Tour de France 2014 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

July 12, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 8 – Tomblaine – Gérardmer La Mauselaine : 161 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.

Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) claimed victory on stage 8 of the Tour de France while Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) withstood the attacks of Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) on the final climb to La Mauselaine to retain his lead in the general classification.

Kadri’s win was the first by a home rider in this year’s race and came after he infiltrated a five-man breakaway 35 kilometres into the stage. The Frenchman dropped his breakaway companions on the Col de la Croix des Moinats with 25 kilometres remaining, and held off the yellow jersey group over the final two climbs to take the win.

“I’m really, really happy,” Kadri said. “It’s an amazing feeling that I have right now. I’d like to thank my team. I told them that I wanted to go for it, straight from the start, just go to the end. I wanted to be in the escape. It’s was a day that suited me and I’m delighted for what’s happened.”

The rain-soaked finale was marked by the fierce pace-setting of Contador’s Tinkoff-Saxo team, who whittled the yellow jersey group down to just twenty or so riders ahead of the 1.8km haul to the line. The unfortunate Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) fell victim to a crash on the preceding descent and lost over two minutes to his overall rivals, while the group then fragmented under Contador’s forcing in the final kilometre.

Contador made several attempts to attack Nibali, but the Italian tracked each move until the final 50 metres. Contador eventually finished the stage in second place, 2:17 down on Kadri and three seconds up on Nibali. Richie Porte (Sky) battled well to take third at 2:24, just ahead of Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr).

“The final climb was explosive and better suited to Alberto,” Nibali said. “I felt good and I controlled the situation by staying on his wheel, but in the final metres I was in too high a gear and I lost a few seconds.

“Alberto is the most dangerous rival but there’s Richie Porte, who was just behind us today and Alejandro Valverde, who I saw pedalling well today.”

How it unfolded

After a fast and furious opening at a blistering 51kph average, where no attacks managed to gain traction, Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling) and Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma Quick Step) finally managed to break free after 35 kilometres of racing. They were joined shortly afterwards by Simon Yates (Orica-Greenedge), Adrien Petit (Cofidis) and Kadri.

Bart de Clerq had abandoned the race by then, a loss to his Lotto-Belisol leader Jurgen van den Broeck. A crash victim earlier in the week, De Clerq had ridden with pain in his ankle for days and on Saturday the pain finally proved too much. With IAM Cycling’s Matthias Frank not starting because of a broken femur, the peloton was down to 184 riders.

On the relatively flat route towards the finale, Chavanel, Terpstra, Kadri, Petit and Yates amassed a lead of over eleven minutes on the peloton where Nibali’s Astana team controlled affairs. Going into the final 25 kilometres, where three categorised climbs awaited the leaders, it was Chavanel who was the first to attack the break on the second category Col de la Croix des Moinats. Kadri bridged up to his compatriot and then left him on the 7.6 kilometre climb.

Over the top, Kadri took five points and the virtual lead in the mountain classification but his mind was already on a bigger goal. Chavanel followed at 50 seconds, while the 27-year-old had a lead of 4:30 on the peloton where Tinkoff-Saxo was now doing the majority of the work. Rafa Majka, Michael Rogers and Nicolas Roche paced Alberto Contador but Nibali was glued to the wheel of the Spaniard as rain began to fall steadily over the Vosges.

“Certainly we took the race by the horns, we took advantage of the strong team we have. When you have a great leader like Alberto, it makes it a lot easier. We have a special group, and when we work together, we’re really strong,” Rogers said.

Kadri’s lead on the first of the chasers, Chavanel, kept growing as he tackled the Col de Grosse Pierre, a 3-kilometre climb with sections of 13%. Going into the final 1.8-kilometre climb, Kadri maintained his lead on the dwindling peloton, which had by now lost Talansky to a crash on the descent of the Col de Grosse Pierre. The American lost over two minutes on Nibali and drops to 16th place in the overall.

Kadri’s biggest victory to date was Roma Maxima in 2013. The 27-year-old, who has been with Ag2r-la Mondiale since joining the team as a stagiaire in 2008, also won a stage in the Route du Sud in 2010.

As the Frenchman crossed the line victoriously in the gloom of La Mauselaine, the climb above Gérardmer, Chavanel, Terpstra and Yates were each caught by the yellow jersey group. Contador forced the pace and Nibali followed, but Porte, too, managed to hang tough and moves up to third overall, 1:58 down on Nibali.

“It was a good day for us. It would have been nice to hang with Nibali and Contador, but it’s not really my sort of climb. It puts us in a good position. The next days will be hard, but I’m happy with how today went,” Porte said.

Nibali’s overall lead is now 1:44 over his teammate Jakob Fuglsang, while Alberto Contador moves up from 16th to 6th overall, and trails the Italian by 2:34.

Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) limited his losses on the top three of the overall despite having to let the first group go on the second category climb Col de Grosse Pierre. The Polish Omega Pharma Quick Step rider takes over the white jersey from Peter Sagan (Cannondale), who finished outside the top five for the first time in this Tour. The Slovak retains with green jersey with a lead of some 111 points over Bryan Coquard (Europcar).

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

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