Today brings the first of four key stages – the 43.5km time trial around Nice. A lot hinges on today’s result, not least the fight for the yellow jersey between Cunego and Madrazo. Just 27 seconds separate the two and while the Spaniard is a much better TT rider Cunego has a history of pulling out great TT performances in the final week. Let’s see what happens today. There are two intermediate checks out on course – one after 16km and the other after 29km.
First, though, we have to get through the early time trial riders who will be looking to battle for at least a top ten at the end of the day. The first man out of the gate should give us a good benchmark time for these riders – Kristof Vandewalle. He is fairly strong in this discipline and while he is just hanging on to the race he might still be decent today. His time at the first check is 23’39” and at the second check it is 42’18”.
He finishes the course in 1h03’03”. It remains to be seen how good that is.
The next time trialist out of the start house is Maciej Bodnar. The Polish TT champion was a solid 22nd in the earlier time trial and this one should suit him even more. His time at the first mark is a new best of 23’28”. He keeps this up with a new best at the second mark with a time of 41’54”.
He also sets a new best time for the day so far of 1h02’37”, shaving almost 30” off the previous best.
About 10 riders later it is time for William Bonnet. He was just outside the top 10 in his last time trial and without Coppel here he is one of the best hopes that the French have for a strong ride today. At the first check he sets a new best time of 23’11”. He keeps this form through to the second check with a time of 41’25”.
True to what he showed earlier he sets a new beset at the finish line too, this time as the first person under 62 minutes – 1h01’54” is his time.
Not far behind him on the course is Ronan Van Zandbeek. The Dutch rouleur rarely features in these kinds of races at this level but with so many riders having dropped out this is a great opportunity. He has a strong first section with a time of 23’19”, just 8” down. His time at the second check is 41’44”, still putting him in second place provisionally.
Finally he finishes in 1h02’20”, 26” down but still second place.
In the previous time trial Maxime Bouet was a fairly abysmal 77th, perhaps because of the small amount of climbing on the route. Today’s route will suit him much more and he comes into the stage as another French hope for today. His first time truly justifies that as he goes through in 22’51”. This puts him 2 seconds ahead of Bonnet. His time at the 29km mark is 41’24”, again the best but this time with just a 1” lead.
And at the end Bouet beats his compatriot and takes the best time out on course in 1h01’50”.
Bouet, Bonnet and Van Zandbeek remain at the head of the leaderboard for quite a while with a number of other time trialists challenging but never quite being close enough. The next big name challenger is Jacob Fiedler. He was 5th in the earlier TT and without Coppel comes into the stage as one of the biggest favourites. His time at the first check is a new best – 22’51”. That puts him almost 20 seconds ahead already. His second check shows a time of 40’47”.
Finally he finishes the course in 1h00’56”, the only rider to break 61 minutes so far. The German certainly looks like a solid leader.
About 40 riders pass before we get the other biggest favourite of the day - Mikhail Ignatiev. The Russian came second in the previous TT, beating Fiedler by 17 seconds. Can he do that today or will the lack of climbing in fact work against him? At the first check it doesn’t look good as Ignatiev goes through in 23’10”, already 19” down and only good enough for fourth.He improvese slightly through the second check with a time of 41’23”, moving him up to third place provisionally.
But Ignatiev just couldn’t pull one out of the hat today and he goes through in 1h01’49”. He will be glad that it is enough to move him up to second place, however.
