July 12/12 12:11 pm - Tour de France: Stage 11
Posted by Editoress on 07/12/12
Rolland wins while Wiggins increases his lead
If there was any lingering doubt about the strength of the Sky team, then wonder no more: the British outfit is the dominant force in the 99th Tour de France. The stage to La Tourssuire might have been won by a Frenchman - with Pierre Rolland pulling off another tremendous climbing coup to go alongside his triumph at Alpe d'Huez from the 2011 Tour - but Great Britain is in complete command of the general classification. Wiggins increased his advantage over last year's champion, Cadel Evans, after the Australian suffered a moment of crisis on the final climb and had to be nursed home by the leader of the youth classification Tejay van Garderen. While Evans battled his way up the last mountain, Rolland danced ahead to an emphatic victory and then came the battle for minor places on GC, which was won by Christopher Froome who now moves up to second overall, 18 seconds ahead of another of today's aggressors, Vincenzo Nibali. The result sheet tells much of the story but it was a race with many attacks, several winners and quite a few losers.
The progress report
The 148km 11th stage of the 2012 Tour began at 1.17pm with 174 riders in the race. The non-starter was Fabian Cancellara (RNT). The mountains on the course were ‘HC' col de la Madeleine (2,000m high at 40km), ‘HC' col de la Croix de Fer (2,067m high at 93km), category-two col du Molland (1,638m at 113km) and the finishing climb to La Toussuire (category-one, at the end of the 148km stage). The final rise offered double points in the climbing classification. The intermediate sprint was in St-Etienne-de-Cuines (at 70km).
The attacks began early
Gesink attacked the peloton as soon as the stage began. He was joined by 30 others and, at 10km, they had a lead of 20”. Others in the early move were: Burghardt, Cummings, Gilbert (BMC), Popovych (RNT), Malacarne (EUC), Koren (LIQ), Martin (GRS), Cherel and Riblon (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Paolini (KAT), Karpets (MOV), Sorensen and Sorensen (STB), Grivko, Iglinskiy, Kieserlovski and Vinokourov (AST), De Weert and Pineau (OPQ)... there were others but by the 20km mark there were just seven in the lead: Koren, Martin, Riblon, Hoogerland, C. Sorensen, Kieserlovski and Vinokourov. Valverde (MOV) chased them down at 23km. At 24km the eight leaders were joined by: Kiryienka, Horner, Malacarne, Kadri, Basso, P. Velits and Weening. Boasson Hagen led the peloton all the way up the Madeleine climb.
Kessiakoff tries to take back the polka-dot jersey
At the top of the Madeleine there were 28 with a lead of 2'55” on the peloton. The lead group was composed of: Moinard (BMC), Horner (RNT), Kern, Malacarne and Rolland (EUC), Scarponi and Marzano (LAM), Koren and Basso (LIQ), Martin (GRS), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Feillu (SAU), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam and Kruiswijk (RAB), Valverde and Kiryienka (MOV), C. Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff, Kiserlovski and Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer and P. Velits (OPQ), Weening (OGE).
Velits led Kessiakoff over the top to claim the 25 points and they continued their attack on the 19km downhill. They led the Valverde group by as much as 50” but the lead pair was caught by the other escapees at 63km.
Col de la Croix de Fer: Evans goes on the attack
Early on the second climb, there was a regrouping at the front and 22 were in the lead: Moinard, Horner, Kern, Rolland, Scarponi, Marzano, Basso, Martin, Kadri, Trofimov, Ten Dam, Valverde, Kiryienka, Sorensen, Kessiakoff, Kisierlovski, Vinokourov, Leipheimer, Veltis and Weening. They led the peloton by 2'30”. Scarponi, Marzano and Moinard were the first to drop out of the lead group. With 15km to climb Leipheimer also quit his efforts in the lead group, then Valverde and Basso.
At 79km, van Garderen (BMC) attacked the yellow jersey's group but there was no reaction from Wiggins et al. It was clearly a plan hatched by the team of the defending champion for, at 81km, Evans launched an attack and soon caught his team-mate. They worked together to build a maximum advantage on the yellow jersey of 20” but were caught after 5km on the attack. Rogers was responsible for the capture, leading Wiggins, Porte and Froome up to Evans and the white jersey without once getting out of the saddle to increase his tempo.
Rolland took the ‘Souvenir Henri Desgrange' by beating Kessiakoff in a tight sprint for honours atop the highest pass in the Alps. The yellow jersey was 2'10” behind at the top of the col de Croix de Fer.
Evans cracks on the final climb slips down the rankings...
After a shortlived attack by Velits, Rolland and Kiserlovksi found themselves at the front of the stage with 40km to go. They were caught by Kiryienka at 39km to go and, at the top, this was the situation: Rolland was first (taking 5pts) with his trio in tact. Then came Sorensen at 10”, Ten Dam at 1'00”, Velits at 1'25”, Martin and Kessiakoff at 2'05”, Horner at 2'38”, Pinot at 3'08” and the peloton at 3'20”. Rolland crashed on a left turn on the descent, 26km from the finish but he rejoined the lead with 22km to go. The four leaders started the final climb with an advantage of 1'15” to Ten Dam and Velits, 2'55” to Martin and Kessiakoff, and 3'30” to the peloton. There were 16 in the yellow jersey group: Wiggins, Porte, Froome, Evans, van Garderen, Schleck, Horner, Zubeldia, Kloden, Nibali, Roche, Coppel, Pinot, van den Broeck, Cobo and Brajkovic.
