Tour de France 2013 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

July 7, 2013

Tour de France 2013 – Stage 1 – Saint-Girons – Bagnères-de-Bigorre : 168,5 km

The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one race stages and covered a total distance of 3,403.5 km (2,115 mi).

Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) out-sprinted Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) to win stage 9 of the Tour de France at the end of a gripping day in the Pyrenees that saw serious weaknesses exposed in Sky’s armoury for the first time in the race. Although Chris Froome successfully repelled a concerted Movistar offensive to defend his yellow jersey, he did so in isolation as Richie Porte slid dramatically out of the overall picture by conceding over 18 minutes.

Martin’s Garmin-Sharp squad had vowed to create chaos before the Tour began and they were as good as their word a day after many had feared the race already over as a contest. They set the tone for the stage by launching a volley of attacks on the first climb, the Col de Portet d’Aspet, which scattered the Sky team to the four winds and left Froome with just Porte for company with 140 kilometres still to race.

Worse was to follow for Froome on the second climb, the Col de Menté, where Porte was dropped after he had helped the maillot jaune try and restore some semblance of order to the early anarchy. Froome himself tracked a cheeky attack from Alejandro Valverde on the way down the Menté, showing none of the jitters that contributed to Luis Ocaña’s downfall in 1971, but when the dust settled in the valley before the Peyresourde, he was the only Sky rider in a 30-strong yellow jersey group that was now under the control of Movistar.

“It was one of the hardest days I’ve ever had on a bike but I’m happy to still be in the yellow jersey,” Froome said afterwards. “Credit is due to the Movistar team who really did a good race and put me under pressure. It was hard to be alone there.”

Movistar’s pace-making ensured that Porte’s flickering revival – he chased at two minutes for more than 50 kilometres – was ultimately snuffed out, and after setting tempo over the Peyresourde and the Col de Val Louron, the scene was set for a twin offensive from Valverde and Nairo Quintana on the final climb, the Hourquette d’Ancizan.

The anticipated Movistar pincer movement never materialised, however, for while the white jersey Quintana launched no fewer than four fierce accelerations on the col, a seemingly untroubled Froome responded smoothly each time, dragging the rest of the overall contenders across with him, including Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) and Bauke Mollema (Belkin), while Valverde didn’t dare risk an attack of his own.

Indeed, for all his team’s numerical supremacy in the front group, Valverde ultimately failed to make any inroads into the numbers that truly count – while the Spaniard moved up to second overall, he remains 1:25 behind Froome’s yellow jersey. The Belkin duo of Mollema and Ten Dam lie third and fourth, at 1:44 and 1:50 respectively, while Contador stays 1:51 back in sixth place.

The day’s tactical master class was instead delivered by Dan Martin, who cleverly jumped away immediately after Quintana’s first acceleration a little over four kilometres from the summit. When Fuglsang bridged across shortly afterwards, Martin had a willing accomplice and the pair opened up a 50-second lead over the yellow jersey group by the top of the climb.

Martin and Fuglsang collaborated smoothly on the 30-kilometre drop to Bagnères-de-Bigorre and it soon became apparent that they would fight out the stage honours between them. The Irishman successfully marshalled Fuglsang to the front underneath the red kite, refused to bite too soon in the game of cat and mouse that ensued, and then swooped to lead into the final left-hand bend and comfortably take the sprint for stage victory.

“I knew the last 30 kilometres quite well,” said Martin, whose first major professional success came at the Route du Sud five years ago. “I was lucky Jakob came with me because I don’t think one guy would have survived out there alone. But it was a great team effort all day, the guys went on the attack from the start and I had to finish it off in the end.”

Martin closed a twenty-one year gap to become the fifth Irishman to win a stage of the Tour de France and his triumph comes fifty years after the late Shay Elliott took a pioneering stage victory in Roubaix in 1963. Monday morning’s headlines will doubtless make copious reference to his uncle, Stephen Roche, but in truth, Martin should be applauded on his own merits. A consistent peformer on the international stage right back to his amateur days at VC La Pomme, the 26-year-old has come into his own this year as the winner of the Volta a Catalunya and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

“I was quite confident that I would be quicker than Jakob in the sprint and I think that confidence has come from the wins earlier this year,” Martin said.