So with that we move from the time trial favourites into the realm of the GC riders, some of whom are also favourites for today. As we hit the top 20 here is the provisional leaders’ boards:
Check 1
1
Jacob Fiedler
22'51"
2
Maxime Bouet
+17"
3
William Bonnet
+19"
4
Mikhail Ignatiev
+19"
5
Pierre Rolland
+26"
6
Ronan Van Zandbeek
+27"
7
Kristjan Koren
+29"
8
Jakub Danacik
+29"
9
Jesse Sergent
+29"
10
Dmitri Grabovski
+32"
Check 2
1
Jacob Fiedler
40'47"
2
Maxime Bouet
+36"
3
Mikhail Ignatiev
+36"
4
William Bonnet
+37"
5
Pierre Rolland
+49"
6
Kristjan Koren
+54"
7
Jesse Sergent
+54"
8
Jakub Danacik
+55"
9
Ronan Van Zandbeek
+56"
10
Dmitri Grabovski
+1'01"
Finish
1
Jacob Fiedler
1h00'56"
2
Mikhail Ignatiev
+53"
3
Maxime Bouet
+54"
4
William Bonnet
+58"
5
Pierre Rolland
+1'09"
6
Kristjan Koren
+1'16"
7
Jesse Sergent
+1'19"
8
Jakub Danacik
+1'20"
9
Ronan Van Zandbeek
+1'24"
10
Manuel Lloret
+1'27"
Though he hasn’t got a lot to ride for in GC, given that his position is fairly secure, Tanel Kangert is riding for a strong showing today. He is a strong TT rider and, given his ability in the mountains, he has probably recovered better than some of the others. His time at the first check is a provisional 5tth place – 23’19”. At the second check he manages 5th once again, with a time of 41’33”.
Kangert finishes today’s 43.5km long course in 1h01’56”, exactly 1 minute down and good enough for the same provisional fifth that he has held all day.
Most of the following riders aren’t particularly good in this discipline and nor are there any GC fights between them so we can move straight on to the top 15. Valls is up first, the third best placed Santander rider. He has little to fight for today. He is over a minute behind the next rider on GC and comfortably ahead of Lopez Garcia in 16th. His time at the first check is 23’45” and at the second check he performs decently with 42’25”.
Valls finishes the course with a solid 37th place – 1h03’04” is his time.
The fight between 13th and 14th is worth taking note of. Thomas Faiers, one of the biggest surprises of this race, starts the day 14” behind wildcard leader David Abal. The two are fairly evenly matched in this discipline so it will be interesting to see what happens today. Faiers goes through the first check in 23’35”, a fairly strong ride. At the second check his time is 42’07”.
The young rider finishes the course in 1h02’45”, strong enough for 25th but will it be strong enough to overcome the gap to Abal?
David Abal has constantly animated this race and now he gets his chance to go solo. Remember that the gap is only 14” at the start of the day, with the Spaniard ahead. At the first check the wildcard rider clearly has nothing to worry about – his time of 23’16” is good enough for provisional fifth place. He backs this up with a second time of 41’32”, extending the gap back to Faiers.
Abal finishes in 1h01’55”, once again taking fifth place but more importantly putting another 50” into Faiers.
It was mentioned that some of the GC favourites were also stage favourites. You would be hard pressed to find a bigger favourite than Aleksandr Pluchkin. He has had more than his fair share of bad luck in this race but a stage win here would at least salvage things somewhat. Not only that but a great ride could see him get back into the top ten today. The standings are:
10
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 11'42
11
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 12'33
12
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 12'39
So Pluchkin powers out onto the course and his time at the first check is strong – 22’58” is good enough for 2nd place only 7” down. He continues on and goes through the second check in 41 minutes flat – now he is 13” down and the chance of a win are getting more remote.
And indeed a time of 1h01’10” falls 14 seconds short but there is no shame in second place on a Tour de France stage.
As shown Kohl starts the day 6 seconds ahead of Pluchkin and if he were to hold on to that it would be an absolute miracle. Indeed with his first time of 24’02” he has already lost more than a minute to the Moldovan. Things are no better at the second check with a time of 42’56”.
And Kohl finishes in 1h03’53”, 66th place on the day. It looks like Kohl will start tomorrow in 12th place.
Peter Velits is likely to put up a bit more resistance than was offered by Kohl. He needs to avoid losing 57” today to hold on to his top ten place. His time at the first check is 23’23”, meaning that 25” are already dropped. His time at the second check is 41’44”, leaving him with 13” left to sacrifice to hold on. This should be close.
And his time at the end is 1h02’13”, putting Pluchkin 6 seconds ahead of him and into the top 10. Velits drops to 11th but has a decent buffer in that position.
