Today brings one of the key days of the race – a highly stage through Spain culminating in a descent into San Sebastian. The 186km course contains 12 categorised climbs along the way with a maximum of 89 points available. Not only that but it appears that we are in for another windy day out on course. Five very tough climbs start with 68km. Gradients well over 10% are not uncommon in this part of the race.
Of course lots of riders are willing to brave these obstacles in order to take a shot at the mountain jersey. Looking to join the break first off the bat today is Daniel Navarro. He is a great climbing domestique and has clearly been given permission to take his own chances today.
Also keen to join the break today are a whole raft of riders. The early attackers are: Pierre Rolland Brent Bookwalter (27 mountain points) Roman Kreuziger (4 mountain points) Nick Nuyens (6 mountain points) Stef Clement (14 mountain points) Florian Morizot (35 mountain points) Tim Dees Philip Deignan Johan Tschopp Jan Ghyselinck Arnold Jeannesson (6 mountain points) (+13’36”) Teodoro Costagli (18 mountain points) (+10’25”) Serge Pauwels Francisco Terciado Christophe Riblon Amael Moinard (15 mountain points) Jaroslav Kulhavy Matea Kvasina Jocelin Maillet Woet Poels Remberto Jaramillo Koldo Gil (21 mountain points) Nathan Haas Ricardo Van der Velde (6 mountain points)
The first climb comes rather early in the day and the break is still forming. Moinard takes the 5 points on offer ahead of Costagli and then Clement.
In fact at the second climb things still haven’t settled down and a completely different group of riders leads over. This time Pauwels rolls over in first place, ahead of Maillet and then Kulhavy.
The high pace is clearly taking the toll as some riders are already dropping off the back – the pace is combining with the wind to make it hard on the flat. Adding in the steep climbs just makes this whole day even more difficult. It is clear that things are quite nervous as well as Granjel Cabrera and Maskaant both fall as well.
There are yet more attackers from the bunch now. In addition to a number of riders from earlier the following decide to give it a go. Thomas Kedel Kvist Thomas Frei Sergio Marinangelli Mohammed Mat Senan Tyler Brandt Lars Petter Nordhaug Tom Stubbe Jonathon Castroviejo (17 mountain points) Mikael Delage Jakub Danacik
And finally, after 56km of racing we have our break of the day. The six riders in there have really fought for this. They are: Lars Petter Nordhaug Florian Morizot (35 mountain points) Jonathon Castroviejo (17 mountain points) Brent Bookwalter (27 mountain points) Teodoro Costagli (18 mountain points) (+10’25”) Ricardo Van der Velde (6 mountain points)
It isn’t long before these six take on the next climb together. Morizot attacks away for the points, with Bookwalter also attacking but not able to hold the wheel. Costagli rolls over for the remaining point. The gap is at 5’41” over the peloton.
At the next climb Bookwalter manages to catch Morizot out and takes the five points. Costagli once again takes the single remaining point. The gap is now at 6’20” and all of the dropped riders have returned to the bunch. It is also interesting to see Heineken helping B&O out with this early pace.
The fifth climb of the day is longer and harder than the others so far today and hence it is a second category climb. The gap to the break starts to stall at around the 6’20” mark with those two teams working. At the peak Morizot jumps away to take the ten points, with Bookwalter once again fighting for second. This time it is Van der Velde’s turn to roll over in third.
The break roll on and finally hit that crucial 68km to go mark – the start of the five tough back-to-back climbs. The gap has marginally come down towards the 6 minute mark. This climb rises ahead of them ominously with its maximum gradient of 18% and various peaks above 12%.
This time at the summit it isn’t just the same two guys fighting for it – Costagli jumps out to take the ten points on offer. Morizot is second and Bookwalter is third, but they will have to continue to fight to keep the first and second place in this competition they seem to be aiming at.
Over the top of this climb, back in the bunch, 81 riders are dropped, and it looks like there are some interesting names back here: Pedraza (13th overall) Abal (15th overall) Ratiy Duarte Henao
Most of Abal’s teammates rally around him and try to pace him back on the descent and into the next climb. He is a fair way back. Pedraza also manages to join his little group.
On to the second of the climbs in this set. Morizot wins the fight at the top this time. Costagli takes second place and Bookwalter is relegated to third again. Amongst the riders in the breakaway here are the mountain points:
Florian Morizot
71
Brent Bookwalter
55
Teodoro Costagli
45
Jonathon Castroviejo
23
Ricardo Van der Velde
16
Lars Petter Nordhaug
2
So as it currently sits, given that current mountain jersey wearer Ghyllebert is on 44, these three riders are the top three in the classification at the moment.