Garmin chaos causes Porte problems

While it might be facetious to say that there was more drama in Sunday’s stage than in the entirety of last year’s Tour, there was certainly a commitment to attacking the yellow jersey that was wholly absent twelve months ago. Garmin-Sharp’s tactics were clear from the outset, with David Millar, Tom Danielson, Ryder Hesjedal and Martin all hurling themselves on the offensive on the first climb of the Portet d’Aspet, where Arnaud Jeannesson (FDJ) led over the summit.

Danielson continued his effort on the Col de Menté (44km), where he led Hesjedal, Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) and Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) over the top while the composition of the yellow jersey group ebbed and flowed 25 seconds down the road. When the dust settled ahead of the Peyresourde, however, early strugglers such as Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) and Cadel Evans (BMC) had ridden themselves back into the action, with only Porte left floundering in the no-man’s land behind.

Initially, Porte had some teammates to help in the pursuit, but by the Peyresourde, he was left with only Peter Kennaugh – himself an early crash victim – for company, while the remnants of the Sky team were scattered across the mountainside. Indeed, Vasil Kiryienka’s collapse was such that he would ultimately finish outside the time limit. Twenty-four hours after Sky’s manhandling of the first Pyrenean stage, it was a curious turnaround in fortunes for the British team.

“My teammates worked hard yesterday to get me into the yellow jersey and they paid a bit for that,” Froome said “We didn’t have a great start to the day either because of Pete Kennaugh’s fall, and of course the race was going too quickly at that point for him to come back.”

Up ahead, meanwhile, Pierre Rolland (Europcar) had danced clear with Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM), Hesjedal, Bart De Clerq (Lotto Belisol) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale), although they were caught and passed by a determined Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) on the way down. The Australian would lead over the Col de Val Louron-Azet but Movistar’s brisk tempo behind meant that the escapees were never out of sight and they were swept up on the lower slopes of La Hourquette d’Ancizan.

Ruben Plaza and Rui Costa beat the drum for Movistar on the lower slopes of the climb as Kennaugh and Porte had done for Sky the previous day, while Froome sat attentively in fourth wheel between Valverde and Quintana, with Contador, Mollema, Schleck et al happy to keep a watching brief. And Quintana’s probing notwithstanding, that’s how it remained into Bagnères-de-Bigorres, as the main overall contenders came home together 20 seconds down on Martin.

Valverde, Contador et al will be frustrated, of course, that they failed to peg back time on such an isolated Froome, but they will also be encouraged by the day’s events. The air of invincibility surrounding Froome’s Sky team has been dispelled and that is a thought that will revive many spirits in the peloton as the Tour heads into its first rest day.

Results :
1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 4:43:03
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:20
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
14 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
16 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
19 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
20 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:25
23 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
24 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:54
25 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
28 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
29 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:07:07
31 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
33 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
34 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
35 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
36 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:07:57
38 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
39 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
40 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
42 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:11:38
43 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
47 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun
48 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
49 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
50 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
52 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
53 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team
55 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
56 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
58 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:17:59
59 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
60 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
61 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:18:59
63 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun
64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
65 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
67 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
68 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 0:20:26
69 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
70 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
71 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
72 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
75 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
76 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr
77 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
78 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
79 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha
80 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
81 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:43
82 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
83 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
85 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
86 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
87 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
88 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
89 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
90 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
92 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
93 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
95 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
97 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
98 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
99 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
100 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
101 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
102 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
103 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
104 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
105 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
106 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
107 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
109 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
110 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:25:12
111 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
112 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
114 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
115 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
116 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
117 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
118 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
119 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
121 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
122 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
124 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
125 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
126 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
127 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
128 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
130 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
131 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
132 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
133 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
134 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
135 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
136 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
137 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:26:20
138 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
139 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
140 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
141 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
142 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
143 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
144 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
145 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
146 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
147 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
148 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
149 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
150 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
151 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
152 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol
153 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
154 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
155 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp
156 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
157 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun
158 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
160 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
161 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
163 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp
164 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun
165 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
166 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling
167 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
168 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
169 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
170 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
171 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
172 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
173 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
174 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
175 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
176 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
177 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
178 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
179 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
180 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
181 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
182 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
OTL Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling
DNS Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNS Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team