The next three places are also locked in a tight battle:
7
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 8'10
8
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'21
9
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 8'38
It will be interesting to see which of Amador and Brajkovic has the better day as they are quite similar. Amador is up first and he starts the course off with a time of 23’09”, good enough for fourth at the moment and really piling the pressure on. At the second check his time is 41’21”, which moves him up to third at the moment.
Amador holds this position with a time of 1h01’38”. Will this be enough to move back up the board into 7th?
Brajkovic comes out now. As mentioned he is fairly evenly matched with the Costa Rican so his 17” lead might prove useful. His time at the first check proves that he may not need it, however, as he goes through in 23’02”, extending his lead by another 7 seconds. At the second time check Brajkovic’s time is 41’10”, now putting him provisionally 3rd.
Finally his time at the finish line is 1h01’23”, good enough for provisional third and likely enough to move him up a place on GC.
Another surprising rider of this race is Pedraza, who has been sitting deep in the top ten for most of the race now. That looks likely to change as his time at the first check is 23’51”, already dropping him below both of the challengers for his position. At the second check the time for the South American is 42’36”.
Pedraza comes through the final banner with a time of 1h03’26”, which is a fairly poor 54th. So Pedraza will drop to 9th place but will still have a decent gap over Pluchkin.
While Romain Sicard can’t exactly relax today he still will be glad to know that he isn’t exactly under huge pressure. He has about 2 minutes over the riders who just finished and he is 1’41” behind 5th place Tenorio. So Sicard just has to put in a decent time and his sixth place can remain secure. His time at the first check is a very good 23’28”. At the second check the time remains strong at 41’54”.
Finally he finishes in 1h02’26”, good enough for 17th at the moment and more than enough to defend his position.
The next rider up, Justo Tenorio, is also under no real pressure. The difference is that he comes in as an outsider for the stage win. Will the work he has been doing in the past fortnight affect his ride today? His time at the first check would suggest otherwise as he goes through in 23’02”, provisionally third. He keeps this up at the second check, maintaining his third place in a time of 41’06”.
The time at the finish is 1h01’19”, good enough for third with only four riders to come. A strong ride by the Spanish champion indeed.
Though Benat Intxausti probably isn’t a direct threat to the podium today, he starts the day 38” down on Andy Schleck and will hope to narrow that down. Certainly Intxausti is the better TT rider of the two. He starts off the course with a decent time of 23’18”, just outside the top ten. At the second check his time is 41’34”.
With a provisional 11th time of 1h02’00” Intxausti finishes the course. That is actually quite a good time and may well prove enough to overcome the rider from Luxembourg.
Andy Schleck is up next and needs a time of 1h02’38” or better to hold on to his podium place. He will have to accept that moving higher than third in the next few days is almost impossible unless there is some sort of disaster so defending third at this point is all that matters. At the first check his time is 23’29”, meaning that 11” have been lost so far. He loses another 12” with his time of 41’57” at the second check. This time could actually be closer than anticipated.
Schleck finishes the course in... 1h02’29”, keeping third place by 9 seconds and forcing Intxausti to try to overcome him in the mountains.
And now we have the contest that everyone has been waiting for – the fight for the yellow jersey! Madrazo starts the day 27” behind race leader Cunego. Though Madrazo is a much better TT rider, Cunego has a history of strong time trials in the final week thanks to his remarkable ability to recover.
Angel Madrazo gets the chance to make a big movement towards his first ever Tour de France victory today. He sets off and at the first check it is clear that he means business – his time is 22’56” and that is good enough for provisional second place. He keeps up this high tempo and at the second check he is still in provisional second with a time of 40’56”.
And just like that Madrazo sets the second best time of the day with 1h01’04”. The pressure on Cunego is now huge.
Cunego leaves the starthouse in yellow. He has to finish in a time of 1h01’31” in order to finish the day in that same colour, otherwise he will be forced to take back the time in the coming three mountain stages. He sets out on course and it is clear that this is not one of his best days on the bike. His time at the first check is 23’43”, meaning that he has already lost his whole advantage. His time at the second check is 42’21”, putting him more than a minute down and slipping further away.
Cunego finishes the course and he can only manage the 45th best time on the day – 1h03’04”. That puts Madrazo into the yellow jersey with a rather large gap of 1’33”. That is a rather formidable gap and it will be interesting to see whether the Italian will be content with second place or if he will try to close that gap with some serious attacking in the mountains.
So Angel Madrazo wears yellow tonight and there are three mountain stages in which he may well be forced to defend it.
Stage Results:
1
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
1h00'56
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 8
3
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 14
4
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 23
5
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 27
6
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 42
7
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 54
8
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
9
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 58
10
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1'00
11
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'01
12
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 1'04
13
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'10
14
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'17
15
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
16
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 1'20
17
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 1'21
18
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'24
19
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1'28
20
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'30
21
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 1'31
22
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
23
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'33
24
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
25
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'35
26
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 1'36
27
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
28
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 1'37
29
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'38
31
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
32
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'41
33
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'43
34
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 1'44
35
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 1'50
36
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
37
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 1'54
38
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 2'01
39
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
40
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2'03
41
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 2'06
42
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 2'07
43
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
44
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
s.t.
45
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'08
46
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'09
47
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'11
48
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 2'13
49
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
50
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 2'15
51
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'16
52
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'17
53
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 2'20
54
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'23
55
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'27
56
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 2'28
57
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
58
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 2'29
59
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 2'30
60
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 2'31
61
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'32
62
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'37
63
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
64
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'38
65
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'40
66
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 2'41
67
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'44
68
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 2'46
69
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'48
70
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 2'49
71
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
72
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 2'52
73
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
74
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 2'54
75
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 2'57
76
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
77
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 3'00
78
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 3'02
79
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'04
80
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
81
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 3'08
82
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 3'09
83
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 3'10
84
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
85
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 3'11
86
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 3'13
87
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'14
88
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'15
89
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
90
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 3'16
91
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'18
92
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 3'19
93
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
94
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'21
95
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 3'25
97
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 3'27
98
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
99
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
100
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 3'30
101
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'31
102
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 3'33
103
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'36
104
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 3'41
105
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 3'42
106
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 3'45
107
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 3'48
108
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'50
109
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'54
110
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 4'01
111
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 4'02
112
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 4'07
113
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
114
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 4'10
115
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 4'14
116
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
117
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'16
118
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'17
119
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 4'26
120
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'28
121
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 4'33
122
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 4'38
123
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
124
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 4'39
125
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 4'40
126
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 4'44
127
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 4'46
128
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 4'48
129
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 4'52
130
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
131
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 4'55
132
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
133
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 4'57
134
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 5'01
135
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
136
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 5'02
137
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 5'07
138
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 5'12
139
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
140
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'15
141
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'16
142
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
143
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 5'34
144
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 5'36
145
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 5'37
146
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 5'41
147
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
148
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 5'42
149
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 5'44
150
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 5'50
151
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 5'51
152
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 5'59
153
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'01
154
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 6'21
155
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 6'23
156
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 6'47
General Classification:
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
69h34'31
2
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1'33
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'37
4
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 4'46
5
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 5'35
6
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'16
7
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'13
8
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
+ 8'45
9
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 10'06
10
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
+ 12'18
11
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 12'24
12
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
+ 14'55
13
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 16'44
14
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
+ 17'48
15
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 18'49
16
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
+ 24'56
17
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 25'42
18
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 25'51
19
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 26'28
20
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 28'56
21
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 30'51
22
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 32'22
23
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 35'43
24
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 39'30
25
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 39'40
26
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 41'08
27
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
28
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
+ 42'52
29
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 44'23
30
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 47'33
31
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 48'28
32
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 50'24
33
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 52'22
34
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 55'01
35
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 56'45
36
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 1h01'17
37
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 1h02'35
38
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h05'16
39
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h07'48
40
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h09'50
41
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 1h10'47
42
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 1h19'37
43
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
+ 1h21'46
44
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h21'53
45
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 1h23'24
46
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h25'03
47
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 1h27'54
48
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h28'50
49
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h32'13
50
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
+ 1h34'33
51
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h34'52
52
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h36'11
53
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 1h38'17
54
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 1h40'00
55
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 1h40'44
56
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
+ 1h41'08
57
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 1h41'36
58
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h41'43
59
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 1h42'00
60
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 1h43'10
61
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h44'28
62
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 1h45'14
63
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h45'56
64
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h46'15
65
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 1h47'06
66
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1h48'47
67
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 1h54'34
68
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
+ 1h54'48
69
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h54'54
70
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h55'51
71
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
+ 1h56'47
72
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h01'03
73
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h01'57
74
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 2h02'19
75
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h03'08
76
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 2h03'53
77
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h04'22
78
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 2h04'34
79
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
+ 2h05'26
80
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 2h05'32
81
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 2h05'58
82
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
+ 2h06'49
83
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
+ 2h07'44
84
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h09'47
85
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2h11'03
86
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h11'20
87
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 2h12'16
88
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h13'41
89
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 2h14'18
90
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h15'32
91
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h16'27
92
Sergio Barrio
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 2h17'28
93
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
+ 2h17'41
94
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h17'46
95
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 2h18'16
96
Omar Fraile
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 2h18'37
97
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h19'06
98
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 2h23'08
99
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h23'29
100
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
+ 2h23'34
101
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h24'15
102
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 2h26'02
103
Jesse Sergent
Milka - AVG
+ 2h26'56
104
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
+ 2h27'34
105
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 2h29'08
106
Mickaël Delage
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h29'18
107
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 2h29'22
108
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h29'24
109
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
+ 2h30'24
110
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 2h31'10
111
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h31'15
112
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h32'01
113
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
+ 2h32'19
114
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h32'40
115
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 2h33'12
116
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2h33'24
117
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 2h33'38
118
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 2h34'03
119
Gregory Brenes
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2h34'27
120
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2h35'16
121
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 2h37'10
122
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h37'47
123
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 2h38'46
124
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h40'14
125
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 2h40'27
126
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h40'28
127
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2h40'50
128
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h41'33
129
Michael Schär
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h41'41
130
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 2h42'00
131
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h42'44
132
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
+ 2h44'12
133
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 2h44'46
134
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 2h45'32
135
Nick Nuyens
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h46'51
136
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h50'05
137
Juan Van Heerden
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h50'28
138
William Bonnet
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h51'19
139
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h52'22
140
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 2h52'28
141
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h52'38
142
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h52'48
143
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h53'35
144
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 2h54'30
145
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h54'36
146
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h55'40
147
Sep Vanmarcke
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h55'42
148
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h59'55
149
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 3h00'09
150
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 3h01'48
151
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3h02'15
152
Gianni Meersman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3h02'34
153
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 3h05'30
154
Ivan Basso
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 3h06'30
155
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 3h06'58
156
Kristof Vandewalle
Project 1t4i
+ 3h09'03
Points Classification:
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
131
2
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
130
3
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
120
4
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
115
5
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
111
6
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
96
7
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
87
8
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
82
9
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
67
10
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
61
Mountain Classification:
1
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
83
2
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
75
3
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
62
4
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
60
5
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
57
6
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
56
7
Angel Madrazo
Santander
52
8
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
48
9
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
47
10
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
47
Team Classification:
1
Santander
207h54'44
2
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 30'57
3
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 46'32
4
Team B&O
+ 46'36
5
Pearl Adidas
+ 47'50
6
Team Bacardi
+ 53'47
7
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 59'39
8
Pendleton's
+ 1h01'28
9
Team CSC-Orbea
+ 1h54'38
10
Koenigsegg
+ 1h54'56
11
Project 1t4i
+ 1h59'12
12
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h09'59
13
Aker - MOT
+ 2h40'05
14
Milka - AVG
+ 2h43'09
15
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h54'11
16
UBS - BMC
+ 2h55'56
17
Wikipedia
+ 3h01'01
18
Simply Red Bull
+ 5h01'05
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 5h21'13
20
Festina-Canal+
+ 5h38'33
21
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 6h18'17
22
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6h36'14
Youth Classification:
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
69h34'31
2
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 5'35
3
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
+ 7'16
4
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 25'51
5
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 44'23
6
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
