Tour de France: Stage 11 into the Alps

Pierre Rolland of Europcar wins the 148km 11th stage of the 99th Tour de France from Albertville to La Toussuire, Wiggins and Froome brilliant as they resist the challenge to the yellow jersey.

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Yellow Jersey: Bradley Wiggins | White jersey: Tejay van Garderen |
| KoM Jersey:  Kessiakoff | Green Jersey: Peter Sagan | Team: Radioshack Nissan

On a stage when BMC’s Cadel Evans and Vincenzo Nibabli attacked the yellow jersey, only to be thwarted by the strength of team Sky, Bradley Wiggins held on to his yellow jersey with a great effort to chase down Nibali who attacked not once, but twice on the final slopes of the first category summit finish.

The big loser on the day was Cadel Evans who attacked Wiggins after sending a man up the road to help him but then found himself unable to stay with his teammate, van Garderen. Then, on the final slopes of the stage, the Aussie winner last year parked up and lost his second place to Froome.

Wiggins saw his closest rivals attack him today but remained steadfast in his approach and keeps his lead in the Tour de France. Photo: Thomas van Bracht

Bradley Wiggins: Talking about the moment Froome accelerated, he explained “At the moment when Froome went ahead, I was just concentrating on my effort and keeping it constant because I’d been riding hard for a kilometre and a half, or two kilometres before that. We came down off a dip and up a climb and I wanted to just clear the lactate more than anything.”

“I didn’t want to make any more of an acceleration but there was a lot of noise and a lot of things going on over the radio and there was a bit of confusion at that point as to what we were doing. But [Chris] showed today that he had good legs. And it was another great day for the team, it really was.”

“I didn’t have a radio at that point as my earpiece had fallen out. But this morning we certainly spoke about Chris maybe attacking in the final and we had already gotten rid of Cadel… but this morning we were planning on him still being there and Chris maybe making up those 20-odd seconds to move into second on GC because he wasn’t 100 per cent confident that he’ll have the better of Cadel in the last time trial. We wanted to try and get a bit of time today… it was the plan this morning as long as I stayed with Vincenzo and those guys. And Chris didn’t drag them away.”

Photo: Thomas van Bracht

“I think that race certainly lived up to the expectation of it being the hardest stage. Even when we got to the last climb and were past seven kilometres to go, the relief started to come because I knew the last three ‘k’ of this climb – from the Dauphiné last year – was pretty much rolling flat. Once Cadel got dropped and we were in that little group, the sense of relief was slightly overwhelming really. ‘God, we’ve actually made it – we’ve got through this stage… and we can tick that one off’. In fact, we’ve taken more time on Cadel which I don’t think we ever expected this morning.”

“I was surprised that Cadel attacked on the [Croix de Fer] really because there was a hell of a long way to go from there. We were already riding a pretty strong tempo with still a fair few riders – Richie [Porte] and Mick [Rogers] – and I thought to attack and sustain a high enough tempo to stay away with two climbs still to go… I was surprised. It’s not something I would have had the balls to do.”

“I think Vincenzo [Nibali] showed today that he has been getting stronger the whole race. His attacks at the end were pretty severe.”

Photo: Thomas van Bracht

Chris Froome said afterwards “Brad asked me to go steady when I accelerated. I was just trying to find out (on the radio) what the situation was on the road. I had fun out there and that is what bike racing is, all about making the most of it.”

Stage Winner: Pierre Rolland – In 2011, he won a stage of the Tour in the Alps, this one, however, has a different flavour to the victory at Alpe d’Huez in 2011… “It was a great day. We expected a big show, and we got. I was not sure if I would try to go clear [of the escapees] on climb of the Madeleine or wait a little later. I spoke with Christophe Kern, and he helped me to get me back to the lead group, then reached the front on the ascent of the Croix de Fer and Mollard climbs. I told him he was going too fast, but he kept saying, ‘shut up and trust me, you’ll have them!’

