La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 20 [FULL STAGE]

September 12, 2015

La Vuelta 2015 – Stage 20 – San Lorenzo de El Escorial – Cercedilla : 175,8 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.

Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida) put in a solo effort of 112 kilometres to win stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana, but the real story took place many minutes down the road, as red jersey Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) dropped off the podium after Fabio Aru and his Astana team cleverly dumped the Dutchman to take the overall lead with one day remaining.

Aru began the day 6 seconds behind Dumoulin on general classification, but the standings would be redrawn radically on a dramatic day of racing in the Sierras of Madrid. The Italian now tops the GC with 1:17 in hand over Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), with Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) in third at 1:29. Dumoulin, who was distanced on the penultimate climb, the Puerto de Morcuera, eventually fell to sixth overall, 4:36 down.

Aru and his team began their forcing on the Morcuera and Dumoulin, long without teammates, was eventually distanced two kilometres from the summit. The already-dropped Alejandro Valverde aside, the other favourites easily went along, and Dumoulin could only watch them go.

Plaza had been part of an early break group, and on the second of the day’s four climbs, he took off alone. His gap never got up much above the two minute mark, but his chasers were unable to get close and he held on to win the stage from Jose Gonçalves (Caja Rural) and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC).

Team tactics ruled the day, as Astana showed to its advantage. The Kazakhstani team had two riders in the early break, and both Luis Leon Sanchez and Andrey Zeits were able to drop back and support their captain in the valley before the final climb, the Puerto de Cotos. Astana also boasted a stronger climbing team than the young and relatively inexperienced Giant-Alpecin squad. Dumoulin was alone early on, while Aru had a flock of teammates around him.

“This victory is thanks to my teammates, it’s not just about me,” Aru said. “They’ve been phenomenal for the whole Vuelta – Mikel, Luis Leon and Dario Cataldo – and we think of the guys who aren’t here, Paolo Tiralongo and Vincenzo Nibali. We had our difficulties at the start of this Giro but we’ve worked hard and we’ve been very united.”

Dumoulin was not up to the many climbs, losing the Vuelta lead on the climbs, due to both his own legs and the lack of supporting teammates. But it was the clever Astana tactics which gave him the knock-out punch, shoving him entirely off the podium.

“I was just empty, I had no legs. I had an idea that was the case but I just fought for what I was worth and in the end you just got to deal with it,” Dumoulin said. “Tomorrow I will feel proud but today it’s just disappointment.”

How it unfolded

Four category 1 climbs were on the schedule for the decisive and penultimate stage, with an 11km long descent into the finish. There were frantic efforts to get into the day’s early break group, and the lucky ten were Rubén Plaza (Lampre-Merida), Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal), Jaco Venter (MTN-Qhubeka), Lawrance Warbasse (IAM Cycling), Dani Navarro (Cofidis), Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff-Saxo), José Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Moreno Moser (Cannondale-Garmin), Miguel Ángel Rubiano (Colombia) and Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar).

Not to be outdone, a huge chase group formed. As the leaders hit the top of the day’s first climb, the Navacerrada, they had 1:06 over the chasers, with the field at 6:32.

Going up the second climb, the Puerto de la Morcuera, Plaza decided to take off on his own and he quickly built up a lead of more than two and a half minutes. The former lead group and the chase group merged into a mini-peloton of some 38 riders.

The group constantly split and reformed over the kilometers. It featured three Movistar riders who could conceivably provide later help to Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, who came into the stage as fifth and sixth overall. But this did not seem to concern Giant-Alpecin or Astana, as they let the gap grow to some 13 minutes.

Plaza flagged a bit just before the third climb, but seemed to catch his second wind, building his lead from 1:40 to nearly three minutes. Behind him, various riders tried desperately to break out of the chase group and catch him, but the group was not in the least cohesive and no one was successful.

Twelve minutes back, Astana finally decided it was time to take action, moving to the head of the group. Dumoulin was still near the head of things, but was losing helpers along the way.

Astana then went for its chance, with 4 kilometres still to go to the top of the Morcuera. Mikel Landa took off, followed by Aru, Quintana and Rafal Majka. Dumoulin was distanced at first but soon made his way up to the others. Valverde went with him, but quickly fell back.

The Dumoulin group was a very elite one, with eight riders. In addition to the race leader, it contained Aru, Landa, Quintana, Majka, Joaquim Rodriguez, Esteban Chaves and Mikel Nieve. Astana kept turning on the speed, hoping to dump Dumoulin and propel Aru into the race lead. But the young Dutchman coolly kept up with no difficulty.

Near the summit, though, Aru, Quintana and Majka took off, at first building a gap to Dumoulin, and he finally dropped back. Both he and Nieve watched the others disappear into the distance, with Dumoulin watching his hoped-for grand tour win vanish.

Dumoulin was not about to admit defeat, though. One of the larger riders, he could use his time trial talent to his advantage. The Aru group started gathering in drop-outs from the former lead group, including, dangerously, Luis Leon Sanchez of Astana. The Giant-Alpecin rider had moved up to nine seconds of the group, but then the gap grew again. Dumoulin almost visibly lost hope and his deficit soon stretched out to the minute mark.

Plaza was unaware of the drama behind him, and he held on to his 1:40 lead as he started up the final climb, a gap he would maintain all the way to the top.

Landa drove the pace in the Aru group, though Quintana, sensing a chance to move up on GC jumped near the summit. Majka, celebrating his 26th birthday, went with him to protect his placing. The two quickly put in a gap on the Astana-led group.

Quintana and Majka reached the top 4 minutes behind Plaza, but aided by teammates from the day’s early break, the built up a lead of almost a minute over the Aru group.

Rodriquez was not happy to see Majka taking such a lead, which would have knocked the Spaniard down to third in GC. He promptly saw the need to take his share in the lead work, and he did enough to move up to second place overall. Majka would have to settle for third, Quintana for fourth, while a disappointed Dumoulin fell all the way to sixth overall.

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

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