Tour de France 2016 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

July 09, 2016
Tour de France 2016 – Stage 8 [LAST 15 KM] – Pau – Bagnères-de-Luchon – 184 km (Mountain stage)

The 2016 Tour de France is the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycle race and is currently taking place between 2 and 24 July 2016.

Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme designed the first two of this year’s Pyrenean stages with the aim of denying Chris Froome the opportunity of taking a grip on the race in the range as he did when he claimed the title in 2013 and 2015. However, Team Sky’s leader wasn’t to be denied as he produced one of the most astonishing and daring performances of his career on Saturday, enabling him to claim a brilliant solo victory in Bagnères de Luchon and with it the race leader’s yellow jersey.

Froome swept into Luchon 13 seconds clear of the other favourites, who were led in by Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep), just ahead of Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha). Thanks to the 10-second bonus he gained for winning the stage, Froome moved into yellow, 16 seconds ahead of compatriot Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange), with Rodríguez third overall. Froome’s principal rival, Nairo Quintana is now sixth at 23 seconds.

This scenario had seemed extremely unlikely halfway up the Peyresourde. After setting the pace on the front of the group of favourites for most of the way over stage’s four major climbs, mopping up all of the breakaway riders as they did so, it appeared that Sky would be content to lead the GC contenders down into Luchon and save their powder for the next stage to Arcalis. Yet, three kilometres from the top of the Peyresourde, the last of those climbs, Sky’s initiated a series of attacks that split the group, with Tinkoff’s Alberto Contador the main casualty.

Cresting the Peyresourde, Froome accelerated. He and teammate Wout Poels had done the same on the previous climb of Val Louron, apparently to deny Tinkoff’s Rafal Majka maximum points for the King of the Mountains jersey. On this occasion, though, Froome continued his effort.

Catching his rivals by surprise, he quickly opened up a gap of a few seconds as he began the plunge into Luchon. What came next was even more startling as Froome tucked down onto his toptube and spun his 54 chainring with all he had, opening up an even bigger gap in the process. It didn’t look pretty or comfortable, but it was very effective.

As Quintana’s teammate Alejandro Valverde led the chase behind the defending Tour champion, Froome’s advantage reached 25 seconds. Then BMC duo Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen gave a bit more weight to the chase, which helped to halve the gap by the finish. To complete another good day for British riders, Adam Yates retained the white jersey and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) finished in the gruppetto to hold the green.

How it unfolded

There was blistering start to the day, as the peloton covered 51km in the first hour, chasing down every breakaway attempt in the process. Approaching the intermediate sprint (67km), a group of around 13 riders gained half a minute on the peloton. Among them was Orica-BikeExchange’s Michael Matthews, who breezed clear to take maximum points.

That group of 13 split after the sprint. On the early slopes of the Tourmalet, the only one of that baker’s dozen to remain at the front was Arnold Jeannesson (Cofidis), who was soon joined by two big-hitters in the shape of Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Tinkoff’s Majka.

Jeannesson couldn’t stay with the pace of his new companions, who forged on as Sky took over pace-setting duties in the peloton behind. While Jeannesson dropped back, Etixx-QuickStep’s Tony Martin went past him and pressed on to join the two leaders two-thirds of the way up the Tourmalet.

As Martin advanced, teammate Julian Alaphilippe was one of the riders shaken out of the peloton climbing the Tourmalet. Yellow jersey Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) also slipped out of the group, his loss of time soon guaranteeing there would be a new race leader in Luchon.

On the final steep ramps of the Tourmalet, Pinot accelerated to ensure he was first over the pass. It earned him €5,000 for the Souvenir Jacques Goddet prize awarded in memory of the former Tour director and useful points in the mountains competition. The Sky-led peloton was 2-22 behind.

As Martin sat in behind Majka and Pinot on the second-category Hourquette d’Ancizan, the German’s role clearly to assist Etixx leader Dan Martin further into the stage, Sky’s pace was beginning to tell in the peloton. Movistar’s Dan Moreno and Winner Anacona couldn’t stay with it, nor could IAM’s leader Matthias Frank.

Pinot led Majka and Martin over the Hourquette d’Ancizan, with Sky’s Sergio Henao heading the group of GC contenders 90 seconds later. When the leading trio started up the first-cat Val Louron, their advantage had dropped to a minute as Movistar sent Nelson Oliveira to the front to push up the pace. Within minutes, Oliveira had pulled the favourites across to the three leaders, with Majka the last of them to yield.

Oliveira had done his stint, and Sky’s Mikel Nieve moved to the front, with around 35 riders in the group following the Spaniard. Soon after news had come through that Katusha’s Michael Mørkøv had become the first rider to abandon the race, the lead group topped Val Louron, where Majka made a late surge to take maximum KoM points only to see Poels and Froome surge to deny him, although the Pole would still end the day in the polka-dot jersey.

Descending Val Louron, Wilco Kelderman’s tub rolled off on a right-hand hairpin, leaving him sitting in the road as LottoNL-Jumbo teammate George Bennett offered him his wheel and a mechanic appeared with a new bike. Both rejoined the lead group for the Peyresourde, where Nieve stuck to his task and there was absolutely no hint of the thrills about to come.

Then, three kilometres from the top, Henao attacked. Movistar’s Quintana and Valverde were quick to respond, and Froome was right with them. The group reformed, then Valverde pressed hard, only to see Froome surge by with Quintana on his wheel. Then Dan Martin accelerated, his move being countered by Henao.

