July 19/12 13:54 pm - Tour de France: Stage 17
Posted by Editoress on 07/19/12
Valverde's successful return
Movistar had won a stage of the 2011 Tour de France with Rui Costa triumphant in Super Besse but really the Spanish team was always thinking about the return of its true leader Alejandro Valverde who was busy serving a suspension last year. Now that he's back in the race, he's back on the podium. He wasn't the contender for GC honours that Movistar would have hoped for - as he's well down the rankings - but that meant he was able to put himself in an escape group and chase a victory in the final stage in the Pyrenees of the 99th edition. And it was Costa who helped set up his leader for an impressive return to winning form at the Tour.
Valverde seems to have benefitted greatly from the tactics employed by Sky as it seemed apparent that Chris Froome was keen to race ahead of his team leader Bradley Wiggins in the final kilometres to try and claim a second stage win but instead he remained loyal to the yellow jersey and paced him all the way to the line where the two Brits finished second and third in a stage that had plenty of drama, created a few changes to the top order of GC but really didn't offer too many surprises. Now it's out of the mountains, onward to the time trial and then a Sky party in Paris...!
The progress report
The 143.5km 17th stage of the 2012 Tour de France started at 1.02pm with 153 riders in the race. The race from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes included five categorised climbs: the cat-1 Col de Menté (27.5km), cat-2 Col des Ares (55.5km), cat-3 Cote de Burs (76km), the final ‘HC' climb of the 99th Tour, the Port de Balès (at 111.5km) and then the final climb, ranked cat-1, which gave double points and was just 1km from the finish. The intermediate sprint was at 81km in Loures-Barousse. As soon as the flag fell to signal the start, we saw Burghardt (BMC) attack... again. He's done that five times in the 2012 Tour. There were several mild attacks before the first climb with a group of 23 ahead by 15” at 19km. Included in this move was Monfort (RNT), Taaramae (COF), Plaza (MOV), Valverde (MOV), Voeckler (EUC), Rolland (EUC), Martin (GRS), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Feillu (SAU), Jeandesboz (SAU), Vanendert (LTB) Menchov (KAT), Trofimov (KAT), Casar (FDJ), Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff (AST) and Leipheimer (OPQ). They were caught at 25km.
The early attacks
Valverde attacked again and drew Rolland with him. From behind Kessiakoff made a big attack and put distance into Voeckler but the rider in the polka-dot jersey responded well and, with the help of Rolland, was able to get to the front and into the lead before the top of the climb. On the descent a group of eight formed including Nibali who bridged the gap to the leaders when the road was wet and slippery. The rider in third overall reached a gain of as much as 25” (putting him briefly into virtual second) but he then shook hands with Valverde and allowed the seven to continue their escape without the pressure of having a threat to the GC lead up front. Nibali was caught at 39km.
The 17 stage leaders given little leeway
Voeckler, Martinez, Nibali, Peraud, Casar, Valverde, Costa, and Kessiakoff had a lead of 40” over 10 counter-attackers over the top of the second climb. Of course Voeckler attacked for the five points, of course Kessiakoff chased him... and Voeckler won that sprint. In the chase group included: Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam (RAB), Sorensen (STB), Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer (OPQ) and Weening (OGE). The peloton was at 1'40”. At 68km the chase group caught the lead group. The maximum gain of the escape was 3'05” at 71km. Cavendish and Porte (SKY) both crashed in the feedzone but remounted their bikes quickly and rejoined the peloton. All of the Liquigas team led the peloton from start of the second climb onward until the base of the Port de Balès. The bunch was 2'15” behind the escapees at the base of the fourth climb.
Port de Balès sets the scene for final climb
Azanza, Izaguirre and Kadri attacked the lead group but with 8km to climb, they were caught by a group of five: Leipheimer, Martinez, Valverde, Casar, Costa and Plaza. Once together, Costa attacked he rode several kilometres on his own but he was in the sights of the second group (Izaguirre, Martinez, Valverde and Leipheimer). Costa's move was part of a ploy to get Valverde to the front; the Movistar leader attacked, with 3.5km to go on the Port de Balès, and most others from the escape were swallowed up by the peloton. At the top Valverde led Martinez and Costa by 35”, Kadri and Leipheimer by 1'37”, Voeckler and Kessiakoff by 2'00”, Izaguirre by 2'12” and the peloton – led by van den Broeck and Nerz – by 2'30”.
