. The advantage reached 4’00” at 18km and that’s when RadioShack and Lotto put riders on the front of the peloton which seemed intent on keeping the escapees at around that margin... and then, at the 35km mark there was a crash that involved, amongst others: Gesink (RAB), Gutierrez, Valverde (MOV), Westra (VCD), Greipel (LTB), Peraud (ALM). This prompted an easing in the pace of the chase and, at 40km, the bunch was 6’00” behind. The average speed for the first hour was 42.2km/h.
The maximum gain of the escape was 6’50” at the 72km mark. The average speed for the second hour was 40.5km/h. On the approach to the intermediate sprint, more riders from Orica-GreenEdge came to the front of the bunch and, along with Lotto-Belisol riders, they lifted the pace of the bunch significantly. At 130km (ie. 5km from the sprint line) the advantage of the escapees was just 3’20”.
Goss beats Cavendish at intermediate sprint
In the lead-up to the sprint a number of Orica-GreenEdge riders – Albasini, O’Grady and Impey – set a rapid pace. In the escape group Kroon made sure he got the 20 points for first. Then, at the head of the peloton Vacansoleil took charge of the lead-out before Sky had three men – Eisel, Boasson Hagen and Cavendish came around and into the lead. Goss jumped early and got the 11 points for fifth place. The Tasmanian beat Cavendish and Sagan while three other Orica riders took points. By then the peloton was just 2’50” behind.
Leading to the cimb there was another fast surge from the peloton and it was just 1’30” behind. Zabriskie took the climbing point and the bunch was 1’40” behind but a Rabobank rider appeared to get tangled up in the barriers and this caused many in the peloton to stop just near the top of the ascent. Greipel, Farrar and Mollema were involved and the pace of the peloton eased and the advantage grew to 1’50”.
Crash splits the peloton!
Just as the leaders passed under the 25km to go mark – and the bunch was at 26km – there was a huge crash in the peloton. It involved the likes of Schleck, Cavendish, Boasson Hagen, Peraud, Hesjedal and many others (who you’ll see well down the rankings for the stage) and it forced the retirement of Poels (VCD). Cancellara, Evans, Wiggins, van Garderen, Nibali, and Basso all survived, as did most of the Orica-GreenEdge team that took control of the front bunch. The Australian team was largely responsible for setting the pace until the last of the four escapees, Zabriskie, was caught inside the final 2km. The Lotto team controlled the lead-out but it had no answer to the speed of Sagan who increased his lead in the points classification with his third victory in his Tour debut.
ASO report
Today's stage was a devastating one for Ryder Hesjedal, when the hugh pileup with 25 km to go took him and most of the Garmin-Sharp team down. Danielson was the worst injured and did not continue. The rest of the much damaged Team Garmin-Sharp was slow to get going again, and Hesjedal finished over 13 min down on winner Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale). Hesjedal now sits 108th in GC, 13:38 back of leader Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan).
Results from the 7th stage of the Tour de France in France
| Stage 6: Épernay to Metz, 205 km | |
| 1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4:37:00 |
| 2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 3 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 4 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 5 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 6 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 10 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 0:04 |
| 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 12 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 13 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | |
| 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 17 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 19 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 27 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 28 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 29 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 30 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 31 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 32 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 33 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 35 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 36 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
| 37 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 39 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 40 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 42 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 43 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 44 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 45 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 48 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 49 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 50 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 51 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 53 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 54 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 55 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 56 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 57 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 58 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 59 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 60 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | all s.t. |
| 62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:15 |
| 63 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 0:16 |
| 64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:21 |
| 65 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:32 |
| 66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 67 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 68 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
| 69 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 70 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:55 |
| 72 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | s.t. |
| 73 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:57 |
| 74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:10 |
| 75 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:20 |
| 76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:22 |
| 77 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 78 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:04 |
| 79 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:39 |
| 80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2:09 |
| 81 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | |
| 82 Fränk Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 83 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 84 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 85 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 86 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 87 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 88 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 89 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 90 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 91 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 92 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 93 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 94 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 95 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 96 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 97 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 98 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 99 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 100 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 101 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 103 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 104 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 105 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 106 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | all s.t. |
| 107 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:18 |
| 108 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:21 |
| 109 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:13 |
| 110 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:31 |
| 111 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 112 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 3:52 |
| 113 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 4:53 |
| 114 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 115 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 5:11 |
| 116 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 6:02 |
| 117 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 118 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 119 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 120 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 121 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 122 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 123 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 124 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 125 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 126 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 127 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 128 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 129 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 130 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 131 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 132 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 133 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 134 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 135 Oscar Freire (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 136 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 137 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 138 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 7:00 |
| 139 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 8:04 |
| 140 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | both s.t. |
| 141 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD | 8:04 |
| 142 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 10:01 |
| 143 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | s.t. |
| 144 José Ivan Gutierrez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 145 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 146 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | all s.t. |
| 147 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 10:50 |
| 148 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
| 149 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 13:24 |
| 150 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 151 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 152 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 153 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 154 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 155 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | |
| 156 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | |
| 157 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 158 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | |
| 159 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 160 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| 161 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 162 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 163 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 164 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 165 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 166 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 168 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 169 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | |
| 170 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 171 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 172 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 173 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 174 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 175 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 176 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 177 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 178 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 179 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 180 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 181 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 182 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 183 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 184 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 185 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 186 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 187 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 188 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 189 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 190 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 16:12 |
