Tour de France 2012 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE]

July 3, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 3 – Orchies – Boulogne-sur-Mer : 197 km

The 2012 Tour de France is set to get underway in Liège on June 30 with a prologue and then two stages in Belgium before the race crosses into French territory for the remainder of the race. The route favors the time trialists over the pure climbers this year, with more than 100km of racing against the clock on tap. This puts Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) at the top of the favorites’ list, but there are still a few opportunities for the featherweights to put in a challenge.

Peter Sagan danced his way to his second Tour de France win in stage 3 to Boulogne-sur-Mer. The Slovakian champion and green jersey holder unleashed his powerful acceleration in the final hundred meters, distancing Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), who held on for second over Peter Velits of Omega Pharma-QuickStep. A fourth place finish was enough for RadioShack-Nissan’s Fabian Cancellara to hold on to his overall lead.

The final climb saw a large group going up for the win in a difficult situation. Oscar Freire of Katusha was squeezed in the dash for the line by a Vacansoleil rider, and set off a crash. It was mostly contained on one side of the road, holding up a number of riders already out of contention for the stage, but all were given the same time as the main bunch. Held up was Denis Menchov (Katusha), Bradley Wiggins and his Sky Procycling teammate Chris Froome. The latter toppled into the barriers but emerged unscathed.

The day was marked by climbs and crashes in the last half of the day. Garmin-Sharp suffered the worst luck of the bunch, although Ryder Hesjedal overcame a late-race puncture to regain the front group and ultimately finish the stage in 12th, the rest of the team’s climbers – Dan Martin, Christian Vande Velde and Tom Danielson, in addition to sprinter Tyler Farrar, were held up by a large crash in the final 20km and never regained the front of the race.

Team Sky lost one important helper in Kanstantsin Siutsou, who abandoned after a crash, as did Movistar’s sprinter JJ Rojas.

Mørkøv strikes again

Once again, all 198 riders were at the start in Orchies, with the race having finally moved into France. It took only five kilometers for the day’s group to form. Andriy Grivko (Astana), Giovanni Bernaudeau (Europcar), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sebastien Minard (AG2R) and Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) took off and quickly built up a gap of 5:40 by km 30. That was enough for the field, and it soon came down to under five minutes.

It was a return appearance for Mørkøv, who has been in the escape group for all three road stages. He took the mountain jersey in the first stage and gathered points one by one in the first two stage to hold on to it.

With some 107km to go, RadioShack got help with the chase. Sylvester Szmyd of Liquigas turned up at the head of the field, an obvious signal that Peter Sagan would be looking for his chance in the difficult last half of the stage.

The first half of the stage was nearly dead flat, and the field was happy enough to roll along, keeping the break group on a long rein, knowing that the fireworks would come soon enough.

The break group rolled right under the intermediate sprint banner as if it were not there, but things were different behind them.

GreenEdge led the charge for the intermediate sprint, and it was a wild sprint. Mark Cavendish looked like he was boxed in but as so often, managed to pull it out at the last minute. And he even turned back to have a word with Kenny Van Hummel of Vacansoleil, who had unnecessarily boxed him in.

As expected, Mørkøv took advantage of being in the lead group to grab the points at the first climb of the day.

Climbing and crashing

And as the field moved onto the narrow roads that would take them over the climbs, the crashes started. Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal was involved in an early one. Only minutes later a more serious crash took out Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky), who became the first rider to abandon the race.

With 37km to go and a gap of about 2:30, the break group kicked up the speed, and managed to drop one of their number, Bernaudeau. Mørkøv took the points on the second climb as well. The peloton picked up their speed as well, to cut the gap. Between the acceleration and the climbs, the sprinters, especially the wounded ones, started dropping off the back.

Not long there after another crash took down a number of riders, including Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge). JJ Rojas (Movistar) and Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) appeared to be injured, Rojas abandoned with an suspected broken collarbone. The crash also split the field, with many riders having a long way to go to catch up again. Even Philippe Gilbert was apparently caught up in it.

Things were frantic form there on. The lead group tried its hardest to stay away, but BMC grabbed control of the chase group and brought the gap down dramatically. Riders were desperate to get up to the front, but Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) was busy with a stuck rear derailleur and waved down the neutral support car for repairs.

Grivko and Sanchez took the next climb alone in the lead, but with only 16km to go, there were still three more to come.

Gilbert, thought to be a favourite for this stage, was stuck back in one of the chase groups, as was Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), and both were struggling.

Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) was still in the large first group, as were top race favourites Cadel Evans (BMC) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky). Peter Sagan must also have been there, as a Liquigas rider was often in the lead. And with 10.5km to go, raindrops started to appear.

At the 10km marker, Mørkøv and Grivko had only 28 seconds on the high-powered chase group, and still two more climbs to go. And at 7.3m to go, Mørkøv was caught, leaving the Astana rider alone with a minimal lead. He too was soon overtaken by the chase group.

With 5.5km to go, Sylvain Chavanel of Omega Pharma-QuickStep attacked out of the field. It was familiar terrain for the Frenchman and he popped over the last rise before a long descent, and gradually pulled away.

A roundabout with 2km to go gave Chavanel a problem, and in the peloton behind, Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde also had difficulties with it: both had to brake hard and lost ground as the final climb to the finish approached.

