Welcome to the penultimate stage of the Tour de Suisse. So far in the race it's been Rein Taaramäe who's been dominating, and he finally moved into the lead a couple of days ago with an emphatic solo victory. However he showed a bit of weakness in the ITT yesterday whilst his rivals looked in good shape. With three HC climbs today anything could happen. The KoM fight could be decided. Currently, Taaramäe leads that classification but out of non-GC men it's Robov in 4th who is the highest ranked.
Breakaways have come close but haven't taken any victories so far but with a downhill finish and two tough mountains in the first half of the race they certainly could. Fireworks have to be expected of a stage under 100kms with three HC climbs packed into it! The downhill finish will possibly mean less decisive racing but there's plenty of room for anything to happen: long-range attacks, big breakaways, intense duels. The downhill finish didn't stop some big GC changes on stage 6 either. Speaking of duels, a wee bit behind our 5 probable contenders for the GC win (at this point) are Herklotz and Olivier. Both have punched above their weight so far and stage 6 saw the battle between them for the best young rider jersey come within a minute in Herklotz's favour.
A blissful day in the Alps as the riders tackle the Nufenenpass here first up. Already we see dangerous riders full of intent going for the morning break: Boom (33rd GC, 22'12) Yates (19th GC, 15'13) Robov (3rd KOM, 30pts) Madrazo (9th GC, 9'57) Alarcon (21st GC, 16'00)
Also on the offensive are: Morizot (22nd GC, 16'05) Dunne Kudus (13th GC, 13'38) Ignatenko (5th KOM, 28pts) Kulhavy and Sergis.
They all make it away.
The yellow jersey may be joining them! Taaramäe is in a small group controlled by Pendleton's, looking to set up their leader Dombrowski. The Estonian was all but isolated in the pack already and was trying to stay in second or third wheel. Now intentionally or not he's in a move off the front! Also along for the ride are Dees, Kennaugh and Frank. The latter is 16th on GC.
However predictably nobody wants to work with him so it's back to no breakaway.
But luckily most riders have another go and so another breakaway is formed. Boom (33rd GC, 22'12) Yates (19th GC, 15'13) Robov (3rd KOM, 30pts) Morizot (22nd GC, 16'05) Ignatenko (5th KOM, 28pts) Frank (16th GC, 14'27) Dombrowski (17th GC, 14'42) Dunne Kulhavy and Sergis.
Olivier and Keizer in difficulty apparently with many splits happening, we'll update you soon.
All hell breaking loose here! A yellow jersey group with Taaramäe, Machado, Madrazo and Pluchkin among others has distanced the Schleck-and-Amador-containing peloton! Even further behind are the Aegon duo!
Koch, Goos and Ivars are chasing hard in the Schleck group.
Kudus now attempting to bridge to the breakaway as Boom struggles with the KOM attacks.
Kulhavy claims first over the mountain, followed by Yates, Frank and others behind. No big points for robov or Ignatenko.
Saggiorato, Bayly and Reguigui attack as the yellow jersey group is caught by the Schleck group.
Olivier and Keizer with a terrible start to the day, already losing three minutes to the main favourite's group - what an awful event for Aegon! Every other big climbing name is in the yellow jersey group (or breakaway), even Morton and Kritskiy!
The breakaway is ripped to shreds, as you can see by this graphic of the situation behind Kulhavy.
Alarcon now attacks the descent, trying to leave the pack behind. Meanwhile Saggiorato has drifted back to service Amador.
As we can see down the road at the bottom of the descent Alarcon has passed Bayly and Reguigui. Next in front of him is Ignatenko, then Robov. The other 8 have found each other and are quickly putting their numbers too good use, making sure they don't get caught again.
Like a bullet out of a second amendment-protected gun Dombrowski attacks with pace as soon as the road turns upwards.
He passes the now-caught Bayly and Reguigui and catches Ignatenko. Also Alarcon has passed Ignatenko and Robov on his way to the front breakaway.
