Tour de France 2013 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

July 6, 2013

Tour de France 2013 – Stage 8 – Castres – Ax 3 Domaines : 195 km

The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one race stages and covered a total distance of 3,403.5 km (2,115 mi).

Chris Froome put his stamp on the Tour de France, claiming the win in the first high mountain stage of this year’s race. He soloed to finish at Ax 3 Domaines after a five kilometer solo flight to claim not only the stage but also the leader’s yellow jersey. It was a double win for Team Sky, as Richie Porte finished second at 50 seconds, with Alejandro Valverde taking third at 1:08.

Most of the other favourites suffered and showed weaknesses on the climb in high summer temperatures. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was the best of the bunch, with Belkin’s Bauke Mollema and Laurens Ten Dam putting in surprisingly strong performances, but Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, and Cadel Evans all lost much time.

“I couldn’t be happier,” said Froome after the stage. “It has been a nervous week leading up to this.” He thanked his teammates and said that he wanted to win today “to pay them back.”

Froome now leads the race by nearly minute over Porte, with Valverde third at 1:25 down. Mollema and Ten Dam jumped to fourth and fifth, with Kreuziger one spot ahead of his captain in sixth, both with a time of 1:51. Former race leader Daryl Impey lost 7:50 and dropped out contention in 31st place overall.

It was an impressive show by Froome, who along with Porte, appeared not to struggle at all on the closing climb, when compared to the rest of the field. One by one, Froome’s rivals dropped back, but the two Sky riders pedaled along easily and quickly.

Contador lost a surprising 1:45, with Schleck at 3:34 down and Evans losing more than four minutes. It was a brutal shake-up of the GC and the favourites on only the first real climbing test.

How it unfolded

It was a hot and sunny day for the opening mountain stage beginning in Castres. Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) attacked just as the flag was dropped for the stages’s sharp start, and was soon joined by Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun), Christophe Riblon (AG2R) and Rudy Molard (Cofidis). Their gap soon jumped to nine minutes on the flattish opening two-thirds of the stage.

The only interesting happening in the early part of the stage came at the day’s only intermediate sprint at km 119.5. The four escapees took the top points but there was quite the sprint out of the field. Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) took the honours of fifth place, followed by green jersey Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).

That sprint seemed to mark the beginning of the serious racing. Sky moved up towards the front for Froome, as did Belkin for Bauke Mollema and Saxo-Tinkoff for Contador. The gap started to come down as they all started up the gradual ascent towards the race’s first hors categorie climb, the Col de Pailhères.

With just under 50km to go, the gap at the two minute mark and the actual ascent still to come, Hoogerland attacked out of the lead group – but without success.

The foursome had only a 1:06 lead when the climb officially started, and almost immediately Riblon attacked in hopes of repeating his success of the last time the Tour de France used this route for a stage finish in 2010. Hoogerland and Marino gave chase, while Molard was not up to the challenge. The Frenchman quickly built up a lead over his former escape companions, while at the other end of things, the sprinters and other non-climbers quickly started forming the gruppetto.

Robert Gesink of Belkin was the first to attack out of the peloton. He quickly pulled away, as the three former escapees faded back into the field. Inevitably, the next to attack was Thomas Voeckler of Europcar.

Many big names were dropped, including Damiano Cunego (Lampre Merida). The group got smaller and smaller, with yellow jersey Daryl Impey struggling to hang on to the end of the field. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the next to launch an acceleration, and he soon caught Voeckler, who was struggling, and left him behind.

Quintana moved easily up to Gesink, and soon dropped the Dutchman. With 34 km to go, he also caught Riblon, but by this time the chase group, which contained about 30 riders, was only some 45 seconds back.

That wasn’t enough for Quintana, who continued to ride smoothly and easily, and dropped Riblon. Former mountains classification leader Pierre Rolland (Europcar) was the next to attack out of the field, and was soon followed by Igor Anton (Euskaltel). Rolland passed Riblon before the mountain ranking, as did Anton, and eventually, the chase group.

Meanwhile, Quintana, who had been given the OK by team captain Alejandro Valverde to keep going, was one of the few who looked comfortable on the climb.

Froome, Cadel Evans (BMC), Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff), and Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) were amongst those still in the first chase group, while Tejay van Garderen (BMC) was dropped surprisingly early.

The passage was lined with fans all the way to the top, and Quintana crossed over with a 27 second gap over Riblon. Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel) was the next, a few seconds ahead of the chase group at 55 seconds.

Quintana lost time on the descent, perhaps looking to make it up again on the closing climb. There was no chance to catch one’s breath, as that next climb started again almost immediately. In fact, Rolland caught him at the bottom, with the Froome group only 22 seconds back. but the Colombian again pulled away on the closing climb. Evans, Schleck, Dan Martin and Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) were the next victims, both riding alone and being dropped.

That left about 10 riders in the Froome group with some 6.5km to go, including Froome, Contador and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana). But the Dane was one of the next to be dropped, along with Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha).

Five riders – Froome, Valverde, Contador, Porte and Kreuziger – were left. Contador was difficulty keeping up with the Sky train, which not so slowly had rolled its way up to Quintana.

The Colombian was caught with 5 km to go, as Contador, Kreuziger and Valverde dropped back. That was the cue for Froome to attack, and away he went. Quintana tried to hold on to his wheel, but soon dropped back to Porte.

Evans was going backwards, passed by rider after rider. Up front, Valverde had fought his way up, giving Porte the impulse to take off. Contador still had Kreuziger with him, but their gap to Froome was getting larger and larger.

With 2 km to go, Froome continued on alone, pushing hard to build up as much of a lead as possible, knowing that his rivals were weakening. Porte rode happily behind him, looking back occasionally to make sure the was still ahead of the others.

