@Tamijo - Thanks, I thought it'd be nice to include some mixed teams instead of a team with one decent rider and a few fillers. I believe Austria and Luxembourg would've been the other two teams included in that case, but then we'd miss out on many other good riders. @sutty68 - Geraint started just after the "weather change", so he was one of the first to be hindered by that I think.
The second stage takes us from Brussels through Belgium to northern France, with the finish on the legendary Vélodrome de Roubaix. The highlight of the race are the five cobbled sections at the end, coincidentally also the final five sections from Paris - Roubaix, with as standout Carrefour de l'Arbre. Luckily for the riders, unfortunately for the fans, the weather forecast says it will remain dry. We don't know what this stage has in store for us. Can the favourites go all out or do they have to stick to their climbers and guide them over the pavée. Or can a strong breakaway be the key to success. Stick around to find out!
As the flag is dropped and the comissionaries' car hasn't been able to accelerate yet, we have the first attacker of the race! His name is Vyacheslav Kuznetsov. His first attempt together with a few other riders was reeled in by the peloton because it was consider too big and too dangerous.
Eventually, after a long range of attacks, they settled on a breakaway of 11 riders, with some pretty interesting names. Here's the rundown in order of GC position: Bodnar (fifth at three seconds), Navardauskas, Durbridge, Stybar, Božic, Van Baarle, Breschel, Carpenter, Richeze, Naesen and Rojas. Just over a minute behind this group are three more riders who try to bridge the gap: Baska, Guerreiro and the instigator Kuznetsov. The peloton is at six minutes.
The work in the peloton is mainly done by Switzerland for Küng. They get sporadic help from Great Britain, Italy and Belgium (despite having Naesen in the break).
Midway through the race, well before the first cobbles, Niki Terpstra attacks and is followed by Nicolas Roche. I don't know about their intent but this it's a long way out. We haven't even reached the first cobblestone section yet.
The first mountain sprint goes to Richeze, who is now also the virtual leader in said classification. The three chasers still haven't caught up to the front group, 50 seconds back now. The peloton is at 4'30 with the two confused musketeers not far ahead of them.
The Swiss train had caught up to Roche/Terpstra again, but not even one kilometer later they both attack again. Waste of energy or a clever strategy none of us can see? Clearly the other teams are very confused and start chasing them down again.
Stybar takes the second and final mountain sprint, without Richeze's involvement. Whoever is higher in the standings at the end of the day will lead the mountain classification. The three chasers and the two chasers-chasers have been caught again. Two riders did attack from the peloton at the moment they were caught, can you guess who? One starts with a R and the other with a T.
E1 has mostly been reeled in before the first cobble section, as are our two constant attackers, virtue to the strong pace of Switzerland. Only Navardauskas, Rojas and Stybar remain ahead. Oh, and Terpstra is chasing them down. Apparently Roche has come to his senses.
We enter the first cobbles section, Camphin-en-Pévèle, with three leaders a minute ahead of the peloton. Yes, Terpstra has been caught again. Will the specialists charge to the front, and are the climbers awake?
Total chaos on Carrefour de l'Arbre! Stybar is alone ahead, having left his two compagnions behind. They were swallowed by a small group of around 25 riders including yellow jersey Küng, but also people like Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali as GC favourites, and John Degenkolb and Sep Vanmarcke as possible stage favourites. A lot of GC riders have missed this cut and are making their way through the field.
Willems à Hem, the second-a-last cobbled section. Stybar still ahead of a small group, thinned out to 14. In the next group we can see amongst others Bardet and Fuglsang. People who have been sighted in one of the last groups are Adam and Simon Yates, Thomas, Mollema and Chaves. They will have an early blow to their GC aspirations.
Out on the final sector. Still in the lead is Stybar but he's being chased down by Vanmarcke who has attacked from the group behind. Degenkolb, Nibali, Terpstra are just a few meters behind him and also André Greipel is nearby if it comes down to a sprint. Froome and Küng are in the next group in picture. The exact situation behind is not clear, and we will have to wait to the velodrome to see the full damage of today's stage.
The bell for the final lap around the velodrome an Vanmarcke has caught up to the back of Stybar who has to start his sprint!
But we switch to a horrible shot just outside the velodrome, at the entrance of the Espace Crupelandt, where a mass crash has occured. Surely over 50 riders are involved, some come away with minor to no injury but we can see some riders who need medical attention and will likely be out of the race already. Notable riders involved are: Martin, Jungels, Barguil, Poels, Kruijswijk, Van Avermaet, Landa, Bennett, Dennis and the list just goes on. And these are just the people we have seen on the ground, not even those who had to take evasive action let alone be stuck behind this crash.
We switch back just in time to see Sep Vanmarcke overtake Stybar and take the stage victory on the velodrome! Don't pay attention to Gilbert who is a lap down, but he can already celebrate his teammates victory for the final lap.
Degenkolb comfortably sprints to a third place ahead of Greipel and Felline. Other important names in this group are Bardet, Froome and Nibali. Küng is here as well but he will lose the jersey as the gap is too big to defend yellow.
The next group contains Dumoulin and Uran who both avoided the crash, but lose 1'30 to the group ahead. An extra minute loss for Contador and Valverde, Quintana. Add in another minute for Pinot, Aru, Porte and Zakarin. For your favourite rider we will refer to the full stage results.
Here a shot of the five riders who are taken away by ambulance and won't continue the race. They are: Stephen Clancy, David De La Cruz, Wilco Kelderman and two Czechs, Roman Kreuziger and Michal Schlegel. We wish them a speedy recovery!
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
4h41'33
2
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
3
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 1'52
4
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
5
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
6
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
7
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
8
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
9
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
10
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
12
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
13
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
14
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
15
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
16
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
17
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
18
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
19
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
20
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
21
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
22
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
23
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
24
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
25
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3'23
26
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
27
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
28
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
29
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
30
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
31
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
32
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
33
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 4'15
34
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
35
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
36
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
37
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
38
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
39
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
40
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
41
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
42
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
43
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
44
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
45
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
46
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
47
Ion Izagirre
Spain
s.t.
48
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
49
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
50
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
51
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
52
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
53
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
54
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 5'32
55
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
56
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
57
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
58
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
59
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
60
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
61
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
62
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
63
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
64
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
65
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
66
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
67
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
68
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
69
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
70
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
71
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
72
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
73
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
74
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
75
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
76
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
77
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
78
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
79
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
80
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
81
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
82
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
83
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
84
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
85
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
86
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
87
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
88
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
89
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'27
90
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
91
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
92
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
93
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
94
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
95
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
96
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
97
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
98
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
99
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
100
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
101
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 8'15
102
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
103
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
104
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
105
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
106
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
107
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
108
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
109
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
110
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
111
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
112
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
113
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
114
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
s.t.
115
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
116
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
117
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
118
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
119
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
120
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
121
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
s.t.
122
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
123
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
124
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 9'18
125
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
126
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
127
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
128
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
129
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
130
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
131
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
132
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
133
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
134
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
135
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
136
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
137
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
138
Adam Hansen
Australia
s.t.
139
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
140
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
141
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
142
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
143
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
144
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
145
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
146
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
147
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
148
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
149
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
150
Martin Haring
Slovakia
s.t.
151
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
152
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
s.t.
153
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
154
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
155
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
156
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
157
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
158
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
159
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
160
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
s.t.
161
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
162
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
163
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 10'37
164
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
165
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 11'18
166
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
167
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
168
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
169
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
170
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
171
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
172
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
173
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
174
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
175
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
176
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
177
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
178
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
179
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
180
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
181
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
182
Conor Dunne
Ireland
s.t.
183
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
184
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
185
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
186
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
187
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
188
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
s.t.
189
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
190
Martin Velits
Slovakia
s.t.
191
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
192
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
193
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 13'40
DNF
Stephen Clancy
Ireland
DNF
David De La Cruz
Spain
DNF
Wilco Kelderman
Netherlands
DNF
Roman Kreuziger
Czech Republic
DNF
Michal Schlegel
Czech Republic
General:
Zdenek Stybar was five seconds faster on stage 1. Vanmarcke gained back four bonus seconds, which means the Czech is the new race leader by one second.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
4h52'35
2
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
+ 1
3
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1'40
4
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 1'42
5
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 1'43
6
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'45
7
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 1'47
8
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 1'49
9
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
10
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 1'53
Spoiler
11
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
12
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 1'55
13
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1'56
14
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 1'57
15
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 1'58
16
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 2'02
17
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 2'04
18
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'05
19
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 2'07
20
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
+ 2'09
21
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
22
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
23
André Greipel
Germany
+ 2'11
24
Romain Bardet
France
+ 2'15
25
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3'15
26
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'22
27
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'26
28
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
29
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'28
30
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 3'33
31
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 3'35
32
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 3'40
33
Ion Izagirre
Spain
+ 4'08
34
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 4'09
35
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 4'10
36
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 4'17
37
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 4'18
38
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
39
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'19
40
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'24
41
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'25
42
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 4'26
43
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
44
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 4'29
45
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 4'30
46
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4'31
47
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
48
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 4'33
49
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 4'34
50
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 4'38
51
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 4'39
52
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 4'41
53
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 4'43
54
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 5'23
55
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'30
56
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'32
57
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 5'33
58
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 5'35
59
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
60
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 5'37
61
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
62
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 5'38
63
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
64
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 5'39
65
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
66
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
67
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 5'40
68
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 5'43
69
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 5'44
70
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 5'45
71
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
72
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 5'46
73
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
74
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 5'48
75
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 5'49
76
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 5'50
77
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
78
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
79
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 5'52
80
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 5'54
81
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
82
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
83
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 5'56
84
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 5'58
85
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
86
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
87
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'59
88
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 6'06
89
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 7'22
90
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 7'27
91
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'31
92
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 7'37
93
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 7'38
94
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 7'39
95
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 7'40
96
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
97
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 7'42
98
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 7'44
99
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 7'46
100
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 7'50
101
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 8'12
102
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'15
103
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
104
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 8'21
105
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 8'24
106
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
107
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 8'27
108
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 8'29
109
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 8'30
110
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'32
111
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
112
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 8'35
113
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
114
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 8'36
115
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 8'38
116
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 8'39
117
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 8'41
118
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 8'42
119
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 8'43
120
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 8'46
121
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 8'47
122
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
123
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 8'53
124
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 9'11
125
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 9'13
126
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 9'15
127
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 9'16
128
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 9'19
129
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
130
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 9'20
131
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 9'21
132
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
133
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
134
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 9'25
135
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 9'26
136
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 9'27
137
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 9'29
138
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 9'30
139
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
140
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 9'32
141
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'33
142
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
143
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 9'34
144
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
145
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 9'36
146
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
147
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 9'37
148
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 9'38
149
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 9'40
150
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'41
151
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
152
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 9'42
153
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
154
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 9'44
155
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
156
Adam Hansen
Australia
+ 9'46
157
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
158
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 9'47
159
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 9'49
160
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'50
161
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 9'53
162
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 9'55
163
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 10'39
164
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 10'53
165
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 11'08
166
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 11'16
167
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 11'21
168
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 11'23
169
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 11'25
170
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 11'28
171
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 11'29
172
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
173
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 11'31
174
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 11'33
175
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 11'35
176
Paweł Poljański
Poland
+ 11'36
177
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
178
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
179
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
180
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 11'37
181
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
182
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 11'40
183
Martin Velits
Slovakia
s.t.