Alarcon now passes Sergis, Morizot and Boom on their way backwards, behind Dombrowski leaves Ignatenko and Robov for dead.
However he blows up and is caught along with everyone in between the front group and the peloton except Dombrowski, who's safely with the other five.
Vysna and Wellens can't hold the wheel so now a very select group has formed: Machado, Vinhas, Pluchkin, Nepomnyachsniy, Amador, Schleck, Taaramäe, Madrazo, Koch and Alarcon.
Small update on Keizer and Olivier: now 6 minutes behind this group. Dunne is apparently having trouble in the breakaway as well.
Wellens and Vysna are now attempting to bridge to this group, probably trading out for Alarcon who's going backwards fast. Herklotz counterattacks them.
Once again the GC battle puts an end to the breakaway. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear of them though. Wellens and Vysna also catch up.
Herklotz, Morton and Lövkvist now chasing the yellow jersey group. Pleasing to see the Aussie back into where he belongs: near the front of the race.
Actually a pathetic pace in the front group allows sixteen more riders to catch back up. Borisavljevic, Priedler, Mai Kritskiy, Novikov, Ignatenko, Brown, Morizot, Sergis, Vosekalns, Teklehaimanot, Reguigui, Bongiorno, Schelling, Goos and Majka.
A refresher after a few kilometres of roadblocking from Wiesenhof: Koch places a big attack for the KoM which should put him back in the lead for that. He's also 12th on GC, so hopefully he pushes on with this move.
Dombrowski again aggressive with another attack close to the summit. He and Koch could be a very dangerous duo to let go.
This move also shells 12 riders, most notably Novikov, Bongiorno, Robov and Kritskiy.
At the bottom of the descent not much change except Dombowski and Koch are together and have a gap of a bit over 30 seconds.
Unfortunately, they are caught not long later.
Löfkvist now places an attack at the foot of the climb. For the stage or as cover for a Wellens move?
Koch is evidently in the mood for a breakaway and goes again to try and link up with the Swede. He is also now carrying all of Evonik's GC hopes (sorry those three words sound really weird to me) as Vosekalns was dropped with Kritskiy et al.
Bongiorno is 14th on GC but losing it fast and so is showing all his cards in a last-ditch attempt to keep it by attacking the second group. Kritskiy follows.
Word through race radio that Goos has done his dash and Schleck is now isolated.
Kudus and Vysna are a place either side of Koch on GC and with Keizer and Olivier long gone are fighting with him for the top 10 and so have obviously made a little deal to catch him. After Reguigui has done his turn at the front the young Eritrean leads the two-man move.
Also Bongiorno and Kritskiy's attempt at a bridge has dramatically failed, with them being caught again by the exhausted second group.
The minor GC men have been the story of the day but now the big boys are out to play! Amador with an explosive attack, Schleck is slightly slow on the uptake but is frantically trying to respond. Herklotz is in his wheel. No move from Taaramäe just yet.
The yellow jersey caught napping a bit as Priedler tried to pace them down! Herklotz can't get past Vinhas but Schleck has caught Amador! Pluchkin is near the front with Frank as Machado accelerates from next to Taaramäe.
Löfkvist is still in front as a couple of group changes have happened!
- Koch, Kudus, Vysna and Amador together, Schleck dangling a bit but should be OK.
- 8 men left in the yellow jersey group! Taaramäe, Priedler, Machado, Vinhas, Pluchkin, Nepomnyachsniy, Herklotz and Frank. Dombrowski can't quite make it, neither can Morton.
5km to the summit and Amador goes again! He catches Löfkvist and drops Koch!
Wellens leading the third group now and drops Morton and has almost caught a tired Nepomnyachsniy. Behind him are Dombrowski, Schelling, Yates, Alarcon and Madrazo.
Taaramäe makes it look easy as he shuts the gap to the front riders.
Now he has Machado to deal with as the group behind also draws closer! The Portuguese rider with a smart, premeditated move here.
No prizes for spotting the odd one out!
