La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 05 [FULL STAGE]

August 26, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 5 – Rota – Alcalá de Guadáira : 167,3 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.

Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) claimed his maiden Grand Tour stage win at the Vuelta a Espana on stage 5 from Rota to Alcalá de Guadáira. The young Australian was led out perfectly by his Orica-GreenEdge teammates before sweeping by John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) in the closing 50 metres. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Saxo) started the sprint near the front but faded to third place.

Orica-GreenEdge controlled the peloton inside the final few kilometres with Mathew Hayman instrumental in running the leadout. After a technical section through several corners, Sagan was in second place with Daniele Bennati leading his prime sprinter.

However, Sagan was swamped by a volley of riders from Giant-Alpecin and Orica-GreenEdge with 250 metres to go. Degenkolb opened the sprint but Ewan came around the German to secure the stage win.

In the race for GC, Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) found himself on the wrong side of a late split, leaving Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) to secure the race lead by a single second from the Colombian.

“This is by far the happiest day in my career. To beat some of the best sprinters in the world, especially guys like Sagan and Degenkolb on an uphill finish, it really means a lot to me,” Ewan said.

“It’s an honour to race with those guys and to beat them is just unreal for me.”

“This was probably the last stage I could go for because I’m not planning on going through the whole Tour. There was a fair bit of pressure because I knew it was my last opportunity but that made me even more determined to do it.”

How it unfolded

The day was marked by a three-man move that moved clear inside the first 20 kilometres of the stage. Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida) initiated the attack and spent several kilometres off the front before he was joined by Iljo Keisse (Etixx-QuickStep) and Grand Tour debutant Antoine Duchesne (Europcar) after 19 kilometres of racing.

Over the flatlands the trio built up a lead of over seven minutes, with their advantage peaking at 7:20 before Tinkoff-Saxo and Giant Alpecin began to collaborate on the front of the peloton.

With just under 70 kilometres to go, the gap has stopped coming down quite as quickly and the advantage of the three escapees stabilised at 5:05.

Cofidis, looking to secure a win for Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni, moved up to the front to help join the pace setting, and along with Giant and Tinkoff they reduced the break’s lead to a far more manageable two minutes.

With few stages designed for the sprinters in this race there was never much chance of the break succeeding, but tensions rose in the lead group when Grmay stopped working. Whether it was tiredness or team orders was unclear, but Keisse, a stage winner at this year’s Giro d’Italia, was far from impressed.

With 18 kilometres to go and all harmony lost, the Belgian took flight and moved clear of his previous companions. With 15 kilometres remaining the gap slipped to 1:27 and after another 5 kilometres the gap was down to less than 40 seconds.

Even Keisse couldn’t prolong the inevitable and he was duly caught inside the final 10 kilometres.

It was now time for the GC teams to position their overall candidates near the front, and along with the sprinters’ teams they jostled for position with Astana, Tinkoff, Team Sky and Katusha all in contention.

MTN-Qhubeka took control soon after with Bouhanni’s leadout train struggling for fluency and momentum in the middle of the pack. Having waited in the wings for most of the stage, Orica-GreenEdge moved up in numbers as the technical last few turns came into view. Sagan was always a threat but he was positioned too near the front as the peloton rounded the final corner. He was unable to match the raw speed of Degenkolb, who opened his sprint first, but it was Ewan who came out on top. Ewan got his first Grand Tour stage in his first Grand Tour, but for Chaves losing the race lead, Orica GreenEdge’s run of success continues.

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

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