Tour de France 2015 – Stage 04 [FULL STAGE]

July 7, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 4 – Seraing – Cambrai : 223,5 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.

After an opening three days replete with frustration, Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) expunged his woes on stage 4 of the Tour de France with a daring late attack that saw him move into the yellow jersey for the first time in his career.

The German finished second in the opening day time trial before missing out on yellow the next day due to a botched Etixx sprint, and ended stage 3 second on GC by a solitary second behind Chris Froome (Team Sky).

It even looked like he would have to endure further frustration as he suffered a mechanical and had to change bikes in the latter phases of a cobbled stage that failed to serve up drama of the proportions of last year.

But with 3.5 kilometres remaining, and on the bike of teammate Matteo Trentin, the German made a bold attack, the kind only he can make stick, and punched the air in sheer delight as he crossed the line. He now leads the overall by 12 seconds over Froome and 25 seconds over Tejay van Garderen (BMC).

“Having a flat tire and changing the bike, with the wrong position, I was just thinking to finish the stage and look forward to the next stages,” Martin said. “Suddenly, five kilometres to the finish, we were all together and everyone was looking at each other, nobody really wanted to pull, so I just decided to give it a chance and to go for it, and somehow I found some power and I made it.

“I don’t know what happened in the back but I was so nervous, I was just pulling. I don’t know how many watts I pulled but it was more than I ever did. Now I am so happy, and a thousand thanks to my team for supporting me the whole week.”

Behind him, John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) beat Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Greg van Avermaet (BMC) to the line in what many would have predictied would be the sprint for the win.

Whereas last year the pavé served up one of the most brutally chaotic days of racing in recent Tour history, today’s stage, though furiously contested, wasn’t blown to pieces in the same way. Though there was some moisture on the early sectors, the rain-soaked, mud-caked figures of last year were replaced by dust-encrusted but dry faces.

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was aggressive throughout, earning himself the combatively award, but was unable to inflict the damage he managed last year, perhaps due to the more clement conditions. Froome was up there and even attacked himself, while Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) hung on to make sure there was no movement between the so-called ‘fab four’. There was little movement, either, in the top 10 on GC, except for Martin and Sagan each moving up a place.

As predicted, though, there was a big loser and it was Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), whose already dented GC ambitions were perhaps terminally damaged by two mechanicals in quick succession as the race reached its crux.

He waved his arms in desperate remonstration as he had to receive assistance on two occasions, the first for a puncture and the second when the battery in his dérailleur went flat. The Frenchman, whose podium placing last year had given rise to realistic hopes this time around, eventually rolled in 3:23 minutes back, leaving him a very sorry 6:30 down on GC.

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) were also in the Pinot group, while Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) lost over five minutes having crashed on a slippery corner ahead of sector 6.

The pavé

In the longest stage of this year’s Tour de France, at 223.5 kilometres, there were 13.3km of pavé spread across seven sectors, the final six coming in the space of 35km towards the end of the race.

As expected the first cobbled sector was a relatively straightforward affair but, having crossed the border from Belgium to France, the race burst into life over the final 46 kilometres. Just ahead of Sector 6, a 1,200-metre stretch from Artres to Famars, drops of rain begin to fall and the wind began to pick up in what seemed like a portentous shift in tone.

The breakaway quartet of Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar) and Frédéric Brun (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) led onto the pavé but their gap was tumbling. The main contenders made it safely back onto the tarmac but the bunch was reduced with plenty of riders left behind, some as a result of earlier minor crashes in the wet.

Astana then put the hammer down on Sector 5, a 1,600-metre stretch from Quérénaing to Verchain-Maugré. Froome was quick to react and managed to get on terms with Nibali as the peloton went single file.

Things got increasingly hectic and the bunch thinned out to less than 50 riders by Sector 4, a 1,200-metre ride from Verchain-Maugré to Saulzoir, where Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) was briefly dropped.

The chase group, now including Pierre Rolland, already had a deficit nearing a minute by the time Nibali hit the front on Sector 3 of St Python and things started to split up front. Froome wasn’t on the Italian’s wheel this time but stayed up there, along with Quintana and Contador.

Sector 2, Quiévy, the longest at 3,700 metres, was next and although the bunch was becoming more select, there weren’t any decisive splits. Thibaut Pinot suffered his first mechanical here and was shortly followed by Martin and Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo).

Once again an Astana rider, this time Jakob Fuglsang, hit the front on the final cobbled sector, 2,300-metres long from Avesnes-lesAubert to Carnières. It was in anticipation of another dig from Nibali, who shook things up more violently this time. Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx-QuickStep) was next to attack as Froome stayed up there with Thomas but Quintana hung precariously at the back.

Thomas then hit the front with Froome on his wheel and they opened up a gap with a small group. Nibali was up there, along with John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin), Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), but Contador and Quintana were left behind. It looked like the split could stick but Froome then took everyone by surprise with a brief attack. He slowed and the groups came back together with 7.5km to go.

From there it turned to a battle for stage honours between the fastmen that remained, but Martin decided to spoil the script and in doing so re-wrote his own that had been spoiled on successive days.

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

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