59.6 almost flat km separating the start line in Forli and the finish line at Faenza, with checkpoints after 20km and 40km. A painful day lies ahead for most, but not Taylor Phinney. Already the race leader, and the strongest time triallist in the race - as evidenced by his comfortable Stage 7 victory.
Of his GC rivals, Simon Spilak and Yuri Trofimov were 'closest' to him that day, followed by Angel Madrazo and Markus Fothen.
Damage limitation for them today? It certainly will be so for the climbers with a weaker time trial stat.
First up though are the time trial specialists who don't have the additional ability of climbing to their skill set.
Fastest of them today was Lucas Schädlich, in an improved ride from the previous time trial.
Marcel Kittel had beaten him by 9 seconds that day, but trails him by 14 seconds today.
Nobody else was close to those two. Taking 3rd place at 1'03 is Thomas De Gendt.
Not far behind in 4th is Brian Vandborg, 1'06 down.
And a further second down in 5th is Jesse Sergent.
The Kiwi weaker than the first time trial then, while De Gendt is much improved.
And here are the standings ahead of the final 50 finishers:
1
Lucas Schädlich
1h27'02
2
Marcel Kittel
+ 14
3
Thomas De Gendt
+ 1'03
4
Brian Vandborg
+ 1'06
5
Jesse Sergent
+ 1'07
6
Adrian Malori
+ 1'25
7
Nick Clesen
+ 1'37
8
Dmitriy Gruzdev
+ 1'53
9
Elia Viviani
+ 2'07
10
Morgan Kneisky
+ 2'09
11
Mattia Cattaneo
+ 2'10
12
Pim Ligthart
+ 2'14
13
Gustavo Veloso
+ 2'17
14
Thomas Peterson
+ 2'23
15
Steven Cummings
+ 2'28
16
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
+ 2'35
17
Philipp Walsleben
+ 2'35
18
Jos Van Emden
+ 2'41
19
Kiril Yatsevich
+ 2'41
20
Gediminas Bagdonas
+ 2'44
21
Teodoro Costagli
+ 2'52
22
Joseph Cooper
+ 2'55
23
Matthieu Sprick
+ 3'00
24
Ben Swift
+ 3'06
25
Matea Kvasina
+ 3'14
The first of those 50 was Fabio Duarte, who immediately rode into the Top 10, and 7th place.
40th overall at the start of the day was Kristjan Koren. He was only 3 seconds slower than Schadlich in the earlier time trial.
The Slovenian national champion is much further off today, but is just able to take 3rd place - 1'02 down.
Another national champion, Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy, started strongly to go 4th at the first intermediate sprint - only behind Schadlich, Kittel and Koren.
But he faded, and ultimately took a provisional 7th - 1'21 down. This pushed him below Manuel Lloret, who at 1'08 produced a time to bring himself back into the overall Top 20.
The Spaniard moves ahead of Gianpaolo Caruso, Leopold König and a very slow David López Garcia. The latter finishing almost 8 minutes behind Schadlich.
Staying ahead of Lloret in GC though, and up to 17th, is Thomas Faiers. 1'13 down today, and after his teammate Bernhard Kohl finished further down, the Pendleton's pair are now separated by just 18 seconds overall.
Out on course, there was a new German on top of the leaderboard at the first checkpoint: Markus Fothen
Vincenzo Nibali also started well, and trails Fothen by just 10 seconds at this early stage.
Nobody else went faster at the first checkpoint until the last man to go through there, with Taylor Phinney riding the first 20km as he means to ride the rest.
First Checkpoint:
1
Taylor Phinney
27'25
2
Markus Fothen
+ 35
3
Lucas Schädlich
+ 37
4
Marcel Kittel
+ 38
5
Vincenzo Nibali
+ 45
6
Angel Madrazo
+ 48
7
Kristjan Koren
+ 52
8
Yuri Trofimov
+ 54
9
Simon Spilak
+ 55
10
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
+ 57
15
Peter Velits
+ 1'04
19
Romain Sicard
+ 1'08
21
Nico Keinath
+ 1'09
27
Ryan Eastman
+ 1'22
35
Robert Kiserlovski
+ 1'29
41
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+ 1'36
42
Riccardo Ricco
+ 1'38
47
Emanuele Sella
+ 1'42
Over the middle 20km, Fothen and Nibali remained the 'best of the rest', keeping 2nd and 5th respectively at the 2nd split point.
Having been 6th in the first time trial, Angel Madrazo continues to enjoy that position so far today.
While Yuri Trofimov is riding slightly worse than the earlier race against the clock.
