Actual winner Alberto Contador has been removed from the results due to his suspension. Therefore, GC runner-up, Samuel Sánchez receives the overall glory instead. The two Spaniards were in an own league, dominating the race completely. Geniez won the last stage, atop the mighty La Toussuire.
The route:
Spoiler
The week's big highlight will obviously be the mountain top finish on Mont Ventoux. Also the penultimate stage finishing in Valloire, after climbing Col de la Télégraphe, will be very interesting to watch. Noteworthy is the fact that not a single stage is a pure mass sprint one. They're all pretty hilly. Could be cool.
Project squad:
Coppel hits the start in Grenoble dreaming about repeating his amazing performance from Paris-Nice. He's not in top shape at the start, but that'll change in just a day or two. The goal will be a Top 10, but we believe that a Top 5 is possible. The rest of the squad lacks the last bit of form, so it's breaks for them.
With a long time trial featuring in the race, Andreas Klöden, Denis Menchov and Bradley Wiggins has to be seen as the three big favourites. They'll surely profit from their strength against the clock, just like Coppel. We should also watch out for Sivtsov, if he still has a bit of his Giro form.Edited by Pellizotti2 on 02-04-2012 22:08
@ Neillster - Obv a little bit, but it's hard to battle against nationality bonus.
No, what I meant was that you shouldn't feel too disappointed, because at the beginning of the race you would definitely taken 3rd place, which in a GT is nothing to be sniffed at
Anyway, all the best in your preparations for le Tour
Edited by Neillster on 02-04-2012 22:40
We kick off with this short prologue in Grenoble. There's just five kilometers of course, but we hope to gain at least a few seconds on some other GC contenders here, thanks to Coppel's strength against the clock.
It turned out to be an okay start, knowing that Coppel's shape isn't on top yet. Just outside the Top 10 at the end of the day, eight seconds slower than the surprising winner, Tom Dumoulin. Martin missed out!
Result:
1
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
7'16
2
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 3
3
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
4
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 4
5
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
+ 5
6
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
+ 6
7
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
8
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 7
9
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
10
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 8
Spoiler
11
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
12
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
13
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
+ 9
14
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
16
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
17
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 10
18
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
19
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
20
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
21
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
22
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
+ 11
23
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
24
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
25
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
26
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
s.t.
27
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
+ 12
28
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 13
29
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
30
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
31
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 14
32
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
33
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
34
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
35
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
36
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
+ 15
37
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
38
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
39
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
40
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
+ 16
41
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
42
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
43
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
44
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
45
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
46
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 17
48
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
49
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
50
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
51
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
52
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 18
53
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
54
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
55
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
56
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
57
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
58
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
59
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
60
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
61
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
62
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
+ 19
63
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
64
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
65
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
66
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
67
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
68
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
69
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
70
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
+ 20
71
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
s.t.
72
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
73
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
74
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
75
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 21
76
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
77
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
78
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
79
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 22
80
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
82
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
83
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
84
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
85
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
86
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
87
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
88
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
+ 23
89
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
90
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
91
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
92
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
93
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
94
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
95
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
96
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
97
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
98
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 24
99
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
100
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
101
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
102
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
+ 25
103
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
104
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
105
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
106
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
107
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
108
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
109
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
+ 26
111
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
112
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
113
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
114
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
115
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
116
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
117
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
118
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
s.t.
119
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
s.t.
120
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
121
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
122
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
+ 27
123
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
124
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
125
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
s.t.
126
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 28
127
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
128
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
129
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
130
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
131
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 29
132
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
133
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
134
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
135
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
136
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
137
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 30
138
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
139
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
140
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
141
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
142
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
143
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
144
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
145
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
+ 31
146
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
147
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
148
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
149
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
150
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
151
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
s.t.
152
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
153
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
154
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
+ 32
155
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
156
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
+ 33
157
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
158
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
+ 34
159
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
160
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
161
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 35
162
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
163
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 37
164
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
165
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
166
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 38
167
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
168
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
169
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
170
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
171
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
+ 40
172
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 43
173
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
174
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 44
175
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
+ 46
Stage 2 - Grenoble > Roanne
Day number two will be a hard one to predict. It's set to be a flat one, but it's far from sure that all the sprinters survive the hills in the final part of the stage. Possibly a great opportunity for a breakaway.
