Tour de France 2011 – Stage 12 [FULL STAGE]

July 14, 2011

Tour de France 2011 – Stage 12 – Cugnaux – Luz-Ardiden : 209 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.

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) claimed the first Tour de France victory of his stellar career, winning the first high mountain summit finish on stage 12 atop Luz-Ardiden. The win comes 10 years after his former teammate Robert Laiseka was the last rider to win on this mountain.

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) retained his yellow jersey with an unexpectedly strong performance despite being caught up in a series of attacks by the big-name overall contenders.

Fränk Schleck (Leopard Trek) was the real winner in the first exchange of blows in this year’s race, while the loser was Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) who was unable to handle the pace during the final part of the torturous Pyrenean ascent.

Sanchez and Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) had managed to get away from the favourites on the 13.3km climb to the finish and caught and passed breakaway heroes Geraint Thomas (Sky) and Jeremy Roy (FDJ), who had been away since the start of the 209km stage.

The Beijing Olympic champion turned on his speed with about 250 metres to go to take the win ahead of Vanendert, with Schleck taking third just ten seconds behind. The overall contenders were a further 20 seconds back, although Contador had lost contact and finished a psychologically damaging 13 seconds down on Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale), Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) and Cadel Evans (BMC)

Voeckler surprisingly held on to his yellow jersey, clutching teammate Pierre Rolland’s hand in gratitude as the crossed the line 50 seconds after Sanchez. He now leads Fränk Schleck by 1:49, with Evans third at 2:06.

“It’s a very emotional and exciting win for us because there was a lot of support out there for us. For me it’s a dream come true,” Sanchez said.

“It’s a very important victory. We are not a big-budget team but a modest, all-Basque team. It’s our biggest victory of the season. I’ve worked very hard to be at my very best for the Tour de France and I’ve sacrificed more than ever before: I’ve spent time away from my family and from people who I’ve lost. But now it’s worth it.”

Voeckler was overjoyed to keep the yellow jersey on Bastille Day.

“Today I was surprised to be here 10km to the final,” he said. “After I saw the last klometer I said to myself ‘you’re still here, don’t give up’. Today the Europcar team really helped me all day, especially Rolland in the final. Even if I crashed after the first climb, it’s a good day, but it’s been a hard day.”

Voeckler kept the yellow jersey but the polka-dot jersey of the best climber and the white young rider’s jersey both changed hands.

Johnny Hoogerland of Vacansoleil-DCM put in a brave effort in the high mountains but faded and so Sanchez took the jersey thanks to his stage win atop the hors catégorie Luz-Ardiden summit finish, his 40 points means he leads Vanendert (32) and Jeremy Roy (FDJ) at 24 points.

Robert Gesink (Rabobank) lost not only his hopes for a top placing but also the white jersey when he cracked on the Tourmalet. Arnold Jeannesson of FDJ took it, and leads Estonia’s Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) by 1:37.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) kept the green points jersey by taking the field sprint behind the early six-rider breakaway at the day’s intermediate sprint in Sarrancolin.

Another early break

The weather was significantly better after several days of rain which seemingly inspired the riders.

As always, the day’s escape group got away early. Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun), Blel Kadri (Ag2R) and Jeremy Roy (FDJ) were up and gone within minutes of the start.

The Frenchmen took the intermediate sprint points on Bastille Day, as Mangel crossed the line ahead of Roy. Nine minutes behind them, things got serious for the top sprinters before they formed the gruppetto to survive in the mountains.

Movistar took the middle of the road in the sprint, HTC-Highroad the left and Omega Pharma-Lotto the right, but HTC-Highroad had things easily in hand and brought the green-clad Mark Cavendish to the line as seventh, with Mark Renshaw eighth and Goss tenth. Only Jose Joaquin Rojas of Movistar was able to break the HTC-Highroad dominance, placing ninth. The seventh place finish at the intermediate sprint gave Cavendish another nine points, for a total of 260, 18 more than Rojas.

The lead group started up the category one Hourquette d’Ancizan with a reduced lead of seven minutes. Movistar set a high pace on the climb, and not surprisingly the first to attack was mountains classification leader Johnny Hoogerland of Vacansoleil-DCM, who seemed to have recovered well from his barbed wire cuts. He was almost immediately joined by French champion Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), and then by Roman Kreuziger (Astana).

The descent off the Hourquette d’Ancizan caused problems for the riders as Geraint Thomas fell out of the lead group when he slipped on the damp roads. Fortunately he found a gap between parked vehicles, falling, sliding and miraculously coming to a stop only inches from the cliff side. Back on the bike, he soon shot onto the grass again on another curve due to mud still stuck on his tires, but ultimately again joined the lead group.

The peloton topped the first climb and almost immediately went down – literally. On the same turn that caused Thomas’s initial crash, a handful of riders hit the asphalt. Voeckler braked into a parked car, and Andreas Klöden of RadioShack was once again involved, as was HTC-Highroad’s Peter Velits. Fortunately all of them got up and back on their bikes.

The Tourmalet was next and its most prominent victim was Robert Gesink of Rabobank. HTC-Highroad’s Tony Martin also fell back, along with Jakob Fuglsang of Leopard Trek. With Velits and Klöden being thrown back by the crash, massive changes in the GC were expected.

With still five kilometres to go to the top, the lead group finally fell apart for good, with Thomas remaining alone in the lead. Behind them, Leopard Trek veteran Jens Voigt pulled the increasingly smaller yellow jersey group up the mountain. Roy moved back up to the front and arrived first at the fog-enshrouded Tourmalet summit ahead of Thomas. Behind them, escape groups of various compositions formed and faded. The Tourmalet, as ever, caused attrition.

Thomas and Roy then headed to the final climb, the legendary Luz-Ardiden, with a lead of just over three minutes but it was quickly down to only 1:43 into the final 10 km.

Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) were the first to make it up to the leaders, with eight kilometres to go. The duo moved on into the lead as Thomas and Roy faded. Their long day off the front would be worth it, however, as Roy took the special Souvenir Jacques Goddet for cresting the Tourmalet first while Thomas was awarded the combatif or most aggressive rider prize.

The overall contenders battle begins

The battle between the Tour de France contenders began when Sylvester Szmyd and Ivan Basso of Liquigas-Cannondale took over the lead work in the group which got increasingly smaller and smaller, with even Gilbert unable to hang on. The Schlecks stayed almost within touching distance of Contador as they went up the final climb, almost trying to psyche the Spaniard out.

Contador dropped back at one moment, and Andy Schleck moved quickly to the front. The Spaniard went with him, but it was all a feint. Fränk Schleck shot up the other side, and although he didn’t really get away, the first shot had been fired. Other surges and chases followed but it they were all jabs rather than knockout blows.

Frank Schleck’s third try was his best, and with 2.5 kilometres to go, he got away in a solo effort. He pursued Vanendert and Sanchez up the narrow, fan-lined road but was just unable to catch the two leaders before the finish.

Basso and Evans led the chase and that snapped the elastic holding the big name contenders together. First Voeckler and then Contador fell off the pace and lost precious seconds. Voeckler was happy to hold into to yellow but the verdict of the first mountain finish had exposed Contador’s weaknesses and confirmed that this year’s Tour de France is going to be a fight all the way to Paris.

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

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