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| Re Leone |
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Stage 3 | Auxonne › Pontarlier, 167.5 km
It was Sergio Henao who on the Cote de Hautepierre-le Chatelet thought he had found the recipe to beat Peter Sagan as he upped the pace right away thinning out the peloton to a mere 40 men, with me and Jungels in his wheel, as Cancellara and Zoidl were a bit further back out of the wind. Sagan who showed his rainbow powers weren’t contained by the green points jersey he was wearing was still among us though.
Reason enough for the Italian Nibali to unleash his legs causing the deciding shift as Kreuziger opened the chase with Kwiatkowski, Gilberto, Sagan, Rui Costa and yours truly in his wheel. To my surprise I was having an even harder time following the pace than Sagan as I was cracking from all sides while on his wheel, refusing to break.
As we passed the top we had already gained a lead of 50 seconds on the rest of the group behind us, as we caught up to Geraint Thomas the remaining rider from the early breakaway.
On the final climb of the day the Cote de la Main, Nibali tried to place an attack for the maillot jaune (which was now virtually mine.) Which would have been a successful attack as I was completely empty, if it wasn’t for Kreuziger who lead the chase himself. Catching Nibali and leading out Sagan for the stage win. I humbly finished last in the group, glad to maintain the leaders jersey in our team for at least one more day. Yellow is starting to look good on me don’t you think?
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 4h03'49 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'08 | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 9h43'50 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 17 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 29 | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 31 | | 7 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 57 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'08 | | 9 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 1'14 | | 12 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 14 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 15 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 1'21 | | 16 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 17 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 18 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 19 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 20 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 21 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 22 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 23 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'31 | | 24 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'37 | | 25 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 26 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 27 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 28 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'39 | | 29 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 30 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 31 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 32 | Georg Preidler | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 33 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 34 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 35 | Mathieu Sprick | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 36 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 37 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 1'48 | | 38 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'57 | | 39 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 40 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 41 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'05 | | 42 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 43 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 44 | Sander Armée | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 45 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 46 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 47 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 48 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 49 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 51 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 2'21 | | 52 | Moreno Hofland | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 54 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Jonathan Hivert | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | + 2'28 | | 58 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 59 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 60 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 61 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 62 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 63 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 64 | Yoann Offredo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'33 | | 65 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'40 | | 66 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 2'41 | | 67 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 68 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'42 | | 69 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 70 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 72 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'43 | | 73 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'44 | | 74 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 2'53 | | 76 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 77 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 78 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 79 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'59 | | 80 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 3'03 | | 81 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 82 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'04 | | 83 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'12 | | 84 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 85 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 86 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'28 | | 87 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 88 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 3'30 | | 89 | Johnny Chauviere | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 90 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 91 | Jesse Sergent | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 3'50 | | 92 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 3'56 | | 93 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 4'12 | | 94 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4'32 | | 95 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'33 | | 96 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 97 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 98 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 4'35 | | 99 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 100 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 101 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 4'43 | | 102 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 4'49 | | 103 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | + 4'54 | | 104 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 105 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 106 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'56 | | 107 | Oliver Rossi | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 108 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'59 | | 109 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 110 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Peter Stetina | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Bram Tankink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 5'03 | | 113 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 5'10 | | 114 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 5'11 | | 115 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | + 5'14 | | 116 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'24 | | 117 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 5'26 | | 118 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 5'32 | | 119 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 120 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | + 5'40 | | 121 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 122 | Maximilian Pacini | Lampre - Merida | + 5'46 | | 123 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 6'03 | | 124 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 125 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 126 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 127 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 6'11 | | 128 | Paul Martens | Team NetApp - Endura | + 6'16 | | 129 | Christian Knees | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 130 | Maarten Wynants | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'17 | | 131 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 132 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 133 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 6'18 | | 134 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 6'28 | | 135 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 136 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 137 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | + 6'31 | | 138 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 6'38 | | 139 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 140 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 6'43 | | 141 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 142 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 143 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 6'48 | | 145 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | + 6'49 | | 146 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 147 | Federico Canuti | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 148 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 6'54 | | 149 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | + 7'02 | | 150 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 151 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 7'23 | | 152 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 7'25 | | 153 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 7'38 | | 154 | Alex Candelario | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'39 | | 155 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 7'40 | | 156 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'41 | | 157 | Elias Schmäh | IAM Cycling | + 7'50 | | 158 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 159 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 8'05 | | 160 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 161 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 8'56 | | 162 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 9'11 | | 163 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani - CSF | + 9'28 | | 164 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 165 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 9'35 | | 166 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 9'56 | | 167 | Matthias Friedemann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 10'27 | | 168 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 169 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'29 | | 170 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 10'39 | | 171 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 172 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 173 | Andrea Manfredi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 10'54 | | 174 | Carlos Galviz Garcia | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 175 | Mauro Da Dalto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 12'00 | | 176 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | + 12'06 | | 177 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 15'28 | | 178 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 15'34 | | 179 | Olivier Hofstetter | IAM Cycling | + 17'37 | | 180 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 18'19 | | 181 | Sanjay Bryce | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 20'09 | | 182 | Sebastian Körber | Team NetApp - Endura | + 20'11 | | 183 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | + 22'52 |
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Posted on 06-08-2014 09:02
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 06-08-2014 12:43
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@sutty68
He will have a lot to carry home with him if he keeps getting the leader jersey in every race he starts this year. 