184
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 11'42
185
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
186
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
187
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 11'44
188
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
189
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 11'48
190
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 11'50
191
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
192
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 11'51
193
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 13'59
Points:
25 points at the finish and 7 at the intermediate is enough to lead in the points classification as well. Sep Vanmarcke scored 30 points for the win, and is ranked second and may wear the green jersey tomorrow.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
32
2
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
30
3
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
4
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
22
5
John Degenkolb
Germany
22
Spoiler
6
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
7
Tony Martin
Germany
20
8
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
20
9
André Greipel
Germany
19
10
Luke Durbridge
Australia
17
11
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
12
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
13
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
15
14
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
15
15
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
14
16
Marcel Kittel
Germany
13
17
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
18
Matti Breschel
Denmark
13
19
Nikias Arndt
Germany
10
20
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
21
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
9
22
Ion Izagirre
Spain
8
23
Borut Božic
Slovenia
8
24
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
25
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
6
26
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
27
Robin Carpenter
United States
6
28
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
29
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
5
30
Michael Matthews
Australia
5
31
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
32
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
33
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
34
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
3
35
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
3
36
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
2
37
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
2
38
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
39
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
1
Mountains:
To answer the question we asked earlier about the polka dot jersey: Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, because Stybar will wear the yellow jersey.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Young rider:
Stefan Küng stays in the lead, increasing his margin to over two minutes. He will wear the white jersey tomorrow since he lost the yellow jersey.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
4h54'15
2
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 2'37
3
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 2'44
4
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 2'46
5
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 2'51
Spoiler
6
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
7
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3'59
8
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 4'04
9
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 4'09
10
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 4'14
11
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 4'18
12
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 4'19
13
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 4'26
14
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 6'00
15
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
16
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 6'02
17
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'04
18
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 6'06
19
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 6'10
20
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 6'41
21
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 6'44
22
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
23
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 6'47
24
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 6'52
25
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 7'02
26
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 7'03
27
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 7'06
28
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 7'41
29
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 7'50
30
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 7'54
31
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 8'01
32
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 8'02
33
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 8'04
34
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 8'10
35
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 8'13
36
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 9'36
37
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 9'43
38
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 9'45
39
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 9'51
40
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 9'56
41
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
42
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 10'10
43
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 10'11
44
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 12'19
Team:
Germany stays in the lead here.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
14h42'57
2
Switzerland
+ 17
3
Great Britain
+ 18
4
Denmark
+ 33
5
Belgium
+ 1'42
Spoiler
6
Australia
+ 2'35
7
Italy
+ 2'55
8
Netherlands
+ 3'18
9
Poland
+ 4'06
10
France
+ 4'25
11
Norway
+ 5'17
12
Colombia
+ 7'03
13
Spain
+ 7'29
14
Mixed Rest of World
+ 10'23
15
Slovenia
+ 10'25
16
United States
s.t.
17
Ireland
+ 10'30
18
Mixed Europe
+ 10'40
19
Slovakia
+ 10'56
20
Czech Republic
+ 11'41
21
Russia
+ 11'54
22
Portugal
+ 21'49
Combativity:
Nearly took the yellow jersey, but did take the polka dot and points jersey and now also the red numbers: Zdenek Stybar
Final words:
Spoiler
The test attempt I did before reporting the actual stage was in fact won by Stybar.
It's a shame to see such a big crash early on, and in real life it would've been within the final three kilometers (final cobble stretch in Roubaix) but since it was like seven in PCM and the list of riders involved was endless I can't really enforce that rule. Apologies if the sprint report came over as messy because I was spammed with messages of riders crashed. I may have missed some important people who were involved, but then they didn't pop up and they could've just been behind already.
@sutty68 - A lot of gaps all over the board already @Ripley - Thanks, I'm glad to see this stage turned out nearly exactly the way I wanted it to. @Ollfardh - Even PCM11 is unrealistic sometimes @trekbmc - Yeah I was surprised by the quality of the breakaway. And by the lack of attacks from the real cobble specialists towards the end, it was more a case of not getting dropped.
I've been ill for the last two days, hence the lack of updates. But don't worry, I'll post a new report this evening.
193 riders remain at the start of the third stage. After yesterday's chaos, it's time for a short, flat stage which should suit the sprinters. Let's go!
The first breakaway attempt is also the succesful one as Czech Republic immediately closes the door on any further attempt. The three lucky souls are Jens Keukeleire, Maciej Paterski and Martin Velits.
The only mountain sprint of the day, a category four for one point, is won by Keukeleire, who also moves into the virtual yellow jersey as the gap is currently nine minutes, and he's the best placed in the break at seven minutes. But the gap will likely come down.
There's no battle for the intermediate sprint at the front, with Keukeleire also the one to cross first. Kittel beats Kristoff for fourth place and 13 points. There are 50 points available at the finish line. Germany and France have taken control of the peloton.
And the gap kept going down until ten kilometers to go, when the peloton could see the three leaders. In the battle for the red dossard, Keukeleire attacks again, but he would've been awarded the combativity award regardless of his attack. From the peloton, Terpstra continues his attacking spree from yesterday. He's followed by Hayman, Nieve and Phinney, who is third in the GC!
And the déja vu continues as there's again a crash in the final few kilometers. This time only two people are involved, but they are both of importance. Gallopin and Colbrelli won't be able to participate in today's sprint.
5000 meters before the finish line it is game over for Keukeleire, but he surely deserved the prix de combativité today. Two trains have been formed, on the left the German ICE, and on the right French TGV. Kittel and Démare are in the last carriage.
Degenkolb-Greipel-Kittel is the fastest train at the moment. Voeckler of all people will lead out Démare, who has Cavendish, Gaviria and Groenewegen on his wheel. The crash caused a minor rift in the peloton, some riders will lose a bit of time!
Under the kite and Kittel lost the wheel of Greipel. Dysfunctional sprinting from Team Germany! The Gorilla has a gap but it's a long way to go and the other sprinters are rapidly approaching. Kittel might get back up to speed as well.
But 400 meters later we have an entirely different situation as both Germans have dropped down the order. Cavendish now has the front wheel but Gaviria and Sagan have developed a higher speed. And Alaphilippe appears out of nowhere on the right side of the road.
Peter Sagan takes the victory in Cambrai! Gaviria pushes past Cavendish for third. Nizzolo comes home in fourth ahead of Kristoff. Greipel and Kittel finish in 16th and 21st place respectivaly.
The second group cross the line three minutes later. Zdenek Stybar is in this group! Wow, that's a big surprise. Which means we have a new GC leader for the third day in a row as Sep Vanmarcke did finish in the first group. Küng is also in the group and has to fear for his white jersey. Other important names in this group: Aru, Chaves, Landa and some other minor GC contenders.
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
3h35'24
2
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
3
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
4
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
5
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
6
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
7
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
8
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
9
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
10
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
12
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
13
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
14
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
15
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
16
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
17
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
18
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
19
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
20
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
21
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
22
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
23
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
24
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
25
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
26
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
27
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
28
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
29
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
30
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
31
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
32
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
33
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
34
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
35
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
36
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
37
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
38
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
39
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
40
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
41
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
42
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
43
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
44
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
45
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
46
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
47
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
48
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
49
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
50
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
51
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
52
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
53
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
54
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
55
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
56
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
57
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
58
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
59
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
60
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
61
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
62
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
63
Adam Hansen
Australia
s.t.
64
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
65
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
66
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
67
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
68
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
69
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
70
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
71
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
72
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
73
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
74
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
75
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 2'01
76
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 2'37
77
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
78
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
79
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
+ 3'16
80
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
81
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
82
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
83
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
84
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
85
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
86
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
87
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
88
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
89
Martin Velits
Slovakia
s.t.
90
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
91
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
92
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
93
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
94
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
95
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
96
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
97
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
98
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
99
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
100
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
101
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
102
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
103
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
104
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
105
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
106
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
107
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
108
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
109
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
110
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
111
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
112
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
113
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
114
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
115
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
116
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
117
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
118
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
119
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
120
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
121
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
122
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
123
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
124
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
125
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
126
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
127
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
128
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
129
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
130
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
131
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
132
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
133
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
134
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
135
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
136
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
137
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
138
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
139
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
140
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
141
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
142
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
143
Ion Izagirre
Spain
s.t.
144
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
145
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
146
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
s.t.
147
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
148
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
149
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
150
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
151
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
152
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
153
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
154
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
155
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
156
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
157
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
158
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
159
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
160
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
161
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
162
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
163
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
164
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
165
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
166
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
s.t.
167
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
168
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
169
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
170
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
171
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
172
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
173
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
174
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
175
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
176
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
177
Martin Haring
Slovakia
s.t.