Photo: Thomas van Bracht

“This stage, it’s been in my dreams for six months. This is the queen stage for me, because it is the most difficult, because it’s in the Alps. And the Alps, is my home. This victory is very different from last year; as soon as I found myself in the break, I had to take my responsibilities as the others [in the break] looked at me. Last year, I could play on the element of surprise, and also work with nerves of [Samuel] Sanchez and [Alberto] Contador.”

“Both stages [today and at Alpe d’Huez in 2011] are similar on paper, how to win them was entirely different and so my two wins at the Tour have a different flavour. Since the presentation of the Tour, the team knew that the route was not ideal for me when it came to the overall standings. But we still we decided to pursue this goal… To reach the podium, requires total commitment and consistancy over three whole weeks, which is very different to come to a race to win stages by having some less intense days. This is something I want to work on improving over the coming years.”

Video Summary

RESULT

Stage 11
1. Pierre Rolland (FRA) EUC
2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ at 55″
3. Chris Froome (GBR) SKY at 55″
4. Jurgen van den Broeck (BEL) LTB at 57″
5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) LIQ at 57″
6. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) SKY at 57″
7. Chris Sorensen (DEN) STB at 1’09”
8. Janez Brajkovic (SLO) AST at 1’59”
9. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR) MOV at 2’13”
10. Frank Schleck (LUX) RNT at 2’23”

Overall

1. Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling 48:43:53
2. Christopher Froome Sky Procycling 2:05
3. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas – Cannondale 2:23
4. Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 3:19
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck Lotto – Belisol Team 4:48
6. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre RadioShack – Nissan 6:15
7. Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 6:57
8. Janez Brajkovic Astana Pro Team 7:30
9. Pierre Rolland Europcar 8:31
10. Thibaut Pinot Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 8:51

The Race

174 riders were at the start of the biggest day so far in the mountains with four climbs including two ‘Hors Categorie’ mountains to haul their asses over; the Col de la Madeleine (40km) and the Col de la Croix de Fer (93km). The finish was at the top of a first category mountain and many expected this stage to see the GC change but to what extent was the question.

With the first climb coming quickly on the stage, it was on from the word go with Gesink (RAB) and Burghardt (BMC) going on the attack. While yesterday’s winner, Thomas Voeckler struggled at the back of the peloton as they approached the Col de la Madeleine (HC), the race at the front was continually evolving. A big group of 30 or so got away only for seven to emerge from that before the  small lead group became a lot bigger again and it was a group of 28 nearing the summit of the Col de la Madeleine.

The 28 out front included Moinard (BMC), Horner (RNT), Kern, Malacarne and Rolland (EUC), Izaguirre (EUS) Scarponi and Marzano (LAM), Koren and Basso (LIQ), former British Junior Road Race champion Dan Martin (GRS), Kadri, Bouet and Riblon (ALM), Feillu (SAU), Jonny Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam and Kruiswijk (RAB), Valverde and Kiryienka (MOV), C. Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff, Kiserlovski and Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer and P. Velits (OPQ) and Weening (OGE).

Evald Bossan Hagen leads the Sky train behind the break today. Photo: Thomas van Bracht

First to the top of the climb was Velits and with Kessiakoff (Astana) second over the top, he took over the lead of the King of the Mountain’s classification on the road. The duo didn’t stop with the sprint for the KoM points however and they attacked the 19 kilometre long descent opening up a lead nearing three minutes on the yellow jersey group.

Behind, the chase was down to team Sky and Richie Porte told the event website when asked about the pace of the chase when climbing, “yesterday, for the whole climb of the Grand Colombier, my power averaged out at about 370 watts. Sometimes I’ll drift up into the 400s or higher. It’s big power but considering I weigh 61kg, I have to think about my team-mates who are behind me.”