Pity Zoidl isn't in too good of a shape else we would have good chance of keeping the jersey till the end. 
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 06-08-2014 12:43
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Stage 4 | Pontarlier › Bellegarde-Sur-Valserine, 210.5 km
Led out in a peloton by Vandewalle, Sergent and Devolder, through the yellow sunflower fields, in my maillot jaune, made me admittedly daydream about one day doing the same in the Tour de France. Dreams to maybe me realized far off in the future, but for now there were 210km through the French hillside waiting for us.
The race developed fairly easy for our team right up till the foot of the final climb, when it was once again Sergio Henao who opened up the debates. Unlike yesterday a lot less people were willing to react as it were Van den Broeck, Pozzovivo, Van Garderen and Machedo who decided to follow the Colombian.
The little group gained a gap of just about 30 seconds by the time they passed the top, but the gap would quickly be closed by Jungels. Regrouping an 85-man peloton.
On the final climb of the day a short hill of the third category, I was still feeling great. So when Lampre’s Horner attacked it didn’t take long for me to decide and jump after him.
As I overtook the American and looked backwards I was welcomed with the unfortunate news that the one man I did not want in my wheel was right there smiling at me. Green jersey wearer Peter Sagan was looking to make it three in a row.
With Kreuziger also trying to make the jump across, I was left with two options. Either ease off and get taken back by the peloton after which Sagan would win and I would finish anonymously tenth, or keep going and finish second behind Sagan. Logically I picked the latter.
Peter was nice enough to thank me for the help before he dropped me like a wet towel in the sprint. Just ahead of the chasing Kreuziger and Horner I finished second. With the peloton flowing in their draft, making us all get the same time notation. Although I got an extra 4 bonification seconds.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 5h32'59 | | 2 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 4 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. |
This isn't the first time someone from Tinkoff has beaten me out of glory in Paris Nice.
Edited by Re Leone on 06-08-2014 12:46
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Stage 5 | Bellegarde-Sur-Valserine › La Chaud (Saint Honoré 1500), 173.5 km
Today the general classification would get its first real shake up. With three climbs of the 1st category in the final 50km, today was going to be for the real climbers. Meaning I would be assisting Riccardo Zoidl today.
At the foot of the first of the three climbs it where Sky and Lampre who took over our job. Leading the peloton closer towards the early breakaway who had a lead of over 3 minutes. Carrying fancy names like Dani Moreno, John Gadret and Chris Riblon.
Right away the pace became tough to follow, something which got even worse when Sky’s Cataldo started to hammer away at the front of the peloton. I felt like I had broken through a wall, but with about 50 others including Jungels and Zoidl we managed to cross the top.
In the descent towards Cote de Laffrey which would be the entrée to the final climb up to Saint Honore 1500, we lost one major contender as Wilco Kelderman got a flat. Au revoir Paris-Nice ambitions, time for the Dutch rider to look elsewhere.
About halfway on the Laffrey it was Roman Kreuziger who took over the reins at Tinkoff as he accelerated out of the peloton. Nibali would foloow as did an easy peddling Zoidl, the duo joined by Kwiatkowski, Uran and Van den Broeck. I followed in a group led by Spilak.
As we passed the Laffrey the situation was as such; <Kreuziger> 32” <Early Breakaway> 23” <Nibali, Van den Broeck, Zoidl, Kwiatkowski, Uran> 15” <Arcier, Van Garderen, Kennaugh, Spilak>
Thanks to Spilak and Van Garderen we caught up to the group Nibali quickly, but with nobody willing to do any work and Van den Broeck accelerating out of the group. I was appointed as the one to keep up the pace.
As we started with the climb towards Saint Honore, Kreuziger his lead would be 43” and Van den Broeck his lead 25”. Reason enough for Zoidl to up the pace and shred the group in two as only Nibali and Uran were able to follow the Austrian.
