Tour de France 2015 – Stage 01 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial](flemish)

July 04, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 1 – Utrecht (ITT) : 13,8 km

As befits a race that is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the red polka dot King of the Mountains jersey, the emphasis of the 102nd Tour de France is very firmly on climbing. There are no less than seven mountains stages and five summit finishes on a 3,360km route starting in the Dutch city of Utrecht on 4 July and finishing in Paris on 26 July, when another significant anniversary will be marked as it is 40 years since the Tour’s first finale on the Champs Élysées. However, despite being weighted towards the specialist climbers, the route is packed with all manner of tests designed to catch out the unwary and reward the courageous. This has become the defining style of Tour supremo Christian Prudhomme and his route director Thierry Gouvenou, with the pair determined to ensure that the contenders for the yellow jersey have to be right on their mettle from the 13.8km time trial in Utrecht on the very first day. There are complications aplenty over the eight stages that follow, the most significant being the hilltop finish at Huy on day three, the 13km of Paris-Roubaix pavé that come the day after, and the hilltop finish that comes on the race’s second Saturday at Mûr de Bretagne. Following that, and prior to the first rest day, a shortish team time trial should also be intriguing, both because of its rolling course and because some teams will already be down a rider or two. Three hard days in the Pyrenees, including a very tough finish at Plateau de Beille, kick off the high-mountain action. This continues after the second rest day, when there are three summit finishes in the Alps. The first is at Pra Loup, where Frenchman Romain Bardet recently triumphed in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the second at La Toussuire, and the third at Alpe d’Huez, which for the first time features on the penultimate day of the race.

Rohan Dennis pulled off an audacious upset on a hot and windy afternoon in Utrecht to record his first professional time trial victory and become the seventh Australian to wear the yellow jersey. German national champion Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) struggled in the conditions as he finished second, five seconds behind Dennis. Having won the last five opening tests against the clock in the Tour de France, Fabian Cancellara could only manage third with the BMC rider upsetting the favourites with the fastest ever individual Tour de France time trial with an average speed of 55.4kph. The record was previously held by Chris Boardman following his 1994 prologue win in Lille.

Having switched to BMC from Garmin mid-way through last season, the move has paid dividends for Dennis has since won the Tour Down Under, held the world Hour Record, and worn yellow at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He was also a member of BMC’s world champion team time trial success last September.

A flying ride by Jos van Emden (LottoNL-Jumbo) saw the Dutchman record the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint and set the early mark for success. Dennis put 15 seconds into his time to book a long and nervous afternoon in the hot seat.

“We decided to go off early, set a benchmark and make everyone else chase me. It worked out perfectly,” said Dennis who had finished second in his last two time trials. “There’s a little bit of shock. We’ve worked with the team and came out here about a month ago to check and recon the course. It’s the Tour de France and the yellow jersey. I’ve always dreamed of being in this position and now I am.

“It started to sink in when I saw the big threats come in behind me. It was surreal but a few emotions came out.”

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) had the support of the crowd but the wait for the nation’s first yellow jersey since 1989 was extended for another day as he also faded on the second half of the course. Dumoulin caught minuteman Tiago Machado on the final corner, losing half a second but there was no ‘what if’ when he crossed he line. Closest of the favourites at the time check, Dumoulin like Martin and Cancellara after him, saw his challenge unravel on the second half of the course.

Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was the best of the ‘fab four’ as he crossed the line in 22nd place. 2013 champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) was next in 39th place, seven seconds down on Nibali, with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) conceding 15 seconds and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 18 seconds.

The LottoNL-Jumbo duo of Wilco Kelderman (9th) and Robert Gesink (11th) lived up to expectation on home soil as the best of the GC contenders. A third Dutchman, Bauke Mollema (Trek) put his recent back injures aside to finish in 11th place followed by Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-Quick Step), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC) in 20th place. It was another Frenchman, Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) who now finds himself on the back foot by conceding 54 seconds to his compatriot is the best placed of the podium challengers.

The early pace setters

Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) had the honour of being the first rider down the start ramp wearing the colours of the Eritrean national champion and duly set the fastest times at the intermediate time check and the finish line. Jack Bauer (Cannondale-Garmin) was the first to topple Teklehaimanot, knocking 23 seconds off his time at the finish. MTN-Qhubeka would later be celebrating Steve Cummings’ tenth place after all 198 riders had finished.

Jos Van Emden then set an early reference with the first sub 16-minute ride at 15:11 minutes. Robert Gesink was first rider within ten seconds of his Teammate before Dennis came within once second of his time on his blistering ride. Where the majority of the 198 riders slowed from the time check, Dennis was accelerating as his minuteman Lars Bak found out.

Dutch champion Kelderman was impressive on his Tour debut to cross the line in ninth and continue the impressive run of LottoNL-Jumbo on the day and claim the team classification prize. While Kelderman and Dumoulin had the support of the crowds, Alex Dowsett was doing a stealth job to appear seventh at the time check but unlike his Hour Record efforts, his pacing was off to slip to 13th. It was a similar story for Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), Matthias Brändle (IAM Cyclin), and Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) who all came through the time check within five seconds of Dennis but struggled in the final kilometres.

