Tour de France 2015 – Stage 12 [FULL STAGE]

July 16, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 12 – Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille : 195 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.

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) made up for two terrible days in the Pyrenees by soloing to his second stage victory of the Tour de France. The Spaniard surged to the head of the race on the final climb after making the day’s breakaway, and then outpaced Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) to claim the win.

Chris Froome (Sky) withstood attacks from all of his rivals to maintain his sizeable lead in the overall standings.

Rodriguez saw his general classification ambitions go out of the window on the Col du Tourmalet yesterday, he crashed neutral zone and ended up losing 10 minutes, but he got himself in the today’s breakaway and on the hors-catégorie Plateau de Beille he jumped clear of Fuglsang and Romain Bardet, who finished a distant third. It was the second victory of the race for Rodriguez, whose triumphant win on the Mur de Huy preceded the downfall of his GC hopes.

“To win a stage of the Tour is so important. It’s a long time since my first stage win in 2010. I’m like Atlético Madrid – you never really know what to expect from me,” Rodríguez said.

“I said this morning, I didn’t think there was chance. With the climbs today, we [the breakaway] did quite an impressive job. The Platueau de Beille is a really important race finish. I was definitely feeling that I was in better condition than them [Fuglsang and Bardet] and I know this climb well so I attacked.”

It was a wet afternoon in the Pyrenees, with storms at Plateau de Beille, but the fight for yellow ended up being a damp squib. The peloton thinned on the first-category Col de la Core and Port de Lers, but the attacks would only come on the second half of the final climb.

Many wondered whether the general classification contenders could put a chink in the armour of Chris Froome, but race leader held tight.

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) was first to attack, then Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), but neither were given much leash. Nairo Quintana’s attack was quickly marked, while his teammate Alejandro Valverde continued trying to soften Sky up. But none could shake Froome; they couldn’t even shake Geraint Thomas, who put in another remarkable high-mountain display to shut down and deter attackers.

As they neared the summit, Quintana tried a few times but to no avail and Froome sprinted to the line ahead of all but Valverde in what will be a depressing sight for those hoping for a more open contest.

How it unfolded

The first item on today’s mountain-filled agenda was actually an intermediate sprint, where André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) continued to work to close the gap to green jersey-holder Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo). The German took the maximum points ahead of John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin), with Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) obstructed by a Giant lead-out man. Sagan’s lead is now down to just two points.

It was at that point that Lieuwe Westra (Astana) launched an attack, and many others fancied getting involved. In the end a 22-rider group was established that also included Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Matthieu Ladagnous, Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quickstep), Romain Bardet, Mickaël Chérel, and Christophe Riblon (AG2R-La Mondiale), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), Bryan Coquard and Romain Sicard (Europcar), Kristjian Durasek (Lampre-Merida), Dani Navarro (Cofidis), Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Coppel (IAM), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Frédéric Brun, and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché), Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka), Georg Preidler (Giant-Alpecin), and Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo).

They carved out an advantage of over six minutes as Preidler took the KOM points over the second-category Col de Portet-d’Aspet and made their way to the foot of the first category 1 climb, the Col de la Core. Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal) and Angelo Tulik (Europcar), set off in pursuit of the leaders, but despite spending a great deal of time in no man’s land they would never make it across.

On the Col de la Core it was Westra and Fuglsang who forced the issue, causing the lead group to break up, while Sky controlled things in the bunch behind. Riblon, Chavanel, Roy, and Brun lost contact, and while Durasek took the mountain points, Kwiatkowski, Preidler and Vanmarcke managed to pull clear with 75km remaining.

They soon gained 1:25 over the rest of the break and the gap back to the peloton rose above 12 minutes. Preidler was dropped on the Port de Lers, where Kwiatkowski took the points, and the fragmented chase group split in two on the descent to the foot of the final climb.

Sky could be seen on the front of the bunch once again on the Port de Lers, where Jean-Christophe Péraud and Dan Martin ran into trouble but on there was little action among the overall contenders.

A storm raged up at the finish and rain also started to pound down on the riders on the descent and in the valley, where the leading duo hit the final climb with a two minutes on the chasers 10 on the peloton.

When Peter Kennaugh and Richie Porte hit the climb with Froome in tow, Kwiatkowski had just left Vanmarcke behind, making his superior climbing ability count. Meanwhile the chasing group began to become more select and with just over ten kilometres to go Rodríguez attacked, dragging Bardet and Fuglsang with him.

As has been the case on all the crucial climbs so far in the Tour, the yellow jersey group thinned out quickly and considerably on the climb to Plateau de Beille. Tony Gallopin and Warren Barguil, seventh and ninth on GC before the stage, were dropped as the group reduced to 12.

With just over 8km to go Rodríguez made his move and was soon flying past Kwiatkowski and putting daylight between himself and Fuglsang and Bardet further back.

The diminutive Spaniard worked away at it on his own and as it became increasingly apparent that victory would be his, the GC battle failed to truly ignite behind.

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

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