I was left to suffer in Van Garderen his wheel until completely breaking in the final 500m. Losing 2’35 to stage winner Kreuziger and the yellow jersey. I still held on to the white jersey as I dropped down to 5th in GC and Zoidl jumped up to 3rd.
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 4h29'30 | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 23 | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 32 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 1'10 | | 5 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'18 | | 6 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 2'20 | | 7 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'35 | | 10 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 4'01 | | 12 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 4'11 | | 13 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | + 4'44 | | 14 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 5'27 | | 15 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 16 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 7'40 | | 17 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 18 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 8'20 | | 20 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 21 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 22 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 23 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 24 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 25 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 26 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 27 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 28 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 30 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 31 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 32 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 34 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 35 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 36 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 37 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 38 | Peter Stetina | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 39 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 40 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 8'58 | | 43 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 44 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 45 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'29 | | 46 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 11'06 | | 47 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 48 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 49 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 51 | Sander Armée | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 52 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 53 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 54 | Mathieu Sprick | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 55 | Georg Preidler | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 56 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 57 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 12'13 | | 58 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 59 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | + 14'04 | | 60 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 15'22 | | 61 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 62 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 63 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 64 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 65 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 66 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 67 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 68 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 22'19 | | 70 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 22'54 | | 72 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 73 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 74 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 75 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | + 23'17 | | 76 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 77 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 78 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 79 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 23'34 | | 80 | Christian Knees | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 81 | Jonathan Hivert | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 84 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 85 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 86 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 87 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 88 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 89 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | + 24'23 | | 90 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | + 24'31 | | 91 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 92 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 93 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 94 | Andrea Manfredi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 95 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 96 | Elias Schmäh | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 97 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 98 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 99 | Bram Tankink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 100 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 101 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 102 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 25'18 | | 103 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 25'40 | | 104 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 105 | Jesse Sergent | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 25'53 | | 106 | Federico Canuti | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 107 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 108 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 109 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | + 26'54 | | 111 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 112 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 113 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 114 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 115 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Paul Martens | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 117 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 118 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 119 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 120 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 121 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 122 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 123 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 125 | Moreno Hofland | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 126 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | + 28'32 | | 127 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 29'40 | | 128 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 129 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 130 | Yoann Offredo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 131 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 132 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 133 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 134 | Oliver Rossi | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 135 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 136 | Maarten Wynants | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 137 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 138 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 139 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 140 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 141 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 142 | Johnny Chauviere | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 143 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 144 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 145 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 146 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 147 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 148 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 149 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 150 | Alex Candelario | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 151 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 152 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 153 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 154 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'18 | | 155 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 32'02 | | 156 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 157 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 158 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 159 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | + 32'27 | | 160 | Maximilian Pacini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 161 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 162 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 163 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 164 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 165 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 166 | Carlos Galviz Garcia | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 167 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 168 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 169 | Mauro Da Dalto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 170 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 171 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 172 | Olivier Hofstetter | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 173 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 174 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani - CSF | + 33'49 | | 175 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 34'17 | | 176 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 35'04 | | 177 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 178 | Sanjay Bryce | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 179 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 180 | Matthias Friedemann | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 181 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 182 | Sebastian Körber | Team NetApp - Endura | + 35'52 | | 183 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 36'35 |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 19h46'40 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 53 | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'17 | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'03 | | 5 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'10 | | 6 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'18 | | 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'23 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 3'13 | | 9 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 3'20 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'38 |
