Tour de France 2015 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

July 22, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 17 – Digne-les-Bains – Pra-Loup : 161 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.

Just like in the Pyrnees last week, the Tour de France entered the Alps with a bang and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) took the biggest win of his career with a solo escape to Pra Loup.

The German attacked from a large but uncoordinated breakaway just before the foot of the category 1 Col d’Allos, before holding his lead down the mountain and up the short final climb to Pra Loup. Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) gave chase but it was ultimately in vain, while Rigoberto Urán came home third.

“It took me two or three minutes to figure out what I had done,” Geschke said. “It was important going into the break and then we had to figure out what to do after that. It was a very good group to be in, a lot of guys were hanging on. I had to try something. I went into a break on the long climb and I had to take my chances to win. It was beautiful. When I had so much of an advantage, I knew there was a chance. It was incredible.

“This is my third victory as a professional, to be at the Tour is… I was waiting for 15 years for this moment.”

There was plenty of action in the yellow jersey group and while Chris Froome defended his lead over Nairo Quintana, third-placed Tejay van Garderen abandoned the race early on through illness and Alberto Contador lost over two minutes after crashing on the descent of Allos, and dropped to fifth overall behind Geraint Thomas (Sky).

Pra Loup is symbolic for being the scene of the downfall of the great Eddy Merckx. In the 1975 Tour, the five-time Tour de France winner was in yellow and in the lead on the descent of the Col d’Allos but was overhauled on the final climb to Pra Loup by Bernard Thévenet, who took yellow and went onto to win the race. Merckx wouldn’t wear yellow or win a Grand Tour again and Thévenet wrote himself into cycling folklore as the Tombeur de Merckx – the man who brought Merckx down.

The yellow jersey didn’t change hands today but one man was brought down nonetheless and that was Tejay van Garderen, who had started the stage third on GC and harbouring podium ambitions for Paris. In an aggressive start to the race he was dropped on the first climb of the day, the category 3 Col des Lèques, suffering with illness. While he did regain contact, the pace picked up again on the Col de la Colle Saint-Michel, the third climb of the day, and soon the BMC team car ground to a halt and van Garderen unclipped, climbed off, and stooped with head down and the arm of his DS around his shoulder.

Contador might still be in the race but his general classification ambitions were dealt an equally fatal blow. The Spaniard, part of a select group than included Froome, Quintana, Nibali, and Valverde, crashed on the descent of the Col d’Allos and finished 2:17 down on Froome. He is now 6:40 back on GC and his already faint hopes of pulling off the Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double have all but disappeared from sight.

Mathias Frank (IAM), who was in the day’s breakaway and was one of the riders to set off in pursuit of Geschke, finished fifth on the stage and jumped from 13th to eighth for his efforts. Talansky, for his part, took a step towards getting his Tour back on track by moving from 17th to 12th.

How it unfolded

In a fast and furious start to the day, there was a spate of attacks but the peloton was reluctant to let any go. When Quintana had a brief dig and van Garderen found himself in trouble, it was clear that the action would be on from start to finish.

Riders were getting shelled out of the back on the climb of the Col des Lèques, and a move off the front finally found success on the descent. It was made up of Tanel Kangert (Astana), Jan Bakelants and Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale), Thibaut Pinot and Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ), Richie Porte and Nicolas Roche (Sky), Rafal Majka and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Jonathan Castroviejo, José Herrada and Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), John Degenkolb and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin), Alberto Losada (Katusha), Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge), Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-Quick Step), Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar), Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Kristjian Durasek and Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida), Andrew Talansky and Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling), Merhawi Kudus, Serge Pauwels and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka).

After Lieuwe Westra crashed, the peloton eased slightly on the approach to the Col de la Colle Saint-Michel but things were brought to the boil again when Contador attacked with Mick Rogers. Movistar shut down Contador but Rogers then went away on his own, joined by Adriano Malori (Movistar). Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Valverde also tried to break free but Sky were having none of it.

Rogers and Malori were then joined by Brice Feillu (Bretagne), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Romain Sicard (Europcar) in a five-man chasing group that was 3:30 behind the leaders. Part-way through what was already punishing day, world champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-QuickStep) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) abandoned the race and Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) was dropped and would fall from 11th to 16th on GC.

The lead group’s gap was extending over the peloton but they weren’t collaborating smoothly and Benoît Vaugrenard dished out some retribution to John Degenkolb and Peter Sagan by challenging them, and beating them, at the intermediate sprint with 50km remaining. Simon Geschke noticed the lack of cooperation and rolled the dice and behind him the breakaway group blew itself to pieces on the Col d’Allos.

Frank was keen to push on and was joined after a while by Pinot, Yates, Talansky, and later Urán. Pinot attacked a few kilometres shy of the summit and crested just over a minute behind Geschke, who picked up the Souvenir Henri Desgrange for being the first rider over the highest point in this year’s Tour. But the Frenchman, who has had confidence issues with descending in the past, had a minor fall on an early left-hand bend and slipped back.

In the yellow jersey group behind, Leopold König was working for Froome but it was Trek and Astana doing the bulk of the pace making. The group, as expected, thinned down to an elite 10, but then became five when Astana set Nibali up for a stinging attack. Only Froome, Contador, Valverde and Quintana could follow, and it was the Colombian who was next to attack. Froome sat second wheel all the way down the descent, astutely following Nibali and Valverde in turn, while Contador ran into trouble behind.

Up the road, Talansky gained time on the 6.2km category 2 climb to Pra Loup but Geschke was still fresh enough to hold on for the win, with Pinot coming back for fourth behind Urán. The rest of the breakaway then filtered in while Quintana tried to put some late pressure on Froome. The two of them rode away from Nibali and Valverde in the final kilometre but crossed the line together. No time was clawed back by the Colombian, but he’ll hope the exertions of the day have done enough to soften Froome for what’s to come.

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

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