July 6/13 11:05 am - Tour de France - Stage 8
Posted by Editoress on 07/6/13
Boom: Froome blows the race to pieces!
He was the favourite for the stage but before the final climb it seemed there might be contenders other than Chris Froome. At the finish of stage eight in Ax-3-Domaines, it would seem that there was only one man who can win the title at the 100th edition of the Tour de France. The Kenyan-born Brit was so dominant on the final climb that no one else seems to have a chance. Of course there are still over two weeks of racing ahead but so far, everything is going to plan for the Sky team. Not only did its leader win the stage, but the super-domestique Richie Porte came second and the pair are in first and second place overall at the end of the first day in the mountains. Former champions of the race – Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans – all suffered significant blows in stage eight finishing behind Froome by 1’46”, 3’35” and 4’14”, respectively. The Movistar team added to the show with an impressive attack by Nairo Quintana who takes the white jersey in his Tour debut, and the leader Valverde who was the closest rival to the Sky pair. But this was a day when the favourites absolutely dominated and all others faltered... or at least were made to look as though they had. It was domination by one team and survival by the rest.
The progress report
The official start of the 195km stage from Castres to Ax-3-Domaines in the Pyrenees began at 11.47am with 188 riders in the race. The itinerary included three climbs: the cat-4 cote de Saint-Ferréol (at 26.5km) followed by the highest point of the 100th Tour de France, col de Pailhères (‘hors category’ at 166km) and the category-one ascent to the finish. The intermediate sprint was in Quillan (at 119.5km). The first successful attack came from Marino (SOJ) and he was quickly joined by Hoogerland (VCD) and, at 9km, Riblon (ALM) and Molard (COF) caught the two leaders. By 16km the escape was 5’40” ahead. The average speed for the first hour was 44.3km/h. The peloton was at 9’10” after an hour of racing. Orica-GreenEdge led the peloton along with some help from Sky. The second hour was slightly faster: 44.9km/h, and after two hours of racing, the escape was 7’55” ahead.
Riblon becomes the virtual leader
The maximum advantage of the escape was 9’40” at 40km. The most recent winner of the stage to Ax-3-Domaines, Riblon (in 2010), was the best placed on GC of the four in the escape and he was the virtual leader after starting the stage in 61st place, 4’49” behind Impey. After 100km the peloton was at 6’40”... but this dropped steadily until the intermediate sprint when a big surge from Cannondale ate a chunk of time out of the break. Despite the efforts of his lead-out men, Sagan was beaten by Greipel for fifth-place points. Cavendish was seventh: the peloton was 4’35” behind the escapees.
Getting ready for the climbs...
With 63km to go, the Orica team retreated to the peloton and let three GC teams take control of the pacesetting. Sky, Movistar and Belkin led the peloton to the base of the Port de Pailhères. The average speed for the third hour was 42.7km/h. At the foot of the Pailhères climb, the four leaders were just 1’00” ahead of a peloton that was led by Belkin, Saxo and Sky. Riblon accelerated in the first kilometre, his former escape companions were caught by the peloton 40km from the finish. One of the first to be dropped by the peloton was Kadri (ALM). Gesink attacked the peloton with 41km to go and was soon 55” behind Riblon with the peloton was at 1’10”. Although the speed of Lopez (SKY) eliminated many riders, it still included Impey but no other Orica riders. With 39.5km to go, Voeckler attacked and prompted no reaction at all. His attack wouldn’t last long but the team wasn’t finished as Rolland jumped ahead as soon as his team-mate was caught.
Quintana goes on the attack
The young Colombian from Movistar attacked with 37km to go he quickly caught and passed Voeckler. Quintana would catch everyone and only Riblon could match his pace... for a few hundred metres. With 3km to go, the Movistar rider was in the lead. He would go on to win the ‘Souvenir Henri Desgrange’. Sky had Kiryienka on the front until 3km to climb and then Kennaugh took over. Victims of his pace included van Garderen (BMC), Roche (TST), Gesink (BEL) and Voeckler. At the top Quintana led Rolland by 27”, Nieve (EUS) by 1’00”, Kennaugh, Porte and Froome by 1’05” and there were about 25 riders in the group that was led by that Sky trio.
Froome: climbing to victory and into the yellow jersey!
Sky was expected to star in the 8th stage and the team did exactly that. Rolland caught Quintana at the base of the final climb but lasted only a matter of seconds. Kennaugh led Porte and Froome to the foot of the final climb and once he peeled off, the Tasmanian took over the pacesetting. This eliminated the likes of Martin (GRS), Talansky, Kwiatkowski and eventually Evans. Contador, Valverde, Kreuziger, Rodriguez and others followed the pace of Porte for two kilometres but once a small gap opened, Froome powered ahead and into the lead of the stage. Once it was clear his leader would not be seen again, Porte also accelerated and no one could follow. Their Sky pair would finish the stage in first and second place and take over the first and second positions in the overall rankings. Froome will spend his first day in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France in stage nine.
