July 12, 2013   (Saint-Amand-Montrond, France) – The 13th stage was one of back luck for the rider ranked second in the general classification; in the middle of a bout of action that was instigated by Omega Pharma-Quickstep at the 56km mark – and caused the peloton to split into three groups – the Movistar team leader had a rear puncture. Ultimately five team-mates waited for Valverde who suffered his mechanical at the 84km mark. He lost 37″ to the yellow jersey’s group that was paced by Belkin and Omega riders at a time when the second pelotonw as behind by 1’20”.

After a furious chase, Plaza (MOV) lost contact with the Valverde sextet and this prompted the Movistar group to wait for the second peloton that still had a fair chase on its hands to catch the yellow jersey group. Valverde was the biggest loser from his misfortune but the race was on in earnest from the moment 84km to go mark and he ultimately trailed in almost 10 minutes behind the stage winner. Yes, Mark Cavendish won. Of course he did. But this was far from a standard sprint stage. It was a huge bout by the GC rivals and one cunning team that, as a collective, won the ‘Fighting Spirit’ award. Omega Pharma started battle, a puncture knocked a favourite out, and the Saxo-Tinkoff kept on punching through to the end when it realised that Froome was vulnerable.

This was a day when a sprinter won, but many of the GC specialists lost. Froome keeps his overall lead but it was anything but an easy task. He is now 2’28” ahead of second, Bauke Mollema with Alberto Contador edging closer to the overall lead, just 2’45” behind the Sky team’s leader.The best sprinter of this generation won his 25th Tour de France stage in St-Amand Montrond but it’s not the sprint that this epic bout will be remembered for. This was a fight that knocked Valverde out of GC contention and benefited the Saxo-Tinkoff and Belkin teams enormously. The mountains await but the action continues as the 100th Tour races towards Lyon in stage 14.?

The progress report
The 173km stage from Tours to St-Amand-Montrond began at 1.30pm after the longest neutral zone so far this year (14.3km). There were 181 riders in the race with Boasson Hagen (SKY) the non-starter because of a fractured right scapula. The conditions were warm with temperatures over 30 degrees during the stage that featured only one categorised hill – the cÙte de Crotz (cat-4 at 77.5km). The intermediate sprint was in Saint-Aoustrille (112.5km).

Six go on the attack… Omega Pharma-Quickstep split the pack
At the 2km mark, Niemiec (LAM) went on the attack and he was joined by Perez (EUS), Gene (EUC), MatÈ (COF), Boeckmans (VCD) and Lemoine (SOJ) and although the peloton didn’t react, they weren’t given a lot of leeway. At 20km, they were ahead by 2’30”. It was a fast start to the stage with the opening hour raced at an average speed of 44.5km/h. At the 56km mark, seven riders from Omega Pharma-Quick went to the front of the peloton and did a strong acceleration that reeled in the escapees from 3’50” (the maximum gain of the break) to 2’20”. This move split the bunch into three but all the prize classification leaders – Froome (SKY), Sagan (CAN), Rolland (EUC) and Kwiatkowski (OPQ) – were present in the lead group while Kittel (ARG) was one of the riders in the second group (20″ behind at the 67km mark) and Hesjedal (GRS) was in the third group (at 40″). With 100km to go, the first peloton was 1’00” behind the six stage leaders and the Kittel group was at 1’30”.

Valverde puncture causes crisis for Movistar…
With 96km to go, the first peloton caught the six escapees. The second peloton was 50″ behind at the top of the climb (95km from the finish) were: Gilbert (BMC), Bardet (ALM), Kittel (ARG). Rolland grabbed the climbing point at Crotz. Belkin and Omega Pharma-Quickstep both had at least seven men in the front group and these two teams continued to set a high tempo that limited the chances of the bunches reforming. At the feedzone (84km), Valverde punctured and three Movistar team-mates waited for him and paced him back up to the peloton; he lost 37″ with his wheel change. Belkin and Omega Pharma pushed the pace after Valverde’s flat but Sky didn’t try and take advantage of misfortune… with 77km to go, the Valverde group was caught by the second peloton that was 1’05” behind the yellow jersey’s peloton. Rolland also punctured (52km from the finish). Reza and Gautier waited for him but he too would have to wait for the second peloton that was 50″ behind with 50km to go.

