Tour de France 2011 – Stage 13 [FULL STAGE]

July 15, 2011

Tour de France 2011 – Stage 13 – Pau – Lourdes : 156 km

After a 2010 edition dedicated to the centenary of the Pyrenees, the 2011 Tour de France will celebrate the centenary of the first time the race climbed the Alps. Race director Christian Prudhomme unveiled a parcours ideal for climbers, with only 64 time trial kilometres of which 23 are a team time trial. Again, there will be no time bonuses on the road from the Vendée region to Paris, while a testing third week in the Alps sees the Tour return to the Galibier and L’Alpe d’Huez: two of its most legendary climbs.

World champion Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) took his ninth Tour stage win and described it as the “best moment ever in my career” when he rode alone into Lourdes after an epic 30km pursuit of plucky Jérémy Roy (FDJ). “Winning alone on a hard day like this when we went over the Col d’Aubisque and doing it wearing the rainbow jersey is, I think, incredible. I’m just so happy now,” said Hushovd.

After making the initial attack from a breakaway group of 10 riders on the opening ramps of the Aubisque, the Norwegian sprinter was dropped by the Frenchman and by David Moncoutié (Cofidis) further up the famous HC-category climb. Two minutes in arrears going over the summit, Hushovd steadily chipped away at the FDJ rider’s advantage heading towards the finish.

He caught Moncoutié on the descent off the Soulor, and the pair set about chasing down the lone leader, Roy. At 15km to go, the two chasers had cut Roy’s lead to just 31 seconds, with Hushovd doing the bulk of the pace-setting. They continued to close, but for a time Roy held them at 15-20 seconds as the fading Moncoutié was either unable or unwilling to contribute to the chase, knowing all too well that Hushovd was sure to beat him if the finish came down to a sprint.

With 3km left, Hushovd kicked away from Moncoutié and was quickly up to Roy. The Norwegian didn’t wait to take on the FDJ rider in the sprint, jumping past him straight away and stomping clear to win with a comfortable gap over Moncoutié.

“It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever done,” admitted Hushovd. “I was happy to be in the break. I was obviously strong. I went on the attack on the Aubisque so that I could ride at my own pace. My goal was to come back on the descent, which I finally managed to do. It’s incredible how quickly things have turned for me. Yesterday and the few days before I was feeling tired, but I did the right thing yesterday by taking it easy and losing quite a lot of time. I think that saved my legs and that’s why I won today.”

It was impossible not to have sympathy for Roy, who has been one of the revelations of the race. Already on the attack yesterday with Geraint Thomas on the road to Luz-Ardiden, Roy rolled in an almost tearful third. His reward for a fifth attack in 13 stages was the stage’s combativity prize and the King of the Mountains jersey, which he took from Samuel Sánchez after adding his conquest of the Aubisque to yesterday’s on the Tourmalet.

“Perhaps one day I will look back on this stage as a great effort, but at the moment I feel too disappointed to see it that way,” Roy confessed.

There was little change in the overall standings, with Thomas Voeckler finishing towards the front of the peloton to hold the yellow jersey for another day, although Philippe Gilbert did jump up to ninth overall thanks to an attack coming off the Soulor, which earned him 10th place on the stage almost a minute ahead of the yellow jersey group.

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s stage to Plâteau de Beille, where he famously held the yellow jersey against most predictions in 2004, Voeckler said: “I’ve got good memories of Plâteau de Beille and we’ll see what happens. What I know is that Luz-Ardiden was very, very hard and I think tomorrow it will be harder. I’m very proud of the way my team has ridden and if I do lose the jersey tomorrow I won’t be blaming my team because they’ve done a great job up to now.”

Asked about the fact that every previous winner at Plâteau de Beille has gone on to win the Tour in Paris, BMC team leader Cadel Evans commented: “Plâteau de Beille is a long climb after a hard day. But if I don’t win tomorrow I’m not going to give up trying to win, let’s put it that way. But it is certainly going to be one of the race’s most important days.”