On stage 11, that big power was going to be stretched to its limits and more on a stage where the control of the peloton went out of control as riders continued to attack and chase the leaders. No wonder that with the likes of Edvald Boasson Hagen on the front, the peloton was lined out behind as Sky did their best to keep the race in their grasp. As Nibali tried to get back to the peloton after a mechanical, Velits and Kessiakoff were caught by a group led by Valverde to make eight in the lead (Rolland, Kessiakoff, Velits, Trofimov, Kiryienka, Valverde and Scarponi) as they approached the foot of the Col de la Croix de Fer.

The lead group soon swelled to many more but just as quickly, it lost riders on the slopes of the Hors category climb. The peloton also lost riders, Boasson Hagen among them as Michael Rogers took over the pace making for Sky while Christian Knees went back to the Sky car for a load of bottles. At the front of the race, it was Europcar’s Rolland who was setting a relentless pace on the Col de la Croix de Fer, a 22 kilometre long monster with an average gradient of seven percent.

Riders the calibre of Scarponi, Leipheimer and Vinokourov were soon going backwards…

Photo: Thomas van Bracht

The stage though soon lit up in a way that it had to if anyone else was going to challenge Wiggins. BMC sent white jersey Tejay van Garderen away and then a few kilometres later, bang, Cadel Evans from six back, raced down the right of the road and attacked at speed, flying past the Sky riders at the front. It looked good but would it work?

He was soon joining his teammate van Garderen out front and but was having to keep the pace of the young rider under control as they tried to open up a gap on the chasers. Michael Rogers meanwhile upped the pace in the chase group for Team Sky and that signalled the time for the peloton to explode and all of a sudden the yellow jersey group with Wiggins was losing riders fast. Those dropped included the likes of Frank Schleck and Zubeldia.

The power of Rogers was something to behold and he brought Evans and van Garderen back before the summit showing what a valuable rider Sky have in the Aussie. Just as they had resisted the attack of  Nibali the day before, Sky remained in charge and calm in the face of the attacks from Wiggin’s rivals. Around Wiggins were the likes of Froome, Rogers, Porte, Evans, van Garderen, Basso, Nibali, Pinot, van den Broeck and Brajkovic.

While Sky bossed the chase for the break up front which still included Dan Martin, the sprint for KoM points saw Rolland and Kessiakoff go elbow to elbow before the Astana rider failed to nick the points on the line from Rolland even though the TV pictures looked like he might have done so. That was because Kessiakoff was relegated to second for using his elbow against Rolland only for the judges to reverse that later!

After the descent,  the front group and peloton grew in size and an attack by Peter Velits (Quickstep) saw the break disintegrate with Kiserlovski and Rolland catching and passing Velits. The two out front became three when Kiryienka joined them with Chris Anker Sorenson only seconds behind them with 30k to go to the finish.

Rolland though fell on the descent, losing contact with the break before chasing and getting back shortly before Chris Anker Sorenson did the same as the break headed for the final ascent of 18 kilometres. With only four minutes to the yellow jersey group, which was led by Richie Porte after Rogers had swung off at the bottom of the climb, the question was whether the break had the climbing legs to hold on to their lead.

Whilst Porte did his best to keep the pace high and stop any attacks, they were soon coming as Brajakovic attacked and was then joined by Pinot and van den Broeck. That though was just the starters as Nibali then attacked. Whilst Rolland lead the race alone out front, Nibali was brought back by Froome and the Italian looked at Wiggins who seemingly kept his eyes straight ahead before Nibali then went again. Froome then seemed to go though a bad patch leaving Wiggins to chase the Liquigas rider before Froome came back to the front again.

Cav finished 33 minutes down and said it was everyone for himself on the final climb as they were so close to the time limit. Photo: Thomas van Bracht

Wiggins though had shown by his chase that he was in control and with only Evans and Shleck behind him and Froome hanging on for grim death at the back,the yellow jersey seemed to be well in control of the situation.  Ahead of Wiggins, Nibali joined Brajakovic, Pinot and van den Broeck and they were working together to try and defeat Wiggins who in turn was dropping Evans.

