Tour de France 2012 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE]

July 7, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 7 – Tomblaine – La Planche des Belles Filles : 199 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.

In shades of the 2011 Vuelta a España, Christopher Froome led a doubly successful stage for Team Sky on the first mountaintop finish of the 2012 Tour de France. He was the only one who could match and top Cadel Evans (BMC) in the brutal final 100 meters of the climb up La Planche des Belles Filles in the seventh stage. Evans was second, with Sky’s Bradley Wiggins third.

Fabian Cancellara fought long and hard but had to drop back on the climb. Wiggins thus moved into the overall lead. Evans is now second at 10 seconds, with Vincenzo Nibali third at 16 seconds, as the top ten was tossed around.

“It wasn’t the plan to go for the stage, it was just keeping Brad up there,” said an overjoyed Froome. “But we came to see the climb previously and I knew what the finish was like. I thought, ‘I’m there, I’ve got the legs, why not give a kick and see what happens?’ I gave it a nudge and couldn’t believe when Cadel didn’t follow my wheel.”

The end result was the icing on the cake of a dominant performance by Team Sky, who drove the pace and whittled down the field on the newest climb in the Tour. They dropped several big names along the way, due to either crash-related injuries, mechanicals or simply an inability to stay with the high speed set mainly by Edvald Boasson Hagen, Michael Rogers and finally Richie Porte.

In the end, Froome and Wiggins led the high-powered group with Evans and Nibali into the final kilometer. The Froome-Wiggins combination was a familiar one from the 2011 Vuelta a Espana, and once again Froome showed his superior climbing abilities. Evans was the first to jump from the group as the gradient eased, and only Froome could go with him. As the road kicked up again, Froome passed the Australian to claim his first Tour de France stage victory.

“I was expecting someone to surge on that flat bit, and Cadel came through. I jumped onto his wheel. I could see him slowly hurting as the climb got steeper. that was fantastic for us. Having Bradley right there 2 seconds behind, We couldn’t ask for more. It puts the team in a fantastic position going forward.

“I’m speechless. That was a dream come true. I never thought of winning a stage here. I’m chuffed to bits.”

Wiggins was equally breathless. “It’s an incredible feeling to have done what we’ve done and it hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said on the team website. “It sounds corny but this is something I’ve dreamt of since I was a child – sat on the home trainer in Kilburn watching my hero Miguel Indurain do it. Those dreams have come true now and I’m sat here at the top of a mountain in yellow. It’s phenomenal.”

Evans was equally amazed by the young Briton. “Froome was incredible – he rode the front the last 3km or something and he was able to follow me and accelerate past me.”

The Australian conceded that the better men and the better team had won.”We could have taken a more aggressive role in the race, but when you see [Wiggins] has three guys with him and I’ve got one or I’m isolated already, what can you do?

“It was a category 1 climb but there were some flat sections, and when you have teammates you’re at a greater advantage. It might be a different case on a more consistent gradient. It showed the strength of their team.”

While the main battle played out between Evans and Froome for the stage win, Vincenzo Nibali and Rein Taaramae had minor victories of their own, becoming the only other riders to hang onto the front of the race. The Cofidis rider moved into the white jersey of best young rider after Tejay Van Garderen was dropped early in the climb, while Nibali moved into third overall, now 16 seconds behind Wiggins.

With his stage win, Froome also displaced Michael Morkov as best climber, while Peter Sagan padded his lead in the points classification in the intermediate sprint.

A reduced field

There were 12 fewer riders at the start of the seventh stage, four of them having abandoned during Friday’s stage. All eight DNF’s today were victims of the many crashes in the sixth stage, including Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal. They were soon enough joined by Anthony Delaplace of Saur-Sojasun.

About 20 km into the stage, an escape group formed and got away: Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Christophe Riblon (AG2R), Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank), Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank), Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana), Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), and Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge). The gap reached a maximum of about six minutes before settling in at around five and a half minutes.

The only excitement in the first half of the stage came at the intermediate sprint. Orica-GreenEdge looked to determined to take the remaining points for Matt Goss, but the team seemed to have started its jump far too early. In the end, Peter Sagan of Liquigas sailed on by the Australian to add to his lead.

The first two climbs of the day – the Col de Grosse Pierre and the Col du Mont de Fourche (both category three) – did nothing at all. The seven leaders rolled right over them, although on the approach to the latter, Sanchez complained about the fans running alongside.

The gap finally started coming down for good with about 40 km – and the final category one climb – to go. As the road went up and the gap went down, more and more sprinters and injured riders fell back.

The Planche de Belles Filles was an unknown factor, as it was making its Tour debut. The 5.9km closing climb featured an average gradient of 8.5 percent, with sections up to 13 percent, and the final 100 meters at 14 percent.

Garmin was suffering the loss of three riders, with others having dropped back, but those remaining riders spent much time at the front of the field. They were finally replaced by Bosson Hagen, who led the capture of Gautier, the first rider to fall out of the lead group.

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) suffered a mechanical with about 11km to go, and had to race hard to try and catch the field again. Adam Hansen was there to help him, but it was a long haul. Alejandro Valverde punctured shortly thereafter, so another top rider had dropped out of the main field.

Boasson Hagen put up such a speed that the field split. And only moments after starting the final climb, the lead group was caught. But the brutal pace and the new climb did their work, as more and more riders suffered, including Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Philippe Gilbert (BMC) ad Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).

With five km still to climb, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) had to bid farewell to the lead group, the overall lead and his yellow jersey. Only a small group went into the final four km – but neither Fränk Schleck nor Andreas Klöden was among them.

In there, though were Wiggins, Evans, Nibali, Boasson Hagen, Froome, Richie Porte, Rein Taramaae and Denis Menchov.

Froome, who proved himself in last year’s Vuelta a Espana, took over from Boasson Hagen and pulled the increasingly smaller group up the final climb. Even Menchov fell back with less than two km to go.

Froome, Wiggins, Evans, Nibali and Taaramae went together unter the flamme rouge. Evans moved into the lead with 400 m to go and the sprint started. Taaramae was dropped it was Froome who made his move on the 14% gradient to take the win, with Evans taking second and Wiggins third.

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

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