Tour de France 2011 – Stage 06 [FULL STAGE]

July 7, 2011

Tour de France 2011 – Stage 6 – Dinan – Lisieux : 226 km

After a 2010 edition dedicated to the centenary of the Pyrenees, the 2011 Tour de France will celebrate the centenary of the first time the race climbed the Alps. Race director Christian Prudhomme unveiled a parcours ideal for climbers, with only 64 time trial kilometres of which 23 are a team time trial. Again, there will be no time bonuses on the road from the Vendée region to Paris, while a testing third week in the Alps sees the Tour return to the Galibier and L’Alpe d’Huez: two of its most legendary climbs.

Another dramatic day at the Tour de France, another tough finale and another thrilling sprint finish, with Edvald Boasson Hagen taking both his and Team Sky’s first stage win at the Tour. The talented Norwegian beat HTC-Highroad’s Matt Goss and countryman Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo), who held onto the maillot jaune of race leader for another day.

The younger of the two Norwegians – who successfully worked together to deliver their nation a road world championship in October last year – went close to winning the stage on Wednesday but mis-judged his effort. This time was a different story and he had a perfect lead-out from teammate Geraint Thomas before accelerating close to the barriers and throwing his arms up in celebration.

“I felt good yesterday but it went wrong and I really wanted to work hard to do well in today’s stage,” said Boasson Hagen. “G (Geraint Thomas) did a good lead-out and it’s just fantastic to win a stage of the Tour.”

Boasson Hagen’s family was in attendance in Lisieux and the talented Norwegian was a little choked with emotion during the post-stage interview.

“It’s hard to say anything right now,” he explained. “I’m just really happy and winning my first stage of the Tour [in front of my family] is really great.”

Team Sky bid their time and waited for the final two kilometres to their key: Boasson Hagen, Thomas and Ben Swift, hit the front.

“It’s great – we’ve been knocking on the door for a while and the team’s been riding well so far this Tour,” said Swift, who was also an outsider for the win today. “It was the longest stage but it felt like one of the quickest. I tried to position Edvald and G and it was a tough climb at the finish so I went a long way up the climb for the two of them before they did their thing.”

Thomas paid tribute to the efforts of Swift, saying: “Swifty sacrificed himself for us and I delivered Eddy (Boasson Hagen) to the last 500 metres. It was a massive team effort. We’ve been up there or thereabouts all week and we knew we were in with a chance today.”

A quiet start to the day

After yesterday’s nerves and with 226.5km of racing on the menu, the peloton was content to let the day’s move make its way off the front and lick its wounds.

Under constantly threatening skies, Vacansoleil-DCM rider Lieuwe Westra instigated the aggression and when joined by teammate Johnny Hoogerland, Anthony Roux of FDJ, Cofidis’ Colombian Leonardo Duque and Adriano Malori from Lampre – ISD, the day’s break was formed.

Hoogerland would ultimately benefit from his presence in the break by taking the polka-dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification, whilst Malori earned himself the combativité award for his efforts.

After reaching a maximum advantage of 11:30, the break still had 7:43 with 100km left until the finish, although just 14km later, nearly three minutes had been wiped off that mark – a sign that the likes of HTC-Highroad and Garmin-Cervélo were getting serious about the chase and that the tension was high in the peloton after Wednesday’s thrills and spills.

And then there were two…

With just under 50km remaining it was time for Westra and Malori to say farewell to their three other breakaway companions, making a dash for the glory, regardless of the little potential for success in their endeavour.

It was a gutsy move, evidenced by the fact that Hoogerland, Roux and Duque were caught by the bunch soon after the leading duo made their attack and managed to retain a lead of 2:38 with 38km until the line in Lisieux.

The recommencement of rain showers coincided with the peloton reducing the advantage of the leading duo to one minute – and with 27km remaining, the sprinters’ teams kept a keen eye on the gap to ensure it wasn’t closed too soon. Meanwhile, behind them Alberto Contador was having more issues with his equipment and was forced to change bikes, causing another hindrance to his progress during this year’s Tour.

The breakaway’s advantage was reduced to just 29 seconds with 20km to go and as the heavens poured an increasing amount of water on the international parade marching through Normandy, Malori decided it was his cue to try a solo effort.

Despite being the Italian national time trial champion it was always going to be a task too large for the Lampre-ISD rider. And so it was. Despite a brave effort, he was caught 2.7km from the line, at the foot of the climb to the finish, with a strong ride coming to an end as another strongman, Thomas Voeckler, made his move with Omega Pharma-Lotto rider Jelle Vanendert. The pair never looked like succeeding and with the flamme rouge beckoning the Franco-Belgian alliance came to an end after a brief attack at the head of affairs. Everything was set for a high-speed finish.

As expected, Philippe Gilbert was in the mix, as was Hushovd, José Joaquin Rojas and Goss but after Thomas’ perfect lead-out, it was Boasson Hagen who emerged from the pack to time his sprint immaculately and secure his British team’s maiden win at the Tour de France.