Froome and Wiggins then only Schleck for company before the Radioshack rider too was dropped to leave the two Sky riders chasing the pretenders to his throne only a few seconds ahead. Then came the moment when Wiggins was put into difficulty and it was his teammate Froome who did it. With the Kenyan turned Brit looking to distance Evans, his acceleration put Wiggins in trouble before Froome was seen on the radio and slowing to wait for Wiggins.

He’d looked back at Wiggins before then continuing to drive the group along, catching all the riders ahead of them but Rolland. The Kenyan was seen on the radio a lot from then, driving full gas as he did so and whilst Rolland won the stage after a great effort, behind him, Chris Froome was starting his sprint a long way out only to be beaten to the line, just, by Pinot. At the back of the group meanwhile, Wiggins gave Nibali a pat on the back as they crossed the line, a nice gesture from the yellow jersey to a rider who had done his best to steal it from the Brit but been denied by a better team.

Side Story- Radioshack Nissan-Trek’s stage

Anyone watching the live coverage would have seen Radioshack – Nissan – Trek rider Chris Horner part of the early race action, going in the front group until the third climb when he suddenly stopped along the roadside and dismounted his bike. Horner explains what happened: “This was a super, super hard stage. When I came down the Col de la Croix de Fer I thought I was eating and drinking enough but there was never really enough time, so my legs got cold and they both cramped at the same time. I had to actually get off the bike, drink a bottle and then get back on to ride tempo.”

“It’s rare that this happens. Normally at my age you don’t cramp, you just lose power. But it was a warm day and it was steep and I was averaging 282 watts when I cramped up on the bottom of the climb. There was nothing I could do except step off the bike instead of fall off. I think it was a lack of water. When the pace is high, it’s hard to eat and drink enough. I pedalled easy for a good distance then and waited for the Wiggins group to go up the last climb. Once the legs were warmed up, I was good on the last climb.”

Fränk Schleck meanwhile was part of the yellow jersey group on the final climb and at one point, there was only the two Sky riders Wiggins and Froome and Schleck. “It was a very hard stage” says Frank. “For a long time we had all eight of our riders present; later that number turned to four. I wanted to show something today but it didn’t go quite as I’d hoped. When the first big group went away, I didn’t go with them.”

“I wanted to play in the finale. When Nibali and Van De Broeck attacked, I wanted to stay with Wiggo and Froome but I had to let them go in the last 3-4km. I just missed that little bit, maybe because I didn’t eat enough but I was also tired. I raced already a lot. But what I saw was that Wiggins and Froome are not unbeatable. I heard Wiggins shouting to Froome to slow down,” smiled Schleck. “Immediately I felt better.”

