Tour de France 2012 – Stage 15 [FULL STAGE]

July 16, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 15 – Samatan – Pau : 158,5 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.

For the second time in three years, Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ-BigMat) has won a Tour de France stage finishing in Pau. This go round in 2012 the cagey Frenchman triumphed in a two-man sprint from Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) as the duo left their four breakaway companions behind 6.5km from the finish.

Twelve seconds in arrears, stage 10 winner Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) outkicked Nicki Sörensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) for third. Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) crossed the line in fourth, 21 seconds back, while Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) was the sixth and final member of the break to finish in Pau, 1:08 behind Fedrigo.

Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol), on his 30th birthday, led in the peloton for seventh place nearly 12 minutes behind the break. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) finished comfortably in the peloton and remains in the yellow jersey as the Tour de France heads into its second rest day. The top of the general classification remains unchanged as Wiggins’s teammate Chris Froome holds second overall at 2:05, followed by Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) in third at 2:23.

The six-man escape formed with approximately 98km remaining after a very spirited opening two hours of racing in which numerous attacks were neutralised. Fédrigo, Vande Velde, Dumoulin, Voeckler and Devenyns were the original attackers in the race-winning move, while Sörensen joined after a lengthy pursuit. The peloton seemed keen to finally let off the gas and the escape’s lead quickly escalated.

After a couple of hours of smooth rotations in the break, cooperation finally came to a halt at the head of affairs with 10.5km remaining as Sörensen launched the first salvo. His attack was quickly chased down, but the Dane punched the accelerator yet again two kilometres later only to be shut down immediately, with Dumoulin leading the pursuit.

The cat-and-mouse tactics continued with Voeckler the next to make a dig, but the Europcar Frenchman was heavily marked by his break-mates and brought back into the fold.

It would be Fédrigo, very familiar with the streets of Pau and the run-in to the finish from his victory three years prior from a break, who finally split the escape permanently with 6.5km remaining. An attentive Vande Velde quickly bridged across while none of the remaining four wanted to be the first to initiate the chase. Voeckler and Sörensen would eventually band together in pursuit, but the stage had been lost.

Already a three-time Tour de France stage winner, Fédrigo added a fourth to his palmares as he handedly dispatched of Vande Velde in the two-man sprint at the stage conclusion. It was an emotional win for the 33-year-old Frenchman as he was unable to compete in last year’s Tour due to health issues which threatened his career. The 2011 season was a dismal one for Fédrigo as he contracted Lyme disease in the spring but didn’t have it diagnosed until late July. After a course of antibiotics, he bounced back in the fall months and set his sights on returning to the Tour once again.

When will the early break form?

The classic transition stage between Samatan and Pau, covering a lumpy 158.5km with a trio of minor categorised climbs in the latter portion, started furiously as competition was intense regarding who would get the blessing of the peloton for the early escape.

It appeared that a break containing Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), David Millar (Garmin-Sharp), Andriy Grivko (Astana), Rui Costa (Movistar) and Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) had the requisite composition and horsepower to make its mark on stage 15, but despite a concerted effort their advantage was pegged at a tenuous 15 to 20 seconds for kilometre after painful kilometre. Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank’s Juan Jose Haedo and Karsten Kroon attempted to bridge and soon the lead group more than doubled in size as more riders bridged the gap. All cohesion at the front disappeared, however, leading to the escape’s demise.

Finally, not long after gruppo compatto at 98km to go, a five-man escape formed which would ultimately snap the elastic of the peloton. The break was comprised of Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne), Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ-Big Mat) and Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quickstep).

Not wanting to miss the opportunity to vie for stage honours, Nicki Sörensen (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) attacked the peloton and began a lengthy chase to make contact with the leaders before they rode off into the sunset. While a truce was called in the peloton and the break’s lead ballooned rapidly, Sörensen seemingly was making no progress to bridge across the gap with his deficit pegged at 30 seconds. After approximately 20km of chasing, however, the Dane finally reached the leading quintet and slotted into the rotation.

Lotto Belisol put some riders on the front of the peloton for a short while, perhaps thinking about an opportunity for Andre Greipel to add a fourth win to his 2012 Tour de France palmares on his birthday, but the teams of the sprinters soon conceded the day to the break. Sky resumed its place at the head of the peloton content to let the escapees speed onwards to Pau unfettered.

As Thomas Voeckler led the lead group over the day’s third and final categorised climb, the category 4 Côte de Monassut-Audiracq with 28.5km to go, the sextet’s advantage over the peloton topped 10 minutes and continued to grow. A fatigued peloton, smarting after an opening two hours raced at full-gas and the cumulative exhaustion of two weeks of racing, had already lost several riders, unable to hold the wheels and subsequently abandoning, and simply tapped out the kilometres at a moderate tempo on one of the Tour’s hotter days thus far.

It was now a battle of wits, nerve and tactical savvy amongst the six leaders as to who would rule the day and the former French champion Fédrigo ultimately delivered his FDJ-BigMat squad its second victory of the 2012 Tour.

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

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