Contador had many problems, falling further and further back, but Froome just flew along, with plenty of time for a joyous celebration at the finish.

Results :
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 5:03:18
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:51
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:08
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:10
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:34
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:45
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0:02:06
12 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:28
13 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:34
15 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
16 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
19 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:03:04
20 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:27
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:03:34
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:47
23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:04:04
24 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:08
25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0:04:11
26 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:13
27 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:04:54
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:05:00
29 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
30 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:00
31 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:06:30
32 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:07:29
35 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:07:50
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
38 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
39 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:08:15
40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
41 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:08:32
42 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun
43 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:08:57
46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:13
47 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
48 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:15
49 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:20
50 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:09:31
51 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:54
52 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:11:05
53 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:11:09
54 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:12:12
55 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
56 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:15
57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:19
58 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:14:27
59 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
60 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:15:35
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:17:47
62 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
65 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
67 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
69 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
70 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:18:37
71 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
72 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
74 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:20:23
75 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:21:38
76 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:46
77 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:22:16
78 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha
79 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
80 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:12
81 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling
82 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
83 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
84 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
85 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp
86 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
87 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
88 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
89 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
90 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
91 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
92 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:24:24
93 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:25:39
94 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:29:02
95 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
96 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
98 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
99 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
100 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
101 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
103 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr
104 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun
105 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
106 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
107 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
108 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
112 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
115 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
116 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
117 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
119 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:29:08
120 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:29:12
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
123 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
124 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
125 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
126 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
127 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
128 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
129 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
130 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp
131 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
132 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
133 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
134 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun
135 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
137 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
139 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
140 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
141 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
142 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
143 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
146 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
147 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:30:15
149 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
150 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
151 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:31:15
152 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
153 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
154 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
155 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
156 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
157 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
159 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
160 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
161 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
162 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
163 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
164 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
165 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
166 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
167 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
168 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
169 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
170 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
171 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
172 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
173 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
174 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
175 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
176 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
177 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
178 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol
179 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
180 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
181 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
182 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
183 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
184 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
185 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 0:31:37
186 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
187 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0:38:45
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida

General Classification after Stage 8 : 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 32:15:55
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:51
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:25
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:50
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:51
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:02
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0:02:31
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:02:40
11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:45
12 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:02:48
13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
14 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:55
15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:06
16 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:25
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:27
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:29
19 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:03:30
20 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:35
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:04:00
22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:04:10
23 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:36
24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:57
26 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:09
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:05:26
28 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:06:20
29 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:39
30 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:07:40
31 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:07:42
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:07:48
33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:07:55
34 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:08:15
35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:08:29
36 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:08:40
37 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:08:49
38 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:09:11
39 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:09:19
40 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun 0:09:39
41 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:45
42 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:53
43 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:30
44 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:38
45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:15:00
46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:15:43
47 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:15:48
48 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:16:41
49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:16:50
50 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:35
51 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:18:01
52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:18:21
53 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:00
54 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 0:23:15
55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:23:29
56 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:23:46
57 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:24:02
58 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 0:24:32
59 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:25:03
60 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:27:01
61 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:27:43
62 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:06
63 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:28:07
64 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:28:31
65 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:28:57
66 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:28:59
67 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:29:25
69 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:29:27
70 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:29:38
71 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:29:44
72 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:30:06
73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:29
74 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:31:39
75 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:32:51
76 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:33:06
77 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:33:21
78 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:34:00
79 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:34:31
80 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:35:21
81 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:37:24
82 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:37:42
83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:37:53
84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:38:36
85 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:38:46
86 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 0:38:50
87 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:39:22
88 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:40:01
89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:40:06
90 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 0:40:11
91 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:41:29
92 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:42:37
93 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:43:28
94 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 0:44:09
95 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:44:32
96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:44:49
97 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 0:45:02
98 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:45:26
99 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:45:46
100 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:46:27
101 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:46:35
102 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:46:40
103 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:47:00
104 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 0:47:37
105 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:48:11
106 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 0:49:16
107 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:49:28
108 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:50:36
109 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 0:50:45
110 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:51:10
111 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:51:52
112 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:51:56
113 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:52:01
114 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:52:56
115 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 0:53:23
116 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 0:53:38
117 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:55:35
118 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:55:37
119 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:55:43
120 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:56:31
121 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0:58:32
122 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:58:52
123 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:00:01
124 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:01:08
125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:01:09
126 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:01:23
127 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 1:01:36
128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:02:19
129 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:02:38
130 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:03:13
131 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:04:17
132 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:04:34
133 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 1:05:41
134 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:05:43
135 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:07:06
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:07:10
137 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:08:22
138 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 1:09:20
139 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:09:30
140 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 1:10:15
141 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:10:31
142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:11:04
143 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:11:39
144 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:11:44
145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:11:49
146 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 1:12:43
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:12:50
148 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:13:05
149 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 1:13:30
150 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:13:37
151 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:13:50
152 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:14:05
153 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
154 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:14:14
155 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:15:00
156 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:16:44
157 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:16:48
158 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 1:16:59
159 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:17:10
160 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 1:17:34
161 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:17:39
162 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:19:09
163 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:20:54
164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:21:01
165 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
166 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 1:21:59
167 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:22:08
168 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:22:16
169 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:22:24
170 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 1:22:32
171 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
172 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:23:44
173 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:24:43
174 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:24:44
175 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:25:30
176 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:25:31
177 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:25:37
178 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:26:06
179 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1:26:33
180 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:26:36
181 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 1:28:08
182 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:28:34
183 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:28:48
184 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:28:49
185 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:29:03
186 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:31:41
187 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:32:18