Tour de France 2014 – Stage 02 [FULL STAGE]

July 6, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 2 – York – Sheffield : 201 km

The 101st Tour de France is a special occasion for Great Britain with Yorkshire hosting the Grand Départ in Leeds on July 5 and Chris Froome looking to defend the title he won last year and make it three British wins in a row. From Great Britain, the race makes an excursion into Belgium to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War and visits the pavé of Paris-Roubaix and heads south, skirting the Eastern frontier of France as La Grand Boucle makes its way across the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees in a finely balanced route with ample opportunities for the sprinters and just one individual time trial. The reintroduction of cobbles, last seen in 2010, will ensure a more anxious first week than the peloton is accustomed too, while the first three British stages of the Tour aren’t as straight forward as they seem. With a brief foray into the Alps, the visit of the Pyrenees in the third week will decide the 2014 Tour de France champion with the solitary time trial, a leg busting 54km, the final roll of the dice for the likes of Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali.

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was the surprise winner on stage two of the Tour de France after jumping clear from a group of favourites with a late attack. The Italian champion also took over the race lead, as he finished the stage two seconds ahead of Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) and Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQS).

Overnight leader Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) was unable to survive the day’s nine climbs and was dropped on the stage with Nibali’s two second lead enough to move him into yellow and head of Peter Sagan (Cannondale).

There were multiple attacks on the final climb, Jenkin Road, with Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, and Tejay van Garderen all featuring. Pre-stage favourite Peter Sagan carefully marked a number of attacks but he had no answer when Nibali attacked inside the final two kilometres.

The Italian established a small gap on his rivals and despite another late effort from Froome and world champion Rui Costa, he had enough to seal the win and Italy’s first yellow jersey since 2009.

Nibali called it a “wonderful victory! It pays me off for all the sacrifices. The beginning of the season has been a difficult one for me but I’ve trained hard with my team-mates for the Tour de France and my confidence is now boosted by the two victories I just got, at the Italian championship and here today.”

It was also Nibali’s first Tour stage win, and the first stage win by an Italian national champion since 1999.

Kittel had never been seriously expected to defend his race lead, but was able to hang on to the lead group until the fifth of the day’s nine climbs. He fell back into the grupetto, finally crossing the finish line over 15 minutes down.

“Despite 3,000 altitude metres I had a good time on the bike,” said Kittel after the stage. “The fans were incredible, there are no words for that and it was an awesome day. I was in front and there were so many people I just yelled at them to tell them to be even louder pretending like I couldn’t hear them – I thought I lost my hearing.”

Welcome to Yorkshire

The peloton took off from York without Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) who was forced out of the race after a crash near the end of the first stage left him with a serious shoulder injury. He was at the start, his arm in a sling, as he briefly talked to the media before departing.

The break of the day formed almost straight after the flag was dropped with Matthew Busche (Trek Factory Racing), Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar), David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Team NetApp-Endura), Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) and Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) going clear. Bart de Clerq (Lotto Belisol) soon made contact, to make it seven leaders.

The peloton seemed happy with this group and let them go, with Giant-Shimano relaxed at the front. The gap peaked at just over three minutes and was hovering around the two minute mark at the day’s only intermediate sprint.

The break didn’t contest the sprint but it was more fast and furious when the peloton came by with Bryan Coquard (Europcar) taking it ahead of Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) and Peter Sagan (Cannondale).

There were a number of minor crashes along the way, with even yellow jersey Kittel hitting the deck at one point.

Lemoine had taken the one point on offer at the first climb, the Blubberhouses. Quemeneur was determined to grab the two points at the second climb, so he took off and picked them up in a solo move, with Lemoine getting the one point for second place.

The third climb, Hebden Bridge, saw huge crowds, and also Lemoine taking the points ahead of de la Cruz. That put the Frenchman in a tie with Jens Voigt for the KOM, and there were still six more climbs to go. The gap was again around the two minute mark.

That climb looked to have been the cue for the field to wake up though and the gap soon dropped to one minute and then kept falling.

As they started up the day’s only category 2 climb of Holme Moss Greipel was spotted dropping off the back with 62km to go, and yellow jersey Kittel was the next to go.

The attacks start

Thomas Voeckler then attacked. Most of the break had been reeled in as the Europcar rider caught the only remaining rider, Kadri, but the AG2R rider crested the climb alone, while Voeckler was joined by Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), who took second on the climb.

The peloton was 1:15 back and Kittel over three minutes down, having also punctured.

Voeckler and Edet moved back into a high-powered chase group, which also included Tony Martin (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Marcus Burghardt (BMC) and Cyril Gautier (Europcar), less than 30 seconds back.

Sagan was over a minute back in the peloton and slowly realized that such riders as Martin and Burghardt could prove dangerous to his dreams of a stage win and the yellow jersey. Cannondale turned up the speed and caught themwith Kadri captured soon after.

Garmin-Sharp then moved to the head of the field, as they led up the day’s sixth climb, the Midhopestones. Tom-Jelte Slagter and Andrew Talansky took the few points available on the category three climb.

The increased tempo and the continuous climbing took its toll. The lead group, headed by Garmin, held only some 20 to 30 riders, including Froome and Contador. With 30km to go, Froome sent his teammates to the front to take control.

The last four climbs were bunched fairly close together. Climb number seven, Bradfield (cat. 4), saw Sky move to the front again and drive towards Oughtibridge.

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) took the two points, and Ag2r’s Jean-Christophe Peraud the next point, as they pulled away from the field.

The French duo continued their attack on the descent, sensing an opportunity.

