July 15/12 11:36 am - Tour de France: Stage 14
Posted by Editoress on 07/15/12
Sanchez succeeds on a day of sabotage
Luis Leon Sanchez knows how to attack, how to climb and how to descend. He is one of the most aggressive men in the peloton and even though he was plagued with injuries sustained in a crash in stage one, he insisted on staying in the race even though he only has three team-mates along for support. Never mind if logic dictates that he should limp through to Paris: he wanted to give Rabobank a reward for what has been a Tour plagued with problems. He would ultimately win his fourth stage of the Tour de France but the 14th stage of the 2012 race will be remembered for the sabotage that threatened to influence the overall classification. Eventually cool heads prevailed and the biggest potential loser of the stage, Cadel Evans was given a lifeline by his main rivals who all realised that attacking a rider who was a victim of what the competition director of the Tour, Jean-François Pescheux claimed was sabotage. The results tell one part of the story but there's a lot more to it than an apathetic bunch rolling in over 18 minutes behind the stage winner...
The progress report
The 14th stage of the 2012 Tour de France began at 12.19pm with 163 riders still in the race. The 191km race featured three climbs: the cat-two col du Portel (at 30km), followed by two category-one ascents: the Port de Lers (at 126.5km) and the Mur de Péguère (at 152.5km). The intermediate sprint was in Tarascon-sur-Ariège at 99km. There was a tailwind early and the pace at the start was fast. Although there were numerous escape attempts including the likes of Paulinho (4km) nothing was allowed any leeway. At 19km Sagan (LIQ) tried his luck with an attack but it lasted only a matter of minutes. Taaramae was on the attack on the first climb but the bunch was essentially together until the top when Voeckler led Kessiakoff over the line. It wasn't until the 35km mark that any riders could break the grip of the peloton... and it was the irrepressible Mr Sagan (LIQ) who started the move. He was joined by Kruiswijk (RAB) and Paulinho (STB).
Peloton splits momentarily
After 38km the peloton was split in to two distinct groups with Kloden, Schleck, Coppel and a number of other GC riders in the second group that was as much as 1'45” behind the first at one point but there was a regrouping at 54km. By then Sagan's trio was ahead of a group of eight counter-attackers - Gilbert (BMC), Gautier (EUC), Izaguirre (EUS), Minard (ALM), Vorganov (KAT), Casar (FDJ), Sanchez (RAB) and M. Velits (OPQ) – who joined the lead group at 56km. When the 11 at the front joined forces, the peloton was 1'10” behind. The Russian champion was the best on GC (26th overall, at 33'59”).
11 in the escape... including half of the remaining Rabobank team
The average speed for the second hour was 40.6km/h and by then the 11-man lead group was well ahead of the peloton that was led by the Sky team. The advantage of the escapees grew to 13'30” at the intermediate sprint. Sagan took the 20 points but was unchallenged as he rolled over the line in Tarascon. Greipel took 12th place but he was also unchallenged in the hunt for points. Gautier had to change a bike early on the descent (and he rejoined the lead group in the first kilometre of the third climb). The peloton arrived at the base of the Port de Lers 15 minutes behind Sagan's group. Paulinho led the escape over the top of the second climb. The peloton was led by Eisel (SKY) most of the way up (with Cavendish right on his wheel) but, just before the top, Knees took over the pace setting. Light rain fell as the riders crested the second climb.
Péguère wall splits the leaders
With 4km to go on the third climb, Kruiswijk set Sanchez up to surge over the steep section of the climb and this split the lead group. Only Gilbert, Casar and Izaguirre could follow the Spaniard. Casar went to the front in the final 500m of the climb and led over the top, followed by Izaguirre and Sagan at 5”, then came Gilbert and Sanchez at 25”... With 30km to go, Sagan and Izaguirre caught Casar. With 20km to go there were five in the lead: Sanchez, Izaguirre, Sagan, Casar and Gilbert. This quintet rode together until Sanchez attacked with 11km to go. The others wouldn't see him again until after the line.
Sabotage threatens to influence the race for GC honours...
