Tour de France 2011 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE]

July 4, 2011

Tour de France 2011 – Stage 3 – Olonne-sur-Mer – Redon : 198 km

After a 2010 edition dedicated to the centenary of the Pyrenees, the 2011 Tour de France will celebrate the centenary of the first time the race climbed the Alps. Race director Christian Prudhomme unveiled a parcours ideal for climbers, with only 64 time trial kilometres of which 23 are a team time trial. Again, there will be no time bonuses on the road from the Vendée region to Paris, while a testing third week in the Alps sees the Tour return to the Galibier and L’Alpe d’Huez: two of its most legendary climbs.

Garmin-Cervélo could hardly have written a better script to the opening days of the Tour de France. Having put Thor Hushovd into the yellow jersey thanks to their victory in Sunday’s team time trial, the Norwegian’s sprint ally Tyler Farrar took his debut Tour success ahead of Vacansoleil’s Romain Feillu and Movistar’s José Joaquín Rojas.

As he crossed the line to give the USA a most timely victory on Independence Day, Farrar made a “W’ sign with his two hands in tribute to his close friend Wouter Weylandt, who died after crashing on the third stage of May’s Giro d’Italia.

“This has been a horrible last two months with everything that happened in the Giro,” Farrar said. “I’ve had a lot of ups and downs but in the end I wanted to come back and do something special and this is certainly the biggest stage that you can do that. I’ve trained hard and I could feel I was getting stronger over the last few weeks. It’s a little bit unbelievable that it could happen. Everything just came together.”

There had been a lot of questions about how the pairing of Hushovd and Farrar would be accommodated in the same team at the Tour, and this stage provided the answer. While HTC-Highroad’s lead-out for Mark Cavendish went awry coming out of the final left-hand bend with 750m remaining, Garmin-Cervélo was perfectly set up coming into the finish.

“It’s a little bit of a special situation with Thor in yellow and the priority was for him to stay in yellow because the last thing we wanted was for a time gap,” Farrar said. “It just shows what a champion Thor is and how classy he is. A world champion in the yellow jersey doesn’t have to lead out the sprint for a teammate, but I just can’t say thank you enough to him and the whole team.”

Yellow jersey Hushovd was on the front of the line, with teammates Julian Dean and Farrar tucked right in behind him and only another three riders for immediate company. Hushovd led to 400m, where Dean took over. Farrar finally made his move with 150m left and never looked in danger of being overhauled, despite an impressive final spurt by Feillu that carried him to within half a bike length of Farrar.

Rojas was well back in third but had the consolation of taking the green jersey. AG2R’s Sébastien Hinault was fourth, with Cavendish well behind in fifth.

“This green jersey is the reward for lots of sacrifice, and I’m really happy to wear it,” Rojas said. “This was one of the goals, along with taking a stage win, and I’m showing I can get them both.

“It was a dangerous finale, and after the last turn I was a bit behind and had a tough time getting back up front. I took it from a long way out, because I was afraid I would get boxed in, but I was lacking some strength when I shifted down for some more power as I was overtaking them. I didn’t win, but if I didn’t start sprinting, I wouldn’t have taken the jersey. I’m feeling super strong and will keep trying.”

Hushovd’s impressive performance was enough to keep him in the yellow jersey, making this the first time the Norwegian has managed to hold onto the fabled tunic on the fourth occasion he’s held it.

Garmin-Cervelo team manager was beside himself with elation at his team’s performance so far in this Tour de France. “Right from the work that Zabriskie did to the incredible work that Ramunas [Navardauskas] did… He was doing 140 km at the front and was still helping out at the front in the final 10km. Across he board it was just beautiful,” Vaughters said.

“This has taken a lot of strategy and a lot of management to get everyone focused. We’ve got a bunch of great guys.”

How it unfolded

The break of the day began inside the opening kilometer of racing when Mickael Delage (FDJ), Iván Gutiérrez (Movistar), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel), Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) and Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) went clear. Their lead stretched within the first quarter of the stage, reaching a maximum of eight minutes with 80km covered.

That advantage began to come down as the break and the peloton tracking them approached the day’s intermediate sprint at St Hilaire de Chaleons with 104km covered. As the five escapees approached it, FDJ’s Delage jumped from the back of the line, and Gutiérrez and Terpstra gave chase. Just as his FDJ teammate Jeremy Roy had done on Saturday’s first stage, Delage took the 20 points on offer to the first rider over the line, with Gutiérrez and Terpstra comfortably beaten.