Spoiler | 11 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 4'37 | | 12 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 6'29 | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 8'10 | | 14 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 8'27 | | 15 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 8'33 | | 16 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 8'40 | | 17 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 9'13 | | 18 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | + 9'17 | | 19 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 9'20 | | 20 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 21 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 22 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 23 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'30 | | 24 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 9'36 | | 25 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 26 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'41 | | 27 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 9'47 | | 28 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | + 10'04 | | 29 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 30 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 10'20 | | 31 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 10'27 | | 34 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 35 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 36 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp - Endura | + 10'40 | | 37 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 10'43 | | 38 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 39 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 10'52 | | 40 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | + 11'03 | | 41 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 11'49 | | 42 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | + 11'55 | | 43 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 12'22 | | 44 | Georg Preidler | Giant - Shimano | + 12'24 | | 45 | Mathieu Sprick | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 46 | Sander Armée | Lotto - Belisol | + 12'47 | | 47 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 12'50 | | 48 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 49 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Peter Stetina | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 12'58 | | 51 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 13'05 | | 52 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 13'13 | | 53 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'32 | | 54 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | + 15'22 | | 55 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 15'32 | | 56 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 16'15 | | 57 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'25 | | 58 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 16'38 | | 59 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 17'06 | | 60 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 17'29 | | 61 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | + 17'49 | | 62 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 17'54 | | 63 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 64 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 65 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 18'09 | | 66 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 21'42 | | 67 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 22'43 | | 68 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | + 24'12 | | 69 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 24'40 | | 70 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 25'01 | | 71 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | + 25'31 | | 72 | Jonathan Hivert | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 25'34 | | 73 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 25'38 | | 74 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 25'59 | | 75 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | + 26'07 | | 76 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 26'31 | | 77 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 26'40 | | 78 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 27'22 | | 79 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 27'24 | | 80 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | + 27'29 | | 81 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 27'32 | | 82 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | + 27'37 | | 83 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 27'38 | | 84 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | + 27'44 | | 85 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 27'47 | | 86 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 28'07 | | 87 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | + 28'12 | | 88 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 89 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | + 29'01 | | 90 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 29'16 | | 91 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 29'37 | | 92 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 30'20 | | 93 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 32'10 | | 94 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 33'07 | | 95 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | + 33'34 | | 96 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 33'50 | | 97 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 33'57 | | 98 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 34'09 | | 99 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 34'12 | | 100 | Moreno Hofland | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 34'21 | | 101 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 34'46 | | 102 | Jesse Sergent | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 34'49 | | 103 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 34'57 | | 104 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 35'03 | | 106 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 35'12 | | 107 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 108 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 35'28 | | 109 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | + 36'00 | | 110 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 36'12 | | 111 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | + 36'26 | | 112 | Bram Tankink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 36'36 | | 113 | Christian Knees | Team NetApp - Endura | + 36'52 | | 114 | Yoann Offredo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 37'19 | | 115 | Federico Canuti | Bardiani - CSF | + 37'48 | | 116 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | + 38'16 | | 117 | Johnny Chauviere | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 118 | Paul Martens | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 119 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 38'28 | | 120 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | + 39'10 | | 121 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 39'23 | | 122 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 123 | Elias Schmäh | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 39'28 | | 125 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 39'41 | | 126 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | + 40'24 | | 127 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | + 40'26 | | 128 | Andrea Manfredi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 40'31 | | 129 | Maarten Wynants | Garmin - Sharp | + 41'03 | | 130 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | + 41'14 | | 131 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 41'15 | | 132 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 41'29 | | 133 | Oliver Rossi | Sky Procycling | + 41'38 | | 134 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 41'41 | | 135 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 43'00 | | 136 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | + 43'20 | | 137 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 43'25 | | 138 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 43'40 | | 139 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | + 43'44 | | 140 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 43'52 | | 141 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 44'07 | | 142 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 44'15 | | 143 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | + 44'54 | | 144 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 145 | Maximilian Pacini | Lampre - Merida | + 45'15 | | 146 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 45'29 | | 147 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 45'32 | | 148 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 45'54 | | 149 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 46'12 | | 150 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | + 46'31 | | 151 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 46'34 | | 152 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 46'44 | | 153 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 46'45 | | 154 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 46'49 | | 155 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 46'56 | | 156 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 157 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 47'47 | | 158 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 47'49 | | 159 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 47'56 | | 160 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | + 48'19 | | 161 | Alex Candelario | Garmin - Sharp | + 48'50 | | 162 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 49'30 | | 163 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 50'48 | | 164 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 51'21 | | 165 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani - CSF | + 54'48 | | 166 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 55'57 | | 167 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 57'20 | | 168 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 59'08 | | 169 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 59'18 | | 170 | Carlos Galviz Garcia | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h01'26 | | 171 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h02'35 | | 172 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 1h03'01 | | 173 | Mauro Da Dalto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h04'34 | | 174 | Matthias Friedemann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h05'38 | | 175 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 176 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 1h07'21 | | 177 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h07'29 | | 178 | Olivier Hofstetter | IAM Cycling | + 1h10'11 | | 179 | Sanjay Bryce | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h15'20 | | 180 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h16'04 | | 181 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 1h21'45 | | 182 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | + 1h21'51 | | 183 | Sebastian Körber | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h26'15 |
| 1 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 19h48'50 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 13 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 6'00 | | 4 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 6'17 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 8'10 |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 06-08-2014 14:18
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This variant of the race is like 10x more interesting than the route this year.
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 06-08-2014 19:13
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@Riis123
Anything is better than what Paris-Nice had to offer this year.  Thanks for the comment!
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 06-08-2014 19:13
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Stage 6 | La Mure › Gap, 137.5 km
With a short 137km todays stage was a promise for fireworks, but ended up with a bit of an anti-climax.
It was Rui Costa who tried to attack on the penultimate climb of the day 40km from the finish, an attack which I managed to neutralize as I kept the pace up at the head of the peloton in service of Zoidl.
