Aussie Rohan Dennis rewrites the history books with the fastest TT to win stage 1 of the Tour de France and wear yellow on stage 2
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Tour de France – Stage 1
Dennis Wins Tour Opener At Record Speed
Utrecht, The Netherlands – BMC Racing Team’s Rohan Dennis piloted his BMC timemachine TM01 to the fastest average speed in Tour de France history in winning Saturday’s opening stage individual time trial.
Dennis averaged 55.45 kilometers an hour over the 13.8-km course through the streets of Utrecht, The Netherlands, to take the win by five seconds and earn the first yellow jersey of the three-week race. His average speed surpassed the previous Tour de France record mark set by Chris Boardman 21 years ago. As the 38th of 198 riders to start, Dennis was in the “hot seat” for more than two-and-a-half-hours.
“It was nerve-wracking watching the screen,” Dennis said. “I didn’t expect to go that fast time-wise. When I got to back to the bus, I was told that it was the quickest time trial by my friend back in Adelaide. So that was a nice little bonus, you could say.”
One-by-one, some of the world’s top time trialists took their best shot at the former world hour record holder’s time of 14:56. Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin), one of the hometown favorites, arrived eight seconds slower to place fourth. Past multi-time world time trial champion Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) was five seconds slower and finished runner-up. And the 15th-to-last rider to start, multi-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, was six seconds off the pace for third place.
“We went with the tactic of going off early – there’s no stress, you don’t have to sit around all day – just set a benchmark and make everyone else chase me,” Dennis said. “It worked out perfectly. Tour de France … yellow jersey … it’s a dream. I have always wished to be in this position and now I am.”
Dennis became the first rider from the BMC Racing Team to wear the leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France since Cadel Evans won the race in 2011 and is the seventh Australian to hold the lead at the Tour de France, on a list that also includes Evans.
Big Disappointment for Tony Martin
“I knew starting the Tour de France with this time trial was a great chance for myself and the team to possibly wear the yellow jersey in Utrecht,” Martin said. “I did the best preparation possible to be at this race at 100 percent. I had great support from the team and the staff around me, so I could really focus on the race. But today I was struggling a little bit with the heat”.
“It was not easy to warm up on the rollers and then riding 15 minutes in the heat. Even in the second half I was already tired. I’m used to warming up after 5 to 7 kilometers, and then my race starts. But today I couldn’t really change rhythm. I was doing my best to go until the finish. I am sure in different weather circumstances I could do better. Still, considering everything, to still finish 2nd I am happy about it”.
“I always want to win, but today I found a great Rohan Dennis who deserved the victory. There is still a big opportunity for yellow in the next days. Everyone knows this first week will be crazy and we have for sure one of the strongest and best teams for the parcours of the next days. So, yes, I am disappointed, but the Tour de France has only just begun. I have a great team around me that will further boost my morale, for sure.”
Chris Froome: “That was pretty tough out there for such a short course. I’m happy to have got this first stage out of the way and all the main contenders are in the same ballpark. When you compare my rivals, I’d have taken being positioned between [Vincenzo] Nibali and [Alberto] Contador if you’d have offered me that at the start of the day. There’s not much in it at the moment and I’m pretty happy with that.”
“As for the course, the early starters may have had a slight advantage as it sounds like the wind picked up a little bit towards the end. I definitely prefer longer time trials, and longer efforts are what I’ve spent time training for – to be good in the mountains. This intense effort was different from that but a good lung opener ahead of what’s to come.”
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) happy with TT: “It was a very tough time-trial and I felt my legs quite well, I had good sensations. The race course was very, very fast. I decided to take the first half of the race at a slightly slower pace and then push hard. I got off slower but then I wasn’t able to finish off strongly. All in all, I think it was a normal time-trial and all the favorites are within a few seconds of each other and that is, in my opinion, a good thingâ€.
Steve Cummings – 10th, first Brit
“It was a super day. Physically the effort was good but I also never really felt composed. I don’t know, I think it was possibly the occasion that got to me a bit and I messed up a lot of corners, well pretty much every corner actually. But having said that, to come to the biggest bike race in the world it is great for the team to see we can all make mistakes but are able to compete with the best in the world”.