There were no big changes to that sequence on the descent and the only thing that altered the order before the final climb was Costa taking a left turn when he should have gone right. With 15km to go, Valverde led Martinez by 1'55”, Costa by 2'30” and the peloton by 2'45”. Nerz's turned ended with 10km to go and then Basso led until Vanendert attacked. This was followed by a move from the Lotto-Belisol team leader, Van den Broeck who attacked 8.5km from the finish. By then Evans had recently been dropped and a group of 10 had formed as the first chase group of Valverde. The yellow jersey group was: Wiggins, Froome, Van Garderen, Horner, Nibali, Rolland, Vanendert, Pinot, Nibali and Rolland. From this selection, Pinot was the most willing to attack. He sped ahead with 3.5km to go and Wiggins and Froome followed; that's when the rider in second overall started looking behind (at Wiggins) more than he looked ahead. There had been some discussion but it seemed that the domestique was trying to convince the team leader that he should be allowed to attack and chase a second stage win in his debut Tour (and increase his advantage over third place on GC) but Wiggins didn't seem to react to any of Froome's questions. And thus they rode together to the finish, 19” behind the stage winner.
Valverde's third Tour stage win...
Valverde won at Courchevel in his Tour debut in 2005 and took the first yellow jersey with a victory on day one in 2008 and today, in his comeback to the Tour, he gave Spain its second win of the 2012 Tour (after Luis Sanchez) and the first this year for Movistar. He had a lead of two minutes at the base of the final climb and was able to maintain an advantage all the way to the line. Chances are he benefitted from the confusion that seemed to exist with the Sky riders who finished second and third in the stage but that's now only the subject of post-stage analysis.
Froome finished second, Wiggins was third and they have increased their advantage over Nibali on GC. The Italian slipped from 2'23” behind at the start of the stage to 2'41”. Van Garderen moves up from sixth to fifth after the collapse of Zubeldia on the final climb and Wiggins will wear the yellow jersey in stage 18.
ASO report
Jerseys
Leader - Yellow: Bradley Wiggins
Points - Green: Peter Sagan
Climber - Polka Dot: Thomas Voeckler
Young Rider - White: Tejay van Garderen
Combative - Red: Alejandro Valverde
Team: RadioShack-Nissan
Results
| Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes, 143.5 km | |
| 1 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 4:12:11 |
| 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:19 |
| 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | s.t. |
| 4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:22 |
| 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:26 |
| 6 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. |
| 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:37 |
| 8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:54 |
| 9 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:02 |
| 10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 1:11 |
| 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:14 |
| 12 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:30 |
| 13 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:39 |
| 14 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:46 |
| 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:55 |
| 16 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:10 |
| 17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | |
| 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:37 |
| 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 3:17 |
| 22 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 23 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | both s.t. |
| 24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 4:10 |
| 25 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 6:28 |
| 27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 6:46 |
| 28 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 29 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 6:55 |
| 30 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | |
| 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 32 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 33 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:33 |
| 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 8:19 |
| 35 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 9:06 |
| 36 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 9:37 |
| 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 10:02 |
| 38 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 10:42 |
| 39 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 40 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 11:12 |
| 41 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. |
| 42 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 11:21 |
| 43 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 13:59 |
| 44 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 15:02 |
| 45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 46 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 47 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | all s.t. |
| 48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 16:01 |
| 49 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 16:06 |
| 50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 51 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 52 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 53 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 55 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 56 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 57 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 58 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 59 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 60 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 61 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 63 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 64 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 65 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 66 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 67 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 68 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 69 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 70 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 71 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 72 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | |
| 74 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
| 76 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 77 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 78 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 79 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 22:16 |
| 80 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 81 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | both s.t. |
| 82 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 22:36 |
| 83 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 23:20 |
| 84 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | 28:16 |
| 85 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 86 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 87 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | all s.t. |
| 88 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 30:57 |
| 89 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 90 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 91 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 92 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 94 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 95 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 96 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 97 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 98 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 99 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 101 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 102 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 103 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 104 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 105 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | |
| 106 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 107 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 109 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 110 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 111 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 112 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 113 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 114 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 115 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 116 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 118 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 119 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 120 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 121 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 122 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 123 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | |
| 124 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
| 125 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 126 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 127 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 128 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 129 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 130 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 131 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 132 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 133 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 134 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 135 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 136 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 137 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 138 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 139 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 140 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 141 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 142 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 143 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | |
| 144 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | |
| 145 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 146 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | |
| 147 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 148 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | |
| 149 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 150 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 151 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 31:32 |
| 152 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 153 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | both s.t. |
| GC | |
| 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 78:28:02 |
| 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:05 |
| 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:41 |
| 4 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 5:53 |
| 5 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 8:30 |
| 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 9:57 |
| 7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan | 10:11 |
| 8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 10:17 |
| 9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 11:00 |
| 10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 11:46 |
| 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 12:58 |
| 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 14:09 |
| 13 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 14:22 |
| 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 18:34 |
| 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 22:42 |
| 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 24:24 |
| 17 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 25:32 |
| 18 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 29:43 |
| 19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 33:07 |
| 20 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 33:38 |
| 21 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 35:59 |
| 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 41:47 |
| 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 48:20 |
| 24 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 49:52 |
| 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 52:36 |
| 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 53:01 |
| 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 54:29 |
| 28 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 55:00 |
| 29 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 58:30 |
| 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 59:02 |
| 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:02:05 |
| 32 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:08:24 |
| 33 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:09:08 |
| 34 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:10:38 |
| 35 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:11:07 |
| 36 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 1:20:30 |
| 37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:20:53 |
| 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 1:21:35 |
| 39 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:25:29 |
| 40 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:27:14 |
| 41 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 1:28:33 |
| 42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 1:32:30 |
| 43 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:33:16 |
| 44 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | 1:33:52 |
| 45 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:33:54 |
| 46 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 1:34:13 |
| 47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:34:36 |
| 48 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 1:37:48 |
| 49 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:37:58 |
| 50 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:39:00 |
| 51 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:39:44 |
| 52 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:40:01 |
| 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 1:42:14 |
| 54 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 1:44:50 |
| 55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 1:46:18 |
| 56 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:47:19 |
| 57 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:48:39 |
| 58 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 1:48:49 |
| 59 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:48:50 |
| 60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:49:40 |
| 61 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:51:08 |
| 62 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1:55:00 |
| 63 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:55:30 |
| 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:56:26 |
| 65 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:59:21 |
| 66 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:00:30 |
| 67 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:01:54 |
| 68 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:03:22 |
| 69 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:04:16 |
| 70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:06:24 |
| 71 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:07:20 |
| 72 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:07:26 |
| 73 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:08:13 |
| 74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:08:58 |
| 75 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 2:09:25 |
| 76 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:09:31 |
| 77 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:10:10 |
| 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 2:11:36 |
| 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2:12:57 |
| 80 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 2:14:16 |
| 81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:17:09 |
| 82 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 2:17:56 |
| 83 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 2:18:29 |
| 84 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:19:17 |
| 85 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:22:50 |
| 86 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:23:22 |
| 87 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:23:44 |
| 88 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:26:57 |
| 89 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:27:11 |
| 90 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:27:38 |
| 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:29:52 |
| 92 Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 2:30:51 |
| 93 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 2:31:12 |
| 94 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:31:55 |
| 95 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:37:21 |
| 96 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:37:50 |
| 97 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 2:39:43 |
| 98 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:41:23 |
| 99 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 2:42:10 |
| 100 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:43:02 |
| 101 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:43:04 |
| 102 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:43:25 |
| 103 Francis de Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:43:41 |
| 104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:45:15 |
| 105 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:45:34 |
| 106 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:45:57 |
| 107 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 2:47:02 |
| 108 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 2:47:23 |
| 109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 2:47:25 |
| 110 Koen de Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 2:47:51 |
| 111 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:49:45 |
| 112 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:49:49 |
| 113 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:49:59 |
| 114 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 2:51:05 |
| 115 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:52:53 |
| 116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 2:53:51 |
| 117 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:54:19 |
| 118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 2:54:55 |
| 119 Joan Horrach (Esp) Katusha Team | 2:56:01 |
| 120 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 2:57:29 |
| 121 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 2:58:11 |
| 122 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:00:04 |
| 123 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:00:11 |
| 124 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep | 3:01:37 |
| 125 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 3:02:59 |
| 126 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:03:13 |
| 127 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:04:34 |
| 128 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3:05:40 |
| 129 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3:05:46 |
| 130 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3:05:56 |
| 131 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 3:07:33 |
| 132 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 3:07:59 |
| 133 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 3:10:06 |
| 134 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:11:36 |
| 135 Borut Bozic (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 3:11:45 |
| 136 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 3:12:14 |
| 137 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 3:12:20 |
| 138 Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 3:14:03 |
| 139 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 3:15:24 |
| 140 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:16:19 |
| 141 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3:16:48 |
| 142 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 3:18:39 |
| 143 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 3:20:08 |
| 144 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 3:21:46 |
| 145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 3:21:51 |
| 146 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEDGE Cycling Team | 3:26:57 |
| 147 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3:28:28 |
| 148 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 3:29:06 |
| 149 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 3:31:18 |
| 150 Johan van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp | 3:31:49 |
| 151 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3:40:19 |
| 152 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 3:44:02 |
| 153 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3:45:23 |
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