On this seventh climb the peloton is led by Grivko and Guldhammer – once again B&O’s lack of depth mean that they have to turn to their key domestiques a long way from the finish. Perhaps realising that they can’t afford to set the pace too high this early, things are slow enough to ensure that Abal and Pedraza can get back.
The gap is at 5’38” before the start of the eighth categorised climb of the day, with 45.5km to go. The break power up here but once we get to the top it is noteworthy that one of the usual attackers isn’t here – Morizot takes the points and Costagli takes second but it is Castroviejo who rolls over in third. It looks like Bookwalter has blown!
There is only the briefest of descents before the next climb, which is only a short and sharp category three. This time as the break reach the summit Castroviejo goes over first, with Nordhaug and Van der Velde in his wheel... it looks like Costagli is just behind them but Morizot has blown completely! Still he has probably done enough to pretty much guarantee himself the mountain jersey tomorrow.
Nothing much behind seems to be happening apart from the shredding of the peloton as Guldhammer decides to put the hammer down. Also Kittel falls way behind but his purpose has been served for the race anyway.
Up front onto the tenth of twelve climbs in the day, Castroviejo decides to launch an attack for the ten points. That moves him into fourth place in the provisional mountain rankings. Van der Velde takes second ahead of Nordhaug. Here are the gaps going over the top with 34km remaining:
45”
12”
3’35”
4’32”
Break
---> Costagli
--->
Morizot
--->
P (39)
Note that this gives Costagli just enough points to overtake Bookwalter and move into second.
As that table said it is down to just 39 riders back in the bunch and it is still mostly Grivko and Guldhammer doing the work.
Pretty soon we get some idea of why Heineken was working as Brajkovic launches an attack. He is followed by: Tenorio Amador Nepomnyachsniy Velits
This attack is controlled by Grivko, but it does the damage which it needed to – the touch paper has been lit and now things are really going to kick off. As if he was waiting for this moment Schleck decides to launch an attack! He is followed by: Amador Tenorio Nepomnyachsniy
Of these all but Nepomnyachsniy are able to get a gap over the bunch and the race is clearly on! We are almost at the summit of this penultimate climb. There will then be a quick descent which travels down to the final climb of the day.
Up front it seems that Nordhaug and Van der Velde have succeeded in shaking off Castroviejo. It hardly seems to matter, however, as the group of Schleck is only 1’30” behind them and then it is another 37” back to the bunch.
Anton and Brajkovic try to bridge up but Guldhammer won’t let them get a gap.
Perhaps seeing his teammate fail to get away sparked something as Abal attacks on the descent with Faiers in tow.
Ponzi and Intxausti both decide that this is an interesting enough move to follow and they bridge up to them. Seeing Ponzi attack is particularly interesting as he has been judged one of the stage favourites for today.
The group of Schleck now catch the shattered remnants of the break. They have 25” over the chase group and another 11” over the peloton of 32 riders as we hit a small rise which is half way down this descent.
Lots of favourites who missed these moves are working back in the bunch in order to try to bring things back and indeed it is Pedraza who brings back the chase group. Not long after that Cunego puts a big turn in and he manages to catch the group of Schleck.
It looks as if we will face this final climb and then the descent following it as just one group but just as the climb is about to start Ponzi puts in an attack. Brambilla and Nepomnyachsniy follow him but can’t help set the pace.
Most of this climb is at about the 11% mark and so some of the more pure climbers can’t really do much beyond sitting in the group. One person who is not having issues with this is Brajkovic who attacks and gets a gap.
Brajkovic manages to bridge up to the three leaders. They currently have a 29” gap over the bunch.
In fact Brajkovic and Ponzi drop the other two and they head over the summit with a 33” lead over the 31 riders in the pack behind.
Not wanting to risk a sprint between the two, which has a tendency to be unpredictable, Ponzi decides to attack on the descent!
He gets a solid gap of about 15” around these rather technical bends, but nevertheless Brajkovic pulls him back with only 3km remaining in this stage. The bunch are breathing down their necks.
Kohl and Faiers do much of the work to bring these two back, in order to defend the top ten position of Faiers which Brajkovic threatens. With 2 kilometres to go Ponzi and Brajkovic are definitively caught and the sprint opens.
Pluchkin, Madrazo, Pedraza, Velits, Abal and Intxausti are all well placed at the front of this group, but in these sorts of chaotic sprints there is no way to guarantee a good finish.
