La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 11 [FULL STAGE]

September 2, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 11 – Andorra la Vella – Cortals d’Encamp : 138 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.

Mikel Landa (Astana) secured the win on stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana with memorable display in the mountains. The 25-year-old was part of the day’s early break and skipped away from his companions on the final climb of the 138km stage to hang on ahead of the fast finishing overall contenders.

Landa’s win painted only part of the picture for a dominant Astana team with Fabio Aru dropping all his rivals on the final ascent to finish second on the stage and take the leader’s jersey from Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin).

Chris Froome (Team Sky) who came into the stage with his overall ambitions reignited after a strong ride on stage 9 crashed early in today’s stage and was dropped several climbs from the finish. He came in over eight minutes down, losing any chance of winning the race overall.

Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde both lost time to Aru, while Joaquim Rodriguez (Team Katusha) put in a dogged display to keep his overall ambitions alive.

Aru now leads Rodriguez by 27 seconds with Dumoulin a further three seconds back. Valverde is 6th at 1:52, while pre-race favourite Quintana is over three minutes in arrears.

The day had been billed as one of the most epic stages ever put together in a Grand Tour with six climbs and a summit finished packed into the 138km stage.

The action was fast and furious from the off, first with Froome’s crash and then with a significant break going clear. However the stage and the overall battle would come down to the final climb with Landa attacking the remnants of the break near the foot of the ascent.

Astana had already been leading the bunch over several of the previous climbs and although Movistar and Katusha briefly threatened the Khazak team’s dominance when Valverde and Rodriguez moved clear on a descent, when the race re-grouped Aru’s team reasserted their control with Luis Leon Sanchez and Dario Cataldo ever-present.

Aru launched his first attack inside the final 8km and brought Rodriguez and his teammate Daniel Moreno with him. Landa had a two minute advantage but Aru was in no mood to calculate – his eyes firmly focused on the red jersey. His second acceleration did in the Katusha pair, while Dumoulin’s strategy of setting a steady tempo paid dividends. While Quintana, Valverde and several others attempted to match Aru’s drive for home, the Dutch rider kept calm – a tactic Esteban Chaves later employed – to keep his top ten ambitions on track.

How it unfolded

They said it would be epic, they said it would decide the Vuelta but in the end it was all rather underwhelming but at the start, when the peloton left Andorra la Vella, almost anything seemed possible with the race tackling the Collada de Baixalis almost from the gun.

Chris Froome’s crash, inside the first few kilometres, was the first flash point but of great significance was the ages it took for him to regain contact with the main field – his battered left shoulder clearly an problem.

Up ahead Romain Sicard (Europcar) and Darwin Atapuma (BMC) sparked the first move of the day and the pair set-up the groundwork for a 19-man move that also included Ian Boswell (Team Sky), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R – La Mondiale), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Ruben Plaza (Lampre – Merida), Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling), Javier Moreno (Movistar), Damien Howson (Orica – GreenEdge), Alberto Losada (Katusha) and Pawel Poljanski (Tinkoff – Saxo), Imanol Erviti (Movistar) and Nelson Olivera (Lampre).

On the climb of the Coll de la Rabassa – the third ascent of the day – the race truly began to take shape.

Landa, finally showing the form that stood out in the Giro and landed him his move to Team Sky, took the break by the scruff of the neck and brought back Erviti, who had attacked just before the climb. The peloton trailed by close to five minutes with Team Sky, Astana and Movistar setting tempo.

Further up the climb and Sicard, Poljanski, Coppel and Boswell (Team Sky) led, with Atapuma, Olivera, and Landa eventually joining them.

The long and punishing slopes were begging to take their toll and Team Sky looked lost at sea at one point. The had been on the front but when they noticed Froome has begun to slip back they looked around unsure of their next move. Astana barely changed the tempo or trajectory, but kept the pressure on as Geraint Thomas slipped back to nurse his stricken captain.

The Tour winner went back to the medical car and despite holding the bunch at two minute for most of the climb, his challenge was effectively over. His team rallied, Mikel Nieve now their substitute leader after Roche also began to struggle.

The rain began to pour but on the dry descent the race sparked into life with a confident Valverde charging clear. Rodriguez, who helped designed the stage route, joined him and soon the pair were joined by a gaggle of teammates. Not present were the race leader Dumoulin and Aru, but the Italian had Cataldo to thank for quickly nullifying a dangerous gap of around 40 seconds before the next climb.

Dumoulin made to back to the main group, too, and despite a lack of teammates the Dutch rider held firm when Katusha and then Astana ratcheted up the pace once more.

Landa took flight with around 9km remaining and his Italian team leader followed suit soon after – almost on the same stretch of road – with Quintana, Valverde and Chaves immediately put into difficulty.

Majka and Nieve limited their loses while Ian Boswell hung on from the early break to finish a highly creditable third. Froome eventually finished over 8 minutes down and is now back in 15th place overall.

The Vuelta a Espana is quickly becoming a war of attrition and at present only two men look capable of winning it.

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

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