Tour de France 2012 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

July 19, 2012

Tour de France 2012 – Stage 17 – Bagnères-de-Luchon – Peyragudes : 143,5 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.

Alejandro Valverde salvaged the 2012 Tour de France for himself and his Movistar squad as the Spaniard soloed to victory on stage 17, the final day in the high mountains. Valverde, part of the day’s early escape, rode the final 35km of the Pyrenean stage from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes alone, having dispatched of his breakaway companions for good on the hors categorie-rated ascent of the Port de Bales.

Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome once again asserted their dominance, dropping their general classification rivals on the mountain finish to Peyragudes to cross the line together just 19 seconds in arrears of Valverde. In the final kilometre, as the Sky duo had dropped the remains of a very select group formed on the climb to the finish, it appeared that Froome had the legs to bridge to Valverde, but Wiggins’ super domestique backed off the throttle to pace Wiggins to the finish line.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) crossed the finish for fourth three seconds later while Pierre Rolland (Europcar) pipped Jurgen van den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) for fifth at 26 seconds.

Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) arrived alone in seventh place, 18 seconds behind the Sky duo of Froome and Wiggins, on a stage which must have proved bitterly disappointing for the Sicilian. Starting the day third on general classification behind the Sky pair, Nibali had his team on the front of the peloton for most of the stage in an attempt to crack Wiggins and Sky. In the stage finale, however, the Sicilian did not have the legs to even launch an attack on the climb to Peyragudes as he found himself in the final selection of Wiggins, Froome, Pinot, Rolland, Van den Broeck, Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and Chris Horner (RadioShack-Nissan).

Wiggins remains first on general classification, continuing to lead his teammate Froome by 2:05. Nibali keeps his third place position, but ceded some time on the final day in the mountains to trail Wiggins by 2:41. Jurgen Van den Broeck maintains his fourth place position overall, at 5:53, while BMC teammates Tejay van Garderen and Cadel Evans each move up a position to fifth and sixth respectively as Haimar Zubeldia(RadioShack-Nissan) cracked in the stage’s endgame and dropped from fifth to eighth at 10:11.

Last chance for the climbers

At just 143.5km in length, the shortest and last stage in the Tour’s high mountains provided a tantalizing medium for several Tour sub-plots to perhaps find resolution. With a 53.5km individual time trial on Saturday, Nibali’s final chance to put time into Wiggins and Froome, both more talented against the clock, would be today.

The mountains classification was still very much up for grabs between Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), ensconced in polka dots after sweeping all four KOMs en route to stage victory yesterday, and Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana), who lost the jersey the previous day but trailed the Frenchman by just four points, 107 to 103. As a maximum of 65 points were up for grabs on the day’s five classified climbs, the polka dot jersey could still change hands.

And finally, only eight different teams had scored stage wins thus far in the Tour, and many squads with talented climbers yet to leave their mark on this year’s La Grande Boucle were itching for a chance to deliver a stage victory on the last day of climbing.

Attacks were launched from the gun as the peloton sped out of Bagnères-de-Luchon, but nothing stuck until the peloton arrived at the lower slopes of the day’s first ascent, the category 1 Col de Menté.

A fairly large group went out on the attack with riders such as Denis Menchov (Katusha), Movistar’s Juan Jose Cobo and Alejandro Valverde, Europcar’s Pierre Rolland and Thomas Voeckler, Chris Horner
(RadioShack-Nissan) and Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) prominent in the mix on the mist-shrouded ascent.

The battle for the mountains classification picked up where it left off yesterday as Voeckler and Kessiakoff locked horns again. Voeckler’s teammate Rolland was alone in the lead near the climb’s summit, but waited for his team captain after Kessiakoff dropped Voeckler. With Rolland’s help, Voeckler reached Kessiakoff in time to take maximum points atop the Menté, with Kessiakoff taking second.

On a wet and dangerous descent, conditions almost as treacherous as those which spelled Luis Ocana’s doom in the 1971 Tour de France, Vincenzo Nibali took advantage of his descending prowess to bridge the gap from the maillot jaune group to the break. Sky remained vigilant, however, and closed the gap to within 20 seconds, prompting Nibali to sit up and be caught while the break could once again stretch its advantage.

Seven riders emerged at the head of affairs after the descent of the Col de Menté including Voeckler, Kessiakoff, Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde and Rui Costa, Sandy Casar (FDJ-BigMat), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale).

Additionally, an 11-man chase group had escaped from the peloton in pursuit of the leaders. On the attack in this selection were Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM), Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Gorka Izaguirre and Jorge Azana (both Euskaltel-Euskadi), Pieter Weening (Orica GreenEdge), Ruben Plaza (Movistar), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Simone Stortoni (Lampre-ISD) and Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank).

