Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

March 11, 2016

Paris-Nice 2016 – Stage 5 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Salon-de-Provence : 198 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.

23-year-old Kazakhstani rider Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) put on an impressive show of strength to escape the clutches of the sprinters’ teams, and solo to victory on stage 5 of Paris-Nice.

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) led race leader Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) to the line 21 seconds later. The solo attack moved Lutsenko up into second overall, just six seconds behind the Australian.

“This is my second victory in WorldTour race and I think it is a very good way to start the season. I want to dedicate today’s win to my family, who make many sacrifices when I’m away from hom for long periods. Tomorrow we will race in Nice, that is my home here in France, I’m so proud about today’s performance and now I’m second on the GC, just 6 seconds from the yellow jersey: let’s see how the race will develop in the last two stages,” he said.

Lutsenko, a former U23 world champion, and current Kazakhstan time trial champion, made his move after the Col de Séze, and ran down the last rider of the early breakaway, Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie) with 17km to go.

“I was feeling quite good on the last climbs of the day so, when my teammates Lars Boom was caught by the bunch, I tried a couple of times to go. The first time, the group caught me. On the second I escaped and I knew there was still one guy at the front, but, honestly, I thought to go as fast as possible and that was the right choice.”

With Katusha riding flat out behind, Lutsenko left Duchesne in the dust with 15km to go and continued to put down the power, knowing that because he started the day just 33 seconds behind race leader Matthews, every second would count. At 10km to go, he had 40 seconds on the peloton.

A virtual leader on the road, the chase from Katusha was barely eating into Lutsenko’s advantage, which was 32 seconds with just 3km to go. The Russian team was getting little help from the other teams, and lost one rider in a roundabout in the run-in, but motivated to deliver Kristoff to the stage win, they pulled back another 10 seconds at the line. Although missing the stage win, the effort managed to keep Matthews in the race lead.

“In the final kilometers, I knew the bunch was pretty close to me but I had good feelings from my legs so I continued to push at maximum on the pedals, and my determination has been rewarded with this incredible victory,” Lutsenko said.

Matthews explained that his Orica-GreenEdge team used too much energy early in the stage to contribute much to the chase in the finish.

“I think I used a bit too much energy staying at the front the whole day,” Matthews said. “Congrats to the Astana rider – that was a really strong ride. He was too far away and I used all my teammates to put me in the best position earlier but we had no riders to bring him back, so we sat back and let the other teams come forward, Katusha came to chase but they didn’t have the legs to bring him back either.”

How it unfolded

Stage 5 of Paris-Nice started out with Alberto Contador losing one of his main lieutenants, Sergio Paulinho on a day that saw the race traverse five categorised climbs, including the category 1 Mont Ventoux (though not to the very top). Though the Ventoux was placed in the first half of the 198km stage from Sanint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Salon-de-Provence, two category 2 ascents in the final 40km would sort the pure sprinters from the puncheurs.

Stijn Vandenbergh (Etixx-QuickStep), Arnaud Courteille (FDJ), Lars Boom (Astana), Wouter Wippert (Cannondale), Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Matthias Brandle (IAM Cycling) and Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie) were the first attackers on the day, hitting out from the gun, and were joined a few kilometers later by Movistar’s Jesus Herrada.

Once they were gone, the peloton saved its strength, allowing the eight riders a huge 11:05 lead in the first 30km. Boom took out the first sprint at km 23.5, while Herrada attacked on the Col de la Madeleine to take maximum mountain points, a feat he would repeat on the Ventoux.

Brandle quickly decided he was in no mood to remain in the breakaway as the leaders tackled the Mont Ventoux, and back in the peloton the big sprinters like Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) and Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) lost contact and never rejoined. Greipel would abandon along with six other riders on the day, including Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale) who was ill, Frank Schlek and Boy van Poppel (Trek-Segafredo), Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), Stefan Denifl (IAM) and Marko Kump (Lampre).

Wippert and Theuns were also distanced on the Ventoux, as were Boom and Vandenbergh. While the latter two rejoined Courteille, Herrada and Duchesne, the former did not, and by the next climb there were just five up front with a 3:25 lead at the Col du Pointu after 131 kilometers of racing.

Herrada secured the polka dot jersey with second places on the Pointu and Cote de la Roque d’Antheron before returning to the peloton.

Duchesne decided to go it alone as the peloton closed in on the category 2 Cote de la Roque d’Antheron, and over the top had a 33 second lead on the peloton.

In the descent, Lutsenko jumped away, using his skills to bridge across to the young Canadian, and quickly dispatching him in pursuit of the maillot jaune.

With 10km to go, Lutsenko was the virtual leader, but the pace from Katusha was too quick and he missed overthrowing Matthews, the leader since stage 1, by a slim six seconds.

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

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