Today brings our first real test in the mountains as we travel 176km from Marvejols to the Col du Minier. The Col du Minier hasn’t been used in the Tour before, given that it is not part of either of the major mountain chains, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t tough. It is a huge 22.5km in length, though that length is balanced out by an average gradient of 4.6%. Almost the entire climb is between 4% and 7%, so it perhaps won’t be selective enough to deal with the biggest names, but we should get yet another shake-up anyway.
There are plenty of other climbs out on course with a maximum of 43 points available before the 16 point Col du Minier. The three middle climbs are short but fairly steep and are likely to tire people out before the finish. We will look at those more closely when we get there. But with all those mountain points on offer we are going to get lots of attacks. Thomas Peterson launches first.
Several others look to join him: Thomas Vedel Kvist Mikhail Ignatiev (16th overall) Jaroslav Kulhavy Branislav Samoilev Stef Clement Ricardo Van der Velde Koldo Gil Thibaut Pinot (24th overall)
But as they approach the first summit only three of these riders have a gap over the bunch. Pinot crosses the top and takes the 6 points, with Clement getting the 4 points and Gil taking the 2 points. They have a gap of about 50 seconds over the bunch behind them, which is still unsettled by other attacks.
On the descent down to the second climb of the day three riders bridge up to create a break of six: Arnold Jeannesson Ricardo Van der Velde Amaël Moinard
Team B&O and Pendleton’s sit at the head of affairs marshalling the various other small efforts to get across and this break is allowed to form.
We get to the second climb of the day and it is clear that Pinot is the strongest in the lead group, as he attacks away easily and takes the 10 points on offer. His teammate Bookwalter started the day in the lead with 27 mountain points, so he is already endangering that jersey. Gil is the second rider over this time, taking the 8 ahead of Clement who gets 6. Moinard and Van der Velde mop up the rest of the points. The gap is out to 3’46”.
Now some bad news for one team as Ivan Mauricio Casas crashes out of the race on the descent. Thankfully his main job in the TTT is done, but it will still make it harder for Pendleton’s to control the race.
The race now heads over some fairly flat land with still over 100km remaining. The gap gets out to a maximum of 7’20” but through this section several teams work to control things much more. Those teams aren’t surprising at all – Santander, Lotto and Vesuvio are all clearly looking to gain time on Pluchkin.
This pace isn’t easy for everyone, however, as Sergio Henao takes a tumble. He was sitting 23rd before today’s stage and was looking to gain some time today to make a real strike at the top ten overall. He does stay in the bunch, however, so he may be alright.
Now we have the three toughest intermediate climbs of the day, all in a row. All of them max out at over 10% and are pretty difficult the rest of the time. The Saint Roman is the first of these.
Once again the script is fairly predictable as Pinot barely even breaks a sweat going over the top first to take the 6 points. Gil is in second once again and Clement takes the final two points. Pinot now only needs 6 more points in order to take over as provisional mountain leader. The gap is down to 6’42”.
Back in the bunch, as they cross the summit, there is a big split! Just a touch over 100 riders are dropped and it looks like that includes Henao! He wasn’t well placed at all after his crash and here he sits! But that drama is heightened by news that green jersey wearer Simone Ponzi has crashed! His teammate Marcel Wyss brings him back, but will this affect his ability to sprint on the remaining flat stages?
Milka are leading the chase in the second peloton, which is now 3’10” back. They aren’t getting help from anyone else, obviously, as most of the other teams back here have GC riders further up the road.
The Col d’Asclie is next up, which is shorter and sharper than the previous climb. The gap to the break at the start is 4’32”, with another 1’45” back to Henao... and it looks like his team have brought him back shortly after the road starts to rise!
At the summit Pinot faces his first serious challenge. Gil comes within inches of overhauling him, but falls just short. Clement of course takes the final 2 points. This moves Pinot ahead of Bookwalter in the provisional mountain jersey classification. With 3 climbs still to come the leader board looks like this:
Thibaut Pinot
28
Brent Bookwalter
27
Pieter Ghyllebert
24
Teodoro Costagli
18
Koldo Gil
18
Stef Clement
14
The pace is really high as the gap is down to 4’45” and as further evidence of this speed 28 riders go clear of the bunch! Some of the key riders who have missed the cut are: Intxausti Brajkovic Sicard Amador Kohl Pedraza Velits Ratiy
And it seems that Henao is even further back. He could well be injured after his earlier fall.
