Tour de France 2016 – Stage 06 [FULL STAGE]

July 05, 2016
Tour de France 2016 – Stage 6 [LAST 3 KM] – Arpajon-sur-Cère – Montauban – 190,5 km (Flat stage)

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.

For all his success at the Tour de France over the years, Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) has never known an opening week quite like this one. The Manxman claimed his third win in just six days – and the 29th Tour stage victory of his career – when he out-lasted Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) and Dan McLay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) in the bunch sprint in Montauban.

In keeping with the tenor of bunch finishes at this year’s Tour, it was another rather chaotic finale to stage 6, with no one team capable of taking control of affairs at the head of the peloton, despite the game efforts of Bryan Coquard’s Direct Energie squad.

Faced with such tumult, Cavendish opted for a rather straightforward tactic: he sought out his rival Kittel’s wheel in the closing kilometres, and then looked to come around him in the finishing straight. Easier said than done, but Cavendish is enjoying a run of form perhaps unseen since his domination of the sprint stages at the 2013 Giro d’Italia: every decision he takes this week appears to be the right one.

Cavendish duly came off Kittel’s wheel just inside the final 150 metres and quickly opened a gap. Though both Kittel and the rapidly-closing McLay began to peg him back in as the line drew nearer, Cavendish was not to be denied.

Prior to this week, Cavendish had never beaten Kittel in a head-to-head sprint at the Tour, and the assumption was that the German’s recent pre-eminence in that particular prize fight would continue here. Instead, the scorecard reads 3-1 in Cavendish’s favour as the mountains appear on the horizon.

“It was just carnage in the final with guys coming left and right. I wanted Kittel’s wheel. I was fighting and fighting for Kittel’s wheel,” Cavendish said afterwards. “Etixx weren’t that organised but I knew that they would get it on the final long, fast run-in. I knew it would be the right thing to go early. Because it was slightly downhill, I put on a bigger gear again and I just went. Actually, I maxed out, I should have put a bigger gear on.

“I kept going to the line, I really wanted it. I felt Kittel coming up on my side again but I just did what he’s done to me over the last three years and just held him at it.”

Kittel was magnanimous in defeat, admitting that Cavendish was “where he needed to be and when.” When the peloton entered the final four kilometres, it had been notable that neither Kittel nor any of his Etixx-QuickStep teammates were in the first 25 positions, and the German explained that bunch finishes at this year’s Tour have been especially difficult to negotiate.

“To be very honest, in the finals this year, there is no tactic. It’s impossible to ride with a team here. I don’t know why the organisers do it like this with downhills in the city, we have all those small roads and corners. It goes wide, narrow, wide again and every team is struggling at this stage to be at the front,” Kittel said. “The GC teams are also holding their wheels until the finish line. It’s pure chaos and that’s why you can win here with really smart positioning. The team only has to bring you forward at a certain moment and that’s it and then you have to go out of the wheel of someone at a certain point.”

That kind of chaos arguably suited McLay more than anyone. The Englishman slalomed to a spectacular victory at the GP Denain earlier in the season, and he picked his way through the traffic here and came within a whisker of springing a surprise victory.

Indeed, McLay’s has been a remarkably assured Tour debut. Not many neophytes succeed in participating in a bunch sprint, far less coming so close to claiming a victory, but McLay now has four top-ten finishes under his belt and has justified the faith shown in him by his Fortuneo-Vital Concept team.

Alexander Kristoff, who enjoyed a slightly better lead-out than most from his Katusha team, had to settle for fourth, ahead of Christophe Laporte (Cofidis), while Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) took fifth.

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) finished safely in the main peloton to keep the yellow jersey and maintain his lead of 5:11 over Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep), with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) a further two seconds back in third.

Calm before the storm

With the mercury steadily rising in time with the Tour peloton’s trajectory south, and with the race set to enter the high mountains on Friday, it was hardly surprising that once an early break formed – step forward Yukiya Arashiro (Lampre-Merida) and Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) – the peloton would leave them to it.

The two leaders amassed a maximum advantage just north of five minutes while BMC – with some help from the sprinters’ teams – kept tabs on the gap, though there was precious little urgency in the main peloton until deep into the stage.

Arashiro and Barta’s gap slipped to less a minute with 40 kilometres to race, and once Direct Energie went through the motions of marshalling the chase in earnest, their day was done, and they were duly swept up with 23 kilometres remaining.

Even at that juncture, however, no one man team managed to bend the finale to its will, and the finale seemed almost placid at times, with riders spread across the road on the front right into the final ten kilometres. As Cavendish pointed out afterwards, however, it was all rather less serene beneath the surface. Nothing is ever straightforward at the Tour.

“Oh my God, that was terrifying. That was like the old days, just wheel surfing,” Cavendish said. “Honestly, I said this morning: ‘There are two finish lines, there’s one with 12k to go when we got onto the small road.’ And we were a little too far back, Bernie [Eisel] and I, going into that.”

Cavendish succeeded in navigating the eddying currents of the peloton better than most in the finale, where others unexpectedly ran aground. Lotto Soudal led into the final 1500 metres, for instance, but André Greipel could only manage 15th, while for all Sylvain Chavanel and Direct Energie’s work, Coquard had to settle for 9th place. In the end, it was Fabio Sabatini (Etixx-QuickStep) who opened a rather disjointed sprint, but it was his former teammate Cavendish who emerged to claim the spoils.

The general classification contenders, meanwhile, enjoyed a relative day of détente ahead of the upcoming troika of Pyrenean stages, with Chris Froome (Sky), Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) all finishing safely in the main peloton.