Jérôme Pineau punched away from the main field up the slopes of the last categorized climb, and soon bridged across to the early breakaway. Sprick, who had been in there all day, tried to follow, and almost succeeded, but had to let go on the last few meters of uphill.
That was a shame, because Pineau went on to win the stage in a fashionable way. The main field seemed to have gotten caught off guard by this attack, allowing him just a bit too large gap. The Frenchman seizes yellow.
J.J. Rojas and Matthew Goss shot clear of the rest in the battle for second. The Aussie was the quicker of the two, edging out Mr. Eternal Second for second place. Coppel finished safely inside the pack.
Result:
1
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
5h09'46
2
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 28
3
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
4
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
5
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
6
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
7
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
8
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
9
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
s.t.
10
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
s.t.
12
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
13
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
s.t.
14
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
15
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
16
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
17
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
18
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
19
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
20
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
21
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
22
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
23
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
24
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
25
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
27
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
28
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
29
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
30
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
31
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
32
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
34
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
36
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
37
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
39
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
40
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
41
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
42
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
s.t.
43
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
44
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
45
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
46
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
47
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
48
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
49
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
50
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
51
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
52
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
53
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
54
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
55
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
56
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
57
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
58
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
59
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
60
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
61
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
62
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
63
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
64
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
65
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
66
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
67
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
68
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
69
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
70
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
71
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
72
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
73
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
74
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
75
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
76
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
77
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
78
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
79
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
80
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
81
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
82
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
83
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
84
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
85
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
86
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
s.t.
87
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 2'31
88
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
89
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 5'02
90
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
91
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
92
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
93
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
94
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
95
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
96
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
s.t.
97
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
98
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
99
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
100
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
101
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
102
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
103
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
104
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
105
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
106
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
107
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
108
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
109
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
110
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
111
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
s.t.
112
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
113
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
114
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
115
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
116
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
117
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
118
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
119
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
120
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
121
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
122
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
123
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
124
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
125
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
126
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
127
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
128
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
129
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
130
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
131
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
s.t.
132
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
133
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
134
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
135
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
136
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
s.t.
137
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
138
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
139
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
140
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
141
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
142
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
143
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
s.t.
144
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
s.t.
145
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
146
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
147
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
148
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
149
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
150
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
151
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
152
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
153
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
154
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
155
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
156
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
157
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
158
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
159
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
160
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
+ 7'41
161
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
162
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
163
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
164
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
165
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
166
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
167
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
168
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
169
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
170
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
171
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
172
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
173
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9'12
174
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 10'47
175
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
Stage 3 - Saint-Paul-en-Jarez > Saint-Étienne
The first decisive day of racing. I promise you, the profile makes it look much easier than it really is. We do however need to remember that it ends with a long downhill, which will most likely prevent all solo attempts.
Sprick, today in the KoM jersey, again joined the early breakaway to defend his colours. Unfortunately, Jure Kocjan was also interested in the points, and managed to steal most of them from us. At least we kept the jersey.
A small GC battle on the last bits of uphill brought the escapee trio back. When the tempo then dropped significally in the downhill to the finish, Posthuma threw all his cards on the table and went for it.
It almost succeeded, but he was eventually brought back under the Flamme Rouge, by the peloton led by Iuri Trofimov and Jan Bakelants.
Bakelants held on to win the stage ahead of a very strong Kocjan, who came out of nowhere, and Alexander Efimkin. Coppel stayed calm inside the group once again, staying high up in GC.
Result:
1
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
3h38'37
2
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
3
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
4
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
5
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
s.t.
6
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
7
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
s.t.
8
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
9
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
12
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
13
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
14
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
15
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
16
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
17
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
18
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
19
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
20
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
21
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
22
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
23
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
24
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
25
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
s.t.
26
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
s.t.
28
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
29
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
31
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
32
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
34
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
35
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
36
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
37
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
38
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
39
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
40
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
41
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
42
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
43
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
44
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
45
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
46
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
47
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
48
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
49
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
50
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
51
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
52
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
53
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
54
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
55
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
56
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
57
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
58
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
59
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
s.t.