STAGE 11 Result

1. Pierre Rolland Europcar 04:43:54
2 Thibaut Pinot Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 00:55
3 Christopher Froome Sky Procycling @ same time
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck Lotto – Belisol Team 00:57
5 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
6 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling @ same time
7 Chris Anker Sorensen Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank 01:08
8 Janez Brajkovic Astana Pro Team 01:58
9 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team 02:13
10 Frank Schleck RadioShack – Nissan 02:23
11 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team @ same time
12 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team @ same time
13 Chris Horner RadioShack – Nissan 03:53
14 Andr̩as Kl̦den RadioShack РNissan @ same time
15 J̩rome Coppel Saur РSojasun @ same time
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo Movistar Team @ same time
18 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team @ same time
19 Nicolas Roche Ag2R – La Mondiale 06:17
20 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team 07:27
21 Peter Velits Omega Pharma – Quickstep 08:02
22 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team 08:21
23 Blel Kadri Ag2R – La Mondiale 10:21
24 Alexandre Vinokourov Astana Pro Team @ same time
25 Dominik Nerz Liquigas – Cannondale 11:19
26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban Euskaltel – Euskadi 12:04
27 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
28 Mickael Cherel Ag2R – La Mondiale 12:30
29 Sandy Casar Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 13:06
30 Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team @ same time
31 Rafael Valls Ferri Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 14:13
32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Movistar Team @ same time
33 Daniel Martin Garmin – Sharp 14:15
34 Pieter Weening Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
35 Maxime Monfort RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
36 Michele Scarponi Lampre – ISD @ same time
37 Jelle Vanendert Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
38 Kevin De Weert Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
39 Cyril Gautier Europcar @ same time
40 Yuri Trofimov Katusha Team @ same time
41 Denis Menchov Katusha Team @ same time
42 J̩r̩my Roy Equipe Cycliste FDJ РBigMat @ same time
43 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team @ same time
44 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur – Sojasun 14:43
45 Giampaolo Caruso Katusha Team 15:28
46 Christian Vande Velde Garmin – Sharp 15:50
47 Richie Porte Sky Procycling @ same time
48 Michael Rogers Sky Procycling 18:31
49 Ivan Basso Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
50 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team @ same time
51 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team @ same time
52 Michael Schar BMC Racing Team @ same time
53 Vladimir Karpets Movistar Team 18:59
54 Christophe Kern Europcar 19:40
55 Maxime Bouet Ag2R – La Mondiale 21:50
56 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 22:23
57 Jean-christophe Peraud Ag2R – La Mondiale 23:44
58 David Millar Garmin – Sharp 23:48
59 Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma – Quickstep 23:58
60 Marco Marzano Lampre – ISD @ same time
61 Sylvester Szmyd Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
62 Guillaume Levarlet Saur – Sojasun @ same time
63 Brice Feillu Saur – Sojasun @ same time
64 Vladimir Gusev Katusha Team @ same time
65 Romain Zingle Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
66 Simone Stortoni Lampre – ISD 25:34
67 Jorge Azanza Soto Euskaltel – Euskadi 25:43
68 Gorka Izagirre Insausti Euskaltel – Euskadi @ same time
69 Davide Malacarne Europcar 25:48
70 Rein Taaramäe Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
71 Christian Knees Sky Procycling @ same time
72 Francis De Greef Lotto – Belisol Team 26:11
73 Christophe Riblon Ag2R – La Mondiale 27:30
74 Thomas Voeckler Europcar 28:10
75 Marco Marcato Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 29:32
76 Arthur Vichot Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
77 Pierrick Fedrigo Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
78 Federico Canuti Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
79 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
80 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team @ same time
81 David Moncouti̩ Cofidis РLe Credit En Ligne @ same time
82 S̩bastien Minard Ag2R РLa Mondiale @ same time
83 J̩rome Pineau Omega Pharma РQuickstep @ same time
84 Dmitriy Fofonov Astana Pro Team @ same time
85 Ruben Plaza Molina Movistar Team @ same time
86 Pablo Urtasun Perez Euskaltel – Euskadi @ same time
87 Matthieu Ladagnous Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 32:25
88 Anthony Roux Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
89 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
90 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
91 Stuart O’ Grady Orica – GreenEDGE 33:20
92 Michael Morkov Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
93 Yaroslav Popovych RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
94 Jens Voigt RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
95 Roy Curvers Argos-Shimano @ same time
96 Tony Gallopin RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
97 Matthew Goss Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
98 Julien Simon Saur – Sojasun @ same time
99 Daryl Impey Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
100 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team @ same time
101 Lars Ytting Bak Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
102 Daniel Oss Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
103 Koen De Kort Argos-Shimano @ same time
104 C̩dric Pineau Equipe Cycliste FDJ РBigMat @ same time
105 Martin Velits Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
106 Kristjan Koren Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
107 Albert Timmer Argos-Shimano @ same time
108 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team @ same time
109 Simon Gerrans Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
110 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
111 Jimmy Engoulvent Saur – Sojasun @ same time
112 Peter Sagan Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
113 Jurgen Roelandts Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
114 Andre Greipel Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
115 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
116 Adam Hansen Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
117 Steven Cummings BMC Racing Team @ same time
118 Grega Bole Lampre – ISD @ same time
119 Yann Huguet Argos-Shimano @ same time
120 S̩bastien Hinault Ag2R РLa Mondiale @ same time
121 Nicolas Edet Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
122 Ruben Perez Moreno Euskaltel – Euskadi @ same time
123 Karsten Kroon Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
124 Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
125 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling @ same time
126 Giovanni Bernaudeau Europcar @ same time
127 Cyril Lemoine Saur – Sojasun @ same time
128 David Zabriskie Garmin – Sharp @ same time
129 Joan Horrach Rippoll Katusha Team @ same time
130 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Pro Team @ same time
131 Vincent Jerome Europcar @ same time
132 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
133 Luca Paolini Katusha Team @ same time
134 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank @ same time
135 Patrick Gretsch Argos-Shimano @ same time
136 Brett Lancaster Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
137 Sylvain Chavanel Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
138 Johan Vansummeren Garmin – Sharp @ same time
139 Gregory Henderson Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
140 Andrey Kashechkin Astana Pro Team @ same time
141 Jean-marc Marino Saur – Sojasun @ same time
142 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
143 Matthieu Sprick Argos-Shimano @ same time
144 Julien Fouchard Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
145 Michael Albasini Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
146 Danilo Hondo Lampre – ISD @ same time
147 Baden Cooke Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
148 Borut Bozic Astana Pro Team @ same time
149 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
150 Sebastian Langeveld Orica – GreenEDGE @ same time
151 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team @ same time
152 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling 33:35
153 Tom Veelers Argos-Shimano @ same time
154 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling @ same time
155 Jan Ghyselinck Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne @ same time
156 Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
157 Yohann Gène Europcar @ same time
158 Marcel Sieberg Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
159 Luis Angel Mate Mardones Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne 33:44
160 Bert Grabsch Omega Pharma – Quickstep 34:08
161 Yukiya Arashiro Europcar 34:11
162 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas – Cannondale 34:15
163 Yauheni Hutarovich Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
164 Tyler Farrar Garmin – Sharp 34:26
165 Juan Jose Haedo Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank 34:51
166 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team 34:55
167 Kenny Van Hummel Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 36:35