178
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
179
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
180
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
181
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
182
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
183
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
184
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
185
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
186
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
187
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
188
Conor Dunne
Ireland
s.t.
189
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
190
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
s.t.
191
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
s.t.
192
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 6'06
193
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 8'21
General:
Everyone, including Sep Vanmarcke himself, did not expect that he would be wearing the yellow jersey after today.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
8h28'00
2
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 1'41
3
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 1'42
4
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'44
5
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 1'46
6
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 1'48
7
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
8
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 1'52
9
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1'55
10
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 1'56
Spoiler
11
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 1'57
12
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 2'03
13
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'04
14
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 2'06
15
André Greipel
Germany
+ 2'10
16
Romain Bardet
France
+ 2'14
17
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3'14
18
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 3'15
19
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'21
20
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'25
21
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'27
22
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 3'32
23
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 3'34
24
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 3'39
25
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 4'09
26
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 4'15
27
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 4'17
28
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
29
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'18
30
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'23
31
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'24
32
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
33
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 4'25
34
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 4'28
35
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 4'33
36
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
37
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 4'38
38
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 4'40
39
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 4'42
40
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 4'55
41
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 5'08
42
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 5'10
43
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 5'17
44
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 5'22
45
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 5'24
46
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
47
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
48
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'29
49
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'31
50
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 5'34
51
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 5'37
52
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 5'38
53
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
54
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 5'39
55
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 5'42
56
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 5'44
57
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 5'49
58
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
59
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 5'57
60
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'58
61
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 6'05
62
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 6'41
63
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 7'21
64
Ion Izagirre
Spain
+ 7'23
65
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 7'24
66
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'30
67
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 7'32
68
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 7'36
69
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 7'39
70
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 7'45
71
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
72
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 7'46
73
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 7'48
74
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 7'54
75
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'14
76
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 8'20
77
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 8'23
78
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 8'26
79
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 8'38
80
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 8'40
81
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 8'45
82
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 8'46
83
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 8'48
84
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 8'50
85
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 8'52
86
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
87
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 8'53
88
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 8'54
89
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 8'59
90
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 9'00
91
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 9'01
92
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
93
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 9'03
94
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 9'04
95
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 9'05
96
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 9'07
97
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 9'09
98
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
99
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'11
100
Michał Gołaś
Poland
+ 9'13
101
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
102
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 9'15
103
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 9'26
104
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 9'31
105
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
+ 9'35
106
Adam Hansen
Australia
+ 9'45
107
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 10'42
108
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 10'53
109
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 10'54
110
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 10'55
111
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 10'57
112
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 10'59
113
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 11'05
114
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 11'07
115
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 11'11
116
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 11'24
117
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 11'27
118
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 11'30
119
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 11'34
120
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 11'39
121
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 11'44
122
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 11'45
123
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 11'47
124
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
125
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 11'50
126
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 11'51
127
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 11'53
128
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 11'57
129
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 12'02
130
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 12'08
131
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 12'20
132
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 12'26
133
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 12'28
134
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 12'30
135
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 12'34
136
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
137
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 12'35
138
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 12'36
139
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
140
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
141
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 12'40
142
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 12'41
143
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 12'44
144
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 12'45
145
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
146
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 12'48
147
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
148
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 12'49
149
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
150
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 12'51
151
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 12'52
152
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 12'53
153
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 12'55
154
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 12'56
155
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
156
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 12'57
157
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
158
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 12'59
159
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
+ 13'01
160
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 13'02
161
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 13'04
162
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'05
163
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 13'08
164
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 13'10
165
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 13'54
166
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 13'57
167
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 14'08
168
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 14'31
169
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 14'38
170
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 14'43
171
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 14'44
172
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
173
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 14'46
174
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 14'48
175
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
+ 14'51
176
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
177
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
178
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
179
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 14'52
180
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
181
Martin Velits
Slovakia
+ 14'55
182
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 14'57
183
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
184
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
185
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 14'59
186
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
187
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 15'03
188
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 15'05
189
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
190
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 15'06
191
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 17'03
192
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 17'14
193
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 17'45
Points:
Due to the fifty points available at the finish line, Peter Sagan takes another jersey away from Stybar.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
50
2
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
34
3
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
31
4
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
30
5
Tony Martin
Germany
28
Spoiler
6
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
27
7
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
8
Marcel Kittel
Germany
24
9
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
23
10
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
22
11
John Degenkolb
Germany
22
12
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
13
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
20
14
Nikias Arndt
Germany
20
15
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
20
16
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
17
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
20
18
André Greipel
Germany
19
19
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
18
20
Luke Durbridge
Australia
17
21
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
22
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
23
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
15
24
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
25
Martin Velits
Slovakia
15
26
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
14
27
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
28
Matti Breschel
Denmark
13
29
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
30
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
12
31
Caleb Ewan
Australia
10
32
Michael Matthews
Australia
9
33
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
34
Ion Izagirre
Spain
8
35
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
8
36
Borut Božic
Slovenia
8
37
Julian Alaphilippe
France
7
38
Rick Zabel
Germany
7
39
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
40
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
41
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
6
42
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
43
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
6
44
Robin Carpenter
United States
6
45
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
5
46
Simon Geschke
Germany
5
47
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
48
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
49
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
50
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
51
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
4
52
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
3
53
Nacer Bouhanni
France
3
54
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
3
55
Warren Barguil
France
3
56
Arnaud Démare
France
2
57
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
2
58
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
1
59
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
But Zdenek Stybar won't be shirtless as he will wear the polka dot jersey.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
3
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
Young rider:
With Küng and Valgren in the second group, Bob Jungels moves from third to first. Gaviria (due to bonus seconds) and Bystrøm within two seconds though.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
8h32'23
2
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 1
3
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 2
4
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 32
5
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'15
Spoiler
6
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'34
7
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 1'35
8
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 1'42
9
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 3'09
10
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 3'16
11
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 3'22
12
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3'23
13
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 3'57
14
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 4'00
15
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4'03
16
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4'22
17
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 4'36
18
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 4'41
19
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 4'46
20
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 6'32
21
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 6'34
22
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'36
23
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 6'42
24
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 7'01
25
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 7'16
26
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 7'24
27
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 7'34
28
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 7'57
29
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'13
30
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 8'22
31
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 8'26
32
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 8'33
33
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 8'34
34
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 8'42
35
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 8'45
36
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 10'08
37
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 10'15
38
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 10'23
39
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 10'28
40
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
41
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 10'42
42
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 10'43
43
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 12'40
44
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 12'51
Team:
Germany still leading despite their miscommunications.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
25h29'09
2
Great Britain
+ 18
3
Belgium
+ 1'42
4
Australia
+ 2'35
5
Italy
+ 2'55
Spoiler
6
Netherlands
+ 3'18
7
Denmark
+ 3'49
8
Poland
+ 4'06
9
France
+ 4'25
10
Norway
+ 5'17
11
Switzerland
+ 6'49
12
Colombia
+ 7'03
13
Spain
+ 7'29
14
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'39
15
Mixed Europe
+ 13'56
16
Slovakia
+ 14'12
17
Russia
+ 15'10
18
Ireland
+ 15'47
19
United States
+ 16'18
20
Czech Republic
+ 18'13
21
Slovenia
+ 20'13
22
Portugal
+ 31'37
Combativity:
Being the last of the breakaway of three to be caught, and the most active in the sprints along the way: Jens Keukeleire
Final words:
Spoiler
Shame to see another gap by a crash, I didn't know the impact of the two riders crashing until near the finish line. Shame for Stybar to lose the jersey this way.
Another day, another stage. The first of three 200+ kilometer stages, starting from Amiens and finishing on a category four climb in Le Havre. The uphill sprinters are rated favourites, but some regular sprinters might be able to get into things if there legs are feeling well. Or maybe a true pruncheur or even a real climber wants to take the ten bonification seconds.
The first breakaway attempt didn't get the approval of the other teams. Mainly because it includes Bodnar, number three in the general classification. Surely Belgium don't want to risk losing the jersey.
The second attempt contains even more people, and also includes Bodnar. And strangely they thought: "Well, this one can go". The fourteen members are: Bodnar, Bookwalter, Brammeier, Breschel, Dillier, Guerreiro, Kankovsky, Kump, Kuznetsov, Ludvigsson, Machado, Saramotins, Richeze and Wiśniowski.
Van Avermaet leads his team in the chase on the breakaway. Does that mean he won't get his chance at the finish? Other teams joining in the chase are France and Norway, trying to get the gap down from nine minutes.
Strangely Richeze doesn't bother with the mountain sprint. He could've taken the lead here. Instead Breschel wins from Dillier and Bookwalter. The winner of today's stage also receives one point.
Amador crashed in a downhill. He has some minor wounds, but he's able to continue the race. The gap is down to three and a half minutes.
With 25 kilometers to go and the breakaway is close enough for some attacks. Hayman goes and he's NOT joined by Terpstra. Is the Dutchman ill or has he come to his senses?
The Australian's attempt is also unsuccessful. As the peloton reaches ever closer, Dillier, Guerreiro, Kump and Ludvigsson attack to remain ahead.
With 7000 meters to go the last remaining member of the breakaway is caught. The jury awards the combativity award to Dillier for being in both early attempts and in the latter stages. Barguil leads the French train for Gallopin, Nordhaug as spanner in the works, Bouhanni and in the final wheel Démare, who thinks he can perform on the final climb. Valverde can also be found near the front, it is a typical arrival for him.
Bouhanni has started his leadout before the uphill stretch for Démare. Colbrelli, Degenkolb and Valverde are on his wheel. Boasson Hagen comes from behind with Kristoff, Sagan, Cavendish, Gaviria and Matthews. A nice mix of pure and punchy sprinters.
Démare is the first to reach the ramp but with the people on his wheel he's unlikely to hold the lead. The Norwegian train has made up a bit of ground due to Bouhanni's early release.
Idiotic spectators in the way! What happened with the barricades! Anyway, Valverde makes a strong push but Démare is surprisingly strong. Kristoff and Sagan care too late.
