La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 14 [LAST 2 KM + Vuelta Extra]

September 3, 2016
La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 14 [LAST 2 KM + Vuelta Extra] – Urdax-Dantxarinea – Col d’Aubisque (Gourette) – 196 km (Mountain stage)

The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race is the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and it will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.

Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) took the first Grand Tour stage win of his career on the queen stage of the Vuelta a España, with Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) once again going head-to-head just below on the Col d’Aubsique summit finish.

Gesink was part of an unusually-large 40-rider breakaway that formed ahead of the first of the four big climbs across the French border and forced Team Sky into a day-long chase as Movistar had Dani Moreno, 5:38 down overall, in the move.

The Dutchman had missed a six-man move that formed ahead of the final climb, but produced a strong ride to make his way across, before making his bid for freedom. The race situation chopped and changed but Gesink found himself with Kenny Elissonde and Egor Silin for company in the final couple of kilometres, and he managed to hold them off in the final uphill dash as the grimaces made way for elation.

In terms of the general classification, this Vuelta was already threatening to be a two-way contest between Quintana and Froome, and the pair once again locked horns as proceedings came to the boil on the Aubisque. Quintana attacked countless times, and while Contador and others were distanced, he could not shake Froome from his wheel.

Aside from Gesink, perhaps the ride of the day belonged to Simon Yates, who moved up into fourth overall thanks to a creative and bold piece of racing. The 24-year-old, who himself claimed his first Grand Tour stage win earlier in the race on stage 6, made his move on the penultimate climb of the day, the Col de Marie-Blanque, before linking up with teammates who had dropped back from the break. Once alone on the final climb, he made his way past a host of breakaway remnants and eventually finished 5th at 39 seconds to jump above Contador, Konig, and Valverde, who was dropped early on the Aubsique and fell out of the top 10.

Quintana still leads the Vuelta from Froome by 54 seconds – one mountain stage down and one step closer to the all-important time trial – while Esteban Chaves managed to skip clear of the sparring duo to haul himself up into third at two minutes, with Yates a further 16 seconds back. Konig is fifth at 2:38, while Contador, who did attack on the Aubisque, lost 20 seconds and is now 3:28 off the lead, his hopes growing fainter by the day.

How it happened

With so many riders keen to get into the break, from stage-win hopefuls to air-time hunters, mountains classification points seekers, and strategically-placed GC teammates, it was a frantic start to the day as the peloton set out from Urdax and over the French border.

When a move did stick, after 25km, it contained a good 40 riders, and was interesting from a tactical perspective as Movistar managed to get three men in there, including Dani Moreno, who started the day 12th overall. With Sky only able to put David Lopez in there, they had to spend most of the day on the front of the peloton and, though it was more of an exercise in control rather than a chase, Movistar were gladly able to sit in, despite the red jersey being on the shoulders of their man Quintana.

The full list of breakaway riders were Ruben Fernandez, Dani Moreno and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), Deniele Bennati (Tinkoff), David Lopez (Team Sky), Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), George Bennett, Victor Campenaerts and Robert Gesink (Lotto NL Jumbo), Simon Gerrans, Jens Keukeleire and Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica – BikeExchange), Dario Cataldo (Astana), Kenny Elissonde, Odd Christian Eiking and Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Haimar Zubeldia and Julien Bernard (Trek – Segafredo), Jan Bakelants and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R – La Mondiale), Alberto Losada and Egor Silin (Katusha), Bart De Clercq and Sander Armée (Lotto Soudal), Gianni Meersman (Etixx – Quick Step), Moreno Moser, Pierre Rolland and Davide Villella (Cannondale – Drapac), Omar Fraile and Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Mathias Frank and Larry Warbasse (IAM Cycling), Mattia Cattaneo (Lampre – Merida), Romain Hardy and Rudy Molard (Cofidis), Christoph Pfingsten (Bora-Argon 18), Pello Bilbao and Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Lilian Calmejane, Romain Sicard and Pierrig Quemeneur (Direct Energie).

The breakaway gained around four minutes, and the situation would stay the same for much of the day, as Omar Fraile (Dimenson Data) led over the top of the picturesque Col Inharpu and the 24km Col du Soudet – both first-category ascents – but Elissonde now leads the polka-dot jersey with 49 points.

Orica’s masterplan

Orica-BikeExchange had three men in the breakaway and it was towards the top of the Col du Soudet that it became apparent they were planning something. Gerrans, Keukeleire, and Cort started to control the tempo, before proceeding to hammer it on the descent and then the flat in the valley.