60
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
s.t.
61
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
62
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
63
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
64
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
65
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
66
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
67
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 1'01
68
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
s.t.
69
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
70
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
71
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
72
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
73
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
74
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
75
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
s.t.
76
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 2'25
77
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
78
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
79
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 3'53
81
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
82
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
83
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 4'48
84
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
85
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
+ 5'19
86
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
87
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
+ 6'10
88
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
89
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
90
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
91
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
92
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
93
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
94
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
95
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
96
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
97
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
98
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 9'08
99
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
100
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
101
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
102
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
103
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
104
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
105
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
106
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
s.t.
107
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
108
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
110
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
111
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
112
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
113
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
114
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
s.t.
115
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
116
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
117
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
118
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
120
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
121
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
122
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
123
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
124
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
125
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
126
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
127
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
128
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 9'41
129
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
130
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
131
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
132
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
133
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
134
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
135
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
136
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
137
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
138
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
139
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
140
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
141
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
s.t.
142
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
143
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
144
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
145
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
146
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
147
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
148
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
149
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
150
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
151
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
152
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
153
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
154
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 12'03
155
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
156
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
157
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
158
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
159
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
160
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
161
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
162
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
163
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
164
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
+ 14'25
165
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
166
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
+ 15'49
167
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
168
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
169
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
170
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
171
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
172
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
173
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
174
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
175
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
Stage 4 - Anneyron
Last stage included in this first part of the Dauphiné report will be this long time trial in Anneyron. It's Coppel's big chance to gain time on his rivals before we hit the big climbs. It's a long way, so there might be big differences.
After a disappointing start of the race, Tony Martin returned to the top at least a little bit here. Still not the kind of domination we're used to see him demonstrating. Best time so far at least, but with many riders to go.
56'03
Posthuma pulled off a fantastic ride out on the course, and came quite close to topping Martin's time. Provisional second place, a few seconds slower than the German OPQS rider.
56'11
Coppel however, managed to top both Martin's and Posthuma's times! Not by much though, and still a couple of strong time triallists to go, but either way a great performance.
56'01
It actually looked like Coppel had pulled this one off at first, but we were soon proved wrong. Russian time trial champion Denis Menchov with the new best time, 14 seconds faster! He's clearly building up form for the Tour.
55'47
Not even the yellow jersey of David Millar, a former world time trial champion could do anything against Menchov's amazing time. The Briton disappointed heavily, missing the Top 10 today.
56'52
If you ask me, then this is the queen stage. Sure, it's all about the final climb to Mont Ventoux, but the Valloire stage isn't even a mountain top finish. We expect some serious selection today, up the windy slopes of Ventoux.
Team Sky did all the work today, apparently expecting a lot from this very hard day. Notable was the fact that both Joaquim Rodriguez (82 MO) and Sergio Henao (81) both took a large amount of turns at the front.
The two mentioned shattered the group completely already in the very beginning of the climb. Apparently for Kanstantsin Sivtsov. Frank Schleck made the day's first serious jump quite early, hurting everyone.
Coppel (+5) soon took control over the group, to decide himself what pace is okay and what's a bit too hard. This blew the group apart once again, and only Menchov, Sivtsov, Betancur, Sörensen and Gadret could follow.
Sivtsov kicked again with two kilometers to the line, pushing everyone over their limit. Coppel tried to stay calm, while the yellow jersey of Menchov appeared to be in difficulty near the back end.
The Russian was apparently faking his weakness however, as he found another gear inside the final kilometer to set off after Sivtsov. Coppel continued to focus on his own riding, trying to stay in third.
It seemed like everyone was completely dead in the finale, since everyone kept their position all the way to the line. Sivtsov took the stage win just ahead of Menchov, and then a small gap back to Coppel.