ASO press release
Results from today's 8th stage, first day in the Pyrenees
| Stage 8: Castres to Ax 3 Domaines, 195 km | |
| 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 5:03:18 |
| 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | at 0:51 |
| 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:08 |
| 4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:10 |
| 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:34 |
| 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:45 |
| 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 11 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha | 2:06 |
| 12 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 2:28 |
| 13 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:34 |
| 15 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 16 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | all s.t. |
| 19 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | 3:04 |
| 20 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 3:27 |
| 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 3:34 |
| 22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 3:47 |
| 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4:04 |
| 24 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:08 |
| 25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha | 4:11 |
| 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 4:13 |
| 27 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre - Merida | 4:54 |
| 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | 5:00 |
| 29 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. |
| 30 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 6:00 |
| 31 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 6:30 |
| 32 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
| 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | both s.t. |
| 34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | 7:29 |
| 35 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica - GreenEDGE | 7:50 |
| 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | all s.t. |
| 39 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp | 8:15 |
| 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | s.t. |
| 41 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | 8:32 |
| 42 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 43 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | |
| 44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 45 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida | 8:57 |
| 46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 9:13 |
| 47 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 48 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9:15 |
| 49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 9:20 |
| 50 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | 9:31 |
| 51 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 9:54 |
| 52 Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 11:05 |
| 53 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 11:09 |
| 54 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | 12:12 |
| 55 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 56 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 12:15 |
| 57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14:19 |
| 58 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 14:27 |
| 59 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Merida | s.t. |
| 60 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling | 15:35 |
| 61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 17:47 |
| 62 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 65 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 67 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 69 Julien El Farès (Fra) Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 70 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 18:37 |
| 71 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 72 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | all s.t. |
| 74 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 20:23 |
| 75 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 21:38 |
| 76 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team | 21:46 |
| 77 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 22:16 |
| 78 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha | |
| 79 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | both s.t. |
| 80 José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team | 23:12 |
| 81 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 83 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 84 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | |
| 85 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 86 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 87 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | |
| 88 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 89 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 90 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 91 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 92 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | 24:24 |
| 93 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 25:39 |
| 94 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team | 29:02 |
| 95 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 96 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha | |
| 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 98 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 99 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 100 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 101 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | |
| 102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 103 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| 104 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 105 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | |
| 106 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 107 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 108 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 110 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 111 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 112 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 114 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 115 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 116 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 117 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
| 118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | all s.t. |
| 119 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 29:08 |
| 120 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 29:12 |
| 121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 123 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 124 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 125 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 126 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 127 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 128 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 129 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 130 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 131 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 132 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 133 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | |
| 134 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 135 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 137 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 138 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 139 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 140 Kévin Réza (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 141 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 142 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 143 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | |
| 144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 146 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 147 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 148 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | 30:15 |
| 149 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | |
| 150 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | both s.t. |
| 151 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 31:15 |
| 152 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 153 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 154 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 155 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 156 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 157 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | |
| 158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 159 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 160 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 161 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | |
| 162 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 163 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 164 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 165 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 166 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | |
| 167 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | |
| 168 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 169 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 170 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | |
| 171 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 172 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | |
| 173 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 174 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | |
| 175 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 176 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | |
| 177 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | |
| 178 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | |
| 179 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 180 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 181 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 182 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 183 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
| 184 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | all s.t. |
| 185 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | 31:37 |
| 186 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | s.t. |
| 187 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin - Sharp | 38:45 |
| DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida | |
| GC | |
| 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 32:15:55 |
| 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:51 |
| 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:25 |
| 4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:44 |
| 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:50 |
| 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:51 |
| 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:51 |
| 8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 2:02 |
| 9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha | 2:31 |
| 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 2:40 |
| 11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 2:45 |
| 12 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 2:48 |
| 13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp | 2:48 |
| 14 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 2:55 |
| 15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 3:06 |
| 16 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 3:25 |
| 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 3:27 |
