The world’s biggest race kicks off today with a 24.7km team time trial to Brest. A win today will surely be a huge boon for whoever manages it because the GC will be stacked with their riders, thus delivering a whole lot of very valuable points. The teams of the sprinters will also want to at least stay close to the top as they will perhaps get a chance to sneak into yellow before the climbs start. Finally there is the GC battle to think of, and so all the top teams will be going all-out to avoid losing time.
To provide some context for this stage, there have only been two TTT stages so far this season in the ProTour. The first of these was in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya where wildcard team ING walked out surprise winners, while the other was at the recent Tour de Suisse where Project 1t4i took out the victory – they were also second at Catalunya. However, they have not brought a good team for the discipline to the Tour this year, so may not be able to repeat that success.
First out of the start gate we have one of our two wildcard teams – Team CSC-Orbea. The problem that wildcard teams have in this discipline is a lack of depth and that is clearly apparent here today. However, they will surely be thinking of ING’s heroics so will do their best. Their time through the first check is 18’20”.
And they finish in a time of 33’41”. We will see how that lasts, but surely someone else will beat that time soon?
Our second team up is Pendleton’s Twicer. They were second at the Tour de Suisse TTT and so will look to use that form here. Their advantage will surely come from not having any weak spot in their team – almost everyone can time trial to at least a decent degree, so they won’t be dragging any dead weight. The team will want to put in a good ride for Bernhard Kohl to see if they can help him on his way to the top 10. Their time through the first check is 17’56”, 24” faster than Team CSC.
They seem to just get better as the course wears on and their finishing time is 32’30”, 1’11” faster than the only other team on the board. That’s a huge amount of time over this length.
Next up is Festina – Canal+. There are four great TT riders on this team, but then everyone else will struggle to help much, which is a shame as the time is taken from the first five riders. Clearly this dead weight really does slow the team down and their time through the first check is 18’26”.
They drift further away by the finish and their time is 33’56”. Clearly having four riders doing all the work took its toll over that distance.
Now it is time for Team Puma – SAP to begin. They don’t really have any strong TT riders in the team, everything here is about Daniele Bennati. With the chance for bonus seconds in coming stages that could well be a missed opportunity but we will have to see. Their time through the first checkpoint is 18’21”, faster than Festina but still third out of four.
The time at the finish is 33’50”, which is once again third. There is now no conceivable way for Bennati to spend any time in yellow, but that wasn’t really expected anyway.
We now get a much stronger team starting in Team Bacardi. They have a serious GC threat on the team, in Beñat Intxausti, and so will want to keep close to the top of the board. He has some support here, including Lucas Schädlich, but there are a number of weak links in the squad, as several mountain goats are on the team. Nevertheless their time through the first check is 17’55”, a new best by 1”!
But they can’t hold this and Bacardi really fall off the pace, only managing 33’11”, a whole 41” off Pendleton’s time. With a huge difference like that, it seems possible that Pendleton’s may have had a strong tail wind that has now disappeared. The wind has been a bit inconsistent today, though never very strong.
From a team with a top 10 contender to a team with a contender for the win, Santander are up next! They are obviously all-in for Angel Madrazo but apart from their leader and his able lieutenant (and Spanish TT champion) Justo Tenorio, the team is a bit thin in this discipline. Regardless their time at the first check is 17’59”, which is only 4” off the newly-set best time.
But perhaps they went out too hard too fast with their big guns firing early – they finish in 33’24”, still third but not as good as their first time foretold.
Next up is Heineken p/b California Giant Berry Farms. They are riding here for Janez Brajkovic, who stands a very strong chance of sitting just outside the top 5, or perhaps even sneaking into it with some luck. In addition to their leader, there are some very able TT riders here, such as Kristjan Koren, with only one or two weaker links. So with that in mind it is hardly a surprise when the team go through the second check in 17’55”, less than a second behind Bacardi’s best time!
They go much faster than that team towards the finish, however, and their time is better – but 32’56” is still 26” slower than Pendleton’s Twicer at the finish! It seems almost certain that there was some favourable wind earlier that has now gone away. Still Brajkovic will surely be happy to have done better than some others like Intxausti.
With one of the other big contenders for the win already finished, another one is out on course - Damiano Cunego’s Lotto – Cervelo. The team here is wholly set up to support him, but with most of that support slated for the mountains this discipline loses out a bit. Certainly William Bonnet is good enough, but he is unlikely to be able to go full speed with his leader’s weakness against the clock. Through the first check, however, this could not be more wrong and the time is 17’52”, a new best!