Result:
1
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
5h01'08
2
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
3
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
+ 16
4
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
5
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
6
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 37
7
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 1'18
8
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
9
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 1'28
10
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'33
12
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
13
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
14
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
+ 4'32
16
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 4'53
17
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
+ 5'08
18
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
19
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 5'21
21
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 6'29
22
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 6'41
23
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
+ 6'59
25
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
+ 7'13
26
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
27
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
+ 7'38
28
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
29
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
30
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
31
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
32
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
33
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
34
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
35
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
36
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 9'04
38
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 9'13
39
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
40
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 9'35
42
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
43
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
44
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
45
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
46
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 11'54
47
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
48
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
+ 14'15
49
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
50
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
51
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
52
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
53
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
54
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
55
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
56
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
57
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
58
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
59
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
60
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
s.t.
61
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
62
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
63
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
64
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
65
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
66
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
67
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
68
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
69
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 15'12
70
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
+ 15'33
71
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 15'50
72
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
+ 16'27
73
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
+ 16'43
74
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
75
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
76
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
78
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
79
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
80
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
81
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
82
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
83
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
84
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
s.t.
85
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
86
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
87
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
88
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
89
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
90
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
+ 17'26
91
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
s.t.
92
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
93
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
94
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
+ 17'50
95
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
+ 21'48
96
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
97
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 22'30
98
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
s.t.
99
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
100
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
101
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
102
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
103
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
104
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
105
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
106
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
107
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
108
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
109
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
110
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
111
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
113
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
114
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
115
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
116
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
117
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
118
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
119
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 23'34
120
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
122
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
s.t.
123
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
124
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
125
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
126
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
127
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
128
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
129
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
130
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
131
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
132
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 31'29
133
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
134
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
135
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
+ 32'56
136
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 38'04
137
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
138
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
139
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
140
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
141
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
142
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
143
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
144
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
145
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
146
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
147
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
148
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
149
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
150
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
s.t.
151
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
152
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
153
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
154
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
155
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
156
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
157
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
158
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
159
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
160
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
161
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
162
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
163
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
164
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
165
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
166
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
167
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
168
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
169
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
170
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
171
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
172
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
173
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
174
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
175
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
+ 54'41
Stage 6 - Nyons > Digne-les-Baines
Another pretty challenging finish, with the climb of Col du Corobin just a few kilometers before the finish. A downhill leads down to the line, which will once again most likely sew things back together after the top.
The early breakaway built up a huge advantage and was therefore never seen again on the day. On the Corobin climb, Enrico Gasparotto got rid of everyone but José Joaquin Rojas, forming a leading duo at the top.
The two of them fended off the chase behind to battle it out for the win themselves. Rojas, a far superior sprinter, profited from his speed to pick up an easy victory ahead of Gasparotto. The favourites stayed together.
Result:
1
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
4h36'34
2
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 1'00
4
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
5
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
6
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'02
7
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
8
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
9
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
10
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
+ 3'29
Spoiler
11
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 5'49
12
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
13
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
14
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
15
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
16
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
17
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
18
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
19
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
21
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
22
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
23
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
24
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
25
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
26
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
27
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
28
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
29
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
s.t.
30
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
+ 6'48
31
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
32
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
33
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
34
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
36
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
37
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
38
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
39
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
40
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
41
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
42
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
43
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
44
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
46
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
47
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
s.t.
48
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
s.t.
49
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
+ 9'52
50
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
51
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
52
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
53
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
54
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
56
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
57
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
58
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
59
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
60
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
61
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
s.t.
62
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
63
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
64
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
66
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
67
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
68
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
69
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
70
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
71
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
72
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
73
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
74
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
75
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
76
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
77
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
78
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
79
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
81
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
82
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
83
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
84
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 12'01
85
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
s.t.
86
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
87
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
s.t.
88
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
89
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
90
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
91
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
92
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
93
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
94
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
95
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
s.t.
96
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
97
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
98
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
99
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
100
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
101
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
102
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
103
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
104
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
s.t.
105
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
106
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
107
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
108
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
109
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
110
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
111
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
s.t.
112
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
113
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
114
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
115
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
116
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
117
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
118
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
119
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
s.t.
120
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
121
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
122
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
123
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
124
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
125
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
126
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
127
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
128
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
129
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
130
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
131
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
133
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
134
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
135
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
136
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
s.t.
137
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
138
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
139
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
140
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
s.t.