As we hit the fifth climb, the Geyre Vielle, the gaps are like this:
3’12”
1’08”
1’06”
Break
--->
P1 (28)
--->
P2 (40)
--->
Gr. Henao (13)
However that figure of 28 quickly drops by one more rider as Abal suffers incredibly bad luck and suffers a flat. This results in him being swept up by the second peloton.
This climb is much harder and longer than the others today apart from our finishing climb. As such Clement blows from the break and is swallowed up quickly. This stage was just too tough for him. Thanks to this being much harder Pinot once again has no real trouble. This time Gil can’t take second place but instead he is starting to be dropped with Van der Velde and can only manage fourth. Moinard takes second ahead of Jeannesson.
And it looks like Pinot will continue on his own, as he doesn’t sit up to wait for his former breakaway companions. His gap back to them starts to grow and extends beyond a minute. He has the mountain jersey wrapped up for the day, can he add a stage win to that? Let’s have a look at the gaps behind him:
3’00”
1’22”
2’12”
Pinot
--->
P1 (26)
--->
P2 (38)
--->
Gr. Henao (8)
Pinot leads over the fourth category climb, bringing him to 43 mountain points for the day. Moinard and Gil hold on to mop up the remaining points and then they are brought in by the charging peloton. Let’s have a look at exactly who is in this first peloton:
Madrazo, Tenorio, Valls, Lopez Garcia, Serrano Cunego, Lloret, Monfort, Duenas Pluchkin, Guldhammer, Grivko Schleck, Medvedev, Claerebout Augustyn, Biziyaremye Brandt, Jeannesson Faiers Costagli Kangert Brambilla Moinard Gil Van der Velde
As the final climb starts Pinot has a 1’09” lead over this first peloton and then the second peloton, now down to 26 riders, is another minute back. In there are all the dropped GC riders except of course Henao.
With the climb started some lesser names decide that this is a good opportunity to try to make a name for themselves with an attack. The first raft of attackers is: Faiers Guldhammer Costagli Kangert Brambilla Brandt
This attack is controlled by Lloret, who clearly just wants to set a steady tempo and steadily whittle away the group, while also preventing the 2nd bunch combing back.
This isn’t everyone’s plan as now Augustyn goes on the attack. He has been incredibly active ever since the first hilly stage and is clearly loving his time here in his first Tour since 2010.
This attack only succeeds in catching Pinot and dropping Monfort, however, as Faiers marks it. So with the break out of the way the winner will probably come from this group. Who will it be?
The next rider to lay out a claim for the winner is Costagli, who attacks with 13.5km to the line.
This time Guldhammer comes to the front to do the work of keeping it under control. There are only 22 riders left in this first group and the pace is still high.
That number drops down to 19 as Cunego decides that he will come to the front and take up the pace himself. This could be a key moment in determining who will be able to stay with the pace.
The defending champion just keeps working for a few kilometres and suddenly we get a serious rupture – 11 riders are left at the head of affairs! Let’s see who made it:
Former leader Faiers is perhaps the biggest surprise here and the adrenaline might be getting to him as he launches an attack.
The cameras flick behind for a second as it seems that Intxausti is on the attack, desperately trying to bridge up to the group of favourites. He attacks past those who were dropped from this front group.
And the Spaniard manages it – he powers into the lead group. As he gets up to the front we get a time check to a group of 7 behind him. This group is 44” behind the favourites: Abal Amador Brajkovic Sicard Kohl Pedraza Velits
Abal is doing a lot of the work here and clearly wants to make up for the flat tire he suffered earlier. But up front still more excitement as we get a trio of attackers: Intxausti Schleck Madrazo
That is a huge effort from Intxausti, who just got here and must surely be hurting. Regardless, this is a very dangerous group. They go past Faiers and continue on. Cunego is still working back in the bunch. Not only that but the group of Abal has rejoined. There is still 4km of climbing remaining here.
Only 500 metres later Cunego has reduced the gap to almost nothing. Seeing this Schleck decides to set off solo. He has the most time to gain of all the big names here and if this attack sticks it would be tremendously helpful.
Now it becomes a battle of who can grind it out. With 2km remaining Schleck has 19 seconds over the other favourites, while Cunego does all the work to shut him down. The others clearly see him as the biggest favourite for the race. Faiers is dropped from the bunch, unfortunately, and so too is Guldhammer. It is pretty much just GC contenders left here.