They manage to hold a good speed right to the line and their final time is 33’02”, meaning that Cunego has already put 22” into Madrazo. The Spaniard can likely make that back plus more in a time trial, but Cunego will be happy for the early buffer.
As was said at the start of the day Project 1t4i have been brilliant in this discipline all year, and their team really has a huge history in it as well. Unfortunately their team here just isn’t set up for this sort of race, with only a few dedicated specialists. They will be hoping to keep Peter Velits around the top 10 and, even if that seems like a large goal for him, he might be capable of being just outside it at the end of the race. Their time through the first check looks like what we are used to from these guys – 17’55” is a solid fourth place.
While they don’t quite hold this level, they come through in a respectable-looking 33’16”, which will probably leave them around the middle of the table. The Jack Wolfskin team of past years would have mocked them for this.
Now we have Pokerstars.com setting off. The team is built around Erik Mohs so mostly comprises sprinters, though most of them are accomplished enough over the flat that even though they aren’t TT specialists, they can still help out decently well here. Stef Clement is the only specialist here. Their time through the first check is 18’23”, one of the worst of the day so far. Seeing how everyone else has dropped off towards the end lately, this is likely to be a truly poor time.
But now, they salvage it and finish in 33’32”, which is a great turn-around. It seems likely that their better TT riders did all the work towards the end to save things.
So with ten teams down and the race almost at the half way mark let’s see how the leader boards are stacking up:
Check 1
1
Lotto – Cervelo
17'52"
2
Team Bacardi
17'55"
+3"
3
Heineken
17'55"
+3"
4
Project 1t4i
17'55"
+3"
5
Pendleton’s Twicer
17'56"
+4"
6
Santander
17'59"
+7"
7
Team CSC-Orbea
18'20"
+28"
8
Team Puma – SAP
18'21"
+29"
9
Pokerstars.com
18'23"
+31"
10
Festina – Canal+
18'26"
+34"
Finish
1
Pendleton’s Twicer
32'30"
2
Heineken
32'56"
+26"
3
Lotto – Cervelo
33'02"
+32"
4
Team Bacardi
33'11"
+41"
5
Project 1t4i
33'16"
+46"
6
Santander
33'24"
+54"
7
Pokerstars.com
33'32"
+1'02"
8
Team CSC-Orbea
33'41"
+1'11"
9
Team Puma – SAP
33'50"
+1'20"
10
Festina – Canal+
33'56"
+1'26"
Kicking on to the 11th team out on course, Pearl Adidas are up. They are riding for Romain Sicard today and have a few solid TT riders around him, such as the all-rounder Tanel Kangert, but once again there are a few riders who may slow the team down. Their time at the first check is a strong 17’54”, just 2” off the pace. Have they used up their big names too soon though?
It certainly looks like it as they come through in 33’04” which is a decent fourth place, but with that first time they may have expected a little more.
UBS – BMC come here with Andrei Amador aiming at a potential top five finish and certainly he is capable of it based on his own performances, but the team around him is left a little wanting. The team has only a couple of others to help him out here, and they haven’t even brought climbers to compensate this. So today is surely going to be about limiting losses. They had better look to do that quickly, however, as their first check is a time of only 18’06”.
Thankfully they recover things, however and their final time is 33’16”, the same as Project 1t4i, which is surely as good as could be expected here.
Now it is the turn of Koenigsegg. Theyy went into this stage as one of the big favourites with specialists like Jacob Fiedler and Freddy Johansson on the team, but they may have to slow down somewhat for their GC leader Walter Pedraza, as he is not too good in this discipline. Their time through the first check is strong, if not necessarily amazing. The time is 17’57”, currently 7th but only 5” off the pace.
Thankfully their finishing time is better and, while it is not good enough to take the leader, 32’55” is good enough for second place.
Wikipedia come to this race without any specific ambitions, beyond setting up Matthew Goss for stage wins. Brent Bookwalter and Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg are the only two specialists in this discipline on this very young team, so we should not expect too much. Their first time is 18’08”, well off the needed time to be competitive.
Their finish is 33’33”, just over a minute behind. However, given they are going for stage wins and may want to join breaks, this isn’t too bad.
Another team without any real ambitions here is Simply Red Bull. Last year the team had a real knack for stage-hunting and are clearly here with that same purpose. They haven’t put together much of a TTT squad but if they are looking to lose time to allow them to join breaks then this could be a stunning strategy. As we speculate on that they go through in 18’33”, currently the worst time.
