Tour de France 2014 – Stage 05 [FULL STAGE]

July 9, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 5 – Ypres – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut : 155,5 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.

It was a day of a hundred stories, and Lars Boom’s victory in Arenberg was as good as any, but stage 5 of the Tour de France will surely be remembered as the day Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) placed a significant early down payment on final overall victory, and the day Chris Froome’s title defence came to a sudden, shuddering halt.

Rain was general all over Flanders and northern France on Wednesday, and that conditioned the racing even from before the start in Ypres. Two of the planned nine sectors of cobbles were removed from the parcours by the race jury, and the greasy conditions then proceeded to end Froome’s Tour even before the first cobbled section.

The Briton crashed not once but twice in the early exchanges. Froome remounted gingerly after the first incident 35 kilometres in, but the second crash, shortly before the Carrefour de l’Arbre, saw him abandon the race with a suspected broken wrist.

The terrible beauty of the Tour, however, is that it waits for no man, not even the defending champion, and once on the cobblestones, Nibali, the current wearer of the yellow jersey, set about ensuring that his hold on the overall lead might just be a lasting one.

As he showed during the attritional opening week of last year’s Giro d’Italia, one of Nibali’s great attributes is his calm in an emergency and the Sicilian showed admirable sangfroid here. The seven sectors of pavé felt like fresh circles of Hell for the majority of the overall contenders, but Nibali avoided a place among the damned, negotiating the cobbles with considerable confidence, aided by a strong Astana squad.

“It was a tremendous stage. I almost crashed three times but I got through with a bit of luck and a bit of ability. We also got our tactics right by putting [Lieuwe] Westra in the early break and then [Jakob] Fuglsang was just exceptional,” Nibali said.

Nibali finished the stage in third place, 18 seconds down on Boom, but having made huge gains on every single one of his rivals for victory in Paris. Froome apart, the man who struggled and lost the most was Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff), who now trails Nibali by 2:37 on general classification. Richie Porte (9th overall at 1:54), Andrew Talansky (11th at 2:05), Tejay van Garderen and Alejandro Valverde (both at 2:11) fared only slightly better, and they have been left with a mountain to climb.

“Unfortunately, crashes are part of cycling too. I counted the cost of one myself at the Giro in 2010, on the strade bianche at Montalcino,” Nibali said of Froome’s misfortune. “I’ve taken a nice advantage today but I’ll have to keep my feet on the ground. And, of course, Alberto is still someone I’ll have to keep a close watch on.”

In the overall standings, Nibali leads Fuglsang by two seconds, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) by 44 and Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) by 50, but it is his lead over Contador that will please him the most.

Contador lost contact with the Nibali group on the second sector of cobbles with 52 kilometres still to race, and he reached Arenberg 2:54 down on Boom. In spite of his disappointment and his deficit, the Spaniard looked to strike an optimistic note at the finish.

“I had blocked gears because they were full of mud and I couldn’t not use them so I lost lots of time,” he explained. “But the important thing is that I haven’t fallen off. Nibali did well – he was in exactly the right place at the right time.”

Legion of Boom

Another man with an exquisite sense of timing – and the legs to match – was the stage winner Boom. Together with teammate Sep Vanmarcke, Boom’s forcing on the cobbles at Ennevelin forced the winning split, and he avoided the pitfalls thereafter to remain part of the leading group as crashes and punctures whittled it down to just 15 men in the final 20 kilometres.

When Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) allowed a gap to open behind the Astana locomotive on the penultimate sector, Boom quickly closed the gap, divesting himself of the dangermen Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek) in the process. Outnumbered three to one, he allowed Westra to burn himself up before smartly jumping away from Nibali and Fuglsang with 5 kilometres to go on the mud-slicked pavé at Wallers.

“On section two, I saw the guys from Astana had a gap, I think because Kwiatkowski had a flat tyre, so I jumped across the gap,” Boom said. “I made it and then my plan was to jump away on the last sector, and that’s how it worked out.”

Boom made light work of the cobbles to win the stage at a startling average speed of 47 kilometres per hour, but it took the final finishers over half an hour more to come to the end of their suffering. “For sure it was a special day and a heroic day, with the wind, the rain, the cobbles and the mud,” Boom said.

Lars Boom (Belkin) on the cobbles

Early attrition

The news that two sectors of cobbles had been removed from the course ought to have been a source of relief to many, but instead it only seemed to exacerbate the existing nervousness in the peloton. Long before hostilities began on the cobbles, the combination of greasy roads and jitters saw a spate of early crashes. Arnaud Démare (FDJ.fr), André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Marcel Kittel (Gianti-Shimano) were among the many fallers, but the unfortunate Froome would prove to be the day’s only abandon.

The day’s early break was no échappée bidon, containing Westra and world time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), as well as Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Mat Hayman (Orica-GreenEdge), Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp), and Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r-La Mondiale). Though they, too, were not immune to crashes – Martin, Dumoulin and Acevedo all hit the ground at various points – the strongmen of the group had sufficient reserves to stay clear until the final 30 kilometres.

In anticipation of the first cobbled sector, the overall contenders’ teams began to marshal their riders to the front, but it was Sagan’s Cannondale squad who seized the initiative approaching the Carrefour de l’Arbre, splitting the peloton on its entry to the Hell of the North.

In Dante’s Inferno, the damned are judged at the entry to the second circle of hell by Minos, who indicates their place in the underworld by circling his tail about him. On the second sector of this particular vision of hell, it was a vicious turn from Belkin’s Sep Vanmarcke that decided the fate of many of the overall contenders. Nibali, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol), Kwiatkowski and – initially – Talansky could follow, but Contador, Valverde and company were damned to spend an afternoon chasing their tails.

Talansky and Van Den Broeck lost contact with the Nibali group after going off the road at Bersée with 41 kilometres remaining, by which point Contador was already 45 seconds down and beginning to flounder. Nibali himself narrow avoided disaster when his teammate Maxim Iglinskiy fell in front of him, but his deft sidestep was a sign, perhaps, that his was to be a blessed day.

With 28 kilometres to go, the Nibali group caught the remnants of the day’s break, including the irrepressible Westra, and his pace-making helped to whittle the front of the race down to a crew of just 16 hardy survivors. Boom – and Vanmarcke, until a puncture dashed his hopes in the finale – was especially active every time they hit the cobbles, and with 20 kilometres remaining, Contador trailed by almost two minutes.

While Astana continued to drive on the front, there was not total cohesion among the leaders, with Sagan and Cancellara clearly concerned by one another and worried too, perhaps, by the presence of four QuickStep riders in the group. It continued to fragment and reform on the run-in until the Astana trio and Boom punched their way clear with 11 kilometres remaining to carve up the honours between them.

Behind, a strong Garmin-Sharp delegation was attempting to help Talansky regain contact, while Geraint Thomas put in a fine shift in support of Richie Porte. Contador, meanwhile, had Tejay van Garderen, Valverde and Bauke Mollema (Belkin) for company in a large group that seemed simply too unwieldy to coax into a cohesive pursuit.

By contast, Nibali was pedalling with remarkable fluidity. After struggling through the early part of the season, the Italian has found his form on the grandest stage of all. And, on the evidence of his three confident days in yellow to to date, Nibali will carry the burden of leadership lightly.

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

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