And under the kite the gap is still at 16 seconds. This could be a magnificent result for the rider from Luxembourg. Cunego is clearly worried and still powers on.
And with 500 to go Pluchkin and Amador come around Cunego. They have been conserving their strength but can they catch Schleck?
With 300 metres to go it is tight – Schleck is giving it everything he has...
But Aleksandr Pluchkin comes around and takes his fourth career Tour de France stage as well as the 20 bonus seconds on offer!
Amador comes through in second place, which is a great climb from him. Schleck takes third and will have to be content with only 8 bonus seconds. Madrazo and Tenorio are fourth and fifth, climbing well as a team. Cunego, after all his hard work, can only manage sixth. Sicard is a quiet seventh ahead of Kohl and Brajkovic. Lopez Garciz then makes it three Santander riders in the top ten. Intxausti, Valls, Velits, Pedraza and Abal all finish in this group as well. Faiers loses 1’24” today and he is the only rider in the top 15 not to finish in the front group.
Henao lost 14’44” today, coming through surrounded by his teammates. There isn’t much change in terms of GC as all of the favourites finished together. Pinot takes over the mountain jersey, with a 16 point lead over Bookwalter. Ponzi remains in green though his crash may make things interesting. Madrazo keeps his 1 second lead over Tenorio in the young rider jersey competition and finally Santander emphatically take over the team competition.
Stage Results:
1
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
4h50'22
2
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
4
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
5
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
6
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
7
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
8
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
9
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
10
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
11
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
12
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
13
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
14
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
15
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
16
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 1'24
17
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'55
18
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2'05
19
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
20
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
21
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
22
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
23
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
24
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
25
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2'53
26
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
27
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
28
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
29
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
30
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
31
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
32
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 4'52
33
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
34
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 5'26
35
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 8'05
36
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
37
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
38
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
39
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
40
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
41
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
42
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
43
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 9'37
44
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
45
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
46
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
47
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
48
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
49
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 10'07
50
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
51
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
52
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 11'01
53
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 11'28
54
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 13'22
55
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
56
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 13'54
57
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 14'27
58
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
59
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
60
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 14'44
61
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
62
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
s.t.
63
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
64
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
65
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
66
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
67
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
s.t.
68
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 15'37
69
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 17'30
70
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 19'49
71
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
72
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 21'10
73
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
74
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
75
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
76
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
s.t.
77
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
78
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 22'41
79
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
80
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 22'56
81
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 23'16
82
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 23'40
83
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
84
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 24'10
85
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 24'34
86
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
87
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
88
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
89
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
s.t.
90
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
91
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
s.t.
92
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
93
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
94
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
95
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 25'35
96
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
97
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
98
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 26'14
99
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
100
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
101
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
102
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
103
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
104
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
105
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 27'22
106
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
107
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
108
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
109
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
110
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
111
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
112
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
113
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
114
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
115
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
116
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
117
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
118
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
119
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
120
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
121
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
122
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
123
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
124
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
125
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
126
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
127
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
128
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
129
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
130
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
131
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
132
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
133
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
134
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
135
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
136
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
137
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
138
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
139
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
140
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
141
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
s.t.
142
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
143
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
144
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
145
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
146
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
147
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
148
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
149
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
150
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
151
André Steensen
Team B&O
s.t.
152
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
153
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
154
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
155
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
156
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
157
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
158
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
159
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
160
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
161
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
s.t.
162
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
163
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
164
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
165
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
166
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
167
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
168
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
169
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
170
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
s.t.
171
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
172
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
173
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
174
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
175
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
176
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
177
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'38
178
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
179
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
180
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
181
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
182
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
183
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 30'29
184
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
185
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 35'58
186
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
s.t.
187
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
s.t.
