Tour de France 2016 – Stage 01 [FULL STAGE]

July 02, 2016
Tour de France 2016 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] – Mont Saint-Michel – Utah Beach, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont – 188 km (Flat stage)

The Eneco Tour of Benelux is a road bicycle racing stage-race. Its name refers to its main sponsor, the energy company Eneco Energie. It is part of both the UCI ProTour and the UCI World Ranking calendar.

The 2016 Tour de France is the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycle race and is currently taking place between 2 and 24 July 2016.

Mark Cavendish filled one of the very few gaps on his palmarès when he showed a clean pair of heels to his rivals on the final straight at Utah Beach to claim his 27th stage victory at the Tour de France and with it his first yellow jersey.

“I’m so happy. I really wanted to win here today,” Cavendish said. “The lads were incredble. Edvald [Boasson Hagen] did the most incredible turn at the end. He rode out of skin today. I’m so happy to do this for Dimension Data today. There’s no better way to highlight the Quebeka charity.

“It’s quite emotional. This is the only jersey in cycling I’ve not worn. I’ve had all three points jerseys, the worlds jerseys and the leaders jerseys in the Giro and the Vuelta and now this. I just wanted to win the stage and to wear this jersey is an honour. I’ve built my whole career on this race.”

Well protected by his Dimension Data teammates coming into the final kilometre, where a strong crosswind was a complicating factor, Cavendish jumped onto Peter Sagan’s wheel when Tinkoff’s world champion accelerated from 200 metres out. As the heavily tipped Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) began to come through on Sagan’s left, Cavendish went on the Slovak’s right and arrowed clear of his rivals, crossing the line two bike lengths ahead of Kittel, with Sagan third and Lotto-Soudal’s André Greipel in fourth.

The success, which was Cavendish’s first major objective for the season before he targets an Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro and a second world road title in Qatar in October, was also the first time the Manxman had beaten Kittel in a head-to-head sprint and he could have chosen no better moment to put an end to that hoodoo as well as to suggestions that he’s past his best.

As is always the case, the Tour’s opening stage was a nervy affair in parts and saw several riders hit the deck. The most notable was two-time champion Alberto Contador, who went down hard after BMC’s Brent Bookwalter lost control coming out of a roundabout at high speed, the impact also taking down Sky’s Luke Rowe. Although the Spaniard suffered cuts and grazes to his back and right shoulder, he remounted quickly and finished in the pack led in by Cavendish.

“I’m bruised all down along my right side from my ankle up but at least I don’t have to go home,” Contador said. “Hopefully I can get through the coming days and recover before the mountains. There are some positions where my shoulder gives me some doubts but I want to be optimistic and recover. I was well placed [at the time of the crash]. I came into the corner, there was a traffic island and my front wheel hit it and then I hit the curb with my back.”

There was more drama as the bunch sprint began to open up. Michael Morkov, the leadout man for Katusha sprinter Alexander Kristoff appeared to clip the foot of a barrier and catapulted into the riders following in the wake of the sprinters. Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) and Sky’s Geraint Thomas were among those who went down as a result.

How it unfolded

The stage began in far less frenetic fashion. Christian Prudhomme had barely finished flourishing the flag to signal the start of racing when Bora-Argon 18’s Jan Barta and Paul Voss jumped away and were quickly joined by Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling). Only two riders reacted in the bunch, Alex Howes (Cannondale) and Anthony Delapace (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) giving chase as the peloton sat up and allowed the quintet to go on their way.

With two fourth-category climbs coming early on, the leading trio didn’t ease up to allow Howes and Delaplace into the first contest for the King of the Mountains jersey. Approaching the climbs, the Bora duo made their numerical advantage count. Barta delivered an initial thrust that Howard chased down, only to see Voss counter and go off on his own to take the single point available on the summit of the Côte d’Avraches and then the Côte des Falaises de Champeux.

In between the two climbs, Howes and Delaplace finally made contact with Barta and Howard, and the four finally became five when Voss eased off soon after taking the second KoM.

The lead group’s advantage over the peloton, which had reached four and a half minutes early on, was trimmed back to around three following the two climbs as the GC teams readied for possible splits in the westerly wind blowing in off the English Channel.

Coming out of the feed zone halfway through the stage, a shift in the wind direction led to an injection of pace at the front of the peloton. A number of riders were caught out at the back of the peloton, although none of the favourites were among them.

It seemed that the main result of the acceleration was the break’s lead being chopped back to less than a minute. However, it was as the peloton was beginning to settle down that Bookwalter, Contador and Rowe went down, the three of them landing on the concrete divide in the centre of the road with some force.

The rips in the Spaniard’s jersey and his bloodied right shoulder were testament to the impact. However, initial reports suggested he hadn’t sustained any fractures and it appeared that the most serious damage was to his right shoe, which he had to replace as Tinkoff’s domestiques guided him back to the bunch.

