Tour de France – Stage 2

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Chaos on the road to Zélande as roundabouts split the race as Greipel wins the stage and Cancellera takes 29th yellow jersey

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Tour de France – Stage 2
(Report for stage 1)

Greipel strikes in Zealand, Cancellara moves into the lead  – double blow for Quickstep

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Stage 2 showed that a sprint stage can be every bit as interesting as the mountain stages, probably more so as the chaos in this stage proved.

Raced like a Spring classic in windy and wet conditions, there were significant gaps between the hot favorites for the overall classification. Chris Froome and Alberto Contador made the front group in which André Greipel proved to be the fastest against Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish while Fabian Cancellara, third, moved into the overall lead.

Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana lost 1.28 to their rivals.

Andre Greipel: “Our group never slowed down but we saved a bit of energy. With 2km to go, I told Tony [Gallopin] and Marcel Sieberg to wait as long as possible because I felt the head wind”.

“Sieberg always knows which one is the right wheel to follow. He’s not just a good rider, he’s my best friend. I know him since I started cycling. He’s a really smart rider.”

“It means a lot to have him in a team. I’ve seen a high number of Quick Step riders in our group but Mark Renshaw opened the sprint too early. He forced Cavendish to go early too but I wasn’t confident yet because Cavendish has showed in the past that he was able to keep that speed for a long time and win that way”.

“But I was also able to stay on his wheel and pass him. There was a possibility to have a German stage winner and a German yellow jersey today but I don’t know what happened to Tony [Martin], I’m just happy with my first stage victory only on the second day of the Tour de France.”

“Tomorrow it’ll be my first time in the green jersey at the Tour de France and I will enjoy it before thinking of targeting it”.

The Race

Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) was the first attacker of the Tour de France as soon as race director Christian Prudhomme flagged off at the exit of Utrecht where 198 riders took the start of stage 2. Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Stef Clement (IAM Cycling) rejoined him.

They got a maximum advantage of 2.45 at km 28 while Etixx-Quick Step took control of the chase straight away. As they passed through the 50k mark, gusts of wind inspired Tinkoff-Saxo to create echelons. Until the intermediate sprint at Rotterdam (km 80.5), there was a lot of action, with the likes of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Bauke Mollema (Trek) temporarily in trouble.

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At the front, Barta rode away solo in the streets of Rotterdam to win the intermediate sprint and the race was all together with 62km to go, preceding a series of accelerations and with 50km to go, the peloton was split into pieces.

Twenty six riders including Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Tejay van Garderen, Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish, André Greipel, Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara composed a front group while many top contenders couldn’t avoid the pitfall.

Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana, Thibaut Pinot and yellow jersey holder Rohan Dennis were forced to chase. Nibali had a flat tyre with 25km to go but made it back into the chasing group. Despite the combination of forces, they never came across to the leaders and conceded 1.28 on the finishing line.

As Etixx-Quick Step outnumbered the other teams in the front group, Cavendish looked in the best position for the sprint on the causeway in Neeltje Jans. Renshaw led him out and Cavendish hit out at 300 to go with Greipel and Sagan on his wheel. Whilst Cavendish struggled hold his speed, Greipel and Sagan dueled for the win with Cancellera coming off the wheels to beat Cavendish for third and take a bonus which would give Fabian the Yellow jersey.

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For Sagan, it was a great effort especially after he’d punctured with 12k to go and even without a big convoy to help him back, he managed by hook or by crook to do just that and contest the finish.

Afterwards Cancellera explained he had nothing to prove but still rode his bike to do big things and they don’t come much bigger than the jellow jumper in the Tour de France. It was 11 years that he first wore yellow and he admits that his defeat on stage 1 gave him a lot of motivation when he found himself in the front group.

For Etixx Quickstep, the stage saw a double blow, Cavendish losing and finishing 4th whilst Tony Martin missing yellow because of the time bonus for Cancellera. One can only imagine the fireworks for the stage tomorrow that finishes on top of the Muur …

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Chris Froome “This a huge advantage for us to be sitting in this position after on flat day out on the road. But this is a three-weeks race and things do change on a daily basis. We’re ahead today but who knows what’s in store for us for the rest of the week.”