Second Checkpoint:
1
Taylor Phinney
57'46
2
Markus Fothen
+ 1'08
3
Lucas Schädlich
+ 1'18
4
Marcel Kittel
+ 1'21
5
Vincenzo Nibali
+ 1'29
6
Angel Madrazo
+ 1'40
7
Yuri Trofimov
+ 1'51
8
Simon Spilak
+ 1'54
9
Kristjan Koren
+ 1'57
10
Jesse Sergent
+ 2'06
Over the first 42km of time trial kilometres, Simon Spilak was able to limit his losses to 1'06 on Phinney. But not today. Over the same distance this time, Taylor Phinney has caught him for 2 minutes!
At the current rate, we can expect Phinney to gain almost 2 minutes on Lucas Schadlich. Which is worth bearing in mind as some of the weaker time trialling climbers hit the finish, and have their times compared to the German.
Robert Kiserlovski: + 2'32 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya: + 2'49 Ryan Eastman: + 2'09 Emanuele Sella: +3'02
The latter almost being caught by Peter Velits, who was 1'17 slower than Schadlich.
The next two to finish were within 2 seconds of each other, as Romain Sicard won his mini-battle over Nico Keinath to start - slowly - closing the gap after his costly crash.
But hot on the Dane's tail was Markus Fothen, with a very impressive ride.
He takes the lead - for what will end up being 2nd at the stage finish - beating Schadlich by 15 seconds - and on course to make good gains on most of the riders ranked above him.
Vincenzo Nibali finishes 29 seconds slower than Fothen, as he just sneaks ahead of Marcel Kittel's time in the closing stages.
Next in, and finishing close together are Riccardo Ricco and Yuri Trofimov.
The Italian finishes 2'56 behind Fothen, while the Russian ends up 59 seconds down. Ricco tumbles all the way down to 9th in GC - falling behind Nibali, Fothen, Trofimov, Keinath and Sicard. Trofimov also drops behind Nibali and Fothen as well though - as the UBS rider moves into 4th overall, and the Festina rider climbs up to 5th.
3 to finish, and Angel Madrazo is targeting a move into 2nd overall as he hits the line 44 seconds down on Fothen - needing a gain of 26 on Spilak.
But what he should be more concerned about is the time lost to Taylor Phinney. The stage belongs to the American, who ensure all along that there would be no suspense at the finish today.
He beats Fothen by 1'32, which translates to a 2'17 loss for Madrazo. Phinney will end the day a whopping 3 minutes clear in the battle for the Maglia Rosa.
Simon Spilak ends a disappointing day soon after, 2'38 down. So he has lost 2nd place to Madrazo.
Victory gives Taylor Phinney the lead in the Points classification, while Wikipedia's Teams Classification lead is extended to over 15 minutes.
But credit must go to the rest of the stage podium. Lucas Schädlich gets his reward for battling over the mountains with a 2 place improvement on the first time trial to take 3rd. And in 2nd, a very impressive Markus Fothen. He lost 1'21 to Phinney over 42km earlier in the race - and only 1'33 today over 60km. He is firmly in the battle for a Top 5 finish now.
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
1h25'14
2
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'33
3
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 1'48
4
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 2'02
5
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'03
6
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 2'17
7
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
+ 2'32
8
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
+ 2'38
9
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'50
10
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'51
11
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 2'55
12
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
13
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'57
14
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 3'02
15
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 3'06
16
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 3'10
17
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'14
18
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 3'16
20
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 3'17
21
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'19
22
Nick Clesen
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 3'25
23
Gianpaolo Caruso
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 3'29
24
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 3'42
25
Elia Viviani
Simply Red Bull
+ 3'55
26
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'57
27
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 3'58
28
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
29
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 4'02
31
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 4'05
32
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 4'11
33
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 4'16
34
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 4'21
35
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
36
Philipp Walsleben
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'23
37
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
38
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 4'29
39
Jos Van Emden
Project 1t4i
+ 4'30
40
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
41
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 4'32
42
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 4'38
43
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'40
44
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'43
45
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 4'48
46
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
+ 4'50
47
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'51
48
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'54
49
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 5'00
50
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 5'02
51
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
52
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
53
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'09
54
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 5'20
55
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 5'21
56
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 5'22
57
Andrei Nechita
Project 1t4i
+ 5'28
58
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
59
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'29
60
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 5'34
61
Yonathan Monsalve
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 5'36
62
Adam Blythe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'37
63
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
64
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
+ 5'38
65
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 5'41
66
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
67
Wilson Marentes
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 5'44
68
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 5'45
69
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 5'49
70
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 5'52
71
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 6'03
72
Vitor Rodrigues
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 6'10
73
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 6'14
74
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
+ 6'17
75
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
76
Alessandro Ballan
Koenigsegg
+ 6'18
77
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
78
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'19
79
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
80
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 6'20
81
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 6'24
82
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 6'30
83
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 6'31
84
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 6'33
85
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
86
Cameron Meyer
Koenigsegg
+ 6'34
87
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 6'35
88
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'36
89
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'40
90
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'45
91
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 6'46
92
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 6'47
93
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
s.t.