| 18 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:29 |
| 19 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | 3:30 |
| 20 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:35 |
| 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 4:00 |
| 22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4:10 |
| 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 4:36 |
| 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha | 4:36 |
| 25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 4:57 |
| 26 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5:09 |
| 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | 5:26 |
| 28 José Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre - Merida | 6:20 |
| 29 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 6:39 |
| 30 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 7:40 |
| 31 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica - GreenEDGE | 7:42 |
| 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 7:48 |
| 33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | 7:55 |
| 34 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack Leopard | 8:15 |
| 35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp | 8:29 |
| 36 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | 8:40 |
| 37 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | 8:49 |
| 38 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 9:11 |
| 39 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida | 9:19 |
| 40 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Sojasun | 9:39 |
| 41 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9:45 |
| 42 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 9:53 |
| 43 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 10:30 |
| 44 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 12:38 |
| 45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 15:00 |
| 46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 15:43 |
| 47 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | 15:48 |
| 48 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 16:41 |
| 49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 16:50 |
| 50 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 17:35 |
| 51 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 18:01 |
| 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 18:21 |
| 53 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 19:00 |
| 54 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack Leopard | 23:15 |
| 55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 23:29 |
| 56 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 23:46 |
| 57 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 24:02 |
| 58 Julien El Farès (Fra) Sojasun | 24:32 |
| 59 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | 25:03 |
| 60 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 27:01 |
| 61 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | 27:43 |
| 62 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 28:06 |
| 63 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 28:07 |
| 64 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 28:31 |
| 65 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 28:57 |
| 66 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 28:59 |
| 67 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica - GreenEDGE | 28:59 |
| 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 29:25 |
| 69 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 29:27 |
| 70 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 29:38 |
| 71 Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack Leopard | 29:44 |
| 72 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 30:06 |
| 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 30:29 |
| 74 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 31:39 |
| 75 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 32:51 |
| 76 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 33:06 |
| 77 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 33:21 |
| 78 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 34:00 |
| 79 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 34:31 |
| 80 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 35:21 |
| 81 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 37:24 |
| 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Radioshack Leopard | 37:42 |
| 83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 37:53 |
| 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 38:36 |
| 85 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 38:46 |
| 86 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha | 38:50 |
| 87 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 39:22 |
| 88 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 40:01 |
| 89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 40:06 |
| 90 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp | 40:11 |
| 91 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 41:29 |
| 92 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 42:37 |
| 93 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 43:28 |
| 94 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 44:09 |
| 95 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling | 44:32 |
| 96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 44:49 |
| 97 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | 45:02 |
| 98 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 45:26 |
| 99 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 45:46 |
| 100 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 46:27 |
| 101 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 46:35 |
| 102 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 46:40 |
| 103 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 47:00 |
| 104 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | 47:37 |
| 105 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | 48:11 |
| 106 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | 49:16 |
| 107 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 49:28 |
| 108 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team | 50:36 |
| 109 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | 50:45 |
| 110 José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team | 51:10 |
| 111 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack Leopard | 51:52 |
| 112 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 51:56 |
| 113 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 52:01 |
| 114 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 52:56 |
| 115 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | 53:23 |
| 116 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | 53:38 |
| 117 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 55:35 |
| 118 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 55:37 |
| 119 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 55:43 |
| 120 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 56:31 |
| 121 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp | 58:32 |
| 122 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 58:52 |
| 123 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | 1:00:01 |
| 124 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling | 1:01:08 |
| 125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 1:01:09 |
| 126 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:01:23 |
| 127 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 1:01:36 |
| 128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:02:19 |
| 129 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:02:38 |
| 130 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:03:13 |
| 131 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | 1:04:17 |
| 132 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:04:34 |
| 133 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:05:41 |
| 134 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:05:43 |
| 135 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:07:06 |
| 136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:07:10 |
| 137 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 1:08:22 |
| 138 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | 1:09:20 |
| 139 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:09:30 |
| 140 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | 1:10:15 |
| 141 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:10:31 |
| 142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:11:04 |
| 143 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:11:39 |
| 144 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Cofidis - Solutions Crédits | 1:11:44 |
| 145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:11:49 |
| 146 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | 1:12:43 |
| 147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:12:50 |
| 148 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:13:05 |
| 149 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | 1:13:30 |
| 150 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 1:13:37 |
| 151 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:13:50 |
| 152 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:14:05 |
| 153 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 1:14:05 |
| 154 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1:14:14 |
| 155 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:15:00 |
| 156 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:16:44 |
| 157 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1:16:48 |
| 158 Kévin Réza (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:16:59 |
| 159 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:17:10 |
| 160 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin - Sharp | 1:17:34 |
| 161 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:17:39 |
| 162 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:19:09 |
| 163 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:20:54 |
| 164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:21:01 |
| 165 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:21:01 |
| 166 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp | 1:21:59 |
| 167 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:22:08 |
| 168 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:22:16 |
| 169 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:22:24 |
| 170 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha | 1:22:32 |
| 171 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | 1:22:32 |
| 172 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:23:44 |
| 173 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:24:43 |
| 174 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:24:44 |
| 175 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:25:30 |
| 176 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:25:31 |
| 177 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:25:37 |
| 178 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:26:06 |
| 179 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEDGE | 1:26:33 |
| 180 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:26:36 |
| 181 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:28:08 |
| 182 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1:28:34 |
| 183 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:28:48 |
| 184 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:28:49 |
| 185 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:29:03 |
| 186 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:31:41 |
| 187 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano | 1:32:18 |
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