Tour de France 2012 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

July 9, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 9 – Arc-et-Senans – Besançon (ITT) : 41,5 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.

Team Sky stamped their authority on the Tour de France with a commanding display in the 41.5-kilometre time trial to Besançon. Race leader Bradley Wiggins won in a time of 51:24 with teammate Chris Froome in second at 35 seconds. The result moved Froome up to third in the general classification and strengthened Wiggins’s grip on yellow.

Defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) lost time at each time check point before finishing 6th, 1:43 behind Wiggins. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale), who started the day in third place overall, managed to limit his losses, finishing in 8th, 2:07 down on Wiggins, and now lies 4th in the race for yellow.

“I’m just really pleased with how I put the day together, mentally, too. The noise when I rolled off the ramp was incredible and not letting that phase me and not going out too hard. So I’m just really satisfied with how I put the whole day together an that’s what I’ve been focusing. So at the moment it’s just relief and pride in myself for doing that,” Wiggins said.

“When I get back tonight, that when you start thinking about the context of how it fits into the whole Tour and everything. Numbers are being thrown around, you got this on Cadel, this on him but at the moment it’s a lot to take in.”

Heading into the stage BMC had hoped to limit their losses to less than a minute but after just a few kilometres of Evans’s ride Wiggins was up on the 2011 winner. At the first time check, 16.5km into the stage, Wiggins cruised through at a time of 21:05, five seconds up on Froome but already over a minute up on Evans. The Sky pair obliterated the time of Fabian Cancellara and from there Evans began a campaign of damage limitation.

At the second time check at 31.5 kilometres it looked to be working with Wiggins only adding 19 seconds to his time on the Australian but by the finish the British rider had extended his lead to 1:43, the exact time gap between the two riders posted at last month’s Dauphine.

Earlier in the day, world time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) cut a sorry figure on the start ramp in Arc-et-Senans. With a wrist strapped due to a broken bone the German was perhaps riding his last stage in this year’s Tour but his luck, which as deserted him throughout the race, was in no mood of changing, and within the first few kilometres suffered a puncture. Despite the misfortune Martin posted the fastest time at each check point to take an early but incomprehensive lead.

Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) put Martin out of his misery setting a time 39 seconds faster at the first check, and 1:19 quicker at the finish. However, when French time trial champion Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) came through the first check just a handful of seconds down on the Swiss rider, it was clear that the former world time trial champion was far from firing on all cylinders.

It wasn’t until Tejay van Garderen (BMC) came through the first check three seconds faster that it was confirmed that Cancellara would not repeat his prologue success. The American, riding in just his second Tour, looked at ease over the testing first part of the course, catching Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) for three minutes and going fastest at the second check. Although he tired by the finish, crossing the line nine seconds down on Cancellara, the RadioShack-Nissan rider’s position was in the line of fire.

By now the GC contenders, Froome included in that echelon, were on the road. The Kenyan-born rider, who beat Wiggins in an individual time trial at the Vuelta last September, stormed to a 24-second lead at the first check. Denis Menchov (Katusha), in his Russian national time trial champion’s kit, could only manage 7th with Nibali in 10th and Evans 12th. Wiggins was still to reach the 16.5km mark but his rhythm and speed looked on course, and he crossed the check point five seconds faster than Froome.

Sky’s Froome was looking almost as assured as Wiggins in his time trial position, out of the saddle on the rolling terrain, and faster than Van Garderen at the second check point. Wiggins came in 16 seconds faster than Froome, cementing his position as Sky’s undoubted leader in the race.

Menchov crossed the line, then Nibali, but both were off the pace and looking set to lose over two minutes. Froome meanwhile had crushed Cancellara by 22 seconds with just Evans and Wiggins left on the road.

Having gained 35 seconds on Froome, 1:43 on Evans and over 2 minutes on his nearest rival Wiggins will be greatly satisfied with his day and tomorrow’s rest day will give the British rider time to let the events sink in. The Tour is far from over but Wiggins has landed a heavy blow.

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

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