Once onto the penultimate climb of the day, Jack Haig skipped off the front of the bunch, and Yates soon made his move to bridge over. The duo gained a good 30 seconds before Haig made way and Yates continued alone. Just as the Briton, who served a ban relating to an asthma drug and a TUE mishap earlier this year, crested the Col de Marie-Blanque, he could see Gerrans and Cort over the brow of the hill. Safely in the slipstream, Yates pushed out his advantage over the GC group to over a minute, and there were soon four Orica riders as they reached Keukeleire on the flat.

Yates was deposited at the foot of the final climb with an advantage of 1:30, and he produced a really strong ride to maintain that advantage most of the way up.

He caught and passed numerous breakaway remnants and was only 39 seconds behind stage winner Gesink by the time he hit the line. By that point, Quintana’s attacks had reduced his advantage over the red jersey to a minute, but he was able to leapfrog both Contador and Valverde.

With Chaves third overall and Yates fourth, Orica are in a really strong position, and have the chance to get creative with their tactics once again in the stages to come.

Stage honours

Some breakaway riders began to lose contact on the Col du Soudet, and in the valley on the approach to the Marie-Blanque, but it wasn’t until the next valley – between the Marie-Blanque and the Aubsique, that things started to really shake-up, with the possibility of the stage win coming into focus.

A key move was made when six riders – Bakelants, Bennett Elissonde, Silin, Bernard, and De Clercq attacked towards the end of the descent, and carried a lead of around 30 seconds towards the foot of the Aubisque.

Eilssonde was the first to attack on the climb, and De Clercq and Bernard were soon distanced. Back in the 15-rider chase group, Gesink sensed the gap going out and made his move. He was initially tracked by Moreno, Lopez, and Pardilla, but soon kicked again and freed himself. He flew past Bernard and De Clercq and no sooner had he linked up with the leading quartet than he was off on the attack again.

Only Bakelants could follow initially, but the Belgian lost ground in the final five kilometres, while Elissonde found a second wind and bridged to Gesink. Going into the final kilometre, Gesink also had Silin for company, but confidently opened the sprint, got a gap, and held it to the line. Elissonde looked to have been dropped in the sprint but managed to come back past a rapidly-fading Silin.

GC fireworks

Nairo Quintana is well aware that 54 seconds is a precariously slim advantage over Chris Froome when a 37km time trial is on the horizon, and the Colombian went on the offensive today with a string of attacks.

The first one, halfway up the Aubisque, was just a tester, but the second created a true selection from the already-depleted peloton. Konig helped Froome begin to shut it down but soon it was just the old foes alone with Contador and Chaves. The Orica rider looked to be in trouble but soon attacked and stormed up the upper slopes to gain around half a minute.

Contador had no such luck. He went clear with a promising attack of his own, but paid for his efforts and was swiftly dropped, his race becoming an exercise in damage limitation.

Quintana repeatedly looked to shake Froome from his wheel, with earlier attacker Samuel Sanchez doing his best to cling on, but while he has gained time on Froome on more than one occasion so far in the race, this time he was unable to make the difference as the Sky rider dealt with the accelerations with increasing ease. The race leader tried one final push in the final 100 metres but Froome was alive to it, and they crossed the line with nothing separating them.

It was another display of dramatic racing and another chapter in the rivalry between the pair, who have emerged as the two clear contenders in this Vuelta.

Results :

1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 5:43:24
2 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:00:07
3 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:09
4 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:31
5 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:39
6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:49
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:11
8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:14
9 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange
10 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:01:16
11 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:26
12 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:47
13 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
14 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 0:01:50
15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
16 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:53
17 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:54
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:01
19 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:02:07
20 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:17
21 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:24
22 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:34
23 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:50
24 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:11
25 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:28
26 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:45
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:03:50
28 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:56
29 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:04:51
30 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
31 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:08
32 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:34
33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:47
34 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:30
35 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:07:18
36 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:07:35
37 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:09:10
38 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:56
39 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
40 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
41 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
42 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
44 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:12:29
45 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:35
46 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:12:49
47 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:13:27
48 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:13:52
49 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:32
50 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:10
51 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:15:31
53 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:16:09
54 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:16:20
55 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:16:51
56 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:18:13
57 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
58 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:22:11
59 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:14
60 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
61 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
62 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
63 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
64 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
65 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
66 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
67 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
68 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:37
69 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:24:03
70 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 0:25:44
71 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
72 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
73 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:00
74 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
75 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
76 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
77 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
78 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:27:50
79 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:28:37
80 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:29:13
81 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:31:27
82 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:32:37
83 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
84 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
85 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
86 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
87 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
88 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
89 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
90 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
91 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
92 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
93 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 0:32:44
94 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0:32:51
95 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:33:04
96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:33:13
97 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:33:32
98 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
99 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 0:34:08
100 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
101 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:25
102 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:34:49
103 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:36:49
104 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:38:41
105 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18
106 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
107 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
108 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
110 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
111 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
112 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
113 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
114 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
116 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
117 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
118 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida
119 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
121 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
122 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
123 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
124 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
125 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
126 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
127 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
128 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
129 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
130 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
131 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
132 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
133 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
134 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
135 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange
136 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange
137 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
138 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
139 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
140 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:39:10
141 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:39:16
142 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:39:25
143 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:39:27
144 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 0:39:28
145 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
146 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
147 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team
148 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
149 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
150 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
151 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
152 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
153 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
154 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
155 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
156 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
157 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:39:34
158 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team
159 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:39:37
160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:39:44
161 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:39:45
162 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:39:52
163 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:40:12
164 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:40:18
165 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:41:37
DNF Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
DNF Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team

