July 12, 2012 (La Toussuire-Les Sybelles, France) – If there was any lingering doubt about the strength of the Sky team, then wonder no more: the British outfit is the dominant force in the 99th Tour de France. The stage to La Tourssuire might have been won by a Frenchman – with Pierre Rolland pulling off another tremendous climbing coup to go alongside his triumph at Alpe d’Huez from the 2011 Tour – but Great Britain is in complete command of the general classification.

Wiggins increased his advantage over last year’s champion, Cadel Evans, after the Australian suffered a little crisis on the final climb and had to be nursed home by the leader of the youth classification Tejay van Garderen.

While Evans battled his way up the last mountain, Rolland danced ahead to an emphatic victory and then came the battle for minor places on GC, which was won by Christopher Froome who now moves up to second overall, 18 seconds ahead of another of today’s aggressors, Vincenzo Nibali. The result sheet tells much of the story but it was a race with many attacks, several winners and quite a few losers.

The progress report
The 148km 11th stage of the 2012 Tour began at 1.17pm with 174 riders in the race. The non-starter was Fabian Cancellara (RNT). The mountains on the course were ‘HC’ col de la Madeleine (2,000m high at 40km), ‘HC’ col de la Croix de Fer (2,067m high at 93km), category-two col du Molland (1,638m at 113km) and the finishing climb to La Toussuire (category-one, at the end of the 148km stage). The final rise offered double points in the climbing classification. The intermediate sprint was in St-Etienne-de-Cuines (at 70km).

The attacks begin early
Gesink attacked the peloton as soon as the stage began. He was joined by 30 others and, at 10km, they had a lead of 20″. Others in the early move were: Burghardt, Cummings, Gilbert (BMC), Popovych (RNT), Malacarne (EUC), Koren (LIQ), Martin (GRS), Cherel and Riblon (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Paolini (KAT), Karpets (MOV), Sorensen and Sorensen (STB), Grivko, Iglinskiy, Kieserlovski and Vinokourov (AST), De Weert and Pineau (OPQ)… there were others but by the 20km mark there were just seven in the lead: Koren, Martin, Riblon, Hoogerland, C. Sorensen, Kieserlovski and Vinokourov. Valverde (MOV) chased them down at 23km. At 24km the eight leaders were joined by: Kiryienka, Horner, Malacarne, Kadri, Basso, P. Velits and Weening. Boasson Hagen led the peloton all the way up the Madeleine climb.

Kessiakoff tries to take back the polka-dot jersey
At the top of the Madeleine there were 28 with a lead of 2’55” on the peloton. The lead group was composed of: Moinard (BMC), Horner (RNT), Kern, Malacarne and Rolland (EUC), Scarponi and Marzano (LAM), Koren and Basso (LIQ), Martin (GRS), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Feillu (SAU), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam and Kruiswijk (RAB), Valverde and Kiryienka (MOV), C. Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff, Kiserlovski and Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer and P. Velits (OPQ), Weening (OGE).

Velits led Kessiakoff over the top to claim the 25 points and they continued their attack on the 19km downhill. They led the Valverde group by as much as 50″ but the lead pair was caught by the other escapees at 63km.

Col de la Croix de Fer: Evans goes on the attack
Early on the second climb, there was a regrouping at the front and 22 were in the lead: Moinard, Horner, Kern, Rolland, Scarponi, Marzano, Basso, Martin, Kadri, Trofimov, Ten Dam, Valverde, Kiryienka, Sorensen, Kessiakoff, Kisierlovski, Vinokourov, Leipheimer, Veltis and Weening. They led the peloton by 2’30”. Scarponi, Marzano and Moinard were the first to drop out of the lead group. With 15km to climb Leipheimer also quit his efforts in the lead group, then Valverde and Basso.

At 79km, van Garderen (BMC) attacked the yellow jersey’s group but there was no reaction from Wiggins et al. It was clearly a plan hatched by the team of the defending champion for, at 81km, Evans launched an attack and soon caught his team-mate. They worked together to build a maximum advantage on the yellow jersey of 20″ but were caught after 5km on the attack. Rogers was responsible for the capture, leading Wiggins, Porte and Froome up to Evans and the white jersey without once getting out of the saddle to increase his tempo.

Rolland took the ‘Souvenir Henri Desgrange’ by beating Kessiakoff in a tight sprint for honours atop the highest pass in the Alps. The yellow jersey was 2’10” behind at the top of the col de Croix de Fer.

Evans cracks on the final climb slips down the rankings…
After a shortlived attack by Velits, Rolland and Kiserlovksi found themselves at the front of the stage with 40km to go. They were caught by Kiryienka at 39km to go and, at the top, this was the situation: Rolland was first (taking 5pts) with his trio in tact. Then came Sorensen at 10″, Ten Dam at 1’00”, Velits at 1’25”, Martin and Kessiakoff at 2’05”, Horner at 2’38”, Pinot at 3’08” and the peloton at 3’20”.

Rolland crashed on a left turn on the descent, 26km from the finish but he rejoined the lead with 22km to go. The four leaders started the final climb with an advantage of 1’15” to Ten Dam and Velits, 2’55” to Martin and Kessiakoff, and 3’30” to the peloton. There were 16 in the yellow jersey group: Wiggins, Porte, Froome, Evans, van Garderen, Schleck, Horner, Zubeldia, Kloden, Nibali, Roche, Coppel, Pinot, van den Broeck, Cobo and Brajkovic.

Nibali attacked the yellow jersey with 12km to go, eliminating all but Evans, Wiggins, Froome, Schleck and Van Garderen from the yellow jersey group. He was caught after 1.5km but the Italian attacked again with 10km to go. He joined van den Broeck, Brajkovic and Pinot. With 6.5km to go, Evans was dropped from the yellow jersey group.
Once Wiggins and co caught Nibali (around 4.5km to go) there seemed to be a discussion between the Sky riders and Froome attacked shortly afterwards.

Pinot reacted quickly and so too did the others but Wiggins couldn’t match the pace. Froome quickly quit his effort but still this group was able to gain time on Evans who was struggling to hold the wheel of van Garderen. Eventually the Australian would lost 1’26” to the overall leader meaning he slipped down the rankings and Sky assumed first and second place overall, with Froome finishing two seconds ahead of his leader, Wiggins.

Rolland races to another impressive mountain stage win
Pierre Rolland was on his own at the front of the stage with 10km to go and he never looked back. Just like last year at Alpe d’Huez he not only held off the challenge of his former escape companions, he put time into them and ultimately was the only rider to finish the stage ahead of the yellow jersey’s group.

Wiggins managed his strength and was able to ride the final section of the climb in the slipstream of Froome but, in the closing 500m the domestique was given the nod to race for second place honours and improve his position on GC. Pinot outsprinted Froome for second place and gave the host nation a first-second in the 11th stage. The yellow jersey was sixth over the line – in the same time as Nibali who moved up to third overall. Cadel Evans slipped from 2nd to fourth overall, 3’19” behind Wiggins.

Bradley Wiggins leads his team-mate Froome by 2’05” at the top of the general classification and he will wear the yellow jersey in stage 12.

Results

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

GC after Stage 11

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