Tour de France 2012 – Stage 04 [FULL STAGE]

July 4, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 4 – Abbeville – Rouen : 214,5 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.

Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) opened his account at the 2012 Tour de France with a sprint victory in Rouen. The German came off the wheel of lead-out man Greg Henderson and powered to the stage win ahead of Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) and Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano).

However, the build-up to the sprint was marred by a crash with 2.5km remaining as several sprinters hit the tarmac, including world champion Mark Cavendish (Sky). Bernhard Eisel, Cavendish’s teammate and Robbie Hunter (Garmin-Sharp) also hit the deck, with Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) lucky to escape the carnage.

But Lotto made their own luck, controlling the peloton through the final few kilometres and delivering Greipel to a winning position. It drew memories of HTC’s former dominance, not just in the fact that five of Lotto’s current cast came through the Highroad ranks but also in their efficient nature. While they assumed the mantle of responsibility the other sprinters, including Cavendish, were left fighting for their positions.

“I’m so happy today. I am so happy to have those guys on my side, such strong riders to lead me out. This is what we wanted to reach today, winning a stage,” Greipel said at the finish.

Greipel, it must be noted, was the only top level sprinter to pass on competing in the intermediate sprint but Peter Sagan consolidated his lead in the battle for green with a sixth place in Fécamp. He also navigated through the crash to finish 5th on the stage, just one place behind Matthew Goss, who was never able to come on terms with his ex-teammate. Sagan now leads the race for green with 147 points with Goss next on 92.

The top of general classification remains unchanged as Fabian Cancellara continues in the yellow jersey with a seven-second lead over Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).

Battered riders welcome calm start

After yesterday’s chaos came the calm, with a 214 kilometre stage from Abbeville to Rouen. With no wind and only four fourth categorised climbs the peloton was in no mood to see a repeat of yesterday’s events. So there was little surprise when a three-man break, comprised of Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar), Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) and David Moncoutie (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne), was allowed to escape.

With no GC threat in the break’s ranks the trio was allowed to build its lead to over 8 minutes while the bunch meandered along the French coastline. RadioShack-Nissan, with Cancellara in yellow, was obliged to keep the gap in check and dutifully set tempo on the front.

At the back of the bunch Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) and Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) nursed their broken bones, riding in single file with the sole ambitions of finishing. The gradual pace was a godsend.

At the intermediate sprint in Fécamp, Arashiro took the maximum points but the race behind briefly came to life when the peloton approached. Cavendish showed a clean pair of heels to Goss and Renshaw, with Sagan sweeping up a consolatory 9 points. Greipel’s absence from the action was an ominous sign, though, and in his post-stage press conference he confirmed that the battle for green was of no interest.

With RadioShack-Nissan having performed the majority of the chase work it was the sprinters’ teams who finished off the break’s last ray of hope with 8.5 kilometres to go. FDJ-Big Mat, Katusha, Orica GreenEdge and Lotto Belisol showed their intentions while Sky and Rabobank briefly sat back.

An immediate counter-attack containing Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), only seven seconds off the race lead of Fabian Cancellara, plus Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) gained a small advantage, but this trio, too, was neutralised with 3.5 kilometers to go.

And then the crash: Cavendish, Eisel and Hunter were among those involved, the Austrian left with a gash on his forehead, while the world champion was left sitting on the French tarmac, his stage hopes and green jersey aspirations almost over.

Sagan and Cancellara avoided the bodies and bikes but the peloton was shattered to pieces. Argos-Shimano, Lotto Belisol and Orica GreenEdge had virtually intact lead-outs but Lotto, with Henderson, Hansen, Roelandts and Sieberg, had the survivors in check.

“We had Lars [Bak] up at the front working,” Hansen said at the finish. “Towards the end there was a bit of a climb and Lars held his position well. Then we had Jelle doing the climb. Then from the top of the climb, it was my job to keep them in front, using the guys from the other teams and sitting on them, always keeping a good position and then I let go about two and a half and there were two guys behind me from different teams and that was good. And behind them there was Sieberg, Roelandts, then Greg did his work and André finished it off. It was perfect.”

Goss and Petacchi, the latter racing without a final lead-out man, were left to fight it out for Greipel’s rear wheel but this was textbook Greipel. Often he can go missing in the messy sprints but if delivered to the final 200 meters he is Cavendish’s closest rival. Petacchi made a late surge on the German’s right but it wasn’t enough, the Italian no longer the sprinter he once was.

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

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 20:04:02
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 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:24
19 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
20 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
21 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
23 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:26
24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:28
25 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:29
26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
27 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:35
28 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:37
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
31 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:38
32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
33 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:40
34 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:00:42
35 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
36 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:00:43
37 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:45
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
39 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:47
40 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:48
41 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:53
42 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
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 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:41
51 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:01:42
52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:55
53 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:02:03
54 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:09
55 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:22
56 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:27
57 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:02:29
58 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:40
59 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:46
60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:52
61 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:54
62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:59
63 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:03:08
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:17
65 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:18
66 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:03:34
67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:44
68 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
69 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:50
70 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:01
71 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:03
72 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:04:04
73 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
74 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:04:10
75 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:14
76 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:15
77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:18
78 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:04:21
79 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:30
80 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:04:47
81 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:58
82 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:59
83 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:05:07
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 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:19
110 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:08:28
111 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:32
112 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:34
113 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:35
114 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08:36
115 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
116 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:46
117 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:08:47
118 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
119 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:48
120 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:08:49
121 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:56
122 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:08:59
124 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:13
125 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:42
126 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:47
127 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:09:50
128 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:09:56
129 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:57
130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:03
131 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:10
132 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:16
133 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:17
134 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
135 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:10:22
136 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:25
137 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:30
138 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:36
139 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:10:45
140 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:53
141 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:57
142 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:11:05
143 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
144 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:07
145 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:20
146 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:11:33
147 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:38
148 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:43
149 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:11:45
150 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:50
151 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:51
152 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
153 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:11:59
154 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:12:02
155 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:11
156 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp
157 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:12:14
158 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
159 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:12:21
160 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:12:32
161 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:12:45
162 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:12:52
163 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:54
164 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:12:55
165 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:12:59
166 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:13:00
167 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:04
168 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:13
169 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:26
170 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:13:38
171 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:13:43
172 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:13:56
173 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:14:33
174 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:14:48
175 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:14:51
176 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:41
177 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:56
178 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:57
179 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:16:07
180 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:17:42
181 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
182 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:18:03
183 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:18:26
184 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:18:59
185 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:19:10
186 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:19:12
187 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:19:41
188 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:20:02
189 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:21:07
190 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:21:51
191 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:22:53
192 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:26:14
193 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:26:39
194 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:32:43
195 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:35:03