Tour de France 2012 – Stage 11 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

July 12, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 11 – Albertville – La Toussuire – Les Sybelles : 148 km

The 2012 Tour de France is set to get underway in Liège on June 30 with a prologue and then two stages in Belgium before the race crosses into French territory for the remainder of the race. The route favors the time trialists over the pure climbers this year, with more than 100km of racing against the clock on tap. This puts Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) at the top of the favorites’ list, but there are still a few opportunities for the featherweights to put in a challenge.

Having gone a week without a victory, France celebrated its third consecutive road stage success thanks to Pierre Rolland, who was the last man standing at the summit finish at La Toussuire. Living up to Europcar team manager Jean-René Bernaudeau’s promise that Rolland would win this stage, the Frenchman spent most of the day in the break and eventually came home 55 seconds clear of a very select yellow jersey group, which was led in by his young compatriot and fellow stage-winner Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat).

Sky’s Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins were both there, as were Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol). However, defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) failed to stay with their pace.

The 35-year-old Australian, who was briefly on the attack on the climb of the Glandon, fell back when Froome increased the speed on the front of the yellow jersey group just inside the 5km banner. Although Evans’ BMC teammate Tejay Van Garderen was able to pace the Australian, Evans lost almost 90 seconds on his main rivals and dropped out of the top three on GC as Froome moved up to second and Nibali jumped to third.

Sky could hardly have asked for a better conclusion to the day. However, it could have had a very different look to it. With 2km to go, soon after Froome had led Wiggins across to a group containing Nibali, Van den Broeck, Pinot and Janez Brajkovic, Froome accelerated away from the middle of this group, apparently in order to gain as much time as he could on Evans. Such was his speed that he left everyone floundering, most notably his team leader, who was suddenly isolated.

After little more than a hundred metres, Froome got a message through his radio to ease off and fell back to Wiggins. From that point on he guided Wiggins safely through to the finish. Interviewed just after he had crossed the line, Froome said: “I felt good and had to go. I was just checking the situation on the road and trying to see what was going on. I had fun out there and I was trying to make the most of it.”

His team leader Wiggins spoke of a feeling of relief rather than fun. “I am relieved it’s over. That was the hardest stage. That feeling was growing as the kilometres passed but in the end it all went well,” he said.

“With three kilometres left I could hardly climb at all. The fact that we had dropped Cadel also contributed to that feeling [of relief]. He lost more time than I would have thought. I was surprised to see him attack on the Glandon, which was a long way from the finish and the tempo was already quite high thanks to [Richie] Porte and [Michael] Rogers. It wasn’t perhaps the best time to do that. Vincenzo Nibali has shown that he will be dangerous throughout the race. He is improving and his attacks have had a real cutting edge.”

All action from the start

As was the case on the previous stage won by Rolland’s teammate Thomas Voeckler, there was frantic action right from the off as dozens of riders attempted to get into the day’s break. Groups advanced and fell back at regular intervals on the first long ascent of the Madeleine.

More than two dozen riders finally escaped Sky’s clutches. Europcar duo Rolland and Christophe Kern soon joined them to make a group of 28. Behind them, Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen began a phenomenal stint of pace-making that would last until the race was well up the following climb of the Glandon/Croix de Fer.

When Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Peter Velits just edged Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) for maximum points at the top of the Madeleine, the break’s advantage on the yellow jersey group was a touch over three minutes. By that point, the break had splintered into several smaller groups. Heading down into the valley before the climb of the Glandon, the Europcar duo of Kern and Rolland and a number of other riders including Movistar’s Vasili Kiryienka and Alejandro Valverde, Lampre-ISD’s Michele Scarponi, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank’s Chris Anker Sorensen, Astana’s Robert Kiserlovski and Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Levi Leipheimer joined up with the two men at the front.

Kern’s task soon became evident. He went to the front of the group and drove as hard as he could. The vicious tempo Kern set was too much for all but a handful of riders. Scarponi, Leipheimer and Valverde were among those who wilted.

