La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 15 [FULL STAGE]

September 6, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 15 – Comillas – Sostres. Cabrales : 178,5 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.

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) moved to within a second of Fabio Aru’s (Astana) race lead with a captivating win on stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana.

The Spaniard dropped his main GC rivals on the final climb and although Aru gave chase, along with Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), he was unable to close the gap with Rodriguez picking up a precious 10-second time bonus courtesy of his win. Majka crossed the line in second, with Aru fading at the line.

Rodriguez finished the stage 12 seconds clear of Majka, with Daniel Moreno taking third ahead of Nairo Quintana (Movistar). The Colombian climber had put his team to work for most of the stage after he was able to claw back a handful of seconds on Aru during stage 14. Quintana even managed a stinging attack with 10km to go, but Astana were quick to spot the danger, reeling in the Tour runner-up.

Astana then assumed control and bridged over the remnants of the day’s early break, but despite the pace setting from Aru’s men and then from Movistar’s Giovanni Visconti, the main GC favourites remained grouped together.

Tom Dumoulin’s position looked precarious, however, with the Giant-Alpecin rider hanging onto the leaders as they went through the 7km to go banner. When the inevitable came he set about limiting his loses. At first he held the Aru group at a manageable 20 seconds, but when Astana lifted the pace he was unable to respond and the gap quickly opened out to over a minute.

Quintana’s second attack, however, failed to materialise and it was Rodriguez who assumed control as the gradient kicked up inside the final 2km. There wasn’t a sudden acceleration – the terrain wouldn’t allow for that – just a move to the front and push on the pedals that had his rivals on the back foot. Quintana cracked immediately, with only Aru and Majka able to give chase.

Rodriguez had started the stage 26 seconds down on the Italian but despite Aru holding the gap at just a few seconds, Rodriguez’s power soon began to tell, and with Aru in trouble Majka kicked around him and moved into second place.

Quintana, Landa and the impressive Chaves found a second wind and joined Aru just before the line, with the Italian having just enough to hold onto the leader’s jersey by a single second.

It was Dumoulin who truly saved the day. Having been close to 1:20 down on his rivals, he clawed his way back to 50 seconds at the line. Although he dropped a place, with Majka moving up to third, the Dutchman is still on course for a podium place with the stage 17 time trial on the horizon.

How it unfolded

After yesterday’s exploits and a break successfully contesting the stage win for the second day in a row, expectations were high for today’s break.

However, even making the split must have felt like a victory in itself with almost 50km needed before a nine-man move of Blel Kadri (AG2R – La Mondiale), Ricardo Vilela (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), Dominique Rollin (Cofidis), Brayan Ramirez (Colombia), Nikolas Maes (Etixx – Quick Step), Natnael Berhane (MTN – Qhubeka), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Maarten Tjallingii (Lotto NL – Jumbo), and Haimar Zubeldia (Trek Factory) could officially call themselves the break of the day.

The terrain in the first few hours looked ideal for the them to push on and create a healthy advantage, but Movistar – buoyed by Quintana’s performance 24 hours earlier and well aware that time was against them in this race, set a brisk tempo behind.

It meant that the break struggled to establish a significant gap, and despite their best efforts they were never able to build on more than a five-minute lead.

In fact, those five minutes only came inside the final 60km with Rollin leading them over the first categorised climb of the day.

Once the group reached the foot of the final climb their advantage was just over two minutes with Movistar still on the front.

Only Zubeldia managed to put up any firm resistance, holding the chase at one minute while the rest of the break succumbed.

Movistar called a halt to their work with 10km remaining, and Quintana’s inevitable attack threatened to turn the race on its head, but Luis Leon Sanchez marked him and the rest of the Astana men dragged Aru back within the space of a few hundred meters. It would be the only time Quintana attacked.

Not that Movistar were done there. They issued Visconti with instructions to set an energetic tempo with 5km to go, and even though Dumoulin was dropped soon after and Aru appeared to be on briefly on the ropes, it was Rodriguez who almost ghosted clear the take the stage.

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

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