Tour de France 2014 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

July 13, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 9 – Gérardmer – Mulhouse : 170 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 Tony Awards on the Tour de France’s second day in the Vosges. Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) reprised a familiar role in a new setting to solo to victory in Mulhouse at the end of stage 9, while Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol) ensured that he will wear the yellow jersey on Bastille Day after finishing in the chasing group.

The main players in the fight for final overall victory, meanwhile, called something of a truce, with the Astana team of Vincenzo Nibali leading the peloton home 7:45 down on Martin and seemingly happy to concede yellow to Gallopin, at least temporarily.

Martin went clear in the company of Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) on the descent of the first climb, the Col de la Schlucht, and then dropped the Italian on the principal difficulty of the day, the category 1 Markstein, with some 59 kilometres remaining.

The German spent nearly 150 kilometres off the front all told, on an exacting day that featured no fewer than six categorised climbs, yet he still managed to ride at a startling average speed of 40.1kph and finish 2:45 clear of Gallopin’s sizable chasing group, which had closed to a little over a minute before his attack on the Markstein.

“I knew there were 28 guys around 30 seconds down and if they chased us down, it would have been hard because there would have been counter-attacks,” said Martin. “I didn’t want to play those silly games so I went full gas.”

Tony Gallopin had little time for such games, either. The Frenchman started the day 3:27 off the overall lead and sensed his opportunity when an attack from Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) on the Col du Wettstein saw the large chase group form 40 kilometres into the stage.

The 28-man group proved somewhat unwieldy and difficult to manage, but Gallopin had strongmen like Fabian Cancellara (Trek) and Tiago Machado (NetApp-Endura) on board, as well as an important ally of circumstance in Pierre Rolland. One of four Europcar riders in the group, Rolland was able to peg back five minutes on Nibali, Contador et al to move up to 8th place overall and breathe life back into his bid for a podium place.

Gallopin moved into the virtual overall lead with 70 kilometres remaining and to no discernible reaction from the yellow jersey group. When the cohesion in his group stalled on the long drop into Mulhouse, Gallopin moved to the front to force the pace, but in truth, there was little need. A brief probe from Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) apart, the overall contenders held fire and Astana seemed happy to concede the yellow jersey to Gallopin.

“It’s indescribable,” Gallopin said after donning the maillot jaune. “It was easier said than done to get into the break today, and I only just managed it. I’d thought about taking yellow for the past few days but I still didn’t think it was possible.”

It was a poignant day, too, for the Gallopin family, and in particular, Tony’s uncle Alain, a directeur sportif at Trek Factory Racing. He was the soigneur to the late Laurent Fignon when he claimed victory into Mulhouse in 1992 with a daring solo move not at all dissimilar to Tony Martin’s.

“It’s an emotional day for our family,” Alain Gallopin said. “I shed a few tears to think that Tony has taken yellow in Mulhouse, in the very place where Laurent won his last big race. It’s too much.”

Fast start

Such a rolling parcours was always likely to favour an early break, and there was no shortage of willing attackers as the peloton hit the climb of the Col de la Schuchlt immediately on leaving Gérardmer. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) led over the summit, but his early forcing went otherwise unrewarded, and instead, it was Martin and De Marchi who slipped away on the descent.

The pair instantly struck up a solid working rapport, with Martin happy to give the mountains points to De Marchi, who claimed the polka dot jersey at the Critérium du Dauphiné last month. The Italian duly led over the Wettstein, the Côte des Cinq Chateaux and the Côte de Gueberschwir, before Martin opted for a unilateral review of their arrangement on the slopes of the Col de Markstein.

Martin’s rationale was sound. The 28-man chasing group that had formed under Joaquim Rodriguez’s impetus on the Wettstein had ebbed and flowed for over 60 kilometres, but was now beginning to find some cohesion thanks largely to Europcar’s forcing, as Cyril Gautier, Alexandre Pichot, Perrig Quémeneur and Kevin Reza all worked in Rolland’s service.

At the foot of the Markstein, the Gallopin and Rolland group trailed Martin and De Marchi by a little under two minutes, while the Astana-led peloton trailed at 6:25. Meanwhile, a large group of riders dropped on the first climb were already almost quarter of an hour back on the leaders.

“It was a tricky stage and it was really hard from the beginning,” Belkin’s Bauke Mollema said, explaining the relative détente among the general classification contenders in the finale, adding wryly: “You shouldn’t let a guy like Tony ride, because you don’t see him back.”

That certainly was the case for the Gallopin-led chasing group, who couldn’t match the German’s pace on the way up the Wettstein and Grand Ballon, let alone on the long drop that followed. Martin, of course, was cruelly denied victory at last year’s Vuelta a España in Caceres when his 175km solo break was swept up in the finishing straight, but in spite of – once again – Cancellara leading the chase in the finale, there was no chance of a repeat here.

With five kilometres remaining, Martin was already accepting the congratulations of his directeur sportif Davide Bramati from the team car, and he duly captured a maiden road stage win at the Tour to add to his time trial victories from 2011 and 2013. “Most of the time in time trials, I’m an early starter and I have to wait for confirmation that I’ve won, so there’s a big difference between winning the time trial and a stage like this,” Martin said. “The feeling in the last 5 kilometres was incredible. I was still putting out 400 or 500 watts because I didn’t feel pain anymore.”

Gallopin did not celebrate until he crossed the line safely in the chasing group, which had been led home by Cancellara and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), but he was led away towards the podium long before Nibali and the peloton had crossed the line. In the overall standings, Gallopin is 1:34 up on the Italian, while Machado moves up to third, at 2:40.

“Tomorrow is going to be huge,” Gallopin said of Monday’s summit finish at La Planche des Belles Filles. “It’ll be a very hard stage for me but a very proud day for me, too. And I’ve got nothing to lose.”

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

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