July 06, 2012 (Metz, France) – The biggest talking point of the stage from Epernay to Metz will be the crash that took out half the peloton with 26km to go. Not only did it force at least three men to abandon the Tour but it caused the likes of Franck Schleck, Pierre Rolland, Alejandro Valverde, Mark Cavendish and large number of others to lose significant time.

The two big pre-race favorites for the general classification – Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins – survived the carnage near Gorze and so too did most of the sprint specialists with the notable exception of Mark Cavendish. While riders like Ryder Hesjedal limped to the finish nursing horrible wounds and moral that was shot to pieces because they’ve essentially been put out of contention for the yellow jersey even before the first mountain stages, there was still the battle for the prestige of a stage victory taking place up ahead.

Lotto-Belisol already conceded that it wouldn’t have their main sprinter in one hundred percent condition as Andre Greipel had crashed twice in the early stanza of the stage, but it dominated the front peloton that swallowed up the final escape, Dave Zabriskie inside the final two kilometers. With four men at the front going in to the final turn it seem possible that Greipel would become the first man to take a hat-trick of sprint stages since Mario Cipollini in 1999 but he was injured and not able to fire on all cylinders.

Instead it was the other multiple stage winner from 2012 who proved that he’s resilient, cunning and super fast – Peter Sagan came off the wheel of the Lotto Express inside the final 300m, just as a member of Vacansoleil’s lead-out train snapped a chain. From there the man in the green jersey put daylight between him and the next best in Metz, André Greipel.

Progress report
The 207.5km sixth stage of the 2012 Tour de France, from Epernay to Metz, was essentially on a flat course with only one categorized hill (the cat-4 cÙte de BuxiËres at 145km) and another feature of the race was the intermediate sprint was in Saint-Mihiel (at 135.5km). There were 194 riders at the sign on and the official start was at 12.34pm. There was a fall in the neutral zone that involved Porte (SKY) and van den Broeck (LTB).

Dave Z instigates the escape
After a fast start, the first rider to break free of the peloton was Dave Zabriskie (GRS) at 7.5km he was caught by three others: Malacarne (EUC), Zingle (COF) and Kroon (STB). At 12km, they were ahead by 1’50”. The advantage reached 4’00” at 18km and that’s when RadioShack and Lotto put riders on the front of the peloton which seemed intent on keeping the escapees at around that margin… and then, at the 35km mark there was a crash that involved, amongst others: Gesink (RAB), Gutierrez, Valverde (MOV), Westra (VCD), Greipel (LTB), Peraud (ALM). This prompted an easing in the pace of the chase and, at 40km, the bunch was 6’00” behind. The average speed for the first hour was 42.2km/h.

The maximum gain of the escape was 6’50” at the 72km mark. The average speed for the second hour was 40.5km/h. On the approach to the intermediate sprint, more riders from Orica-GreenEdge came to the front of the bunch and, along with Lotto-Belisol riders, they lifted the pace of the bunch significantly. At 130km (ie. 5km from the sprint line) the advantage of the escapees was just 3’20”.

Goss beats Cavendish at intermediate sprint
In the lead-up to the sprint a number of Orica-GreenEdge riders – Albasini, O’Grady and Impey – set a rapid pace. In the escape group Kroon made sure he got the 20 points for first. Then, at the head of the peloton Vacansoleil took charge of the lead-out before Sky had three men – Eisel, Boasson Hagen and Cavendish came around and into the lead. Goss jumped early and got the 11 points for fifth place. The Tasmanian beat Cavendish and Sagan while three other Orica riders took points. By then the peloton was just 2’50” behind.

Leading to the cimb there was another fast surge from the peloton and it was just 1’30” behind. Zabriskie took the climbing point and the bunch was 1’40” behind but a Rabobank rider appeared to get tangled up in the barriers and this caused many in the peloton to stop just near the top of the ascent. Greipel, Farrar and Mollema were involved and the pace of the peloton eased and the advantage grew to 1’50”.

Crash splits the peloton!
Just as the leader passed under the 25km to go mark – and the bunch was at 26km – there was a huge crash in the peloton. It involved the likes of Schleck, Cavendish, Boasson Hagen, Peraud and many others (who you’ll see down the rankings for the stage) and it forced the retirement of Poels (VCD). Cancellara, Evans, Wiggins, van Garderen, Nibali, and Basso all survived, as did most of the Orica-GreenEdge team that took control of the front bunch. The Australian team was largely responsible for setting the pace until the last of the four escapees, Zabriskie, was caught inside the final 2km. The Lotto team controlled the lead-out but it had no answer to the speed of Sagan who increased his lead in the points classification with his third victory in his Tour debut.

