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July 24, 2011
Tour de France 2011 – Stage 21 – Créteil – Paris Champs-Élysées : 160 km
After a 2010 edition dedicated to the centenary of the Pyrenees,
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July 24, 2011
Tour de France 2011 – Stage 21 – Créteil – Paris Champs-Élysées : 160 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.
Cadel Evans (BMC) sealed Tour de France victory on Sunday after enjoying an untroubled final day on the road to Paris, while Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) dominated proceedings in the finishing sprint on the Champs-Élysées to secure the green jersey.
For the third time in as many attempts, Cavendish took a comfortable win on the famous boulevard, and for the third consecutive year, Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) stood on the second step of the podium in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe. Familiar as those scenes were, however, the real story of the day was a rather more novel one, as Evans became the first rider from the Southern Hemisphere to win the Tour de France.
On crossing the finish line, Evans was struggling to come to terms with the magnitude of his achievement and admitted that it was difficult to estimate the impact his win would have in Australia.
“I haven’t had time to consider that aspect, to be honest,” Evans said. “It’s been a long, long process and it will take a long time to realise what it means.”
Evans finished 1:34 clear of Andy Schleck and 2:30 ahead of his older brother Fränk to finally win the Tour after years of heartache, and he was keen to pay tribute to the support of his family and his BMC squad.
“A few people always believed in me and they’re the people that matter the most. We did it,” Evans smiled. “It’s been a real pleasure these past three weeks.”
In spite of becoming the first siblings to finish on the Tour podium, there was palpable disappointment for the Schleck brothers at falling short of bringing the yellow jersey back to Luxembourg for the first time since Charly Gaul’s triumph in 1958.
The stage winner Mark Cavendish was understandably in rather more ebullient mood after his fifth stage win of this Tour, and his twentieth in total, a remarkable figure for a rider who only turned 26 in May. In seeing off the challenge of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) and André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto), not only did the Manxman underline his status as the pre-eminent sprinter of his generation, he also secured the first green jersey of his career.
Cavendish explained that the headwind that greeted the riders coming off the Place de la Concorde meant that he started his sprint later than in previous years.
“I left it until 170 metres to go today, I knew it was going to be tough,” Cavendish said. “I’m so, so happy and so proud of the guys. It’s a great way to finish the Tour.
“I’ve been trying to get this [the green jersey] for the past few years and finally I’ve done it.”
Cadel Evans knows how he feels.
Familiar feel to final stage
At the end of a Tour de France that has deviated dramatically from the script anticipated before the start, there was a distinct lack of ad-libbing on the final 95km leg to Paris.
There was a sombre start to proceedings in the south Parisian suburb of Créteil on Sunday, as the peloton paused for a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the tragic events in Norway on Friday, while a heartfelt tribute was also paid to one of the Tour’s favourite sons. The late Laurent Fignon, who died of cancer in August last year, first rose to prominence as an amateur with the famous US Créteil club, and a plaque in his honour was unveiled in the presence of family and former teammates prior to Sunday’s stage
As per tradition, the pace was relaxed as the bunch ambled out of Créteil towards Paris. The first half of the stage was a promenade towards the city centre, with Cadel Evans and his BMC squad obliging the photographers by riding at the head of the bunch, while the Australian also had time to accept the congratulations of many of his peers.
Once the Eifel Tower reared into view on the horizon, however, there was a slight but perceptible shift in attitude and focus, and the détente ended formally once the peloton hit the iconic Champs-Élysées circuit with a little under 50km to race.
After BMC had yielded their position on the front of the bunch, the attacking could begin in earnest, but on the first lap, nobody succeeded in breaking the deadlock. It took a determined sortie from Ben Swift (Sky) with 40km to go to spark the main break of the afternoon.
The Englishman was joined in his attempt by Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale), Sergio Paulinho (RadioShack), Christophe Riblon (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Lars Bak (HTC-Highroad), and the sextet took advantage of a lull in the peloton’s pace after the intermediate sprint with 35km to race to stretch their lead out to beyond 45 seconds.
At that sprint, Cavendish delivered an ominous warning to the peloton by careering clear to take the points on offer for 7th place, while his lead-out man Mark Renshaw squeezed out José Joaquin Rojas for 8th and furthered strengthened Cavendish’s grip on the green jersey.
With Bak sitting comfortably in the leading group, HTC-Highroad were under no obligation to lead the pursuit behind, and the break still held a 20-second lead as they reached the bell with 6km to race. In the finale, however, both Lampre-ISD and Quick Step contributed to the chase, while HTC’s train cranked into action on behalf of Cavendish.
The last survivors up front were Bak and Swift, but when they too were reeled in with a little over three kilometres to race, HTC stepped up their efforts in earnest, and a number of speculative attempts, including one from Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) were promptly snuffed out by Cavendish’s watchmen.
With Bernhard Eisel and Tony Martin setting a scorching pace along the Rue de Rivoli, there was a grim air of inevitability about the finishing sprint, and when Renshaw swung off after guiding his leader through the final sweep from the Place de la Concorde, Cavendish unsheathed a razor sharp sprint to put his rivals to the sword for the twentieth time in four years. Boasson Hagen and Greipel came closest, but they had no answer to Cavendish’s burst in the final 200 metres, while Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) had to settle for fourth, ahead of a surprising Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek).