Schleck and Taaramäe respond quickly. So does Vysna but he's being a tad over-ambitious there. He gets a gap though. Amador leading the group behind now as he sees his podium chances riding away in the distance.
Pluchkin is being awfully quiet. Is he waiting for Amador to do something, or are his legs not quite there?
Amador powers clear with Frank in tow. Pluchkin gives chase as Wellens and Herklotz try to follow. Up the road to his credit Vysna not giving up much ground to the front three.
Wellens and Herklotz can't match the Moldovan so Dombrowski now counterattacks and gets a gap.
Meanwhile Frank can't follow his leader and cracks.
Madrazo also is in big difficulty following the wheel here and has to let the group go!
Everybody looks exhausted at the front but Taaramäe manages a small counter here and gaps the other three (yes three but Vysna is clearly doping). Could this be stage win number four?
The situation behind Taaramäe as Vysna can't handle the pace of Machado and Schleck and has to let them go.
Over the top a tiny gap from the yellow jersey to Machado, which is definitely closeable.
Pluchkin now a bit behind the four in front as Amador now catches Schleck and Machado. The Moldovan will need to be at his best down here to catch back up.
Vysna and Dombrowski both doing wonders for their GC position, if they find each other on the descent then they could do even better.
The best of the rest: Wellens attacks the group and has a gap to Kudus, who is ahead of Schelling and Frank. Behind them are Herklotz and Yates, who are stuck with an unhelpful Löfkvist and Vinhas. Then it's a struggling Koch and Alarcon.
Pluchkin now catches up to the trio ahead. Desperate moments here as Taaramäe is asserting his dominance for the fourth time here. With the natural advantage of being solo vs a group on the descent, his gap is ballooning to 36 seconds. On the other hand, let's not forget the few flat kilometres at the end where it's very possible he'll be caught.
With 15km to go on the downhill it's a lot of duos behind the big five (if you ignore Vinhas and Löfkvist who aren't helping). Whether any of them will be able to close or widen gaps is yet to be seen.
Dombrowski is fighting for every second and drops Vysna who isn't so comfortable with the lines the American is taking.
Amador is also one taking big risks, and in the process has gapped the other three. He has taken 10 seconds out of Taaramäe's gap though, the Costa Rican pulling no punches and leaving nothing to chance here!
Only the false flat section to go now and already Amador has caught Taaramäe. They have a big gap of 50 seconds as they both rode the descent kamikaze style. Can they hold off the three behind?
Make that four behind as Dombrowski catches them. The gap is now over a minute as Amador and Taaramäe are taking big chunks of time before tomorrow's finale!
Taaramäe slots in behind Amador under the flamme rouge - stage win number four?
Maybe not - 500m and the Estonian has a slight edge in speed but still needs to come around Amador!
And he can't - Amador holds on to take an important stage victory. The rider on a Swiss team delighting the home crowds. A big GC move for him but also for Taaramäe who's going to be very happy to be so far ahead now. Surely a massive attack, an alliance or mutual understanding is needed between the other four to deny him the GC win at this stage.
Schleck with a fast finish to grab a few bonuses in third. Pluchkin is fourth whilst maybe the only happy member of the group Dombrowski rounds off the top 5. He was denied a breakaway again and again but finally found his rhythm in the GC battle, and looked a little bit like the side of himself he showed in the Vuelta in the process. Machado is sixth and will stay second on GC - despite the strength shown by Amador you wouldn't think he's too dissapointed.
Vysna had an impressive day today again and showed great courage and ambition to follow the biggest moves. He's rewarded with 7th and a healthy bump well into the top 10 on GC most likely.
Wellens also makes some big GC gains, maybe as high as to overtake Herklotz!
Herklotz didn't have the best GC day (though he'll keep 6th probably) but a huge victory in the young rider's comp for him as Olivier had a terrible day. Kudus gained back a bit of time but still needs a lot.
