La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 14 [FULL STAGE]

September 5, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 14 – Vitoria/ Alto Campoo – Fuente del Chivo : 215 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.

Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) took an impressive win on stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana after surviving from the day’s main break to win at the summit finish of Fuente del Chivo. The Italian won ahead of Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky) and José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar) while the battle raged on for the red jersey with race leader Fabio Aru going on the attack as the peloton tackled the final climb.

Aru used his team wisely, with Astana winding up the pace before he attacked with 5km to go. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) was unable to respond although Nairo Quintana was able to follow.

“With a bit of luck, in the right moment, I had the energy to do a fast attack. I was lucky because I do not think I was the strongest.”

“I never thought I would be able to win a stage,” he added. “Today was very difficult, first to get in the breakaway and then to take the win. But everything felt great.”

The pint-sized Colombian even managed to attack – proving he has recovered from his illness – and reigniting his own overall ambitions in the race.

Aru remains in the race lead but lost a second to his principle rival, Joaquim Rodriguez, who is second, 26 seconds in arrears.

Dumoulin remains in third overall but conceded time and is now 49 seconds off the race lead. Quintana has moved back inside the top 10 and is three minutes off Aru’s lead.

However, the day belonged to De Marchi, who instigated, marshalled and then destroyed the break with a display full of verve and vigour. He attacked several times in the opening hour and would not be denied his break, with a third acceleration enough to create a move that included Puccio, Joaquín Rojas, Mikael Chérel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Carlos Quintero (Team Colombia).

The impressive break, full of horsepower, experience and most importantly, intent, volleyed clear after 50km of racing and never looked back. Their lead moved out towards five minutes, but by the time they crested the first climb of the Puerto de Estacas de Trueba their advantage has moved out towards eight minutes.

With Cherel the closest rider on GC, but well over an hour down on Aru, there was little reason for the peloton to give chase and they rode tempo over the undulating terrain.

On the descent and along the valley towards the second climb of the day, the break rammed home their advantage, drawing their lead out towards 10 minutes.

Even the next climb, the first category Puerto del Escud – Provincia de Burgos, could not break up the break’s lead and harmony and they rolled to the foot of the final climb with their lead still hovering around nine minutes.

The stage would ultimately be theirs to decide with Movistar, Katusha and Astana willing to save their powder for the final climb.

Astana knew that the responsibility to drop Dumoulin rested on their shoulders, and Luis Leon Sanchez’s rapid surge lead the foundations, isolating the Dutchman from the majority of his team as the bunch thinned down to less than 40 riders.

When Sanchez peeled over, Dario Cataldo kept the momentum with Aru’s men, as up the road the break began to sense a victory.

De Marchi was clearly the strongest but it was Cherel who jumped first. Puccio was briefly dropped but de Marchi once again let his power decide both tactics and pace. He caught the AG2R rider, then when Rojas later countered with a recovered Puccio, de Marchi simply used the move as a marker for his own acceleration. When it came it was decisive, and with 2km to go he had enough of a gap to ensure another stage win in this race for BMC.

“Everybody else was was looking at me, so I had to do the big job to bring them back.Then I had to keep waiting and waiting for the right time,” De Marchi said.

Further down the climb Aru’s telegraphed but impressive attack came as Cataldo tired. Only Majaka and Quintana could follow with Dumoulin scrambling for allies in the chase group.

Soon only Aru and Quintana were left, Majka paying for his efforts and drifting back as Rodriguez and Chaves moved up. The climb’s only steep section near the top gave Quintana the launch-pad that he needed to distance Aru, who was passed by Rodriguez.

With two more stages in the mountains coming over the next two days, this Vuelta a Espana is far from over.

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

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