La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

September 7, 2016
La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] – Castellón de la Plana – Camins del Penyagolosa, Llucena – 177,5 km (Medium-mountain stage)

The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race is the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and it will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.

Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) claimed his first victory in two years with success from the breakaway on stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana. Leopold König (Team Sky) had Frank in his sights but ran out of road to bring the Swiss rider back with Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) finishing third. The victory is IAM Cycling’s second at this year’s Vuelta a Espana after Jonas Van Genechten won on stage 7.

Frank, who had been part of a 28-man break that went up the road after more than 40 kilometres, jumped clear with Dario Caltaldo (Astana) on an unclassified climb as the breakaway began to fracture with some 30 kilometres remaining. The gap bounced up and down and was only 20 seconds when they made the left-hand turn onto the ascent to Mas de la Costa with the fear-inspiring words ‘Hell starts here’ written on the road.

With just over two kilometres to go, Frank pushed on again and dropped a flagging Cataldo. He grinded up the steep gradient that hit slopes of over 20 per cent that had many riders almost at a standstill. Gesink led the chase from the remaining escapees, joined by König, who later dropped him in the final metres. Frank’s margin was slim on the line but it was enough to seal him his first win in two years and his first at a Grand Tour.

“I’m super happy” Frank said at the finish. “I’ve had a rough season, not much was worked as I wanted – I had to abandon the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de France. So I came here and I told myself I want to have fun, get a good feeling back. To finally have a victory after more than two years, winning a Grand Tour stage, it’s just amazing.”

In the peloton, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) lit up the fight for the general classification with a stinging attack. Race leader Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was swiftly on his tail, along with Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange). Chris Froome (Team Sky) was initially distanced by Contador’s move but caught up with the three-man group in sight of the line. The quartet crossed the line together to keep the status quo in the overall standings.

How it happened

After a much-needed rest day, the Vuelta a Espana resumed in Castellón with a 177.5km ride to a leg-sappingly steep ascent to Llucena. Camins de Penyagolosa. A tough mountain stage like this immediately after a rest day had the potential to catch some of the general classification favourites off guard.

The competition for the breakaway was as hot as the weather and it took almost 50 kilometres before a breakaway finally formed. Among the riders out front were two from Team Sky – Leopold König and Michal Golas – two from Movistar – Jose Herrada and Imanol Erviti – and two from Orica-BikeExchange in Simon Gerrans and Magnus Cort. Tinkoff and Astana both had a single representative in Michael Gogl and Dario Cataldo respectively. Stage 14 winner Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) also made the juncture with his teammate Bram Tankink.

In fact, there were only three teams that missed the breakaway and when Maxime Bouet (Etix-QuickStep) made it across after a long chase it left only Cannondale and Giant-Alpecin the only teams without a man up front.

With so many teams represented in the break, Movistar still had to manage the peloton despite having two riders up the road. Rory Sutherland has been putting in a big effort for the team in the early part of each stage and he continued his effort today, taking them over the first two climbs of the day.

A stage of two races

The break was allowed almost eight minutes on the peloton until BMC decided that they wanted more from the stage and began to chase with a little over 50 kilometres to the finish.

For most of the day, the 28 escapees worked well together but as the final ascent loomed they began to attack each other. Following a few moves, Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) and Cataldo went clear on an unclassified climb inside the final 30 kilometres. Both LottoNL-Jumbo and Team Sky mounted the chase in the group they left behind let the pair little more than 30 seconds leeway.

While BMC’s initial injection in pace did some damage, they were not able to make any serious inroad into the break’s lead – thanks in part to the Cataldo-Frank attack. Orica-BikeExchange stepped forward inside the final 10 kilometres with the gap still standing at over five minutes. Victory for one of the escapees looked certain but the Australian team was keen to ensure their leaders had the best possible start to the final ascent.

As Cataldo and Frank hit the ascent to Mas de la Costa, they still held 20 seconds on the chasers as Gesink took up the pace behind. There were several attempts from the chasing group to track down the two riders up the road but they would only briefly make a dent before the advantage would leak out once again.

Cataldo found himself distanced as Frank forged clear on some of the steepest gradients in the final three kilometres. With just over a kilometre to the line, Frank had 15 seconds on his chaser as Gesink and Konig began to close in on Cataldo. Gesink and Konig passed the Italian under the flamme rouge and continued on in chase of Frank but they still had 18 seconds to make up. The gap proved just enough for Frank, who crossed the line with six seconds to spare.

Further back down the road, Contador was the first of the general classification riders to strike out on the twisting climb. Quintana was quick to follow the Spaniard but Froome was slower to react. Contador made repeated attacks, taking Quintana with him on each occasion but he was never able to hold the advantage and the top four in the general classification rolled across together.