Chavanel retained his lead going into the final kilometer, but the thundering horde gave him no chance. Although a crash halfway up broke up the field, the powerful sprinters at the front sailed past the Frenchman.

GreenEdge’s Michael Albasini led the way up, but Sagan jumped by him and easily went on for the win, whilst behind him, Boasson Hagen and Velits struggled up the steep climb to fill out the podium.

Results :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:42:58
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:01
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Sharp
12 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
14 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
15 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
16 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
21 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
26 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
30 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
32 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
33 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
34 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
36 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
37 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
38 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
39 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
40 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
43 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
44 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
46 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
47 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
48 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:47
49 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan
50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01
51 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
52 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
54 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
55 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
56 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
57 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
58 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
59 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
60 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
61 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:58
62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:01
63 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:01
64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:15
65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:01
66 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
67 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:18
68 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:01:31
69 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
70 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:01:33
71 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01
72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:33
73 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:01
74 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:02
75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:02:08
76 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
79 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
82 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
83 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:17
84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:18
85 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:02:32
86 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:40
87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:44
88 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:26
89 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:32
90 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:33
91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:03:38
92 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:54
93 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
94 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
95 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
96 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
97 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
98 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
99 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
100 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
101 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
102 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:01
103 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:01
104 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:04:10
105 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:05:05
106 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:27
107 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
108 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
109 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:06:42
111 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:07:03
112 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
113 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
114 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:17
116 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:07:19
117 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
118 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
119 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:27
120 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
122 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
123 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
124 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
125 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
126 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
127 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
128 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
129 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
130 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
131 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
133 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
134 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
135 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD
136 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
137 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
138 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
139 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
140 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
141 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD
142 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
143 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
144 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
145 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
146 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
147 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
148 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
149 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
150 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
151 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
152 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
153 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
154 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
155 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
156 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
157 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
158 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
160 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
161 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano
162 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
163 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
164 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano
165 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
166 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
167 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:07:42
168 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:07:46
169 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:07:52
170 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:54
171 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 0:08:02
172 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:09:00
173 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp
174 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
175 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:09:11
176 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:09:30
177 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:37
178 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
179 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
180 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
181 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
182 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
183 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
184 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
185 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
186 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
187 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
188 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
189 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:16:26
190 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
191 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
192 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:16:29
193 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
194 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano
195 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano
196 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
DNF Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling
DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 14:45:30
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Sharp
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:21
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:22
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
14 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
15 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:23
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
18 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:24
19 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:26
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:28
24 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:29
25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
26 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:35
27 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:37
29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
30 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:38
31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:40
33 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:00:42
34 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
35 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:00:43
36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:45
37 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
38 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:47
39 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:48
40 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:53
41 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:54
43 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:57
44 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:00
45 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:01
46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:24
47 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:29
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:30
49 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:38
50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:41
51 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
52 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:01:42
53 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:55
54 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:02:03
55 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:09
56 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:22
57 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:27
58 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:02:29
59 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:40
60 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:46
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:52
62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:54
63 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:59
64 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:03:08
65 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:17
66 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:18
67 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:03:34
68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:44
69 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
70 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:50
71 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:01
72 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:03
73 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:04:04
74 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
75 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:04:10
76 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:14
77 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:15
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:18
79 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:04:21
80 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:30
81 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:04:47
82 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:58
83 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:59
84 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:12
85 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:16
86 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:05:24
87 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:05:28
88 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:06:00
89 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:06:20
90 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:22
91 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:06:23
92 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:06:29
93 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:06:30
94 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:32
95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:43
96 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:06:54
97 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:07:02
98 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
99 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
100 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:07:05
101 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:07:12
102 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:07:29
103 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:46
104 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:07:58
105 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:03
106 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
107 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
108 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:04
109 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:12
110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:19
111 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:08:28
112 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:32
113 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:34
114 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:35
115 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08:36
116 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
117 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:46
118 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:08:47
119 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
120 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:48
121 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:08:49
122 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:56
123 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:08:59
125 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:13
126 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:09:41
127 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:42
128 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:47
129 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:09:50
130 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:09:56
131 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:57
132 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:03
133 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:10
134 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:16
135 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:17
136 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
137 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:10:22
138 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:25
139 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:30
140 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:10:32
141 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:36
142 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:10:43
143 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:10:45
144 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:53
145 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:57
146 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:11:05
147 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
148 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:07
149 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:11:09
150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:11:33
151 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:38
152 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:43
153 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:11:45
154 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:50
155 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:51
156 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
157 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:11:59
158 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:11
159 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp
160 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:12:14
161 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
162 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:12:21
163 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:12:32
164 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:12:45
165 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:12:52
166 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:54
167 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:12:55
168 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:12:59
169 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:13:00
170 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:04
171 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:13
172 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:26
173 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:13:43
174 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:13:56
175 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:14:33
176 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:14:48
177 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:14:51
178 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:15:03
179 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:15:11
180 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:15:21
181 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
182 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:56
183 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:57
184 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:16:48
185 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:16:51
186 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:17:02
187 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:18:03
188 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:18:26
189 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:19:10
190 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:30
191 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:19:38
192 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:19:41
193 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:22:53
194 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:23:11
195 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:27:45
196 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:30:05