Unlike a year ago, Froome and Quintana enter the high mountains locked on the same time, each 5:17 down on Van Avermaet. The Col d’Aspin awaits.

Results :

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 4:43:48
2 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
3 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
5 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
7 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
8 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
9 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
10 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
12 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
13 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
15 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
16 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
17 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:03
18 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
19 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:00:04
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
22 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
24 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
25 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
27 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
29 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
30 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
31 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
32 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
33 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
34 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
35 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
36 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
37 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
38 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
39 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
40 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
41 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
42 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
44 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
45 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
46 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
47 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
48 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
49 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
50 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
51 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
52 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
53 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
54 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
57 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
58 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
59 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
60 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:00:05
61 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
62 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
63 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
64 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
65 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
66 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
67 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
69 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
70 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
71 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
72 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
74 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
75 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
76 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
77 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
78 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
79 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
80 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
82 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
83 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
84 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
85 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
86 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
87 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
88 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
89 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
90 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
91 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
92 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
93 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
95 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
97 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
99 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
100 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
101 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
102 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
103 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
105 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
106 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
107 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
108 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
109 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
110 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
111 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
112 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
113 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange
115 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
116 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
117 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
118 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
119 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
120 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
121 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
122 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
123 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
124 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
125 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
126 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
127 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
128 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
129 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
130 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
131 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
132 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
133 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
134 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
135 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:26
136 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
137 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
139 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
140 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
141 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
142 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:00:38
143 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:42
144 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 0:00:44
145 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:53
146 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
147 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:57
148 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
149 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
150 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
151 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
152 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
153 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
154 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
155 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
156 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
157 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange
158 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
159 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange
160 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
161 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
162 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
163 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
164 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
165 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
166 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
167 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
168 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
169 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
170 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
171 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
172 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:06
173 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:01:12
174 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
175 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:16
176 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
177 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:01:25
178 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
179 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:01:33
180 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
181 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
182 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
183 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
184 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
185 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:38
186 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
187 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
188 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:59
189 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
190 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:02
191 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:21
192 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:34
193 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 0:03:12
194 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:15
195 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
196 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:06:26
197 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
198 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18

General classification after Stage 6:

1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 30:18:38
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:05:11
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:13
4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:05:15
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:05:17
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
11 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
12 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
13 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 0:05:26
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:05:28
19 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
20 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
21 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 0:05:29
22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:05:57
23 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:06:09
24 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:06:31
25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:06:39
26 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:55
27 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:07:02
28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:21
29 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:08:02
30 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:08:45
31 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
32 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
33 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
34 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:09
35 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:40
36 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:13
37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:10:31
38 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:44
39 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 0:10:46
40 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:10:52
41 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:04
42 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:18
44 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:13:22
45 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:13:27
46 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:32
47 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:13:56
48 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:14:06
50 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:14:13
51 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:17
52 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:14:31
53 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:14:48
54 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:14:53
55 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:15:09
56 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:15:24
57 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:36
58 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
59 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:41
60 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:16:10
61 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:16:17
62 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:16:42
63 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:16:45
64 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:18:45
65 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:18:53
66 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange 0:19:29
67 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:19:45
68 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:20:21
69 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:20:24
70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:22:11
71 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
72 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:22:40
73 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:23:04
74 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:23:33
75 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:23:55
76 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:23:56
77 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:24:13
78 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:24:17
79 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:24:37
80 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:25:20
81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:25:25
82 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:25:35
83 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:25:55
84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:01
85 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:26:42
86 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:43
87 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:26:44
88 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:26:45
89 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:26:46
90 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:26:47
91 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:26:53
92 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:59
93 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:27:10
94 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:27:19
95 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:27:21
96 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac 0:28:12
97 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:28:15
98 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:28:16
99 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:28:17
101 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:28:45
102 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:29:01
103 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:29:02
104 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:29:08
105 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:29:14
106 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:29:16
107 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:29:17
108 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:29:18
109 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:29:20
110 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:29:28
111 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
112 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:29:31
113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
114 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:29:37
115 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
116 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:29:41
117 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange 0:29:44
118 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:29:45
119 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:29:51
120 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:29:55
121 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:30:05
122 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:17
123 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:30:19
124 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:30:27
125 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30:52
126 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:31:02
127 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:31:14
128 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
129 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:31:34
130 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 0:31:39
131 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:31:40
132 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:31:49
133 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:32:08
134 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:32:11
135 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:32:20
136 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:32:39
137 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 0:33:08
138 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:33:26
139 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:33:29
140 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
141 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:33:37
142 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:33:41
143 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:33:44
144 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:33:48
145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:34:13
146 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:34:16
147 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:34:31
148 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:34:35
149 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:34:44
150 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:34:54
151 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:35:00
152 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:35:13
153 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:15
154 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 0:35:23
155 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:35:27
156 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:35:28
157 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:35:32
158 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:35:36
159 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:35:44
160 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:35:54
161 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:13
162 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:36:14
163 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:15
164 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:36:48
165 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:36:49
166 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:36:55
167 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
168 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:37:11
169 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 0:37:26
170 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:37:33
171 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:38:11
172 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:38:23
173 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:39:04
174 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:39:07
175 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:39:32
176 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:40:04
177 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:40:08
178 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:40:23
179 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:40:37
180 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:40:43
181 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:40:50
182 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:40:55
183 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:41:08
184 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:41:12
185 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 0:41:13
186 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:41:34
187 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:41:53
188 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:39
189 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:43:01
190 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 0:43:17
191 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:43:48
192 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 0:43:52
193 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:44:40
194 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:45:42
195 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:45:59
196 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:58:36
197 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 1:02:31
198 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 1:16:47