Tour de France 2014 – Stage 18 [FULL STAGE]

July 24, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 18 – Pau – Hautacam : 145,5 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.

Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) hosted a climbing masterclass on Thursday’s 18th stage between Pau and Hautacam, winning the stage by 1:10 from a chasing quartet led home by Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Wednesday’s stage winner Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo), Ag2r’s Jean-Christophe Péraud and BMC’s Tejay van Garderen, who crossed the line together in that order.

“I wanted to win the stage for the team that worked so hard for me,” Nibali said after his victory. “It’s important to win in the Pyrenees, I wasn’t really thinking about the GC.”

Nibali has now extended his race lead to 7:10 over Pinot, who deposed former second-placed Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), who lost time on the final climb up to Hautacam. Péraud has moved up to third place, 7:23 behind Nibali, while Valverde is now down to fourth, 7:25 down.

It was the 2014 Tour’s final stage in the mountains, but Saturday’s long 54-kilometre time trial is certain to shake things up yet further, as the fight for the podium is now closer than ever.

How it unfolded

An early breakaway of 20 included Thomas Voeckler and his Europcar teammates, Kévin Reza and Bryan Coquard, Sky’s Mikel Nieve, Lars Boom (Belkin) and stage 8 winner Blel Kadri of Ag2r.

Along with Europcar, four other teams were represented by multiple riders: Movistar’s Jesus Herrada and Jon Izaguirre, Alessandro De Marchi and Marco Marcato for Cannondale, Tiago Marchado and Bartosz Huzarski for NetApp, and IAM’s Sylvain Chavanel and Marcel Wyss, although Europcar was the only team with three riders. The rest of the group was made up by Katusha’a Yuriy Trofimov, Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Julien Simon (Cofidis), Bretagne’s Florian Guillou, FDJ’s Matthieu Ladagnous and Daniel Oss (BMC)

Only eight teams – Astana, Garmin, Giant, Lampre, Lotto-Belisol, Orica-GreenEdge, Tinkoff and Trek – had missed the move entirely, but an Astana-led peloton seemed content to let the break have some rope; their maximum lead topped out at just over four minutes after an hour of racing before Nibali’s team began to ramp things up, pegging them at around three-and-a-half minutes and settling into cruise control.

The status quo was maintained until the start of the Col du Tourmalet, 80 kilometres into the 145.5-kilometre stage, and the first serious challenge of the day – and a very serious one at that.

On the lower slopes of the Tourmalet, Chavanel accelerated off the front, while Coquard – the sprinter who had won the day’s intermediate sprint – went the other way.

Nieve and Kadri went off in pursuit of the Frenchman, soon catching and passing him. Approaching the resort of La Mongie, five kilometres from the top of the Tourmalet, it was Nieve who pushed the pace, with Kadri working hard to stay on his wheel as the summit approached.

Despite looking as though he was struggling, it was Kadri who led Nieve over the summit of the Tourmalet, while 1:40 behind them, Trofimov, De Marchi and Huzarski had slipped away from the rest of the group in pursuit.

The yellow-jersey group, which included Nibali, Valverde, Pinot, van Garderen, Péraud and Péraud’s Ag2r teammate Romian Bardet, crested the Tourmalet four minutes down on the two leaders, and Valverde immediately went on the attack, while his two teammates from the earlier move – Herrada and Izaguirre – waited for their team leader in order to be able to help him. The Movistar trio soon swept up Voeckler and Wyss from the earlier break, and although the quintet set about trying maintain their advantage, they were brought to heel by the yellow jersey group on the descent off the Tourmalet.

The stage was set for fireworks on the 13.6-kilometre climb up to the finish line at Hautacam, and when they came, it was Nieve up at the front of the race who lit the blue touchpaper, quickly distancing his breakaway companion, Kadri.

With 10 kilometres to go, American Chris Horner (Lampre) – winner of the 2013 Tour of Spain – attacked from the Nibali group, and Nibali himself jumped on to his wheel. But as the American slowed after his initial effort, Nibali kicked on again, and Nieve’s possible stage win for Sky suddenly looked in very real danger as, with nine kilometres to go, his advantage over the yellow jersey was down to just 30 seconds.

Just a kilometre later, Nibali had caught Nieve. The race for second place place was now on – both for the stage, and for on the podium in Paris.

Majka gave chase, but never looked like catching Nibali, and with six kilometres to go, the USA’s Tejay van Garderen (BMC), who had started the day in sixth place overall, took on the job of chasing Majka and Nibali. Pinot counter-attacked, followed by Péraud and van Garderen, and it was enough to send Valverde out of the back of the group.

Van Garderen, Pinot and Péraud didn’t look back. Those podium places were at stake, and deposing second-placed Valverde was a great way of two out of three of them achieving that goal in Paris.

With 3.5km to go, Pinot pushed again, keen to get rid of Péraud, and by then had Majka back in his sights. Valverde, meanwhile, had found a second wind, and went to the front of the chasing group in an attempt to save his podium position.

But it was a case of too little, too late, as Pinot appeared to be emptying the tank, while Péraud and van Garderen – superior time-triallists – might have been looking ahead to Saturday’s test against the clock as a way of reining back Pinot.

Nibali was still sitting pretty up at the head of affairs, but Pinot’s acceleration was enough to pull back Majka, and Pinot, Péraud, van Garderen and Majka would fight it out between them for second place.

Nibali crossed the line, pointing to his heart as he did so, his lead overall extended to 7:10.

“I pointed to my heart because I raced with my heart today,” Nibali said. “I really wanted to win because I’d seen the team work hard and be so united behind me, so I had to pay them back by winning.

“I’ve got a good lead, which helps me stay calm and relaxed,” he said. “Tomorrow will hopefully be a quiet day, and then there’s the time trial before Paris.”

Despite extending his lead, Nibali played down his superiority, pointing out to his consistency during his career.

“It’s a good lead but at the Giro I had a similar lead,” he said. “I felt good on the climb and I’ve felt good throughout the race and tried to gain time whenever possible. This year at the Tour I think it was a harder race, with lots of traps and difficult stages for everyone. This year is very different to two years ago when I was on the podium. That was a much flatter race, there were only two mountain finishes.”

Despite the mountains being over this year, Nibali refused to admit he has won the Tour and is awaiting the emotions of the Champs-Elysées in Paris on Sunday.

“I think it’s been a great Tour so far, but it’s not over yet. Winning is great and my wins are special, from the first one to this latest one. But I don’t think anything goes close to the emotions of the Champs-Elysées.”

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

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