La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE]

August 28, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 7 – Jodar – La Alpujarra : 191,1 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.

It was third time lucky in this year’s Vuelta a Espana for Bert-Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo), who claimed stage 7 of the race to La Alpujarra.

The Dutchman had been in breaks twice already, but on the first serious mountain test of this year’s race he survived from the early break to take a fine stage win ahead of young rider Ilia Koshevoy (Lampre-Merida) and a fast-finished Fabio Aru (Astana) – the Italian attacking from a group of GC favourites on the final climb and putting time into all his rivals.

Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) lost time, with both riders distanced inside the final two kilometres. Aru’s attack moved him up to eighth overall but Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEdge) retained his 10 second lead over Tom Dumoulin (Giant Alpecin).

Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) all finished safely in the Chaves group. Froome lost a handful of seconds and dropped several places in the fight for the overall.

It was a day marked by a late incident, too, with breakaway rider Antoine Cousin (Europcar) taken out of contention in a collision with Koshevoy on the final climb. The Frenchman was with Koshevoy and Lindeman, with the trio entering the final pitches of the ascent to the line. Once the collision with took place the stage was set to be decided between Koshevoy and Lindeman – the pair having attacked at several points on the final climb, but it was the Dutch rider who held firm, with his winning acceleration coming at 200 meters to go.

Further down the climb, and with the gap secure enough for the stage win to go to the breakaway rider, Aru unleashed a devastating attack. His Astana team and Movistar had set the pace for most of the stage, but it was Dan Martin who put in the first dig. He was matched by a number of riders before Aru struck for home.

Froome and van Garderen were the most noteworthy casualties, slipping back instantly and being forced to limit their losses.

How it unfolded

The first serious mountain top finished started under blazing sunshine and blistering heat but it wasn’t long before the obligatory break moved clear, with Carlos Quintero (Colombia), Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), Ilia Koshevoy (Lampre-Merida), Bert-Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Antoine Cousin (Europcar) going clear.

After several demanding stages the peloton, and especially Orica-GreenEdge, were eager to take a breather and after just 30km of racing the gap had moved out to 7:50.

Katusha, Astana and Movistar relayed riders to the front over the undulating Andalucían terrain but the gap continued to grow, with the move peaking out at 13:10.

At the foot of the final climb – the first major ascent of this year’s race – and 18km to go the gap had dropped to 5:33 with all eyes on Txurruka, who on paper was the most experienced climber in the break.

Movistar’s relentless pace setting had seen the break’s advantage drop to five minutes and the bunch slim to less than fifty riders.

The break cooperated as they took on the lower slopes of the climb, with its gradient of between six and seven per cent but as the road flattened half-way up the climb, the pace in the peloton temporarily eased.

That brief slow down gave the break the respite it needed, but Astana were soon back on the front of the peloton with Luis Leon Sanchez doing most of the damage.

When the road began to kick up once more, Quintero was the first to lose contact as Cousin kicked clear. The Frenchman was clearly on a good day but Txurruka brought him back with 6km to go.

Koshevoy was the next rider to make his move but it took two attempts before he was able to forge clear with a significant gap.

The Lampre rider’s accelerations were enough to see off Txurruka but Cousin and then Lindeman were able to respond.

The trio entered the final two kilometres together, with the vastly reduced bunch still being led by the Astana team.

The stage would come down to a battle of will as well as strength, although Cousin was cruelly robbed of his opportunity.

Lindeman’s experience and strength finally told as his attack with 200m to go was enough to distance the impressive Koshevoy. Aru’s attack, had it come a kilometre earlier, could have won him the stage, such was the speed at which he accelerated, but the Italian will nevertheless be content with his performance. As for Froome and van Garderen – they’ve yet to truly find their stride. Luckily there’s still plenty of time.

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

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