La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 13 [FULL STAGE]

September 4, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 13 – Catalayud – Tarazona : 178 km

Oleg Tinkov won’t appreciate the irony, but after spending much of last winter and spring trying to bait Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana into taking on his so-called Grand Tour challenge, his man Alberto Contador is the glaring absentee from one of the most star-studded editions in Vuelta a España history. The Vuelta organisers will undoubtedly miss the defending champion Contador, who carries a box office appeal in Spain that none of his contemporaries can match. No other rider, for instance, could knock Real Madrid off the front page of Marca on the day football’s transfer window closed, as Contador did in 2014, but his absence is offset in no small part by the glittering array of galacticos in the field this year. Twelve months ago, the Vuelta had the feel of a Tour de France do-over, as Contador and Froome looked to make amends after crashing out in July. This time around, it is something grander again: a Tour de France rematch. The three podium finishers from the Tour – Froome, Quintana and his Movistar stable-mate Alejandro Valverde – are all on hand, along with the fourth-placed Nibali, who for good measure is joined by his Astana stable-mates Fabio Aru and Mikel Landa. Froome, of course, is not simply facing off against the men he beat to the Tour crown a month ago, he is also making a tilt at history. Only two riders – Jacques Anquetil in 1963 and Bernard Hinault in 1978 – have achieved the Tour-Vuelta double, and their victories came when the Vuelta preceded the Tour by some two months. Since the Vuelta shifted to its current Autumn slot in 1995, Carlos Sastre is the only Tour champion to even start the Vuelta a month later, and his 2008 double bid ended with a third place finish behind Contador.

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre-Merida) soloed to a maiden Grand Tour victory on stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana, cleverly attacking on a long descent from a large breakaway with just under 30km to go and holding his lead to the finish in Tarazona.

Once he had opened up a gap on the descent of the final climb of the day – the third-category Alto de Moncayo – the multiple Portuguese time trial champion used his skillset and power to consolidate his lead, which continued to grow all the way to the line. Though the 26-year-old was alone against a chasing pack of over 20km, his victory was in no small part down to teamwork as Rubén Plaza and Valerio Conti did a great job of slowing the pace in the breaks and marking each and every attack.

“This is the most beautiful victory in my career,” Oliveira said. “I won the Portuguese championship, such emotional successes for me, but the feelings I had today are something I can’t describe.

“I think Lampre-Merida fully deserved a victory, because we approached every stage with a battling spirit and we made every stage very exciting. My sensations during the Vuelta have been good, I was in the front of the race in the queen stage, too and I tried to attack, but I could not achieve a top result, so I tried today again.

“I attacked maybe too early, but in that moment the breakaway members were recovering their energy and, being aware that, I needed to anticipate if I wanted to win, I decided to attack.”

Julien Simon (Cofidis) led the thoroughly beaten remains of the 24-rider breakaway to the line for second, with Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) third, nearly four minutes ahead of the peloton but just over a minute down on the triumphant Oliveira.

On stage 12 on Thursday it was exhausting simply to watch the Giant-Alpecin and Trek Factory Racing-led peloton chase down the break – something they only managed with 200 metres to spare. Today the hilly stage was always likely to suit the baroudeurs and they went on the attack from the very start. With an early third-category climb followed almost immediately by the first-category ascent of the Alto de Beratón, it was Astana who marshalled the peloton for much of the day, merely making sure things didn’t get too out of hand.

Fabio Aru finished safely in the bunch and, following the abandon of Chris Froome on Thursday morning, the Italian saw another of his main rivals – Nairo Quintana suffer during the stage. The Colombian has been struggling with a fever and an upset stomach over the last few days and was dropped for a while on the first climb of the day. He has dropped out of the top 10 along with Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) but that was by virtue of Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-QuickStep), and Romain Sicard (Europcar) being in the break of the day and taking their places in the top ten thanks to the time the break gained on the peloton. All the main general classification contenders finished together in the bunch at 4:48. They will now look ahead to three days in the mountains, with three summit finishes, which are likely to be pivotal in the fight for the leader’s red jersey.

