Cyril Gautier (Europcar) was the first attacker of the day. He was rejoined by Martin Elmiger (IAM) and Arnaud Gerard (Bretagne) at km 4, by Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin) at km 8 and by Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) at km 16. Cannondale took the command of the peloton to stabilize the deficit of the peloton around 3.30 after the first hour of racing. Stormy weather affected the riders after 45 kilometres into stage 19. Three other sprinters’ teams, Giant-Shimano, Lotto-Belisol and Katusha, united their efforts and the time gap went down to two minutes even before there were 100 kilometres remaining.
The time gap remained around two minutes for 60 more kilometres while the pouring rain didn’t discourage Jean-Marc Marino, Ji Cheng and Lars Bak to pull the bunch, respectively for Cannondale, Giant-Shimano and Lotto-Belisol, until they gave way to their team-mates for the last hour of racing. Slagter attacked from the front group with 32km to go. The two time stage winner of Paris-Nice was very courageous to fight alone against the peloton. He passed first atop the cÙte de Monbazillac but was rejoined by his team-mate Ramunas Navardauskas who continued solo with 13km to go.
Navardauskas was ahead with 20 seconds at 10km to go. He made the best of his time trialling skills to remain in the lead and therefore avoid the hiccups. Within 3km to go, a crash took Peter Sagan down and slowed the chasing peloton. The Lithuanian kept an advantage of seven seconds over John Degenkolb who outsprinted Alexander Kristoff. The tall rouleur from Klaipeda had won a stage at the Giro d’Italia last year. He also claimed the overall classification at the Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire in April this year. Now he delivered Garmin-Sharp’s first win at the 2014 Tour de France. Just like Tinkoff-Saxo with Rafal Majka and Michael Rogers, the American outfit made it up for the bad luck that forced their leader Andrew Talansky out of the race too early.
1. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 4:43:41
2. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:07
3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
4. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
6. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
10. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
11. Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
12. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
13. Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
14. Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
15. Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale
16. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
17. Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
18. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
19. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
20. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team
21. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
22. Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
23. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
25. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
26. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27. Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
28. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky
29. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
30. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
31. Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
32. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
33. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
34. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Esp) Team Sky
35. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
36. Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha
37. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
38. Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida
39. Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge 2:17
40. Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek Factory Racing
41. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
42. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
43. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
44. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEdge
45. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
46. Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
47. Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Trek Factory Racing
49. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
50. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
51. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
52. John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team
53. Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
54. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
55. Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 3:10
56. Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
57. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
58. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
59. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
60. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
61. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling
62. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
63. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
64. Marcel Wyss (Sui) IAM Cycling
65. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
66. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
67. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
68. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
69. Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
70. Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
71. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
72. Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
73. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
74. Benjamin King (USA) Garmin-Sharp
75. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
76. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
77. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
78. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:17
79. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
80. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
82. Markel Irizar Arranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing
83. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
84. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 3:33
85. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 3:47
86. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
87. Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4:00
88. Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 4:20
89. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 4:34
90. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 4:38
91. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale
92. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
93. Benat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team
94. Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 5:12
95. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
96. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
97. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
98. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
99. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
100. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
101. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
102. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
103. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
104. Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
105. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 5:16
106. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
107. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp
108. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
109. José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 5:58
110. Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
111. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
112. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
113. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
114. Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team
115. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
116. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
117. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
118. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
119. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
120. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
121. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
122. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team
123. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team
124. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
125. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky
126. Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha
127. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale
128. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129. Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling
130. Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
131. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura
132. Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
133. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
134. José Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida
135. Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
136. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
137. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
138. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
139. Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky
140. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
141. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
142. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
143. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 6:08
144. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 7:57
145. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale
146. Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
147. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol
148. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
149. Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
150. Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling
151. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
152. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha
153. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
155. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
156. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
157. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
158. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
159. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
160. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling
161. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 8:03
162. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 8:52
163. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp 9:07
164. Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano 0:12:41
GC after Stage 19
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 85:29:33
2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 7:10
3. Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7:23
4. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team 7:25
5. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9:27
6. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:11:34
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:13:56
8. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:14:15
9. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 0:14:37
10. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 0:16:25
11. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:17:48
12. Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:21:33
13. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:29:58
14. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:32:30
15. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:34:30
16. Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 0:39:28
17. Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 0:41:30
18. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Esp) Team Sky 0:41:34
19. John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team 0:41:41
20. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:50:34
21. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:40
22. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0:55:52
23. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky 0:56:26
24. Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:01:06
25. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1:02:20
26. Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:12:36
27. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:16:45
28. Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 1:18:27
29. Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 1:24:55
30. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:26:53
31. Marcel Wyss (Sui) IAM Cycling 1:33:56
32. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:34:00
33. Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:47:01
34. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:47:50
35. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:47:55
36. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 1:50:32
37. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:52:35
38. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 1:52:47
39. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 1:52:52
40. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 1:53:40
41. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team 1:58:48
42. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1:59:17
43. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 2:04:23
44. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 2:12:53
45. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 2:13:41
46. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 2:15:10
47. José Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 2:25:16
48. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 2:26:29
49. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:27:01
50. Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:27:18
51. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:27:47
52. Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 2:28:36
53. Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha 2:36:48
54. Benjamin King (USA) Garmin-Sharp 2:38:06
55. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:41:39
56. Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 2:42:58
57. Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 2:43:32
58. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 2:47:00
59. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:47:05
60. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol 2:48:00
61. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 2:48:41
62. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 2:48:43
63. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 2:49:08
64. Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team 2:49:10
65. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:50:17
66. Markel Irizar Arranburu (Esp) Trek Factory Racing 2:53:12
67. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 2:54:29
68. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 2:54:39
69. Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 2:58:05
70. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica GreenEdge 3:01:44
71. Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 3:02:58
72. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 3:03:48
73. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 3:05:47
74. Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 3:07:38
75. Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling 3:11:05
76. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:11:26
77. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:14:02
78. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:14:25
79. Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 3:15:56
80. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 3:17:39
81. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 3:18:00
82. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 3:19:18
83. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 3:19:53
84. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team 3:20:11
85. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling 3:21:18
86. Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 3:21:28
87. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 3:29:19
88. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:29:41
89. Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:31:22
90. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:31:42
91. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:32:32
92. Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Movistar Team 3:32:35
93. Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 3:33:47
94. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:33:59
95. Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 3:34:15
96. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:35:20
97. Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek Factory Racing 3:35:45
98. Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:35:55
99. Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 3:36:20
100. Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 3:36:27
101. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 3:37:21
102. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky 3:37:27
103. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 3:39:02
104. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 3:39:05
105. Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 3:39:18
106. Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:40:08
107. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 3:40:34
108. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 3:41:17
109. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 3:41:32
110. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:42:38
111. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 3:47:23
112. Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3:47:24
113. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 3:50:29
114. Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 3:50:57
115. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 3:51:37
116. Benat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team 3:52:02
117. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 3:52:15
118. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 3:53:04
119. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:57:28
120. Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge 3:59:30
121. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4:01:00
122. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:02:22
123. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4:03:23
124. José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 4:04:36
125. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:06:45
126. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 4:07:38
127. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp 4:08:25
128. Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 4:11:57
129. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4:14:18
130. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 4:15:30
131. Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 4:18:25
132. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4:18:59
133. Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 4:19:32
134. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4:19:35
135. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 4:20:31
136. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4:22:49
137. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 4:22:58
138. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 4:27:06
139. Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 4:28:35
140. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 4:31:22
141. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4:31:35
142. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4:33:06
143. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp 4:33:16
144. Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 4:35:08
145. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 4:35:46
146. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 4:35:55
147. Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 4:36:12
148. Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4:36:53
149. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4:38:14
150. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 4:38:17
151. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 4:38:54
152. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura 4:39:52
153. Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4:40:46
154. Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 4:45:53
155. Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 4:46:58
156. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 4:54:19
157. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 4:54:32
158. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 4:55:08
159. Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:55:17
160. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 4:56:07
161. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4:59:16
162. Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 5:02:57
163. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 5:05:24
164. Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano 5:43:10