Tour de France 2014 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE]

July 22, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 16 – Carcassonne – Bagnères-de-Luchon : 237,5 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.

Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) took his first Tour de France stage win in Bagnères-de-Luchon on Tuesday, thriving out of a breakaway group that made it to the finish line. He made his winning move with 3km to go from a smaller front group and soloed in to the finish line. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), who had fought hard for the win, took second just ahead of Vasili Kiryienka (Team Sky).

It was the third Grand Tour stage victory for the Rogers, who returned from an overturned doping suspension to win two stages of the Giro d’Italia in May.

“It was amazing. Once I got to the bottom of the last climb the race began for me. I knew Voeckler would be hard to beat. I tried to drop him and I knew I would have to,” Rogers said. He was seen wagging his finger at Voeckler on the final descent, and giving some harsh words to the Europcar rider. “I said, ‘don’t play with me because you’re not going to beat me. I’ve been in this position too many times, not to win.'”

The group of overall favourites was still some eight minutes back when Rogers crossed the finish line. But Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) handily defended his overall lead, with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) safely still in second. Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) lost nearly two minutes and dropped from third, with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) moving up from fourth. American Tejay van Garderen (BMC), formerly fifth, was dropped on the final climb and came in almost four minutes behind, sliding to sixth overall, now 4:19 off the podium.

As for Rogers, it has been a startling reversal of fortune. The Australian, a three-time time trial world champion, has enjoyed more mass-start stage victories since returning from his temporary suspension that resulted from a positive for clenbuterol at last year’s Japan Tour, than he has had in most of his career combined. What has changed?

“I think there was a fair bit of joy coming out there. I’ve tried many times and I think I’ve changed mentally. I am more hungry, opportunities are more clear to me and I’m not scared of the outcome any more. Previously, I was already scared to try something because I was scared of failure.”

The peloton heads into the first stage in the Pyrenees

The Pyrenees were calling on stage 16 after a much-needed rest day. Two riders folded their sails and went home; Orica-GreenEdge sent home their youngster Simon Yates and world champion Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) went home sick.

It was a lively start to the race with the action starting almost immediately. Unfortunately, Reto Hollenstein of IAM Cycling crashed within the first kilometer, and although it took a short time, he finally made his way back to the field.

There were two category four climbs early on, mere bumps on the road compared to what was still ahead. Tinkoff-Saxo’s stage 14 winner, Rafal Majka took the one point available on the first climb over the Côte de Fanjeaux and moved ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez in the mountain competition.

A series of attacks eventually led to an eight-man group with Lotto Belisol’s Adam Hansen, however, it failed to gain any significant time on the peloton. A 12-man group formed shortly after that looked like it had the foundation to be successful, however, it too failed because Garmin-Sharp missed it and later reeled it back in.

The winning move of the day formed with 21 riders some 75km into the race. It included Rogers, Voeckler and Kiryienka along with Michal Kwiatkowski and Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Cyril Gautier and Kevin Reza (Europcar), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), Greg van Avermaet (BMC), Jon Izagirre (Movistar), Jose Serpa (Lampre-Merida), Jens Keukeleire and Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge), Tom Jelte Slagter (Garmin-Sharp), Jeremy Roy (FDJ), Matteo Montaguti and Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-La Mondiale), Anthony Delaplace and Florian Vachon (Bretagne Séché Environment), Bernard Eisel (Team Sky) and Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling).

The group had an eight-minute lead as they headed up the third climb of the day, over the Col de Portet-d’Aspet, where Voeckler took the points at the top. The peloton, still moving at a comfortable pace, hit the top 10:15 minutes later.

The front group climbed the next ascent over the Col des Ares, and it was Voeckler, again, leading the group over the top, with peloton ambling over at 12:11 minutes down.

Port de Balès, the only Hors Category climb of the day, still lay ahead. It was an 11.7km long and up to 1,755 metres, with an average gradient was 7.7 per cent, but there were sections of over 10 per cent.

Kluge was the first to fall back from the lead group on the long climb, and much further back, the sprinters started forming the gruppetto behind the main field.

Roy pushed the tempo a number of times on the climb, helping to shed more and more riders. But much of the lead work was done by Reza, helping his captain Voeckler, as he had been doing for most of the stage. He eventually fell off pace with 29km to go.

Kwiatkowski had a lot to gain by being up front and he toyed with the idea of moving back up into the top 10, however, he wasn’t strong enough to hang on to the fast pace up the climb.

The lead group had been reduced to a handful of riders with 26.5km to go, and it was Rogers and Voeckler who looked the strongest. The Frenchman attacked out of the group, with his trademark tongue hanging out, until there were only four men were left: Voeckler, Rogers, Serpa and Gautier.

Gautier attacked next, determined to grind down he and Voeckler’s rivals, so that Team Europcar could take the stage win but is efforts proved to be futile and he too fell off pace.

The main field behind had also been reduced to the favourites, about 15 riders in total. Tejay van Garderen (BMC), who was hoping to have a smooth rider through the Pyrenees, was the first overall contender to be dropped, and he slid from fifth place to sixth GC.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) led the charge in the next big move, that caught Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) off guard. Nibali, Valverde and Peraud latched onto his wheel and the quartet formed the first chase group.

Up front, the trio of Rogers, Voeckler and Serpa headed through the masses of fans to the top of Port de Balès, which was still more than 21km away from the finish line in Bagnères-de-Luchon. Serpa jumped to take the points, and Kiryienka and Gautier crossed over some 20 seconds later.

Roy, who had previously dropped back from the lead group, join the Pinot’s chase group, which gave FdJ.fr two riders in the chase. Meanwhile, Bardet and van Garderen’s GC hopes stretched further away as they fell further behind.

The leaders on the road held eight and a half minutes heading toward the finish line when a heated discussion broke out between Rogers and Voeckler, with Rogers suggesting that the Frenchman need to contribute more to the workload in the breakaway. Soon enough, Kiryienka and Gautier caught the three leaders with about 9km to go.

Gautier was the first to attack while Rogers and Voeckler gave chase. The Australian made his attack and left both Frenchmen, and Serpa, behind him. He easily soloed in to the finish line, with the rest coming in nine seconds later.

Behind them, Nibali jumped on the descent but Valverde, Pinot, Gadret and Peraud were able to catch up. The group rolled in 8:30 minutes later. Bardet was able to limit his losses to two minutes, and van Garderen to about 3:30 minutes.

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

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