Results :

1 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 4:34:38
2 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:00:06
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:11
4 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:14
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
6 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:29
7 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:48
8 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:57
9 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 0:01:02
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
11 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:10
12 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:21
13 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:01:24
14 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:01:31
15 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:34
16 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:37
17 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:01:39
18 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 0:01:49
19 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:02:17
20 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:28
21 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:33
22 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:41
23 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:09
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:03:27
25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
26 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
27 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange
28 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:05
29 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:04:15
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:04:16
31 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:18
32 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:04:20
33 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:23
34 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
35 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:25
36 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:27
37 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:31
38 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:04:44
39 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:04:56
40 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:59
41 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:05:00
42 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:10
43 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:05:27
44 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
45 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:29
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:05:57
47 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
48 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:19
49 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:06:23
50 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:02
51 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:05
52 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
53 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:07:39
54 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
55 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:07:59
56 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
57 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:15
58 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:46
59 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:08:54
60 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:08:57
61 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
62 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
63 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:02
64 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:32
65 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:53
66 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:09:55
67 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:09:57
68 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:07
69 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 0:10:11
70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:10:22
72 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:10:29
73 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:10:37
74 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
75 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:11:11
76 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:11:14
77 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:19
78 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:11:33
79 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:11:48
80 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
81 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
82 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
83 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
84 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:11:57
85 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:12:13
86 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
87 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:12:15
88 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
89 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
90 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 0:12:23
91 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:31
92 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:13:14
93 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
94 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
95 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
96 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:29
98 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:13:37
99 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
100 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:13:40
101 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
102 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:13:52
103 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
104 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
105 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:14:17
106 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:22
107 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
108 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:14:25
109 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:14:27
110 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
111 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
112 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:14:33
113 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:40
114 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:44
115 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 0:14:54
116 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
117 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 0:14:59
118 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange
119 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
120 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:15:15
121 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:15:18
122 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
123 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:15:26
124 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:15:28
125 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:15:32
126 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:15:35
127 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
128 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
129 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:15:41
130 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:15:44
131 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
132 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:15:55
133 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:16:29
134 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 0:16:32
135 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:47
136 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:17:03
137 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 0:17:18
138 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
139 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 0:17:28
140 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
141 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
142 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:17:33
143 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
144 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
145 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida
146 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange
147 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0:17:42
148 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
150 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:09
151 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:18:15
152 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
153 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
154 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
155 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
156 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:18:56
157 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:19:32
158 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:19:40
159 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:19:53
160 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:20:24
161 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:24:29
DNF Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
DNS Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team

General Classification after Stage 17:

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 69:35:32
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:37
3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:57
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:04:02
5 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:06:03
6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:07:34
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:08:12
8 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:13
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:08:28
10 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:08:52
11 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:03
12 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:11:02
13 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:11:13
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:44
15 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:12:32
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:48
17 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:15:56
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:20:11
19 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:50
20 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:29:36
21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:30:33
22 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:32:16
23 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:34:46
24 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:47:04
25 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:47:39
26 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:49:28
27 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:50:03
28 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:56:44
29 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:59:27
30 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 1:05:26
31 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:06:23
32 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 1:06:47
33 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:07:56
34 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:08:24
35 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 1:08:27
36 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 1:16:29
37 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 1:18:42
38 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:19:37
39 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:19:44
40 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 1:19:49
41 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:22:27
42 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:24:00
43 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:24:19
44 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 1:25:17
45 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 1:29:02
46 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:29:20
47 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:30:08
48 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:30:32
49 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 1:30:41
50 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 1:31:23
51 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:33:24
52 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:33:25
53 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:34:21
54 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 1:35:50
55 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:39:10
56 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:43:21
57 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 1:51:13
58 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 1:58:30
59 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 1:59:06
60 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:59:40
61 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 2:00:20
62 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:01:57
63 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 2:03:22
64 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:09:06
65 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 2:11:03
66 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 2:12:24
67 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:13:51
68 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 2:16:42
69 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 2:16:48
70 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 2:16:53
71 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 2:28:45
72 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:29:28
73 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 2:36:09
74 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 2:36:41
75 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 2:37:42
76 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:39:05
77 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 2:39:47
78 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:41:06
79 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:41:41
80 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 2:42:16
81 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 2:42:50
82 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 2:43:27
83 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:44:44
84 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 2:44:56
85 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 2:45:35
86 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 2:46:47
87 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 2:47:24
88 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:47:26
89 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:47:55
90 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:48:39
91 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 2:49:05
92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 2:49:45
93 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 2:51:52
94 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 2:51:56
95 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:52:02
96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:52:10
97 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:52:16
98 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:53:18
99 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:56:06
100 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
101 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2:56:32
102 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 2:56:41
103 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 2:58:37
104 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 2:59:19
105 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 3:01:34
106 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 3:05:07
107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:06:29
108 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 3:07:02
109 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 3:07:12
110 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 3:10:08
112 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:10:13
113 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:12:27
114 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 3:14:09
115 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:17:47
116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 3:19:18
117 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 3:19:51
118 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 3:21:05
119 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 3:22:13
120 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:24:14
121 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 3:26:15
122 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:28:19
123 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:28:56
124 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:29:01
125 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:30:11
126 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 3:33:56
127 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 3:37:28
128 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 3:39:06
129 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:39:43
130 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:40:51
131 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:41:53
132 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:42:16
133 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 3:42:44
134 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:43:23
135 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 3:48:36
136 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 3:49:56
137 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:51:53
138 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 3:54:16
139 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 3:55:18
140 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:57:18
141 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 3:58:53
142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:02:08
143 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 4:06:36
144 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4:07:23
145 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 4:08:29
146 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 4:08:37
147 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 4:10:13
148 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 4:15:16
149 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 4:15:32
150 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida 4:16:51
151 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 4:17:41
152 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:19:28
153 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 4:20:59
154 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 4:22:29
155 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
156 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:22:33
157 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:23:52
158 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 4:25:03
159 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:28:01
160 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 4:30:41
161 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:31:43