94
Cristiano Salerno
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 6'49
95
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'50
96
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
97
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 6'51
98
Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 6'53
99
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 6'55
100
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'56
101
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 6'59
102
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 7'04
103
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 7'06
104
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 7'10
105
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 7'13
106
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 7'15
107
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
108
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 7'16
109
Dimitri Claeys
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 7'17
110
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
111
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 7'18
113
Johannes Frohlinger
Project 1t4i
+ 7'19
114
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
115
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 7'20
116
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 7'25
117
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 7'27
118
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
+ 7'28
119
Coen Vermeltfoort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 7'29
120
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 7'30
121
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 7'32
122
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 7'35
123
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'36
124
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
125
Grégory Rast
Pendleton's
+ 7'37
126
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 7'39
127
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 7'42
128
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 7'43
129
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 7'45
130
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 7'46
131
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 7'47
132
Kevin Fouquet
Koenigsegg
s.t.
133
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 7'48
134
Diego Ulissi
Festina-Canal+
+ 7'52
135
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 7'54
136
Chu Thien Sinelobov
UBS - BMC
s.t.
137
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 7'57
138
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 7'58
139
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 8'01
140
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 8'03
141
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 8'04
142
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 8'10
143
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 8'11
144
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 8'12
145
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'14
146
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
147
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 8'16
148
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 8'19
149
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
150
Oumaru Minoungou
Pendleton's
+ 8'20
151
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 8'23
152
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 8'24
153
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 8'25
154
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 8'29
155
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 8'32
156
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 8'33
157
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
158
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'34
159
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
s.t.
160
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 8'38
161
Rinaldo Nocentini
Control Team
+ 8'40
162
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 8'42
163
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 8'43
164
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
+ 8'44
165
Fabio Taborre
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
166
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 8'51
167
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'53
168
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 8'55
169
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 8'58
170
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'59
171
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 9'02
172
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 9'03
173
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 9'05
174
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 9'06
175
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
176
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 9'07
177
Paolo Locatelli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 9'08
178
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 9'10
179
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
180
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 9'12
181
Kobe Vanoverschelde
Aker - MOT
+ 9'19
182
Anthony José Brea
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 9'23
183
Steven Caethoven
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 9'26
184
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 9'31
185
Carlos Betancourt
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 9'32
186
Troels Vinter
Team B&O
+ 9'34
187
Maciej Paterski
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 9'35
188
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 9'38
189
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
190
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 9'44
191
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
+ 9'47
192
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 9'50
193
Santo Anza
Koenigsegg
+ 9'53
194
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
+ 9'54
195
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 9'56
196
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 10'06
197
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'13
198
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 10'22
GC
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
51h35'04
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 3'02
3
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
+ 3'07
4
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 5'29
5
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 5'42
6
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
+ 5'53
7
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 7'35
8
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'46
9
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 7'52
10
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 8'11
11
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'33
12
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 10'45
13
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 11'31
14
Robert Kiserlovski
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 11'36
15
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 11'49
16
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 12'40
17
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 12'58
18
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 14'42
19
Gianpaolo Caruso
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 15'11
20
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
+ 15'13
21
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 18'48
22
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 19'12
23
Vitor Rodrigues
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 19'29
24
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 19'57
25
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 20'42
26
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 21'14
27
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 22'48
28
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 23'09
29
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 23'12
30
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 24'58
31
Johannes Frohlinger
Project 1t4i
+ 25'28
32
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 26'30
33
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 26'57
34
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
35
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 28'17
36
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 28'32
37
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 28'59
38
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 29'27
39
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 30'01
40
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 30'27
Spoiler
41
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 31'13
42
Maciej Paterski
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 33'07
43
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 34'07
44
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 34'59
45
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 35'47
46
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 36'12
47
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 37'14
48
Santo Anza
Koenigsegg
+ 37'42
49
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 37'46
50
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 38'25
51
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 39'32
52
Yonathan Monsalve
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 41'49
53
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 42'34
54
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 44'21
55
Diego Ulissi
Festina-Canal+
+ 44'55
56
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 45'06
57
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 45'31
58
Carlos Betancourt
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 46'33
59
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 46'51
60
Michal Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
+ 47'28
61
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 47'35
62
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 47'59
63
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 48'18
64
Dimitri Claeys
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 48'27
65
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 49'27
66
