Tour de France 2012 – Stage 19 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

July 21, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 19 – Bonneval – Chartres (ITT) : 53,5 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.

Bradley Wiggins was in a class of his own as he claimed his second time trial victory in this year’s race and with it cleared the final hurdle on his way to becoming the first British rider to win the Tour de France. Fastest at all of the intermediate check points, Wiggins completed the 53.5km course between Bonneval and Chartres in 1:04:13, putting him 1:16 ahead of his Sky teammate Chris Froome, who consolidated his position in second place overall.

Third place on the day went to Rabobank’s Luis León Sánchez, who held the lead for a substantial part of the afternoon but ended up 1:50 down on Wiggins. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) produced another competitive performance to cement his grip on the third spot on the podium. But there was a significant change further down the top 10 as defending champion Cadel Evans finished outside the top 50 on the day to drop to seventh place overall behind Haimar Zubeldia.

As has been the case so often during this race, the day was all about Team Sky and, of course, Wiggins. “This is what I wanted to do, to go out with a bang,” said the Briton, who is set to be crowned Tour de France champion in Paris tomorrow afternoon. “The Tour isn’t over until now, but this is what I do best. I came out here in March with Sean to look at the course and I knew it would suit me.”

Wiggins has looked stronger than all of his rivals during the Tour’s final week and said that he knew from his first pedal stroke as he warmed up that he was going to perform well.

“I knew I was on it when I went down the start ramp. In the last 15-20k I knew what my advantage was and I was thinking about my wife and kids, my mum, all of the people who’ve helped me get to where I am… I know it sounds cheesy but I was thinking about the fact that I’ve spent my whole life working to get to this point – this is the defining moment. It’s all been summed up today.”

Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford, whose daily mantra has been “We’re taking it one day at a time”, acknowledged: “We can start thinking about winning this race barring accidents.”

Brailsford was fulsome in his praise for his team leader and the rest of the Sky team. “I think Brad showed today why he is the leader of this team. He smashed the best time and Froomey did the same as well. It’s good to have two guys who can top the world in a sport that, quite honestly, we weren’t all that good at not so long ago. For Brad as a British rider to win this race in a British team with a British sponsor is a fantastic achievement,” said Brailsford.

He added: “People laughed when I said that our aim was to win the Tour within five years with a clean British rider. But I wouldn’t underestimate the effect that our Olympic experience has had. But this is a different sport on a very different playing field. But today is all about Bradley Wiggins and his incredible achievement.”

Gretsch and Sánchez set early pace

Argos-Shimano’s Patrick Gretsch set the fastest time for the 53.5km course among the early starters. Almost two hours passed before Luis León Sánchez clipped 38 seconds off Gretsch’s mark, the Spaniard crossing the line in 1:06:03.

The Rabobank rider remained in pole position for another two-and-a-half hours. During that period Peter Velits came closest to Sánchez’s time, finishing 12 seconds down just as Froome and Wiggins were making their final preparations before taking to the start ramp.

There were huge cheers when Wiggins set off down the ramp. Up ahead of Wiggins, Froome and Nibali, best young rider Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) set the fastest time at the first check point, but that mark lasted just a matter of minutes. Froome went through 23 seconds quicker, then Wiggins followed another 12 seconds faster.

By the second check, Van Garderen’s fast start appeared to be taking a toll as he went through fourth fastest. However, by that point the young American had his team leader Evans in his sights and seemed to get a lift as he blasted by the defending champion. Froome also looked to be slipping slightly as he came through just four seconds faster than Sánchez. Wiggins, though, was unstoppable. Now 54 seconds up on Froome, he had his second stage win in his sights.

Wiggins fastest from first to last

Froome picked up his pace again coming into the final quarter of the test. He went through the third time check 22 seconds up on Sánchez. However, Wiggins was still pulling away. Now 1:15 up on his team-mate, he looked as smooth and faultless as ever.

At the line, Froome was not far off catching his three-minute man, Nibali, as he bettered Sánchez’s mark by 34 seconds. But Froome’s lead lasted little more than 90 seconds.

Wiggins powered relentlessly on towards the line, only sitting up out of his tuck in the very final metres to punch the air and celebrate his victory. It had been a superbly judged ride rounding off a fantastic performance over the whole three weeks. Chapeau, Brad!

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

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