“It was my goal to really deliver something good today for that reason, to give the team a bit of a lift and some confidence. Unfortunately it wasn’t as good as I hoped but I think it was still pretty good to be honest.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar): “The start of a Grand Tour always becomes difficult. It was a long time since I didn’t ride a TT. It was a demanding effort, but I felt physically well. We weren’t interested on the times by Dennis or those two started before me, but the top guys, in order to give value to the result.”
Alex Dowsett (Movistar)(13th): “I’m disappointed, but it’s not a heavily surprising result; it was a really hard TT, always at full speed, even reaching 56kph into headwinds. I cooked myself early on and when you do that on such a course and you’re down on average speed, you don’t get a choice to keep pushing and try to reach Rohan’s speed or backing off and saving it for the end. I struggled a bit compared to the big boys.â€
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar):  “It’s not important to have finished 5″ ahead of my team-mate. Nairo did really well and we were also up there. Things went more or less good; there were some gusty winds into the final sections of the TT, but not much harder than for the early starters, but it’s true that this might have made gaps shrink a bit between the GC favourites.”
Fabian Cancellara: “It was quite a heat and my mouth was so dry at halfway already (they were saying it was the hottest day ever in the Dutch city). It was hard to get a deep breath at times, I couldn’t swallow. But for one, it shows I am in progression from where I was two weeks ago. Of course, I came here to get yellow, and so in that way it’s kind of a disappointment”.
“But, on the other hand, I did a good performance. I am not sure where I could give more; maybe if the wind was less before, I don’t know, you can make a lot of speculation…In the end, it is how it is. Of course I don’t look yet to tomorrow, first I need to get over the day, the disappointment. I expected something higher, something bigger. But that’s sport. I don’t feel like I have anything to prove.”
“I have already proved many, many years of big things. People expect me to perform on days like today where I am a specialist. But for having a perfect day you need more, and I was not having a perfect day, and for me the heat cut my performance. This is not an excuse, but the reality.â€
Richie Porte: “It was so hot out there and that it made it pretty horrible to ride in, but it’s nice to be able to get the Tour started – that’s the only positive I can really take out of today.
Luke Rowe: “It was a really good experience, and nice to be able to start with a prologue to ease my way into it. For me, today was just about getting through it and doing enough to open up my legs for tomorrow. The crowds were really impressive – I had my radio on as loud as it would go but there was a wall of noise and I struggled to hear it”.
“I’m focusing on tomorrow now. If there’s any wind at all it’s going to be messy. We’ve known that for months though – as soon as the route was decided – and it’s going to be a fight. With the team we’ve got here though I’m sure we can do a good job.â€
Geraint Thomas: “I gave it 100% but didn’t feel good at all – I didn’t feel like I had it in my legs, for whatever reason. Those last five kilometres were a complete grind and I was dying all the time, counting down the distance, and trying to keep myself going. It wasn’t a nice TT at all.â€
Tom Dumoulin said of his race in front of the home fans: “I didn’t lose it anywhere I was simply unable to go 8″ faster, as I rode a very good time trial, but unfortunately it was not enough for the win. I was riding through a wall of sound from the spectators, which was really cool.â€
Thibaut Pinot (A GC favourite): “It was a nice course, not too curvy, pretty straight. I like that. I’m not a bad time trialist. In the straight time trials when power speaks for itself and I’ve got good legs, I know that I’ll do well”.
“One day I’d like to do the French championship for time trial if it’s on a nice course with serious hills. My advantage over the other favorites is nothing compare to what’s coming up in the next three weeks. It’s anecdotal. However, it’s important to be reassured. I was looking forward to the race to begin. Two days at the hotel, it’s not what I prefer.”
The Race
A hundred and ninety eight riders took the start of the 2015 Tour de France, the first of them being Eritrean time trial national champion Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka), the first black African cyclist to take part in the race.
The 2010 Dutch champion for individual time trial Jos van Emden (LottoNL-Jumbo) who was the ninth rider in action and pleased the local crowd as he set the first time of reference: 15.11. It was a strong indication that it would be a very fast race.