“I’m very thankful to my team-mates for keeping me in front all day and especially when it mattered, when the split took place. Two days gone now and I couldn’t really hope for more”, he said. Froome said he was surprised to learn that the other leaders, and especially title-holder Vincenzo Nibali had been dropped.

“It was chaos out there with the storm, the wind and everything. One second, Nibali was next to me and the next I couldn’t believe it when I heard he was distanced. It’s the nature of racing here in Holland. When we found out, myself and Alberto [Contador] talked on our bikes, and he was saying ‘we’ve got the gap so let’s commit to this move and both buy into it’. We got BMC Racing to do the same because they had Tejay [van Garderen] up there as well. We were all aware of the situation”.

The Briton singled Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard as the team-mates who most helped him in these tricky conditions. “This is their playground, this type of classic style stage with crosswinds and rain. They definitely proved their worth today.”

Following the stage, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) says he was satisfied with the outcome. “I’m happy with the way we raced today”. “It was a day where one could build time advantages. It’s a pity there was number of teams such as BMC or Sky that didn’t start working until late in the stage. However, at the end they gave us a hand and I’m satisfied with the result”.

“Regards myself, it wasn’t very tiring and in addition we avoided having any crashes”, says Alberto Contador, who had Sagan, Bennati, Rogers and Kreuziger alongside him in the diminished front group:

“I would like to thank my teammates for their work and the focus is now on recovering tonight as we have another difficult stage ahead of us tomorrow. It’s always good to have a few of the main rivals behind me in the GC than at the front but we still have a long way ahead of us and I think the advantage I have today will mean nothing by the end of the Tour”, added Alberto Contador.

Geraint Thomas told ITV4 “The crash came after the intermediate sprint. Someone fell over my back wheel and that cracked my frame but I had a quick bike change and got back to the front just fine. We knew after 108km the crosswinds would come, but the storm meant it was really hard to see where we were going”.

“There were crashes everywhere, but fortunately we were at the front and the three of us were able to make that split. It was great to gain that time on some of Froomey’s rivals.
We were so focused on staying upright, and staying at the front, that we didn’t pay much attention to who was dropped initially – it was only 10km down the road when we heard the news”.
“That was nice, and because there were only three of us from Team Sky, we let Etixx – Quick-Step ride initially and then got BMC Racing to help us, and it all worked out a treat. I’ve only just learned how big the gap was and that’s perfect for us at this stage in the race.”

Nairo Quintana – A pile-up by some riders strung out with 50km remaining saw Quintana out of position and forced the whole Movistar squad, Malori, Dowsett, Gorka Izagirre, Erviti, Castroviejo and Anacona to chase the leaders and keep the gap around a minute. “All those crashes in the rain were a bit unlucky for us,” said Quintana.

“We lost a bit of time, but we hope to get it back, day by day. We managed to keep the squad together and joined forces with Astana’s and kept the gap closer than it could have been.”

Valverde admits it hadn’t been a good day. “It was really complicated due to the foul weather and stressful. The important thing is that we didn’t crash and everything has just started. “Nairo was at the front with Dowsett but the group started to split in the crosswinds, it also started to rain, another crash happened, we turned left towards a wind-exposed zone and echelons kept forming and forming until all of us were trailing behind. From that point on, there was nothing to do but chasing.”

