Tour de France 2012 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

July 8, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 8 – Belfort – Porrentruy : 157,5 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.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) pulled off a famous home victory in stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de France. The Tour’s youngest competitor passed leader Frederik Kessiakoff (Astana) with 17km to race and launched a bold attack that left him with enough of a gap to hold off a host of big name challengers who pursued him intensely, but ultimately in vain, over the final kilometres. There were ecstatic scenes of jubilation from the home fans and from Pinot’s team as he crossed the line with 26 seconds to spare.

Cadel Evans (BMC) took second place ahead of Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan). Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins kept his GC rival Evans comfortably in his sights and retained the yellow jersey with his fourth placed finish.

“Those were the longest ten kilometers of my life,” Pinot said afterward. “When I saw 10km to go and the peloton was coming back, I was really afraid.”

Pinot was able to take advantage of having a teammate in the breakaway all day, and he dedicated the victory to Jeremy Roy. “When Jeremy [Roy] was away I wasn’t really riding, and then he truly sacrificed himself for me. I’m really happy.”

The young Frenchman looked set to take over the white jersey from Cofidis’s Rein Taaramae, but the Estonian battled back to come in 2:21 behind the winner to save his best young rider classification.

Pinot was overjoyed with his stage victory, but played down his chances for the overall classification. “Tomorrow my legs will really hurt so I have no real plans for the rest of the Tour, I will take it day by day.”

The tone for the 157km stage, which contained a grand total of seven categorised climbs, was set very early on as Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) led an early break of ten riders. Within a few kilometres Voigt was on his own but a few minutes later he was passed and dropped by Roy.

As Roy ploughed a lone furrow up the road, 60km in there was a major crash involving three Spaniards – Samuel Sanchez, Jorge Azanza (both Euskaltel-Esukadi) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). In the end it was Sanchez who came off worst, with the 2008 Olympic road race champion having to withdraw with injuries that include a broken collarbone and a dislocated shoulder. It will take a miracle for him to be declared fit to defend his Olympic title in London at the end of this month.

Meanwhile, further up the road, Roy was caught by Kessiakoff with just over 80km to go and the two men worked together to build a healthy lead over the rest of the pack. Pinot then made his first significant move of the afternoon, attacking from the main peloton and forming part of a large 22-man group that went off in chase of the two leaders.

Shortly before the fifth categorised climb of the day – the Cote de Saulcy – Pinot launched a successful bid to bridge the gap to the leading duo, joined by Kevin de Weert (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) and Steven Kruiswijk (Rabobank). Kessiakoff responded immediately and attacked, opening up a lead that peaked at 1:45 and one that he would hold until well inside the final 20km.

Pinot and Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan) burst clear of the pack and Pinot eventually proved the stronger, passing Kessiakoff with 17km left – just at the top of the final Col de la Croix climb. He then made a daring bid for the winning line on the fast descent into Porrentruy, chased by some of the race’s biggest favourites. Evans, Wiggins, Nibali, Menchov and Frank Schleck were amongst the names that went off in hot pursuit of the youngster.

With these stellar names bearing down on him, it would have been excusable if such a relatively inexperienced rider buckled. But the 22-year-old, who rode through his home town on yesterday’s seventh stage, held his nerve impressively and had time to savour the final 200 metres before celebrating what is easily the biggest win of his highly promising career to date.

As for Wiggins, he find himself in a commanding position – tomorrow’s stage is a 41.5km individual time trial that should play to his strengths. But as he revealed on the Team Sky website after the finish, today’s stage wasn’t as easy as he had anticipated.

“That stage was a lot harder than I expected it to be,” he said. “The boys were incredible again today and really marshalled the race. They set us up to be able to go with the others on that last climb.

“Early on we had to wait to let the right break go, and that took a long time and a lot of work. We were racing from the off and that didn’t stop for two hours really. The peloton was decimated and it was a tough day for a lot of people. We’re still in a fantastic position after this first week and that’s two tough days down now. We’ve got a time trial ahead of us now and then a rest day.”

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

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