General Classification:
1
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
29h12'56
2
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 20
3
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 36
4
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 37
5
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 1'00
6
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 1'33
7
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 1'34
8
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
9
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'48
10
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 2'15
11
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'58
12
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 3'01
13
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 3'07
14
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 3'14
15
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 3'44
16
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'08
17
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 4'33
18
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 5'49
19
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 5'53
20
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 6'39
21
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 7'26
22
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 7'44
23
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 8'08
24
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 8'37
25
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'52
26
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 8'55
27
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 9'22
28
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 9'50
29
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 9'53
30
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 10'15
31
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 10'32
32
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 11'08
33
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'14
34
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 14'58
35
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 15'02
36
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 15'11
37
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 15'32
38
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'37
39
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 18'11
40
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 19'03
41
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 19'42
42
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 19'44
43
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 20'26
44
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 21'03
45
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 21'53
46
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 22'57
47
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 23'33
48
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 25'26
49
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 25'27
50
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 26'15
51
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 28'15
52
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 28'47
53
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 30'16
54
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 30'21
55
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 30'34
56
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 31'05
57
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 31'22
58
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 31'33
59
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 32'02
60
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 32'37
61
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 32'48
62
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 34'00
63
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
64
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 34'28
65
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
+ 35'58
66
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 37'09
67
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 37'58
68
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 38'01
69
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 38'08
70
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 40'35
71
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 41'10
72
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 41'18
73
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 41'34
74
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 41'35
75
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 41'36
76
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 41'53
77
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 42'05
78
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 42'24
79
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 42'26
80
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 42'33
81
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
+ 42'36
82
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 42'43
83
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 43'16
84
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 43'27
85
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 43'49
86
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 44'06
87
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 44'43
88
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 45'19
89
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 46'11
90
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 46'40
91
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 46'41
92
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 46'50
93
Florian Stalder
UBS - BMC
+ 47'34
94
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
+ 47'42
95
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 47'56
96
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 47'57
97
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 47'59
98
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 48'04
99
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 48'28
100
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 49'42
101
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 50'32
102
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 50'33
103
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 51'02
104
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 51'11
105
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 51'19
106
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 51'21
107
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 51'33
108
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 52'13
109
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
110
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 52'15
111
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 52'21
112
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 52'28
113
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 52'33
114
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 52'38
115
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 52'50
116
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 53'57
117
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 53'58
118
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 54'10
120
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 54'18
121
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 54'19
122
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 54'47
123
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 54'55
124
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 55'47
125
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 56'36
126
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
+ 56'37
127
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 56'59
128
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 57'00
129
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 57'04
130
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 57'05
131
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
+ 57'28
132
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 57'31
133
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
134
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 57'32
135
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 58'20
136
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 58'23
137
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 58'34
138
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
139
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 58'44
140
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 58'49
141
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 58'50
142
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 58'57
143
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 58'58
144
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 59'34
145
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 59'44
146
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 59'58
147
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h00'40
148
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
+ 1h00'48
149
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h01'06
150
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h01'12
151
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 1h01'18
152
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h01'27
153
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h02'00
154
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h02'18
155
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 1h02'32
156
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h03'20
157
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 1h03'26
158
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h03'33
159
Martijn Maaskant
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h03'35
160
Lucas Schädlich
Team Bacardi
+ 1h03'44
161
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 1h04'03
162
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h04'22
163
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h04'57
164
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h05'03
165
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h05'43
166
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h05'58
167
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h06'11
168
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h06'24
169
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h06'45
170
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h08'38
171
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 1h09'20
172
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h09'37
173
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
+ 1h10'31
174
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
175
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
+ 1h12'04
176
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h13'06
177
Ruben Zepuntke
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h14'22
178
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h14'28
179
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h16'37
180
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h20'32
181
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h20'34
182
Olivier Kaisen
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h20'48
183
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 1h21'48
184
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 1h22'09
185
Johim Ariesen
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h22'24
186
Marcel Barth
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h23'22
187
Carlos Verona
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h24'08
Points Classification:
1
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
68
2
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
50
3
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
50
4
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
48
5
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
47
6
Angel Madrazo
Santander
43
7
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
38
8
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
35
9
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
34
10
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
31
Mountain Classification:
1
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
43
2
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
27
3
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
24
4
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
24
5
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
21
6
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
20
7
Angel Madrazo
Santander
18
8
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
18
9
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
16
10
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
15
Team Classification:
1
Santander
86h36'22
2
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 4'26
3
Team B&O
+ 9'37
4
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 12'16
5
Team Bacardi
+ 12'40
6
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 12'58
7
Pearl Adidas
+ 13'40
8
Pendleton's
+ 14'54
9
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 22'20
10
Koenigsegg
+ 28'22
11
Project 1t4i
+ 35'47
12
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 36'14
13
Milka - AVG
+ 50'03
14
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 52'02
15
UBS - BMC
+ 55'45
16
Aker - MOT
+ 1h03'17
17
Wikipedia
+ 1h23'17
18
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h38'52
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h52'12
20
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2h02'57
21
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h16'49
22
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h18'47
Youth Classification:
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
29h13'32
2
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1
3
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'22
4
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 3'57
5
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 8'01
6
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
