La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 02 [FULL STAGE]

August 23, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 2 – Alhaurin de la Torre – Caminito del Rey : 158,7 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.

Two years after his career was almost ended, Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) took the biggest victory of his career with an intelligent win on Caminito del Rey in the second stage of the Vuelta a España. Chaves also moved into the leader’s jersey, taking it from Peter Velits (BMC). Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) put in a great effort to finish second with Nicolas Roche (Sky) taking third.

The final climb was a relative step into the unknown as the peloton charged onto it with Tinkoff-Saxo at the helm. Chaves bridged across to a late attack that was initiated by Nairo Quintana (Movistar) with just three kilometres remaining. He looked in commanding form as he stormed past the trio and almost immediately put his fellow Colombian into serious trouble. Roche tried to attack but it was a last ditch effort from the Irishman who could only sit and watch as the Chaves and Dumoulin rode away in the final kilometre.

The constantly changing gradient made it difficult for a rider like Dumoulin to get into a steady rhythm. The big Dutchman, who is coming back from his Tour de France crash, put in a great effort to hold onto the Orica-GreenEdge rider. Dumoulin had a go into the final corner but he was no match for Chaves, who distanced him with one final dig. The victory was enough to put him into the red leader’s jersey with a five-second lead over Dumoulin after taking the bonus seconds into account.

“I felt that this was my moment to do it for the team, I felt like I was in a good position and in the end I did it and I got this jersey,” Chaves said after the stage, grinning from ear to ear. “We talked among ourselves and how to deal with everyone around us and the main thing to do was to attack these guys, so that’s what we did. Roche and Dumoulin were good company and we got there in the end.

“At this point I’ve just got to keep going and be happy about this day and think about it tomorrow. The team was incredible, my teammates did a good job.”

It is only Chaves’ second season back after suffering a serious crash at the 2013 Trofeo Laigueglia that nearly ended his career.

Behind them, the short climb had done some damage to the peloton as the GC contenders trickled over the line in ones and twos. Quintana came over 26 seconds behind Chaves with Katusha’s Joaquim Rodríguez, while Chris Froome (Team Sky) was a further four seconds back. Astana’s galacticos took a small battering with Fabio Aru the top performer in 10th place.

How it happened

It would be starting from scratch for the peloton after no general classification times were taken on the opening day. Velits would be the ceremonial race leader after his BMC team edged out Tinkoff-Saxo in a closely fought team time trial. Beginning in Alhaurín de la Torre, the race would take the peloton 158.7 kilometres to the new summit finish of Caminito del Rey.

It was a very quick start to the day and some riders got into trouble early on with Matteo Pelucchi getting involved in a crash after just two kilometres. The Italian was hanging off the back as Movistar drove the peloton and would soon become the first abandonment of the Vuelta a España. It wasn’t until after 20 kilometres that a six-man breakaway got up the road.

The lucky riders were Nelson Oliviera (Lampre-Merida), Davide Villella (Cannondale-Garmin), Walter Pedraza (Team Colombia), Bert Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo), José Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale). With a lot at stake today, they were given a maximum of just over three minutes and a successful day out looked unlikely. The forged on, working well together to maintain the advantage. There were a few minor incidents in the bunch but the action didn’t pick up again until the first climb of the day the Alto de Ardales at kilometre 108. Pedraza struck out near the top to take the mountains points on the third category ascent.

Their time out front was numbered by the Ardales as the combined forces of Movistar and Katusha brought the gap down to just over a minute. It looked set to be a straightforward catch, followed by a duel between the punchy climbers up Caminito del Rey. However, a huge crash with 30 kilometres remaining caught out most of the peloton, including GC hopeful Vincenzo Nibali. His Astana teammate Paolo Tiralongo had also come down and was bleeding profusely from the top of his head. After a long wait for new bikes, they were both back on their way but it would be a lengthy chase for Nibali to get back onto the peloton, which he would eventually do.

Cyril Gautier (Europcar) was the first rider to try his hand but Quintana put an end to his chances with three kilometres to go. The Colombian had Roche and Dumoulin with him and they distanced the main group. After being set up by his team, Chaves launched a move across the gap and nearly sailed right past the leading trio. The steepest ramps towards the top took their toll and Quintana was the first to crack.

Inside the final kilometre, Roche attacked but almost immediately found himself going backwards and it was down to two. Dumoulin went first but it was Chaves who had the legs and took the stage win.

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

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