STAGE 1
1 GREIPEL André LOTTO-SOUDAL 03h 29′ 03”
2 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 00”
3 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK FACTORY RACING + 00′ 00”
4 CAVENDISH Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 00”
5 OSS Daniel BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 00”
6 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 00”
7 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY + 00′ 00”
8 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 00”
9 MARTIN Tony ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 00”
10 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 00”
11 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 04”
12 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY + 00′ 04”
13 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 04”
14 URAN URAN Rigoberto ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 04”
15 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO-SOUDAL + 00′ 04”
16 RENSHAW Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 04”
17 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO-SOUDAL + 00′ 04”
18 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 04”
19 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 08”
20 ROGERS Michael TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 08”
21 QUINZIATO Manuel BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 11”
22 STYBAR Zdenek ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 11”
23 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY + 00′ 11”
24 KWIATKOWSKI Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 15”
25 FARRAR Tyler MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 28”
26 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 28”
27 BAUER Jack TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 28”
28 GESINK Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 28”
29 POZZATO Filippo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 28”
30 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 28”
31 COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 28”
32 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 28”
33 ROY Jérémy FDJ + 01′ 28”
34 PAUWELS Serge MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 28”
35 HENDERSON Gregory LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 28”
36 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING + 01′ 28”
37 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FDJ + 01′ 28”
38 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 28”
39 PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 28”
40 MORABITO Steve FDJ + 01′ 28”
41 MALORI Adriano MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
42 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 28”
43 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ + 01′ 28”
44 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 28”
45 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 28”
46 GOLAS Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 28”
47 PINOT Thibaut FDJ + 01′ 28”
48 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 28”
49 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
50 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
51 BRÄNDLE Matthias IAM CYCLING + 01′ 28”
52 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
53 SIMON Julien COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 28”
54 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 28”
55 TRENTIN Matteo ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 28”
56 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
57 KONIG Leopold TEAM SKY + 01′ 28”
58 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 28”
59 DEMPSTER Zakkari BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
60 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
61 GERARD Arnaud BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 28”
62 VACHON Florian BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 28”
63 KOREN Kristijan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 28”
64 NERZ Dominik BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
65 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 28”
66 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
67 PORTE Richie TEAM SKY + 01′ 28”
68 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 28”
69 GERRANS Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 01′ 28”
70 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
71 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 28”
72 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 28”
73 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 28”
74 BAK Lars LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 28”
75 OLIVEIRA Nelson LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 28”
76 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 28”
77 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 28”
78 TAARAMÄE Rein ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
79 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 28”
80 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 28”
81 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
82 ERVITI OLLO Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
83 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
84 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 28”
85 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 28”
86 SANCHEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 28”
87 SCARPONI Michele ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
88 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 28”
89 DOWSETT Alex MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 28”
90 CHAVANEL Sébastien FDJ + 03′ 19”
91 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 03′ 19”
92 BENNATI Daniele TINKOFF-SAXO + 04′ 29”
93 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY + 04′ 29”
94 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY + 04′ 29”
95 GAUDIN Damien AG2R LA MONDIALE + 04′ 29”
96 WYSS Danilo BMC RACING TEAM + 04′ 29”
97 WELLENS Tim LOTTO-SOUDAL + 04′ 29”
98 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
99 TULIK ANGÉLO TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
100 GENE Yohann TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
101 DELAPLACE Anthony BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