Halfway the final climb it was Nibali who attacked, the Italian looking to use the final descent as extra incentive to open up a gap between him and the rest of the field.
With nobody able to follow Nibali it was Kreuziger himself who saved not only his own furniture, but that of all other GC riders as well. The Czech becoming the main cause for the anti-climax as Peter Sagan sprinted/descended fast enough in the final kilometer to finish just behind Nibali and making sure everyone was noted down in the same time notification.
During the last kilometer I just managed to escape hitting the asphalt, as I completely miscalculated the final corner.
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 3h30'32 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 7 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 9 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | - | | 19 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 06-08-2014 19:20
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Stage 7 | Digne-Les-Bains › Cannes, 182 km
The stage to Cannes seemed to be another checkmark ready to be added to Peter Sagan his palmares. The World Champion was in a giving mood today though, as the early breakaway was allowed to fight for the victory flowers today.
AG2R tried to set up a late chase for their sprinter Arnaud Démare, but came 300m too late to completely catch the break.
Even though it was hosing rain, I still had to visit the podium to once again put on the white jersey. The question of the day at the dinner table that night being whether I could successfully defend the jersey in the final time trial tomorrow. My main rival Kwiatkowski 11 seconds behind me.
| 1 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | 3h53'32 | | 2 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | - | | 45 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 27h10'44 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 47 | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'17 | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'03 | | 5 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'10 | | 6 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'18 | | 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'21 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 3'13 | | 9 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 3'20 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'38 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-08-2014 22:40
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It was a shame Nicholas couldn't hold on to the Leaders jersey for a while but he is still in a good position on the GC |
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 07-08-2014 07:57
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Hopefully he can keep the white jersey and even beat JVDB  |
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 07-08-2014 13:33
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@sutty68, @dark_x2012
Thanks for the support guys.
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 07-08-2014 13:34
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Stage 8 | Nice › Nice, 32.5 km
The 32km long time trial up and down the Col d’Eze was the main reason I was sent to this year’s Paris-Nice by Gianluca. The time trial suited me and could proof to be a good morale boost for the upcoming Giro d’Italia. A boost which might become even better if I managed to maintain my 11 seconds lead on Kwiatkowski.
The race to the sun could have been dubbed “The race to the rain” as these last two days have been nothing, but dark clouds. Luck would have it that Fabian Cancellera started as one of the early ones and clocked down the fastest time. As it started to pour rain nobody was able to get close to the Swiss his time anymore. Nobody, but one man.
Just as in the Algarve I managed to get into my rhythm fairly quickly as I rolled off the slippery podium.
The first time check was one third onto the Col d’Eze and would bring the verdict that I was chasing Kwiatkowski by 14 seconds. The Pole the fastest to cross the 1st point.
The second half of the climb had more switching gradients and proved to be a much better fit for me, as I even managed to see the ahead of me starting Uran at times up the road. I crossed the top of the climb leading Kwiatkowski by a full 8 seconds! I had clocked down the fastest time up the Eze and nobody would beat it anymore.
With strong head-on gusts of wind the descent proved to be a lot less friendly though. On the less steep sections I really had to hammer away at the big gear to keep up speed. Nonetheless I couldn’t help crossing the third checkpoint chasing Kwiatkowski by 4 seconds again. As the Polish champion once again clocked the fastest time.
In the final kilometers I could slowly feel the seconds ticking away as on the flat I simply did not have the ability to keep up a high speed. Crossing the finish-line with a time of 49’52 which was 26 seconds slower than Kwiatkowski.
Nothing much could have been done about the Pole today as we was clearly the strongest one. Even falling short of Cancellara his time by only 6 seconds. I still managed to finish in the exact same time as Tony Martin so I knew there was little I could have done better. To look at someone who had a tougher day than I did I could simply look at Nibali who fell 0.19 seconds short of winning this year’s Paris-Nice.
With Zoidl finishing 3rd and I 5th and two stage wins, the race had been a success for our team though. Reason enough for us to share a glass of champagne in our hotel that night at the rainy Côte d'Azur.
