Tour de France 2015 – Stage 02 [FULL STAGE](flemish)

July 05, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 2 – Utrecht – Zelande : 166 km

As befits a race that is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the red polka dot King of the Mountains jersey, the emphasis of the 102nd Tour de France is very firmly on climbing. There are no less than seven mountains stages and five summit finishes on a 3,360km route starting in the Dutch city of Utrecht on 4 July and finishing in Paris on 26 July, when another significant anniversary will be marked as it is 40 years since the Tour’s first finale on the Champs Élysées. However, despite being weighted towards the specialist climbers, the route is packed with all manner of tests designed to catch out the unwary and reward the courageous. This has become the defining style of Tour supremo Christian Prudhomme and his route director Thierry Gouvenou, with the pair determined to ensure that the contenders for the yellow jersey have to be right on their mettle from the 13.8km time trial in Utrecht on the very first day. There are complications aplenty over the eight stages that follow, the most significant being the hilltop finish at Huy on day three, the 13km of Paris-Roubaix pavé that come the day after, and the hilltop finish that comes on the race’s second Saturday at Mûr de Bretagne. Following that, and prior to the first rest day, a shortish team time trial should also be intriguing, both because of its rolling course and because some teams will already be down a rider or two. Three hard days in the Pyrenees, including a very tough finish at Plateau de Beille, kick off the high-mountain action. This continues after the second rest day, when there are three summit finishes in the Alps. The first is at Pra Loup, where Frenchman Romain Bardet recently triumphed in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the second at La Toussuire, and the third at Alpe d’Huez, which for the first time features on the penultimate day of the race.

As the sunny skies and warm weather of Utrecht gave way to treacherous conditions on the exit from Rotterdam, stage 2 of the Tour de France burst to life. When news came over race radio that Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was in trouble, Etixx-Quick Step put the hammer down and split the race to pieces in the crosswinds.

The stage spoils went to André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) in a bunch sprint after Mark Cavendish led out with 400 metres to go, pipping Peter Sagan at the post. Fabian Cancellara finished third on the stage and took his 29th maillot jaune after Rohan Dennis (BMC) was caught out in the wind and finished in the second group.

For all their work, Etixx-Quick Step ended up empty-handed as Martin missed out on the time bonuses and now sits second on GC, three seconds down on Cancellara.

At 500 metres to go, Mark Renshaw started his lead-out for Cavendish, while Greipel sat on the Manx Missile’s wheel and timed his effort to perfection. A puncture with 14km to go proved costly for Sagan, who tired to come around the right of Greipel to no avail as Cavendish, on the left, was drifting backwards.

“I’d like to thank the team for their performance today. This was about teamwork. I feel they were superb. I felt strong and I’m just really happy to have won,” Greipel said before climbing on the podium. “Today was a tough day out. We followed a different strategy today, riding hard early on to drop some of my sprint rivals. It worked out well. It was really nervous with all the wind and rain. The team managed to keep me up in the front, and it was a key factor. I’m really happy about my teammates and really proud we won the first stage.”

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador made the first group of 26 riders, while behind them Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) all had their GC ambitions severely dented by the time they crossed the finish line 1:28 down on the front group. Froome is the best placed of the “Fab Four” with a 12 second advantage over Contador, 1:21 over Nibali and 1:36 over Quintana.

A crash on a roundabout as the peloton left Rotterdam and the intermediate sprint involved Nacer Bouhanni and caused the first major split in the peloton. A 26-rider lead group then formed with 57km to go.

Among the leaders were Chris Froome, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas (Sky), Alberto Contador, Daniele Bennati, Michael Rogers, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Tejay van Garderen, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Greg Van Avermaet, Danilo Wyss (BMC), Tony Gallopin, Andre Greipel, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal), Warren Barguil, Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Michal Kwiatkowski, Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin, Mark Renshaw, Zdenek Štybar, Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep), Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), and Kristijan Koren (Cannondale-Garmin).

Behind it was Movistar chasing as they looked to limit the loses of Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, who also had Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R), Bauke Mollema (Trek), and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) for company as crashes then the wind wreaked havoc to create the first genuine hierarchy on the general classification in the 2015 Tour de France but one surely to be rearranged after tomorrow’s stage to the Mur de Huy.

In what is likely to be his final Tour de France, Cancellara will extend his record of yellow jerseys to 29, having thought his chances to do so had been extinsghuied just 24 hours prior.