102 BRUN Fréderic BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
103 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO-SOUDAL + 05′ 04”
104 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
105 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar TREK FACTORY RACING + 05′ 04”
106 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
107 WESTRA Lieuwe ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 04”
108 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
109 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF-SAXO + 05′ 04”
110 HERRADA LOPEZ José MOVISTAR TEAM + 05′ 04”
111 ANDERSEN Michael Valgren TINKOFF-SAXO + 05′ 04”
112 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
113 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
114 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
115 BASSO Ivan TINKOFF-SAXO + 05′ 04”
116 WYSS Marcel IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
117 IMPEY Daryl ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
118 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
119 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 05′ 04”
120 BOUHANNI Nacer COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 05′ 04”
121 VANBILSEN KENNETH COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 05′ 04”
122 SICARD Romain TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
123 HAAS Nathan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 05′ 04”
124 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
125 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 05′ 04”
126 DE KORT Koen TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 05′ 04”
127 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18 + 05′ 04”
128 NAULLEAU BRYAN TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
129 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 05′ 04”
130 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 05′ 04”
131 FONSECA Armindo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
132 MACHADO Tiago TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
133 PAOLINI Luca TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
134 VALLS FERRI Rafael LAMPRE – MERIDA + 05′ 04”
135 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 04”
136 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA + 05′ 04”
137 GASTAUER Ben AG2R LA MONDIALE + 05′ 04”
138 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
139 RAST Gregory TREK FACTORY RACING + 05′ 04”
140 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE + 05′ 04”
141 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben LAMPRE – MERIDA + 05′ 04”
142 JUNGELS Bob TREK FACTORY RACING + 05′ 04”
143 FEDRIGO Pierrick BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
144 GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
145 YATES Adam ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
146 SEPULVEDA Eduardo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
147 COQUARD Bryan TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
148 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ + 05′ 04”
149 VAN EMDEN Jos TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
150 KENNAUGH Peter TEAM SKY + 05′ 04”
151 BOOM Lars ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 04”
152 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
153 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
154 SENECHAL Florian COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 05′ 04”
155 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM + 05′ 04”
156 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA + 05′ 04”
157 CARUSO Gianpaolo TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
158 GRUZDEV Dmitriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 04”
159 TANKINK Bram TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
160 GENIEZ Alexandre FDJ + 05′ 04”
161 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan MOVISTAR TEAM + 05′ 04”
162 LEEZER Thomas TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 04”
163 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY + 05′ 04”
164 RIBLON Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 05′ 04”
165 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
166 BONNET William FDJ + 05′ 04”
167 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF-SAXO + 05′ 04”
168 TUFT Svein ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
169 VAN SUMMEREN Johan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 05′ 04”
170 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
171 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18 + 05′ 04”
172 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 04”
173 QUEMENEUR Perrig TEAM EUROPCAR + 05′ 04”
174 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian TREK FACTORY RACING + 05′ 04”
175 VAN BAARLE Dylan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 05′ 04”
176 PIMANTA COSTA MENDES José Joao BORA-ARGON 18 + 05′ 04”
177 WEENING Pieter ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
178 ALBASINI Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
179 HESJEDAL Ryder TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 05′ 04”
180 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
181 YATES Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 04”
182 LANGEVELD Sebastian TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 05′ 04”
183 SERPA SANTANDER José LAMPRE – MERIDA + 05′ 04”
184 PERICHON Pierre-Luc BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 05′ 04”
185 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
186 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO-SOUDAL + 05′ 04”
187 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
188 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
189 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
190 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING + 05′ 04”
191 MEINTJES Louis MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 04”
192 IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel TREK FACTORY RACING + 11′ 06”
193 DEVOLDER Stijn TREK FACTORY RACING + 11′ 06”
194 DIDIER Laurent TREK FACTORY RACING + 11′ 06”
195 FEILLU Brice BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 11′ 06”
196 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 11′ 06”
197 VOECKLER Thomas TEAM EUROPCAR + 11′ 06”
198 HANSEN Adam LOTTO-SOUDAL + 11′ 06”