On the summit of the next climb, the category 1 Col de Ares at 55.5km, Voeckler once again edged Kessiakoff for top honours, extending his lead on the KOM standings to eight points, 122 to 114.

After another tricky descent the chase group finally made contact with the seven leaders, albeit without one member, Chris Anker Sorensen, who suffered an injury to several fingers as he tried to extract a newspaper from his front wheel at the top of the descent. Sorensen received treatment from the Tour doctor and returned to the peloton.

Liquigas-Cannondale continued to set the pace in the peloton and kept the break’s lead pegged at approximately 2:30 as Voeckler once again beat Kessiakoff to the stage’s next KOM, the category 3 Côte de Burs with 67.5km remaining.

Port de Bales looms

With the monster ascent of stage 17 looming, the hors categorie Port de Bales, the Euskaltel duo of Azana and Izaguirre attacked the break and were joined by Kadri on the wooded, false flat valley road leading to the base of the climb. The three Movistar riders tapped out a steady tempo for the remainder of the escapees while the Liquigas-led peloton continued to trail at 2:30.

Once the leaders began to ascend the Port de Bales whatever cohesion remaining in the group remained was shattered as the better climbers pushed the pace. At the front Izaguirre and Kadri dropped Azana while four riders emerged from the chase group: Valverde, Costa, Leipheimer and Martinez. The quartet would catch Izaguirre and Kadri with 8.5km of climbing remaining to the summit and almost immediately Costa surged ahead alone in the lead.

Five kilometres from the summit, Costa still climbed alone in the lead while the first chase group was trimmed to contain just Valverde, Martinez and Leipheimer, who at 15 seconds back had the Portuguese rider in sight. Further down the slope Voeckler was glued to Kessiakoff’s wheel, the duo one minute behind Costa, while Liquigas-Cannondale’s tempo had reduced the yellow jersey group to approximately 30 riders.

Soon Valverde made his move with a sharp surge that immediately distanced Martinez and Leipheimer. The Spaniard crossed the gap to his Movistar teammate Rui Costa with ease and after sharing the pace for several hundred metres Valverde’s pace proved too much for Costa as well.

Once Valverde ascended through the tree line the mist enshrouding the climb disappeared as he kept a steady rhythm through the exposed switchbacks approaching the Port de Bales summit. Valverde took maximum points at the top, followed by Costa and Martinez. Kadri and Leipheimer crossed together in fourth and fifth, while Voeckler once again outsprinted Kessiakoff at a KOM for the fourth time today as the pair rode topped the hors categorie climb in sixth and seventh place respectively.

The select maillot jaune group was led over the KOM by Jurgen Van den Broeck, who accelerated in the approach to the summit, and still trailing Valverde by more than two minutes.

After another treacherous, Pyrenean descent the race had now arrived at the final kick to the finish, first ascending the Col de Peyresourde on the side they descended the previous day, followed by a turn onto the climb of the Peyragudes for the stage finish.

With Liquigas-Cannondale still setting the tempo in the maillot jaune group, one-by-one the escapees were absorbed and dropped on the Peyresourde until only Valverde remained off the front. At 10.5km to go Valverde still held a lead of 2:20, but the strain of his day’s effort began to creep into his pedal stroke while behind the yellow jersey group’s tempo increased significantly as attacks started to occur.

After cresting the Peyresourde and enjoying a bit of recovery on a short descent, Valverde began his climb to the finish at Peyragudes with a lead reduced to 1:15 ahead of a 14-rider group containing the general classification contenders. The maillot jaune group was led by Liquigas-Cannondale’s Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali, with the Sicilian still not showing any sign of aggression since his initial dig in the early portion of the stage.

Indeed it would be Lotto Belisol who would commence attacking on the final climb, as Jelle Vanendert sped up the road soon to be joined by teammate Jurgen Van den Broeck. A re-shuffling took place culminating with eight riders climbing together in pursuit of Valverde: Wiggins, Froome, Nibali, Van den Broeck, Pinot, Rolland, Horner and van Garderen.

Wiggins had a word with Froome and soon Froome upped the tempo enough to drop everyone but his teammate in the yellow jersey. Soon, however, even Wiggins couldn’t handle the pace as they drove into the final kilometre, rapidly closing the gap to Valverde who was clinging to hopes of a stage win with all his might. Froome waited for his captain, however, and while they may have lost the opportunity for another Sky stage win, they crossed the finish line together 19 seconds behind the Spanish stage winner and ahead of their general classification rivals yet again. As was the case to the finish in La Toussuire, however, the question remained as to who amongst the Sky duo was indeed the strongest.

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

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