Points battle heats up

The leading quintet’s advantage was cut back substantially as the peloton’s speed rose approaching St Hilaire to dispute sixth place in the sprint. A clutch of Lampre riders moved to the front to set up defending points champion Alessandro Petacchi, but the blue and fuchsia jerseys were quickly swamped coming into St Hilaire.

With none of the sprinters’ teams fully committed to the sprint, Omega Pharma moved Philippe Gilbert up to the front and it was the Belgian who made the first move. Cavendish and Hushovd battled to get on his wheel, the Norwegian leaning on the Briton, who nudged his rival aside with his shoulder.

The two riders then accelerated on either side of Gilbert, Cavendish streaking by on the left to claim the 10 points on offer for 6th place. Katusha’s Denis Galimzyanov led the rest of the bunch over the line, with Gilbert also picking up useful points as his green jersey bid gathers momentum.

Maillot pois points on the bridge

Having trimmed the advantage held by the breakaways approaching the intermediate sprint to around five minutes, the bunch was happy to let it remain at around that mark for the next 30-odd kilometres. But it began to drop again as the riders neared the stage’s only categorised climb on the Pont de St Nazaire.

The five leaders struggled noticeably in the strong westerly cross-wind as they climbed to the 66m “summit”, the bridge over the river Loire. Delage once again opened the sprint and once again timed his move perfectly to claim the only point on offer in the King of the Mountain competition, which tied him for the lead with Gilbert, who will now wear that jersey on stage four having lost green to Rojas.

With the wind picking up, the speed in the peloton chasing behind rose as several teams moved protected riders up towards the front of the field. This injection of pace cut the advantage of the five leaders to two minutes. Heading up and over the bridge that took the race into Brittany, the peloton split in the strong westerly wind. Most of favourites were safely in the front part of it, but Liquigas leader Ivan Basso, Sky sprinter Ben Swift and French champion Sylvain Chavanel were among those caught out.

For a short spell, the pace stayed high on the front of the peloton and those dropped looked to have little chance of getting back up to it. But the pace eased as the riders at the front of the peloton realised that continuing at such a high pace would bring the breakaway within range too soon. So the pace eased and the peloton – or at least the majority of it – regrouped.

Up at the front, the five leaders continued to work together until just inside the 20km banner, when Delage attacked and Gutiérrez went with him. Their advantage by now was little more than 40 seconds. The three riders dropped from the break were soon overhauled by the bunch, where HTC-Highroad began to work for Cavendish.

Break overhauled by HTC train, but lead-out goes off the rails

Although Delage and especially Gutiérrez gave all they had in an attempt to hold the bunch off, they were inevitably caught with 9km remaining, as the bunch rocketed by at almost 70kph led by a string of Katusha riders, with HTC also prominent.

Inside the final 5km, HTC’s Tony Martin led the bunch, with teammates Matt Goss, Mark Renshaw and Cavendish behind him. Alessandro Petacchi and Hushovd were among those battling to get on Cavendish’s wheel.

Although the pace set by HTC was very high, Vacansoleil’s Marco Marcato managed to escape their grip with just over 2km remaining. The Italian’s effort always looked doomed, but it seemed to upset HTC’s lead-out as gaps appeared in Cavendish’s “train”. Sky’s Geraint Thomas tried to take advantage, although he later explained that he’d thought he had sprinter Edvald Boasson Hagen on his wheel and hadn’t realised the Norwegian had been nudged out of the way.

The final right-angled turn to the left with 750 remaining was always likely to be crucial and so it proved. Garmin went it into perfectly set, but it was chaotic behind them. Cofidis’s Samuel Dumoulin was worst affected, a knock from an Astana rider sending him into somersaulting into the barriers. But other riders were checked, including Cavendish and Quick Step’s Tom Boonen, who was left with too much ground to make up.

“We went into the left-hand bend with about 600 metres to go very fast. I was right on Cavendish’s wheel with Petacchi on mine. We came out of it really close to the barricades, but then some rider busted in at full speed and forced me to brake to avoid the worst. It’s too bad for Ciolek, too.

“Gerald led me out really well, but right before the last kilometer he also had to pull off a balancing act to stay on his bike. It’s a lost opportunity and I also lost lots of points for the green jersey. You never know at the Tour, though, we’re going to keep trying. Often all it takes is a couple of good results to get back into the race for the points jersey.”