Outside Time Limit

Yuriy Krivtsov Lampre – ISD
Alessandro Petacchi Lampre – ISD

OVERALL 

1 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling 48:43:53
2 Christopher Froome Sky Procycling 02:05
3 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas – Cannondale 02:23
4 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 03:19
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck Lotto – Belisol Team 04:48
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre RadioShack – Nissan 06:15
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 06:57
8 Janez Brajkovic Astana Pro Team 07:30
9 Pierre Rolland Europcar 08:31
10 Thibaut Pinot Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 08:51
11 Andr̩as Kl̦den RadioShack РNissan 09:29
12 Frank Schleck RadioShack – Nissan 09:45
13 Nicolas Roche Ag2R – La Mondiale 10:49
14 J̩rome Coppel Saur РSojasun 11:27
15 Chris Horner RadioShack – Nissan 12:41
16 Denis Menchov Katusha Team 16:20
17 Maxime Monfort RadioShack – Nissan 17:41
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team 18:10
19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Movistar Team 19:02
20 Chris Anker Sorensen Team Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank 20:12
21 Michele Scarponi Lampre – ISD 20:32
22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban Euskaltel – Euskadi 25:53
23 Ivan Basso Liquigas – Cannondale 27:04
24 Peter Velits Omega Pharma – Quickstep 27:37
25 Robert Kiserlovski Astana Pro Team 28:43
26 Jelle Vanendert Lotto – Belisol Team 30:41
27 Sandy Casar Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 30:46
28 Rein Taaramäe Cofidis – Le Credit En Ligne 30:47
29 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank Cycling Team 31:18
30 Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma – Quickstep 31:59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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