And they hardly improve towards the finish , though they do manage to avoid last place by going through in 33’50”.
From a less serious team to a serious contender Team B&O are up now. Their leader Aleksandr Pluchkin needs no introduction and is a great TT rider in his own right. Around him, however, is a great TTT train which B&O have prided themselves on in recent years. The plan is clearly to take time here to ensure that any time lost in the mountains will not be as important. Through the first check the time is 17’56”, perhaps disappointing for a team with the ambition of winning this.
The time at the finish is a strong 32’52” – strong enough, in fact, to take second place. That means that already time has been gained on some of the other big rivals for the race. Team B&O will have to take solace in that, while the Pendleton’s boys might start to crack a smile.
Vesuvio-Accumalux have pretty much brought their A-grade TTT train here, with Marcel Kittel and Marcel Barth both being accomplished riders in the discipline. Their cause? Getting Andy Schleck onto the podium, and fighting it out for the overall win! They will be thankful that all their competitors have already gone, as it allows them to see what to aim at. The first check gives a time of 18’08”, which is in fact all that Wikipedia could do.
Well it seems that they may have saved themselves for the final leg a little, but only a little as they go through in 33’25”, exactly 1” down on rivals Santander. Is this a sign of the close, tense race to come?
The fifth last team to leave is VolksWagen – Mapei. Their hopes in this race rest on a decent GC place for Vadim Ratiy, or a stage win from him. As with CSC earlier, a real lack of depth is what will cause them to struggle today. This explains their first time of 18’21”.
Their final time is 33’53”, dropping them to the second worst team today, only ahead of Festina.
Here for the sprints and not much else, Aker – MOT probably didn’t even bother packing the TT gear. Most of the team are fairly poor in the discipline and no one even approaches being a TT specialist. Hopefully the gamble solely on Daryl Impey will pay off. The time at the first check is 18’27”, which is almost the worst for the day so far.
They do not improve out on course and come through in 33’53”, the same as VolksWagen just managed. That puts them second last but once again as a team looking for breaks, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Moving away from the poorer teams, Wiggle is clearly another team who had big ambitions for today. Mikhail Ignatiev is the biggest TTist on the team, but with Adriano Malori and Jan Ghyselinck on the team, there is certainly plenty of back up. If they can even get close to the top, there is a chance that Simone Ponzi could take some bonus seconds before the mountains and sneak a day or two in yellow onto his palmares. Through the first check they set a new best time of 17’48”!
But as with all other teams so far this afternoon, they fall off in the second half of the course and can only come through in 33 minutes flat, dropping them to fourth. Still, 30” is an entirely reasonable gap to make up in the coming stages with the time bonuses available.
Now for a team who definitely had their sights set on today - Milka – AVG. Jerome Coppel headlines this strong TTT outfit, which aims to put Sergio Henao into the top 10. But that could well be a problem for them – Henao is not a particularly good TT rider and so they would have to slow down to keep him with them. If the top 5 TTists could ride away together it would be a guaranteed win today, but as it stands that might cruel them. Their time through the first check is a fast 17’53”, 5” off the best.
And the time at the finish is 33’03”, dropping them to 7th. That is surely disappointing but given the circumstances it is still understandable.
Our final team now comes up. Venchi – Sugoi are here for Fabio Duarte and, while he should be fairly good in this discipline, Maciej Bodnar is the only other person who can even remotely time trial. The team will have to hope that riding aggressively in the mountains will help them, because they may well be forced to do that. The first check is 18’20”, which is okay, and could have been a lot worse, but will still lose valuable time.
And their finishing time is 33’45”, 17th on the stage.
Which means that Pendleton’s Twicer take a truly remarkable and unexpected victory! So who takes the first yellow jersey of this Tour de France? The first person to cross the line for his team was Bradley Wiggins, the British time trial specialist.
But I’m sure he will never win the Tour
Finally, some thoughts on the stage:
1) Pendleton’s Twicer were helped by some favourable wind early on. This would also explain the better-than-expected effort of Team CSC at the start of the day. Luck is a big part of this sport sometimes, and both teams can be thankful that things went their way this time.
2) Pendleton’s hadn’t won a GT stage before this year and now they have a TDF stage to go with their Vuelta win from earlier this season. Not only that, but this is a very lucrative win.
3) Cunego takes an early lead in the hunt amongst the biggest favourites for the overall win as his team put 22” into Santander and 23” into Vesuvio. Pluchkin, however, tops them all, having put 10” into Cunego and thus over 30” into the other two.