Madrazo looks the fastest of these and under the kite he is leading, but what’s this? Cunego has come from nowhere and is moving like lightning!
As Cunego powers into the lead Pluchkin fades quite seriously – while the Italian will almost certainly be getting bonus seconds, it looks like the race leader will miss out! Sicard and Kangert are looking strong in the finish here too.
The man entered the stage as the favourite and he comes away with the win – that takes true class. Damiano Cunego takes the stage victory and the 20 bonus seconds. He can’t quite get a time gap, however, even though he wins by several bike lengths.
Kangert narrowly takes second place, capping off a great day for Pearl. Madrazo will have to settle for third place and the 8 seconds that go with that. Sicard is a strong fourth place. Once again the long-range attack of Schleck just failed to crack the bunch and he will have to be content with fifth. Valls and Lopez Garcia were well placed near the front in the sprint and so they take sixth and seventh on the stage. Amador continues his consistent race with eighth. Ponzi will have to settle for ninth. He gambled on winning the race with an attack but it didn’t quite pay off. Finally race leader Pluchkin rounds out the top ten and will watch his leading margin shrink still further.
And on that note let’s see how the GC is shaping up – Cunego moves into second place and is now only 11 seconds back. The race will continue in the mountains tomorrow. Ponzi had a real chance to take back the points jersey today but could only get 7 points, falling short of what he needed. He will also have to continue to keep an eye on Cunego in that competition. Morizot will wear the mountain jersey tonight through will the stage profile tomorrow he may not wear it for long.
And finally we come to the list of casualties for the day – a total of 18 riders abandoned after this stage! Let’s have a look to see who is here:
Some teams have been absolutely decimated by this race. VolksWagen only has 3 out of their 9 starters left! Pokerstars are down to 5 while UBS, CSC and Festina are all down to 6. With Festina and Pokerstars both short of riders it will be interesting to see if Puma can push their advantage on the flat stages.
Stage Results:
1
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
5h57'52
2
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
3
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
4
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
5
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
6
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
7
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
8
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
9
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
s.t.
11
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
12
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
13
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
14
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
15
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
16
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
17
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
18
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
19
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
20
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
21
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
22
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
s.t.
23
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
24
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
25
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
26
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
27
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
28
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
29
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
30
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
31
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 2'03
32
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'23
33
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
34
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 6'45
35
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
36
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
37
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 7'28
38
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
s.t.
39
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 8'06
40
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 9'41
41
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 11'40
42
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
43
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
44
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 12'48
46
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 13'13
47
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
48
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
49
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
50
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
51
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
52
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
53
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
54
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
55
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
56
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
57
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'44
58
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
59
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
60
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
61
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
62
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
63
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
64
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
65
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
66
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
67
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
68
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
s.t.
69
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
70
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
71
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
72
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
73
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
74
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
75
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 16'30
76
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 18'05
77
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
78
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
79
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
80
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
81
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
82
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
83
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
84
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
85
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
86
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
87
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
s.t.
88
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
89
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
90
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
91
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 22'26
92
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
s.t.
93
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 23'03
94
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
95
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
96
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
97
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
98
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
99
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
100
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
101
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
102
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
s.t.
103
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
s.t.
104
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
105
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
106
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
107
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
108
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
109
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
110
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
111
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
112
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
113
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
114
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
115
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
116
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
s.t.
117
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
118
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
119
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
120
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
121
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
122
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
123
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
124
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
125
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
126
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
127
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
128
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
129
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
130
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
131
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
s.t.
132
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
133
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
134
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
136
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
137
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
138
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
139
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
140
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
141
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
142
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
s.t.
143
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
144
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
145
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
146
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
s.t.
147
André Steensen
Team B&O
s.t.
148
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
149
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
150
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
151
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
152
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 25'23
153
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
154
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
155
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
156
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
157
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
158
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
159
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
160
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
161
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
162
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
163
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
164
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
165
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
166
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
s.t.