Nibali attacked the yellow jersey with 12km to go, eliminating all but Evans, Wiggins, Froome, Schleck and Van Garderen from the yellow jersey group. He was caught after 1.5km but the Italian attacked again with 10km to go. He joined van den Broeck, Brajkovic and Pinot. With 6.5km to go, Evans was dropped from the yellow jersey group.
Once Wiggins and co caught Nibali (around 4.5km to go) there seemed to be a discussion between the Sky riders and Froome attacked shortly afterwards. Pinot reacted quickly and so too did the others but Wiggins couldn't match the pace. Froome quickly quit his effort but still this group was able to gain time on Evans who was struggling to hold the wheel of van Garderen. Eventually the Australian would lost 1'26” to the overall leader meaning he slipped down the rankings and Sky assumed first and second place overall, with Froome finishing two seconds ahead of his leader, Wiggins.
Rolland races to another impressive mountain stage win
Pierre Rolland was on his own at the front of the stage with 10km to go and he never looked back. Just like last year at Alpe d'Huez he not only held off the challenge of his former escape companions, he put time into them and ultimately was the only rider to finish the stage ahead of the yellow jersey's group. Wiggins managed his strength and was able to ride the final section of the climb in the slipstream of Froome but, in the closing 500m the domestique was given the nod to race for second place honours and improve his position on GC. Pinot outsprinted Froome for second place and gave the host nation a first-second in the 11th stage. The yellow jersey was sixth over the line – in the same time as Nibali who moved up to third overall. Cadel Evans slipped from 2nd to fourth overall, 3'19” behind Wiggins.
Bradley Wiggins leads his team-mate Froome by 2'05” at the top of the general classification and he will wear the yellow jersey in stage 12.
ASO report
Jerseys
Leader - Yellow: Bradley Wiggins
Points - Green: Peter Sagan
Climber - Polka Dot: Thomas Voeckler
Young Rider - White: Tejay van Garderen
Combative - Red: Pierre Rolland
Team: RadioShack-Nissan
| Stage 11: Albertville / La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, 148 km | |
| 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:43:54 |
| 2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | at 0:55 |
| 3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 4 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:57 |
| 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | both s.t. |
| 7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:08 |
| 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 1:58 |
| 9 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 2:13 |
| 10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | 2:23 |
| 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 12 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 13 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 3:53 |
| 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 15 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 16 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | all s.t. |
| 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 6:17 |
| 20 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 7:27 |
| 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 8:02 |
| 22 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 8:21 |
| 23 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10:21 |
| 24 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
| 25 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:19 |
| 26 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12:04 |
| 27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 28 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 12:30 |
| 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 13:06 |
| 30 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
| 31 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14:13 |
| 32 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 33 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 14:15 |
| 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 38 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 39 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 40 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 42 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 43 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | all s.t. |
| 44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 14:43 |
| 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 15:28 |
| 46 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 15:50 |
| 47 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 48 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 18:31 |
| 49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 50 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 51 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 52 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 18:59 |
| 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 19:40 |
| 55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 21:50 |
| 56 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22:23 |
| 57 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 23:44 |
| 58 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 23:48 |
| 59 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 23:58 |
| 60 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 62 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 63 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 65 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | all s.t. |
| 66 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 25:34 |
| 67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 25:43 |
| 68 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 69 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 25:48 |
| 70 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | both s.t. |
| 72 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 26:11 |
| 73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 27:30 |
| 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 28:10 |
| 75 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 29:32 |
| 76 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 77 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 78 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 79 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 81 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 82 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 83 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 85 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 86 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 87 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 32:25 |
| 88 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 89 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 90 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | all s.t. |
| 91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 33:20 |
| 92 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 93 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 94 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 95 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 96 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 97 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 98 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 99 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 100 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 101 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 102 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 103 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 104 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 105 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 106 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 107 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 110 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 112 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 113 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 114 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 115 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 116 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 117 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 118 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| 119 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 121 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 122 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 124 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 125 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 126 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 127 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 128 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 129 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 130 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 131 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 132 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 134 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 135 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 136 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 137 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 138 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 139 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 140 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 141 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 142 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 143 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 144 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 145 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 146 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | |
| 147 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 148 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | |
| 149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 150 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 151 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 152 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 33:35 |
| 153 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 154 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 155 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 156 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 157 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 158 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | all s.t. |
| 159 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 33:44 |
| 160 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 34:08 |
| 161 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 34:11 |
| 162 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 34:15 |
| 163 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | s.t. |
| 164 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 34:26 |
| 165 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 34:51 |
| 166 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 34:55 |
| 167 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 36:35 |