Can you smell what the Aegon chef is cooking? Because their doctor would like to know - they seem sick. Olivier actually made a big comeback to not lose as much time as it looked like he would - certainly not as much as Keizer will - but still a blow to his youth jersey chances and any big GC hopes. In fact he’s gained time on Amador since the second climb, and Keizer back in the Kritskiy group hasn’t lost too much. A big shame they dropped off.
So an interesting stage - Taaramäe looked in trouble for a while but the race is still in his hands, even more so with that gap he gained. Schleck is still waiting for a big move I reckon, whilst Pluchkin again was quiet and a little bit ordinary - same with Machado today, who’s still in an impressive second place after that yellow jersey stint. Amador though with a big statement that he isn’t just the fifth guy in this GC fight, probably the biggest talking point there. We should see a big big battle tomorrow to finish the war, everybody needs a lot of time on Taaramäe though, but anything can happen. The battle for the top 10 was the most entertaining aspect of today and should continue tomorrow. Olivier falls (what a rollercoaster his team are having...), Wellens rises whilst Vysna and Dombrowski also looked very strong here cracking into the top 10. A lot of riders OTL today as well, they'll be confirmed later.
1
Andrei Amador
Team UBS
2h51'12
2
Rein Taaramäe
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 57
4
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
5
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
s.t.
6
Tiago Machado
Porto - Prio
s.t.
7
Matej Vysna
Moser - Sygic
+ 2'35
8
Tim Wellens
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 2'46
9
Merhawi Kudus
Eritel - Sonatrach
s.t.
10
Matthias Frank
Team UBS
+ 3'22
11
Patrick Schelling
Team UBS
s.t.
12
Thomas Lövkvist
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 4'10
13
Adam Yates
Ayubowan!
s.t.
14
Silvio Herklotz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
15
Rui Pedro Vinhas
Porto - Prio
s.t.
16
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
17
Michel Koch
Evonik - ELKO
+ 5'24
18
Jose Alarcon
Hugo Boss
s.t.
19
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 6'14
20
Angel Madrazo
Gazelle
s.t.
21
Georg Preidler
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
22
Lachlan Morton
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 6'38
23
Daan Olivier
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 7'11
24
Andris Vosekalns
Evonik - ELKO
+ 7'29
25
Nathan Brown
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 8'16
26
Nikita Novikov
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
27
Youcef Reguigui
Eritel - Sonatrach
s.t.
28
Milos Borisavljevic
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
29
Marc Goos
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
30
Francesco Bongiorno
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
31
Conor Dunne
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
32
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Eritel - Sonatrach
s.t.
33
Petr Ignatenko
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
34
Ajay Pandit Chhetri
Strava
+ 9'44
35
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 10'15
36
Rafel Majka
eBuddy
s.t.
37
Martijn Keizer
Aegon - Lavazza
s.t.
38
Timofey Kritskiy
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
39
Florian Morizot
RBC Pro Cycling
s.t.
40
Joey Rosskopf
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 11'21
41
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
42
Thèry Schir
Team UBS
s.t.
43
Jairo Agudelo
Gazelle
+ 11'37
44
Tim Dees
Pendleton's
+ 12'13
45
Antonio Pedrero
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
46
Aberlardo Ablenado
Hugo Boss
s.t.
47
Mirco Saggiorato
Team UBS
s.t.
48
Robin Carpenter
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 12'55
49
Kaspars Sergis
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
50
Cameron Bayly
Festina - Dexia
s.t.
51
Momchil Robov
Spotify - Haglöfs
s.t.
52
Pierre Latour
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
53
Patrick Bevin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
54
BjOrn Tore Hoem
Aker - MOT
s.t.
55
Francis De Greef
Gazelle
s.t.
56
Jes˙s Herrada
Hugo Boss
s.t.
57
Sèbastien Ivars
Team UBS
s.t.
58
Gilles Heymes
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
59
Benjamin Dyball
Jayco - Cobra9
s.t.
60
Christoph Mai
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
61
Tobias Ludvigsson
Spotify - Haglöfs
s.t.
62
Jakub Novak
Festina - Dexia
s.t.
63
Jonas Bjelkmark
Spotify - Haglöfs
s.t.