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 49'53
67
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 53'31
68
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 54'18
69
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 54'20
70
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 54'29
71
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 55'29
72
Fabio Taborre
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 55'38
73
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 56'29
74
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 57'07
75
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 57'39
76
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 58'08
77
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 58'22
78
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 58'27
79
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 58'52
80
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 59'17
81
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
+ 59'35
82
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 59'50
83
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 1h00'16
84
Wilson Marentes
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 1h01'19
85
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h01'44
86
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 1h01'52
87
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 1h02'08
88
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h03'05
89
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 1h04'42
90
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 1h06'50
91
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 1h07'36
92
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 1h07'37
93
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 1h08'23
94
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
+ 1h08'51
95
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h08'55
96
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 1h09'21
97
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h10'15
98
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
+ 1h10'50
99
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h11'00
100
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h11'19
101
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 1h11'47
102
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h11'55
103
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h13'17
104
Grégory Rast
Pendleton's
+ 1h13'26
105
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h14'03
106
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 1h14'52
107
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 1h15'35
108
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h16'16
109
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 1h17'25
110
Enrico Franzoi
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h18'46
111
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 1h19'10
112
Cristiano Salerno
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h19'35
113
Kevin Fouquet
Koenigsegg
+ 1h20'12
114
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h20'24
115
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h20'35
116
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h21'06
117
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h21'27
118
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h23'10
119
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h23'18
120
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 1h23'42
121
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 1h23'51
122
Coen Vermeltfoort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h24'09
123
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h24'59
124
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h25'00
125
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h25'47
126
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 1h26'57
127
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h27'31
128
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 1h27'54
129
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 1h28'20
130
Alessandro Ballan
Koenigsegg
+ 1h28'51
131
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h29'06
132
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h29'11
133
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h29'24
134
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h29'38
135
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h29'57
136
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h30'04
137
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h30'09
138
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h30'26
139
Philipp Walsleben
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h30'36
140
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h30'42
141
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h30'52
142
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 1h30'54
143
Elia Viviani
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h31'22
144
Adam Blythe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h31'55
145
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h32'12
146
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h32'35
147
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
+ 1h32'39
148
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 1h33'09
149
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 1h33'41
150
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h33'48
151
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h34'37
152
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 1h34'42
153
Steven Caethoven
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h36'21
154
Paolo Locatelli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h36'25
155
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h36'31
156
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h37'17
157
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h37'31
158
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1h37'38
159
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 1h38'08
160
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h38'16
161
Rinaldo Nocentini
Control Team
+ 1h38'31
162
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 1h39'13
163
Oumaru Minoungou
Pendleton's
+ 1h39'38
164
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h39'41
165
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h39'49
166
Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 1h40'15
167
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
+ 1h41'16
168
Jos Van Emden
Project 1t4i
s.t.
169
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
+ 1h41'18
170
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 1h41'23
171
Chu Thien Sinelobov
UBS - BMC
+ 1h42'37
172
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 1h43'11
173
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h43'23
174
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 1h43'50
175
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h43'54
176
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h44'02
177
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h44'47
178
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h45'52
179
Kobe Vanoverschelde
Aker - MOT
+ 1h46'07
180
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h49'34
181
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 1h52'26
182
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h52'36
183
Nick Clesen
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 1h53'24
184
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
+ 1h54'16
185
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h54'28
186
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h55'40
187
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h56'11
188
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h57'54
189
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h58'55
190
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h58'59
191
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h02'50
192
Cameron Meyer
Koenigsegg
+ 2h03'24
193
Anthony José Brea
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 2h06'16
194
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h07'22
195
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h09'21
196
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h13'56
197
Troels Vinter
Team B&O
+ 2h14'00
198
Andrei Nechita
Project 1t4i
+ 2h19'39
Points
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
135
2
Ben Swift
Vesuvio - Accumalux
127
3
Simon Spilak
Aker - MOT
114
4
Yuri Trofimov
Koenigsegg
113
5
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
110
6
Angel Madrazo
Santander
67
7
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
61
8
Allan Davis
Hollister Pro Cycling
56
9
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
51
10
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
50
KoM
1
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
40
2
Aleksandr Efimkin
Cisco Cycling Team
38
3
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
35
4
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
33
5
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
32
6
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
26
7
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
23
8
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
23
9
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
23
10
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
19
U25
1
Taylor Phinney
Wikipedia
51h35'04 (1)
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 3'02 (2)
3
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'46 (3)
4
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 10'45 (4)
5
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 20'42 (5)
6
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 23'09 (6)
7
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 23'12 (7)
8
Ion Izagirre
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 28'32 (8)
9
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 28'59 (9)
10
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 30'27 (10)
Team
1
Wikipedia
155h10'29 (1)
2
Milka - AVG
+ 15'39 (2)
3
Pendleton's
+ 16'38 (3)
4
Aker - MOT
+ 20'22 (4)
5
Hollister Pro Cycling
+ 21'08 (5)
6
Festina-Canal+
+ 21'34 (6)
7
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 24'31 (7)
8
Pearl Adidas
+ 25'14 (8)
9
Team Bacardi
+ 25'34 (9)
10
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