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | 49'20 | | 2 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 16 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 32 | | 5 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 36 | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 40 | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 45 | | 9 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | + 46 | | 10 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 55 |
Spoiler | 11 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'00 | | 12 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'01 | | 13 | Jesse Sergent | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'03 | | 14 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'10 | | 16 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1'16 | | 17 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 1'18 | | 20 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'32 | | 21 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'33 | | 22 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 1'34 | | 23 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 1'35 | | 24 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'37 | | 25 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'40 | | 26 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | + 1'44 | | 27 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 1'46 | | 28 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 1'47 | | 29 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 30 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 | | 31 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 1'51 | | 32 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'52 | | 34 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 35 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'55 | | 36 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 37 | Georg Preidler | Giant - Shimano | + 1'58 | | 38 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 2'06 | | 39 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'09 | | 40 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | + 2'12 | | 42 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 2'15 | | 43 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2'18 | | 44 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'23 | | 45 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 46 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 2'25 | | 47 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 2'27 | | 50 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'28 | | 51 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 2'29 | | 52 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 2'30 | | 53 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 2'33 | | 54 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 2'34 | | 55 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 56 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'36 | | 57 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 2'37 | | 58 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'38 | | 59 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'40 | | 60 | Yoann Offredo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'42 | | 61 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 2'45 | | 62 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 2'46 | | 63 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'48 | | 64 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'49 | | 65 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 66 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'50 | | 67 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'55 | | 68 | Jonathan Hivert | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 2'56 | | 69 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'00 | | 70 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'01 | | 71 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 72 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 73 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 74 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'02 | | 75 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'03 | | 76 | Christian Knees | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 77 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | + 3'04 | | 78 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'05 | | 79 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 80 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3'06 | | 81 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 82 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'09 | | 83 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 3'10 | | 84 | Federico Canuti | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 85 | Sander Armée | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'11 | | 86 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 87 | Maarten Wynants | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'12 | | 88 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 89 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'13 | | 90 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 3'14 | | 91 | Maximilian Pacini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 92 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 3'16 | | 93 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 3'17 | | 94 | Paul Martens | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3'18 | | 95 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 3'19 | | 96 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 3'21 | | 97 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3'22 | | 98 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 100 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | + 3'25 | | 101 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 3'26 | | 102 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3'27 | | 103 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 105 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 106 | Bram Tankink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'28 | | 108 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | + 3'29 | | 109 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 110 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 111 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 3'30 | | 112 | Moreno Hofland | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 113 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 114 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'32 | | 115 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3'34 | | 116 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 117 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3'36 | | 118 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 119 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'39 | | 120 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 121 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'40 | | 122 | Johnny Chauviere | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 123 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | + 3'42 | | 124 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 3'43 | | 126 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 127 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 128 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | + 3'45 | | 129 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 3'46 | | 130 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | s.t. | | 131 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 3'48 | | 132 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 133 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | + 3'49 | | 134 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 3'50 | | 135 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'52 | | 136 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | + 3'54 | | 137 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 138 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 139 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 3'55 | | 140 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 3'56 | | 141 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | + 3'57 | | 142 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 143 | Mauro Da Dalto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 144 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3'58 | | 145 | Mathieu Sprick | Giant - Shimano | + 3'59 | | 146 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'02 | | 147 | Oliver Rossi | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 148 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4'03 | | 149 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 4'04 | | 150 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'06 | | 151 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 152 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 