With the unfortunate cancellation of the planned stage (due to an issue with narrow roads) the race organisers have transferred the riders to our new stage 5 which will take us to Toulon Mont Faron. It is a similarly hilly sort of stage that also takes in the Col de Gardes. The stage is only 119.4km long, meaning that we should have some quick riding, and that could be an interesting mix with the very strong winds out on course today.
Here is a look at the finishing profile today:
Five riders make up our initial attack: Brian Vandborg Nick Nuyens Dmitri Grabovski Roman Kreuziger Julien Simon
Given that the race starts on a fairly long hill no teams are willing to push too hard to chase them down and so they create a gap. That isn’t to say that the pace is sedate, however, and some riders are clearly hurting. In fact the bunch splits pretty quickly as the road flattens out again and several GC leaders have missed the 52-man cut: Andy Schleck Sergio Henao Andrei Amador Justo Tenorio
And also the yellow jersey Thomas Faiers.
Santander and Heineken decide that this is a good opportunity and so they start to push the pace for their leaders. The stage has just begun but we already have a cracking pace. The gap is out to 1’30”
Up front the break reach the first of the two sprint points of the day, which is easily won by Vandborg ahead of Grabovski, with Nuyens rolling over in third. The lead is only at 1’20” thanks to the fast pace involved in the chasing behind.
But the chasing may not last too much longer as Porte leads a big group back to the first peloton. This has all of the GC riders mentioned above except for Tenorio, who is actually in yet another group 3’32” behind the first peloton. Our race leader Faiers is back, however.
It seems that this rejoining takes some of the heat out of the bunch and so they sit up somewhat, and with 77km remaining Tenorio is brought back by a lot of his teammates, allowing his manager to breathe a sigh of relief. Only a handful of riders sit behind the pack now, but their gap is growing to dangerous proportions, already beyond 10 minutes.
Two teams are present at the peloton as the gap steadies at 5 minutes – Lotto and Vesuvio. They are working for their leaders Cunego and Schleck today.
Their work is clearly quite effective as the gap is down to 2’21” as the descent towards the final climbs begins. There are 32km remaining but they are the hardest kilometres of the stage.
Simon wins the sprint ahead of Kreuziger and Vandborg this time. If everyone finishes on the same time today Vandborg will move up into the top 5, but with this finishing climb that may prove difficult.
The tough uncategorised climb right before Col de Gardes is up now, and Pendleton’s is the team most present on the front. The peloton stretches... and snaps! Only 82 riders remain in this main group but none of the GC contenders have missed this cut.
We now get a short lull as people look around for their team leaders. Seizing the opportunity Augustyn attacks away from the reduced bunch. He has no major results to his name this season but he is a strong puncheur and climber, so this could be dangerous from 20km out. The gap to the leaders is only 1’41” now.
Four riders bridge up to him: Igor Anton Tanel Kangert Kristjan Koren Gianluca Brambilla
But Guldhammer is not allowing any large gaps to form here and they can only pull out about 25”.
Simon lead the break over the Col de Gardes and onto the descent which will take us to Mount Faron. Grabovski comes second here ahead of Nuyens in third. However, their gap is only at 1 minute to the chasers and another 30” to the 58 man Peloton.
Samwel is clearly in better form than he has been showing for much of this season, as he leads the bunch over the climb, shedding lots of riders in the process and keeping the attackers in sight.
The chasers catch the break at the very bottom of the roughly 7km climb, setting up a ten man lead group just over a minute ahead of the charging pack.
Grabovski and Anton put in an attack near the start of the climb. Most of the break can follow this, however, and it doesn’t go very far.
It doesn’t matter a lot, as it happens. Monfort puts in a huge effort back in the bunch and he brings the entire break back into the fold, meaning that the stage favourites can fight it out for honours today!
And on that note Cobo and Tenorio attack away with 5.5km to the summit in a section of the climb in excess of 12%. These are two of the strongest puncheurs in the race and both had been mentioned as stage favourites. Could Lotto have been tricking other teams into thinking that they were actually working for Cunego?
Brambilla and Augustyn, both part of the earlier attack, now try to bridge up. Anton, another member of that same attack, controls this movement and brings all the other attackers back, leaving us all together once again with 4.5km to go.
That won’t deter the wild attacking spirit of Cobo, however, who now launches a solo effort.
His previous partner Tenorio tries to bridge up to him but he hasn’t got the power and sits in no man’s land about 25” back. But that’s not the most exciting thing – race radio blares out new attacks! Two race favourites are going for it: Damiano Cunego Aleksandr Pluchkin
Pluchkin can’t hold the Italian champion’s wheel. Cunego powers past Tenorio and sits only 15” behind his teammates Cobo. He has 18” on the bunch, which is now down to 54 riders.
Brajkovic and Ponzi try to get away from the bunch but Madrazo controls this move. He really needs to shut this gap down before it gives him too much work to do in the mountains.