Results :
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5:13:37
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
13 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
17 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
18 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
21 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
23 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
27 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
28 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
31 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
33 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
34 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
39 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
40 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
43 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
44 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
45 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
46 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
47 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
48 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
51 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
52 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
53 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
54 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
56 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
57 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
58 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
61 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
63 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:23
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
65 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:26
66 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
68 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:28
69 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:30
70 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:48
72 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ
74 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
75 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
76 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
77 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
78 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
79 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
80 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
84 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
85 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
87 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
89 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD
91 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:05
92 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
93 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
95 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
96 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
97 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:01:34
98 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
99 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:01:44
100 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
101 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
102 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
104 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
105 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
106 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
108 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
109 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
110 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
111 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
112 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
113 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
114 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
115 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
116 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:00
117 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:02:23
118 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
120 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
121 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
122 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
123 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
125 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
126 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
127 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
128 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
129 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD
130 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
131 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
132 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
133 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
134 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
135 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
136 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
137 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
138 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
139 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
141 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
143 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
144 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
145 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
146 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
147 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
148 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
149 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
150 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
151 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
152 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
153 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
154 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
155 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
156 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
157 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
158 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
159 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:12
160 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:03:15
161 Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
162 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:29
163 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
164 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
165 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
166 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:04:01
167 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:04
168 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:05:08
169 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:27
170 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:33
171 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:05:34
172 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:08:29
173 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:12:26
174 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
175 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
176 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
178 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
179 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
180 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
181 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
182 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
183 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
184 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
185 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
186 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
187 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
188 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
189 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
190 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
191 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
192 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
193 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
HD Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
DNS Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 22:50:34
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:00:04
4 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:08
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:00:10
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:12
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
11 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:13
12 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:18
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:20
15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:32
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:33
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:39
18 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:40
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:58
20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:03
21 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:04
22 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:01:06
23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:12
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
25 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
26 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:15
27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
28 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:18
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:21
30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:22
31 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:23
32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:29
33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:34
34 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:42
35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:45
36 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:57
37 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:59
39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:02:00
40 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:10
41 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:13
42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:15
43 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:02:18
44 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:19
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:02:22
46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:02:24
47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:02:29
48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:36
49 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:02:37
50 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:43
51 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:52
52 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:07
53 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:10
54 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:16
55 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:20
56 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 0:03:22
57 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:03:23
58 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:24
59 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:30
60 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:03:34
61 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 0:03:48
62 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:03:50
63 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:52
64 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:57
65 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:00
66 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:04:02
67 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:04:09
68 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:14
69 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:20
70 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:22
71 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:04:28
72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:47
73 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:04:54
74 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:57
75 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:05:22
76 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:43
77 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:55
78 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:05:59
79 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:06:02
80 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:06:06
81 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:06:13
82 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:06:14
83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:06:16
84 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:26
85 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:06:29
86 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
87 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:36
88 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:42
89 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:06:44
90 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:47
91 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:51
92 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:06:57
93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:07:41
94 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:07:42
95 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:08:10
96 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:08:14
97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:08:29
98 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:08:33
99 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
100 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:08:34
101 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:08:40
102 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:41
103 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:59
104 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:09:06
105 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD 0:09:16
106 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:09:17
107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:26
108 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:28
109 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:36
110 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:38
111 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:41
112 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:09:54
113 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:09:58
114 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:05
115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:19
116 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:10:26
117 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:10:30
118 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:10:36
119 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:10:46
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:10:49
121 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:10:52
122 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:03
123 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:11:12
124 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:11:15
125 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:11:38
126 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:11:49
127 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:54
128 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:12:03
129 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:06
130 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:14
131 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:17
132 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:12:20
133 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:12:23
134 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:29
135 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 0:12:30
136 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
137 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:12:47
138 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD 0:12:48
139 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:12:55
140 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:13:06
141 Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:13:08
142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:36
143 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:13:39
144 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:13:47
145 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
146 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:13:50
147 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:57
148 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:14:00
149 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:14:03
150 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:15
151 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:15:15
152 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:15:23
153 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:15:24
154 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:32
155 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:15:51
156 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:53
157 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:16:07
158 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:16:16
159 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:16:50
160 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:16:51
161 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:16:59
162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:17:37
163 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:17:44
164 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:17:45
165 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:17:56
166 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:18:21
167 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:18:49
168 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:19:44
169 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:20:00
170 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:21:18
171 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:21:27
172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:21:43
173 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:21:45
174 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:21:46
175 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:22:08
176 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:22:36
177 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:24:31
178 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:25:42
179 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
180 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:25:47
181 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:25:59
182 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:07
183 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:26:38
184 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:26:44
185 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:49
186 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:28:26
187 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:29:26
188 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:30:13
189 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:30:44
190 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:31:20
191 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:31:59
192 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:35:04
193 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:46:23