141
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
142
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
143
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
+ 15'16
144
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
145
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
146
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
147
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
148
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
149
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 17'24
150
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
151
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
152
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 19'19
153
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
154
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
155
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
156
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
157
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
158
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
159
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
160
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
161
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
162
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
163
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
164
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
165
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
166
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
167
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
168
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
169
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
170
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
171
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
172
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
173
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
174
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
175
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
+ 21'10
Stage 7 - Gap > Valloire
Together with Ventoux, this is the stage where the overall is expected to be decided. The last climb up to Col du Télégraphe will surely reduce the main field a lot, and we'll most likely see a small group battling it out for the win.
The Télégraphe climb turned out to be a big anticlimax, but an acceleration from Sivtsov near the top of the climb put race leader Menchov in big trouble. He did stay in just about contact however.
Sivtsov launched another little attack with a kilometer and a half to go, and that allowed him just about enough of a gap to stay clear for the victory. Coppel gunned out Tejay Van Garderen for second.
Result:
1
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Team Sky Pro Cycling
5h57'29
2
Jérôme Coppel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
3
Tejay Van Garderen
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
4
Hubert Dupont
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
5
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
6
Andreas Klöden
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
7
John Gadret
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
8
Denis Menchov
Team Katusha
s.t.
9
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
10
Frank Schleck
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Rubén Plaza
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
12
Francesco Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
13
Pieter Weening
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
14
Danilo Di Luca
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
+ 50
15
Jelle Vanendert
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
16
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
+ 1'34
17
Sérgio Paulinho
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
18
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
19
Roman Kreuziger
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
20
Tony Martin
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
21
Oliver Zaugg
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
22
Marzio Bruseghin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
23
Chris Anker Sörensen
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
24
Bradley Wiggins
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
25
Nairo Quintana
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
26
Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Cayetano Sarmiento
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
28
Mattia Cattaneo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
29
Maciej Paterski
Team Katusha
s.t.
30
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 2'56
31
Thomas Rohregger
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
32
Gustav Larsson
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
33
Andrea Masciarelli
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
34
Thomas Bonnin
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
35
Jussi Veikkanen
The Bose Project
+ 3'34
36
Nicolas Roche
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 4'01
37
Matthias Kessler
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
38
Joost Posthuma
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
39
Filippo Savini
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
40
Christian Knees
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Luis León Sánchez
Team Katusha
s.t.
42
Haimar Zubeldia
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
43
Thierry Hupond
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
44
Steven Kruijswijk
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'01
45
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
46
Sergio Henao
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
47
Alexander Efimkin
Team Katusha
+ 5'48
48
Ivan Santaromita
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
49
Fortunato Baliani
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
50
Grischa Niermann
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
51
Jesús Hernández
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
52
Laurens Ten Dam
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
53
Alberto Losada
Team Katusha
s.t.
54
David Millar
Team Radioshack - Nissan
+ 6'51
55
Jan Bakelants
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
56
Lars Petter Nordhaug
The Bose Project
s.t.
57
Gianni Meersman
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
58
Mathieu Sprick
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
59
Tiago Machado
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
60
Branislau Samoilau
The Bose Project
+ 8'29
61
Cyril Lemoine
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
62
Sylvain Chavanel
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
63
Gustavo César Veloso
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
64
Iuri Trofimov
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
65
Peter Kennaugh
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
66
Nuno Ribeiro
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
67
Andrea Tonti
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
68
Jure Kocjan
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
69
George Bennett
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
70
Josep Jufré Pou
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 9'38
71
Ezequiel Mosquera
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
72
José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
73
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
74
Imanol Erviti
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
75
Vladimir Karpets
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
76
Stephen Cummings
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
77
Javier Moreno Bazan
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
78
Cédric Pineau
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
79
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
80
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
81
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
82
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
83
Petr Ignatenko
Team Katusha
s.t.
84
Brent Bookwalter
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 10'10
85
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
86
Rodrigo García
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
87
Nikita Novikov
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
88
Christopher Butler
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
89
Sandy Casar
FDJ - BigMat
+ 10'59
90
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
91
Anthony Roux
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
92
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
93
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
94
Dominique Rollin
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
95
Lars Bak
Lotto - Belisol
+ 11'41
96
Chris Barton
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
+ 12'37
97
Tom Dumoulin
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
98
Moreno Hofland
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
99
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
100
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 12'59
101
Jonas Van Genechten
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
102
Markel Irizar
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
103
Ignatas Konovalovas
The Bose Project
s.t.
