Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

March 7, 2016

Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 1 – Condé-sur-Vesgre – Vendôme : 195 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.

Tipped from early in his career as the man most likely to end France’s long drought at Paris-Roubaix, Arnaud Démare (FDJ) seemed to lose his way during a lacklustre 2015 campaign. Where better, then, to find his way again than on the dirt roads around Vendôme at the end of a relentless opening road stage of Paris-Nice?

After a day that saw the peloton buffeted by snow and wind, Démare managed to hang tough on a demanding finishing circuit along dirt roads designed very much with Classics contenders in mind. He then reached for the other weapon in his armoury – his rapier finishing sprint – to take the stage win ahead of Ben Swift (Sky) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis).

Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) had succeeded in slipping away from a stretched-out peloton on the descent from the final dirt road section, the Chemin du Tertre de la Motte, and he looked a likely stage winner as he led into the finishing straight. Swift opened his sprint from distance, however, and overhauled the Belgian with a shade over 200 metres to go, only for Démare to swoop by him to take an emphatic stage victory.

Démare’s sprint was all the more impressive given how much ground he made up in those final 200 metres. In a sense, it was a trip down memory lane, as the Frenchman overhauled Adrien Petit (Direct Energie) – his lead-out man when he won the under-23 Worlds in Copenhagen in 2011 – and then Bouhanni – his former FDJ teammate and eternal rival – before passing Swift to win the stage.

“This wasn’t a normal sprint and things could have worked out differently because I was badly placed,” Démare said of the confused finale. “I had to launch from sprint from a long way back. I’d decided to stick to Nacer’s wheel because he still had two teammates with him and I was lucky to come around him and then jump Swift at the end.”

Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) placed fifth in the reduced bunch sprint to retain the yellow jersey of race leader, though one wonders how he might have fared had he not lost teammate Daryl Impey to a puncture in the finale, or if he had not expended so much energy in sprinting to claim two bonus seconds on the first passage through the finish line with 14 kilometres remaining.

No matter, Matthews can still draw positives from what was his first road race of the 2016 season. The Australian was present and correct when the peloton split under the impetus of Sky and Etixx-QuickStep in the crosswinds with 40 kilometres remaining, and he was consistently to the fore, too, on the four dirt road sections in the grimly-contested finale. His overall lead now stands at three seconds over Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), with Patrick Bevin (Cannondale) third at four seconds.

Strade Bianche à la française

The thickets of snow that fell over Condé-sur-Vesgre were an augury for the kind of day that was to follow, and even though the weather cleared for the opening hour of racing, temperatures were scarcely above freezing and most of the peloton was swathed in jackets, gilets and leg warmers for much of the day.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), French champion Steven Tronet (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Thierry Hupond (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) and Perrig Quemeneur (Direct Energie) zipped clear to no great reaction once the race had left the neutralised zone, gradually building a lead of ten minutes come the midway point, by which time flakes of snow had again begun to tumble from the charcoal skies.

When the sun eventually showed itself later in the afternoon, it was only because stiff winds had briefly dislodged some of the cloud cover, and when the race turned into a section of crosswind with a shade over 40 kilometres remaining, Etixx-QuickStep, Tinkoff and Sky made their presence felt at the head of the peloton.

Their forcing split the peloton into two distinct groups for much of the final hour, though Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) apart, none of the general classification contenders missed the cut and there was a regrouping of sorts in the finale. Even though the selection did not prove decisive, it was a fascinating early indicator of form at this Paris-Nice, with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), Richie Porte (BMC), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Dumoulin all safely on board the front group of 30 riders.

By the time the race hit the first dirt road section, the 1,350m-long Chemin de Tourteline, the break’s lead was down to just ten seconds, and they were all swept up shortly afterwards, as Team Sky took up the reins, with Luke Rowe particularly impressive.

Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) enjoyed a brief cameo off the front after he attacked near the top of the second dirt section, the Côte du Chemin du Tertre de la Motte, and he still led the race as it bundled through the finish line in Vendôme for the first time.

After Orica-GreenEdge shut down Perichon’s solo move, Sky took over once again on the second time along the Chemin de Tourteline, and they continued to ride on the front on the final time up the Chemin du Tertre de la Motte, even after the leading group had doubled in size as the chasers latched back on.

“I felt good on the chalk road sections,” Démare said. “They’re nothing at all like the pavé to be honest, you turn your legs much quicker here.”

Geraint Thomas was positioned towards the front all the way up the final climb, just behind Swift, and the Welshman tracked an attack from Tony Gallopin (Lotto Soudal) over the top, with just four kilometres remaining.