A frantic start

The stage started without Quick Step’s Gert Steegmans, who was involved in a crash on stage five, but only found out yesterday he had fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist. Katusha sprinter Denis Galimzyanov was also a non-starter having finished outside the time limit on stage 12.

The profile of the stage suggested it was ideal for a breakaway to go away and stay away. Right from the off it was clear that dozens of riders were determined to be part of that break. The racing was frantic, with groups going away, being chased down and others countering. The pace proved too much for RadioShack’s Andreas Klöden, who was soon off the back and struggling with back problems that had been exacerbated by a crash yesterday. The German quit with 25km covered, leaving his team with just five riders in the race.

Gilbert was once again one of the animators, but in the end he had to yield to the pull of the main pack, who were determined to allow him no room for manoeuvre. FDJ’s Roy, however, got a bit more leeway. Despite being on the attack for most of yesterday with Thomas, the Frenchman pressed on and was eventually joined by nine riders: Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo), Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD), Lars Bak (HTC-Highroad) and Vladimir Gusev (Katusha).

As Tjallingii was joining the action at the front of the race, teammate Lars Boom was the latest to struggle off the back. With 50-odd kilometres covered, the Dutchman became the 25th rider to leave the race.

The breakaway riders didn’t contest the intermediate sprint, Boasson Hagen leading the 10 escapees through. Five minutes later, the battle for 11th place was much more hard fought. HTC-Highroad committed several riders to lead out Mark Cavendish, but he was outwitted by Movistar’s José Joaquín Rojas, who accelerated early and held on to edge it as the Briton gesticulated furiously.

Attacks on the Aubisque

Soon after the breakaway riders began the ascent of the Aubisque, world champion Hushovd attacked from the back of the group. Initially, no one followed. Roy then made a move behind the Norwegian, and joined him just above the spa town of Eaux-Bonnes. Behind this pair, Moncoutié moved clear of the remaining eight and was for a short time joined by Boasson Hagen.

Nine kilometres from the summit, Roy kicked away from Hushovd, who was soon caught and dropped by Moncoutié. The Cofidis climbing specialist closed to within 100 metres of Roy at one point, but the irrepressible FDJ rider steadily eased away again to lead by 53 seconds going over the summit, with Hushovd at 2:03. The peloton came over more than eight minutes down.

Roy gained a few more seconds on the uncategorised ascent over the Soulor pass, from where he had 33 mostly downhill kilometres into the finish. Hushovd, renowned as one of the best descenders in the sport, caught Moncoutié coming off the Soulor, and the pair quickly began to trim back Roy’s advantage. At the 20km banner his lead was 1:05. At 15km it was less than half that, at 10km it was just 18 seconds.

For a few minutes, it looked as if Roy might just hang on as the road kicked up a couple of times on the approaches to Lourdes. Sadly for him, though, Hushovd had a little bit left in the tank thanks to his decision to hold back yesterday. In the end, that may well have been the difference between them.

Results :
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3:47:36
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:10
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:00:26
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:05:00
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:05:02
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:05:03
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:08
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:05:16
9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:06:48
11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:51
12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:37
13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
14 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
15 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
18 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD
22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
23 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
24 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
27 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
28 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
29 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
30 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
31 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
32 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
33 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
36 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
37 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
38 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
40 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
42 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
43 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
46 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
48 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
50 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
51 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
52 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
53 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
54 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
55 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD
58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
59 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
61 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
65 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:07:52
67 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
68 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
69 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
70 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
71 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
72 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
73 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
74 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
75 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
76 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
77 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
78 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
79 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
80 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
81 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
83 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
84 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
85 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
86 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
87 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
88 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
90 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
91 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
92 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
95 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
96 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:08:03
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
98 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:08:07
101 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:08:38
102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:40
103 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:24
104 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:13:04
105 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
106 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:15:13
107 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
108 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
109 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
110 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:15:42
111 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
112 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
113 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
115 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
116 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:18:32
117 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
118 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
119 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
120 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
121 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
123 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
124 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:22:08
125 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
126 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
127 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
128 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
129 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
130 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
131 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
132 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
133 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
134 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
135 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
136 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
137 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
138 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
139 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
140 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
141 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
142 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
143 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
145 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
147 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
148 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
149 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
151 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
152 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
153 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
154 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
155 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
156 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
157 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
160 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
161 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
162 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
163 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
164 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
165 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
166 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
167 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
168 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
169 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
170 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
171 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:27:41
DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
DNF Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
DNS Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team