Up ahead, Voss dropped back from the lead group before the intermediate sprint, which Howard won at a canter. Just 40-odd seconds later, Greipel was quickest of the sprinters, easing past compatriot Kittel coming up to the line, with Cavendish, Sagan and Byran Coquard (Direct Énergie) among those happy to follow close behind the two Germans.

With 57km to the finish, Delaplace and Howes cut loose from Barta and Howard. The pair’s lead fluctuated between 10 and 35 seconds for the next 40km, the two riders cooperating well until Delaplace attempted to go away on his own with 18km left. Howes responded with a dig of his own a couple of kilometres later.

Usually, these attacks would have signaled the end of the breakaway, but the peloton was happy to let the two escapees hold centre stage until well inside the 10-kilometre banner. Finally, with 5km left, Etixx-Quickstep and Lotto-Soudal came to the front and swept past Howes and Delaplace.

As the sprinters’ teams massed and Etixx and Lotto-Soudal vied for position on the front, Cavendish and a couple of his teammates managed to infiltrate the Etixx train, putting the Briton in an ideal position coming into the final kilometre. Once under the kilometre kite, no one team was able to impose itself, enabling lone gun Sagan to make an audacious bid for victory, only to see Cavendish fly by and take all of the spoils.

Results :

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 4:14:05
2 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
9 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
10 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:00:03
10 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
12 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
13 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
15 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:00:08
17 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
18 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:11
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
20 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
21 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:16
22 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
23 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:21
24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:00:23
25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
26 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
29 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
30 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
31 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:29
32 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
34 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
36 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:32
37 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
38 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
39 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
40 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
42 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
44 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
45 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
47 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
48 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange
49 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
50 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
52 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
55 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
56 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
58 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
59 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
60 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
61 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
62 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
64 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
65 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:42
66 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
66 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
68 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:45
69 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
70 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
71 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
72 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
73 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
75 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
76 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
78 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:50
79 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
80 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
81 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:00:53
82 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:55
83 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
84 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
86 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
87 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
89 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
90 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
91 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
92 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange
94 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
96 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
98 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
100 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
101 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
102 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:01:00
103 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
105 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
106 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
107 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
108 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
109 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
110 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
112 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
113 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
114 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
115 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
116 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
117 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
118 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
121 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
122 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
123 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
124 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
125 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
126 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
127 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
128 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
128 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
131 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
132 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
133 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
134 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
135 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
137 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
138 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
139 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:11
140 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
141 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:13
142 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
143 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:15
144 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
145 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:18
146 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
147 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:22
148 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:23
149 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
150 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:26
151 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
152 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
153 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
154 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
155 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
156 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
157 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
158 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
159 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
160 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
161 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:33
162 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
163 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange
164 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
165 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
166 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
167 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
168 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
169 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
170 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
171 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
172 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
173 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
174 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
175 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
176 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:45
177 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
178 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:57
179 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:02:08
180 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:11
181 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:18
182 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:20
183 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
184 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
185 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:02:21
186 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:44
187 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:48
188 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
189 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
190 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
191 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
192 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:03:07
193 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:03:22
194 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
195 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:32
196 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:05
197 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:04:33
198 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo

General classification after Stage 1:

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 4:13:55
2 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:04
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:00:06
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
5 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
9 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
10 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
11 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
12 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
13 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
14 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
15 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
17 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
18 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
20 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
21 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
22 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
23 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
26 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
29 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
30 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
31 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
32 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
34 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
36 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
38 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
39 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
40 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
42 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
44 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
45 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
47 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
48 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange
49 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
50 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
52 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
55 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
56 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
58 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
59 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
60 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
61 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
62 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
64 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
65 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
66 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
67 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
68 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
69 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
70 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
71 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
72 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
73 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
75 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
76 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
78 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
79 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
80 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
81 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
82 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
83 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
84 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
86 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
87 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
89 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
90 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
91 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
92 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange
94 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
96 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
98 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
100 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
101 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
102 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
103 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
105 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
106 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
107 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
108 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
109 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
110 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
112 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
113 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
114 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
115 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
116 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
117 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
118 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
121 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
122 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
123 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
124 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
125 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
126 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
127 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
128 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
129 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
131 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
132 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
133 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
134 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
135 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
137 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
138 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
139 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
140 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
141 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
142 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
143 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
144 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
145 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
146 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
147 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
148 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
149 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
150 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
151 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
152 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
153 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
154 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
155 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
156 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
157 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
158 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
159 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
160 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
161 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
162 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
163 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
164 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
165 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
166 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
167 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
168 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
169 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
170 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
171 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
172 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
173 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
174 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
175 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
176 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
177 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:32
178 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 0:01:43
179 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
180 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
181 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
182 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
183 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
184 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
185 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:21
186 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:28
187 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:30
188 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:02:31
189 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:58
190 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
191 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
192 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
193 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
194 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:03:17
195 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:42
196 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:15
197 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:04:43
198 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo