Tour de France 2012 – Stage 20 [FULL STAGE]

July 22, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 20 – Rambouillet – Paris Champs-Élysées : 120 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 (Team Sky) became the first Briton to win the Tour de France, taking the title of the 2012 Tour as he crossed the finish line on the Champs-Élysées Sunday afternoon. The final stage ended with the usual mass sprint, as Mark Cavendish easily took his fourth straight closing stage win. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), one of the stand-outs of the Tour, took second, with former Cavendish helper Matthew Goss of Orica-GreenEdge third.

Wiggins stood atop the podium with a gap of 3:21 over his most dangerous rival, Sky teammate Christopher Froome. Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas-Cannondale rounded out the podium, finishing third at 6:19 down.

It was a historic moment for the British rider, who spent the entire race in first or second place overall. He stamped his authority on the race with two time trial victories, winning against the clock on stages 9 and 19 to assure himself of the title. The only rider really able to challenge him was his teammate and lieutenant, Froome.

“I’ve had 24 hours for this to soak in and today we were just on a mission to finish the job off with Cav,” said Wiggins on the team website. “So job done and what a way for him to finish it off. I’m still buzzing from the Champs-Elysees.

“I’ve got to get used to going into the history books now, but I’m just trying to take everything in today first. It’s very surreal at the moment because this type of things [usually] happens to other people. You never imagine it happening to yourself.”

Cavendish was jubliant with his stage win. “It’s incredible what we’ve achieved today – what a team. We got a one and two on GC but still we were riding to control things on the Champs-Elysees. It was an honour to have the yellow jersey leading me out. Bradley told me he’d go full gas to the last kilometre and then Edvald (Boasson Hagen) led me into the last corner. The finish couldn’t have been more perfect – no better end to this Tour,” he said on the team’s website.

“It’s an incredible achievement for the team. Four years ago we said we were setting out to win the Tour, but we haven’t just done that, we’ve got second place as well and a handful of stages. Seven stages have been won by British guys this year so that’s one in three – not a bad stat.”

Rush to the finish on the Champs-Élysées

The final stage followed its usual pattern, as the riders relaxed in the sun and in anticipation of successfully finishing the hard three weeks. There were even two category four ranked climbs in the first third of the race, with KOM Thomas Voeckler of Europcar picking up another point at the first one. The relaxed atmosphere only lasted until the sprinters could sense the approaching Champs-Élysées, and the racing then started.

Two of the older riders, Christopher Horner (RadioShack-Nissan) and George Hincapie (BMC), who is retiring this season, were allowed to lead the way over the finish line as the field hit the Champs Elysees. They were then replaced by veterans Jens Voigt (RadioShack) and Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD), with a small group forming later around them.

Rui Costa (Movistar), Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Sebastien Minard (AG2R), Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol), Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Jean Marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun), Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank), Bram Tankink (Rabobank) and Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) built up a lead of up to 30 seconds on the closing circuit.

Sky led the chase for Cavendish to claim his fourth straight victory on the Champs Elysees, but as things progressed, they were joined by Liquigas riding to set up Peter Sagan. The lead group eventually fell apart, leaving only Minard, Voigt and Costa at the front.

The trio fought valiantly but never really had a chance, and with about 3 km to go, were caught. Shortly before that, a crash in the middle of the field took out two riders: Hondo and Mikael Cherel (AG2R).

None other than the yellow jersey Wiggins himself led the field under the flamme rouge for the final kilometer of the 2012 Tour. He peeled off to let Edvald Boasson Hagen make the final lead-out for Cavendish. Once the Manxman was in the wind on the finishing straight, there was no doubt as to his victory.

Wiggins rides to the top

Wiggins was never far from the top of the race, spending the entire race in either first or second place. He finished second in the race’s prologue, three weeks ago, only seven seconds behind winner Fabian Cancellara. Wiggins successfully avoided the mass crash in the sixth stage, which took out a number of riders and put an end to the hopes of several contenders.

He made his move, though, on the race’s first mountain stage. On stage seven, which featured the first mountaintop finish, Team Sky prepared the way for Wiggins by taking control of the stage and putting down a blistering pace the whole way. By the time they approached the final climb up La Planche des Belles Filles, the two Sky riders led the small group of favourites, dropping Cancellara along the way. Defending Tour champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) jumped first, Froome caught and passed him for the stage win, but Wiggins caught up to cross the finish line in the same time as the Australian, and took over the yellow jersey, which he never gave up.

As expected, Wiggins really won the Tour in the time trials. He won both of them, with Froome second in both. Even four-time World time trial champion Cancellara couldn’t come close to him in the first time trial. But it was the second time trial, held yesterday, which really sealed the matter. Wiggins covered the rolling 53.5km over a minute faster than Froome.

Wiggins and Froome quickly became an inseparable pair, although there were often indications that Froome was unhappy with the relationship. The younger Briton was obviously the stronger rider on the climbs, and showed his impatience at being held back by his captain. He went public with his indignation at not being allowed to win the Tour, before belatedly realizing it was better to say nothing.

The jerseys

Wiggins and Cavendish were not the only winners of the day, though. Peter Sagan of Liquigas-Cannondale took the green jersey for the points classification, having won three stages. He also fought to take points at the intermediate sprints and made a reputation for his victory celebrations, ranging from the Hulk to Forrest Gump. It was in incredibly impressive Tour debut for the 22-year-old Slovakian.

Thomas Voeckler claimed the King of the Mountains classification and its polka-dot jersey. He wrestled it away from Astana’s Fredrik Kessiakoff with his first of two stage wins, in the 16th stage. The Europcar rider aggressively defended it through the remaining few stages.

Best young rider was 23-year-old Tejay van Garderen. The 23-year-old American riding for BMC Racing Team finished his second Tour in fifth place, eleven minutes down, but six minutes ahead of the second-best young rider, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat).

Team RadioShack-Nissan went from the high of Fabian Cancellara’s prologue win to the low of Fränk Schleck leaving the race under suspicion of doping, and along the way managed to win the team title.

Hincapie says adieu

A long-time popular rider took his final bow in the Tour. George Hincapie of BMC Racing Team finished his 17th Tour at 38th overall, an hour and a half down. Over the years, he rode in support of nine winners: Lance Armstrong (seven times) and Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans (once each).

Hincapie wore the yellow jersey for two stages in 2006, and won a total of four stages, three of which were team time trials. But perhaps his most important victory was winning the heart and hand of podium girl Melanie Simonneau.

The sprinters

All eyes were on Mark Cavendish at the Tour, but from even before the race it was clear that it would be difficult if not impossible for Sky to support both Wiggins and Cavendish. The reigning world champion got the short end of the deal, but by the end of the race, he, too, was doing his share to support the team leader and sacrificing his own chances. Cavendish ended up with three wins, as did Greipel and Sagan.

Cavendish was overshadowed this year by none other than former teammate Andre Greipel, whom he once said could win only “little shit races.” The Lotto Belisol rider put that to the test, and took three sprint wins. Equally impressively, he finished second to Sagan on the sixth stage after crashing twice and having a suspected dislocated shoulder, which fortunately proved not to be so.

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

Final General Classification :
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 87:34:47
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 0:15:41
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:15:49
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:26
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:16:33
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 1:08:26
30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:09:19
31 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:15:21
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 1:27:52
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 1:32:19
40 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 1:34:33
41 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:37:57
42 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:38:37
43 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 1:38:41
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 1:41:35
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 1:43:53
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 1:52:34
57 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:55:30
58 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:57:39
59 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 1:57:45
60 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:58:38
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 2:05:43
65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:06:32
66 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2:10:17
67 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:11:36
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 2:16:15
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 2:21:56
77 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 2:22:02
78 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:23:09
79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:24:35
80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 2:24:46
81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 2:25:29
82 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 2:26:43
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 2:29:01
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 2:37:56
88 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 2:40:47
89 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:41:14
90 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:41:44
91 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 2:41:50
92 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 2:46:04
93 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 2:46:14
94 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2:46:51
95 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 2:47:03
96 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 2:48:05
97 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:50:31
98 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:51:34
99 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 2:53:11
100 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 2:53:26
101 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 2:53:35
102 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2:53:52
103 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano 2:54:13
104 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2:55:04
105 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:55:24
106 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp
107 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:56:02
108 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 2:56:21
109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 2:56:27
110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:57:20
111 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:57:29
112 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 2:57:58
113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano 2:58:15
114 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:58:41
115 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3:02:57
116 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:03:38
117 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 3:04:30
118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:04:39
119 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 3:06:27
120 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 3:06:55
121 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 3:08:29
122 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:08:57
123 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 3:09:02
124 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 3:13:06
125 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
126 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3:16:38
127 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 3:17:07
128 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:17:16
129 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 3:17:44
130 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:18:11
131 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:18:20
132 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 3:19:36
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 3:25:08
138 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano 3:26:43
139 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 3:26:58
140 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 3:27:28
141 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 3:27:49
142 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 3:28:36
143 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 3:28:56
144 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:31:24
145 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 3:38:24
146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 3:38:48
147 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 3:40:01
148 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano 3:40:37
149 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:42:31
150 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 3:50:12
151 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 3:54:45
152 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3:57:04
153 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 3:57:36