| DNS Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| OTL Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| OTL Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNF Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 48:43:53 |
| 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | at 2:05 |
| 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:23 |
| 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 3:19 |
| 5 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 4:48 |
| 6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | 6:15 |
| 7 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 6:57 |
| 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 7:30 |
| 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 8:31 |
| 10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 8:51 |
| 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 9:29 |
| 12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | 9:45 |
| 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 10:49 |
| 14 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 11:27 |
| 15 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 12:41 |
| 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 16:20 |
| 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 17:41 |
| 18 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 18:10 |
| 19 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 19:02 |
| 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 20:12 |
| 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 20:32 |
| 22 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 25:53 |
| 23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 27:04 |
| 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 27:37 |
| 25 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | 28:43 |
| 26 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 30:41 |
| 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 30:46 |
| 28 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30:47 |
| 29 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 31:18 |
| 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 31:59 |
| 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 32:57 |
| 32 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 33:59 |
| 33 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 37:48 |
| 34 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 40:36 |
| 35 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 41:49 |
| 36 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 45:20 |
| 37 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 47:17 |
| 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 50:04 |
| 39 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 50:36 |
| 40 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 51:24 |
| 41 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 56:23 |
| 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 56:30 |
| 43 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 56:52 |
| 44 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 56:58 |
| 45 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | 59:02 |
| 46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 59:32 |
| 47 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 59:39 |
| 48 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 59:49 |
| 49 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 1:00:23 |
| 50 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:00:49 |
| 51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 1:01:10 |
| 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:02:16 |
| 53 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 1:03:15 |
| 54 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:03:50 |
| 55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:04:13 |
| 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:04:16 |
| 57 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 1:04:58 |
| 58 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:05:01 |
| 59 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:05:21 |
| 60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | 1:05:23 |
| 61 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:05:59 |
| 62 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:06:36 |
| 63 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1:06:58 |
| 64 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:07:01 |
| 65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:07:59 |
| 66 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:08:38 |
| 67 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:08:50 |
| 68 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:08:59 |
| 69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:09:09 |
| 70 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:09:11 |
| 71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:11:36 |
| 72 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:11:41 |
| 73 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:12:05 |
| 74 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:12:06 |
| 75 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 1:12:33 |
| 76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 1:13:47 |
| 77 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:13:49 |
| 78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:14:23 |
| 79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:15:27 |
| 80 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:16:11 |
| 81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:16:56 |
| 82 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:17:24 |
| 83 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:18:44 |
| 84 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:19:10 |
| 85 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 1:21:09 |
| 86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:21:11 |
| 87 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 1:22:46 |
| 88 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:23:18 |
| 89 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:23:55 |
| 90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:24:16 |
| 91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:24:27 |
| 92 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1:25:00 |
| 93 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 1:26:26 |
| 94 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:27:11 |
| 95 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:27:17 |
| 96 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 1:28:10 |
| 97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:28:24 |
| 98 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 1:28:59 |
| 99 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:29:11 |
| 100 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:29:52 |
| 101 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 1:33:27 |
| 102 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:33:45 |
| 103 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:34:07 |
| 104 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:34:44 |
| 105 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:34:52 |
| 106 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:34:53 |
| 107 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:35:23 |
| 108 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:36:18 |
| 109 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 1:37:21 |
| 110 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:37:56 |
| 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:38:04 |
| 112 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:38:06 |
| 113 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 1:38:10 |
| 114 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:39:38 |
| 115 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:39:46 |
| 116 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:40:01 |
| 117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:41:00 |
| 118 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | 1:41:12 |
| 119 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:43:09 |
| 120 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:44:06 |
| 121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:44:57 |
| 122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:45:11 |
| 123 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:45:20 |
| 124 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:45:21 |
| 125 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:47:35 |
| 126 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:47:54 |
| 127 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:49:30 |
| 128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:50:42 |
| 129 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:51:02 |
| 130 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:51:52 |
| 131 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:52:01 |
| 132 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:52:17 |
| 133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:52:19 |
| 134 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:52:37 |
| 135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:52:40 |
| 136 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:52:55 |
| 137 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:53:05 |
| 138 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:53:55 |
| 139 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:54:20 |
| 140 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:55:02 |
| 141 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:55:22 |
| 142 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:55:39 |
| 143 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:55:59 |
| 144 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:56:33 |
| 145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 1:56:36 |
| 146 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 1:56:46 |
| 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 1:57:59 |
| 148 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:58:30 |
| 149 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:59:10 |
| 150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:59:22 |
| 151 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:00:26 |
| 152 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 2:00:30 |
| 153 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:01:59 |
| 154 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:02:30 |
| 155 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:03:03 |
| 156 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 2:03:11 |
| 157 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | 2:05:21 |
| 158 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 2:05:22 |
| 159 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:06:02 |
| 160 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:07:00 |
| 161 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 2:09:29 |
| 162 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:10:04 |
| 163 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 2:10:42 |
| 164 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 2:11:25 |
| 165 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 2:12:35 |
| 166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:20:35 |
| 167 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 2:20:40 |
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