Here are the complete results at the first check, followed by the complete stage results:
1
Wiggle
17'48"
2
Lotto – Cervelo
17'52"
+4"
3
Milka – AVG
17'53"
+5"
4
Pearl Adidas
17'54"
+6"
5
Team Bacardi
17'55"
+7"
6
Heineken
17'55"
+7"
7
Project 1t4i
17'55"
+7"
8
Pendleton’s Twicer
17'56"
+8"
9
Team B&O
17'57"
+9"
10
Koenigsegg
17'57"
+9"
11
Santander
17'59"
+11"
12
UBS – BMC
18'06"
+18"
13
Wikipedia
18'08"
+20"
14
Vesuvio-Accumalux
18'08"
+20"
15
Team CSC-Orbea
18'20"
+32"
16
Venchi – Sugoi
18'20"
+32"
17
Team Puma – SAP
18'21"
+33"
18
VolksWagen – Mapei
18'21"
+33"
19
Pokerstars.com
18'23"
+35"
20
Festina – Canal+
18'26"
+38"
21
Aker - MOT
18'27"
+39"
22
Simply Red Bull
18'33"
+45"
Stage Results and Team Classification:
1
Pendleton's
32'30
2
Team B&O
+ 22
3
Koenigsegg
+ 25
4
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
5
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 30
6
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 32
7
Milka - AVG
s.t.
8
Pearl Adidas
+ 34
9
Team Bacardi
+ 41
10
Project 1t4i
+ 46
11
UBS - BMC
s.t.
12
Santander
+ 54
13
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 55
14
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'02
15
Wikipedia
+ 1'03
16
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1'12
17
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'15
18
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'20
19
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
20
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1'23
21
Aker - MOT
s.t.
22
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'26
Individual Results and GC:
1
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
32'30
2
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
s.t.
3
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
4
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
5
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
6
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 2
7
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 4
8
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 7
9
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 9
10
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 22
11
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
12
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
13
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
14
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
15
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 23
16
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 24
17
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
+ 25
18
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
19
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
20
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
s.t.
21
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
22
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
23
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
24
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
25
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
26
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
27
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
28
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 27
29
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 29
30
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
31
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 30
32
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
34
Steven Burke
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
36
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
37
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
38
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 32
40
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
41
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
42
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
43
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
44
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
45
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
s.t.
46
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
47
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
s.t.
48
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
49
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
50
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
51
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
52
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
53
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
54
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
55
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
56
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
57
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
59
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
60
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 36
61
Cameron Meyer
Koenigsegg
s.t.
62
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 37
63
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
64
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
65
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 39
66
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 41
67
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
68
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
69
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
70
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
s.t.
71
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 42
72
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
73
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 45
74
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
75
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
76
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
77
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
78
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
s.t.
79
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
80
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
81
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
82
Silvan Dillier
UBS - BMC
s.t.
83
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
84
Dimitri Champion
UBS - BMC
s.t.
85
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
86
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
87
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
s.t.
88
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 48
89
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
90
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
91
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
s.t.
92
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 50
93
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 51
94
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
95
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
96
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 54
97
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
98
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
99
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
100
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
101
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
102
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 55
103
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
104
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
105
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
106
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
107
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 56
108
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 57
109
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
110
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 59
111
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'00
112
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'02
113
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
114
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
115
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
116
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
117
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 1'03
118
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
119
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
120
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
121
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
122
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
123
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
124
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'05
125
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
126
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 1'07
127
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
128
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 1'10
129
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1'12
130
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
131
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
132
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
133
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
134
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
135
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1'13
136
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'14
137
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
138
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
139
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
140
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
141
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
142
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
143
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 1'16
144
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
145
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
146
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'19
147
Eloy Teruel
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
148
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
149
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
150
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
151
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
152
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
153
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
154
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
155
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
156
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
157
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
158
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
159
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
160
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 1'21
161
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
162
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
163
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
164
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
165
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
166
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
167
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
168
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
169
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
170
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
171
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
172
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
173
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
174
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
175
Marcel Sieberg
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
176
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
177
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1'25
178
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
179
Ivan Kovalev
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
180
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
181
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
182
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
183
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
184
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
185
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
186
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
187
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
188
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
189
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
190
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
191
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
192
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
193
Kobe Vanoverschelde
Aker - MOT
s.t.
194
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'32
195
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
196
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1'33
197
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'36
198
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'40
Young Rider Classification:
1
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
32'37
2
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 15
3
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
4
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
5
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 18
6
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
7
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
8
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