With their rivals out of the picture, Garmin provided the ideal lead-out for Farrar, who delivered the perfect finish. With that first win behind him, the American looks set for more, as do his team who can do no wrong at the moment.

Results :
1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4:40:21
2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
7 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
11 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
12 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
13 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
14 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
15 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
17 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
19 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
22 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
23 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
27 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
29 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
30 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
35 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
36 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
39 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
43 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
47 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
48 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
51 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
52 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
53 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
54 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
55 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
56 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
57 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
58 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
62 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
63 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
64 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
65 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
66 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
67 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
70 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
71 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
72 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
73 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
74 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
75 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
76 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
77 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
78 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
79 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
80 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
81 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
83 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
84 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
85 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
87 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
89 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
90 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
92 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
93 Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
95 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
96 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
98 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
99 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
100 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
101 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
102 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
103 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
104 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
105 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
106 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
107 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
108 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
109 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
110 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
111 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
113 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
114 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
115 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
116 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
117 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
118 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
119 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
122 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
124 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
125 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
126 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
127 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
128 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
129 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
130 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ
131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
132 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
134 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
135 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
136 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
137 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
138 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
139 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
140 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
141 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
142 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
143 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
144 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
145 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
146 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
147 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
148 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
149 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
150 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
151 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
152 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
153 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
154 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
155 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
156 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
157 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
158 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
160 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
161 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
162 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
163 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
164 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
165 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
166 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
167 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
168 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
169 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
170 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD
171 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
172 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
173 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:32
174 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:48
175 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:50
176 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:03
177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:01:11
178 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:20
179 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
180 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:27
181 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:25
182 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:38
183 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:03:22
184 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD
185 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
186 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
187 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
188 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
189 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
190 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
191 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:23
192 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
193 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
194 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
195 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
196 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
197 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
198 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:57

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9:46:46
2 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01
4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:04
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
10 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
13 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
14 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:05
15 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
16 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
18 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:00:10
20 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
23 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:12
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:00:23
26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:32
27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
28 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:33
30 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:39
31 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
32 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
34 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
35 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 0:00:46
36 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
37 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:50
38 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
40 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:53
41 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:00:56
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
44 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
45 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:57
46 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:01
48 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:02
49 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:01:04
51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
52 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
53 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
55 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
56 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:09
57 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:14
58 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:15
59 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:01:17
60 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:18
61 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
62 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:20
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
65 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:23
66 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:26
67 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
68 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:01:35
69 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:42
70 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:47
71 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:49
72 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
73 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:01:53
74 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:55
75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:01:59
76 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
77 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:02:00
78 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:01
79 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:06
80 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:02:10
81 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:11
82 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:02:17
83 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
84 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:18
85 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:20
86 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:02:21
87 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:02:23
88 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:29
89 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
90 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
91 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:31
92 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
93 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:32
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:02:34
95 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:02:35
96 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ
97 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
98 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
99 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:36
100 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:39
101 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
102 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
103 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:42
104 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:02:44
106 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:47
107 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:02:51
108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:02:53
109 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:02:54
110 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:55
111 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:58
112 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
113 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
114 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:04
115 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
116 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:05
117 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:03:09
118 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
119 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:11
120 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:12
122 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:03:13
125 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:20
126 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:03:21
127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:23
128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:27
129 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:03:28
130 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:31
131 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
132 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
133 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:33
134 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:34
135 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
136 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:03:38
137 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:39
138 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:03:45
139 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:50
140 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:52
141 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
142 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:56
143 Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:01
144 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:04:07
145 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
146 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:04:20
147 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:21
148 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
149 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:04:24
150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:04:28
151 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:04:30
152 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:31
153 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
154 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
155 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:37
156 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:42
157 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:05:15
158 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:05:23
159 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 0:05:27
160 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – ISD 0:05:30
161 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:43
162 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:05:46
163 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:47
164 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:04
165 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:10
166 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:06:12
167 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:06:13
168 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:22
169 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:26
170 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:06:29
171 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:06:31
172 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
173 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:06:39
174 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:42
175 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:47
176 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:56
177 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:05
178 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:07:16
179 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
180 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:07:19
181 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:23
182 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:39
183 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:59
184 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:08:13
185 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:08:23
186 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:08:35
187 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:41
188 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:08:46
189 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:08:47
190 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
191 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:08:50
192 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:09:56
193 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:59
194 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:11:05
195 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:11:55
196 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:15:13
197 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:16:25
198 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:19:08