Not content with another victory on sprinting’s most evocative stage, however, Cavendish already had another major rendezvous in mind seconds after crossing the line. “I’ve got a world championships to think about in a few months,” he warned.
The head and the legs
While Cavendish sealed the green jersey, Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was crowned king of the mountains, French revelation Pierre Rolland (Europcar) carried off the white jersey and Garmin-Cervélo secured the teams classification.
Results :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 2:27:02
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
3 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
10 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
15 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
17 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
19 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
20 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
22 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
23 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
25 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
27 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
28 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
29 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
31 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
32 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
33 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
34 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
35 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
37 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
38 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
41 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
44 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
45 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
47 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
48 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
49 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
50 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
51 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
52 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
54 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
56 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
57 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
58 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
59 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
60 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
62 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
66 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
69 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
71 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
72 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
73 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
74 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
75 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
76 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
77 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
78 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
79 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
80 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
81 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
82 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
83 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
86 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
87 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
89 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD
91 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
92 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
93 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
95 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
96 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
97 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
98 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
99 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
100 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
101 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
102 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
103 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
105 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
106 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
107 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
108 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
110 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
111 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
112 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
113 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
115 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
116 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
117 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
118 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
119 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
121 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
122 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
124 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
125 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
126 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
127 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
128 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
129 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
130 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
131 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
132 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
133 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
134 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
136 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
137 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
138 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
139 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
140 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
141 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
142 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
143 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
144 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
145 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
146 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
147 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
148 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
149 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
150 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
151 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
152 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:33
153 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
154 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
155 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
156 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:35
158 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
159 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:36
160 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:00:38
161 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:00:48
162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:00:59
163 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
164 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
165 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:01:32
166 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD
167 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:01:43
Final General Classification :
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 86:12:22
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:34
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:30
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:20
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:57
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:55
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:06:05
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:23
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:08:15
10 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:11
11 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:43
12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:29
13 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:16:29
14 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:18:36
15 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:21:20
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:26:23
17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:27:12
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:27:14
19 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:28:54
20 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:32:41
21 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:33:04
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:36:54
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:42:26
24 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:42:48
25 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:43:06
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:46:23
27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:50:28
28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:52:25
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:53:16
30 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:56:46
31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:00:48
32 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 1:03:58
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:05:09
34 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:08:28
35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:12:58
36 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 1:14:40
37 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:14:42
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:14:51
39 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 1:22:04
40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:24:21
41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:25:25
42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:25:37
43 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1:27:43
44 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 1:30:56
45 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:31:48
46 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:34:06
47 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:34:51
48 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:35:18
49 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:37:57
50 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 1:39:58
51 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:43:47
52 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 1:43:49
53 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 1:44:39
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:44:41
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:44:45
56 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:45:16
57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:46:09
58 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:47:02
59 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD 1:51:08
60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 1:51:19
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:52:21
62 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:53:22
63 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:54:11
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:56:12
65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:58:43
66 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:59:47
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 1:59:56
68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:03:15
69 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:03:56
70 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:06:35
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:07:26
72 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 2:09:24
73 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 2:10:05
74 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:11:51
75 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:12:28
76 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:14:56
77 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 2:17:27
78 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 2:17:58
79 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:18:19
80 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 2:22:54
81 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 2:24:29
82 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:25:49
83 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 2:27:12
84 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 2:27:13
85 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:27:28
86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 2:28:27
87 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:29:24
88 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:29:47
89 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:30:09
90 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 2:31:34
91 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 2:31:47
92 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 2:32:00
93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD 2:35:45
94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:36:14
95 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2:36:26
96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 2:37:25
97 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 2:37:37
98 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 2:41:04
99 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:41:41
100 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:47:07
101 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 2:47:49
102 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 2:49:23
103 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:49:37
104 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 2:49:49
105 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 2:53:50
106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 2:53:59
107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 2:54:20
108 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 2:55:25
109 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 3:00:00
110 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:00:04
111 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:00:44
112 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 3:00:59
113 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:01:51
114 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:03:47
115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 3:04:47
116 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 3:06:29
117 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:07:07
118 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:07:10
119 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 3:07:31
120 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 3:08:34
121 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:08:41
122 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:10:19
123 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 3:10:36
124 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:11:47
125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 3:13:43
126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:13:44
127 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 3:14:15
128 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
129 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 3:14:29
130 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 3:15:05
131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:15:12
132 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 3:15:39
133 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:16:00
134 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 3:16:38
135 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:16:58
136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3:17:11
137 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 3:18:07
138 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:19:46
139 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 3:20:02
140 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 3:20:07
141 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:21:39
142 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 3:22:32
143 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:23:30
144 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 3:26:22
145 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3:28:00
146 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 3:29:04
147 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 3:29:07
148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:29:20
149 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:30:17
150 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 3:30:22
151 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 3:30:35
152 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:31:30
153 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD 3:31:42
154 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 3:33:25
155 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 3:34:37
156 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:35:04
157 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3:36:53
158 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 3:38:13
159 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3:38:32
160 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:38:34
161 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 3:39:56
162 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:43:17
163 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 3:44:00
164 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3:44:08
165 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 3:45:26
166 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 3:54:35
167 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:57:43