Evans goes on the attack

After Boasson Hagen finally ran out of gas on the Glandon, Sky’s Christian Knees and then Michael Rogers took control at the front of the group containing the main contenders. Knees and especially Rogers drummed out a rapid pace, but it was not enough to prevent best young rider Van Garderen attacking 7km from the summit of the Glandon. Within moments, Evans also accelerated away to join his teammate. When Amaël Moinard dropped back having been in the breakaway group, BMC suddenly had three riders on the attack.

Rogers responded by raising the pace, shredding the group behind a quartet of Sky riders also comprising Porte, Wiggins and Froome. It quickly became clear that Evans’s attack was running out of steam. Although Moinard soon dropped away, Van Garderen was full of vim, but Evans couldn’t stay on his young teammate’s wheel. It wasn’t long before both men dropped back in behind Sky’s quartet.

By this point the front group was almost at the top of the Glandon. Just before the summit, Kern finally pulled aside, leaving just six riders in the break: Chris Horner (RadioShack-Nissan), Rolland, Kiserlovski, Kessiakoff, Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) and Kiryienka. On the very short drop from the Glandon to the 3km climb up to the Croix de Fer, a number of others rejoined this group including Velits and Sorensen.

A number of these riders had been keen to collect King of the Mountains points with current leader Thomas Voeckler well out of the running. Kessiakoff and Rolland were particularly eager and produced an elbow-to-elbow duel at the summit of the Croix de Fer. The Swede took it and regained the polka-dot jersey in the process.

The lead group took on a more definitive look when Velits launched an attack on the second-category climb of the Mollard. Rolland, Sorensen and Kiserlovski joined him. Kiryienka then made it too before Rolland led over the Mollard with the yellow jersey group just three minutes in arrears.

The Mollard is a notoriously tricky descent and Rolland almost fell victim to it, misjudging a hairpin corner and sliding slowly to the ground. Despite some cuts to his already patched left elbow, he was quickly up and racing again, although he continued to look sketchy through corners. The Frenchman did recover, though, rejoining the leading two with Sorensen.

Non-stop action at La Toussuire

After some initial flurries on the early slopes of the long but not overly steep climb to La Toussuire, the leading quartet set a steady pace between them. The situation was changing behind, however, as Rogers finally pulled aside and Porte took over the pace-making for Wiggins. The Australian looked unflustered until first Brajkovic, then Pinot and finally Van den Broeck attacked.

Sky didn’t respond, but had to when Nibali also jumped away in an attempt to join these three. Froome went to the front, decimating the yellow jersey group in the process. Froome’s push quickly neutralised Nibali’s offensive, but the Italian refused to lie down, attacking again with 10km remaining.

Little more than a couple of minutes before, Rolland had attacked at almost the same point, perhaps realising that the yellow jersey group was now closing fast and might be on him before the finish if he didn’t respond quickly. His judgement proved spot on as he was the only member of the breakaway group who wasn’t reeled in before the line.

Most of that gap was eaten up as the result of Froome’s furious pace-making. At one point, the Kenyan-born Brit seemed to blow up as Wiggins went to the front to complete the pursuit of Nibali. But Froome was far from spent. Over the last 5km he found another gear, and Evans couldn’t cope with it. The others in the group, including Wiggins, struggled too until Froome was reined in. However, there was no avoiding the conclusion that the rider most capable of toppling Wiggins is riding in the same team.

Results :
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 4:43:54
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:55
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:57
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:01:08
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:01:58
9 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:02:13
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:23
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
12 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:53
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
15 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
18 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:17
20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:27
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:08:02
22 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:21
23 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:21
24 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
25 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:11:19
26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:12:04
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
28 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:30
29 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:13:06
30 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
31 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:14:13
32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
33 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:14:15
34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
38 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
39 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
40 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team
42 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
43 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:14:43
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:15:28
46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:15:50
47 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
48 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:18:31
49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
50 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
51 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
52 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:18:59
54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:19:40
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:50
56 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:22:23
57 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:44
58 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 0:23:48
59 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:23:58
60 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
62 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
63 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
65 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
66 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:25:34
67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:25:43
68 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
69 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:25:48
70 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
71 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
72 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:26:11
73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:30
74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:28:10
75 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:29:32
76 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
78 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
79 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
81 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
82 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
83 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
85 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
86 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
87 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:32:25
88 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
89 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
90 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
91 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:33:20
92 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
93 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan
94 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
95 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
96 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan
97 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
98 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
99 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
100 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
101 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
102 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
103 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano
104 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
105 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
106 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
107 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano
108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
110 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
112 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
113 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
114 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
115 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
116 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
117 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
118 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
119 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano
120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
122 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
124 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
125 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
126 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
127 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
128 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
129 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
130 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
131 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
132 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
134 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
135 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano
136 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
137 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
138 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
139 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
140 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
141 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
142 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
143 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano
144 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
145 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
146 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
147 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
148 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
150 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
151 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
152 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:33:35
153 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
154 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
155 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
156 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
157 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
158 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
159 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:33:44
160 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:34:08
161 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:34:11
162 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:34:15
163 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
164 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:34:26
165 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:34:51
166 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:34:55
167 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:36:35
HD Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:45:41
HD Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:46:34
DNF Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan

General Classification after Stage 11 :
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 48:43:53
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:05
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:23
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:03:19
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:48
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:15
7 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:06:57
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:07:30
9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:31
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:51
11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:29
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:45
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:49
14 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:27
15 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:12:41
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:16:20
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:17:41
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:10
19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:19:02
20 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:20:12
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:20:32
22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:25:53
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:27:04
24 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:27:37
25 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:28:43
26 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:30:41
27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:30:46
28 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:30:47
29 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:31:18
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:31:59
31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:32:57
32 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:33:59
33 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:37:48
34 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:40:36
35 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:41:49
36 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:45:20
37 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:47:17
38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:50:04
39 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:36
40 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:51:24
41 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:56:23
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:56:30
43 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:56:52
44 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:56:58
45 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:59:02
46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:59:32
47 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:59:39
48 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:59:49
49 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 1:00:23
50 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:00:49
51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 1:01:10
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 1:02:16
53 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:03:15
54 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:03:50
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:04:13
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:04:16
57 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 1:04:58
58 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:05:01
59 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:05:21
60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 1:05:23
61 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:05:59
62 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:06:36
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:06:58
64 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 1:07:01
65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:07:59
66 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:08:38
67 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:08:50
68 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1:08:59
69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:09:09
70 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:09:11
71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:11:36
72 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:11:41
73 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:12:05
74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:12:06
75 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 1:12:33
76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:13:47
77 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:13:49
78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:14:23
79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:15:27
80 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:16:11
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:16:56
82 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:17:24
83 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 1:18:44
84 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:19:10
85 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 1:21:09
86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:21:11
87 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 1:22:46
88 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:23:18
89 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:23:55
90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 1:24:16
91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:24:27
92 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:25:00
93 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 1:26:26
94 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:27:11
95 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:27:17
96 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:28:10
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:28:24
98 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 1:28:59
99 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:29:11
100 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 1:29:52
101 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1:33:27
102 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:33:45
103 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:34:07
104 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:34:44
105 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:34:52
106 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 1:34:53
107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:35:23
108 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:36:18
109 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 1:37:21
110 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:37:56
111 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:38:04
112 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:38:06
113 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:38:10
114 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:39:38
115 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:39:46
116 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 1:40:01
117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:41:00
118 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 1:41:12
119 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:43:09
120 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:44:06
121 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:44:57
122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1:45:11
123 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:45:20
124 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 1:45:21
125 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:47:35
126 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:47:54
127 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 1:49:30
128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:50:42
129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:51:02
130 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 1:51:52
131 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 1:52:01
132 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:52:17
133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 1:52:19
134 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:52:37
135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:52:40
136 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 1:52:55
137 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:53:05
138 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:53:55
139 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:54:20
140 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:55:02
141 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:55:22
142 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:55:39
143 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:55:59
144 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:56:33
145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:56:36
146 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 1:56:46
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 1:57:59
148 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:58:30
149 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:59:10
150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:59:22
151 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:00:26
152 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 2:00:30
153 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 2:01:59
154 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 2:02:30
155 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:03:03
156 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano 2:03:11
157 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 2:05:21
158 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano 2:05:22
159 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:06:02
160 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:07:00
161 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 2:09:29
162 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:10:04
163 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 2:10:42
164 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano 2:11:25
165 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 2:12:35
166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 2:20:35
167 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 2:20:40