Tour de France 2015 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

July 11, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 8 – Rennes – Mûr-de-Bretagne : 181,5 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.

Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R-La Mondiale) took the first win for France on the eighth stage of the Tour de France, charging up the final metres of the Mûr-de-Bretagne in a solo effort. Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) was second, with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) leading the small group to the finish for third.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome was very active in the finale, and successfully defended his overall lead by finishing in the first main group, 10 seconds down. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC) were also in the group, completing the top three overall. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) was also in the group and continues in seventh place, 36 seconds down. The loser amongst the favourites was Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), who fell out of the group on the final climb.

Vuillermoz took off twice, and on his second attempt was able to leave the others behind. Only Martin gave chase, but the Irishman was boxed in and came up five seconds short.

Sagan finished fourth on the stage, picking up enough points to move him ahead of Andre Greipel and into the green jersey.

It was not Vuillermoz’ first good experience on a Mur. “I was third on the Mur de Huy, that was obviously amazing,” he said after the stage. “So today I wanted to try and do something special. I tried two or three times to go, and finally on the third time it worked. I knew someone was behind me, but I just put my head down and pedaled for all I was worth. I’m just realizing now that I’ve won the stage.”

“I’m not sure that in the mountains I’ll be able to take on Chris Froome, but on a finish like this, I’m a puncheur, I can take my chances. It’s the sort of climb that suits me, so I feel very good about today. Not in the mountains. Everyone has their specialty, this one is mine. In the mountains I’ll be there to help my team leaders.”

How it unfolded

Beautiful summer weather greeted the peloton in Bretagne, with sunshine and warm temperatures.

As expected, Bretagne-Seche Environnement was in the break of the day. Pierre-Luc Perichon represented the whole team, and together with Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling), Bartosz Huzarski (Bora-Argon 18) and Romain Sicard (Europcar) formed the break and built up a lead of four minutes. The field reacted to that and brought it back down to just under the three-minute mark after 40km of racing.

Lotto-Soudal took charge of the chase, and Thomas De Gendt spent much of the day at the front, dragging the peloton behind him.

The Col du Mont Bel-Air is hardly Alpe d’Huez, but you would never of known that from the crowds. Thousands lined the way up the fourth category climb, with the one available point going to Sicard. The field crossed the summit at 2:12.

Thousands more lined the gentle climb up to the intermediate sprint. Huzarski jumped to grab the points, but Perichon went with him and took the top honours.

Behind them, there was a furious sprint for the remaining points. Etixx-QuickStep moved to the head of the field, but the gradient seemed to be too much for Cavendish. John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) sprinted for the line, but Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) simply powered right by him to pick up more points.

That action opened a small gap, with the sprinters and their teammates up front. World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski took charge and brought them up to the four leaders as Sky calmly stayed at the head of the peloton, some 20 to 25 seconds back.

The new lead group splintered, as many riders could not decide whether to work or not. A new trio of Lars Bak (Lotto Soudal), Michel Golas (Etixx-QuickStep) and Huzarski formed, and slowly pulled away. The field soon started catching the stragglers, but by then the three leaders had a 40 second gap.

The gap eventually became a minute, with 40 km to go, and then headed over the minute mark. But there were many teams with their eye on this stage, and they weren’t about to hand it over to a break group. Cannondale-Garmin did a lot of lead work, wanting to deliver Dan Martin to the finish line, while BMC rode hard for both Tejay van Garderen and Greg Van Avermaet.

The closer the finishing climb came, the more the gap dropped. It had never been more than about 1:07, and with 22km to go it had come down to 30 seconds. It stayed there for a long time, with Cannondale-Garmin, later joined by Lotto-Soudal, riding for Tony Gallopin, holding them on a long line.

With 11 km left, Tinkoff-Saxo took matters into their own hands. Huzarski, who had been up front virtually the entire day, lost contact with his two companions on a short steep climb up to the 10km marker. And only two kilometres later, Bak and Golas were absorbed back into the field.

The red and black of BMC now dominated the front of the peloton, as large groups of riders started falling off the back, in light of the short, steep climbs and the increased pace. Then control turned over to Tinkoff-Saxo, Orica-GreenEdge, Sky – everyone waiting for the first attack.

With 2,5km to go, there was still a fairly large bunch, with no apparent organization. The group started up the Mur, with Froome near the front. Still there was no attack, and all kept eying one another.

Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin),Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) and Vuillermoz tried an attack, but were caught shortly after the 1km marker, with Froome leading the way. Vuillermoz attacked again, this time successfully. Martin gave chase but had left his chance too late.

Nibali was dropped in the final kilometre, the Italian losing time on all his main GC rivals.

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

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