On the back of yesterday’s truly awesome hilly stage we have another hilly stage, though this one promises fewer fireworks. The focal point of the stage is the 15.8km long ‘La Meridienne’, which only averages 2.3% with a tough initial part. From the peak of this climb there is a 7.2km long descent to the finish line. In act the hardest parts of the day are the two middle climbs of the stage – the Col de Font de Cere and Col du Prat de Bouc, both of which max out beyond the 10% mark.
With the descent to the finish and a maximum of 38 KOM points on offer the initial break is unsurprisingly popular. Our first attack comes from Dutch all-rounder Ricardo Van der Velde.
Plenty of others look to join him up front. The names looking to strike out a chance at the mountain jersey are: Lars Petter Nordhaug Florian Stalder Nick Kinney Omar Fraile Geert Steurs Jurgen Van Goolen Serge Pauwels Jaroslav Kulhavy Carlos Oyarzun Tom Stubbe Mauro Facci Pieter Ghyllebert Florian Morizot Brent Bookwalter (3 mountain points) Andre Steensen (3 mountain points) Stef Clement Johan Tschopp Koldo Gil
As we get to the first summit of the day the break is still forming so only three o these riders have a gap. The order across the top is Bookwalter ahead of Ghyllebert and then Steensen. The pace behind is very quick controlling the attacks.
The high pace claims a lot of victims and 66 riders miss this initial split tanks to the hard work of Monfort and Moschella. The only rider in the current top 30 in this dropped group is Thibaut Pinot, who sits 16th overall. In fact all the GC riders seem well placed at the moment.
With the gap still fairly small a number of riders try to bridge up to our leading trio: Ricardo Van der Velde Pierre Rolland Jonathon Castroviejo John-Lee Augustyn Koldo Gil Daniel Navarro Jakub Danacik Teodoro Costagli Wilco Kelderman
But of these only two can make it up to create our break of the day – Costagli and Kelderman. Costagli is a fantastic climber, though he lost time yesterday. Perhaps this is the first indication that he may be having a shot at the mountain jersey in this race – he is certainly well suited to it!
Bookwalter takes the maximum points at the second climb too, and once again Ghyllebert is second ahead of Steensen. That puts Bookwalter on 15 points and puts him in the driver’s seat for wearing the jersey tomorrow. The next two climbs are worth 10 points each and then the final climb is 6 points.
Meanwhile the peloton starts to sit up somewhat and the second dropped group comes back except for a few rather poor puncheurs. After the number of OOT riders yesterday there must surely be some nagging questions in the back of their head.
As the 3rd climb starts the gap is out to 6’51”, with Lotto and Pearl leading the bunch. As said at the start of the stage this and the next climb are much harder than all the others today.
Clearly the tough terrain is to the liking of Costagli as he takes the maximum at the summit, ahead of Kelderman with Ghyllebert in third. Ghyllebert could be one to watch here - though he hasn’t won any of the three climbs, he has certainly been the most consistent.
The peloton crosses 6’15” later... or at least half of it does! 92 riders have been dropped and it is quite hard to believe it... but Angel Madrazo is in the second group! He has some domestiques around him but this is certainly not a good sign! Ratiy and Duarte are here too but clearly that isn’t the focus of most of the commentary.
Thankfully Rienda Segura and Erviti manage to bring this second group back just as the fourth categorised climb of the day starts – Madrazo really has to be more careful about his positioning.
In fact in the next climb a group of 81 riders is dropped and this time Madrazo makes the split comfortably. Duarte is the only notable name missing the cut.
Up front Bookwalter very narrowly takes the maximum points ahead of Costagli and then Kelderman. That puts Bookwalter on a total of 27 thanks to his 3 from the break in stage two and it means that it is mathematically impossible for him to be caught in the KOM competition today. The gap back to the peloton with 67km remaining is 4’48”.
Back in the pack it is mostly Pearl working with some help from Monfort. There aren’t really any sprinters left here except for Simone Ponzi, though there are plenty of good puncheurs who also have a strong kick here. The only real news on the way down off this penultimate climb is that Thomas Frei falls.
But as the road starts to taper off and we get to some flat land again Amaël Moinard decides to launch an attack. There is a total of about 37km to go and a gap to the break of 2’44”.
Several of yesterday’s aggressors now look to bridge up to him – Anton, Brambilla and Augustyn. While the last of these three couldn’t hold on, Anton and Brambilla in fact go past Moinard and form a duo ahead of the peloton with a gap of about 1 minute!
The next attacks come from two Pearl riders – now we can see why they were working so hard earlier. In fact the first of these is their GC leader Sicard and behind him is another well-rounded rider Kangert.
Monfort controls the attack of Sicard but Kangert is allowed to get away. He bridges up to the two others who had just attacked away.
As we hit the final climb, with about 22km remaining Moinard and Augustyn both launch another attack, looking to bridge up to the chase group and then hopefully also the break. The gap is closing and it could all come back together.
