Tour de France 2016 – Stage 04 [FULL STAGE]

July 05, 2016
Tour de France 2016 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE] – Saumur – Limoges – 237,5 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.

The margin for error at this Tour de France seems to grow tighter by the day. The proof is in the photo finish stills. For the second day running, the commissaires had to review the images before designating a winner, as Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) edged out Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) by mere millimetres to win stage 4 in Limoges.

In Angers on Monday, Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) had each punched the air in celebration on crossing the line, but the margins were so tight here that neither Kittel nor Coquard dared the claim the victory for himself.

The jury’s deliberations barely lasted a minute but the wait must have seemed interminable for Kittel, who sat on the tarmac past the finish line, only daring to break into a smile once his soigneur had slapped him on the shoulders in congratulations.

On rising gingerly to his feet, Kittel wiped a tear from his eyes, and his voice was still raw as he spoke beneath the podium. After placing second to Cavendish on stage 1 and then making a hash of his sprint in Angers, the pressure was beginning to mount on Kittel. Victory in Limoges – his 9th Tour de France stage in total, but his first since 2014 – was something of a release.

“I feel very emotional right now – it feels like my first stage win again. I’m super happy. I’m very proud because the team was really fighting for this win,” Kittel said. “Things went wrong in the last days and I’m so happy to be back in the Tour and to win a stage like this. I can’t believe it.”

The finishing straight pitched upwards for 700 metres and, at least in theory, was less suited to Kittel than the previous two sprint finishes. For Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), by contrast, the terrain presented a considerable opportunity, and there was little surprise when his teammate Jacopo Guarnieri took over from Lotto Soudal in the final kilometre and led out the sprint.

Kittel, meanwhile, bided his time, and though he had team Fabio Sabatini on hand, he opted to stay on the wheel of Greipel, before unleashing a ferocious sprint effort inside the final 200 metres. Neither Greipel nor the yellow jersey Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) could get on terms with the German and he looked to be cruising to a stage win, only for Coquard to emerge from leftfield within sight of the line.

His shoulders rocking as he tried to keep his huge gear turning over, Coquard was visibly straining yet still making up ground on the smoother Kittel. In the final ten metres, Coquard could scarcely hold a straight line and almost touched shoulders with Kittel as they passed beneath the finish banner.

Sitting with his legs crossed past the finish line, Coquard seemed lost in prayer as he waited for white smoke from the commissaires. The verdict that eventually emanated from their cloister near the podium was not a positive one.

“I really believed in my chances. I could see I was making it back but it was not enough,” Coquard said of his sprint. “I’m very disappointed but I must not give up. There are still lots of chances left. There is no mistake in the sprints, the strongest rider wins. I was never as close to victory but I haven’t won yet. I’m young but I’m a winner. I have temperament and I want to win this year on the Tour.”

Sagan placed third on the stage to keep the yellow jersey, 12 seconds ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep) and 14 up on Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Tour debutant Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) took fourth in front of Kristoff, while Cavendish placed 8th and Greipel faded to 18th.

“I can’t complain, I’m happy, I’m still in yellow, I was third, so more points for the green jersey, it’s good,” Sagan said. “It was nearly 250km with the neutral zone but it wasn’t difficult thanks to the tailwind – it was fine today.”

Diamond legs

At 237.5 kilometres, this was the longest of the race and the second mammoth stage in succession, through it was run off at a rather brisker pace than Monday’s leg to Angers. Understandably, given the sheer distance, there wasn’t the usual flurry of willing attackers once the flag dropped outsider Saumer, but a four-man move eventually sallied clear after 15 kilometres, and Oliver Naesen (IAM Cycling), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Markel Irizar (Trek-Segafredo) and Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Argon18) would stay clear for much of the day.

The quartet established a maximum advantage of six minutes before Lotto Soudal, Etixx-QuickStep and Dimension Data set about closing the gap as the terrain grew more rugged on the approach to Limoges.

With 20 kilometres to go, the break was down to three riders – Gougeard had sat up – and the gap hovered at 30 seconds, and though Naesen and Irizar put up admirable resistance, they would be swept up with 7 kilometres remaining.

In the intervening period, Thomas Voeckler signalled Coquard and Direct Energie’s ambition by carrying out much of the pace-setting. For much of the fraught finale, meanwhile, it appeared for all the world as though Kittel’s chance had already passed him by. Etixx-QuickStep had been active earlier in the stage in pegging back the break of the day, but the black and blue jerseys were absent from the front of the peloton as it hurtled towards Limoges.

The run-in was difficult to navigate, due as much to the archipelago of traffic islands and roundabouts as the rolling terrain, but Greipel’s Lotto Soudal team finally appeared to have stilled the waters when they hit the front with three kilometres to go.

As Kittel’s teammate Iljo Keisse pointed out afterwards, however, on a finale that ebbed and flowed like this one, every advantage had its disadvantage. “It was the same yesterday, with a small descent and then a climb. There are always teams coming up from behind so it’s very difficult for the team on the front to stay there,” he pointed out.

With 1,500 metres to go, Greipel was tucked in third place behind two Lotto Soudal teammates, but his red guard hit the front too soon, and they were overrun on the final haul to the line. Instead, it was Kittel who emerged to claim the win in another game of millimetres on this Tour.