Clocked with one second deficit from the Dutchman at the half way time check, former world hour record holder Rohan Dennis from BMC bettered his time by fifteen seconds and set the fastest ever average speed of an individual time trial at the Tour de France with 55.446. The previous record was held by Chris Boardman with 55.152km/h in Lille in 1994 on a 7.2km course.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the first of the top GC contenders to cover the 13.8km of the flat course. He was satisfied with his ride but another climber, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) bettered it by twenty seconds.
Bauke Mollema (Trek) rode four seconds faster than the Frenchman. Among the big four, the fastest was eventual the last man on the road: defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) who walked away from stage 1 with an advantage of 7 seconds over Chris Froome, 15 seconds over Alberto Contador, and 1.01 over Quintana. All of them remained behind Pinot whose French rival Romain Bardet lost 54 seconds on him.
STAGE 1
1 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM 14′ 56”
2 MARTIN Tony ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 05”
3 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK FACTORY RACING + 00′ 06”
4 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 08”
5 VAN EMDEN Jos TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 15”
6 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 23”
7 BRÄNDLE Matthias IAM CYCLING + 00′ 23”
8 MALORI Adriano MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 29”
9 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 30”
10 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN-QHUBEKA + 00′ 32”
11 GESINK Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 33”
12 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY + 00′ 33”
13 DOWSETT Alex MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 36”
14 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK FACTORY RACING + 00′ 37”
15 JUNGELS Bob TREK FACTORY RACING + 00′ 38”
16 VAN BAARLE Dylan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 00′ 38”
17 URAN URAN Rigoberto ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 40”
18 PINOT Thibaut FDJ + 00′ 41”
19 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 41”
20 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 42”
21 KONIG Leopold TEAM SKY + 00′ 43”
22 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 43”
23 BOOM Lars ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 44”
24 OSS Daniel BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 44”
25 TUFT Svein ORICA GREENEDGE + 00′ 45”
26 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 45”
27 WESTRA Lieuwe ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 45”
28 STYBAR Zdenek ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 45”
29 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM CYCLING + 00′ 45”
30 TAARAMÄE Rein ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 45”
31 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 45”
32 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA GREENEDGE + 00′ 46”
33 YATES Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 00′ 46”
34 ROGERS Michael TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 47”
35 ROY Jérémy FDJ + 00′ 47”
36 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 49”
37 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING + 00′ 50”
38 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 50”
39 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY + 00′ 50”
40 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING + 00′ 51”
41 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 53”
42 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 55”
43 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 56”
44 IMPEY Daryl ORICA GREENEDGE + 00′ 57”
45 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 57”
46 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF-SAXO + 00′ 58”
47 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 00′ 58”
48 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO-SOUDAL + 00′ 58”
49 IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel TREK FACTORY RACING + 00′ 58”
50 PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 00′ 59”
51 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 59”
52 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald MTN-QHUBEKA + 00′ 59”
53 MORABITO Steve FDJ + 01′ 00”
54 ALBASINI Michael ORICA GREENEDGE + 01′ 00”
55 GAUDIN Damien AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 00”
56 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 01”
57 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 01”
58 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 02”
59 SANCHEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 04”
60 QUINZIATO Manuel BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 04”
61 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 05”
62 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY + 01′ 05”
63 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 06”
64 KWIATKOWSKI Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 06”
65 PORTE Richie TEAM SKY + 01′ 06”
66 WEENING Pieter ORICA GREENEDGE + 01′ 07”
67 LEEZER Thomas TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 07”
68 KENNAUGH Peter TEAM SKY + 01′ 08”
69 MACHADO Tiago TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 08”
70 PIMANTA COSTA MENDES José Joao BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 08”
71 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 08”
72 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING + 01′ 09”
73 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 10”
74 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY + 01′ 11”
75 BAUER Jack TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 11”
76 GREIPEL André LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 11”
77 ERVITI OLLO Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 11”
78 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 12”
79 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING + 01′ 12”
80 WYSS Marcel IAM CYCLING + 01′ 12”
81 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ + 01′ 12”
82 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 13”
83 COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 13”
84 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 13”
85 SICARD Romain TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 13”
86 DEMPSTER Zakkari BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 14”
87 HESJEDAL Ryder TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 15”
88 BONNET William FDJ + 01′ 15”
89 KOREN Kristijan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 15”
90 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 15”
91 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 15”
92 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 16”
93 BENNATI Daniele TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 16”
94 OLIVEIRA Nelson LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 16”
95 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 17”
96 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING + 01′ 17”
97 YATES Adam ORICA GREENEDGE + 01′ 18”
98 LANGEVELD Sebastian TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 19”
99 BAK Lars LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 19”
100 DEVOLDER Stijn TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 19”
101 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY + 01′ 20”
102 WELLENS Tim LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 21”
103 MEINTJES Louis MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 21”
104 PAUWELS Serge MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 21”
105 FARRAR Tyler MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 22”
106 HENDERSON Gregory LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 22”
107 VACHON Florian BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 22”
108 GERRANS Simon ORICA GREENEDGE + 01′ 22”
109 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 23”
110 TANKINK Bram TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 23”
111 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 23”
112 VOECKLER Thomas TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 24”
113 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FDJ + 01′ 24”
114 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 24”
115 SENECHAL Florian COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 24”
116 WYSS Danilo BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 24”
117 GOLAS Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 24”
118 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 25”
119 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 25”
120 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 25”
121 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 25”
122 TRENTIN Matteo ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 26”
123 CAVENDISH Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 26”
124 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 26”
125 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 26”
126 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 26”
127 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 27”
128 GRUZDEV Dmitriy ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 27”
129 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 27”
130 GENIEZ Alexandre FDJ + 01′ 27”
131 SCARPONI Michele ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 28”
132 RIBLON Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 30”
133 VALLS FERRI Rafael LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 30”
134 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM CYCLING + 01′ 31”
135 FEDRIGO Pierrick BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 31”
136 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 31”
137 RAST Gregory TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 31”
138 NERZ Dominik BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 31”
139 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 32”
140 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ + 01′ 32”
141 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 33”
142 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 33”
143 SIMON Julien COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 33”
144 DELAPLACE Anthony BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 33”
145 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 34”
146 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 34”
147 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 34”
148 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 35”
149 NAULLEAU BRYAN TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 35”
150 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 35”
151 GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 36”
152 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 37”
153 DE KORT Koen TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 37”
154 HAAS Nathan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN + 01′ 37”
155 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 01′ 39”
156 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 40”
157 SEPULVEDA Eduardo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 01′ 40”
158 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 40”
159 KOZONTCHUK Dmitry TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 41”
160 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 42”
161 POZZATO Filippo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 42”
162 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 43”
163 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 43”
164 BASSO Ivan TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 45”
165 RENSHAW Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 46”
166 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 46”
167 HANSEN Adam LOTTO-SOUDAL + 01′ 47”
168 DIDIER Laurent TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 47”
169 VAN SUMMEREN Johan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 01′ 48”
170 VANBILSEN KENNETH COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 48”
171 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 48”
172 ANDERSEN Michael Valgren TINKOFF-SAXO + 01′ 49”
173 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian TREK FACTORY RACING + 01′ 50”
174 HERRADA LOPEZ José MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 50”
175 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi MTN-QHUBEKA + 01′ 51”
176 COQUARD Bryan TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 51”
177 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 51”
178 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 51”
179 GENE Yohann TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 53”
180 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY + 01′ 54”
181 PAOLINI Luca TEAM KATUSHA + 01′ 55”
182 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA + 01′ 55”
183 TULIK ANGÉLO TEAM EUROPCAR + 01′ 57”
184 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 58”
185 BRUN Fréderic BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 01”
186 CHAVANEL Sébastien FDJ + 02′ 02”
187 SERPA SANTANDER José LAMPRE – MERIDA + 02′ 09”
188 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 12”
189 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 02′ 13”
190 GASTAUER Ben AG2R LA MONDIALE + 02′ 14”
191 BOUHANNI Nacer COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 02′ 14”
192 GERARD Arnaud BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 18”
193 PERICHON Pierre-Luc BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 23”
194 QUEMENEUR Perrig TEAM EUROPCAR + 02′ 24”
195 CARUSO Gianpaolo TEAM KATUSHA + 02′ 24”
196 FONSECA Armindo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 25”
197 FEILLU Brice BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT + 02′ 28”
198 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE + 03′ 36”
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