La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE]

August 24, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 3 – Mijas – Málaga : 158,4 km

Oleg Tinkov won’t appreciate the irony, but after spending much of last winter and spring trying to bait Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana into taking on his so-called Grand Tour challenge, his man Alberto Contador is the glaring absentee from one of the most star-studded editions in Vuelta a España history. The Vuelta organisers will undoubtedly miss the defending champion Contador, who carries a box office appeal in Spain that none of his contemporaries can match. No other rider, for instance, could knock Real Madrid off the front page of Marca on the day football’s transfer window closed, as Contador did in 2014, but his absence is offset in no small part by the glittering array of galacticos in the field this year. Twelve months ago, the Vuelta had the feel of a Tour de France do-over, as Contador and Froome looked to make amends after crashing out in July. This time around, it is something grander again: a Tour de France rematch. The three podium finishers from the Tour – Froome, Quintana and his Movistar stable-mate Alejandro Valverde – are all on hand, along with the fourth-placed Nibali, who for good measure is joined by his Astana stable-mates Fabio Aru and Mikel Landa. Froome, of course, is not simply facing off against the men he beat to the Tour crown a month ago, he is also making a tilt at history. Only two riders – Jacques Anquetil in 1963 and Bernard Hinault in 1978 – have achieved the Tour-Vuelta double, and their victories came when the Vuelta preceded the Tour by some two months. Since the Vuelta shifted to its current Autumn slot in 1995, Carlos Sastre is the only Tour champion to even start the Vuelta a month later, and his 2008 double bid ended with a third place finish behind Contador.

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) ended his long spell of placings by winning the high-speed sprint into the centre of Málaga at the Vuelta a España.

The Giant-Alpecin team led out the sprint for John Degenkolb after a descent off the coastal highway but Sagan accelerated at the right moment with a violent kick, and with help from a tailwind, held off Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) at the line. The Frenchman finished second, with the German third. Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) was fourth, ahead of Maximiliano Richeze (Lampre-Merida).

Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) finished safely in the peloton and so kept the race leader’s red jersey, five seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin). Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) is third overall at 15 seconds, with his cousin Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) fourth overall at 24 seconds.

It was Sagan’s first win since the Tour of California in May and his first win in a Grand Tour since the 2013 Tour de France.

“I’m very happy, I’ve got to say thanks to all my teammates because they did a good job. I’ve been trying to win for the team and I’m happy I finally did it. It’s a very nice day,” Sagan said before venting a little frustration on the teams who did not help chase the breakaway during the stage.

“Today only Orica and Tinkoff-Saxo pulled. I think we did a better job and I was very pissed that other teams didn’t pull for the sprint. Bouhanni and John Degenkolb only came in the last three kilometres. As a result we had to win today. I was on Degenkolb’s wheel and he started his sprint early, I think at 250m. He went one way and I went the other. The wind helped and it played into my hands.”

How it happened

The 158km stage included two nasty climbs and a late visit to the hills above Malaga but the stage was always expected to end with a sprint finish in the centre of Málaga, with the sprinters’ teams riding to ensure that was the case throughout the day.

Following the polemics of the team time trial and Vincenzo Nibali’s disqualification after Sunday’s finish, riders were keen to avoid any further issue at the start, with Chris Froome (Team Sky) offering a ‘no comment’ over the Italian’s expulsion. Only Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) was happy to talk, pointing out that Nibali had been wrong to blame him for the crash.

After rolling out of Mijas, the break of the day formed early, with little resistance from the peloton.

Natnael Berhane (MTN-Qhubeka), Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling), Omar Fraile (Caja Rural), Walter Pedraza Morales (Colombia), Martin Velits (Etixx-QuickStep), Alexid Gougeard (Ag2r), Ilia Koshevoy (Lampre-Merida) and Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL-Jumbo) made it into the move. The peloton let them go and so they opened a three-minute lead on the slopes of the early Alto de Mijas, with Fraile leading the break over the top to take the climber’s points on the category three climb.

The gap stabilised on the long descent on the road back to Malaga, with the Orica-GreenEdge team of race leader Chaves riding tempo on the front.

The pace was steady but proved to be too much for Paolo Tiralongo (Astana). He crashed on Sunday and started the stage with 20 stitches above and below his left eye. He was determined to the start the stage but retired after 40km, accepting it was impossible to continue in the race.

After 76km Fraile was also the first to the summit of the longer Puerto de Leon climb and so took the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountain’s competition from Walter Pedraza (Colombia), who was in the break but was only third to the summit.

The speed in the peloton picked up during the second half of the stage and the loop back to Malaga along the Mediterranean coast. Fortunately the sea breeze was light and the weather warm and sunny, limiting the dangers for the riders. Of course there were crashes, including one with 44km to go that saw Nacer Bouhanni go down with Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo). Both had crashed on Sunday but both got up again and soon got back to the peloton.

Up front Chavanel won the intermediate sprint and so took three bonus seconds. The sprint inspired attacks in the break, with Tjallingii and Gougeard jumping away in search of further glory, while Fraile and the others faded back to the peloton, with Fraile happy to be in the polka-dot jersey and be awarded the most combative prize of the stage.

Tjallingii and Gougeard worked together and managed to push their lead to 1:40 but the peloton refused to let them go, with Tinkoff-Saxo doing much of the work behind. The Russian team upped the pace on the climb, with Giant-Alpecin also working for Degenkolb. Their efforts managed to crack Ewan, who was unable to stay with the front group.

As a result of their efforts, the break was reeled in like a fish on a line as the climb hurt the legs of Tjallingii and Gougeard. The Frenchman was the first to ease up on the climb, with Tjallingii shaking his head in a sign of pain just after as the riders entered the wide coastal highway that took them back to Malaga. Suddenly the peloton was all together and ready for the sprint.