Results

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:37:00
2. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
3. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
6. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
7. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-ISD
8. Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
9. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
10. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:04
11. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12. Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
13. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
14. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
15. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
16. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
17. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
18. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
19. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
21. Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Sky Procycling
22. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
24. Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
25. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
26. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
27. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
28. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
29. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
30. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
31. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
33. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan
34. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
35. Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36. Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
37. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan
38. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
39. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
40. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
42. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling
43. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
44. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
45. Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
46. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
47. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
49. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
50. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
51. Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team
52. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
53. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
54. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
55. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
56. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
57. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
58. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
59. Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
60. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
62. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:15
63. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-ISD 0:00:16
64. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:21
65. Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:00:32
66. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
67. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) BMC Racing Team
68. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
69. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
70. Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:00:55
72. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp
73. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:57
74. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:10
75. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:20
76. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:22
77. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
78. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:04
79. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:39
80. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:02:09
81. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
82. Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
83. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
84. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
85. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
86. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
87. Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano
88. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
89. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
90. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91. Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
92. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
93. Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
94. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
95. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
96. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
97. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
98. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
99. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
100. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
101. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team
102. Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-ISD
103. Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
104. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
105. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
106. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
107. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:18
108. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team 0:02:21
109. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:13
110. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:31
111. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
112. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:03:52
113. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:53
114. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
115. Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:11
116. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:06:02
117. Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano
118. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
119. Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
120. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Esp) Katusha Team
121. Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre-ISD
122. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
123. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Sky Procycling
124. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
125. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan
126. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
127. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
128. Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
129. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
130. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
131. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
132. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
133. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
134. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
135. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Katusha Team
136. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team
137. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
138. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:07:00
139. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:04
140. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
141. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre-ISD
142. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:10:01
143. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
144. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team
145. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
146. Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano
147. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:50
148. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
149. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:13:24
150. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
151. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
152. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano
153. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano
154. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
155. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
156. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
157. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
158. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
159. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
160. Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-ISD
161. Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
162. Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
163. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
164. Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-ISD
165. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
166. Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
167. Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
168. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
169. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
170. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
171. Robert Hunter (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp
172. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp
173. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
174. Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
175. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
176. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
177. Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
178. Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
179. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
180. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team
181. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
182. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp
183. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
184. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
185. Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
186. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
187. Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
188. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
189. Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
190. Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 0:16:12
DNF Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre-ISD
DNF Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
DNF Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22. Garmin-Sharp 0:27:39

GC after stage 6

1. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 29:22:36
2. Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5. Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
6. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
7. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18
8. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:19
9. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
10. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:22
11. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
12. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:23
13. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:24
14. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
15. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
16. Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
17. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:28
18. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:29
19. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:35
20. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:40
21. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:42
22. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:45
23. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:48
24. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:29
25. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:30
26. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:38
27. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:01:41
28. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:02:09
29. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:02:16
30. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:26
31. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:02:27
32. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
33. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:28
34. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team 0:02:40
35. Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:02:42
37. Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:43
38. Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:46
39. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:02:48
40. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:50
41. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:52
42. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:54
43. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:05
44. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:06
45. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:03:44
46. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:03:50
47. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:57
48. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:00
49. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:04:02
50. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:03
51. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:13
52. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:26
53. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:40
54. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:04:49
55. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:04
56. Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:05:13
57. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:27
58. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:20
59. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:06:25
60. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:06:36
61. Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:06:50
62. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Katusha Team 0:06:55
63. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:02
64. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:07:22
65. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:07:25
66. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:41
67. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:46
68. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:07:58
69. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:05
70. Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:08:28
71. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:32
72. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:36
73. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:08:43
74. Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:44
75. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:46
76. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:56
77. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:08:59
78. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-ISD 0:09:01
79. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:09:05
80. Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:09:10
81. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:13
82. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:09:17
83. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:09:19
84. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:09:42
85. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:09:56
86. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:10:09
87. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:10
88. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:12
89. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:10:16
90. Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:39
91. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:40
92. Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:53
93. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
94. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:05
95. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:20
96. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:11:29
97. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:11:32
98. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) BMC Racing Team 0:12:13
99. Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:12:21
100. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:12:22
101. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:23
102. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:12:27
103. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:12:41
104. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:12:45
105. Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:12:50
106. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:54
107. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:13:27
108. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:13:38
109. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:48
110. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team 0:14:00
111. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:14:02
112. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:14:06
113. Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:14:13
114. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:14:17
115. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
116. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:14:19
117. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:14:34
118. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Esp) Katusha Team
119. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
120. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:14:48
121. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:14:50
122. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:15:02
123. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team 0:15:09
124. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:15:15
125. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:15:23
126. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:15:42
127. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:15:49
128. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:15:54
129. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:16:02
130. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:16:07
131. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:16:12
132. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:16:15
133. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:28
134. Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:16:38
135. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:16:55
136. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:17:30
137. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:17:34
138. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:18:07
139. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:18:09
140. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:18:18
141. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team 0:18:19
142. Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:18:44
143. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 0:18:48
144. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:18:53
145. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:06
146. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:19:07
147. Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:19:10
148. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:19:27
149. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:19:36
150. Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:19:40
151. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:19:47
152. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:19:50
153. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:52
154. Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre-ISD 0:19:54
155. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:20:22
156. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre-ISD 0:20:32
157. Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:20:49
158. Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21:23
159. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
160. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:21:35
161. Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:21:39
162. Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:21:46
163. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:21:47
164. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:22:07
165. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:22:37
166. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team 0:23:02
167. Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:23:07
168. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:23:10
169. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:23:23
170. Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:23:56
171. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:24:01
172. Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:25:11
173. Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-ISD 0:25:19
174. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp 0:25:31
175. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:26:12
176. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:26:19
177. Robert Hunter (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp 0:26:24
178. Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:42
179. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:26:57
180. Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:27:39
181. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:27:49
182. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:27:53
183. Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:28:51
184. Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 0:29:21
185. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:31:28
186. Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:31:46
187. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:32:32
188. Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:33:22
189. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:34:27
190. Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:52:30