167
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
168
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 29'26
General Classification:
1
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
49h58'07
2
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 11
3
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 16
4
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'00
5
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 1'23
6
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'26
7
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 1'56
8
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 1'57
9
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'21
10
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 3'30
11
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 3'36
12
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 3'37
13
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 4'03
14
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 4'49
15
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 5'32
16
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 6'16
17
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 7'02
18
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'39
19
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 8'16
20
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 9'29
21
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 10'25
22
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 10'43
23
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 12'26
24
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'37
25
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 13'58
26
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 15'33
27
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 15'55
28
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 16'29
29
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 19'46
30
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 22'05
31
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 22'45
32
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 24'50
33
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 25'31
34
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 26'49
35
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'58
36
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 31'40
37
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 33'21
38
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 36'20
39
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 41'10
40
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 43'01
41
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 45'30
42
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 46'47
43
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 46'58
44
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 48'11
45
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 50'12
46
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 50'32
47
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 51'10
48
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 51'26
49
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 52'24
50
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 55'25
51
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 55'26
52
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 57'27
53
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 57'39
54
Jerome Coppel
Milka - AVG
+ 57'40
55
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 59'11
56
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h00'38
57
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h00'42
58
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h01'13
59
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 1h01'39
60
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h02'51
61
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 1h03'19
62
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 1h05'38
63
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 1h06'35
64
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h07'05
65
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h07'11
66
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 1h07'55
67
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 1h08'05
68
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 1h10'51
69
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h12'16
70
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1h12'36
71
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 1h13'16
72
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h14'00
73
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 1h14'01
74
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 1h14'06
75
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h15'26
76
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h15'44
77
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 1h16'38
78
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 1h17'55
79
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 1h18'14
80
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h18'37
81
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h18'54
82
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 1h19'16
83
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h19'22
84
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
85
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 1h20'28
86
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h20'34
87
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 1h20'38
88
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 1h20'49
89
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
+ 1h21'39
90
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h21'56
91
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 1h23'54
92
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 1h24'01
93
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h24'04
94
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h24'09
95
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h24'14
96
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h24'19
97
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
+ 1h24'52
98
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 1h24'59
99
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h25'05
100
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 1h27'42
101
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 1h28'10
102
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h28'33
103
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 1h28'52
104
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h29'13
105
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 1h30'15
106
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h31'29
107
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h32'48
108
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 1h32'56
109
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 1h34'11
110
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h34'37
111
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 1h34'44
112
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 1h34'56
113
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h35'01
114
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h36'01
115
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 1h36'14
116
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h36'30
117
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h37'14
118
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h37'28
119
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 1h37'33
120
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h37'45
121
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h37'48
122
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h37'54
123
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 1h37'55
124
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h38'09
125
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h38'43
126
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h39'23
127
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h39'24
128
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 1h39'27
129
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h39'54
130
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
131
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 1h39'59
132
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 1h40'43
133
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 1h40'59
134
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h41'20
135
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h41'28
136
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h42'22
137
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h42'36
138
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 1h42'48
139
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 1h42'57
140
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 1h43'32
141
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
142
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h44'04
143
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
+ 1h44'36
144
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h45'09
145
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h45'11
146
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 1h46'11
147
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 1h46'20
148
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h46'39
149
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h46'54
150
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h47'02
151
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h48'03
152
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h48'04
153
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 1h48'09
154
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h48'18
155
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h48'20
156
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h50'54
157
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h51'00
158
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h52'48
159
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h52'53
160
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
+ 1h54'19
161
Anders Lund
Aker - MOT
s.t.
162
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - BMC
+ 1h54'27
163
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h54'28
164
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h55'09
165
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 2h00'49
166
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 2h01'48
167
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h06'40
Points Classification:
1
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
100
2
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
91
3
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
84
4
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
80
5
Angel Madrazo
Santander
79
6
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
70
7
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
58
8
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
56
9
Gerald Ciolek
Lotto - Cervelo
55
10
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
50
Mountain Classification:
1
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
83
2
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
57
3
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
55
4
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
47
5
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
47
6
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
44
7
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
43
8
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
34
9
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
32
10
Angel Madrazo
Santander
30
Team Classification:
1
Santander
148h52'41
2
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'50
3
Pearl Adidas
+ 16'33
4
Team B&O
+ 19'47
5
Pendleton's
+ 26'57
6
Team Bacardi
+ 31'14
7
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 31'19
8
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 42'34
9
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 57'03
10
Project 1t4i
+ 1h02'05
11
Koenigsegg
+ 1h11'25
12
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h13'15
13
Milka - AVG
+ 1h41'54
14
UBS - BMC
+ 1h42'18
15
Aker - MOT
+ 1h44'03
16
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h46'28
17
Wikipedia
+ 2h14'32
18
Simply Red Bull
+ 3h14'27
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 3h17'00
20
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 3h49'48
21
Festina-Canal+
+ 3h53'19
22
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3h54'50
Youth Classification:
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
49h58'23
2
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 44
3
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'05
4
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 8'00
5
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 13'42
6
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 21'49
7
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