Overall
1 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK FACTORY RACING 03h 44′ 01”
2 MARTIN Tony ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 03”
3 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 06”
4 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 33”
5 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY + 00′ 35”
6 OSS Daniel BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 42”
7 URAN URAN Rigoberto ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 42”
8 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 44”
9 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 48”
10 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY + 00′ 48”
11 ROGERS Michael TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 53”
12 STYBAR Zdenek ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 54”
13 GREIPEL André LOTTO-SOUDAL + 00′ 59”
14 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 00”
15 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 00”
16 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 08”
17 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 12”
18 QUINZIATO Manuel BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 13”
19 KWIATKOWSKI Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 19”
20 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY + 01′ 20”
21 CAVENDISH Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 24”
22 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 25”
23 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 26”
24 RENSHAW Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 48”
25 BRÄNDLE Matthias IAM CYCLING + 01′ 49”
26 MALORI Adriano MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 55”
27 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 57”
28 GESINK Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 59”
29 DOWSETT Alex MOVISTAR TEAM + 02′ 02”
30 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK FACTORY RACING + 02′ 03”
31 PINOT Thibaut FDJ + 02′ 07”
32 KONIG Leopold TEAM SKY + 02′ 09”
33 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM + 02′ 09”
34 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 11”
35 TAARAMÄE Rein ASTANA PRO TEAM + 02′ 11”
36 ROY Jérémy FDJ + 02′ 13”
37 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 02′ 15”
38 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM + 02′ 19”
39 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM + 02′ 22”
40 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 02′ 23”
41 PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 02′ 25”
42 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 25”
43 MORABITO Steve FDJ + 02′ 26”
44 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM + 02′ 27”
45 SANCHEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM + 02′ 30”
46 PORTE Richie TEAM SKY + 02′ 32”
47 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA + 02′ 34”
48 BAUER Jack TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 02′ 37”
49 ERVITI OLLO Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM + 02′ 37”
50 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING + 02′ 38”
51 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ + 02′ 38”
52 COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA + 02′ 39”
53 DEMPSTER Zakkari BORA-ARGON 18 + 02′ 40”
54 KOREN Kristijan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 02′ 41”
55 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 02′ 41”
56 OLIVEIRA Nelson LAMPRE – MERIDA + 02′ 42”
57 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 02′ 43”
58 BAK Lars LOTTO-SOUDAL + 02′ 45”
59 PAUWELS Serge MTN-QHUBEKA + 02′ 47”
60 FARRAR Tyler MTN-QHUBEKA + 02′ 48”
61 HENDERSON Gregory LOTTO-SOUDAL + 02′ 48”
62 VACHON Florian BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 48”
63 GERRANS Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 02′ 48”
64 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FDJ + 02′ 50”
65 GOLAS Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 02′ 50”
66 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA-ARGON 18 + 02′ 51”
67 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18 + 02′ 51”
68 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 02′ 51”
69 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 51”
70 TRENTIN Matteo ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 02′ 52”
71 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA + 02′ 52”
72 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM + 02′ 52”
73 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN-QHUBEKA + 02′ 53”
74 SCARPONI Michele ASTANA PRO TEAM + 02′ 54”
75 NERZ Dominik BORA-ARGON 18 + 02′ 57”
76 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 02′ 58”
77 SIMON Julien COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 02′ 59”
78 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE + 03′ 00”
79 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM + 03′ 00”
80 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18 + 03′ 01”
81 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 03′ 05”
82 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE + 03′ 08”
83 POZZATO Filippo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 03′ 08”
84 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 03′ 09”
85 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18 + 03′ 14”
86 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA + 03′ 17”
87 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 03′ 38”
88 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 03′ 39”
89 GERARD Arnaud BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 03′ 44”
90 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 04′ 50”
91 VAN EMDEN Jos TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 17”
92 CHAVANEL Sébastien FDJ + 05′ 19”
93 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan MOVISTAR TEAM + 05′ 25”
94 GAUDIN Damien AG2R LA MONDIALE + 05′ 27”
95 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 32”
96 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN-QHUBEKA + 05′ 34”
97 JUNGELS Bob TREK FACTORY RACING + 05′ 40”
98 VAN BAARLE Dylan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 05′ 40”
99 BENNATI Daniele TINKOFF-SAXO + 05′ 43”
100 BOOM Lars ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 46”
101 TUFT Svein ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 47”
102 WESTRA Lieuwe ASTANA PRO TEAM + 05′ 47”
