Paris-Nice 2016 – Prologue [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

March 6, 2016

Paris-Nice 2016 – Prologue – Conflans-Sainte-Honorine – Conflans-Sainte-Honorine ITT : 6,1 km

The 74th edition of Paris-Nice, running from March 6-13, is the second WorldTour event of the year after January’s Tour Down Under and many top riders – Classics and Grand Tour specialists alike – will be laying down foundations for coming weeks and months. Recent winners Alberto Contador and Richie Porte, with two wins each to their name, spearhead the GC challengers for 2016 while Astana’s Luis Leon Sanchez is the third former winner on the start line. Romain Bardet, Tom Dumoulin and Simon Yates represent the new generation of GC riders while Lampre-Merida’s Louis Meintjes is another rider capable of finishing on the podium.

Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) pulled of something of a surprise on the opening day of the 2016 Paris-Nice, taking victory in the 6.1km prologue in his first race of the season.

The Australian has once again opted for a late start to the season but showed no signs of rustiness as he powered through the relatively flat course on the very outskirts of Paris in a time of 7:39.

He went one second quicker than time trial specialist Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and two seconds faster than New Zealand time trial champion Patrick Bevin (Cannondale). Matthews now leads the race overall ahead of that pair.

“It’s my first race of the season so to beat a guy like Dumoulin who is one of the best time trial specialists in the world, it’s definitely very special,” said Matthews.

“It wasn’t really on the top of my goals list for Paris-Nice. I was hoping for a top five today to be around the guys and then try and take the yellow in one of the next stages. It obviously all came together and I am happy I was able to take the win.

“We will take it day by day and now that I have the jersey we will just try and look after it for as long as possible.”

Bevin, who is in his first season at the WorldTour level and in his European debut with Cannondale was thrilled to be so high in the rankings after the stage.

“Last year I watched this race. I was on the ergo at home in New Zealand training in the rain,” Bevin said. “To be here a year later and pretty close to the top guys is a good feeling. That’s what you train to do – to be a part of that race.”

The short course in Conflans-SainteHonrine looked pan flat on paper but after an opening stretch along the river Seine, the road turned sharply round to the left and kicked up, with most riders having to get out of the saddle. It was mostly flat thereafter but matters were complicated by five 90-degree turns and rain for the earlier starters.

As was to be expected from such a short time trial, there were no huge gaps between the general classification contenders, though Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) did open up nine seconds on 2010 champion Alberto Contador, who he beat at the Volta ao Algarve last month.

Ion Izaguirre, second at Algarve, finished fifth, six seconds down on Matthews and one second ahead of Thomas. Richie Porte (BMC) finished 10 seconds back to take six seconds on Contador, who was also beaten by two seconds by his teammate Rafal Majka.

Tony Gallopin (Lotto Soudal), like Contador, was 16 seconds off the lead, while Andrew Talansky found himself at 18 seconds and Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) at 20.

Perhaps the biggest loser was Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), who finished 25 seconds down on Matthews. The gap between him and the other GC contenders isn’t huge but week-long stage races with balanced parcours can often be decided by slender margins.

Results :
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:07:39
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:01
3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:02
4 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:06
5 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:00:07
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:08
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:09
10 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
11 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:13
13 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:14
16 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
18 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
19 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:00:15
20 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
21 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
22 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
23 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
24 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
25 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
26 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
28 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:18
29 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
30 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:19
31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:20
33 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
34 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:21
37 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:22
38 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
39 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
40 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
42 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
43 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:00:23
44 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
45 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
46 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
47 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
48 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:24
49 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:25
52 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
53 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
55 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
56 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:26
58 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
59 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
60 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:27
61 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
62 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
63 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
64 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
65 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:00:28
66 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
67 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
68 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
69 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
70 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
71 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:29
72 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
73 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
74 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
75 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:30
76 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:31
79 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
81 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
82 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
83 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
84 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
85 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
86 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:32
87 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
88 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
89 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:33
90 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
91 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:00:34
92 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:00:35
95 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
96 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
97 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
98 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
99 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
101 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:36
102 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
103 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
104 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
105 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
106 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
108 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
109 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:38
110 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
111 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
112 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:39
113 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
114 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
115 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling
116 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
117 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:40
118 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
119 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:41
120 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
121 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ
122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
123 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:42
124 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
125 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
126 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:00:43
127 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
128 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
129 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
130 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
131 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
132 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:00:44
133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge
134 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:45
135 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
136 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
137 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
138 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
139 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:46
140 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
141 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
142 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
143 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:47
144 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
145 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:48
146 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
147 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:49
148 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
149 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:50
150 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:51
151 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
152 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
153 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:52
154 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
155 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:53
156 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:54
157 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:55
158 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
159 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
160 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:56
161 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
162 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:00:57
163 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:58
164 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:00:59
165 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 0:01:00
166 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:01
167 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 0:01:02
168 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:04
169 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
170 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:05
171 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:07
172 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:01:08
173 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:12
174 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:25
175 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:31

General Classification after Prologue :
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:07:39
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:01
3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:02
4 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:06
5 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:00:07
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:08
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:09
10 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
11 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:13
13 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:14
16 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
18 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
19 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:00:15
20 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
21 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
22 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
23 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
24 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
25 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
26 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
28 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:18
29 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
30 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:19
31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:20
33 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
34 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:21
37 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:22
38 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
39 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
40 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
42 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
43 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:00:23
44 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
45 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
46 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
47 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
48 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:24
49 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:25
52 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
53 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
55 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
56 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:26
58 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
59 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
60 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:27
61 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
62 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
63 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
64 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
65 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:00:28
66 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
67 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
68 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
69 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
70 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
71 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:29
72 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
73 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
74 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
75 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:30
76 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:31
79 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
81 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
82 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
83 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
84 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
85 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
86 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:32
87 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
88 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
89 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:33
90 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
91 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:00:34
92 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:00:35
95 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
96 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
97 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
98 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
99 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
101 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:36
102 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
103 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
104 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
105 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
106 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
108 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
109 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:38
110 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
111 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
112 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:39
113 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
114 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
115 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling
116 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
117 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:40
118 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
119 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:41
120 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
121 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ
122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
123 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:42
124 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
125 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
126 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:00:43
127 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
128 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
129 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
130 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
131 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
132 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:00:44
133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge
134 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:45
135 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
136 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
137 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
138 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
139 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:46
140 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
141 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
142 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
143 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:47
144 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
145 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:48
146 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
147 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:49
148 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
149 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:50
150 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:51
151 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
152 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
153 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:52
154 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
155 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:53
156 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:54
157 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:55
158 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
159 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
160 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:56
161 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
162 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:00:57
163 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:58
164 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:00:59
165 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 0:01:00
166 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:01
167 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 0:01:02
168 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:04
169 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
170 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:05
171 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:07
172 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:01:08
173 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:12
174 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:25
175 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:31