Meanwhile, however, the battle behind was providing the major story of the stage. The antics of Contador and Kreuziger were putting Froome into a position of having to chase every attack. It happened on the way up the final climb, the col de Manse and on the way down it almost ended in disaster. Contador was throwing the gauntlet down and Froome reacted. Around a sharp turn about 7.5km from the finish, the Spaniard lost control of his bike and the yellow jersey swerved to avoid him and ended up off the road. It was a scene similar to what happened en-route to Gap in 2003 but this time there was no riding over a field and the fallen Spaniard would remount his bike, race back to the other GC rivals and finish together.
The progress report
The start of the 16th stage of the 100th Tour de France was at 1.22pm with 179 riders still in the race. The two non-starters were Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Danny van Poppel (VCD). Ahead lay a 168km course that included three categorised hills: the cote de la Montagne de Bluye (cat-3 at 17.5km), the col de MacuËgne (cat-2 at 48km) and the col de Manse (cat-2 just 11.5km from the finish). The intermediate sprint on this hot stage that started in Vaison-la-Romaine and ended in Gap was in Vyenes at 123km. The temperature at the start was 28.5 degrees Celsius.
At the 4km mark, Voigt and Sagan were on the move at the front of the peloton. There were a range of attacks and counter-attacks and eventually 32 got ahead that group included: Sagan (CAN), Hansen (LTB), Morabito (BMC), Bakelants, Didier, Gallopin, Kloden and Voigt (RTL), Voeckler (EUC), Jeannesson (FDJ), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Bennati, Hernandez and Roche (TST), Brutt and Trofimov (KAT), Valverde, Costa and Rojas (MOV), Navarro (COF), Mori (LAM), Chavanel and Velits (OPQ), Boom (BEL), Hesjedal, Martin and Navardauskas (GRS), Dumoulin (ARG), De Gendt (VCD) and Vuillermoz (SOJ). But the attacks kept coming until 35km when Sky moved to the front and stopped the counter-attacks. After an hour of racing a group of 23 gained a good advantage on the peloton. The riders involved were: Hansen (LTB), Gilbert and Quinziato (BMC), Didier, Gallopin and Kloden (RTL), Gautier and Voeckler (EUC), Kadri and Riblon (ALM), Roche (TST), Trofimov (KAT), Astarloza (EUS), Costa (MOV), Coppel and Navarro (COF), Mori (LAM), Velits (OPQ), Navardauskas (GRS), Albasini and Meyer (OGE), Dumoulin (ARG), De Gendt and Hoogerland (VCD) and Marino (SOJ). At 39km they were ahead by 2’50”. Jeannesson (FDJ) joined the lead group at 42km. Hoogerland led the escape over the second climb with a lead of 6’35” over the peloton.
The best on GC of the men in the lead was Navarro who started the stage in 20th overall, 23’26” behind Froome.
The average speed for the first hour was 42.4km/h; the second hour: 43,6km/h. The peloton was stopped at a level crossing for 20″ at the 92.5km mark and this helped the escapees lift their advantage up to 8’10”. At 101.5km, the escape had a lead of 9’00”. The average speed for the third hour was 43.6km/h.
Costa makes his winning move 18km from the finish
With 35km to go in the stage, Marino launched an attack from the lead group. He was chased by Kadri and the pair worked well together to gain time on their former breakaway companions: with 25km to go they were 20″ ahead of the other escapees while the peloton was at 11’40”. Hansen chased the leading pair and caught them with 19km to go. But the star of the stage, Rui Costa – who was also voted winner of the ‘Fighting Spirit’ award was the rider who seized the day 18km from the line. He surged into the lead and left the other escapees in his wake. He wouldn’t see them again until after he’d won his second Tour de France stage, following the success at Super Besse in stage eight of the 2011 race. Behind him a group of four formed: Kloden, Kadri, Coppel, and Jeannesson but this French trio and the German couldn’t close the gap opened by Costa on the final climb.