Just at the top of the final climb there was a succession of punctures. Until that moment there hadn't been any attacks from the yellow jersey group but Evans was utterly stranded without mechanical assistance at the summit. He had his rear wheel out for what seemed like an eternity before, finally, Burghardt arrived to offer a wheel but there seemed to be some incompatibility and it wasn't until Moinard arrived on the scene that they started trying to swap wheels. But then Wiggins had been made aware of the situation and he signalled a truce in his group that contained about 15 men. Everyone but Rolland agreed that they would wait for the defending champion who was struck with misfortune.
In a scene reminiscent of the infamous 13th stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España when Evans effectively lost a chance of winning the title because of a very long wait for a wheel change, the Australian finally got mechanical assistance but it was far from a simple wheel change. When he stopped to get a second new wheel, his manager Jim Ochowicz slid into a drain on the side of the road, almost falling over and making the situation seem a little slapstick... but it was no comedy. The competition director Jean-François Pescheux later claimed that there were tacks on the road and that's what caused the spate of punctures. Sabotage could have influenced general classification but cool heads prevailed and ultimately all the GC riders joined forced and rolled to the finish together well behind the stage winner. But by then both Lotto-Belisol and Liquigas-Cannondale had spent some time on the attack at the front of a group containing Wiggins who was adamant that the right thing to do was wait for Evans.
Sanchez claims a win for Rabobank
While chaos reigned behind the escape, Luis Leon Sanchez seized his chance for another stage win. He only increased his advantage over the four chasing riders after his attack with 11km to go. Although his Rabobank team was down to just four riders, two of them were on the attack today and the Spaniard claimed his fourth stage victory in the Tour de France – following successes in Aurillac (2008), St-Girons (2009) and St-Flour (2011). He beat Sagan and the three other former escapees by 47”.
Wiggins finished the stage in 15th place spot ahead of Evans who were part of a large group that was 18'15” behind Sanchez. The leader of the Sky team will wear the yellow jersey in stage 15.
Report by ASO
Jerseys
Leader - Yellow: Bradley Wiggins
Points - Green: Peter Sagan
Climber - Polka Dot: Fredrik Kessiakoff
Young Rider - White: Tejay van Garderen
Combative - Red: Peter Sagan
Team: RadioShack-Nissan
| Stage 14: Limoux to Foix, 191 km | |
| 1 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:50:29 |
| 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | at 0:47 |
| 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 5 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 6 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:51 |
| 7 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 3:49 |
| 9 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 4:51 |
| 10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:53 |
| 11 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 14:53 |
| 12 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 18:15 |
| 13 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 14 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 15 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 18 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 19 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 20 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 21 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
| 23 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 26 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
| 27 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 29 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 31 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 32 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | |
| 34 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 37 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 38 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 39 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 40 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 41 Fränk Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 42 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 44 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 46 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 47 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 49 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | |
| 50 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 51 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 53 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 54 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 55 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 58 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 59 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 60 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 61 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 62 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 63 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 64 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 65 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 66 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | |
| 67 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 68 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | all s.t. |
| 69 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 18:27 |
| 70 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 21:19 |
| 71 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 72 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 74 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 75 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 76 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 77 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 78 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 79 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 80 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | all s.t. |
| 82 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 23:33 |
| 83 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 84 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | both s.t. |
| 85 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 26:01 |
| 86 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 87 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 88 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 89 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 90 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 91 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | all s.t. |
| 92 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 28:18 |
| 93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 94 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 96 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 98 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 99 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 100 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 101 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 102 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | |
| 103 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 104 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 105 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 106 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 108 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 109 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 110 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 112 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 113 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 114 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 115 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 116 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 117 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 118 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 119 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 120 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 121 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 122 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 123 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 124 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 125 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 126 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | |
| 127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 128 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 129 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 130 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 131 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 132 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 133 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 134 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | |
| 135 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 136 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | |
| 137 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 138 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| 139 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 140 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 141 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 142 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 143 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 144 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 145 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 146 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 147 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 148 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 149 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 150 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 151 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 152 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 153 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 154 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 155 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 156 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 157 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 158 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 159 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 28:30 |