“Yesterday our train didn’t work and that was very annoying because Marcel said he had diamond legs,” Keisse said. “Today we had to work things perfectly so he could show his diamond legs to the world and win the stage.”

Results :

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 5:28:30
2 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
6 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
7 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
11 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
12 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
13 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
14 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
15 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
18 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
19 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
20 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
23 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
25 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
26 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
28 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
30 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
31 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
32 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
33 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
34 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
36 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
37 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
38 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
39 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
42 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
43 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
44 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
46 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
47 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
48 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
49 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
51 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
52 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
53 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
54 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
55 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
58 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
59 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
60 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
61 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
62 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
63 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
64 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
65 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
66 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
67 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
68 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
70 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
70 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
72 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
73 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
74 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
75 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
76 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
77 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
77 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
79 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
80 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
81 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
82 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
83 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
84 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
85 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
85 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
85 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
88 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
89 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
91 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
92 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
93 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
94 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
95 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
96 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
97 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
98 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
99 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
100 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
101 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
102 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
103 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
104 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
106 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
107 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:19
108 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
109 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
111 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
112 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
113 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:25
114 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:28
115 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:32
116 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:00:37
117 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
118 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:42
119 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:46
120 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:52
121 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
122 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
123 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
124 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:57
125 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:01:11
126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:14
127 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
128 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
129 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:01:33
130 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
131 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
132 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
133 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
134 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
135 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
136 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
137 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
138 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
139 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
140 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
141 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
142 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
143 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
144 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
145 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
146 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
147 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange
148 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
149 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
150 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
151 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
152 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
153 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
154 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
155 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
156 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
157 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
158 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
159 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:46
160 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange 0:01:56
161 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:02
162 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:08
163 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:02:10
164 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
165 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:03:14
166 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
167 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:46
168 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:52
169 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
170 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
171 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
172 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:04:55
173 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
174 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:57
175 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:05:00
176 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
177 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:05:02
178 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:05:05
179 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
180 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:06:01
181 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:06:28
182 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
183 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
184 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
185 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
186 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
187 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
188 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
189 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
190 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
191 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
192 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
193 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
194 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:08:03
195 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:59
196 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
197 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
198 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:14:38

General classification after Stage 4:

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 20:03:02
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:12
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:14
4 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:18
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
8 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
11 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
12 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
17 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
18 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
19 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
21 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
22 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
23 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
24 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
25 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
27 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:28
28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:29
29 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
30 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
32 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:33
34 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:35
36 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
37 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
38 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
39 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
40 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
41 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
43 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:39
44 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:42
45 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:44
46 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:53
47 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
48 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
49 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
50 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:59
51 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
52 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:06
54 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
55 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
56 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:15
57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:25
58 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:31
59 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
60 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:36
61 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
62 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:37
63 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:01:40
64 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
65 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:43
66 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:52
67 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:57
68 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
69 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
70 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:58
71 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:03
72 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
73 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
74 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
75 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:07
76 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:02:28
77 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:31
78 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:32
79 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:02:39
80 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:02:42
81 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:02:48
82 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:03:08
83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:10
84 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
85 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
86 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:03:25
88 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:31
89 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:38
90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:03
91 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:04:09
92 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
93 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:11
94 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:04:20
95 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:21
96 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:34
97 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:36
98 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange 0:04:37
99 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:04:59
100 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange
101 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:05:04
102 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:12
103 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:05:15
104 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:05:20
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:05:25
106 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:05:31
107 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:36
108 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:46
109 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:05:50
110 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:05:54
111 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:06:07
112 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
113 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
114 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:14
115 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:18
116 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:06:23
117 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:06:32
118 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:06:46
119 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:06:53
120 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:54
121 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:07:09
122 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
123 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
124 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
125 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
126 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:07:34
128 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:38
129 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:07:40
130 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:07:45
131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:07:46
132 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:51
133 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 0:08:01
134 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
135 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:08:23
136 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:08:27
137 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:08:33
138 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
139 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
140 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
141 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:42
142 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
143 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
144 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:09:10
145 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:09:11
146 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:09:18
147 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:09:25
148 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:09:26
149 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
150 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:09:29
151 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:32
152 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:09:33
153 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:09:38
154 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:09:59
155 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
156 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:10:06
157 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:10:16
158 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:10:17
159 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:10:23
160 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:10:37
161 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:45
162 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:10:49
163 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:10:55
164 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:10:58
165 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:11:10
166 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:11:22
167 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:11:24
168 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:11:42
169 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:12:12
170 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:49
171 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 0:12:56
172 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:13:08
173 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:13:37
174 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 0:14:11
175 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:14:13
176 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:37
177 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 0:14:38
178 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:43
179 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:14:59
180 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:01
181 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
182 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:15:09
183 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 0:15:30
184 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
185 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:32
186 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:15:36
187 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:16:21
188 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:16:23
189 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:16:34
190 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:17:08
191 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
192 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:32
193 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
194 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:17:51
195 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:19:12
196 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:23:48
197 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:27:43
198 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:37:19