Tour de France 2012 – Stage 10 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

July 11, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 10 – Mâcon – Bellegarde-sur-Valserine : 194,5 km

The 2012 Tour de France is set to get underway in Liège on June 30 with a prologue and then two stages in Belgium before the race crosses into French territory for the remainder of the race. The route favors the time trialists over the pure climbers this year, with more than 100km of racing against the clock on tap. This puts Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) at the top of the favorites’ list, but there are still a few opportunities for the featherweights to put in a challenge.

Just as the Tour de France was shaping up as a huge let-down for the Europcar team, their irrepressible leader, Thomas Voeckler, produced an astonishing performance to take victory after a riveting stage through the Jura massif to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.

The strongest member of a five-man group who had initially been part of a much larger pack of two dozen riders that broke clear in a frantic opening hour, Voeckler initiated his winning move 1.5km from the line. With Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) already making a lone bid for glory and being pursued by Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan), Voeckler accelerated away from Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank) and Michele Scarponi (Lampre) and set off after the two ahead.

The Frenchman was on and then past them in seconds. Although the final kilometre-long drag up to the line must have seemed never ending to Voeckler, none of the four riders chasing behind looked likely to prevent him giving the home nation their second success of the race following Thibaut Pinot’s victory in Porrentruy. Having led the race over the final two climbs of the day, Voeckler also took the lead in the mountains classification.

“I’m 33 years old and this is my 10th Tour de France, so I fully appreciate what is happening to me. I knew that the King of the Mountains jersey was possible, but I wanted to win the stage,” said Voeckler. “No one would help me push on the climbs, they just sat on my wheel. That annoyed me, but it also inspired me. Coming into the finish, I waited for my moment and then went. When I crossed that line, I felt such a rush. My knees hurt, everything hurts, but I couldn’t give up.”

In late June it seemed very likely that Voeckler would have to sit out the Tour as the result of tendinitis in his knee. Once he had confirmed he was riding, Voeckler’s Europcar team was embroiled in controversy after it was reported that they were being investigated for alleged doping. When the race did get under way, Voeckler and co leader Pierre Rolland struggled to keep pace with the leading contenders.

“Although some people said there was nothing wrong with me, everything I said about my knee in the run-up to the Tour was true. I wasn’t acting. I always say what I feel and when asked a question I tell people exactly how it is. I spent eight days at home doing nothing in June. But I don’t care what people say about me,” said Voeckler in typically spiky fashion.

Nibali puts Sky under pressure

There was no change at the very top of the general classification, although that was not from lack of trying on the part of fourth placed Vincenzo Nibali. The Liquigas rider had confirmed on Tuesday’s rest day that he was going to attack and lived up to his word. It was little surprise when he made his move going over the top of the Grand Colombier and heading onto its treacherous descent.

Demon descender Nibali quickly opened a gap that stretched to almost a minute coming off the Grand Colombier. There he joined up with teammate Peter Sagan, who had been dropped from the breakaway group, and the pair continued to press. However, Sky always looked to be in control of the situation and reeled Nibali in before the final climb of the day, the 3rd-cat Col de Richemond.

Lotto-Belisol leader Jurgen Van den Broeck did manage to gain some valuable seconds on his GC rivals after attacking in the final 500m of the climb up the Grand Colombier. Joined by Europcar’s Pierre Rolland, the Belgian gained 32 seconds on the line, which lifted him a place to eighth overall. However, there was no change at the very top of the GC as the main favourites all finished together in a group led in by Thibaut Pinot.

Frantic action from the flag

As soon as the flag was dropped to signal the start of the day’s action, the front of the bunch was a frenzy of attacks. Peter Sagan and Astana’s Andrei Grivko were the first to escape the clutches of the peloton in the company of Saur-Sojasun’s Cyril Lemoine.

The Frenchman fell back, but Sagan and Grivko soon had plenty of company as they were joined by BMC’s Marcus Burghardt and Steve Cummings, RadioShack’s Yaroslav Popovych and Jens Voigt, Europcar’s Yukiya Arashiro and Thomas Voeckler, Euskaltel’s Egoi Martínez, Lampre leader Michele Scarponi, Garmin’s David Millar and Dave Zabriskie, Ag2r’s Jean-Christophe Peraud, Saur’s Fabrice Jeandesboz, Katusha’s Joan Horrach, FDJ’s Sandy Casar, Yauheni Hutarovich and Matthieu Ladagnous, Saxo Bank’s Karsten Kroon and Michael Morkov, Astana’s Dmitri Fofonov, Rabobank’s Luis León Sánchez, Omega Pharma’s Dries Devenyns and Orica’s Simon Gerrans and Matt Goss.

The lead group covered 49.8km in the first hour. As they reached the stage’s first hills, the peloton behind finally eased off, allowing the gap to expand to more than seven minutes.

Goss and Sagan were watching each other closely with a view to the intermediate sprint. Set up by Gerrans, Goss took it. Hutarovich provided the Australian with a bonus when he beat Sagan for second, enabling Goss to trim five points off the Slovak’s points competition lead, which now stands at 27.

Although the climb of the Grand Colombier was a good distance out from the finish, the 17km climb offered a good opportunity to those riders aiming to put race leader Bradley Wiggins under pressure. However, the Briton’s team-mates kept the bunch under firm control, with Edvald Boasson Hagen and Richie Porte particularly prominent.

Up ahead, the breakaway group splintered when Scarponi upped the pace on the Grand Colombier’s steepest ramps. After a number of attacks, just four riders remained at the front: Scarponi, Sánchez, Devenyns and Voeckler. The Frenchman made a number of attempts to escape them, but was unable to stay clear for long. Often looking frustrated, he had to content himself with collecting maximum KOM points on the Grand Colombier and Richemond.

Voigt descended rapidly off the latter to join the four leaders with 10km remaining. He hardly hesitated before launching an attack, which was the first of many that Voeckler chased down. All four riders tried to escape from the Frenchman, but Voeckler would not be denied. As canny and gutsy as ever, he had the measure of them all, putting his team’s Tour right back on track.

Results :
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 4:46:26
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:00:03
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:07
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:23
5 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:30
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:44
7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
10 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:52
11 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:16
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
13 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
18 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
20 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
23 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
25 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
27 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:33
28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:40
29 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
30 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
31 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
32 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
34 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:54
35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:04:06
36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:04:24
37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:16
38 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:09:07
39 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
40 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
41 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
43 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
44 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
45 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
46 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:11:41
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
48 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
49 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
50 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
51 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
52 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
54 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan
56 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:25
57 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:15:04
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
59 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp
60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
61 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
63 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
64 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
67 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
68 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
69 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
70 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
71 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
72 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
73 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
74 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:26
75 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
76 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:05
77 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
78 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
79 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
82 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
84 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
89 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp
90 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp
91 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
92 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:27:27
93 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano
94 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
97 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
98 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
99 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
100 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
101 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
103 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD
105 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
107 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
108 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
110 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
111 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano
112 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano
113 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
114 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
116 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
117 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
118 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
119 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
120 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
121 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
122 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
123 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
124 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
125 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
126 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
127 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
128 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
129 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
130 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
132 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
133 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
134 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
136 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
137 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
138 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:31:55
139 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
140 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
141 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano
143 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano
144 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
145 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
146 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp
147 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
148 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
149 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
150 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
151 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
152 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
153 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
154 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
155 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
156 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
157 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
158 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
159 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
160 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
161 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
162 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
163 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
164 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
165 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
166 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
167 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
168 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
169 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
170 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
171 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
172 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan
173 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
174 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
175 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNS Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD
DNS Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNS Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep

General Classification after Stage 10 :
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 43:59:02
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:53
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:07
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:23
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:02
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:19
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:23
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:48
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:29
10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:05:31
11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:05:46
12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:56
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:06:29
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:33
15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:07:14
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:19
17 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:08:31
18 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:53
19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:08:58
20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:28
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:30
22 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:45
23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:46
24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:14:46
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:15:23
26 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:17:23
27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:18:37
28 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:20:01
29 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:20:32
30 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:20:41
31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:22:51
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:24:07
33 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:24:32
34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:24:48
35 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:25:47
36 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:49
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:29:53
38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:32:14
39 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:32:24
40 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:32:25
41 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:32:38
42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:33:00
43 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:33:50
44 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:34:13
45 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:34:38
46 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:34:58
47 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:35:36
48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:35:41
49 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:36:31
50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:36:46
51 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:37:40
52 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:38:44
53 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:39:04
54 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:40:10
55 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:40:13
56 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:40:15
57 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:40:36
58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:41:24
59 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:42:05
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:42:27
61 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:43:04
62 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:43:06
63 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:43:20
64 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:43:30
65 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:43:31
66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:43:35
67 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:45:01
68 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:03
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:45:41
70 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:45:44
71 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:46:01
72 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:46:21
73 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:46:47
74 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:47:52
75 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:48:14
76 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:50:00
77 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:50:13
78 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:50:23
79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:51:22
80 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:52:03
81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:52:05
82 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:52:23
83 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:36
84 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:52:37
85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:52:41
86 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:53:10
87 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:54:48
88 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:55:41
89 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:56:36
90 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:56:48
91 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:57:05
92 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:57:29
93 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:59:41
94 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:59:49
95 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1:00:13
96 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:01:44
97 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 1:02:30
98 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:02:40
99 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:03:00
100 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 1:03:07
101 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:03:19
102 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:03:24
103 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 1:03:35
104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:03:38
105 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 1:03:42
106 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:03:55
107 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 1:04:58
108 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:05:10
109 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 1:05:33
110 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:05:41
112 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:05:43
113 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:05:47
114 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:06:56
115 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:07:15
116 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:07:23
117 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 1:07:38
118 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 1:08:49
119 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:10:46
120 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:11:43
121 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:12:00
123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:12:25
124 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:12:57
125 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 1:12:58
126 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:13:29
127 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:14:31
128 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:14:34
129 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:15:02
130 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:15:12
131 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:15:31
132 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 1:17:07
133 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:18:19
134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:18:39
135 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 1:18:43
136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 1:19:41
137 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:20:17
138 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:20:27
139 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 1:20:32
140 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:20:49
141 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:21:08
142 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:21:57
143 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:22:39
144 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:22:59
145 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:23:16
146 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 1:23:17
147 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:23:36
148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:24:13
149 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 1:24:23
150 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 1:25:21
151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:25:28
152 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:26:07
153 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:26:47
154 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:27:25
155 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:27:48
156 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 1:28:07
157 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:29:21
158 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:29:32
159 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:29:36
160 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 1:30:30
161 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano 1:30:48
162 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:31:19
163 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 1:32:58
164 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano 1:32:59
165 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:33:39
166 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:33:55
167 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:34:31
168 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:34:37
169 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 1:35:31
170 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:37:26
171 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:38:04
172 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:39:02
173 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 1:40:12
174 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:47:11
175 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:48:12