Team Sky lead down the fast highway descent into Málaga, with a short tunnel and a sweeping bend lining out the riders going into the final two kilometres. Giant-Alpecin has three riders leading out Degenkolb and he launched his sprint at speed, with his head and shoulders bobbing in motion with his pedal stroke. However he was not fast enough to beat Sagan, who held off Bouhanni and finally hit the line first.

Tuesday’s 209km fourth stage is from Estepona to Vejer de la Frontera and could see a second consecutive Sagan win after his long drought. The stage concludes with a short but steep climb four kilometres from the finish and twisting roads to the line. It seems perfect for a second Sagan surge.

Results :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 4:06:46
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
4 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN – Qhubeka
7 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
9 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
10 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
11 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
12 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
13 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
14 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Colombia
16 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
18 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
20 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
22 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
23 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge
24 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
26 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
28 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
29 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
30 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Team Sky
31 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha
33 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
34 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
35 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
36 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
37 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
38 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team
39 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
42 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
43 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
44 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
45 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
46 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
47 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
50 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
51 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
52 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
53 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
54 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
55 Carlos Quintero (Col) Colombia
56 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
57 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
58 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
59 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
61 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
62 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
63 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
64 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
65 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
66 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
67 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
68 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
69 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
70 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr
71 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
72 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
73 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia
74 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
75 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
76 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
77 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
79 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia
80 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN – Qhubeka
81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia
82 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
83 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr
84 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar
85 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
86 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
87 Larry Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
88 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
89 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team
90 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
91 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
92 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
93 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
94 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
95 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
96 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
97 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
98 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
99 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
100 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
101 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
102 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
104 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
105 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
106 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
107 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
109 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
110 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
111 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia
112 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling
113 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
114 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing
115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
116 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:27
117 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
118 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
119 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
120 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
122 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:30
123 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:46
124 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:53
125 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:01:14
126 Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia
127 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
128 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
129 Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia
130 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
131 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
132 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
133 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
134 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
135 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
136 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
137 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
138 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
139 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
140 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:35
141 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
142 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
143 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia
144 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
145 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
146 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
147 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
148 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka
149 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
150 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
151 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
152 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
153 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
154 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
155 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:02:12
156 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:13
157 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:15
158 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr
159 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:02:37
160 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:02:54
161 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
162 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:03:26
163 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge
164 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
165 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:06:02
166 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
167 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:40
168 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida
169 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:08:59
170 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
171 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:15:42
172 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
173 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
174 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
175 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida
176 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
177 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha
178 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing
179 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida
180 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
181 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
182 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
183 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar
184 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
185 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar
186 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
187 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
188 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
189 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
190 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
191 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:49
DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
DNS Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge 8:04:01
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:05
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:15
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:24
5 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:35
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:36
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:38
8 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:40
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:47
11 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:51
12 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
13 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
14 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:00:52
15 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:55
16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:04
17 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
18 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
19 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
20 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:01:06
21 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:14
22 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:22
24 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:23
25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
26 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:31
29 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
30 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:01
31 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:07
32 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:02:08
33 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:17
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
36 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
37 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing
38 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia 0:02:20
39 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:22
40 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Colombia 0:02:36
41 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:39
42 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:01
43 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:03:04
44 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
45 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
46 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:03:10
47 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:03:21
48 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:28
49 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:34
50 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 0:03:41
51 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:59
52 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:04:18
53 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 0:04:32
54 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
55 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:34
57 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:04:37
58 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:40
59 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:04:51
60 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:15
61 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
62 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
63 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:05:18
64 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 0:05:23
65 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia
66 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:42
67 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:05:46
68 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:06:31
69 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:06:43
70 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:07:23
71 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
72 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
73 Carlos Quintero (Col) Colombia
74 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
75 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
76 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling
77 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:51
78 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:08:37
79 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
80 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:08:58
81 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 0:09:13
82 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
83 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
84 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
85 Larry Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
86 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:09:19
88 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:09:26
89 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:09:40
90 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:09:46
91 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN – Qhubeka 0:09:51
92 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:09:55
93 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:09:59
94 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
95 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
96 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:10:03
97 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 0:10:04
98 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:10:27
99 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
100 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:10:35
101 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:10:45
102 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:10:48
103 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:10:49
104 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:10:52
105 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:10:53
106 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:11:02
107 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:11:34
108 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka
109 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:12:39
110 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:13:00
111 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:13:25
112 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:13:38
113 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:45
114 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 0:13:55
115 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 0:14:19
116 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:31
117 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:14:37
118 Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:15:11
119 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
120 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
121 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
122 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
123 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
124 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:17
125 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
126 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
127 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
128 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:15:38
129 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
130 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal
131 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:56
132 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:16:01
133 Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia 0:16:25
134 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
135 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
136 Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia
137 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
138 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:16:31
139 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:16:38
140 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia 0:16:46
141 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
142 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
143 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:52
144 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
145 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:17:26
146 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:20:48
147 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:20:52
148 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:20:58
149 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
150 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
151 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
152 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
153 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 0:21:04
155 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
156 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr
157 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN – Qhubeka
158 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
159 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
160 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:21:25
161 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:21:28
162 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:22:12
163 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:33
164 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:22:43
165 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:23:05
166 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:23:11
167 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:23:16
168 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 0:23:57
169 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:09
170 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:25:41
171 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:26:34
172 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:26:38
173 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 0:27:06
174 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 0:27:18
175 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:27:22
176 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:28:58
177 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:28:59
178 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:29:50
179 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:29:55
180 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:30:59
181 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
182 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar
183 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
184 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 0:32:36
185 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:32:37
186 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:36:40
187 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 0:36:46
188 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
189 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:37:06
190 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:38:08
191 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:47:53