Seeing the race breaking up on this fairly benign climb severa others decide to go for it and amongst them are some big names. The riders giving it a go are: Sicard Cobo Tenorio Amador Brajkovic Kohl Schleck Pluchkin Velits
Everything seems to be happening at this point. Perhaps hearing about all the new attacks behind Costagli decides to set off solo. The gaps at the moment are:
41”
42”
21”
Break
--->
Gr. Anton
--->
Gr. Favourites
---> Peloton
With all of those favourites in the same group it was never going to get far, so Brajkovic sets off on an attack to gain some time, and he is followed by Velits. Behind this Lloret manages to bring back all of the other attacking favourites and even Velits is forced to drop back to the peloton as Brajkovic sets a fast pace.
The group of Anton catches the break of the day, with Costagli still 12” ahead. They are 35” ahead of Brajkovic and another 15” up on the bunch.
It is remarkable how aggressive this stage has been as Tenorio now launches another attack. This time Amador is the one who controls the attack, and it also results in Brajkovic being reeled in.
Up front Costagli is caught and now it is the turn of Ghyllebert to go on the attack. Steensen follows at some distance.
In the pack we get another attack from Cobo, Tenorio, Schleck and Brajkovic but Pluchkin controls it this time. It is interesting to see all of the favourites controlling the attacks themselves – perhaps some of them wish for stronger teams.
With only a couple of kilometres to this summit we get a new attacker – Ponzi! He has the points jersey to fight for here, as well as the stage win. No one goes with him at first.
Sicard does in fact try to respond but can’t hold the pace of the Italian. Ghyllebert gets to the summit solo. The rest of the break has been swallowed up and the gaps over the top are as follow:
8”
20”
Ghyllebert
--->
Ponzi
--->
Sicard
But 10 seconds later another group comes through and this is quite a serious attack: Henao Pedraza Tenorio Augustyn Cobo
And of course... Cunego!
Augustyn can’t hold on to this group, clearly hurt by all his work in earlier attacks. The three riders out the front all join up to create a new lead group. The descent begins in earnest and with 5km remaining the gaps are as follows:
12”
16”
3 leaders
--->
Gr. Cunego
--->
P (67)
The race is brought together by loyal domestique Samwel and it looks like we are going to get a greatly reduced bunch sprint. Monfort, Cunego, Ponzi, Pedraza and Lloret are well placed up the front but most of them will be tired either from attacking or from working all day.
With 1km to go Cunego is leading out the sprint with Ponzi in his wheel.
With the race leader leading out, Sagan and Wyss come through on his sides. Sagan in particular is looking very quick here!
Ponzi has the power to move into Sagan’s wheel but he may well be too tired to come around.
Ponzi is trying to get by...
And Simone Ponzi takes a superb victory and with it at least a day in the green jersey!
Sagan has to be content with second place, and certainly this is some good news for his troubled team. Wyss puts a second Wiggle rider on the podium by taking a surprising third place. Pedraza is even more of a surprise in fourth thanks to his good positioning. Cunego takes fifth, which means that he is keeping the pressure on in the green jersey competition too. Velits was another rider near the front who can thank his position for sixth place. Coppel sprints to seventh with fellow time trialist Koren in eighth. Finally Valls is ninth and Simon might feel he could have done better than tenth.
No riders abandon today, which is good news for some. Ponzi’s win today puts him into the green jersey though he will have to watch Cunego in the coming stages. Still, consistency is what counts for most and he could theoretically score in most types of stage. Bookwalter will enjoy his moment in the sun by wearing the mountain jersey, though once again that will likely be lost in the coming stages. There is of course no major change in the GC make up of the race except for Duarte dropping to 73rd overall.
Stage Results:
1
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
5h08'31
2
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
3
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
5
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
6
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
7
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
s.t.
8
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
9
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
10
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
11
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
12
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
13
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
s.t.
14
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
15
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
s.t.
16
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
17
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
18
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
19
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
20
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
21
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
22
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
23
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
25
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
26
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
27
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
28
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
29
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
30
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
31
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
32
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
33
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
34
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
35
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
36
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
37
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
38
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
39
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
40
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
41
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
42
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
43
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
44
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
45
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
s.t.
46
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
47
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
48
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
49
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
50
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
51
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
52
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
53
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
54
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
55
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
56
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
57
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
58
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
59
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
s.t.
60
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
61
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
62
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
63
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
64
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
65
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
66
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
67
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
68
André Steensen
Team B&O
s.t.
69
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
70
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 2'06
71
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
72
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
73
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 3'02
74
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
75
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
76
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 3'56
77
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'43
78
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 6'16
79
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
80
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
81
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 7'41
82
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
83
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
84
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
+ 8'17
85
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
86
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
87
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
88
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
89
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
90
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 13'15
91
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
92
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
93
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
94
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
95
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
96
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
97
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
98
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
99
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
100
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
101
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
102
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
103
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
104
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
105
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
106
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
107
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
108
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
s.t.
109
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
s.t.
110
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
111
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
112
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
113
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
114
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
115
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
116
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
117
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
118
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
119
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
120
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
121
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
122
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
123
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
124
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
125
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
126
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
127
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
128
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
129
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
130
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
131
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
132
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
133
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
134
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
135
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
136
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
137
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
138
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
139
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
140
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
141
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
142
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
143
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
144
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
145
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
s.t.
146
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
147
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
148
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
149
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
s.t.
150
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
151
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
152
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 16'02
153
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 18'19
154
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
155
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
156
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
157
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
s.t.
158
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
159
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
160
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
161
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
162
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
163
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
164
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
165
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
166
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
167
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
168
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
169
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
170
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
171
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
172
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
173
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
174
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
175
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
176
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
177
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
178
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 24'09
179
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
180
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
181
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
182
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 25'35
183
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
184
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
185
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 29'18
186
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 29'50
187
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 30'45
188
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
General Classification:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
23h26'40
2
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 39
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
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 3'54
28
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 3'58
29
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 4'09
30
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 4'11
31
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 4'36
32
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 5'19
33
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'23
34
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 5'26
35
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 5'27
36
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 5'28
37
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'31
38
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 5'42
39
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'59
40
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 6'06
41
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 6'40
42
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 7'13
43
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'22
44
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 7'53
45
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 8'09
46
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 8'22
47
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 8'38
48
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 9'44
49
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 10'22
50
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 11'15
51
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 11'43
52
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 11'59
53
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 13'33
54
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 13'34
55
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
+ 13'41
56
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 13'46
57
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 13'48
58
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 13'53
59
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 14'02
60
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 14'10
61
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
62
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'34
63
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 14'40
64
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 14'51
65
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 16'20
66
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 16'22
67
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 16'26
68
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 17'05
69
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
70
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'17
71
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
72
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'19
73
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 17'43
74
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 17'46
75
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 17'57
76
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 18'01
77
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 19'17
78
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 19'22
79
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 19'39
80
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
+ 19'49
81
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
82
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 20'17
83
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 20'45
84
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 21'07
85
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 22'15
86
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 22'16
87
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 23'08
88
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 23'13
89
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 23'34
90
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 24'11
91
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 24'39
92
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 24'58
93
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 25'06
94
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 25'08
95
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 25'10
96
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 25'14
97
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 25'19
98
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 25'21
99
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 25'25
100
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 25'29
101
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 25'30
102
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 25'35
103
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 25'40
104
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 25'44
105
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
+ 25'48
106
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 25'57
107
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 26'27
108
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 26'49
109
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 26'53
110
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 27'01
111
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 27'02
112
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 27'04
113
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 27'20
114
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 27'22
115
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 27'43
116
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
117
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
118
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
+ 27'49
119
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
120
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
121
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 27'50
122
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 27'52
123
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'05
124
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 28'25
125
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 28'26
126
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 28'55
127
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 28'57
128
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 29'05
129
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 29'21
130
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 29'24
131
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'27
132
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 29'35
133
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'37
134
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 29'40
135
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'45
136
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 29'58
137
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 30'02
138
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 30'04
139
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 30'24
140
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 30'28
141
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 30'31
142
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 30'50
143
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 30'51
144
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 31'01
145
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 31'14
146
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 31'17
147
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 31'21
148
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
149
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 31'26
150
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 32'38
151
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 32'43
152
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
153
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
+ 32'49
154
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 33'31
155
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 33'45
156
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 33'48
157
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 34'09
158
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 34'10
159
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 34'16
160
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
+ 34'49
161
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
+ 35'32
162
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 35'58
163
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 36'18
164
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 36'25
165
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
166
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 36'26
167
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 36'45
168
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 37'55
169
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 38'17
170
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 38'18
171
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 39'36
172
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 39'41
173
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
+ 39'46
174
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 40'11
175
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 40'20
176
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 41'33
177
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 42'58
178
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
+ 43'13
179
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 43'25
180
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 44'40
181
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 45'44
182
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 46'11
183
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 47'34
184
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 50'40
185
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 51'39
186
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 51'59
187
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 52'50
188
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 52'58
Points Classification:
1
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
68
2
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
50
3
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
48
4
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
38
5
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
37
6
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
35
7
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
31
8
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
27
9
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
25
10
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
25
Mountain Classification:
1
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
27
2
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
24
3
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
18
4
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
16
5
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
14
6
André Steensen
Team B&O
13
7
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
12
8
Angel Madrazo
Santander
10
9
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
10
10
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
8
Team Classification:
1
Lotto - Cervelo
69h16'25
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
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 9'23
10
Milka - AVG
+ 10'12
11
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 10'22
12
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 12'32
13
Project 1t4i
+ 12'49
14
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 21'16
15
Wikipedia
+ 28'49
16
UBS - BMC
+ 29'22
17
Simply Red Bull
+ 37'34
18
Aker - MOT
+ 41'22
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 48'35
20
Team Puma - SAP
+ 55'20
21
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h07'34
22
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h07'42
Youth Classification:
1
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
23h27'50
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