By that point, with gaps opening on the descent, it was a case of every man for himself, as no one team had sufficient control to guarantee the sprint. Theuns sensed his opportunity and looked to have grasped it, too, only for Swift to overhaul him. Démare, in turn, would snatch victory from the Briton, his second of the season after a stage win at La Méditerranéenne last month.

“Last year I had a really difficult season,” Démare said. “It’s good to prove that I can still win a big one.”

Results :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 4:29:53
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
4 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
7 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
8 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
11 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
12 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
13 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling
16 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
17 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
18 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
21 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
23 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
24 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
25 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
27 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
29 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
30 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
32 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
33 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
34 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
35 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
36 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
37 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
38 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
39 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
40 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
42 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
43 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
44 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
45 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
46 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
47 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
48 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
49 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
50 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
51 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling
53 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
54 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:11
56 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ
57 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
58 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:23
59 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
60 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
61 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
62 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
63 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
64 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
65 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
66 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
67 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
68 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
70 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
71 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
72 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
75 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
76 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
77 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre – Merida
79 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
80 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:43
81 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:00:53
82 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
83 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
84 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:18
85 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:20
86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:28
87 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
88 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
90 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:55
91 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
92 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:22
93 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
94 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
95 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
96 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
97 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:42
98 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
99 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:20
100 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
101 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:37
102 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
103 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
104 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
105 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
106 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
107 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
108 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
109 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
110 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
111 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
112 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
113 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
114 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
115 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
116 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
117 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
118 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
119 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
120 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:04:45
121 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:53
122 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:05:59
123 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
124 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
125 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
126 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
127 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
128 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
129 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
130 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
131 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ
132 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
133 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
134 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
135 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:33
137 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
138 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 0:08:04
139 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
140 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
141 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
142 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
143 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
144 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
145 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
146 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
148 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
149 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
150 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:09:20
151 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
152 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
153 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
154 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
155 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
156 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
157 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
158 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
159 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
160 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge
161 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
162 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
163 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
164 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
165 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
166 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
167 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
168 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin
169 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
170 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
171 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
172 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
173 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
174 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
175 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4:37:30
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:03
3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:04
4 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:08
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:00:09
7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:10
8 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:12
9 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:00:14
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:15
11 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:16
12 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
13 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
14 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:17
15 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:18
16 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
18 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:20
19 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:21
20 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
21 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:22
22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
23 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:24
24 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:00:25
25 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
26 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:26
27 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:27
29 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
31 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:28
32 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
33 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:29
34 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
35 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:30
36 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:31
37 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:32
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:34
39 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
40 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
41 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:36
42 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:37
44 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:41
45 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling
46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:42
47 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:43
48 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
49 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:47
50 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:48
51 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
52 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
53 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
54 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:50
55 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
56 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:00:52
57 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:53
58 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
59 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:56
60 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
61 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:57
62 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ
63 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 0:00:58
65 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
66 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:01:00
67 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:01
68 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 0:01:02
69 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
70 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:03
71 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:05
73 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:06
74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
75 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:07
76 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:08
77 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:01:10
78 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:14
79 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
80 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:18
81 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:01:23
82 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:01:24
83 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:01:30
84 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:01:33
85 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:50
86 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:52
87 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:58
88 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:00
89 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:02
90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:02:05
91 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:23
92 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:37
93 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:39
94 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:06
95 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:09
96 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:15
97 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:03:34
98 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:45
99 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:49
101 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:53
102 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:03:57
103 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:04:00
104 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:01
105 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:04:03
106 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:08
107 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:04:10
108 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:11
109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:04:12
110 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0:04:17
111 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:04:18
112 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:04:22
113 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 0:04:24
114 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:25
115 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:26
116 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
117 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 0:04:30
118 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:04:31
119 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:35
120 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:08
121 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:05:28
122 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:06:16
123 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:26
124 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:06:28
125 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:29
126 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:30
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:31
128 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:38
129 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
130 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
131 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
132 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 0:06:40
133 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:41
134 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 0:06:42
135 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:07:32
136 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:09
137 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:08:21
138 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 0:08:28
139 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:08:29
140 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:31
141 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:36
142 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:08:37
143 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:08:44
144 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:08:45
145 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:08:48
146 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:08:53
147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:09:03
148 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 0:09:08
149 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:09:13
150 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:09:31
151 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:09:37
152 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:38
153 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:42
154 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:09:45
155 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:09:47
156 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:09:49
157 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:09:53
158 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
159 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
160 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:09:56
161 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:09:57
162 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:10:05
163 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
165 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 0:10:06
166 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:10:07
167 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
168 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:08
169 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:10:13
170 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:14
171 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:10:17
172 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
173 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 0:10:22
174 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:26
175 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:10:27