General Classification after Stage 7 :
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 36:59:18
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:25
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:50
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:51
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:02
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 0:02:28
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0:02:31
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:45
11 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:55
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:07
13 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:25
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:29
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:04:00
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:36
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:06:14
19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:06:40
20 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:09
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:07:55
22 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:09:35
23 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:45
24 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:09:54
25 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:30
26 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:34
27 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:14:27
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:14:35
29 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:15:52
30 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:27
31 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:16:46
32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:16:55
33 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:18:30
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:19:58
35 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:20:37
36 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun 0:20:57
37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:11
38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:22:30
39 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:24:22
40 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:25:53
41 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:26:08
42 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:28:55
43 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:30:05
44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:30:10
45 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:30:18
46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:29
47 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:31:31
48 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:31:34
49 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:31:41
50 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:34:27
51 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:35:01
52 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:35:04
53 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:35:20
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:37:00
55 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:39:49
56 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:40:24
57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:41:00
58 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:41:02
59 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 0:43:21
60 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:44:39
61 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:00
62 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:45:03
63 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:45:19
64 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:45:22
65 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:45:49
66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:45:52
67 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:47:38
68 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:48:42
69 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 0:49:24
70 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
71 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:49:55
72 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:50:40
73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:51:22
74 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:51:48
75 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:51:50
76 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:52:01
77 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:52:29
78 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:52:58
79 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:53:14
80 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:53:22
81 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:54:02
82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:54:06
83 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:54:57
84 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:55:14
85 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:55:29
86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:58:42
87 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 0:58:56
88 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:00:13
89 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:01:09
90 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:01:54
91 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:02:07
92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:02:29
93 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:03:19
94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1:03:53
95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:04:55
96 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:06:01
97 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 1:06:11
98 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:06:32
99 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:07:29
100 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 1:09:54
101 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:09:56
102 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 1:10:00
103 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:10:38
104 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:11:26
105 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:11:52
106 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:12:40
107 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1:13:33
108 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:13:44
109 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 1:14:11
110 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:14:20
111 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 1:15:16
112 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 1:15:46
113 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 1:16:45
114 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 1:17:52
115 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:17:58
116 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:18:06
117 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:18:56
118 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:18:58
119 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:20:29
120 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:21:17
121 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:22:31
122 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:23:46
123 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:23:52
124 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:24:23
125 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:24:32
126 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:25:16
127 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:26:21
128 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 1:26:28
129 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:26:57
130 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:27:08
131 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:28:05
132 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 1:29:26
133 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:30:18
134 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:30:35
135 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:30:37
136 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:31:58
137 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 1:32:49
138 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:33:10
139 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:34:22
140 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
141 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 1:36:15
142 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:36:31
143 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:36:41
144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37:04
145 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 1:37:05
146 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37:23
147 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:37:44
148 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:38:50
149 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:39:05
150 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 1:39:30
151 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:39:37
152 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:40:05
153 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
154 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:40:10
155 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:40:14
156 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 1:42:38
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:42:44
158 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:42:48
159 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:43:10
160 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:43:16
161 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:43:24
162 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:45:53
163 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:46:54
164 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:47:00
165 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:47:16
166 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:48:16
167 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 1:48:19
168 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:48:32
169 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:48:36
170 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:49:35
171 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:49:36
172 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:50:23
173 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1:51:25
174 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:51:26
175 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:51:28
176 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:51:30
177 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:52:06
178 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 1:54:08
179 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:54:48
180 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:54:49
181 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:57:41
182 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:58:18