Sky, Cannondale and BMC were up front in the chasing group. Peraud was caught first, and Rolland hung desperately to his slim lead, taking 14 seconds into the final 10km. He was caught within 2km.

One more climb remained, Jenkin Road, topping out with 5km to go. Only a category four, it nevertheless seemed destined to play a role.

Orica Green-Edge took over the lead work, working for Michael Albasini, but Cannondale wasn’t going to let this one get away. Then Contador moved to the front, with Nibali and Froome right behind him.

Froome attacked as they neared the top, catching his rivals by surprise. Van Garderen led the others back up to him, but the Sky rider was first over the climb.

Fuglsang took off on the descent, with Froome then leading the chase to neutralize him.

Attack followed attack, with Sagan marking them all. With 2km to go, Nibali jumped and quickly pulled away. Porte and Sagan looked at one another in the chase, but it appeared that no one could organize anything to catch the Italian champion. By the time the group turned up the speed again, it was too late and Nibali pulled off the upset.

Results :
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 5:08:36
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin – Sharp
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
14 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
16 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
18 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
19 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
20 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky
21 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
22 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:16
23 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
24 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre – Merida
25 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
28 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
29 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
30 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
31 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
32 John Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
34 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling
35 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
36 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale
37 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:35
38 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
39 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
41 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
42 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
43 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
44 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale
45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
46 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
47 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
48 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
49 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
50 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:56
51 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:01:19
52 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
55 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
56 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:01:45
57 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge
59 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
60 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Garmin – Sharp
61 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:02:34
63 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:02:42
64 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale
65 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura
66 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:03:40
67 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge
68 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge 0:04:34
69 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
70 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
71 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:05:46
72 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lampre – Merida 0:06:34
74 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team
75 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:07:05
76 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:08:40
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
78 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:10:31
79 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
80 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale
81 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
82 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
83 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
84 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
86 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
87 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
88 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
89 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
90 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin – Sharp
91 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
92 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
93 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre – Merida
94 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
95 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
96 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
97 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 José Serpa (Col) Lampre – Merida
99 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling
100 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
101 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team
102 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
103 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
105 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
106 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
107 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
109 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team
110 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:03
111 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:48
112 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Edward King (USA) Cannondale
115 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
116 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
117 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
118 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
119 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
120 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
121 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
122 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
123 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
124 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
125 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
126 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
127 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
128 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp
129 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol
130 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
131 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
132 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
133 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
134 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
135 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
136 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
137 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
138 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
139 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
140 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
141 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha
142 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
143 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
144 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge 0:15:39
145 Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge
146 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
147 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura
148 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
149 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
150 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
151 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
152 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
153 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge
155 Jesus Alberto Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
156 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura
157 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
158 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
159 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
160 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
161 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
162 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
163 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale
164 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:18:33
165 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:19:50
166 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
167 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
168 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
169 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
170 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
171 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
172 José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
173 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Sharp
174 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Sharp
175 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
176 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano
177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
178 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
179 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
180 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
181 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
182 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
183 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
184 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
185 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
186 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
187 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale
188 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
189 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano
190 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol
191 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha
192 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
193 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky
194 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
195 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling
196 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida 0:22:22
DNF Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
DNS Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 9:52:43
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 0:00:02
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
13 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
16 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
17 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky
19 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
20 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
21 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin – Sharp
22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:16
23 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
24 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
25 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
27 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
28 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
30 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre – Merida
31 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
32 John Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
33 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
34 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
35 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling
36 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:35
37 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
39 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
40 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
41 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
42 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
43 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
44 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
45 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
47 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
48 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale
49 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:56
50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:01:19
51 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
52 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
53 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
54 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
55 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Garmin – Sharp 0:01:45
56 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
57 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
58 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
59 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge
61 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 0:02:21
62 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:02:34
63 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:02:42
64 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura
65 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale
66 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:03:40
67 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge
68 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge 0:04:34
69 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
70 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
71 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:46
72 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
73 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:06:34
74 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lampre – Merida
75 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:07:05
76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:08:40
77 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:31
79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling
82 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
83 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre – Merida
84 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
85 José Serpa (Col) Lampre – Merida
86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
87 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
89 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
90 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin – Sharp
91 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
92 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
93 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
94 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
95 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
97 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
98 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team
99 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale
100 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
101 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
102 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team
103 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
104 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
105 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
106 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
107 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
108 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:03
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:12:25
110 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol 0:13:00
111 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 0:14:48
112 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
113 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
114 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
115 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
116 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
117 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
118 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
120 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
121 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
122 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
124 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
125 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
126 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
127 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
128 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
129 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha
130 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp
131 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
132 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
133 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
134 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
135 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
136 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
137 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
138 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
139 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
140 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
141 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:15:08
142 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:15:39
143 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale
145 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
146 Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge
147 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
148 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
149 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
150 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
151 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge
152 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge
153 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
154 Jesus Alberto Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
155 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
156 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
157 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 0:16:16
158 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 0:17:09
159 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura
160 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
161 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 0:17:17
162 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:17:54
163 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura 0:18:50
164 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:19:50
165 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Sharp
166 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
167 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
168 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
169 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
170 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Sharp
171 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
172 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
173 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
174 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
175 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
176 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
177 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
178 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano
179 José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
180 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
181 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
182 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
183 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale
184 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:20:55
185 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 0:21:20
186 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:21:40
187 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
188 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 0:21:55
189 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:22:15
190 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol 0:22:19
191 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 0:22:29
192 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano 0:23:27
193 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:23:37
194 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:28:42
195 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:33:59
196 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida 0:36:31