Costa had been in 10th place overall at the start of stage 13 but he dropped to 18th overall as he tried to help Valverde minimize his time losses after a puncture that day. The consolation has come in Gap; he became the second Portuguese rider to win his this city in three years (following Sergio Paulino’s success in 2010).
Contador rolls the dice and nearly pays a big price!
All the way up and down the final climb, the Saxo-Tinkoff team attacked the yellow jersey. With 18km to go, Contador fired the first shot from Froome’s group and this prompted a pursuit by Richie Porte (SKY) and his team leader. Once the Spaniard was caught, however, his Czech team-mate Kreuziger attacked. This one-two punch routine happened five times on the way on the col de Manse and although it briefly elminated Porte from the equation it had little effect otherwise, except for cracking the rider who had been ranked fifth overall, Laurens Ten Dam (BEL). In the group of the yellow was: Froome, Porte, Contador, Kreuziger, Quintana, Valverde, Rodriguez, and Mollema.
With 7.5km to go, the rider in third overall was taking the fight to the yellow jersey and, in a scene reminiscent of events leading to Gap in the 2003 Tour, we saw two of the riders at the top of the GC rankings caught up in an incident. Contador lost control of his bike, Froome went off the left side of the road but both quickly remounted and sped off in pursuit of the Mollema group. It was immediate apparent to Contador that the other GC riders had waited for him and Froome and the Spaniard thanked them as they caught the group containing the white jersey and second overall. Quintana was the main beneficiary of the antics in the final as he moved from sixth to fifth overall after stage 16.
Froome finished the stage in 29th place, 11’08” behind Costa but in the same time as his main GC rivals. He will wear the yellow jersey in stage 17 and shall be the last rider to start the time trial.
Results
1. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 3:52:45
2. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42
3. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
4. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
6. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:00
7. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:01
8. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:04
9. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
10. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
11. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
12. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
13. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
14. Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
15. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:09
16. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:26
17. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
18. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
19. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
20. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:21
21. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 2:26
22. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3:34
23. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:42
24. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge
25. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
26. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5:27
27. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 11:08
28. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha
29. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling
30. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
31. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
32. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
33. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team
34. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
35. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 12:08
36. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
38. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
39. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
40. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
41. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
42. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
44. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
45. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 12:47
46. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
47. John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
49. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50. Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
51. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
52. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
53. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 13:01
55. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun
56. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
57. Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
58. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
59. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
60. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha
61. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun
62. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 15:10
63. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
64. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
65. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15:41
67. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
69. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team 16:54
70. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
71. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
72. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
73. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team
74. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling
75. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 17:59
76. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 18:28
77. Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
78. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 19:16
79. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
80. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
81. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun
83. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
85. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
86. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
87. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
88. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
89. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
90. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
92. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
93. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp 20:57
95. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
96. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
97. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
98. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
99. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
100. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
101. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
102. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
103. Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha
104. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
105. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
106. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
107. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
108. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
109. Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
110. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
111. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol
112. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
113. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
114. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
115. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
116. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp
117. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team
118. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
119. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
120. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team
122. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
124. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
125. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 21:46
126. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
127. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
128. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
129. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
130. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
131. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
132. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
133. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
134. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
135. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
136. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
137. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
138. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
139. Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
140. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
141. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
142. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
143. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
144. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
145. Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
146. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
147. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
148. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
149. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
150. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
151. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
152. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
153. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
154. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
155. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
156. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
157. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
158. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
159. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
160. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica-GreenEdge
161. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
162. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
163. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
164. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
165. Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
166. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
167. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
168. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
169. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
170. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
171. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
172. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling
173. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
174. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Sky Procycling
175. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
176. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
177. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
178. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
179. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22:01
