Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

March 10, 2016

Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 4 – Juliénas – Romans-sur-Isère : 193,5 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.

There were no elbows, head-butts or relegations as Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) executed a perfectly timed and clean sprint to win stage 4 of Paris-Nice in Romans-sur-Isere.

The Frenchman blasted out of the Cofidis-led peloton to win the sprint over Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) and Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal).

“My teammates did a fantastic job. There were still four of them with me in the finale,” Bouhanni said. “I was a little bit vengeful after my disqualification [on stage 2 -ed]. It was at the back of my mind. I had been disappointed so far. In the first sprint, Arnaud (Demare) outwitted us. The next day I was disqualified. That’s sport. We all want to win stages.

“I’m really glad to have won especially after the work done by my teammates. My form is growing little by little and Paris-Nice is the ideal preparation for my big objective, which is Milan-San Remo.”

Race leader Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) finished in fifth behind Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) to hold onto the maillot jaune with a 14-second lead over Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), with Patrick Bevin of Cannondale remaining in third 19 seconds back.

For Matthews, the stage was one of the last chances for the sprinters before the race ascends the Mont Ventoux on Friday, and the wear began to show as Orica-GreenEdge fought to control the stage.

“Today was about saving energy,” Matthews said. “I was really tired after yesterday. It was only 100 km but they were really tiring. So today was about saving strength and keeping out of trouble as there were several crashes in the bunch. Tomorrow is another hard day but I think I can get over the Ventoux. If that’s the case and there’s a few sprinters left, I’ll be among those who stand a good chance. Between the GC and another stage win? I’m really going to take it day by day.”

How it unfolded

After a stage 3 truncated due to snow, the peloton was motivated to race on a lumpy 195.5km stage from Julienas to Romans-sur-Isere, and France’s biggest showman Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie) led the way in the day’s breakaway.

He was joined by Matthew Brammeier (Dimension Data), Florian Vachon (Fortuneo Vital Concept) and Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko Marseille Provence) but the peloton kept them to only a few minutes, knowing that a category 2 Côte de Saint-Uze with 32km to go would provide a springboard for attacks.

Indeed, the climb caused drama out front and in back, as Voeckler surged and jettisoned his companions, and a crash in the peloton put Sky’s Geraint Thomas, among others, on the floor. The sprinters suffered in particular – Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) suffered a mechanical, Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) and Arnaud Demare (FDJ) were dropped. Demare later abandoned the race.

Over the top, Dimension Data’s Nathan Haas tried to go on the attack as the breakaway dangled at less than a minute, but misjudged a bend and went off the verge into a farmer’s field.

Voeckler persisted out front, but was fading, and his teammate Sylvain Chavanel joined an attack by Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNl-Jumbo) and Delio Fernández Cruz (Deklo Marseille Provence KTM) that would eventually catch and drop Voeckler, replacing him as leaders on the road.

With 7km to go, the trio had just 15 seconds and the reduced peloton behind still had rivals Matthews, Bouhanni, and Kristoff, whose Katusha team drove the pace to reel in the leaders.

It was a red sea at the head of the peloton with 2km to go as Katusha and Cofidis desperately tried to catch the breakaway, but the trio ahead were having none of it. Vanmarcke and Chavanel did most of the work and looked to be pulling it off, but with less than a kilometre to go Katusha swept past with Bouhanni tucked in just behind.

Unlike stage 2, where Bouhanni made contact with Matthews in the mad dash for the line and was relegated, this time the Frenchman had a clean pair of wheels on the rest of the competition and won without controversy.

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

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