La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

August 30, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 9 – Torrevieja – Cumbre del Sol : 168,3 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.

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) stunned the overall contenders and the pure climbers on the steep finish above Calpe at the end of stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, using his time trial power to tackle the four-kilometre climb, and blast past late attacker Chris Froome (Team Sky) to win the stage. Dumoulin also put enough time into Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) to take back the race lead.

Froome caught and passed Dumoulin inside the final kilometre and seemed set to win the stage but then the big Dutchman got out of the saddle and used his final drops of power to close the gap and pass the Briton in time to cross the line first.

Chaves finished well off the pace and so Dumoulin now leads the Vuelta by 57 seconds ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) who finished third on the stage five seconds behind Dumoulin. Chaves slipped to third at 59 seconds.

The climb and fast pace caused several gaps with Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) both losing 20 seconds.

Dumoulin was stunned to have won and fought to catch his breath after the line. “Unbelievable,” he said. “I could have never imagined this. Yesterday, I had a really bad day. The team told me just to keep going and see how it goes, and today it ended pretty well…”

The 168km stage ended with a typical steep climb to the finish but nobody expected the short climb to turn the race upside and see riders lose so much time. However after seeing much of the climb during a first passage and finally catching the 14-rider break of the day, the attacks thick and fast on the climb to the finish.

Valverde was one of the first to attack but he seemed to lack power, perhaps due to being involved in a mass crash early in the stage. When he was caught, Quintana had a go, with the Movistar living up to their promise of being more aggressive. However both seemed to pay for their efforts when the race exploded in the final two kilometres.

Dumoulin started the shake down and he tried to hit out early and perhaps open a gap on the more explosive climbers as the gradient hit double figures. He got a gap and put many of his rivals in trouble. Dumoulin was the first under the red kite indicating the final kilometre but behind him Froome mounted a serious chase and closed the gap, with Rodriguez on his wheel.

The Spaniard looked strong and determined after ordering his Katusha teammates to work all day and hearing that his father had covered the road with his ‘Purito’ nickname. However Froome and Dumoulin were even stronger. Froome hit out alone, dropping his two rivals and could see the finish ahead of him. However the steep gradient turned the action into slow motion and made every pedal stroke painful.

Froome lacked power but Dumoulin found some thing extra by getting out of the saddle and stomping on the pedals. He closed the gap and got around Froome in time to hit the line first, win the stage and take the race lead. It was a perfect day for the big Dutchman.

Froome was disappointed to miss out on the win but praised Dumoulin. “I thought I had it there for a second but Dumoulin is showing incredible form in this race and hats off to him. He’s a young rider with a bright future ahead of him,” Froome said

“I don’t think my attack was too far out. I gave it everything. I did try and ride more conservatively at the bottom to save something for an effort at the top if I had the legs. i’m just happy I was up there and didn’t lose too much time today.”

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

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