“Honestly I was not expecting the yellow today, maybe in the next days, and the big chance on the cobblestone stage,” Cancellara said. “Today, I thought it was more for the sprinters. I was coming to the Tour to win and get the yellow yesterday, and I didn’t win yesterday and not today, but I made a nice sprint at the end and I got third and the yellow and that is really a success. It’s always special.”

The riders before the storm
Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), Stef Clement (IAM Cycling), Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar) and Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) had the honour of forming the first breakaway of the 2015 Tour de France as they attacked the second the flag dropped and the peloton giving its approval.

The quartet steadily built a lead over the BMC and Etixx-Quick Step controlled peloton that stabilised at around 40 seconds as the riders settled into a groove. With 102km to go, Etixx put the hammer down to force the first echelons and upset what had otherwise been a tranquil start to the stage.

Tinkoff-Saxo, Sky and Movistar were quick to move to the front as the breakaway saw several seconds shaved away. With the peloton driving hard, the situation on the road saw the quartet holding a 20 second gap over a chasing group, while 20 seconds in arrears, the third group contained the likes of Mollema, Valverde and Thomas Voeckler.

As the peloton made the approach to the sprint point in Rotterdam, the wind was blocked and a moment of calm passed over as riders took advantage to eat and drink. Team Sky, with Peter Kennaugh, decided lunchtime was over and lifted the pace which saw Barta react by attacking the break to win the intermediate sprint and pick up 20 points.

With 11 points available for fifth place, Giant-Alpecin lead out John Degenkolb, who pipped birthday boy Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Sagan. Cavendish cut his losses to pick up 8 points.

Having been in sight of the peloton at the sprint point, the break splintered as Quemeneur lost pace with Clement and Fonseca who were chasing after Barta. A crash at the rear saw Thomas De Ghent, Wilco Kelderman, and Winner Anacona hit the deck as the inclement weather of the finishing was moving inland.

With 75km to race, Clement and Fonseca reeled in Barta as the skies darkened by the second. The sight of the storm clouds and fresh memory of the crosswinds appeared to unsettle the peloton with a spate of crashes that saw the likes Wilco Kelderman hit the deck.

With 62km to race, it was all over for the break as the peloton decided the pace was too slow and the opportunity was right to see who was having an off day.

With the pace high and roads soaking, Johan Vansummeren crashed, then images of a mud-caked Adam Hansen flashed across television screens. Etixx-QuickStep, BMC and Tinkoff-Saxo had caused the damage, playing the starring role in the sequel to 2013’s Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Inside the final 50km the leading group had established a gap of 48 seconds as Nibali also saw his entire Tour disappear, narrowly avoiding a falling Adam Hansen. With little cohesion in the chase group, Pinot and Nibali came to the fore to set the pace while Dennis tried to enjoy his sole day in the yellow jersey.

With 43km to race and a 40km/h tailwind behind them, the front group was clocked at 57km/h to see the gap move out over one minute. Lotto-Soudal offered their services to drive the front group but with the chasers getting organised the lead hovered around the one minute mark.

Disaster struck for Nibali when he flatted with 24km left to race and was forced to chase back on through the convoy without a single teammate. The defending champion made contact as the gap extended out over one minute.

World champion Michal Kwiatkowski pulled hard for Cavendish, earning the first combativity award of 2015, with the gap moving out over 1:30 in the final 20kms of the race on the approach to the first “off-shore” finish in the Tour’s history.

With the second group merely limiting its loses, a sprint showdown between Sagan, Cavendish and Greipel was becoming inevitable, while for Cancellara, Martin and Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) there was a yellow jersey waiting for one of them

Sagan’s mechanical with 14km to go, just seconds after Bennati, cost him energy to chase back on while the early lead out by Renshaw opened the door for Greipel to follow Cavendish and extend his run of a stage win in eight straight Grand Tours.

Stage 3 sees the peloton finish on the Mur de Huy, with Dumoulin in prime position to become the third yellow jersey wearer of the race, needing just six seconds to depose Cancellara.