Saxo-Tinkoff do more damage
With 32km to go, five Saxo-Tinkoff team moved to the front and split the peloton, distancing the yellow jersey. With 22km to go, The riders in the lead of the stage are: Sagan (CAN), Bodnar (CAN), Fuglsang (AST), Contador (TST), Bennati (TST), Kreuziger (TST), Roche (TST), Rogers (TST), Tosatto (TST), Cavendish (OPQ), Chavanel (OPQ), Tepstra (OPQ), Mollema (BEL) and Ten Dam (BEL) were the riders in the front group. Froome was with Stannard, Kennaugh and Thomas in a group that was behind by 20″. The with 10km to go, the 14 were ahead of Froome’s group by 45″ and Valverde’s group was over seven minutes behind. The gains for the leaders continued to grow all the way to the finish and Froome would lose 1’09” to Contador.

Cavendish collects a 25th stage win!
The panel voting for the ‘Fighting Spirit’ award recognised the contribution of the entire Omega Pharma-Quickstep squad as the entire team was voted the most aggressive in the stage. (Mark Cavendish was called to the podium even before the sprint began as he was to be the team’s representative for this prize that is usually only awarded to one rider.) Saxo-Tinkoff was the other dominant formation in a highly animated stage and six from the Danish team led until the 1,200m to go mark when Terpstra launched an attack. He was chased down and Chavanel then took over as the last lead-out man for Cavendish who marked Sagan all the way to the final 350m.

The British champion began his sprint early and even Sagan bowed his head early in defeat; Cavendish beat the green jersey easily to win his 25th stage at the Tour de France from a group of just nine riders who were awarded ‘same time’. Contador was in this selection and the Saxo-Tinkoff team leader moved up from fourth to third overall. Mollema was third in the stage and moved up to second on GC as Valverde ultimately lost 9’54”! Froome was 26th in the stage and he would continue to lead the Tour but his advantage to second placed Mollema was 2’28”. The Sky leader will wear the yellow jersey in stage 14.

Results

1. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:48
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
4. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
5. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
7. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:06
10. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:09
11. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:11
12. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:17
13. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:19
14. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:53
15. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:09
16. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
17. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
18. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun
19. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
20. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
21. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
22. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23. Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
24. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
25. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
26. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling
27. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
28. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
29. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
30. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
31. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
33. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
34. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha
35. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
36. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
37. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp
38. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
39. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
41. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
42. Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha
43. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
44. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
45. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
46. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
47. Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
48. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
49. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
50. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
51. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
52. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
54. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
55. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
56. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
57. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
58. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37
59. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling 1:54
60. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 2:14
61. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 2:15
62. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:34
63. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling 2:39
64. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:43
65. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3:32
66. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 4:30
67. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 5:29
68. Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
69. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team 9:54
70. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team
71. Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
72. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun
73. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
74. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
75. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr
76. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
77. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
78. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
79. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica-GreenEdge
80. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
81. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
83. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
84. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
85. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
86. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
87. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
89. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
90. Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
91. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
92. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun
93. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
94. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun
95. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
96. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
97. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
98. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
99. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
100. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
101. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
102. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
103. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
104. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
105. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
106. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
107. Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
109. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling
110. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
112. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
113. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
114. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
115. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
116. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
117. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
118. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
119. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
120. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:15
121. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17
122. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
123. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
124. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
125. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
126. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
127. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:11
128. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
129. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha
130. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
131. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp
132. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
133. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
134. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
135. John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
136. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
137. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
138. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
139. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
140. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
141. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
142. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
143. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
144. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
145. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
146. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
147. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
148. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 0:10:19
149. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge
150. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
151. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
152. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
153. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 10:23
154. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Sky Procycling
155. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11:47
156. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 13:36
157. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
158. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team
159. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
160. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
161. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
162. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
163. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
164. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
165. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
166. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol
167. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
168. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
169. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
170. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
171. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
172. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
173. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
174. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
175. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
176. Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
177. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
178. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
179. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team
180. Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
181. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling

GC after Stage 13
1. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 51:00:30
2. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:28
3. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:45
4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:48
5. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3:01
6. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 4:39
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4:44
8. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 5:18
9. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5:39
10. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha 5:48
11. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 5:52
12. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 6:54
13. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7:28
14. Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 8:32
15. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 10:16
16. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team 12:10
17. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 13:11
18. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 14:22
19. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14:50
20. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14:57
21. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16:49
22. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha 18:36
23. Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19:43
24. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team 19:59
25. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20:35
26. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 21:01
27. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 21:54
28. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 25:33
29. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 26:42
30. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 30:04
31. Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 30:17
32. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 31:29
33. John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32:14
34. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 32:48
35. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 33:15
36. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun 33:40
37. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 33:43
38. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 34:13
39. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 36:05
40. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36:43
41. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 37:40
42. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37:48
43. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 38:08
44. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 38:36
45. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack Leopard 38:42
46. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team 40:49
47. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 41:24
48. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 43:47
49. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 44:25
50. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica-GreenEdge 44:38
51. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 44:49
52. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 45:29
53. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 47:09
54. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 48:49
55. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 48:56
56. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 52:32
57. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 52:58
58. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53:32
59. Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 54:51
60. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 54:57
61. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 55:45
62. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56:30
63. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 58:13
64. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 58:56
65. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 59:28
66. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 59:52
67. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:00:16
68. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:01:32
69. Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:01:45
70. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:03:02
71. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:03:16
72. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:03:24
73. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:03:41
74. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 1:03:51
75. Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha 1:03:56
76. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:04:16
77. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:06:01
78. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:07:37
79. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:07:44
80. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge 1:07:50
81. Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:07:51
82. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:08:02
83. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:08:12
84. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1:08:16
85. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:12:08
86. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:13:18
87. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Sky Procycling 1:13:54
88. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:14:44
89. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:15:24
90. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:15:36
91. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team 1:16:01
92. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:17:04
93. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:17:09
94. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:17:53
95. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:19:16
96. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:19:34
97. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:19:45
98. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:21
99. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:20:15
100. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:20:45
101. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 1:21:39
102. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp 1:21:52
103. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:24:04
104. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 1:26:13
105. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1:26:21
106. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team 1:26:29
107. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:26:38
108. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:27:02
109. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:28:08
110. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 1:28:50
111. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:29:16
112. Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:29:17
113. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:29:39
114. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 1:29:59
115. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard 1:35
116. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 1:30:39
117. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:31:01
118. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:31:06
119. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:31:09
120. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:32:21
121. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:37:13
122. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:38:43
123. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:39:15
124. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:39:17
125. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:39:43
126. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:40:13
127. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 1:40:33
128. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 1:41:18
129. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:42:03
130. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:42:30
131. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:43:00
132. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:45:22
133. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:45:23
134. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:45:33
135. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 1:46:19
136. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:47:18
137. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 1:48:05
138. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 1:48:11
139. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:48:18
140. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:48:54
141. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
142. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:48:59
143. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 1:50:08
144. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:50:54
145. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:51:02
146. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp 1:51:34
147. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 1:51:46
148. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:52:15
149. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling 1:52:27
150. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:52:39
151. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:52:54
152. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling
153. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:53:03
154. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:53:44
155. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:53:57
156. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:54:45
157. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:54:48
158. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:55:05
159. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:55:12
160. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:55:17
161. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:55:47
162. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol 1:56:45
163. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:57:56
164. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling 1:58:04
165. Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:58:12
166. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:59:40
167. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:00:43
168. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:02:16
169. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 2:04:22
170. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:04:36
171. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 2:05:25
172. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:06:34
173. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:07:48
174. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:08:05
175. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:08:30
176. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:09:52
177. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:12:27
178. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:12:34
179. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 2:14:14
180. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:14:16
181. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:18:26