And it's Alejandro Valverde who takes the victory in Le Havre in a way we've seen him do before. Démare deserves a round of applause for his second place. Colbrelli gets third ahead of Degenkolb and Kristoff. No major shakeup in the general classification.
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
5h18'06
2
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
3
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
4
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
5
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
6
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
7
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
8
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
9
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
10
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
12
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
13
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
14
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
15
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
16
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
17
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
18
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
19
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
20
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
21
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
22
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
23
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
24
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
25
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
26
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
27
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
28
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
29
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
30
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
31
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
32
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
33
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
34
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
35
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
36
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
37
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
38
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
39
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
40
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
41
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
42
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
43
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
44
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
45
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
46
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
47
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
48
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
49
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
50
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
51
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
52
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
53
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
54
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
55
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
56
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
57
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
58
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
59
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
60
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
61
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
62
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
63
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
64
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
65
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
66
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
67
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
68
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
69
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
70
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
71
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
72
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
73
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
74
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
75
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
76
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
77
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
78
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
79
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
80
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
81
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
82
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
83
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
84
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
85
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
86
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
87
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
88
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
89
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
90
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
91
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
92
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
93
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
94
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
95
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
96
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
97
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
98
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
99
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
100
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
101
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
102
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
103
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
104
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
105
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
106
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
107
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
108
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
109
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
110
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
111
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
112
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
113
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
114
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
115
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
116
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
117
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
118
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
119
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
120
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
121
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
122
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
123
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
124
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
125
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
126
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
s.t.
127
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
128
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
129
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
130
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
131
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
132
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
133
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
134
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
135
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
136
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
137
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
138
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
139
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
140
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
141
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
142
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
143
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
144
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
145
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
146
Ion Izagirre
Spain
s.t.
147
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
148
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
149
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
150
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
151
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
152
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
153
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
154
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
155
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
156
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
157
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
158
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
159
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
160
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
161
Adam Hansen
Australia
s.t.
162
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
163
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
164
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
165
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
166
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
167
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
168
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
169
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
170
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
171
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
172
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
173
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
174
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
175
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
176
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
177
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
178
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
179
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
180
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
181
Martin Velits
Slovakia
+ 4'45
182
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'26
183
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 7'16
184
Martin Haring
Slovakia
s.t.
185
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 9'46
186
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
187
Alex Howes
United States
+ 11'17
188
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 12'00
189
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'22
190
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 14'02
191
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 15'19
192
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 18'03
193
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
s.t.
General:
For once there are no changes at the top. Sep Vanmarcke can add another yellow jersey to his wardrobe.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
13h46'06
2
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 1'41
3
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 1'42
4
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'44
5
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 1'46
6
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 1'48
7
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
8
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 1'52
9
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1'55
10
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 1'56
Spoiler
11
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 1'57
12
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 2'03
13
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'04
14
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 2'06
15
André Greipel
Germany
+ 2'10
16
Romain Bardet
France
+ 2'14
17
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3'14
18
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 3'15
19
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'21
20
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'25
21
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'27
22
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 3'32
23
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 3'34
24
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 3'39
25
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 4'09
26
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 4'11
27
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'14
28
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 4'15
29
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 4'17
30
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'18
31
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'23
32
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4'24
33
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 4'25
34
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 4'28
35
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 4'33
36
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
37
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 4'38
38
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 4'40
39
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 4'42
40
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 4'55
41
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 5'08
42
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 5'10
43
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 5'17
44
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 5'22
45
Matti Breschel
Denmark
+ 5'24
46
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
47
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
48
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'29
49
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'31
50
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 5'34
51
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 5'37
52
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 5'38
53
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
54
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 5'39
55
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 5'42
56
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 5'44
57
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
+ 5'49
58
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
59
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 5'57
60
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'58
61
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 6'05
62
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 6'41
63
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 7'21
64
Ion Izagirre
Spain
+ 7'23
65
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'30
66
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 7'32
67
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 7'36
68
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 7'39
69
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 7'45
70
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
71
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 7'46
72
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 7'48
73
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 7'54
74
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'14
75
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 8'20
76
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 8'23
77
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 8'26
78
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 8'38
79
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 8'40
80
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 8'45
81
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 8'46
82
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
83
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 8'48
84
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 8'52
85
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
86
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 8'53
87
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 8'54
88
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 8'59
89
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 9'00
90
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 9'01
91
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
92
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 9'03
93
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 9'04
94
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 9'05
95
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 9'07
96
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 9'09
97
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
98
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'11
99
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 9'13
100
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
101
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 9'15
102
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 9'26
103
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 9'31
104
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
+ 9'35
105
Adam Hansen
Australia
+ 9'45
106
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 10'42
107
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 10'53
108
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 10'54
109
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 10'55
110
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 10'57
111
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 10'59
112
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 11'05
113
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 11'07
114
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 11'11
115
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 11'24
116
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 11'27
117
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 11'30
118
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 11'34
119
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 11'39
120
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 11'44
121
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 11'45
122
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 11'47
123
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
124
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 11'50
125
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 11'51
126
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 11'53
127
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 12'02
128
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 12'08
129
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 12'20
130
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 12'26
131
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 12'28
132
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 12'30
133
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 12'34
134
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
135
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 12'35
136
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 12'36
137
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
138
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
139
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 12'40
140
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 12'44
141
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 12'45
142
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
143
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 12'48
144
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
145
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 12'49
146
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
147
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 12'51
148
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 12'52
149
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 12'55
150
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 12'56
151
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
152
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 12'57
153
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 12'59
154
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
+ 13'01
155
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 13'04
156
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 13'10
157
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'50
158
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 13'54
159
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 13'57
160
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 14'08
161
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 14'31
162
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 14'38
163
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 14'43
164
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 14'44
165
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
166
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 14'46
167
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 14'48
168
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 14'51
169
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
170
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
171
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
172
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 14'52
173
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
174
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 14'57
175
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 14'59
176
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
177
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 15'03
178
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 15'05
179
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
180
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 17'14
181
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 17'45
182
Martin Velits
Slovakia
+ 19'40
183
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 20'13
184
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 20'18
185
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 22'27
186
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 24'43
187
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 24'53
188
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 25'59
189
Alex Howes
United States
+ 26'14
190
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 26'27
191
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 30'25
192
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 31'11
193
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 35'06
Points:
We are used to seeing Peter Sagan in green.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
65
2
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
58
3
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
43
4
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
42
5
John Degenkolb
Germany
40
Spoiler
6
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
37
7
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
34
8
Arnaud Démare
France
32
9
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
30
10
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
30
11
Tony Martin
Germany
28
12
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
28
13
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
27
14
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
15
Marcel Kittel
Germany
24
16
Matti Breschel
Denmark
24
17
Michael Matthews
Australia
21
18
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
19
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
20
Nikias Arndt
Germany
20
21
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
22
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
20
23
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
20
24
André Greipel
Germany
19
25
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
19
26
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
18
27
Luke Durbridge
Australia
17
28
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
29
Marko Kump
Slovenia
17
30
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
31
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
16
32
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
15
33
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
34
Martin Velits
Slovakia
15
35
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
36
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
37
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
12
38
Caleb Ewan
Australia
10
39
Tiago Machado
Portugal
10
40
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
41
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
9
42
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
43
Ion Izagirre
Spain
8
44
Borut Božic
Slovenia
8
45
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
46
Julian Alaphilippe
France
7
47
Rick Zabel
Germany
7
48
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
49
Nacer Bouhanni
France
6
50
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
51
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
52
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
6
53
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
6
54
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
6
55
Brent Bookwalter
United States
6
56
Robin Carpenter
United States
6
57
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
5
58
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
5
59
Simon Geschke
Germany
5
60
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
61
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
62
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
5
63
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
64
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
65
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
4
66
Warren Barguil
France
3
67
Daniel Martin
Ireland
2
68
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
2
69
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
1
70
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
We now have a five-way tie but due to the general classification tiebraker Zdenek Stybar is the leader.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
1
3
Matti Breschel
Denmark
1
4
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
5
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Young rider:
To continue the trend of not changing jerseys today, Bob Jungels remains in white.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
13h50'29
2
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 1
3
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 2
4
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 32
5
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'15
Spoiler
6
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'34
7
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 1'35
8
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 1'42
9
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 3'09
10
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 3'16
11
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 3'22
12
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3'23
13
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 3'57
14
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 4'00
15
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4'03
16
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4'22
17
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 4'36
18
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 4'41
19
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 4'46
20
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 6'32
21
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 6'34
22
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'36
23
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 6'42
24
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 7'01
25
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 7'16
26
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 7'24
27
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 7'57
28
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'13
29
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 8'22
30
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 8'26
31
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 8'33
32
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 10'08
33
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 10'15
34
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 10'23
35
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 10'28
36
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
37
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 10'42
38
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 12'51
39
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 15'50
40
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 21'36
41
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 22'04
42
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 26'02
43
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 26'48
44
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 30'43
Team:
I'm running out of original ways to say Germany is leading the team classification. But with two sprinters stages upcoming I might have to dig into the dictionary.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
41h23'27
2
Great Britain
+ 18
3
Belgium
+ 1'42
4
Australia
+ 2'35
5
Italy
+ 2'55
Spoiler
6
Netherlands
+ 3'18
7
Denmark
+ 3'49
8
Poland
+ 4'06
9
France
+ 4'25
10
Norway
+ 5'17
11
Switzerland
+ 6'49
12
Colombia
+ 7'03
13
Spain
+ 7'29
14
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'39
15
Mixed Europe
+ 13'56
16
Slovakia
+ 14'12
17
Russia
+ 15'10
18
Ireland
+ 15'47
19
United States
+ 16'18
20
Czech Republic
+ 18'13
21
Slovenia
+ 20'13
22
Portugal
+ 31'37
Combativity:
Included in both attempts and in the little attack near the end: Silvan Dillier
Final words:
Spoiler
This stage has actually been raced five times before the actual report. Two times it crashed midstage and three times I did finish it but the screenshots failed. Short rundown of these attempts:
First: Terpstra doing a traditional attack, only caught 300 meters before the line. Matthews won.
