Tour de France 2015 – Stage 06 [FULL STAGE](flemish)

July 09, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 6 – Sèvres – Abbeville – Le Havre : 191,5 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.

Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) used his speed and power to win stage 6 of the Tour de France to Le Havre with a late solo attack on the uphill finish above the Normandy port.

The former cyclo-cross rider took advantage of a crash on the climb. He jumped away and powered to the finish unaware of the chaos behind him. The sprinters who had also avoided the crash hesitated behind Stybar, allowing him to reach the finish and win with his arms in the air. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) finished second with Bryan Coquard (Europcar) third.

It was a bittersweet day for Etixx-QuickStep. Stybar gave them another stage victory but Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) was caught up in the crash, injuring his left shoulder. He was pushed and escorted to the finish by several teammates as he held his left arm. He seemed to have broken his collarbone after landing hard on his left shoulder.

Martin was given the same time as the leaders and so kept the yellow jersey, but it is unclear if he will be able to continue in the Tour de France.

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC) were also in the crash but were not seriously injured.

Stybar celebrated his first stage victory at the Tour de France before knowing about Martin’s crash and his injuries.

“It feels really great. I think everyone who is participating here in France they wish to win a stage. It was my big dream. I thought I would have good chance on the stage with the cobbles, but I did it today, so I’m really very happy,” he said after celebrating on the podium.

“Only now I just have seen the crash from our leader Tony Martin, so I hope it’s not too serious and we can fight for the yellow jersey.”

Martin was able to pull on the yellow jersey on the podium but kept his left arm down by his side. He headed to the mobile x-ray unit near the finish to find out the full extent of his injuries and if he will at least be able to try and continue in the Tour de France.

Before the crash, a steady day in the saddle

Before the start, the 191km stage was expected to be another nervous day of racing due to the final 120km following the Normandy coastline. Riders were worried about echelons and attacks. However, the wind was little more than a breeze and just like in the finale on Wednesday, the peloton opted to stay safe and ride steadily below 40km/h rather than throw caution to the wind with so much racing still to come.

The riders rolled out of Abbeville in the sun, with 188 left in the peloton. Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) was the only non-starter after he was diagnosed with a fracture in his upper arm after stage 5. The Australian team is down to just six riders after also losing Simon Gerrans and Daryl Impey in the stage 3 crash, with Michael Matthews riding in pain with two fractured ribs.

Yet again the break of the stage formed early, with the peloton happy to let Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar), Kenneth Van Bilsen (Cofidis) and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) go clear after just five kilometres. They were also given the freedom to open a big lead, reaching eight minutes after 21km.

Quémeneur has already been on the attack during stages 2 and 4, and according to l’Equipe has spent the most kilometres up the road in search of glory.

The Lotto Soudal team rode tempo at the head of the peloton to control the break and defend Andre Greipel’s green jersey. Giant-Alpecin also did some work, knowing that Degenkolb would be a contender on the uphill finish in Le Havre.

A historic day for Teklehaimanot and Africa

Teklehaimanot won the mountains jersey at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné, and he rode cleverly to take the single points on offer on the Côte de Dieppe and the Côte de Pourville-sur-Mer near Dieppe. That put him on equal points with stage 3 winner Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who won atop the Mur de Huy.

As the race hit the Normandy coast, the views were stunning and the riders seemed to take time to enjoy them, easing their speed to a steady tempo. The trio up front pushed on but their lead fell gradually, touching five minutes with 85km to go and then 2:50 with 60km to go. In Fécamp the gap was down to 1:50 as the teams again filled the road in lineout formations across the road to protect their team leaders.

Quémeneur won the intermediate sprint at Saint-Leonard, with 46km to go, but the real sprinting came behind as the green jersey contenders fought for the minor points. Europcar lead it out for Bryan Coquard but Degenkolb came past him to take fourth place and 13 points. Coquard was fifth, with Greipel sixth, Sagan seventh and Mark Cavendish eighth.

Damiano Caruso (BMC) crashed on a corner, hitting a straw bale at close to 50km/h but there were few crashes during the stage. Earlier Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) had also taken a spill after stopping for a natural break but both quickly got up and back into the peloton.

The peloton eased after the sprint, allowing the break to extend their lead to back over a minute. It also gave the trio a chance to fight for the final climber’s points of the day. Teklehaimanot rode it perfectly, even if there was suspicion of a tacit agreement with Quémeneur and Van Bilsen. The Eritrean rider jumped away in sight of the summit and so scored a third point, giving him a historic Tour de France polka-dot jersey.

Teklehaimanot celebrated with a thumbs up live on television and celebrated even more on the podium when he pulled on the iconic polka-dot jersey.

A fast finale

Teklehaimanot, Quémeneur and Van Bilsen tried to stay out front as the kilometres ticked down on the way to Le Havre but the peloton upped the pace in the final 25km, reducing the gap to below a minute. After such a steady day in the saddle, everyone was pretty fresh and every team wanted to play their cards on the uphill finish.

Van Bilsen jumped away alone, with Teklehaimanot and Quémeneur preferring to sit up, shake hands and be caught by the peloton. Van Bilsen was eventually caught with four kilometres to go as the fight for the stage victory suddenly became very serious.

Everything seemed set for a sprint finish but then everything changed as Nibali, Quintana, Martin and others crashed and blocked the road for the riders behind. Even if most of the stage had been a quiet affair, the crash confirmed the golden rule of the Grand Boucle: there is never a quiet day at the 2015 Tour de France.

Friday’s 190.5km seventh stage is from Livarot to Fougeres. The stage rolls through the French countryside of the Mayenne department and is perfect for a high-speed sprint finish. Hopefully without the late crash of today.

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

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