Having been unsure of his participation in the Tour de France due to failing a pre-race MPCC cortisol test, Lars Boom turns his pedals in anger finished in 23rd, just one second behind teammate Nibali who was the best Astana rider on the day.

Along with yellow, Dennis was also awarded the best young rider and points classification jerseys. Stage 2 of the Tour de France starts in Utrecht and finishes in the ‘sea’ at Zélande 166km later.

Results :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:56
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:05
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:06
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:08
5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:15
6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:23
7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
8 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:29
9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:30
10 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka 0:00:32
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33
12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
13 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:00:36
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:37
15 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:38
16 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
17 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:40
18 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:41
19 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
20 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
21 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:00:43
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
23 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:00:44
24 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
25 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:45
26 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
27 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
28 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
30 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team
31 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
32 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:46
33 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:47
35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
36 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:49
37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:50
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
39 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
40 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:00:51
41 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:53
42 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:55
43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:56
44 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:57
45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
46 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:58
47 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
48 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
50 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:59
51 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
52 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka
53 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 0:01:00
54 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge
55 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:01
57 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
58 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:01:02
59 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:04
60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
61 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:05
62 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
63 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:06
64 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
65 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:07
67 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
68 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:08
69 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
70 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
71 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
72 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:09
73 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:10
74 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:11
75 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
76 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
77 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
78 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:12
79 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
80 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
81 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
82 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:13
83 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
84 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
85 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
86 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:14
87 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:15
88 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
89 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
90 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
91 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
92 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:16
93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
94 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
95 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:17
96 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
97 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:18
98 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
99 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
101 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:01:20
102 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:21
103 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
104 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka
105 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:22
106 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
107 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
109 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:23
110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
111 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
112 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:24
113 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
114 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
115 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
116 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
117 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
118 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:25
119 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
120 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
121 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
122 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:26
123 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step
124 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
126 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
127 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:27
128 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
129 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
130 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
131 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:28
132 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:30
133 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
134 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:01:31
135 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
136 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
137 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
138 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
139 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:32
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
141 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:33
142 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
143 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
145 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34
146 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
147 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
148 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:35
149 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar
150 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
151 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:36
152 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:37
153 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
154 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
155 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:39
156 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:40
157 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
158 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
159 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 0:01:41
160 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:42
161 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
162 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:43
163 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
164 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:45
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:46
166 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
167 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:01:47
168 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
169 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:48
170 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
171 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
172 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:49
173 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:50
174 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
175 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:51
176 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
177 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
178 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
179 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:53
180 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:54
181 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:01:55
182 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
183 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:57
184 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:58
185 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:01
186 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:02
187 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:02:09
188 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:12
189 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:02:13
190 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:14
191 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
192 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:18
193 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:23
194 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:24
195 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
196 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:25
197 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:28
198 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:36

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:56
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:05
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:06
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:08
5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:15
6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:23
7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
8 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:29
9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:30
10 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka 0:00:32
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33
12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
13 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:00:36
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:37
15 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:38
16 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
17 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:40
18 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:41
19 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
20 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
21 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:00:43
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
23 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:00:44
24 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
25 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:45
26 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
27 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
28 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
30 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team
31 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
32 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:46
33 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:47
35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
36 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:49
37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:50
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
39 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
40 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:00:51
41 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:53
42 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:55
43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:56
44 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:57
45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
46 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:58
47 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
48 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
50 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:59
51 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
52 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka
53 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 0:01:00
54 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge
55 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:01
57 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
58 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:01:02
59 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:04
60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
61 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:05
62 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
63 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:06
64 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
65 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:07
67 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
68 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:08
69 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
70 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
71 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
72 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:09
73 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:10
74 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:11
75 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
76 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
77 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
78 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:12
79 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
80 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
81 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
82 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:13
83 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
84 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
85 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
86 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:14
87 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:15
88 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
89 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
90 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
91 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
92 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:16
93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
94 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
95 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:17
96 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
97 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:18
98 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
99 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
101 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:01:20
102 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:21
103 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
104 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka
105 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:22
106 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
107 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
109 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:23
110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
111 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
112 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:24
113 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
114 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
115 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
116 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
117 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
118 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:25
119 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
120 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
121 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
122 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:26
123 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step
124 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
126 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
127 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:27
128 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
129 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
130 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
131 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:28
132 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:30
133 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
134 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:01:31
135 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
136 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
137 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
138 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
139 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:32
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
141 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:33
142 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
143 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
145 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34
146 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
147 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
148 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:35
149 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar
150 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
151 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:36
152 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:37
153 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
154 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
155 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:39
156 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:40
157 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
158 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
159 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 0:01:41
160 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:42
161 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
162 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:43
163 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
164 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:45
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:46
166 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
167 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:01:47
168 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
169 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:48
170 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
171 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
172 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:49
173 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:50
174 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
175 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:51
176 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
177 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
178 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
179 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:53
180 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:54
181 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:01:55
182 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
183 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:57
184 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:58
185 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:01
186 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:02
187 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:02:09
188 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:12
189 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:02:13
190 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:14
191 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
192 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:18
193 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:23
194 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:24
195 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
196 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:25
197 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:02:28
198 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:36