| 160 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 161 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 162 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 31:53 |
| DNF Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | |
| GC | |
| 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 64:41:16 |
| 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 | 17:21 |
| 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 17:41 |
| 18 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18:04 |
| 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 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 20:35 |
| 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 27:03 |
| 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 27:37 |
| 25 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 32:59 |
| 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 33:13 |
| 27 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 44:45 |
| 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 45:13 |
| 29 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 45:35 |
| 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 47:17 |
| 31 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 47:32 |
| 32 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 48:34 |
| 33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 54:40 |
| 34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 56:06 |
| 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 56:19 |
| 36 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 56:43 |
| 37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 58:59 |
| 38 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 59:50 |
| 39 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 1:00:39 |
| 40 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:04:31 |
| 41 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:04:55 |
| 42 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:05:26 |
| 43 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:06:40 |
| 44 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:09:23 |
| 45 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:10:52 |
| 46 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:11:52 |
| 47 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 1:12:30 |
| 48 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 1:13:24 |
| 49 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 1:13:33 |
| 50 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:13:34 |
| 51 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 1:13:39 |
| 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:13:56 |
| 53 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | 1:14:22 |
| 54 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:14:26 |
| 55 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:14:28 |
| 56 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:14:46 |
| 57 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 1:14:49 |
| 58 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:15:01 |
| 59 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:15:33 |
| 60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:16:18 |
| 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:17:50 |
| 62 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:18:57 |
| 63 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:19:19 |
| 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:20:15 |
| 65 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 1:20:39 |
| 66 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1:21:06 |
| 67 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:21:40 |
| 68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 1:22:23 |
| 69 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:24:24 |
| 70 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:26:05 |
| 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:26:07 |
| 72 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:28:05 |
| 73 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:28:16 |
| 74 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:29:15 |
| 75 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:30:24 |
| 76 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:30:38 |
| 77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:31:48 |
| 78 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 1:33:10 |
| 79 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:34:00 |
| 80 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:35:48 |
| 81 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:36:28 |
| 82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:38:34 |
| 83 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:38:38 |
| 84 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 1:41:23 |
| 85 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:41:54 |
| 86 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 1:42:39 |
| 87 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 1:43:23 |
| 88 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:45:03 |
| 89 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:45:39 |
| 90 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:46:52 |
| 91 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 1:46:57 |
| 92 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:47:33 |
| 93 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 1:47:36 |
| 94 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:48:24 |
| 95 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:49:41 |
| 96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:49:57 |
| 97 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:50:21 |
| 98 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 1:51:08 |
| 99 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:52:00 |
| 100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:52:06 |
| 101 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:52:07 |
| 102 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:53:12 |
| 103 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1:53:12 |
| 104 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:53:41 |
| 105 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:54:52 |
| 106 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:55:39 |
| 107 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:55:44 |
| 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:55:52 |
| 109 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:56:31 |
| 110 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 1:56:49 |
| 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 1:57:46 |
| 112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 1:59:11 |
| 113 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:01:51 |
| 114 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:02:43 |
| 115 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:03:38 |
| 116 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:03:53 |
| 117 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:03:57 |
| 118 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:05:04 |
| 119 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:05:37 |
| 120 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:06:10 |
| 121 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:06:24 |
| 122 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:06:40 |
| 123 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:07:09 |
| 124 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:07:30 |
| 125 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | 2:07:40 |
| 126 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:09:07 |
| 127 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:10:46 |
| 128 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:11:57 |
| 129 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:12:04 |
| 130 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:13:01 |
| 131 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:13:32 |
| 132 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 2:14:28 |
| 133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:15:03 |
| 134 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:15:20 |
| 135 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:15:41 |
| 136 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:15:47 |
| 137 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:18:23 |
| 138 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 2:19:04 |
| 139 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:19:56 |
| 140 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:20:02 |
| 141 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:20:04 |
| 142 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:20:15 |
| 143 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:21:50 |
| 144 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:21:56 |
| 145 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:22:06 |
| 146 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 2:23:24 |
| 147 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 2:23:35 |
| 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 2:24:38 |
| 149 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:24:43 |
| 150 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 2:24:58 |
| 151 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:29:09 |
| 152 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 2:29:10 |
| 153 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:30:12 |
| 154 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:31:55 |
| 155 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:32:30 |
| 156 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | 2:33:33 |
| 157 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 2:34:45 |
| 158 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 2:38:04 |
| 159 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:38:16 |
| 160 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 2:40:47 |
| 161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:43:46 |
| 162 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 2:47:29 |
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