64
Miguel Angel Benito
Hugo Boss
s.t.
65
Lars Boom
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 13'59
66
Nelson Oliveira
Porto - Prio
+ 15'19
67
Colin St¸ssi
Team Puma - SAP
+ 16'07
68
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
69
Suranga Ranaweera
Ayubowan!
+ 16'34
70
Petr Vakoc
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
71
Mihran Avetisyan
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
72
Maurits Lammertink
eBuddy
+ 16'43
73
Josè Herrada
eBuddy
s.t.
74
David Wöhrer
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
75
Alexandor Cataford
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 16'53
76
Mykhaylo Kononenko
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
77
Charles Matte
RBC Pro Cycling
s.t.
78
Mektel Eyob
Strava
+ 18'55
79
Jonathan Castroviejo
eBuddy
s.t.
80
James Piccoli
Festina - Dexia
s.t.
81
Miguel Angel Lopez
Evonik - ELKO
+ 19'36
82
Edison Bravo
Pendleton's
+ 19'54
83
Brendan Canty
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 20'06
84
Christian Egidio
Porto - Prio
+ 20'25
85
Kristjan Koren
Gazelle
s.t.
86
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
87
Mirko Selvaggi
Strava
s.t.
88
Daniel Hoelgaard
Aker - MOT
s.t.
89
Zdenek Stybar
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
90
Johann van Zyl
RBC Pro Cycling
s.t.
91
Ignas Konovalovas
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 23'06
92
Mekseb Debesay
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 23'29
93
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
Aker - MOT
+ 24'07
94
Richie Porte
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 25'25
95
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
96
Ian Bibby
Gazelle
s.t.
97
Jonathan Bellis
Ayubowan!
s.t.
98
Isaac Bolivar
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 25'38
99
Julian Alaphilippe
Festina - Dexia
+ 26'40
100
Clemens Fankhauser
Strava
+ 27'41
101
Basilio Ramos Ticona
Team UBS
+ 28'32
102
Krisztian Lovassy
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 28'51
103
Tom Dumoulin
Aegon - Lavazza
s.t.
104
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 30'40
105
Angelo Tulik
Strava
s.t.
106
Georgios Bouglas
Festina - Dexia
s.t.
107
Andreas Vangstad
Aker - MOT
s.t.
108
Elias Afewerki
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 31'50
109
Lawson Craddock
Aegon - Lavazza
s.t.
110
Juan Pablo Magallanes
Control Team
s.t.
111
Michael Hepburn
Jayco - Cobra9
s.t.
112
Dmitri Kozontchuk
Strava
s.t.
113
Steven Lammertink
eBuddy
+ 32'33
114
Yannick Stoltz
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
115
Javier AramendÃŒa
Hugo Boss
s.t.
116
Alex Dowsett
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
117
Sachin Dulanjana
Ayubowan!
s.t.
118
Jacob Fiedler
Porto - Prio
s.t.
119
Michael Schär
Team UBS
+ 33'37
120
Nihal Silva
Ayubowan!
s.t.
121
Rodrigo Nascimento
Porto - Prio
s.t.
122
Christoph Taubel
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
123
Micael Isidoro
Control Team
s.t.
124
Natnael Berhane
Eritel - Sonatrach
s.t.
125
Metkel Kiflay
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 35'37
126
King Lok Cheung
Pendleton's
s.t.
127
Luke Keough
RBC Pro Cycling
s.t.
128
Darren Young
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
129
Juan Van Heerden
Eritel - Sonatrach
s.t.
130
Sten Stenersen
Spotify - Haglöfs
s.t.
131
Adrian Malori
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
132
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
133
Risto Aaltio
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
134
Daniel Turek
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
135
Segundo Navarrete
Hugo Boss
s.t.
136
Marios Athanasiades
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
137
Pit Schlechter
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
138
Daniel Vesely
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
139
Oleksandr Golovash
Nemiroff - ABBYY
s.t.