153 | Elias Schmäh | IAM Cycling | + 4'07 | | 154 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 4'08 | | 155 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | + 4'09 | | 156 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | + 4'10 | | 157 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | + 4'11 | | 158 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 159 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4'13 | | 160 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 161 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 4'16 | | 162 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 163 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani - CSF | + 4'17 | | 164 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 165 | Sebastian Körber | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4'18 | | 166 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'21 | | 167 | Matthias Friedemann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 4'22 | | 168 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 4'25 | | 169 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 170 | Alex Candelario | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'26 | | 171 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 4'27 | | 172 | Sanjay Bryce | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4'34 | | 173 | Andrea Manfredi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 174 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | + 4'36 | | 175 | Olivier Hofstetter | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 176 | Carlos Galviz Garcia | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4'39 | | 177 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 4'43 | | 178 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 4'45 | | 179 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 4'48 | | 180 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | + 4'50 | | 181 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 4'54 |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 28h01'07 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | Riccardo Zoidl | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'15 | | 4 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'24 | | 5 | Nicholas Arcier | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 1'39 | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto - Belisol | + 2'40 | | 7 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 2'46 | | 8 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'02 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'15 | | 10 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Procycling | + 4'08 |
Spoiler | 11 | Rui Costa | Lampre - Merida | + 4'50 | | 12 | Peter Sagan | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 7'48 | | 13 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 7'56 | | 14 | Bob Jungels | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 8'56 | | 15 | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 9'33 | | 16 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 9'35 | | 17 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 9'45 | | 18 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 10'12 | | 19 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | + 10'18 | | 20 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 10'19 | | 21 | Robert Gesink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 10'33 | | 22 | Janez Brajkovic | Lotto - Belisol | + 10'34 | | 23 | Chris Horner | Lampre - Merida | + 10'45 | | 24 | Wilco Kelderman | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 11'03 | | 25 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 11'11 | | 26 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 11'12 | | 27 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 11'35 | | 28 | Cadel Evans | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 11'53 | | 29 | Blel Kadri | FDJ.fr | + 12'10 | | 30 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'45 | | 31 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'47 | | 32 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 12'50 | | 33 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 13'00 | | 34 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | + 13'17 | | 35 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 13'24 | | 36 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp - Endura | + 13'31 | | 37 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 13'32 | | 38 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 14'11 | | 39 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 14'12 | | 40 | Dries Devenyns | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 14'20 | | 41 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 14'27 | | 42 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 14'33 | | 43 | Georg Preidler | Giant - Shimano | + 14'39 | | 44 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | + 14'40 | | 45 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant - Shimano | + 15'05 | | 46 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 15'39 | | 47 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 16'11 | | 48 | Sander Armée | Lotto - Belisol | + 16'15 | | 49 | Cristiano Salerno | Bardiani - CSF | + 16'18 | | 50 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 16'40 | | 51 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 18'29 | | 52 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 18'35 | | 53 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - Merida | + 19'09 | | 54 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 19'30 | | 55 | Esteban Cháves | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 19'40 | | 56 | Mathieu Sprick | Giant - Shimano | + 19'42 | | 57 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 20'27 | | 58 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 20'35 | | 59 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 20'44 | | 60 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 20'56 | | 61 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 21'12 | | 62 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant - Shimano | + 21'48 | | 63 | Valerio Conti | Lampre - Merida | + 23'41 | | 64 | Fabian Cancellara | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 25'37 | | 65 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 26'01 | | 66 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Giant - Shimano | + 26'21 | | 67 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 26'27 | | 68 | Jonathan Hivert | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 27'27 | | 69 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | + 27'52 | | 70 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 28'41 | | 71 | Johan Le Bon | Giant - Shimano | + 28'47 | | 72 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Belisol | + 28'57 | | 73 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 29'11 | | 74 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | + 29'18 | | 75 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | + 30'13 | | 76 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 30'36 | | 77 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | + 30'56 | | 78 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 31'04 | | 79 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 31'11 | | 80 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 81 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | + 31'35 | | 82 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 31'45 | | 83 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 31'56 | | 84 | Julien Simon | FDJ.fr | + 32'22 | | 85 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 32'55 | | 86 | Louis Verhelst | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 33'03 | | 87 | Thierry Hupond | Giant - Shimano | + 33'11 | | 88 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 33'50 | | 89 | Arnaud Démare | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 34'32 | | 90 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 36'03 | | 91 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 36'13 | | 92 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 37'48 | | 93 | Moreno Hofland | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 38'08 | | 94 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 38'47 | | 95 | Jesse Sergent | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 39'11 | | 96 | Petr Vakoč | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 39'12 | | 97 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 39'24 | | 98 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 39'55 | | 99 | Jetse Bol | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 39'59 | | 100 | Steve Chainel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 40'01 | | 101 | Saverio Gasperoni | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 40'15 | | 102 | Juan