General Classification after Stage 13 :
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 55:49:57
2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:49
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:06
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:17
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:16
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:03:22
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:00
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:11
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:35
10 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:57
12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:05:07
13 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:05:50
14 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:06:03
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:07:17
16 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:07:27
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:07:51
18 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:55
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:20
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:08:44
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:08:47
22 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:08:51
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:09:12
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:20
25 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:10:51
26 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:06
27 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:28
28 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:12:37
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:12:43
30 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:54
31 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:03
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:14:23
33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:16:16
34 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:17:40
35 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:18:29
36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:18:42
37 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:18:54
38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:21:10
39 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:21:16
40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:22:01
41 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:22:12
42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:22:13
43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:21
44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:22:58
45 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:23:33
46 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:28:51
47 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:29:01
48 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:29:51
49 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:31:31
50 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:32:29
51 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:32:43
52 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:33:35
53 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:33:47
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:11
55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:36:33
56 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:37:04
57 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:37:26
58 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:38:03
59 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:38:13
60 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:39:44
61 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:42:24
62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:43:47
63 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:43:51
64 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:44:25
65 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:45:10
66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:45:37
67 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:47:44
68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD 0:47:51
69 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:50:13
70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:51:21
71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:22
72 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:53:12
73 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:53:21
74 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:53:23
75 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:53:41
76 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:55:20
77 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:55:33
78 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
79 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:58:25
80 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:58:40
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:58:44
82 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:59:16
83 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:59:34
84 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:00:20
85 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 1:00:38
86 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1:02:32
87 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:02:41
88 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:03:33
89 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:04:01
90 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:05:35
91 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:05:38
92 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 1:06:15
93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:07:29
94 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:08:48
95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 1:09:09
96 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:09:11
97 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:09:33
99 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 1:11:00
100 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:12:12
101 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 1:13:17
102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:13:50
103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:14:16
104 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:14:51
105 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 1:15:59
106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:19:11
107 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:19:17
108 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 1:19:54
109 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:19:58
110 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:20:06
111 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:20:07
112 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:20:10
113 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:20:35
114 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:21:11
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:21:31
116 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:22:05
117 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:22:46
118 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:22:54
119 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1:23:22
120 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 1:24:26
121 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 1:25:09
122 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:25:21
123 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:26:20
124 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:26:38
125 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 1:27:09
126 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:27:56
127 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:28:47
128 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:28:52
129 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 1:29:56
130 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:30:53
131 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 1:32:28
132 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 1:32:39
133 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 1:33:13
134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1:33:14
135 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:33:28
136 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:33:44
137 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:34:03
138 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:34:33
139 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:34:46
140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:35:29
141 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:36:45
142 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:37:10
143 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:37:55
144 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:39:09
145 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:39:41
146 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 1:40:15
147 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD 1:40:28
148 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:41:20
149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:42:15
150 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:42:48
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:43:14
152 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:43:17
153 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:47:09
154 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:47:25
155 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:47:34
156 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:48:18
157 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1:49:48
158 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:50:18
159 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:50:35
160 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:51:29
161 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 1:51:31
162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 1:52:16
163 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:52:48
164 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 1:52:56
165 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:53:07
166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:53:23
167 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:54:36
168 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:56:39
169 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:07:02
170 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 2:09:52
171 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 2:14:45