With 2km remaining Cunego bridges up to his teammate Cobo... and then he promptly drops him! He has 31” over the bunch and really needs to keep his pace high!
With this gap growing slowly but surely Madrazo realises what needs to be done – he attacks the rest of the bunch! There are only 20 riders left here and they are: Pluchkin, Guldhammer, Grivko Sicard, Kangert Faiers, Kohl Brajkovic, Koren Ponzi Velits Tenorio Schleck Amador Lloret Henao Pedraza Intxausti Abal Pinot
Pluchkin realises the danger here and he jumps onto Madrazo’s wheel, and the two of them pull out a gap with about 1500 metres remaining.
Cunego gets to the 1km remaining marker and here is the situation:
26”
12”
20”
Cunego
--->
Cobo
--->
Madrazo / Pluchkin
--->
Peloton
Schleck leads a late surge in the bunch and catches Madrazo and Pluchkin. He looks a bit less comfortable than the other contenders for the overall win today.
Damiano Cunego, however, goes uncaught and crosses the line solo. What a dominant win from the defending champion – his fourth win of the season! Not only that but Cobo crosses the line in second place take make is an amazing 1-2 for their team.
But what’s this? Madrazo, Pluchkin and Schleck seem to have a gap over the rest of the favourites group.
And Madrazo goes one better – he crosses the line in third place, 42” down, but with an 8” gap over Pluchkin and Schleck, who take fourth and fifth respectively.
Sicard looks strong in sixth, another 10” back (and 1 minute down on our winner today), with Guldhammer a rather surprising seventh, Brajkovic an eighth, Ponzi only managing ninth and Amador rounding out the top ten.
But it looks like Faiers has been dropped along with some of the GC contenders!
Everyone here loses a further 28”. Intxausti, Abal and Henao are the three biggest names here, which isn’t really that surprising given that they are three of the worst GC riders on the hills.
Eleven riders withdraw from today’s stage:
Terpstra and Vanoverschelde both suffered crashes on the descent towards Mount Faron and were forced to withdraw from them. The other riders were simply outside of the time limit, having been dropped much earlier.
So let’s have a look at how the jerseys are shaping up with a key GC stage out of the way. Damiano Cunego puts on the yellow jersey and he will surely look to hold this all the way to Paris to become the first defending champion of the TDF in Man Game history. Simone Ponzi is 59” back in second and Aleksandr Pluchkin is exactly 1 minute back now. Angel Madrazo has some work to do in sixth place 1’16” down and Andy Schleck even more 1’33” back. Cunego also takes the lead in the mountain competition. Ponzi sneaks ever closer in the points competition and could be one to watch out for in that. After today’s 1-2 it is no surprise that Lotto take over the team’s classification lead. Meanwhile Guldhammer just manages to hold on to the young rider jersey.
Stage Results:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
3h20'18
2
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 29
3
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 42
4
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 50
5
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
6
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'00
7
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
8
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
9
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
11
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
12
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
13
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
14
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
15
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
16
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 1'28
17
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
18
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
19
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
20
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
21
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
22
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
23
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2'14
24
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
25
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
26
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'29
27
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
28
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'08
29
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 3'25
30
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
31
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
32
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
33
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
s.t.
34
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
35
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
36
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
37
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
38
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
39
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
40
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
41
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
42
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
43
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
44
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
45
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
46
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
47
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
48
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
49
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
50
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
51
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
52
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
53
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 4'33
55
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
56
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 4'42
57
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'13
58
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
59
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
60
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 6'24
61
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
62
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 6'37
63
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 9'15
64
André Steensen
Team B&O
s.t.
65
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
s.t.
66
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
67
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 9'39
68
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
69
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
70
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
71
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
72
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'08
73
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 10'22
74
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
75
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 11'05
76
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 11'39
77
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
78
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
79
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
s.t.
80
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
81
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
82
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
83
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
84
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
85
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
86
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
87
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
88
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
89
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
90
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
91
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
92
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
93
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
94
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
95
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
97
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
98
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
99
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
100
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
101
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
102
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
103
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
104
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
105
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
106
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
107
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
108
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
109
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
110
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
s.t.
111
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
112
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
113
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
s.t.
114
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
115
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
116
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
117
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
118
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
119
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
120
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
121
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
122
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
s.t.
123
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
124
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
125
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
126
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
127
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
128
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
129
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
130
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
131
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
132
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
133
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
134
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
135
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
137
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
138
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
139
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
140
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
141
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
143
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
144
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
145
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
146
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
147
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
148
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 13'49
149
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 13'59
150
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
151
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
152
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
153
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
154
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
155
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
156
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
157
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
158
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
159
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
160
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'27
161
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 14'37
162
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
163
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 14'58
164
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
165
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
166
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
167
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
168
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
169
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
170
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
171
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
172
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
173
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
174
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
175
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
176
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
177
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
178
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
179
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
180
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
s.t.