Results :
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3:29:03
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step
5 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
11 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:04
12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step
15 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step
17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo
19 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:08
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:11
22 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
23 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
24 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:15
25 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:28
26 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
29 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
30 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
32 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
34 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka
35 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
36 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
37 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
38 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
39 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr
41 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team
42 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
43 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
44 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
45 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
47 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
48 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
50 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
52 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
53 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
54 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
55 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
56 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
57 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky
58 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
59 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18
60 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
61 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
62 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
63 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
64 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
65 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
66 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
67 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
68 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
70 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
71 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
72 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
73 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
74 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
75 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
76 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
78 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team
79 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
80 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
81 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
82 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
83 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
84 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
85 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
86 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
87 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
88 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
89 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
90 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:03:19
91 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:04:29
93 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
94 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
95 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
97 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
98 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:04
99 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
100 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
101 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
102 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
103 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
104 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
105 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
107 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
108 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
110 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
112 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
113 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
114 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
115 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
116 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
117 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge
118 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
119 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
120 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
121 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
122 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
123 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
124 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
125 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
126 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
127 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
128 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar
129 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
130 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
131 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
132 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha
134 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
135 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
136 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
137 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
138 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
139 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
140 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
141 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
142 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
144 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
145 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
146 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
147 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
148 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
149 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
150 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
151 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
152 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
153 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
154 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
155 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
156 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
157 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
158 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
159 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
160 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
161 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
162 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
163 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
165 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
166 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
167 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
168 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
169 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
170 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
171 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
172 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha
173 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
174 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing
175 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
176 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
177 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
178 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge
179 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
180 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
181 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
182 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
183 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida
184 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
185 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
186 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
187 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka
188 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka
189 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
190 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
191 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
192 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:11:06
193 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
194 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
195 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
196 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
197 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
198 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3:44:01
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:03
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:06
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:33
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:35
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:44
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:48
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:53
12 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:54
13 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:59
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:00
15 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:08
17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:12
18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:13
19 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:19
20 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:20
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:24
22 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:25
23 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:26
24 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:48
25 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:01:49
26 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:55
27 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:57
28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:59
29 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:02:02
30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:02:03
31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:07
32 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:02:09
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
34 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:11
35 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team
36 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:13
37 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:15
38 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:19
39 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:22
40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:02:23
41 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:25
42 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
43 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 0:02:26
44 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:27
45 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:02:30
46 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0:02:32
47 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:02:34
48 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:37
49 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
50 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:38
51 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
52 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0:02:39
53 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:40
54 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:41
55 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
56 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 0:02:42
57 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:43
58 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:02:45
59 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka 0:02:47
60 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:02:48
61 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
62 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
64 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:50
65 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
66 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:51
67 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
68 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
69 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
70 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:52
71 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
72 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
73 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:02:53
74 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:54
75 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:57
76 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:58
77 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:59
78 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:00
79 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
80 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:01
81 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:03:05
82 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:08
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
84 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:09
85 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:14
86 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:03:17
87 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:03:38
88 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:39
89 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:03:44
90 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:04:50
91 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:17
92 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:05:19
93 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:25
94 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:27
95 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:32
96 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka 0:05:34
97 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:05:40
98 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
99 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:05:43
100 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:05:46
101 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:05:47
102 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
103 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
104 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
105 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
106 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:48
107 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
108 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
109 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:51
110 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:05:52
111 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:05:53
112 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:57
113 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:05:59
114 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:00
115 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:01
116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:02
117 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:03
118 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:06:04
119 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:06:07
120 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
121 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:09
122 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
123 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:06:10
124 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
125 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
126 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:06:11
127 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:06:14
128 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
129 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:06:15
130 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
131 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
132 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:17
133 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
134 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
135 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:06:18
136 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:06:19
137 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:20
138 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:21
139 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
140 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:23
141 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:06:25
142 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
143 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
144 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:26
145 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:28
146 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:29
147 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
148 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:32
149 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
150 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:06:33
151 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
152 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
153 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
154 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:34
155 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:35
156 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
157 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:36
158 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:37
159 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
160 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:38
161 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:39
162 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
163 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
164 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:06:42
165 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
166 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
167 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 0:06:43
168 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:06:45
169 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:06:47
170 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:48
171 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:50
172 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
173 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:06:51
174 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:52
175 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
176 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:53
177 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
178 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:55
179 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:06:57
180 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
181 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:59
182 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:00
183 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:07:03
184 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:07:11
185 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:16
186 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
187 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:07:25
188 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:07:26
189 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
190 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:07:27
191 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:38
192 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:12:02
193 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 0:12:23
194 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:28
195 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
196 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:12:51
197 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
198 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:13:32