4 riders break away early in the stage. They are Roy, Stybar, Rosch and Redondo.
With none of them having any mountain points yet, they don't sprint at the first KoM prime.
1. Stybar (6 points)
2. Rosch (4)
3. Redondo (2)
They don't sprint for the first two intermediate sprints either. Respectively Rosch and Redondo take one.
The peloton, where Lotto are setting a gentle pace, is then 7 and a half minutes behind. This is were the tougher hills start.
Redondo takes the second 3rd category climb where the leaders once again didn't sprint for the points. They too busy working to protect their lead as it's now at over 10 minutes with only 88 km remaining. Following the 1minute/10km rule they stand a very good chance to stay away but they could lose a lot of time on the big HC climb if the top climbers go for it.
1. Redondo (6)
2. Rosch (4)
3. Stybar (2)
The four are still working well together at the 3rd categorised climb.
1. Stybar (6)
2. Rosch (4)
3. Redondo (2)
Halfway up the climb and the peloton still isn't intrested in chasing. The lead is now over 14 minutes and that means Roy is now the provisional leader!
The leaders are still together as they go over the top of the HC climb. Their lead over the peloton is currently 14'39 with only descend and flat remaining. They will definatly fight it out for the stage win but can Roy also take the leaders jersey?
1. Stybar (20)
2. Redondo (14)
3. Rosch (12)
Ultimately something happens in the peloton near the top of the climb. Samwel, Denifl and Velits. All three are very good climbers who have already lost considerable amount of time. Velits and Denifl only attack for mountain points though and are quickly back in the peloton during the descent.
That isn't the case for Samwel. He gets joined by Jeanneson, Sorensen and Juul-Jensen and form a chase group about 1'30 in front of the peloton.
But Sorensen is only 1'21 behind in GC so Lotto starts to chase hard together with UBS.
At the front the escapees have almost entered the final 10 kilometres and that is the sign for Rosch to attack. But unfortunately for him he isn't strong enough and is quickly brought back.
So Redondo is the next rider to try.
And things are looking good for him as he has a gap of 26 seconds when he passes under the banner indicating 5 km to go.
He goes under the red kite with his lead still intact.
But Stybar and Roy still have some energy left for a sprint. They quickly come closer to Redondo but the Spaniard in front can already see the line.
Redondo looks over his shoulder, puts his hands in the air and claims a deserved victory after a very well timed attack right after Rosch was caught. Stybar sprints to second while Roy takes third.
Being 13'53 behind in GC and having taken 12 bonus seconds he needs the peloton to finish 13'41 behind the winner.
Lotto were clearly very keen on keeping the jersey as they set a fierce tempo over the last 10 km brining back the 4 chasers and getting the gap to around 11 minutes which means De La Fuente keeps the leaders jersey after an uspectacular day.
Stage Result
1
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
5h54'29
2
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
s.t.
3
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
4
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
5
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 11'55
6
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
7
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
8
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
9
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
10
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
11
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
12
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
13
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
14
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
15
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
16
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
17
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
18
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
19
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
20
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
21
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
22
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
23
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
25
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
Spoiler
26
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
27
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
28
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
29
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
30
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
31
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
32
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
33
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
34
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
35
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
36
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
37
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
38
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
39
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
41
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
42
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
43
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
44
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
47
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
48
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
49
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
50
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
51
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
52
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
53
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
54
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
55
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
56
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
57
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
58
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
59
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
60
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
s.t.
61
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
62
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
63
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
64
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
65
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
66
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
67
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
68
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
s.t.
69
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
70
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
71
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
72
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
73
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
s.t.
74
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
s.t.
75
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 13'20
76
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
78
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
79
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
80
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
81
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
82
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 17'25
83
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
84
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
85
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
86
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
87
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
88
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
89
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
90
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
91
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
92
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
93
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
94
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
95
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
96
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
97
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
98
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
99
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
100
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
101
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
102
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
103
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
104
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
s.t.
105
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
106
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 19'23
107
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 20'13
108
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
109
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
110
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
111
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
112
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
113
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
114
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
115
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
116
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
117
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
118
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
119
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
120
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
121
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
122
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
123
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
124
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
125
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
126
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
127
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
s.t.
128
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
129
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
s.t.
130
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
131
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
132
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 21'34
133
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
134
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
135
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
136
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
137
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
138
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
139
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
140
Vicente Reynès
Santander
s.t.
141
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
142
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
143
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
144
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
145
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
s.t.
146
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
147
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
+ 24'22
148
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 29'14
149
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
s.t.
150
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
151
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
152
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
153
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
154
Wim De Vocht
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
155
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
s.t.
156
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
157
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
s.t.
158
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
159
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
s.t.
General Classification
1
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
18h42'16
2
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'01
3
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 1'09
4
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 1'21
5
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
6
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
7
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
8
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
9
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
10
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
11
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
12
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
13
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
14
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
15
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
16
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
+ 1'46
17
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'34
18
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 2'42
19
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
20
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
21
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'46
22
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
23
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'55
24
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 3'57
25
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
Spoiler
26
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
27
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
28
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 4'09
29
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'41
30
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 7'02
31
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
32
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 7'44
33
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
34
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'23
35
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 8'57
36
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 9'05
37
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 9'48
38
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 11'11
39
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 11'55
40
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'07
41
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 13'53
42
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 14'59
43
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
44
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
+ 15'27
45
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 15'33
46
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 16'29
47
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 17'42
48
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
+ 18'20
49
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
+ 18'55
50
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 19'00
51
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
52
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 20'21
53
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 20'58
54
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
+ 21'14
55
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 21'22
56
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
57
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'46
58
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 21'57
59
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 22'19
60
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 23'03
61
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
+ 23'18
62
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 23'22
63
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 24'24
64
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 24'30
65
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 24'43
66
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 24'44
67
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 26'54
68
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
+ 27'06
69
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 27'12
70
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
+ 27'13
71
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
72
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 27'45
73
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'39
74
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 28'48
75
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'40
76
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'54
77
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
+ 30'13
78
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 30'15
79
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 30'21
80
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 30'22
81
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 30'36
82
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 31'32
83
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 31'36
84
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
85
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 31'54
86
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 32'32
87
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
+ 32'36
88
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 32'38
89
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 32'42
90
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 33'15
91
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 33'35
92
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 33'42
93
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 34'03
94
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 34'19
95
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
+ 34'39
96
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 35'59
97
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 36'26
98
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 36'47
99
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 37'02
100
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
101
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 38'08
102
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 38'14
103
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
+ 39'10
104
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 39'51
105
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 40'23
106
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 40'50
107
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 41'22
108
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 41'29
109
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
110
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 41'40
111
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 42'47
112
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 42'56
113
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
114
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 43'32
115
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 43'53
116
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 44'09
117
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 44'17
118
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
119
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
120
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
121
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 45'38
122
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
123
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
124
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
+ 46'12
125
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 46'41
126
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 46'53
127
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 47'14
128
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
129
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
130
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 48'39
131
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 50'02
132
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
133
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 50'14
134
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 51'13
135
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
+ 51'20
136
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
+ 51'23
137
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 52'30
138
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 52'52
139
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
+ 52'59
140
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 53'18
141
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 54'08
142
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
+ 54'24
143
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 54'41
144
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 55'29
145
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 56'08
146
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 57'42
147
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 58'50
148
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
149
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms