Well this appears to be the first simple stage of the race. A slightly bumpy starts leads to a long and steady descent and a mostly flat run-in to the finish. As such the pure sprinters are likely to have their first shot at a stage win. We saw yesterday that Van Stayen is the strongest of the sprinters who can climb a bit but how will he fair against the likes of Guerao and Goss?
Of course there is always the chance that a break could stay away and there are some early mountain points on offer. The first riders to give this a try is Andrew Fenn.
The early attacks who go with him are: Marc Machado Chris Froome Marcello Pavarin Alex Dowsett Amael Moinard Jocelyn Bar Arnold Jeannesson
However, Mikel Landa controls all of these attacks, trying to keep the break to an acceptable size for his leader Matthew Goss. It takes a short while for the next attack to occur and this time it is Michael Albasini, who attacks just a few kilometres before the only mountain points of the day. Several other riders find this an attractive prospect and they attack too, with Alex Dowsett being the only one who can force himself away to go with the Swiss rider.
Albasini clearly wants a larger group so he sits up. Dowsett approaches the summit himself, while Pavarin attacks behind him for the points on offer. Pavarin is surging up the climb, but Dowsett just holds him off to take the maximum ahead of the Italian. Nathan Haas attacks out for third place.
All of these attackers now sit up and wait for the next breakaway attempt to form. There are only 2 sprint points out on course and no more mountain primes, so there are rather slim pickings out there. A group of 4 riders attack out and, surprisingly, they manage to stay away. The group is: Chris Froome Michael Albasini Damiano Caruso Joost Posthuma
That’s right, Posthuma is in this group – he is on the same time as race leader Alejandro Valverde. Not only that but Caruso is only 10” down on GC thanks to his win on the second stage and Froome is 14” down. With the 2 sprint primes each giving a maximum of 6” either Posthuma or Caruso could conceivably take over the race lead. Remarkably they are allowed to get away and form our break of the day.
So we come to the first sprint point, which will be absolutely crucial. Posthuma leads out the sprint but this is probably his weakest discipline and all three of the riders overtake him! Instead the winner is Caruso ahead of Albasini and then Froome. So Caruso is now only 4” down on GC and if he wins the next sprint prime then he is ahead on time, while a second place would result in yet another count back to fractions of a second. Meanwhile, Posthuma just needs to scrape at least a third place at the next prime.
We now received information that Rafel Majka has been dropped from the bunch. He fell on stage 2 just before the end and so he is clearly injured. He will have to hope that he makes the time cut today.
But the peloton aren’t going slowly today by any means. The gap only hits a maximum of 4’40”. Clearly the sprint teams don’t want to miss out and indeed it is a combination of riders from Festina, Wikipedia and Koenigsegg who are working on the front. Perhaps the latter realise only now just how close they are to losing this jersey?
So we get to our next sprint point which has taken on more importance than the race organisers could ever have realised... Posthuma starts at the back this time... but he just falls further behind. Crossing the line first? Damiano Caruso, who now moves into the provisional lead on GC! All he has to do is finish in the lead group today and hope that Valverde can’t take any bonus seconds. Albasini is second and Froome is third. The gap is down to 2’25” with 30km to go.
Into the final 10 kilometres and the gap is down to 32”. Pokerstars and Wikipedia had done the bulk of the chasing with Festina starting to pitch in the closer we get to the finish. All three clearly want to take today’s opportunity for their sprinters.
With 5.5km to the line Jelle Wallays makes the catch. Pokerstars now look to set up their sprint train and already Matthew Goss has decided to bet it all on their train. Jose Rujano Samuel Dumoulin John Degenkolb Dan Holloway Matthew Goss
Van Stayen is hanging around but has yet to attach himself to a train. He will be hoping to use his natural skill at positioning himself in sprints to benefit himself here.
Rujano peels off with 3.7km to go, clearly not wanting to push himself too hard ahead of the mountain stages. Van Stayen decides to get on the back wheel of Goss. Things won’t be uncontested though, as coming up on the right hand side of the road is the Festina train. They have as their train: Chris Anker Sorenson Benoit Sinner Oscar Guerao Greg Van Avermaet Michael Vanderaerden
In the middle of the road we have an interesting development as Paride Grillo leads up Alejandro Valverde. He seized the jersey with time bonuses yesterday – will he defend it the same way? Remember, if he doesn’t get time here then he loses his lead.
More sprinters start to come up. Leigh Howard joins onto the Pokerstars train while there are four more riders who take the Festina train, perhaps because it is easier to get to. They are: Armindo Fonseca Maximiliano Richeze Raul Granjel Cabrera Pedro Merino Criado
Dumoulin comes off his train and it is still leading, but Sorenson has narrowed the gap.
Sorenson comes off the front and he has done a tremendous amount of good but as he peels off he slightly blocks Sinner, causing the train to slow down!
Sinner is forced to lead Guerao to the middle of the road, while Van Avermaet is left with nothing to do except launch an early sprint, dragging the rest of the train with him.
And this could be the death blow for Guerao’s chances – as Vanderaerden goes he finds himself completely boxed in. Meanwhile the Pokerstars train have sped on ahead.
Degenkolb has given a magnificent lead-out and now Holloway looks to finish this off. Van Avermaet is sprinting quickly!
Van Stayen breaks to the right and Howard follows him. Goss is still in Holloway’s wheel!
Goss finally jumps, with just 500 metres to the line! Granjel Cabrera is coming up incredibly quickly on the right.
With 250 metres to go it is a 3 way race. Who will it be?
Matthew Goss wins it by half a bike length! That’s his fourth ever Grand Tour stage win.
Holloway will perhaps be disappointed to have come so close but will have to make do with 2nd. Van Stayen takes third place, which he is actually quite likely to be pleased with and it puts him in with a shout for the points jersey.
Howard holds off Granjel Cabrera to take fourth. Guerao, after a lead-out where everything seemed to go wrong, will have to accept his sixth place. Richeze will take a seventh place and Merino Criado came from a long way back for eighth. Dockx is the biggest surprise in ninth and finally Matthews takes tenth place.
So looking at the jerseys, we now have our third red jersey wearer in four days as Damiano Caruso takes over the general classification! After his first Grand Tour stage win a couple of days ago he now also gets to wear his first ever leader’s jersey. There is no change in the mountain classification but Michael Van Stayen takes over the points competition by just one point over Dan Holloway. With his superior climbing skills it will be interesting to see what he can do on some of the medium mountain stages. This also means that Alejandro Valverde went from leading in two competitions to leading in none.
As a final note, Rafel Majka did not make the time cut and has been eliminated.
Stage Results:
1
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
2h40'24
2
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
3
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
4
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
5
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
6
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
7
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
8
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
9
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
10
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
11
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
12
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
13
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
s.t.
14
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
15
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
16
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
17
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
s.t.
18
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
19
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
20
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
21
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
22
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
23
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
24
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
s.t.
25
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
26
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
27
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
28
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
29
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
30
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
31
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
32
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
s.t.
33
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
34
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
s.t.
35
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
37
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
38
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
39
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
40
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
s.t.
41
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
42
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
43
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
s.t.
44
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
s.t.
45
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
46
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
47
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
48
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
49
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
50
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
51
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
52
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
s.t.
53
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
54
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
55
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
56
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
57
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
58
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
59
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
60
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
s.t.
61
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
62
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
63
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
64
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
65
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
66
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
67
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
68
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
69
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
s.t.
70
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
71
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
72
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
s.t.
73
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
s.t.
74
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
75
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
s.t.
76
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
77
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
78
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
s.t.
79
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
80
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
81
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
82
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
83
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
84
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
85
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
86
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
87
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
88
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
89
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
90
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
91
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
92
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
93
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
s.t.
94
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
95
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
s.t.
96
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
97
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
98
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
99
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
100
André Vital
Prio - Porto
s.t.
101
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
102
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
103
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
104
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
105
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
106
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
s.t.
107
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
108
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
109
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
110
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
s.t.
111
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
112
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
113
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
s.t.
114
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
115
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
116
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
117
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
118
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
119
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
120
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
121
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
122
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
123
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
124
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
125
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
126
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
s.t.
127
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
128
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
129
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
130
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
131
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
132
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
133
Marc Machado
Prio - Porto
s.t.
134
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
135
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
136
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
137
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
138
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
139
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
140
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
s.t.
141
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
142
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
s.t.
143
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
144
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
145
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
146
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
147
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
148
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
149
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
150
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
151
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
152
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
153
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
154
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
155
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
156
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
157
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
s.t.
158
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
159
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
160
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
161
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
162
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
163
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
s.t.
164
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
165
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
166
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
167
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
168
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
169
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
170
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
171
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
172
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
173
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
174
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
175
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
s.t.
176
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
177
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
s.t.
178
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
179
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
180
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
181
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
182
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
183
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
184
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
185
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
186
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
187
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
188
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
189
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
190
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
191
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
192
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
193
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
194
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
195
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
196
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 6'15
197
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
198
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'40
199
Francisco Mancebo
Control Team
+ 13'34
DNF
Rafael Majka
Project 1t4i
DNF
General Classification:
1
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
11h57'54
2
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
+ 4
3
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
4
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 5
5
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 7
6
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
+ 8
7
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
8
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
+ 10
9
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 11
10
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
11
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
+ 13
12
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 14
13
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
14
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 16
15
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
16
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
17
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 17
18
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 18
19
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 19
20
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 20
21
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
22
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 21
23
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
24
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 22
25
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
26
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
27
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 24
29
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
30
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 25
31
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 27
32
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
33
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 28
34
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
35
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
36
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
+ 29
37
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
38
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
39
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
40
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
+ 30
41
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
42
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 31
43
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 32
44
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 33
45
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
46
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 34
47
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 35
48
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
49
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 37
50
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
51
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 38
52
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
53
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
55
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
56
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 39
57
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
58
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 40
59
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 41
60
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
+ 43
61
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 44
62
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 46
63
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
+ 2'44
64
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'45
65
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
s.t.
66
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'46
67
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 2'51
68
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
69
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'52
70
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'54
71
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
72
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'55
73
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'56
74
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
75
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
76
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
77
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
78
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2'57
79
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
80
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
81
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'58
82
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 2'59
83
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 3'00
84
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
+ 3'01
85
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
86
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
87
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 3'02
88
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 3'05
89
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
90
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
91
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
92
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 3'06
93
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
94
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
95
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
s.t.
96
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 3'07
97
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'11
98
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
99
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
+ 3'12
100
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 3'16
101
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'37
102
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
+ 5'05
103
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'12
104
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 5'18
105
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 5'35
106
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 5'57
107
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'00
108
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'02
109
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'05
110
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'08
111
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'10
112
André Vital
Prio - Porto
+ 6'16
113
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 6'24
114
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
+ 10'25
115
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 10'28
116
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'30
117
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 10'31
118
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 10'32
119
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 10'34
120
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 10'36
121
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 10'44
122
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 10'45
123
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'47
124
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 11'26
125
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 11'44
126
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 11'48
127
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'14
128
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 12'26
129
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'32
130
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 12'33
131
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
132
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 12'37
133
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 12'38
134
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 12'44
135
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 12'45
136
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 12'46
137
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 12'49
138
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 12'52
139
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 12'54
140
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 13'47
141
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 13'49
142
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 14'44
143
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'52
144
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 14'53
145
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'57
146
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'02
147
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 15'05
148
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
+ 15'09
149
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'23
150
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'27
151
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
+ 15'31
152
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 15'48
153
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 15'51
154
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 15'53
155
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 15'59
156
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 16'17
157
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
+ 16'34
158
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 16'45
159
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
160
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 16'49
161
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 16'55
162
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 18'12
163
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 18'13
164
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'21
165
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'25
166
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 18'31
167
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'32
168
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
169
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 18'33
170
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 18'51
171
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 18'55
172
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 19'13
173
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 19'22
174
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
+ 19'25
175
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 19'27
176
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 19'28
177
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 20'48
178
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
+ 21'15
179
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 22'03
180
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 23'31
181
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 23'32
182
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 24'45
183
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 25'41
184
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 25'56
185
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
+ 26'01
186
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 26'04
187
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'06
188
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'15
189
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 26'17
190
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'18
191
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'35
192
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 28'44
193
Marc Machado
Prio - Porto
+ 28'55
194
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 28'57
195
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 29'00
196
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 32'31
197
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 33'03
Points Classification:
1
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
41
2
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
40
3
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
37
4
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
34
5
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
30
6
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
29
7
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
28
8
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
25
9
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
21
10
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
20
Mountain Classification:
1
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
28
2
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
28
3
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
18
4
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
8
5
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
6
6
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
6
7
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
6
8
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
6
9
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
4
10
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
4
Team Classification:
1
Project 1t4i
35h54'11
2
Santander
+ 24
3
Koenigsegg
+ 24
4
Festina-Canal+
+ 30
5
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 31
6
Prio - Porto
+ 34
7
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 35
8
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 36
9
Team Bacardi
+ 39
10
Wikipedia
+ 40
11
Pearl Adidas
+ 41
12
Pendleton's
+ 46
13
Aker - MOT
+ 1'06
14
Team B&O
+ 3'09
15
UBS - BMC
+ 5'26
16
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 5'28
17
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'22
18
Milka - AVG
+ 8'06
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 8'17
20
Simply Red Bull
+ 13'46
21
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
