La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 21 [FULL STAGE + Ceremony Awards]

September 13, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 21 – Alcalá de Henares – Madrid : 98,8 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.

John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) won the concluding stage of the Vuelta a Espana in a sprint finish while Fabio Aru (Astana) enjoyed an untroubled evening on the finishing circuit in Madrid to seal final overall victory.

Victory for Degenkolb put a different slant on his Vuelta after a series of near misses earlier in the race, and it also offered consolation of sorts to his Giant-Alpecin team after a traumatic afternoon in the Sierras of Madrid the previous afternoon.

Tom Dumoulin, so impressive for so long in this Vuelta, lost his grip on the overall lead on the Puerto de la Morcuera and ultimately slipped to sixth place on general classification, but the Dutchman was to the fore in the finale here as Giant-Alpecin worked to set up the sprint finish.

The usual festive atmosphere en route to Madrid was broken up only by the intermediate sprint on the second passage through the finish line, where Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) slipped away to claim the points. That was enough to see him divest his rival Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) of the green jersey as the Catalan had suffered a puncture ahead of the sprint.

A group of six escapees ghosted clear soon afterwards, though Ben King (Cannondale-Garmin), Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Laurent Pichon (FDJ), Carlos Verona (Etixx-Quick Step) and Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) were never able to gain more than 30 seconds on the peloton.

The sextet was swept up on the penultimate lap, and late attacks from Iljo Keisse (Etixx-QuickStep) and Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) couldn’t prevent the inevitable bunch finish, as Trek, Lampre-Merida, BMC and Orica GreenEdge all made contributions on the front.

Giant-Alpecin took over in the final 1500 metres, providing a pitch perfect lead-out for Degenkolb. At first glance, it appeared as though the German had opened his sprint too soon, but he had more than enough in the tank to kick again and held off Danny van Poppel (Trek) by two bike lengths, while Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) took third.

“The whole world saw we were giving everything to defend that jersey and in the end we failed, we lost the jersey and the podium too, and that was a huge disappointment for the team. We were all upset after the stage. I had to try very hard to get the guys mentally prepared for a sprint today,” said Degenkolb, who won the corresponding stage in 2012.

“I love this parcours and this circuit, and I had a great leadout today. The emotions are gone from zero to 100 now, and we can go home with positive feelings because this was still an awesome Vuelta, with 6th place overall and three stage wins for the team.”

Dumoulin, too, was able to put a brave face on his disappointment. After receiving the prize for the Vuelta’s most combative rider on the podium on the Plaza de Cibeles – the traditional congregation point for Real Madrid fans after major victories – Dumoulin paid tribute to Degenkolb. “I cannot be unhappy right now,” he said. “We won the stage and John deserved this victory because he worked so hard for me over the last three weeks, he made efforts that normally sprinters would never do. No, I cannot be unhappy today.”

All about Aru

The night belonged to Fabio Aru, however, who finished safely at the rear of the peloton – conceding a handful of seconds in the process – to claim his first Grand Tour victory at just 25 years of age.

The Sardinian finishes the Vuelta 57 seconds clear of Rodriguez, while Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) takes third, a further 12 seconds back. Though pre-race favourite Nairo Quintana (Movistar) enjoyed his by-now traditional third week bounce, he had to settle for fourth place after faltering on the road to Andorra on stage 11.

Aru crossed the line in the company of his Astana teammates, a major success at the end of a troubled campaign for the Kazakhstani outfit, which risked losing its WorldTour status in the spring due to the spate of positive tests on the team at the end of last year.

This Vuelta, too, was not without its difficulties, not least when Vincenzo Nibali was expelled from the race on the opening road stage for accepting a tow from a team car, while Aru’s confidant Paolo Tiralongo was forced out by the injuries he picked up in a crash on the same stage.

The team’s fortunes looked to turn in Andorra, where Mikel Landa took stage honours and Aru moved into the red jersey temporarily, only for Dumoulin to prove a tougher out than anyone anticipated. The Dutchman led Aru by 3 seconds after the Burgos time trial and when he doubled that lead in Avila on Friday, it felt as though the balance was tipping in his favour.

The startling strength in depth of the Astana squad was to win out, however, as the forcing of Landa, Dario Cataldo and Aru himself finally broke Dumoulin on the penultimate stage in the Sierras of Madrid. After betraying obvious signs of tension for most of the final week, Aru could finally allow himself to smile.

“Yesterday’s stage was the most emotional one for me because we did an amazing job as a team and we showed that we were really united,” Aru said as darkness fell over Madrid on Sunday night. “Today I realised a dream, I’m very emotional, very proud. I have to thank my teammates, they always believed in me and I dedicate this win to them.”

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

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