Jose Oroz | Movistar Team | + 40'16 | | 103 | Yoann Offredo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 40'18 | | 104 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 40'34 | | 105 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 40'38 | | 106 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 107 | Eduardo Godoy | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 41'11 | | 108 | Federico Canuti | Bardiani - CSF | + 41'15 | | 109 | Paul Martens | Team NetApp - Endura | + 41'51 | | 110 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 41'53 | | 111 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 41'59 | | 112 | Jocelyn Six | Team Europcar | + 42'31 | | 113 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani - CSF | + 42'37 | | 114 | Christian Knees | Team NetApp - Endura | + 43'14 | | 115 | Bram Tankink | Celesio Pro Cycling Team | + 43'22 | | 116 | Larry Warbasse | BMC Racing Team | + 43'49 | | 117 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 45'11 | | 118 | Johnny Chauviere | BMC Racing Team | + 45'15 | | 119 | Maciej Bodnar | IAM Cycling | + 46'08 | | 120 | Romain Guillemois | Team Europcar | + 46'28 | | 121 | Maarten Wynants | Garmin - Sharp | + 47'34 | | 122 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 47'49 | | 123 | Elias Schmäh | IAM Cycling | + 47'59 | | 124 | Andrea Manfredi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 48'24 | | 125 | Caleb Fairly | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 48'27 | | 126 | Luca Dodi | Lampre - Merida | + 48'40 | | 127 | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 49'47 | | 128 | Gang Xu | Lampre - Merida | + 49'53 | | 129 | Oliver Rossi | Sky Procycling | + 50'09 | | 130 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 50'15 | | 131 | Pablo Urtasun | Movistar Team | + 50'50 | | 132 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 50'57 | | 133 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 51'09 | | 134 | Boris Vallée | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 135 | Cristiano Monguzzi | Bardiani - CSF | + 51'38 | | 136 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 51'59 | | 137 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | + 52'07 | | 138 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | + 52'14 | | 139 | Kristof Vandewalle | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 52'29 | | 140 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 52'32 | | 141 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 52'53 | | 142 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 53'13 | | 143 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | + 53'17 | | 144 | Sébastien Turgot | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 53'43 | | 145 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 54'04 | | 146 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 147 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 54'12 | | 148 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 54'28 | | 149 | Maximilian Pacini | Lampre - Merida | + 54'51 | | 150 | Paolo Colonna | Bardiani - CSF | + 55'24 | | 151 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 55'29 | | 152 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | + 56'22 | | 153 | Stijn Devolder | Tissot Pro Cycling Team | + 56'29 | | 154 | Nico Sijmens | Lotto - Belisol | + 57'10 | | 155 | Alex Candelario | Garmin - Sharp | + 57'45 | | 156 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 57'55 | | 157 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 58'36 | | 158 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 58'57 | | 159 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h00'11 | | 160 | Matteo Di Serafino | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h01'35 | | 161 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 1h01'45 | | 162 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h01'55 | | 163 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h03'34 | | 164 | Damien Howson | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h07'54 | | 165 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h12'56 | | 166 | Carlos Galviz Garcia | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h15'29 | | 167 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 1h17'13 | | 168 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h17'20 | | 169 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h19'58 | | 170 | Jos Van Emden | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h20'13 | | 171 | Mauro Da Dalto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h20'38 | | 172 | Matthias Friedemann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h20'48 | | 173 | Paride Grillo | Bardiani - CSF | + 1h24'26 | | 174 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h26'04 | | 175 | Olivier Hofstetter | IAM Cycling | + 1h26'54 | | 176 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 1h29'16 | | 177 | Kenny Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1h32'54 | | 178 | Sanjay Bryce | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h36'23 | | 179 | David Vitoria | IAM Cycling | + 1h38'00 | | 180 | Sebastian Körber | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1h42'40 | | 181 | Michaël Meeus | Katusha Team | + 1h44'29 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-08-2014 15:54
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Nicholas rode a Great TT there and only finished 32s behind Super Fabian |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 07-08-2014 16:04
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Really nice race this was, great rding by Nicholas!
Also, great screenshots, loving them! |
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 07-08-2014 16:35
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Top 5(stage and GC) is awesome
Too bad for the white jersey though |
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 07-08-2014 20:52
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@sutty68, @dark_x2012
Yeah top 5 in the Paris-Nice field is really a great achievement. Much harder to race against than the competition in the previous Vuelta.
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Thanks for the comment. And happy that you like the screenshots!
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 07-08-2014 20:53
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In my preparation for the Giro d’Italia I had decided to place a visit to Sicily. (Outside business hours.) Where the grande partenza of this year’s Giro would take place in Milazzo, Messina. The province of Vicenzo Nibali who ironically would not be starting in this years Giro rather placing his focus on the Tour de Frace.
I didn’t come to Sicily for the picturesque view though. It was my first love who carried the honor of my visit, her name Etna, her personality volcanic. The Sicilian mountain was the reason why I began dreaming about cycling in the first place. From my childhood bedroom in my mothers apartment in Valletta I could always see her peak through the sky on clear days. The idea of her appearing to be so close yet still be in an entire different country adding to her mystique.
At an average gradient of 7% and a length of 18km she was far from my ideal dancing partner, her violent eruptions during which she colors the night sky a bright red, did not speak in her favor either. Still if there was one climb I gladly take the suffering from it was the Etna.
With Daphné behind me in a Golf we had rented (When I told her I was visiting my first love she got the completely wrong idea, and was now hawkeyedly babysitting me), I rode up the long winding roads. Suffering, but never too much as by now I knew the Etna her tricks very well. She was the first “HC” climb I had ever ridden on and the one I had gone up and down on the most as she was just a ferry ride away from Malta. This would be my 17th time if I was not mistaken.
It wasn’t the fight uphill I was interested in this time though. It was the Etna her descent I was coming to explore. The long straights with hairpin bends a perfect location for me to place an attack on the peloton come May. With 10km between the bottom of the Etna her descent and the finish-line this could be my best opportunity at a stage win.
Daphné made sure to record the entire climb on her dashboard cam, even the fast descent where I eventually would not be within the frame as she simply couldn’t keep up.
Yes the Etna would be where I would make my strike.
Profile of the Giro d'Italia 2015 - Stage 3.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-08-2014 09:26
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Mount Etna as a training ride, sounds lovely |
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Posted on 08-08-2014 09:40
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Some beautiful screens here. |
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