104
Arkaitz Durán
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
105
Daryl Impey
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
+ 17'33
106
Aleksejs Saramotins
The Bose Project
s.t.
107
Matthew Goss
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
108
Bert De Backer
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
109
Ramunas Navardauskas
The Bose Project
s.t.
110
Paride Grillo
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
111
Greg Van Avermaet
Team Europcar
s.t.
112
Stuart O'Grady
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
113
Marcello Pavarin
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
114
William Bonnet
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
115
Daniel Oss
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
116
Wes Sulzberger
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
117
Kristof Vandewalle
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
118
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
119
Chad Beyer
BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology
s.t.
120
Matteo Pelucchi
Team Europcar
s.t.
121
Jan Ghyselinck
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
122
Claudio Corioni
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
123
Laurent Lefèvre
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
124
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Team Katusha
s.t.
125
Jesse Sergent
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
126
Martin Velits
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
127
Perrig Quemeneur
Team Europcar
s.t.
128
Nikolas Maes
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
129
Patrick Gretsch
The Bose Project
s.t.
130
Cameron Wurf
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
131
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Team Sky Pro Cycling
+ 20'44
132
Stijn Vandenbergh
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
133
Kenny Van Hummel
Project 1T4i - Shimano
+ 22'36
134
Aurélien Passeron
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 29'54
135
Yohan Offredo
FDJ - BigMat
s.t.
136
Rafael Serrano
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
137
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
138
Jérôme Pineau
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
139
Taylor Phinney
Garmin - Barracuda
s.t.
140
Giacomo Nizzolo
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
141
Coen Vermeltfoort
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Enrico Gasparotto
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
143
Marcel Kittel
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
144
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
145
Michael Matthews
Team Radioshack - Nissan
s.t.
146
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
147
Mario Trevisan
UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team
s.t.
148
Mark Cavendish
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
149
Alexander Porsev
Team Katusha
s.t.
150
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
151
Bernardo Riccio
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
152
Rick Flens
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Dimitri Krivtsov
Lampre - San Marco
s.t.
154
Julien Vermote
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
155
Piet Rooijakkers
Vodafone Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
156
Maarten Neyens
Lotto - Belisol
+ 35'45
157
Benoît Sinner
Garmin - Barracuda
+ 50'37
158
Sébastien Hinault
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
159
Ben Swift
Team Sky Pro Cycling
s.t.
160
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
161
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
162
Eloy Teruel
Euskaltel - Orbea
s.t.
163
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
164
Evan Bonnet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
165
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
166
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
167
Jens Debusschere
Lotto - Belisol
s.t.
168
Robbie McEwen
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
169
Kevin Van Impe
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
170
Evan Bonnet
Project 1T4i - Shimano
s.t.
171
Luke Durbridge
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
172
Brett Lancaster
GreenEDGE Cycling Project
s.t.
173
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
OmegaPharma - Quickstep
s.t.
174
Alexander Kristoff
The Bose Project
s.t.
175
Barry Markus
Vacansoleil - DCM
s.t.
Stage 8 - Valloire > Annecy
Just like stage three, this one looks a lot easier than it actually is because the stage is very short. The last climb is very hard, with sections at over 10%. Therefore this is set as a mountainous day, so expect attacks.
Surprisingly, it was Menchov who made the first jump on the final climb. Already in the very beginning of it too, when the domestiques were still doing the work. We decided to stay cool and go after him later if needed.
The attacks then succeeded each other, with Sivtsov being the most active one. At the top a group of eight formed at the front. Coppel made the cut with ease, after taking on the climb Sastre-style.
Another small group came back in the finale, and Joaquim Rodriguez jumped straight over this group into a solo lead. The others seemed to want Coppel to do the work, but we refused to.
Therefore Rodriguez was able to maintain his advantage all the way to the line, where he could celebrate victory after timing his attack to perfection. Menchov and Klöden swepped up the other time bonuses.