Second: A five way photo finish at the end between Greipel (fifth), Matthews (fourth), Vanmarcke (third, took bonus seconds), Sagan and the shock winner: Tiesj Benoot. I was quite angry when the screenshots failed because it was an amazing sprint where any of those five could've won with 100 meters to go.
Third: Elmiger as last survivor of the break caught at the final climb. Colbrelli won with ease.
@Yellow Jersey - Yep, some big names have lost a lot of time already. But will they be forced to work for their leader or do they have a free role in the mountain stages? @Croatia14 - Thanks, indeed sad to see a name like Kreuziger out already
The second longest stage of this Tour at 227 kilometers and 310 meters. The longest stage, stage 8, is only 100 meters longer. It should be a fairly flat affair with only a category four mountain sprint in the way.
The first big breakaway group was caught very soon. Riders in it were Van Avermaet and Richeze, who wants a point for the polka dot jersey. His objective is only ten kilometers away. Velits has already crashed and is behind the peloton.
A group of seven attacked just before the points giveaway, and Rojas denies Richeze the points. Other riders in the break are Božic, Carpenter, Deignan, Gołaś and Porsev.
Another crash, the second of the day. This time Roche hits the tarmac but he can safely return to the peloton. Durbridge, seventh in the GC at 1'48, tries to jump across to the breakaway. He is joined by Korsaeth, Mørkøv and Sagan. Juraj Sagan of course, not his green brother.
E2 joins E1, which is now 11 cyclists big and has a lead of five minutes. Belgium and Switzerland lead the peloton. The first one is clear, Vanmarcke doesn't want to give away his jersey, but the Swiss? Why? For who? Or as punishment for missing the break?
Durbridge sprints for the intermediate sprint. Nice twenty points, but no bonification seconds which might help him in his quest for yellow. Green Sagan takes twelfth place.
France and Germany brought the gap down to a minute. And Terpstra, yes you know. Naesen and polka dot Stybar join him on his late afternoon stroll.
Martin is tasked with bringing back everyone up front. So far he has done his task successfully, he has caught everyone bar Gołaś, Richeze, Stybar and Terpstra. The guy in the polka dot jersey puts in another attack.
A scene oh so familiar this tour. A bunch of riders on the ground. Phinney and Bodnar, numbers two and three in the general classification, are amongst the casualties. Bardet, Boasson Hagen, Colbrelli are other victims. Yellow and green jersery Vanmarcke and Sagan can only just avoid the incident.
If look closely at the pileup we can see a skinny guy in a torn up British jersey. It's Chris Froome! One of the biggest favourite will lose even more time after his mediocre opening time trial.
And so Stybar and Terpstra are still ahead in the final kilometers. A group of just fifteen riders managed to stay ahead of the chaos: Gołaś, Naesen, Richeze, Barguil, Bouhanni, Démare, Gallopin, Degenkolb, Geschke, Greipel, Kittel, Martin, Ewan, Kristoff and Talansky
At three kilometers, the point where, if the crash had occured there, the riders involved wouldn't have lost time. The two leaders are caught by the two main trains. One is the traditional German train, with Kristoff at the end. On the other side we have Bouhanni and Démare, with Ewan behind. Talansky tries to get involved but it's clear this is not his cup of tea.
And again the cooperation between the German supersprinters is not very good. Horrible actually. On the other side of the Elzas, Démare was released pretty well and only Kristoff looks able to challenge him for victory.
The builders of the finish arc have put a hidden camera, in which we can see the sprint from full fronal view. From this angle it looks very tight.
But when we cut back to the main camera it's clear Alexander Kristoff has crossed the line first. Démare again second placed, but he will have more chances in the race. Greipel is the best German in third, Bouhanni fourth and Kittel fifth.
The group with the yellow jersey crosses the line one minute behind. He keeps his jersey as his nearest rivals were involved in the crash, and those ahead were not close enough in the general classification.
Another minute later and the group with more people who were held up by the crash. Aru and Quintana are in this group.
But the biggest loser today is Froome. HIs time loss is limited as he is in the same time as the group ahead, but we have to wonder about injuries. How hard was the impact? Surely he won't sleep well tonight.
Four people couldn't get back on the bike in normal condition, and are therefore out of this race. Andrey Amador is out, Adam Hansen doesn't get to continue his Grand Tour streak, Ion Izagirre has had enough of his crashes, and Sébastien Reichenbach has to be transported to the nearest hospital. Martin Velits also has to abandon after his fall early in the stage and never got back to true speed.
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
5h06'22
2
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
3
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
4
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
5
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
6
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
7
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
8
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
9
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
10
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
12
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
13
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'00
14
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
15
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
16
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
17
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
18
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
19
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
20
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
21
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
22
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
23
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
24
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
25
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
26
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
27
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
28
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
29
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
30
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
31
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
32
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
33
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
34
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
35
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
36
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
37
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
38
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
39
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
40
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
41
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
42
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
43
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
44
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
45
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
46
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
47
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
48
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
49
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
50
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
51
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
52
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
53
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
54
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
55
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
56
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
57
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 1'56
58
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
59
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
60
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
61
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
62
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
63
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
64
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
65
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
66
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
67
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
68
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
69
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
70
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
71
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
72
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
73
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
74
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
75
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
76
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
77
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
78
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
79
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
80
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
81
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
82
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
83
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
84
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
85
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
86
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
87
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
88
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
89
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
90
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
91
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
92
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
93
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
94
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
95
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
96
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
97
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
98
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
99
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
100
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
101
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
102
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
103
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
104
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
105
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
106
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
107
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
108
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
109
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
110
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
111
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
112
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
113
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
114
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
115
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
116
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
117
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
118
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
119
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
120
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
121
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
122
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
123
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
124
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
125
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
126
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
127
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
128
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
129
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
130
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
131
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
132
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
133
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
134
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
135
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
136
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
137
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
138
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
139
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
140
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
141
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
142
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
143
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
144
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
145
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
146
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
147
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
148
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
149
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
150
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
151
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
152
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
153
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
154
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
155
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
156
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
157
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
158
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
159
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
160
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
161
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
162
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
163
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
164
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
165
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
166
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
s.t.
167
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
168
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
169
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
170
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
171
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
172
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
173
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
174
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
175
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
176
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
177
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
178
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
179
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
180
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
181
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
182
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'10
183
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 6'41
184
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 7'13
185
Conor Dunne
Ireland
s.t.
186
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 8'15
187
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 8'43
188
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 9'46
DNF
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
DNF
Adam Hansen
Australia
DNF
Ion Izagirre
Spain
DNF
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
DNF
Martin Velits
Slovakia
General:
Despite not being in the first group, Sep Vanmarcke retains yellow.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
18h53'28
2
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 46
3
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 48
4
André Greipel
Germany
+ 1'06
5
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'44
6
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 1'48
7
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1'55
8
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 1'57
9
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 2'03
10
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'04
Spoiler
11
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 2'15
12
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 2'37
13
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 2'38
14
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 2'39
15
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 2'48
16
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 2'52
17
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 2'59
18
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 3'02
19
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 3'05
20
Romain Bardet
France
+ 3'10
21
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'21
22
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'25
23
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'27
24
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 3'42
25
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 4'10
26
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'14
27
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 4'15
28
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 4'17
29
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'18
30
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 4'22
31
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'23
32
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4'24
33
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 4'28
34
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
35
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 4'30
36
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 4'33
37
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 4'40
38
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 5'21
39
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'29
40
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
41
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'31
42
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 5'34
43
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
44
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 5'42
45
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 5'44
46
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
+ 5'49
47
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 5'51
48
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'58
49
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 6'04
50
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 6'06
51
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 6'13
52
Matti Breschel
Denmark
+ 6'20
53
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
54
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
55
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 6'33
56
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'34
57
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
58
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 6'35
59
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 6'45
60
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'53
61
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 7'01
62
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 7'26
63
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'30
64
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 7'37
65
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 7'45
66
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 7'48
67
Michał Gołaś
Poland
+ 8'13
68
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'14
69
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 8'17
70
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 8'28
71
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 8'32
72
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 8'35
73
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 8'41
74
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 8'42
75
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 8'46
76
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 8'48
77
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 8'50
78
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 8'53
79
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 9'00
80
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 9'03
81
Alexander Porsev
Russia
+ 9'09
82
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'11
83
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 9'16
84
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 9'19
85
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 9'34
86
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 9'36
87
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 9'41
88
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 9'42
89
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 9'48
90
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
91
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 9'50
92
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 9'55
93
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 9'57
94
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
95
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 10'00
96
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 10'01
97
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 10'03
98
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 10'05
99
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 10'09
100
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 10'11
101
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 10'22
102
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 10'27
103
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 10'45
104
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 10'59
105
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 11'05
106
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 11'11
107
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 11'38
108
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 11'49
109
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 11'50
110
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
111
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 11'51
112
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 11'53
113
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 12'03
114
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 12'20
115
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 12'23
116
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 12'26
117
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 12'30
118
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 12'35
119
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 12'40
120
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 12'43
121
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
122
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 12'47
123
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 12'49
124
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 12'52
125
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 12'58
126
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
+ 13'01
127
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 13'04
128
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 13'16
129
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 13'22
130
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 13'24
131
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 13'26
132
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 13'30
133
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
134
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 13'31
135
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 13'32
136
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
137
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
138
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 13'36
139
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 13'40