140
Jan Brockhoff
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
141
Jasha S¸tterlin
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
142
Ricardo Van der Velde
eBuddy
s.t.
143
Julien Taramarcaz
Festina - Dexia
+ 36'27
144
Coen Vermeltfoort
eBuddy
+ 36'37
145
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
+ 37'41
146
Ashen Tharuka
Ayubowan!
s.t.
147
Adam Blythe
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
148
Kiril Yatsevich
Tinkoff Sport Academy
s.t.
149
Pieter Jacobs
Festina - Dexia
s.t.
150
Westley Gough
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
151
Greg Van Avermaet
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
152
Eugert Zhupa
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
153
Thomas De Gendt
Gazelle
s.t.
154
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
155
Nejc Kosic
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
s.t.
GC:
1
Rein Taaramäe
Wiesenhof-Andritz
27h15'32
2
Tiago Machado
Porto - Prio
+ 2'57
3
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 3'36
4
Andrei Amador
Team UBS
+ 4'19
5
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'54
6
Tim Wellens
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 12'01
7
Silvio Herklotz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'27
8
Matej Vysna
Moser - Sygic
+ 14'36
9
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
+ 15'45
10
Daan Olivier
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 16'05
11
Angel Madrazo
Gazelle
+ 16'23
12
Merhawi Kudus
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 16'36
13
Matthias Frank
Team UBS
+ 17'57
14
Michel Koch
Evonik - ELKO
+ 18'46
15
Patrick Schelling
Team UBS
+ 19'16
Spoiler
16
Adam Yates
Ayubowan!
+ 19'29
17
Martijn Keizer
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 20'27
18
Rui Pedro Vinhas
Porto - Prio
+ 21'18
19
Jose Alarcon
Hugo Boss
+ 21'36
20
Thomas Lövkvist
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 22'04
21
Francesco Bongiorno
Team Puma - SAP
+ 22'30
22
Marc Goos
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 22'54
23
Nikita Novikov
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 23'14
24
Andris Vosekalns
Evonik - ELKO
+ 24'17
25
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 25'17
26
Florian Morizot
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 26'32
27
Youcef Reguigui
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 27'35
28
Nathan Brown
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 28'08
29
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 30'13
30
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Moser - Sygic
+ 31'09
31
Tobias Ludvigsson
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 33'27
32
Jakub Novak
Festina - Dexia
+ 33'50
33
Georg Preidler
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 34'51
34
Benjamin Dyball
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 34'52
35
Tim Dees
Pendleton's
+ 35'40
36
Joey Rosskopf
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 35'47
37
Patrick Bevin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 36'17
38
Lars Boom
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 36'23
39
Jes˙s Herrada
Hugo Boss
+ 38'09
40
Josè Herrada
eBuddy
+ 38'15
41
Miguel Angel Benito
Hugo Boss
+ 39'12
42
Christoph Mai
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 39'16
43
Mirco Saggiorato
Team UBS
+ 39'20
44
Antonio Pedrero
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 39'29
45
Cameron Bayly
Festina - Dexia
+ 40'10
46
Nelson Oliveira
Porto - Prio
+ 40'12
47
Conor Dunne
Team Puma - SAP
+ 40'20
48
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 41'14
49
Alexandor Cataford
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 41'22
50
Petr Vakoc
Moser - Sygic
+ 41'33
51
Petr Ignatenko
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 41'41
52
Jonas Bjelkmark
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 43'31
53
Thèry Schir
Team UBS
+ 43'37
54
David Wöhrer
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 45'05
55
Aberlardo Ablenado
Hugo Boss
+ 45'24
56
Sèbastien Ivars
Team UBS
+ 45'27
57
Milos Borisavljevic
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 45'35
58
Ajay Pandit Chhetri
Strava
+ 46'33
59
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
+ 46'43
60
BjOrn Tore Hoem
Aker - MOT
+ 46'59
61
Momchil Robov
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 47'12
62
Ignas Konovalovas
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 48'33
63
Gilles Heymes
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 49'00
64
Zdenek Stybar
Moser - Sygic
+ 51'21
65
Robin Carpenter
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 51'36
66
Suranga Ranaweera
Ayubowan!
+ 52'00
67
Colin St¸ssi
Team Puma - SAP
+ 52'59
68
Kaspars Sergis
Evonik - ELKO
+ 54'05
69
Rafel Majka
eBuddy
+ 54'59
70
Jairo Agudelo
Gazelle
+ 55'25
71
Mirko Selvaggi
Strava
+ 55'43
72
Brendan Canty
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 56'46
73
Jonathan Bellis
Ayubowan!
+ 57'24
74
Kristjan Koren
Gazelle
+ 59'18
75
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 59'28
76
Francis De Greef
Gazelle
+ 1h00'47
77
Mihran Avetisyan
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 1h01'40
78
Mykhaylo Kononenko
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 1h01'51
79
Ian Bibby
Gazelle
+ 1h02'07
80
James Piccoli
Festina - Dexia
+ 1h02'27
81
Mekseb Debesay
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 1h02'31
82
Basilio Ramos Ticona
Team UBS
+ 1h03'29
83
Daniel Hoelgaard
Aker - MOT
+ 1h03'38
84
Charles Matte
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 1h04'13
85
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
Aker - MOT
+ 1h05'15
86
Edison Bravo
Pendleton's
+ 1h06'32
87
Christian Egidio
Porto - Prio
+ 1h07'00
88
Jonathan Castroviejo
eBuddy
+ 1h07'30
89
Lachlan Morton
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 1h07'51
90
Natnael Berhane
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 1h08'07
91
Ricardo Van der Velde
eBuddy
+ 1h08'08
92
Johann van Zyl
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 1h08'10
93
Mektel Eyob
Strava
+ 1h08'29
94
Maurits Lammertink
eBuddy
+ 1h10'01
95
Miguel Angel Lopez
Evonik - ELKO
+ 1h12'11
96
Richie Porte
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 1h13'48
97
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h15'36
98
Julian Alaphilippe
Festina - Dexia
+ 1h19'00
99
Lawson Craddock
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 1h21'42
100
Timofey Kritskiy
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 1h21'45
101
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h22'43
102
Andreas Vangstad
Aker - MOT
+ 1h26'02
103
Jacob Fiedler
Porto - Prio
+ 1h26'37
104
Elias Afewerki
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 1h26'38
105
Clemens Fankhauser
Strava
+ 1h27'22
106
Alex Dowsett
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 1h27'47
107
Tom Dumoulin
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 1h28'41
108
Krisztian Lovassy
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 1h28'45
109
Metkel Kiflay
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 1h29'29
110
Pierre Latour
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 1h30'43
111
Michael Hepburn
Jayco - Cobra9
+ 1h32'18
112
Yannick Stoltz
Evonik - ELKO
+ 1h33'04
113
Adrian Malori
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 1h34'37
114
Rodrigo Nascimento
Porto - Prio
+ 1h35'22
115
Georgios Bouglas
Festina - Dexia
+ 1h35'30
116
Thomas De Gendt
Gazelle
+ 1h36'06
117
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 1h37'06
118
Marios Athanasiades
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 1h40'11
119
Daniel Vesely
Moser - Sygic
+ 1h40'12
120
Michael Schär
Team UBS
+ 1h40'30
121
Segundo Navarrete
Hugo Boss
+ 1h40'41
122
Steven Lammertink
eBuddy
+ 1h41'28
123
Coen Vermeltfoort
eBuddy
+ 1h41'42
124
Dmitri Kozontchuk
Strava
+ 1h41'52
125
Angelo Tulik
Strava
+ 1h42'29
126
Nihal Silva
Ayubowan!
+ 1h45'03
127
Adam Blythe
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h49'24
128
Daniel Turek
Moser - Sygic
+ 1h49'44
129
Christoph Taubel
Evonik - ELKO
+ 1h49'51
130
Ashen Tharuka
Ayubowan!
+ 1h50'03
131
King Lok Cheung
Pendleton's
+ 1h51'09
132
Isaac Bolivar
Wiesenhof-Andritz
s.t.
133
Darren Young
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 1h51'35
134
Juan Van Heerden
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 1h52'04
135
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h53'28
136
Greg Van Avermaet
Evonik - ELKO
+ 1h53'41
137
Jasha S¸tterlin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h53'45
138
Juan Pablo Magallanes
Control Team
+ 1h54'16
139
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 1h55'45
140
Julien Taramarcaz
Festina - Dexia
+ 1h55'52
141
Pieter Jacobs
Festina - Dexia
+ 1h56'07
142
Luke Keough
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 1h56'38
143
Pit Schlechter
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h57'01
144
Westley Gough
Moser - Sygic
+ 1h57'13
145
Jan Brockhoff
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 1h59'48
146
Eugert Zhupa
Moser - Sygic
+ 2h02'11
147
Oleksandr Golovash
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 2h02'22
148
Sten Stenersen
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 2h02'42
149
Kiril Yatsevich
Tinkoff Sport Academy
+ 2h04'01
150
Javier AramendÃŒa
Hugo Boss
+ 2h07'00
151
Sachin Dulanjana
Ayubowan!
+ 2h14'27
152
Micael Isidoro
Control Team
+ 2h16'24
153
Risto Aaltio
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 2h17'01
154
Nejc Kosic
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
+ 2h21'01
155
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
+ 2h45'52
Points:
1
Rein Taaramäe
Wiesenhof-Andritz
115
2
Tiago Machado
Porto - Prio
79
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
70
4
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Nemiroff - ABBYY
60
5
Andrei Amador
Team UBS
59
6
Daniel Vesely
Moser - Sygic
54
7
Greg Van Avermaet
Evonik - ELKO
40
8
Silvio Herklotz
Team Puma - SAP
36
9
Julian Alaphilippe
Festina - Dexia
30
10
Daan Olivier
Aegon - Lavazza
29
KOM:
1
Rein Taaramäe
Wiesenhof-Andritz
78
2
Tiago Machado
Porto - Prio
54
3
Michel Koch
Evonik - ELKO
48
4
Petr Ignatenko
Tinkoff Sport Academy
33
5
Momchil Robov
Spotify - Haglöfs
33
6
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
30
7
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Nemiroff - ABBYY
28
8
Tom Dumoulin
Aegon - Lavazza
28
9
Jan Brockhoff
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
26
10
Andrei Amador
Team UBS
22
Young Rider's:
1
Silvio Herklotz
Team Puma - SAP
27h27'59
2
Daan Olivier
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 3'38
3
Merhawi Kudus
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 4'09
4
Adam Yates
Ayubowan!
+ 7'02
5
Andris Vosekalns
Evonik - ELKO
+ 11'50
6
Miguel Angel Benito
Hugo Boss
+ 26'45
7
Conor Dunne
Team Puma - SAP
+ 27'53
8
Alexandor Cataford
RBC Pro Cycling
+ 28'55
9
Petr Vakoc
Moser - Sygic
+ 29'06
10
Thèry Schir
Team UBS
+ 31'10
Teams:
1
Team UBS
81h08'10
2
Wiesenhof-Andritz
+ 16'03
3
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 16'13
4
Porto - Prio
+ 19'09
5
Spotify - Haglöfs
+ 22'26
6
Team Puma - SAP
+ 25'02
7
Eritel - Sonatrach
+ 27'12
8
Aegon - Lavazza
+ 30'07
9
Nemiroff - ABBYY
+ 35'24
10
Moser - Sygic
+ 42'09
DNF:
Salas
Pereyra
Zmorka
Dal Col
Campanaerts
Predatsch
Goldstein
van Baarle
Insausti
Gaudy
de Backer
O’Shea
Barth
Olman
Oram
Gretsch
Lightart
Schadlich
Fonseca
Purer
Cancellara
Frison
Wetterhall
Nooytens
Kovalev
