Tour de France 2014 – Stage 14 [FULL STAGE]

July 19, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 14 – Grenoble – Risoul : 177 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.

Rafal Majka, at one time publicly reluctant to even ride the Tour de France, made the suffering worth his while, claiming his first professional victory on the queen stage to Risoul with a daring solo effort. It was the first stage win for Tinkoff-Saxo, giving the team its first highlight after suffering the loss of captain Alberto Contador.

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider had been part of an early escape group, and pulled away from the remnants of that group with 10km to go. Majka had to push himself past his limits to hold off the charge of race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), who had attacked with 3km to go from the select chasing group, and Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R-La Mondiale), who had gone with him.

Majka’s presence in the Tour de France was a mere stroke of luck, as he was a last-minute substitution for Roman Kreuziger, who found himself under scrutiny for irregular biological passport values. The Polish rider finished 6th overall in the Giro d’Italia, and came into the race still fatigued from May, but clearly has come around.

“This is the first victory of my career,” Majka said. “I am always second and third, and today I knew I needed to attack, because if I didn’t attack they would only beat me in the final. I needed to fight and I won.

“I think my form is coming up. After the Giro I had a good rest and now my form is going up and I feel good for the next stage.”

Nibali may have pulled back on the throttle a bit to allow Majka the win, and therefore gain the friendship of Tinkoff-Saxo. He was once again isolated on the final climb, and had to rely on his own strength to keep his main rivals at a distance.

His powers proved sufficient to further distance Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), who was unable to match Nibali’s final attack and lost 1:24 on the day.

Behind Nibali, the battle for the podium continued, as Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) sought to overtake Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), while Tejay van Garderen (BMC) was forced to go on the offensive to limit his time losses to Peraud, who began the stage just 26 seconds behind him on the general classification.

In the end, Pinot and Bardet fought out the sprint to the line, with the FDJ rider pipping Bardet for fourth on the stage, while the American was unable to respond and lost four seconds to the Frenchmen.

Valverde held onto his second place overall, but Bardet closed to within 13 seconds of him, with Pinot in fourth place, 16 seconds further back. Van Garderen is now just shy of one minute behind an overall podium spot.

“An incredible job today from my team,” said Bardet, whose AG2R squad set a blistering pace into the final climb, isolating most of the GC contenders from their teams. “Maybe we weren’t going 100 per cent in the first days, but we are taking every opportunity that we can. I knew the Col d’Izoard really well and my teammates were really strong. We did a fantastic descent. Unfortunately, it didn’t work but we did a great last climb and I was able to control my opponents so Jean-Christophe could go.

“I got some time back on some of my top 10 rivals even Valverde.”

How it unfolded

Sunshine and high temperatures were again on tap as the field departed from Grenoble, famed more for its winter sports. The climbing started almost immediately, and so did the attacks.

A huge group got away, but by the time the 20km marker was passed, things had settled down to a 17-man group, which contained some big names and, as expected, polka dot jersey holder Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) who was looking to regain the lead in that classification. He was joined by Geraint Thomas and Mikel Nieve (Sky), Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Nicolas Roche and Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), Peter Sagan and Alessandro de Marchi (Cannondale), Amaël Moinard (BMC), Jose Serpa (Lampre-Merida), Nicolas Edet and Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge), Christophe Riblon (AG2R-La Mondiale), and Albert Timmer (Giant-Shimano).

The group pulled away slowly but steadily and hit the foot of the first climb with a gap of about four minutes. Along the way, Sagan helped himself to more green jersey points at La Paute (Bourg d’Oisans), 40km into the stage, before the bunch began the grind up the 2058m high Col de Lautaret, a 34km climb with an average gradient of 3.9 percent.

The group built up their lead on the long and grinding ascent, with the Astana-led peloton hitting the top roughly five minutes later. Rodriguez took the maximum mountain points, with Tinkoff-Saxo’s Majka and Roche taking the next points.

NetApp-Endura moved to the front of the peloton to help with the chasing work on the descent, eager to protect Leopold König’s tenth place overall. The gap dropped dramatically, falling to two and half minutes as they hit the bottom of the descent.

But, as the saying goes, “after the mountain is before the mountain”, and there was barely time for a quick snack from the feed zone before the riders started uphill again. This time they faced the race’s second hors categorie climb, the Col d’Izoard.

At 2360m, the Izoard is the highest point of this year’s Tour de France. The 19km long climb has an average gradient of 6.9 percent, with a maximum of 8.9 percent. It proved to be too much for Timmer and Sagan, who both dropped out of the lead group early on the climb.

Those behind didn’t have much more luck. The peloton shredded on the climb, as NetApp continued to push the pace at the head of the pack.

Rodriguez, eager to claim the HC points, led the breakaway up the final kilometers. Thomas spent a lot of time at the head of the group as well, setting up a pace which helped to drop rider after rider.

Back in the field, AG2R La Mondiale, around Roman Bardet, third overall, moved in to help with the lead work as well, as the group grew continuously smaller.

As the summit approached, Rodriguez moved to the front of the leading group ahead of Majka, taking the points as the breakaway was whittled to 10 riders. The Nibali group came through around three minutes later.

The yellow jersey group flew down the descent, and blew apart even more under pressure of Bardet, who sought to put pressure on Pinot, who is the less confident descender of the two rivals. His move split the lead group, with Nibali and Valverde firmly entrenched.

Dries Devenyns of Giant-Shimano crashed on the descent, and had to be taken to hospital.

BMC and Lotto Belisol worked together to catch back up to the Nibali group, and with 23km to go, contact was again established.

After the long, sinuous descent, there was no place to go but up. The closing climb, the category 1 ascent to Risoul, covered the final 19km of the stage, with an average gradient of 6 percent and a maximum of 8.7 percent.

The Nibali group which had gotten larger again, cut the gap to the breakaway to less than a minute. With 10 km to go, De Marchi attacked out of the lead group, followed only by Serpa. The latter was soon dropped and Majka moved up to take his place, with Rodriguez only a few seconds back, and the Nibali group still getting closer.

But Majka was soon alone in the lead, as the gap back to the Nibali group slowly grew again. The young Pole built his lead over Rodriguez, as Peraud and Rolland tried unsuccessfully to attack out of the Nibali group.

Right under the 4km marker, Nibali put in one of his patented attacks. Only Peraud could go with him, and the duo distanced the other contenders. Valverde tried to follow but failed, and was soon caught by the Tejay van Garderen-led chase group.

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

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