140
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 13'41
141
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
142
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 13'44
143
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
144
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 13'45
145
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
146
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 13'47
147
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 13'51
148
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'52
149
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
150
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 13'53
151
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 13'54
152
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 13'55
153
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 14'00
154
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 14'06
155
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 14'53
156
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 15'27
157
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 15'34
158
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 15'39
159
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 15'40
160
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
161
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 15'42
162
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 15'44
163
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 15'47
164
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
165
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
166
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
167
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 15'48
168
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
169
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 15'53
170
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 15'55
171
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
172
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 15'59
173
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 16'01
174
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
175
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 18'10
176
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 18'41
177
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 19'18
178
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 21'09
179
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 23'23
180
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 25'39
181
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 25'59
182
Alex Howes
United States
+ 27'10
183
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 27'23
184
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 31'06
185
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 34'45
186
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 36'38
187
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 38'26
188
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 42'49
Points:
Thanks to his stage victory Alexander Kristoff is the new green jersey owner.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
93
2
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
69
3
Arnaud Démare
France
62
4
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
58
5
John Degenkolb
Germany
48
Spoiler
6
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
48
7
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
42
8
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
40
9
Marcel Kittel
Germany
40
10
André Greipel
Germany
39
11
Luke Durbridge
Australia
37
12
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
36
13
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
33
14
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
30
15
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
30
16
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
29
17
Tony Martin
Germany
28
18
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
28
19
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
20
Nacer Bouhanni
France
24
21
Matti Breschel
Denmark
24
22
Caleb Ewan
Australia
24
23
Michael Matthews
Australia
21
24
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
21
25
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
26
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
27
Nikias Arndt
Germany
20
28
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
29
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
20
30
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
18
31
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
32
Marko Kump
Slovenia
17
33
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
34
Philip Deignan
Ireland
17
35
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
16
36
Robin Carpenter
United States
16
37
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
15
38
Borut Božic
Slovenia
15
39
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
40
Michał Gołaś
Poland
14
41
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
42
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
43
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
12
44
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
12
45
Alexander Porsev
Russia
11
46
Andrew Talansky
United States
10
47
Tiago Machado
Portugal
10
48
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
49
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
9
50
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
51
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
52
Julian Alaphilippe
France
7
53
Rick Zabel
Germany
7
54
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
55
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
56
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
57
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
6
58
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
6
59
Brent Bookwalter
United States
6
60
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
5
61
Simon Geschke
Germany
5
62
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
5
63
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
64
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
65
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
5
66
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
67
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
68
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
4
69
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
3
70
Warren Barguil
France
3
71
Daniel Martin
Ireland
2
72
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
2
73
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
2
74
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
1
75
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
From five to six, but Zdenek Stybar is still the highest ranked with one point. There are no mountain points available in the next three stages, so he will likely keep the jersey for a while.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
1
3
Matti Breschel
Denmark
1
4
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
5
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Spoiler
6
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
1
Young rider:
Bob Jungels survived another challenge by Gaviria
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
18h57'51
2
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 1
3
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 58
4
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1'28
5
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 1'35
Spoiler
6
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'11
7
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'30
8
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 2'38
9
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 3'03
10
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 4'05
11
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 4'12
12
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 4'18
13
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 4'19
14
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 4'53
15
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 4'56
16
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 5'18
17
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 5'32
18
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 5'37
19
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 5'42
20
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'36
21
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 6'42
22
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 7'28
23
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 7'30
24
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 7'57
25
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 8'12
26
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'20
27
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 8'53
28
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 9'09
29
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 9'18
30
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 9'22
31
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 9'29
32
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 11'04
33
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 11'11
34
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 11'19
35
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 11'24
36
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
37
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 11'38
38
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 13'47
39
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 16'46
40
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 23'00
41
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 30'22
42
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 32'15
43
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 34'03
44
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 38'26
Team:
With all those flat stages there is no real challenge to dethrone Germany.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
56h42'33
2
Belgium
+ 3'42
3
Australia
+ 4'35
4
Great Britain
+ 5'10
5
Netherlands
+ 5'18
Spoiler
6
France
+ 5'25
7
Italy
+ 5'55
8
Poland
+ 7'02
9
Denmark
+ 7'45
10
Norway
+ 9'09
11
Spain
+ 10'29
12
Colombia
+ 10'59
13
Switzerland
+ 12'37
14
Mixed Europe
+ 17'52
15
Russia
+ 18'10
16
Mixed Rest of World
+ 18'31
17
Slovakia
+ 19'04
18
United States
+ 20'10
19
Ireland
+ 20'39
20
Czech Republic
+ 21'09
21
Slovenia
+ 23'13
22
Portugal
+ 37'25
Combativity:
He may not have taken over the mountain classification, but he did take a big share in the work at the front: Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Final words:
Spoiler
I didn't know PCM11 likes mass crashes this much. There were definitely more gaps than are showed in the results (group Froome lost at least another minute), but due to some riders in between the main groups they were all linked together into the same time. Let's call it PCM's way of the three kilometer rule.
206 flat kilometers leading from Saint-Malo to Nantes. This feels repetitive.
But we get an interesting strategy ploy by the sprinters teams. With the intermediate sprint early on in the stage, the breakaway was chased down fiercely by, amongst others, France and Germany. It worked, and Démare got twenty points. Geschke is second and takes points away from Kittel in third in a comical mix-up in which most sprinters saw the banner too late and therefore couldn't overtake those who chased down the breakaway.
After the sprint it was all lights green for a breakaway, but no one jumped. Eventually Marko Kump thought he would do everyone else a favour and become the solo breakaway. Niki Terpstra woke up and jumped with him in his traditional fashion. And Zdenek Stybar wants to join the party, despite there not being any points for his polka dot jersey available today. Belgium leads the peloton, the gap is five minutes plus.
With 15 kilometers to go the trio was caught. Kump obviously gets the combativity award.
And the heavens have opened upon Nantes. The rain might affect the sprint, let's pray there won't be another mass crash to disrupt procedures. The same two sprinters teams who were active in the early fases of the stage have started their preparation for the final dash to the line.
However, as with nearly every sprint so far, there is a maverick who defies the law of flat stages. This time Castroviejo tries to remain ahead of the sprint train in the closing stages. Germany says "Never change a losing team" as they've gone with the exact same setup that brought them miserable results in the last stages: Degenkolb for Greipel for Kittel. Cavendish, Bennett, Ewan and Groenewegen join them on the left side of the road. On the right, Gallopin, Bouhanni and Démare go forth, with yesterday's winner Kristoff and Gaviria behind. Sagan is unsure which wheel to pick.
Germany goes faster and his brought Castroviejo back from his dreams. Gaviria decided to switch trains, his place on the TGV is taken by Sagan.
One final kilometer and for once things are going well for Germany. France seems to have the bad luck today as they and everyone on their wheel are faced with a major disadvantage to overcome.
Cavendish comes off the wheel of Kittel who is released just too late by Greipel. This all has brought Kristoff and Sagan back with a shot at victory.
But they are all powerless against The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish wins in the streets of Nantes. Sagan might have been more threatening if he were to be positioned better, but his second place puts him closer to the green jersey. Démare comes from far behind to take third away from Kittel and Kristoff. Greipel outside the top ten, Germany needs to change if they want to win a sprint.
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
4h44'13
2
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
3
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
5
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
6
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
7
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
8
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
9
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
10
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
Spoiler
11
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
12
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
13
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
14
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
15
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
16
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
17
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
18
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
19
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
20
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
21
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
22
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
23
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
24
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
25
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
26
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
27
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
28
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
29
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
30
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
31
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
32
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
33
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
34
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
35
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
36
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
37
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
38
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
39
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
40
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
41
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
42
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
43
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
44
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
45
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
46
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
47
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
48
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
49
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
50
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
51
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
52
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
53
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
54
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
55
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
56
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
57
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
58
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
59
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
60
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
61
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
62
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
63
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
64
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
65
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
66
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
67
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
68
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
69
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
70
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
71
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
72
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
73
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
74
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
75
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
76
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
77
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
78
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
79
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
80
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
81
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
82
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
83
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
84
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
85
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
86
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
s.t.
87
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
88
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
89
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
90
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
91
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
92
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
93
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
94
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
95
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
96
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
97
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
98
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
99
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
100
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
101
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
102
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
103
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
104
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
105
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
106
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
107
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
108
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
109
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
110
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
111
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
112
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
113
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
114
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
115
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
116
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
117
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
118
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
119
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
120
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
121
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
122
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
123
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
124
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
125
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
126
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
127
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
128
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
129
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
130
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
131
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
132
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
133
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
134
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
135
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
136
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
137
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
138
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
139
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
140
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
141
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
142
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
143
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
144
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
145
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
146
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
147
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
148
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
149
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
150
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
151
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
152
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
153
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
s.t.
154
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
155
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
156
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
157
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
158
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
159
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
160
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
161
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
162
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
163
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
164
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
165
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
166
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
167
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
168
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
169
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
170
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
171
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
172
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
173
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
174
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
175
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
176
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
177
Conor Dunne
Ireland
s.t.
178
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
179
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
180
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
181
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
182
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
183
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
184
Martin Haring
Slovakia
s.t.
185
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 3'42
186
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
s.t.