DNS Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNS Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
GC after Stage 16
1. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 65:15:36
2. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4:14
3. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4:25
4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4:28
5. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 5:47
6. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5:54
7. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha 7:11
8. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 7:22
9. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8:47
10. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 9:28
11. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 9:37
12. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 10:54
13. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 13:32
14. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 13:54
15. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team 14:42
16. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 14:47
17. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 16:40
18. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19:51
19. Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 21:07
20. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 22:34
21. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha 23:35
22. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24:50
23. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team 29:45
24. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 31:09
25. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 32:05
26. Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 32:53
27. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 34:20
28. Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34:28
29. Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 34:29
30. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 34:41
31. Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 35:07
32. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 36:05
33. John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38:49
34. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 40:12
35. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 42:12
36. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun 42:17
37. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 44:16
38. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44:55
39. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 45:45
40. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 47:28
41. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55:36
42. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
43. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 56:31
44. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 59:07
45. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59:53
46. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 1:01:04
47. Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 1:01:43
48. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:01:58
49. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:02:03
50. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 1:04:56
51. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 1:05:29
52. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 1:05:40
53. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 1:06:27
54. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 1:07:05
55. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:08:10
56. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team 1:09:58
57. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:10:11
58. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:16:01
59. Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:17:23
60. Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:17:47
61. Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica-GreenEdge 1:18:23
62. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:18:50
63. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:23:04
64. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
65. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:25:28
66. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge 1:25:43
67. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:26:04
68. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:27:44
69. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1:28:05
70. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:28:30
71. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1:28:41
72. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 1:28:54
73. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:29:30
74. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:29:41
75. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:32:04
76. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:32:19
77. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 1:34:56
78. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:34:58
79. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:35:10
80. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Sky Procycling 1:37:10
81. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:37:14
82. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 1:38:20
83. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:39:18
84. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:40:17
85. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:40:29
86. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:41:53
87. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:42:30
88. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:43:04
89. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:43:17
90. Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha 1:43:33
91. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:43:41
92. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team 1:44:18
93. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:45:14
94. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 1:46:45
95. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:47:43
96. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1:48:28
97. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:48:46
98. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:48:54
99. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:49:02
100. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:50:50
101. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:51:31
102. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp 1:52:02
103. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:53:01
104. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 1:53:33
105. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 1:55:01
106. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:55:43
107. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:57:21
108. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:58:10
109. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team 1:58:26
110. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:58:51
111. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard 1:59:14
112. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:59:46
113. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:00:41
114. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 2:01:14
115. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 2:01:43
116. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 2:02:28
117. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 2:03:34
118. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:03:40
119. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:09:05
120. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:09:15
121. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:10:35
122. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 2:12:24
123. Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:12:31
124. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:12:45
125. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:14:23
126. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 2:14:42
127. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:18:00
128. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team 2:18:07
129. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 2:20:14
130. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:20:21
131. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:20:51
132. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:22:57
133. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2:22:58
134. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:23:02
135. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:23:27
136. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 2:23:37
137. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 2:23:44
138. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:24:05
139. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 2:24:32
140. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:24:54
141. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 2:25:36
142. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:25:42
143. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:26:14
144. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:30:29
145. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 2:31:19
146. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Sky Procycling 2:31:30
147. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling 2:31:44
148. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:32:30
149. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp 2:32:49
150. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:33:45
151. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:33:58
152. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:34:08
153. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:35:19
154. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 2:35:38
155. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:36:10
156. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:36:58
157. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2:37:11
158. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:37:37
159. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:38:02
160. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:38:45
161. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol 2:39:10
162. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2:39:18
163. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Sky Procycling 2:39:43
164. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:41:01
165. Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:41:26
166. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:42:54
167. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:43:08
168. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 2:44:19
169. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2:45:30
170. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:45:51
171. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2:46:44
172. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 2:47:36
173. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 2:54:44
174. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 2:54:49
175. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 2:55:12
176. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:55:13
177. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:55:48
178. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:56:40
179. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:57:30