How it unfolded

The peloton lined up in Calatayud with 173 riders in its ranks after the overnight abandon of a sick Maarten Wynants (LottoNL-Jumbo). As expected, it was a fast and furious start to proceedings. With a breakaway always likely to stay away to the line, the fight to be in it was intense, with attacks, counter-attacks, and short-lived escape moves aplenty.

At one point a group of 50 dangled ahead of the peloton but it wasn’t until just over 40km in, on the lower slopes of the third-category Alto Collado de Oseja, that the break of the day began to take shape. Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling), active from the start, triggered it, moving clear with Oliveira and Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar). They were soon joined by Alessandro De Marchi (BMC), Plaza, Mickael Cherel (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Jerome Coppel (IAM Cycling) and Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge), with Plaza leading the octet over the climb with a 30 second advantage.

While those riders were out front, however, one of the pre-race favourites was caught behind. Quintana, described as ‘empty’ by his team doctor after suffering from a fever and an upset stomach, was dropped on the climb and clearly in difficulty, though he did manage to regain contact.

A large chase group was forming behind and they linked up on the first-category climb of the Alto de Beratón to form a group of 24, where Plaza again took the mountains points. The new additions were: Sergio Henao and Nicolas Roche (Team Sky), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale), David Arroyo (Caja Rural), Yohan Bagot and Julien Simon (Cofidis), Niki Terpstra y Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-Quick Step), Kenny Elissonde y Kevin Reza (FDJ), Valerio Conti (Lampre-Merida), Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal), José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar), Stephen Cummings (MTN-Qhubeka), Romain Sicard (Europcar) and Pawel Poljanski (Tinkoff-Saxo).

As they made their way down the long and gentle descent the leaders’ advantage pushed out above four minutes, with Astana coming to the front just to keep an eye on things. Sicard and Brambilla were the closest to Aru on GC at well over six minutes and they probably held their breakaway companions back somewhat as Astana turned up the heat with the final climb of the day – the third-category Alto del Moncayo – looming.

Brambilla took the points at the intermediate sprint to be the best placed rider overall in the break just in case the peloton and Astana team lost time. However the climb started soon after, whereupon things became less amicable and more frantic in the break. Chavanel and Oliveira went off before Poljanski opened up a decent gap for a while, cresting the climb in first place.

Poljanski was caught before the descent though, and Oliveira took another flyer, charging down the mountain at 70km/h. He managed to open up a gap which grew and grew thanks to his handy descending skills and he then channelled his time trialling strength as the gradients eased.

In the breakaway group behind Lampre played it perfectly, with Plaza and Conti doing their best to slow the pace and mark any attacks. By the time the road started to kick up again slightly with seven kliometres to go, Lampre directeur sportif Orlando Maini had drawn up alongside his rider and was barking encouragement through the driver’s window.

There was no need because Oliveira’s his lead never waned and he was able to enjoy the final few hundred metres to the line in Tarazona and savour the biggest win of his career to date.

Results :
1 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 4:14:01
2 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:00
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
8 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
11 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida
12 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
13 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
14 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
15 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida
16 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
18 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
19 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka
20 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
21 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Team Sky
24 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:01:11
25 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:43
26 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:04:48
27 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
29 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
30 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
31 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
32 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
34 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team
35 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge
36 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
38 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
39 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
40 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
41 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
42 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
43 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
44 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
45 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
49 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
50 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
51 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar
53 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
54 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
55 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
56 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
58 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
59 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha
60 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
61 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
64 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
65 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
66 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia
67 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
68 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar
69 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
70 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
71 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
72 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
73 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
74 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
75 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
77 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
78 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
79 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia
82 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
83 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
84 Carlos Quintero (Col) Colombia
85 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
86 Larry Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
87 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
88 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
89 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Colombia
90 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
91 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
92 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
93 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
95 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
97 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
98 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing
99 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
100 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
102 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
103 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
104 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
105 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
106 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal
107 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar
108 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
109 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
110 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
111 Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia
112 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
113 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:05:34
114 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
115 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:23
116 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:07:16
117 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge
118 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
119 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
120 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:07:49
122 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:19
123 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
124 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
125 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
126 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
127 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
128 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia
129 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 0:08:44
130 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN – Qhubeka
131 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
132 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
133 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
134 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
135 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
136 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr
137 Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
138 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
139 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
140 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
141 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
142 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
143 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
144 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
145 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN – Qhubeka
146 Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia
147 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:08:49
148 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:09:29
149 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
150 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
151 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida
152 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
153 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
154 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
155 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
156 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
157 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
158 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia
159 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
160 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida
161 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
162 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
163 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia
164 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing
165 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
166 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
167 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
168 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
169 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:17
170 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:19:26
171 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:24:37
DNS Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
DNF Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
DNF Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida

General Classification after Stage 13 :
1 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 51:33:19
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:27
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:30
4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:28
5 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:29
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:52
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:54
8 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:58
9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:51
10 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
11 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:07
12 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:04:15
13 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:19
14 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar 0:07:29
15 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:07:46
16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:09:38
17 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:50
18 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:10:19
19 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:49
20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:11:07
21 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:04
22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:12:08
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:20:42
24 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:22:03
25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:22:07
26 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:22:08
27 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:25:05
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:25:09
29 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:26:10
30 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:26:15
31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:27:28
32 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 0:28:26
33 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:28:28
34 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:29:37
35 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:33:21
36 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:33:42
37 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia 0:38:03
38 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 0:44:47
39 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:49:59
40 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:50:18
41 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:51:28
42 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:51:44
43 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:52:53
44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:53:32
45 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:54:31
46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:54:36
47 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:55:37
48 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:56:48
49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:58:17
50 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:59:00
51 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:59:32
52 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:00:15
53 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 1:00:39
54 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:01:00
55 Larry Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 1:01:50
56 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 1:04:30
57 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:04:48
58 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 1:05:23
59 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 1:05:50
60 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:08:16
61 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:09:15
62 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 1:10:58
63 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 1:11:05
64 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:12:29
65 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:12:30
66 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1:15:12
67 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:15:55
68 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:16:32
69 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 1:16:34
70 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia 1:16:41
71 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1:17:30
72 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Colombia 1:18:45
73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:18:59
74 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:21:28
75 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 1:22:44
76 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:22:45
77 Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia 1:23:43
78 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 1:25:03
79 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1:25:25
80 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:25:42
81 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 1:26:45
82 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:27:00
83 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 1:27:01
84 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 1:28:54
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 1:29:34
86 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:29:45
87 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 1:30:47
88 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka 1:32:08
89 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 1:32:34
90 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:32:51
91 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:33:35
92 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:33:52
93 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 1:34:35
94 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:35:19
95 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 1:35:20
96 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:35:21
97 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:35:26
98 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:35:29
99 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:35:55
100 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN – Qhubeka 1:36:26
101 Carlos Quintero (Col) Colombia 1:37:14
102 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:37:51
103 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:38:05
104 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:40:20
105 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:40:25
106 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:41:03
107 Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:42:32
108 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:43:10
109 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 1:44:22
110 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 1:44:58
111 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:45:00
112 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:45:14
113 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:45:18
114 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:46:11
115 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:46:22
116 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:47:07
117 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:47:12
118 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1:47:39
119 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 1:48:26
120 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1:49:34
121 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:49:36
122 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:49:41
123 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 1:51:13
124 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1:51:32
125 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 1:52:14
126 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:53:42
127 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 1:54:36
128 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:56:22
129 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 1:56:50
130 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:56:53
131 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:56:57
132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:59:17
133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1:59:57
134 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 2:00:03
135 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 2:00:09
136 Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia 2:02:01
137 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 2:02:58
138 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 2:03:31
139 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 2:04:17
140 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN – Qhubeka 2:04:25
141 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 2:04:35
142 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia 2:05:29
143 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:05:38
144 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 2:05:46
145 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:05:50
146 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:05:58
147 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:05:59
148 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:06:27
149 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:07:09
150 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:09:22
151 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:09:40
152 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 2:10:42
153 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:12:07
154 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 2:12:11
155 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2:12:55
156 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 2:14:02
157 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:14:26
158 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 2:14:40
159 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 2:15:30
160 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:17:01
161 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2:20:52
162 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2:25:40
163 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 2:25:44
164 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida 2:26:07
165 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:28:06
166 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:29:01
167 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 2:34:22
168 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:38:31
169 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 2:38:59
170 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:52:36
171 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 2:54:36