187
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 4'12
188
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
General:
Sep Vanmarcke had no trouble staying with the pack.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
23h37'41
2
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 46
3
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 48
4
André Greipel
Germany
+ 1'06
5
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'44
6
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 1'48
7
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1'55
8
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 1'57
9
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 2'03
10
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'04
Spoiler
11
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 2'15
12
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 2'37
13
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 2'38
14
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 2'39
15
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 2'48
16
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 2'52
17
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 2'59
18
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 3'01
19
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 3'02
20
Romain Bardet
France
+ 3'10
21
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'21
22
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'25
23
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'27
24
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 3'42
25
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 4'09
26
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 4'10
27
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'14
28
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 4'17
29
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'18
30
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 4'22
31
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'23
32
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
33
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4'24
34
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 4'28
35
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
36
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 4'30
37
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 4'40
38
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 5'21
39
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'29
40
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
41
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'31
42
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 5'34
43
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
44
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 5'42
45
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 5'44
46
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
+ 5'49
47
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 5'51
48
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'58
49
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 6'04
50
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 6'06
51
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 6'13
52
Matti Breschel
Denmark
+ 6'20
53
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
54
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
55
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 6'33
56
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'34
57
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
58
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 6'35
59
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 6'45
60
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'53
61
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 7'01
62
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 7'26
63
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'30
64
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 7'37
65
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 7'45
66
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 7'48
67
Michał Gołaś
Poland
+ 8'13
68
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'14
69
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 8'17
70
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 8'28
71
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 8'32
72
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 8'35
73
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 8'41
74
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 8'42
75
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 8'46
76
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 8'48
77
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 8'50
78
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 8'53
79
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 9'00
80
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 9'03
81
Alexander Porsev
Russia
+ 9'09
82
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 9'11
83
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 9'16
84
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 9'19
85
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 9'34
86
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 9'36
87
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 9'41
88
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 9'42
89
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 9'48
90
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
91
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 9'50
92
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 9'55
93
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 9'57
94
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
95
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 10'00
96
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 10'01
97
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 10'05
98
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 10'09
99
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 10'11
100
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 10'22
101
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 10'27
102
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 10'45
103
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 10'59
104
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 11'05
105
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 11'11
106
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 11'38
107
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 11'49
108
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 11'50
109
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
110
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 11'51
111
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 11'53
112
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 12'03
113
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 12'20
114
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 12'23
115
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 12'26
116
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 12'30
117
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 12'35
118
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 12'40
119
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 12'43
120
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
121
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 12'47
122
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 12'49
123
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 12'52
124
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 12'58
125
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
+ 13'01
126
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 13'04
127
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 13'16
128
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 13'22
129
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 13'24
130
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 13'26
131
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 13'30
132
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
133
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 13'31
134
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 13'32
135
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
136
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
137
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 13'36
138
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 13'40
139
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 13'41
140
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
141
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 13'44
142
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
143
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 13'45
144
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
145
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 13'47
146
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 13'51
147
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'52
148
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
149
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 13'53
150
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 13'54
151
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 13'55
152
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 14'00
153
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 14'06
154
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 14'15
155
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 14'53
156
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 15'27
157
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 15'34
158
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 15'39
159
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 15'40
160
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
161
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 15'42
162
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 15'44
163
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 15'47
164
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
165
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
166
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
167
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 15'48
168
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
169
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 15'53
170
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 15'55
171
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
172
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 15'59
173
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 16'01
174
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
175
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 18'10
176
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 18'41
177
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 19'18
178
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 21'09
179
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 23'23
180
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 25'39
181
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 25'59
182
Alex Howes
United States
+ 27'10
183
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 27'23
184
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 31'06
185
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 36'38
186
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 38'27
187
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 42'38
188
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 46'31
Points:
Démare is closing in, but Alexander Kristoff still leads the fight for green.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
109
2
Arnaud Démare
France
102
3
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
99
4
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
79
5
Marcel Kittel
Germany
73
Spoiler
6
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
59
7
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
58
8
John Degenkolb
Germany
52
9
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
48
10
André Greipel
Germany
45
11
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
42
12
Tony Martin
Germany
41
13
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
39
14
Caleb Ewan
Australia
38
15
Luke Durbridge
Australia
37
16
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
36
17
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
32
18
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
30
19
Nikias Arndt
Germany
28
20
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
28
21
Nacer Bouhanni
France
27
22
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
27
23
Michael Matthews
Australia
26
24
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
25
Matti Breschel
Denmark
24
26
Simon Geschke
Germany
22
27
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
22
28
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
21
29
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
30
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
31
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
32
Rick Zabel
Germany
18
33
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
17
34
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
35
Marko Kump
Slovenia
17
36
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
37
Philip Deignan
Ireland
17
38
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
16
39
Robin Carpenter
United States
16
40
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
15
41
Borut Božic
Slovenia
15
42
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
43
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
14
44
Michał Gołaś
Poland
14
45
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
46
Warren Barguil
France
13
47
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
48
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
12
49
Alexander Porsev
Russia
11
50
Andrew Talansky
United States
10
51
Tiago Machado
Portugal
10
52
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
53
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
9
54
Tony Gallopin
France
9
55
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
56
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
57
Julian Alaphilippe
France
7
58
Sam Bennett
Ireland
7
59
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
60
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
61
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
6
62
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
63
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
6
64
Brent Bookwalter
United States
6
65
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
5
66
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
5
67
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
68
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
69
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
5
70
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
71
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
72
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
4
73
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
3
74
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
3
75
Daniel Martin
Ireland
2
76
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
2
77
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
2
78
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
1
79
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
Zdenek Stybar has held the lead in the mountains classification since day two.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
1
3
Matti Breschel
Denmark
1
4
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
5
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Spoiler
6
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
1
Young rider:
Also no changes here, Bob Jungels still has the slightest of margin.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
23h42'04
2
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 1
3
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 58
4
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1'28
5
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 1'35
Spoiler
6
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'11
7
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'30
8
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 2'38
9
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 3'03
10
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 4'05
11
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 4'12
12
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 4'18
13
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 4'19
14
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 4'53
15
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 4'56
16
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 5'18
17
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 5'32
18
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 5'37
19
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 5'42
20
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'36
21
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 6'42
22
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 7'28
23
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 7'30
24
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 7'57
25
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 8'12
26
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'20
27
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 8'53
28
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 9'09
29
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 9'18
30
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 9'22
31
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 9'29
32
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 11'04
33
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 11'11
34
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 11'19
35
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 11'24
36
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
37
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 11'38
38
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 13'47
39
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 16'46
40
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 23'00
41
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 32'15
42
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 34'04
43
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 38'15
44
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 42'08
Team:
Germany. Yeah.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
70h55'12
2
Belgium
+ 3'42
3
Australia
+ 4'35
4
Great Britain
+ 5'10
5
Netherlands
+ 5'18
Spoiler
6
France
+ 5'25
7
Italy
+ 5'55
8
Poland
+ 7'02
9
Denmark
+ 7'45
10
Norway
+ 9'09
11
Spain
+ 10'29
12
Colombia
+ 10'59
13
Switzerland
+ 12'37
14
Mixed Europe
+ 17'52
15
Russia
+ 18'10
16
Mixed Rest of World
+ 18'31
17
Slovakia
+ 19'04
18
United States
+ 20'10
19
Ireland
+ 20'39
20
Czech Republic
+ 21'09
21
Slovenia
+ 23'13
22
Portugal
+ 37'25
Combativity:
Part of the original attempt, and the instigator of the successful attempt: Marko Kump
Final words:
Spoiler
Every stage has been Degenkolb-Greipel-Kittel for Germany but they can't seem to make it work. The train is too strong?
Also, this weird behaviour at the intermediate sprint has been present in previous stage but not as obvious as today. The sprinters start too late or come from too far, hence whichever team leads the peloton gets some decent points ahead of some sprinters.
Portugal has the honours of opening the team time trial around Les Essarts.
Czech Republic is down to seven riders already, certainly a handicap today. They won't finish last though, as Ireland and Slovakia set even slower times.
An unusual sight, a lot of world champion jerseys together. They're not, this is team Mixed Rest of World. They seem to cooperate decently but their time won't set the world alight.
Next up is Switzerland, including stage one winner Küng. Can he guide his team to his second time trial victory? Spoiler alert: no.
Another team down in numbers is Spain, but that doesn't show as they set the fastest time of the day at the first checkpoint, two seconds faster than then-leader Russia. After that everything went downwards, most likely because they had to remain with five.
The teams start rolling in one by one and we take note that the fastest time so far goes to the Mixed European Team, which is quite impressive since some of them can't understand each others due to language barriers. Props to them!
Colombia is a team with a lot of climbers, some of which have lost a lot of time already. It is important that they set a decent time today. And they do, fastest so far in 30 minutes and 18 seconds, beating Mixed Europe by three seconds.
Provisional third place goes to Italy, who are just four seconds slower.
France comes within three secons but can't beat the time. The home crowd is disappointed.
And The Netherlands cross the line and they take the lead! Three seconds faster. Possible yellow jersey for Terpstra?
Great Britain was placed in second after the second intermediate, and only lost ten seconds over 23 kilometers. But with the closeness at the top it means they're only sixth.
Vanmarcke arrives in his yellow jersey together with his Belgian compatriots. They lose 17 seconds but it's enough to keep him in yellow.
And the last team to finish are Germany, but Martin can't carry Ze Germans to victory. They barely finish inside the top ten. The winners of today are their neighbours: The Netherlands. Schade Deutschland alles ist vorbei.
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Team
Time
1
Netherlands
30'15
2
Colombia
+ 3
3
Mixed Europe
+ 6
4
France
s.t.
5
Italy
+ 7
6
Great Britain
+ 10
7
Belgium
+ 17
8
Denmark
+ 19
9
Poland
+ 24
10
Germany
+ 28
11
Switzerland
+ 34
12
Australia
+ 40
13
Spain
s.t.
14
Norway
+ 52
15
Russia
+ 55
16
United States
s.t.
17
Portugal
s.t.
18
Slovenia
+ 1'07
19
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'09
20
Czech Republic
+ 1'24
21
Ireland
+ 1'37
22
Slovakia
+ 2'07
Spoiler
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
30'15
2
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
3
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
4
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
5
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
6
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 1
7
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 3
8
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
9
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
10
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
11
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
12
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
13
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 4
14
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 6
15
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
16
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
17
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
18
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
19
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
20
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
21
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
22
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
23
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
24
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
25
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 7
26
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
27
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
28
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
29
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
30
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
31
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 8
32
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
33
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 9
34
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 10
35
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
36
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
37
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
38
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
39
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
40
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
41
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 11
42
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 12
43
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
44
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 14
45
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
46
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
47
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 15
48
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
49
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
+ 16
50
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 17
51
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
52
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
53
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
54
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
55
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
56
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
57
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 19
58
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
59
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
60
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
61
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
62
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 20
63
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 21
64
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
65
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 22
66
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 23
67
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
s.t.
68
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 24
69
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
70
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
71
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
72
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
73
Matti Breschel
Denmark
+ 25
74
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 26
75
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 27
76
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
77
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 28
78
Marcel Kittel
Germany
s.t.