General Classification after Stage 14:

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 58:41:40
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:54
3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:02:01
4 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:02:17
5 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:02:38
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:03:28
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:03:59
8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:30
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:05:37
10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:52
11 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:06:21
12 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:06:37
13 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:42
14 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:06:49
15 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:08:11
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:23
17 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:08:52
18 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:53
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:14
20 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:31
21 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:11:21
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:22
23 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:18:31
24 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:19:26
25 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:00
26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:41
27 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 0:23:06
28 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:23:44
29 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:26:37
30 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:26:39
31 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:28:23
32 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:35
33 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:30:10
34 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 0:31:29
35 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:35:43
36 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:37:45
37 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:40:54
38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:42:21
39 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:43:38
40 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:45:22
41 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 0:46:23
42 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:47:26
43 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:54:42
44 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:56:23
45 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:56:33
46 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:56:43
47 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:57:29
48 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:57:56
49 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:00:28
50 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 1:02:24
51 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:03:43
52 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:05:02
53 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:06:37
54 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:09:20
55 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:13:16
56 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:16:25
57 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:19:47
58 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:21:20
59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 1:25:10
60 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 1:25:37
61 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 1:25:46
62 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 1:27:32
63 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 1:27:42
64 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:31:39
65 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:32:01
66 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 1:37:11
67 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:37:12
68 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 1:38:32
69 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:39:08
70 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 1:39:30
71 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 1:40:00
72 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 1:40:27
73 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 1:41:18
74 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 1:42:04
75 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:43:32
76 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 1:43:50
77 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 1:44:01
78 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:47:11
79 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:47:25
80 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:47:28
81 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:47:43
82 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:48:18
83 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 1:49:07
84 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 1:49:59
85 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:50:22
86 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:51:01
87 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 1:51:15
88 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 1:52:22
89 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 1:52:49
90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:53:02
91 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 1:54:58
92 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 1:55:02
93 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 1:55:08
94 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:55:59
95 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 1:56:57
96 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 2:00:58
97 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 2:04:07
98 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:04:10
99 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:04:54
100 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:05:09
101 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 2:05:52
102 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 2:06:31
103 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:06:37
104 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:06:54
105 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:07:04
106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 2:07:15
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:12:01
108 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 2:14:16
109 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:17:33
110 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 2:18:03
111 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 2:18:38
112 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 2:20:54
113 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:21:14
114 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:21:34
115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:21:50
116 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:23:23
117 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 2:24:41
118 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 2:25:49
119 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 2:27:28
120 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:29:32
121 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 2:29:34
122 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:31:13
123 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 2:32:08
124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
125 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 2:32:36
126 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 2:32:38
127 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 2:33:52
128 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 2:35:44
129 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:36:07
130 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:39:08
131 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:39:15
132 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2:40:08
133 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 2:41:21
134 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:44:02
135 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 2:45:54
136 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 2:46:13
137 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 2:49:13
138 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:51:45
139 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:51:52
140 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:52:56
141 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 2:53:59
142 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 2:55:21
143 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 2:55:44
144 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:55:51
145 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 2:56:51
146 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:57:40
147 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 2:58:31
148 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 3:00:46
149 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:00:56
150 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 3:03:30
151 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 3:04:02
152 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida 3:04:15
153 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 3:05:19
154 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 3:06:02
155 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:06:57
156 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 3:08:24
157 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:09:48
158 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 3:11:56
159 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 3:11:58
160 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 3:12:32
161 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
162 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 3:15:15
163 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 3:18:28
164 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 3:19:05
165 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:21:47