| DNF Mikel Astarloza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNF Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| DNF Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan | 29:22:36 |
| 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | at 0:07 |
| 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. |
| 4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:10 |
| 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:13 |
| 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:17 |
| 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:18 |
| 8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:19 |
| 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. |
| 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:22 |
| 11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | s.t. |
| 12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:23 |
| 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:24 |
| 14 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | s.t. |
| 15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:25 |
| 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:28 |
| 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:29 |
| 19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:35 |
| 20 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:40 |
| 21 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 0:42 |
| 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 0:45 |
| 23 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:48 |
| 24 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:29 |
| 25 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:30 |
| 26 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:38 |
| 27 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:41 |
| 28 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:09 |
| 29 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 2:16 |
| 30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:26 |
| 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 2:27 |
| 32 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 33 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:28 |
| 34 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:40 |
| 35 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2:42 |
| 37 Fränk Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | 2:43 |
| 38 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:46 |
| 39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:48 |
| 40 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:50 |
| 41 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:52 |
| 42 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:54 |
| 43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:05 |
| 44 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3:06 |
| 45 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 3:44 |
| 46 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 3:50 |
| 47 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:57 |
| 48 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 4:00 |
| 49 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 4:02 |
| 50 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:03 |
| 51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:13 |
| 52 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 4:26 |
| 53 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:40 |
| 54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 4:49 |
| 55 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5:04 |
| 56 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 5:13 |
| 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 5:27 |
| 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 6:20 |
| 59 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 6:25 |
| 60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | 6:36 |
| 61 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 6:50 |
| 62 Oscar Freire (Esp) Katusha Team | 6:55 |
| 63 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7:02 |
| 64 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 7:22 |
| 65 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 7:25 |
| 66 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 7:41 |
| 67 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 7:46 |
| 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 7:58 |
| 69 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 8:05 |
| 70 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8:28 |
| 71 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8:32 |
| 72 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 8:36 |
| 73 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 8:43 |
| 74 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 8:44 |
| 75 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 8:46 |
| 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8:56 |
| 77 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 8:59 |
| 78 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 9:01 |
| 79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 9:05 |
| 80 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 9:10 |
| 81 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9:13 |
| 82 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 9:17 |
| 83 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | 9:19 |
| 84 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 9:42 |
| 85 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 9:56 |
| 86 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 10:09 |
| 87 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 10:10 |
| 88 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 10:12 |
| 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 10:16 |
| 90 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 10:39 |
| 91 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 10:40 |
| 92 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 10:53 |
| 93 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | s.t. |
| 94 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 11:05 |
| 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 11:20 |
| 96 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 11:29 |
| 97 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 11:32 |
| 98 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 12:13 |
| 99 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 12:21 |
| 100 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 12:22 |
| 101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 12:23 |
| 102 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | 12:27 |
| 103 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 12:41 |
| 104 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 12:45 |
| 105 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 12:50 |
| 106 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 12:54 |
| 107 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 13:27 |
| 108 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | 13:38 |
| 109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 13:48 |
| 110 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 14:00 |
| 111 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | 14:02 |
| 112 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 14:06 |
| 113 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14:13 |
| 114 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 14:17 |
| 115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | s.t. |
| 116 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14:19 |
| 117 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14:34 |
| 118 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | both s.t. |
| 120 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 14:48 |
| 121 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 14:50 |
| 122 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 15:02 |
| 123 José Ivan Gutierrez (Esp) Movistar Team | 15:09 |
| 124 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 15:15 |
| 125 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 15:23 |
| 126 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 15:42 |
| 127 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 15:49 |
| 128 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 15:54 |
| 129 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 16:02 |
| 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 16:07 |
| 131 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 16:12 |
| 132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 16:15 |
| 133 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | 16:28 |
| 134 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 16:38 |
| 135 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 16:55 |
| 136 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 17:30 |
| 137 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 17:34 |
| 138 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 18:07 |
| 139 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 18:09 |
| 140 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | 18:18 |
| 141 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 18:19 |
| 142 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 18:44 |
| 143 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 18:48 |
| 144 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 18:53 |
| 145 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 19:06 |
| 146 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 19:07 |
| 147 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 19:10 |
| 148 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 19:27 |
| 149 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 19:36 |
| 150 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:40 |
| 151 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 19:47 |
| 152 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 19:50 |
| 153 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 19:52 |
| 154 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 19:54 |
| 155 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 20:22 |
| 156 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD | 20:32 |
| 157 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 20:49 |
| 158 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 21:23 |
| 159 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 21:23 |
| 160 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 21:35 |
| 161 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 21:39 |
| 162 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 21:46 |
| 163 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 21:47 |
| 164 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 22:07 |
| 165 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22:37 |
| 166 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | 23:02 |
| 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 23:07 |
| 168 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 23:10 |
| 169 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | 23:23 |
| 170 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 23:56 |
| 171 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 24:01 |
| 172 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 25:11 |
| 173 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | 25:19 |
| 174 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 25:31 |
| 175 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 26:12 |
| 176 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 26:19 |
| 177 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp | 26:24 |
| 178 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 26:42 |
| 179 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 26:57 |
| 180 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 27:39 |
| 181 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 27:49 |
| 182 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 27:53 |
| 183 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 28:51 |
| 184 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 29:21 |
| 185 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 31:28 |
| 186 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 31:46 |
| 187 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 32:32 |
| 188 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 33:22 |
| 189 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 34:27 |
| 190 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 52:30 |
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