79
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
80
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
81
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
82
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 29
83
Paweł Poljański
Poland
+ 31
84
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
85
Michał Gołaś
Poland
+ 33
86
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 34
87
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
88
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
89
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
90
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
91
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 36
92
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
93
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 37
94
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 39
95
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
96
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 40
97
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
98
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
99
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
100
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
101
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
102
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
103
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
104
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
105
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
106
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 41
107
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 42
108
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 43
109
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 44
110
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 45
111
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 46
112
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 51
113
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 52
114
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
115
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
116
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
117
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
118
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 55
119
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
120
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
121
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
122
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
123
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
124
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
125
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
126
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
127
Taylor Phinney
United States
s.t.
128
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
129
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
130
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
131
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
132
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
133
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
134
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
135
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
136
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
s.t.
137
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
138
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
139
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
140
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
141
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
142
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
143
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
144
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
145
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
146
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
147
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
148
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 1'05
149
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 1'07
150
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
151
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
152
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
153
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
154
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 1'09
155
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
156
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
157
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
158
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
159
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
160
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'11
161
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
162
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 1'14
163
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
164
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 1'16
165
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1'17
166
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 1'24
167
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
168
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
169
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
170
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
171
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 1'27
172
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 1'30
173
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 1'37
174
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
175
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
176
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
s.t.
177
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
178
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 1'39
179
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 1'42
180
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 1'45
181
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 2'07
182
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
s.t.
183
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
184
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
s.t.
185
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
s.t.
186
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 2'08
187
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 2'10
188
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 2'13
General:
Despite losing a lot of time on the early splits, Sep Vanmarcke motivated his team to help him retain the lead in the general classification.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
24h08'13
2
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 29
3
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 1'07
4
André Greipel
Germany
+ 1'20
5
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'55
6
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 1'57
7
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 2'07
8
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 2'09
9
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 2'11
10
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 2'18
Spoiler
11
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 2'34
12
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 2'41
13
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
+ 2'45
14
Arnaud Démare
France
+ 2'50
15
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 3'02
16
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 3'05
17
Romain Bardet
France
+ 3'07
18
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 3'13
19
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 3'16
20
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 3'22
21
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 3'25
22
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 3'27
23
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 3'34
24
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 3'46
25
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4'13
26
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
+ 4'15
27
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 4'16
28
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
29
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 4'21
30
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 4'28
31
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
+ 4'29
32
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 4'33
33
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 4'37
34
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 4'41
35
Mathew Hayman
Australia
+ 5'02
36
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 5'16
37
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 5'20
38
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 5'23
39
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 5'40
40
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 5'41
41
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 5'54
42
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'58
43
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 5'59
44
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 6'00
45
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 6'08
46
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 6'09
47
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 6'11
48
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 6'18
49
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 6'22
50
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 6'23
51
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
+ 6'27
52
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
s.t.
53
Matti Breschel
Denmark
+ 6'28
54
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 6'30
55
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 6'42
56
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 6'56
57
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 7'09
58
Warren Barguil
France
+ 7'21
59
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 7'26
60
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 7'34
61
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 7'41
62
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 7'45
63
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 7'54
64
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 7'59
65
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 8'06
66
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 8'18
67
Michał Gołaś
Poland
+ 8'29
68
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 8'30
69
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 8'32
70
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
+ 8'35
71
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 8'37
72
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 8'43
73
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 8'45
74
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 8'46
75
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
76
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 8'49
77
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 8'52
78
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 9'09
79
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 9'12
80
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 9'26
81
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 9'34
82
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 9'38
83
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 9'39
84
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 9'44
85
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 9'46
86
Alexander Porsev
Russia
+ 9'51
87
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 9'54
88
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 9'55
89
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 10'03
90
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 10'08
91
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
92
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
+ 10'12
93
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 10'13
94
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 10'29
95
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 10'30
96
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
+ 10'38
97
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 10'44
98
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
99
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 10'54
100
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 11'14
101
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 11'17
102
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 11'24
103
Sam Bennett
Ireland
+ 11'29
104
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 11'31
105
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 11'48
106
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 11'49
107
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 11'58
108
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 12'06
109
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 12'10
110
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 12'13
111
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 12'26
112
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 12'28
113
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 12'29
114
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 12'30
115
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 12'36
116
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 12'37
117
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 12'40
118
Borut Božic
Slovenia
+ 12'45
119
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 12'49
120
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 13'15
121
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
122
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 13'23
123
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
124
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 13'25
125
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
126
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
127
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 13'26
128
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 13'27
129
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
+ 13'32
130
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 13'33
131
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 13'37
132
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 13'40
133
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 13'43
134
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 13'44
135
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 13'48
136
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 13'50
137
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
+ 13'51
138
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 13'53
139
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 13'59
140
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 14'02
141
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 14'04
142
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 14'12
143
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 14'14
144
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 14'20
145
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 14'21
146
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 14'34
147
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 14'35
148
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
+ 14'36
149
Roman Maikin
Russia
+ 14'37
150
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
151
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 14'46
152
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 14'50
153
Marko Kump
Slovenia
+ 15'14
154
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 15'29
155
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 15'34
156
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 15'41
157
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 15'44
158
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
+ 15'47
159
Paweł Poljański
Poland
+ 16'01
160
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 16'02
161
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 16'13
162
Sergey Shilov
Russia
+ 16'17
163
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 16'22
164
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 16'24
165
Robin Carpenter
United States
+ 16'30
166
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 16'34
167
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 16'38
168
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 16'39
169
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 16'47
170
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 16'53
171
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 16'54
172
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
173
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 17'00
174
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
+ 17'06
175
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 18'50
176
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 19'26
177
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 20'18
178
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 21'35
179
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 23'35
180
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 26'26
181
Alex Howes
United States
+ 27'49
182
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 27'50
183
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 28'15
184
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 32'56
185
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 38'03
186
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 40'23
187
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 43'58
188
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 48'21
Points:
No points are given out on the team time trial, so another green jersey for Alexander Kristoff.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
109
2
Arnaud Démare
France
102
3
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
99
4
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
79
5
Marcel Kittel
Germany
73
Spoiler
6
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
59
7
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
58
8
John Degenkolb
Germany
52
9
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
48
10
André Greipel
Germany
45
11
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
42
12
Tony Martin
Germany
41
13
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
39
14
Caleb Ewan
Australia
38
15
Luke Durbridge
Australia
37
16
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
36
17
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
32
18
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
30
19
Nikias Arndt
Germany
28
20
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
28
21
Nacer Bouhanni
France
27
22
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
27
23
Michael Matthews
Australia
26
24
Taylor Phinney
United States
24
25
Matti Breschel
Denmark
24
26
Simon Geschke
Germany
22
27
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
22
28
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
21
29
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
30
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
31
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
32
Rick Zabel
Germany
18
33
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
17
34
Fabio Felline
Italy
17
35
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
36
Marko Kump
Slovenia
17
37
Philip Deignan
Ireland
17
38
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
16
39
Robin Carpenter
United States
16
40
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
15
41
Borut Božic
Slovenia
15
42
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
43
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
14
44
Michał Gołaś
Poland
14
45
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
46
Warren Barguil
France
13
47
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
48
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
12
49
Alexander Porsev
Russia
11
50
Andrew Talansky
United States
10
51
Tiago Machado
Portugal
10
52
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
9
53
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
9
54
Tony Gallopin
France
9
55
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
56
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
57
Julian Alaphilippe
France
7
58
Sam Bennett
Ireland
7
59
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
60
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
61
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
6
62
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
63
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
6
64
Brent Bookwalter
United States
6
65
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
5
66
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
5
67
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
5
68
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
69
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
5
70
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
4
71
Erik Baska
Slovakia
4
72
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
4
73
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
3
74
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
3
75
Daniel Martin
Ireland
2
76
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
2
77
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
2
78
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
1
79
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
And with no mountain along the route no changes in the standings. Still Zdenek Stybar in the red dots.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
1
2
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
1
3
Matti Breschel
Denmark
1
4
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
5
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Spoiler
6
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
1
Young rider:
Fernando Gaviria and Colombia were four seconds faster than Jungels' Rest of the World team.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
24h12'26
2
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 3
3
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 1'45
4
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1'55
5
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 1'56
Spoiler
6
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3'13
7
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 3'28
8
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3'32
9
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 3'41
10
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 4'05
11
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 4'17
12
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 4'33
13
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 4'39
14
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 4'59
15
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 5'26
16
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 5'31
17
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 5'33
18
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 5'50
19
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 7'01
20
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 7'35
21
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 7'36
22
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 7'45
23
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 7'57
24
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 8'15
25
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 8'23
26
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 8'24
27
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 9'12
28
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 9'30
29
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 9'49
30
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 10'21
31
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 10'24
32
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 12'00
33
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 12'09
34
Robin Carpenter
United States
+ 12'17
35
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 12'26
36
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 12'34
37
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 12'41
38
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 14'37
39
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 17'22
40
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 24'02
41
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 33'50
42
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 36'10
43
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 39'45
44
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 44'08
Team:
Still three minutes lead for Germany. But when we get to hilly and mountain stages that lead will likely disappear.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
71h25'55
2
Belgium
+ 3'31
3
Australia
+ 4'47
4
Netherlands
+ 4'50
5
Great Britain
+ 4'52
Spoiler
6
France
+ 5'03
7
Italy
+ 5'34
8
Poland
+ 6'58
9
Denmark
+ 7'36
10
Norway
+ 9'33
11
Colombia
+ 10'34
12
Spain
+ 10'41
13
Switzerland
+ 12'43
14
Mixed Europe
+ 17'30
15
Russia
+ 18'37
16
Mixed Rest of World
+ 19'12
17
United States
+ 20'38
18
Slovakia
+ 20'43
19
Ireland
+ 21'48
20
Czech Republic
+ 22'05
21
Slovenia
+ 23'52
22
Portugal
+ 37'54
Combativity:
Not awarded
Final words:
Spoiler
My first team time trial report ever if my memory serves me correctly. For those who are interested, my control rider finished the stage seven minutes back. No problem in the stage and general classification, but the control team is leading the teams classification by seventy hours, despite not being classified (withdrawn) in the previous stages ingame. This is obviously fixed after the next stage.