103 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM CYCLING + 05′ 47”
104 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 47”
105 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY + 05′ 47”
106 WELLENS Tim LOTTO-SOUDAL + 05′ 48”
107 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 48”
108 YATES Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 48”
109 WYSS Danilo BMC RACING TEAM + 05′ 51”
110 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING + 05′ 52”
111 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING + 05′ 53”
112 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 57”
113 IMPEY Daryl ORICA GREENEDGE + 05′ 59”
114 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 06′ 00”
115 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald MTN-QHUBEKA + 06′ 01”
116 ALBASINI Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 06′ 02”
117 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar TREK FACTORY RACING + 06′ 03”
118 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM + 06′ 04”
119 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 06′ 07”
120 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY + 06′ 07”
121 WEENING Pieter ORICA GREENEDGE + 06′ 09”
122 LEEZER Thomas TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 06′ 09”
123 KENNAUGH Peter TEAM SKY + 06′ 10”
124 MACHADO Tiago TEAM KATUSHA + 06′ 10”
125 PIMANTA COSTA MENDES José Joao BORA-ARGON 18 + 06′ 10”
126 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING + 06′ 11”
127 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18 + 06′ 14”
128 WYSS Marcel IAM CYCLING + 06′ 14”
129 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM + 06′ 15”
130 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 06′ 15”
131 SICARD Romain TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 15”
132 HESJEDAL Ryder TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 06′ 17”
133 BONNET William FDJ + 06′ 17”
134 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 06′ 17”
135 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18 + 06′ 18”
136 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING + 06′ 19”
137 YATES Adam ORICA GREENEDGE + 06′ 20”
138 LANGEVELD Sebastian TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 06′ 21”
139 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY + 06′ 21”
140 MEINTJES Louis MTN-QHUBEKA + 06′ 23”
141 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto TEAM KATUSHA + 06′ 25”
142 TANKINK Bram TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 06′ 25”
143 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF-SAXO + 06′ 25”
144 SENECHAL Florian COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 06′ 26”
145 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO-SOUDAL + 06′ 28”
146 GRUZDEV Dmitriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 06′ 29”
147 GENIEZ Alexandre FDJ + 06′ 29”
148 RIBLON Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 06′ 32”
149 VALLS FERRI Rafael LAMPRE – MERIDA + 06′ 32”
150 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM CYCLING + 06′ 33”
151 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 06′ 33”
152 FEDRIGO Pierrick BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 06′ 33”
153 RAST Gregory TREK FACTORY RACING + 06′ 33”
154 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ + 06′ 34”
155 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO-SOUDAL + 06′ 35”
156 DELAPLACE Anthony BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 06′ 35”
157 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN-QHUBEKA + 06′ 36”
158 NAULLEAU BRYAN TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 37”
159 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA + 06′ 37”
160 GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 38”
161 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt MTN-QHUBEKA + 06′ 39”
162 DE KORT Koen TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 06′ 39”
163 HAAS Nathan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 06′ 39”
164 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF-SAXO + 06′ 42”
165 SEPULVEDA Eduardo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 06′ 42”
166 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben LAMPRE – MERIDA + 06′ 42”
167 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry TEAM KATUSHA + 06′ 43”
168 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA + 06′ 45”
169 BASSO Ivan TINKOFF-SAXO + 06′ 47”
170 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 48”
171 VAN SUMMEREN Johan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 06′ 50”
172 VANBILSEN KENNETH COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 06′ 50”
173 ANDERSEN Michael Valgren TINKOFF-SAXO + 06′ 51”
174 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian TREK FACTORY RACING + 06′ 52”
175 HERRADA LOPEZ José MOVISTAR TEAM + 06′ 52”
176 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi MTN-QHUBEKA + 06′ 53”
177 COQUARD Bryan TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 53”
178 GENE Yohann TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 55”
179 PAOLINI Luca TEAM KATUSHA + 06′ 57”
180 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA + 06′ 57”
181 TULIK ANGÉLO TEAM EUROPCAR + 06′ 59”
182 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 07′ 00”
183 BRUN Fréderic BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 07′ 03”
184 SERPA SANTANDER José LAMPRE – MERIDA + 07′ 11”
185 GASTAUER Ben AG2R LA MONDIALE + 07′ 16”
186 BOUHANNI Nacer COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 07′ 16”
187 PERICHON Pierre-Luc BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 07′ 25”
188 QUEMENEUR Perrig TEAM EUROPCAR + 07′ 26”
189 CARUSO Gianpaolo TEAM KATUSHA + 07′ 26”
190 FONSECA Armindo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 07′ 27”
191 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE + 08′ 38”
192 IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel TREK FACTORY RACING + 12′ 02”
193 DEVOLDER Stijn TREK FACTORY RACING + 12′ 23”
194 VOECKLER Thomas TEAM EUROPCAR + 12′ 28”
195 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 12′ 28”
196 HANSEN Adam LOTTO-SOUDAL + 12′ 51”
197 DIDIER Laurent TREK FACTORY RACING + 12′ 51”
198 FEILLU Brice BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 13′ 32”

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