Tour de France 2014 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

July 23, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 17 – Saint-Gaudens – Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet : 124,5 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.

Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) won his second stage of the Tour de France, soloing in to victory atop the Pla d’Adet. After having duelled for mountain points all day, he secured the polka dot jersey for himself by finishing 28 seconds ahead of Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) with the race leader Vicenzo Nibali (Astana) third.

It was the second stage win for Majka and the second in a row for the Russian team. Tinkoff-Saxo had come to the race to win the overall with Alberto Contador, and admitted that they had no real plan B when the Spaniard had to abandon. But they have now won three of the last four stages, with Michael Rogers winning the 16th stage.

“I’m just so happy about this result and these results that we have accomplished in the last couple of days and today, me teammates really worked hard for me and especially Nico (Roche) was digging hard to set me up on the final climb,” Majka said

With double points on the summit finish, Majka came one step closer an overall victory in the mountains classification. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) had diligently gathered points ahead of his rival all along the way, but was unable to match Majka’s final kick at the end.

“I didn’t go for the first GPM with Rodriguez because Bjarne [Riis] told me wait, wait Rafal, we need to win the stage. When we win the stage, we have the jersey. I won the stage and now I have the jersey.”

The stage was a heated competition not only for the stage win and mountains classification, but for the podium placings behind Nibali, and the best young rider competition.

Nibali had no problems, but Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) had to fight to maintain his second place in the general classification as three Frenchman – Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Jean-Christophe Peraud and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), fought to overtake him.

Peraud responded to an attack by Nibali when Valverde was swinging, and succeeded in closing in on the Spaniard. After beginning the stage 1:31 behind Valverde, he ended the day just 42 seconds in arrears. He gained time on Pinot and Bardet, but more importantly, he is the top time trialist of the trio and stands a strong chance of moving onto the final podium.

Bardet tried to distance Pinot on the descent from the Col du Val Louron-Azet, but was unable to hold his advantage on the final climb, and the two ended the day on the same time, five seconds behind Valverde.

How it unfolded

Stage 17 could have been called “short but not sweet”. Only 124.5km long it featured four climbs, three category one followed by a mountaintop finish atop the Hors Categorie Pla d’Adet.

The attacks started as soon as the flag was dropped, and Cyril Gauthier (Europcar), Tom Jelte Slagter (Garmin-Sharp), Martin Elmiger (IAM), Yukio Arashiro (Europcar), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Biel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Jens Voigt (Trek) and Sergio Paulinho (Tinkoff-Saxo) were the lucky ones to win the breakaway war.

With all those climbs and mountain points to be had, Katusha didn’t want to let the group go. Joaquim Rodriguez was still one point back in the mountains ranking, and was eager to take the take the title home with him.

That meant that the red-clad Russian team moved to the front of the field and led the high-speed chase, with the group never getting more than about a minute away.

The first climb, the Col du Portillon, came at kilometer 57.5, the 8.3km climb averages 7.1%, and proved to be a launching pad for the mountains classification contenders, including Rodriguez, as Astana controlled the peloton.

The Rodriguez group soon caught the lead group, which was falling apart anyway on the climb as the peloton was only 14 seconds or so behind. Also amongst the new 21 rider escape was Majka, who had a slim one-point lead in the mountain ranking over Rodriguez, and soon the two were toying with one another at the head of the race.

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider dropped off though, called off by team manager Bjarne Riis, and a new lead group of Rodriguez, Bauke Mollema (Belkin), Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo), Kristijan Durasek (Lampre), David Lopez (Sky) and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) formed. A large group was between them and the Nibali group, which had already dropped a large number of riders, at about one minute back.

With 200 meters to the first mountain ranking, Rodriguez attacked to win the 10 points, virtually taking back the polka-dot jersey.

There was a curious incident after the field arrived at the top. A Movistar soigneur reached out to hand a bottle to one of his riders, and came in contact with Orica-GreenEdge’s Luke Durbridge, knocking the Australian down. The rider gives him a good shove, but the soigneur helped him back on the back and gave Durbridge a more gentle shove to get on his way again.

The large chasing group caught the leaders on the descent, forming an even larger group of Pierre Rolland, Cyril Gautier and Yukio Arashiro (Europcar), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lott-Belisol), Frank Schleck (Trek), Peter Velits and Amaël Moinard (BMC), Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Shimano), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Jon Izagirre, Jesus Herrada and Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), David Lopez Garcia and Vasil Kiryienka (Sky), Biel Kadri (AG2R-La Mondiale), Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Bauke Mollema (Belkin), Rafal Majka and Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo), Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha), Kristijan Durasek (Lampre-Merida), and Alessandro de Marchi (Cannondale).

Just as the hit the bottom of the descent and were ready to head up the next climb, Kiryienka jumped from the group. The Nibali group was now 1:42 back.

Kiryienka started solo up the day’s second climb, the category one Col de Peyresourde, a 13.2km climb with an average gradient of 7%. He soon had 1:30 over his nearest chasers, and 2:58 on the Nibali group.

Roche and Herrada set out to catch Kiryienka, as Mollema attacked the rest of the breakaway in pursuit.

Kiryienka slowly pulled away, gaining just over two minutes on the chasers, with the Astana-led peloton letting all the non-dangerous riders go, over four minutes behind.

Rodriguez, with Majka on his rear wheel, led the chase group across the top of the Peyresourde at 1:48, while the peloton finally arrived 5:25 later.

The chasers caught Roche and Herrada ahead of the next climb, another category 1, the Col du Val Louron-Azet, It was the shortest of the stage’s climbs, at 7.4km and 8.3% gradient.

The gaps started slowing falling on this penultimate climb, and in fact, the chasers caught Kiryienka before the summit. Rodriguez of course jumped as the mountain ranking loomed, and although Majka went with him, the Spaniard had his wheel forward on the line, but the 10 points he gained were miniscule in comparison to the 50 on offer atop the Pla d’Adet.

The Nibali group had by then shrunk to about 10 riders and this smaller group was able to cut the gap to 2.41. Bardet jumped on the descent, hoping to gain time on the two Frenchmen who were ahead of him in the GC, and blocking him from the podium. He put in a strong effort, quickly putting in 30 seconds on the group.

Attacks on the final climb

They all still had to face the dreaded finale, the Hors Categorie Monte de Saint-Lary Pla d’Adet, 10.2km long and averaging 8.3%. As they started the climb, Rolland, Roche, Visconti and Moinard had pulled about 15 seconds ahead, with the Nibali group only about two minutes back.

Visconti was the first to seriously attack out of the group. Roche followed eventually, while Rolland and Moinard could only watch. The Italian jumped again, catching Roche flat-footed and unable to match the move.

Much of the climb was lined with fans, cheering on all the riders. Majka jumped on the climb, but couldn’t dump Rodriguez, much to his disgust.

He made another move and was easily getting away, when he slung off from a motorcycle – in full view of the TV camera. Rodriguez immediately protested to the race jury car.

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider was so successful that he soon caught and passed Bardet and moved up to the first chase group, joining Roche, Rolland and Moinard. But he soon attacked out of that group too, as the Nibali group also exploded. Peraud jumped to try and protect his placing, and while Nibali easily went with him, Valverde unable to follow.

The Spaniard dropped further and further back, as Peraud moved forward and reached for the second place, but Movistar rallied around its captain, sending Izagirre and Herrada back to come to his aid.

Nibali looked around, and, noticing the absence of his rivals, attacked with a bit more than 5km to go. Peraud covered the attack, but Nibali jumped again. Rodriguez was soon caught, and up front, Majka caught Visconti with 4.2km to go.

Peraud finally caught and stayed with the yellow jersey, and the pair caught and passed Bardet, leaving him with Van Garderen and Pinot behind.

With 3km to go, Nibali jumped again, and 500 metres ahead, Majka kicked up the tempo and finally dropped Visconti, then proceeded, with a wink at the camera, to solo in for the victory.

Nibali moved up through the remaining riders up front, and came across the line third, 46 seconds down.

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

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