181
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
182
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
183
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
184
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 16'16
185
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 16'33
186
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
187
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
s.t.
188
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
General Classification:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
18h18'09
2
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 59
3
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 1'00
4
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 1'10
5
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 1'16
6
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
7
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 1'17
8
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1'20
9
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'33
10
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 1'34
11
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
12
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'42
13
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'50
14
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 1'57
15
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'18
16
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 2'19
17
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 2'29
18
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'55
19
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 2'56
20
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'03
21
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 3'06
22
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 3'24
23
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 3'30
24
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 3'43
25
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 3'47
26
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'48
27
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 3'50
28
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 3'54
29
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 3'58
30
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 4'09
31
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 4'11
32
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 4'28
33
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 4'36
34
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 4'42
35
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 4'46
36
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 5'19
37
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'23
38
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 5'26
39
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 5'27
40
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'28
41
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'31
42
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 5'42
43
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'59
44
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 6'06
45
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 6'07
46
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 6'52
47
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 7'13
48
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 7'16
49
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'22
50
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 7'53
51
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 8'09
52
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 8'22
53
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 8'38
54
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'00
55
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 9'37
56
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 9'44
57
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 9'58
58
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 10'22
59
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 11'15
60
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 11'43
61
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 11'53
62
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 11'59
63
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
64
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'04
65
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'06
66
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 12'10
67
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'14
68
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 12'15
69
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 12'25
70
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 12'30
71
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 12'31
72
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 12'42
73
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 12'45
74
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 12'50
75
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 13'33
76
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
77
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
78
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 13'34
79
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
80
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 13'38
81
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
+ 13'41
82
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 13'42
83
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 13'46
84
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
85
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 13'47
86
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 13'48
87
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 13'49
88
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 13'53
89
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 13'59
90
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 14'02
91
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 14'03
92
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 14'05
93
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 14'07
94
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 14'10
95
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
96
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 14'19
97
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 14'24
98
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 14'28
99
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
100
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
101
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
+ 14'34
102
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
103
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
104
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
105
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'35
106
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'37
107
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 14'40
108
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 14'50
109
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 14'51
110
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 15'10
111
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'11
112
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 15'26
113
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 15'40
114
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 15'42
115
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 15'50
116
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
117
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 15'51
118
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 15'57
119
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 16'06
120
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 16'09
121
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 16'11
122
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 16'12
123
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 16'20
124
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 16'22
125
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
126
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
127
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 16'25
128
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
+ 16'30
129
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
130
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 16'43
131
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 16'47
132
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 16'49
133
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 17'09
134
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
+ 17'13
135
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 17'15
137
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 17'16
138
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'17
139
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
140
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 17'18
141
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'19
142
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 17'23
143
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 17'25
144
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 17'29
145
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
+ 17'31
146
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 17'33
147
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 17'36
148
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 17'39
149
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 17'43
150
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 17'46
151
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
152
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 17'55
153
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 17'59
154
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
155
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 18'02
156
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 18'03
157
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 18'06
158
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
159
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
160
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
161
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 18'07
162
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 18'10
163
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 18'11
164
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 18'26
165
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 19'28
166
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
+ 19'34
167
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 19'36
168
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
+ 19'49
169
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 19'58
170
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 19'59
171
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 20'16
172
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 20'31
173
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 20'33
174
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 21'14
175
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 21'17
176
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 21'22
177
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
178
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
+ 21'27
179
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 21'35
180
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'59
181
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 22'02
182
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 22'13
183
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 23'00
184
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 23'14
185
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
+ 24'54
186
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 25'06
187
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 26'04
188
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 26'56
Points Classification:
1
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
50
2
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
48
3
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
43
4
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
38
5
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
35
6
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
31
7
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
25
8
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
25
9
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
25
10
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
24
Mountain Classification:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
16
2
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
12
3
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
10
4
Angel Madrazo
Santander
10
5
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
8
6
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
8
7
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
6
8
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
6
9
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
6
10
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
5
Team Classification:
1
Lotto - Cervelo
53h50'52
2
Team B&O
+ 1'39
3
Santander
+ 2'49
4
Pendleton's
+ 3'52
5
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'26
6
Koenigsegg
+ 6'14
7
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'19
8
Team Bacardi
+ 6'58
9
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 8'01
10
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 9'23
11
Milka - AVG
+ 10'12
12
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 10'22
13
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 12'32
14
Project 1t4i
+ 12'49
15
Wikipedia
+ 15'34
16
UBS - BMC
+ 18'59
17
Aker - MOT
+ 24'48
18
Festina-Canal+
+ 27'49
19
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 27'57
20
Team Puma - SAP
+ 28'50
21
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'17
22
Pokerstars.com
+ 35'20
Youth Classification:
1
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
18h19'19
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 6
3
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 32
4
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 1'09
5
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'53
6
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