This flurry split the group, with Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin) and Contador the most notable absentees. It settled for a few moments, then Ag2r’s Romain Bardet accelerated. Quintana chased the Frenchman down and made his first dig in this series of attacks, drawing a response from Henao and Froome. That seemed likely to be the end of the action, until Froome made the most unlikely of attacks, in the process shredding any argument that descending is his weak point.

Results :

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 4:57:33
2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:13
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
4 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
6 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
10 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
11 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
12 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
14 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
15 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:41
16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
18 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
20 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
21 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:45
25 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
26 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
27 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 0:02:55
28 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:04:10
29 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:04:12
30 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
31 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
32 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:05:31
33 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:10:18
34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
36 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
37 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:11:26
38 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
39 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:34
40 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:13:25
41 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
42 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
44 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
45 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange
46 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
47 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin
48 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
49 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
50 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
51 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:16:19
52 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange
53 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:18:37
54 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:54
55 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
56 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:21:24
57 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:22:33
58 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:24:09
59 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:25:14
60 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:25:42
61 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
62 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
63 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
64 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
65 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
66 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
67 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
68 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:25:54
69 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
70 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
71 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
73 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
74 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
75 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
76 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
79 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
80 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
81 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
82 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
83 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
84 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
85 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
86 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
88 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
89 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
91 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
92 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
93 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:29:32
94 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:32:48
95 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
96 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
97 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
98 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 0:34:43
99 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
100 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
101 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
102 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
103 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
104 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
105 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
106 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
107 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
108 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
109 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
110 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
111 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
112 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
113 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
114 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
115 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
116 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
117 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
118 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
119 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
120 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
122 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
125 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
126 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
127 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
128 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
130 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange
131 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
133 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
134 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
135 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
136 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
137 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
138 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
139 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
140 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
141 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
142 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:39:24
143 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
144 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
145 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
146 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
147 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
148 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
149 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
150 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
151 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
152 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
153 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
154 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
155 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
156 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
157 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
158 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida
159 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step
160 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
161 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
162 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
163 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
164 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
165 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
166 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
167 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
168 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
169 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
170 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
171 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
172 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
173 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
174 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
175 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
176 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
177 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
178 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
179 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
180 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
181 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
182 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
183 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
184 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
185 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
186 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
187 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
188 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
189 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
190 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
191 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
192 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
193 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
194 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
195 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
196 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
197 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
DNF Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha

General classification after Stage 8:

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 39:13:04
2 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:16
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:17
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:19
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:23
7 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
9 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
11 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:00:34
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
14 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:51
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:55
16 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 0:02:00
18 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:08
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:02:31
20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:03:12
21 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 0:03:16
22 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:04:35
23 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:05:36
24 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:46
25 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:08:59
26 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:07
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:14
28 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:09:33
29 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:10:19
30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:27
31 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:14:51
32 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:02
33 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:19:44
34 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:20:07
35 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:21:25
36 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:22:25
37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:23:51
38 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:25:24
39 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:25:58
40 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:15
41 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:26:27
42 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:27:24
43 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:26
44 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-BikeExchange 0:28:02
45 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:28:59
46 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:29:30
47 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:30:52
48 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:31:06
49 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:31:26
50 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:31:57
51 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:32:32
52 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 0:32:58
53 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:33:00
54 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:33:14
55 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:35:20
56 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:22
57 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:35:38
58 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:38:40
59 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:38:52
60 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:39:06
61 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:39:12
63 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:39:35
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:40:50
65 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:05
66 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:44:03
67 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:46:16
68 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:46:52
69 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:47:09
70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:48:01
71 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:48:09
72 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:48:30
73 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:48:43
74 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 0:48:48
75 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:48:51
76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:48:53
77 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:15
78 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:50:39
79 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:52:27
80 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:52:54
81 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:53:10
82 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:53:34
83 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:55:00
84 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:55:10
85 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:56:23
86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:59:35
87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:59:59
88 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:00:00
89 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 1:00:44
90 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 1:00:57
91 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:01:05
92 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:01:20
93 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 1:01:28
94 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 1:01:37
95 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:01:42
96 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:04:14
97 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 1:04:22
98 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 1:04:34
99 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:04:41
100 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:04:43
101 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 1:04:58
102 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 1:07:03
103 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:07:41
104 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac 1:07:45
105 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 1:07:59
106 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:08:05
107 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:08:14
108 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:08:19
109 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 1:08:37
110 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:08:38
111 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 1:08:57
112 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 1:09:38
113 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 1:09:41
114 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 1:09:47
115 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 1:10:10
116 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 1:10:11
117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 1:10:12
118 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:10:39
119 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:10:46
120 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 1:10:59
121 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:11:28
122 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 1:11:40
124 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
125 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 1:12:27
126 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 1:12:37
127 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:12:39
128 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 1:12:44
129 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:12:51
130 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac
131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-BikeExchange 1:13:07
132 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 1:13:09
133 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:14:06
134 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 1:14:18
135 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 1:14:26
136 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 1:14:51
137 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 1:15:04
138 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1:15:25
139 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 1:15:33
140 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 1:16:28
141 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 1:16:29
142 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 1:17:02
143 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:17:32
144 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:17:36
145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 1:17:37
146 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:18:10
147 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:18:35
148 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:18:39
149 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:19:16
150 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:19:54
151 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:20:12
152 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
153 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:20:16
154 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 1:20:44
155 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
156 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:20:55
157 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 1:21:31
158 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 1:21:34
159 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:21:41
160 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 1:21:53
161 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 1:22:11
162 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 1:22:21
163 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 1:22:36
164 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 1:22:56
165 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Merida 1:23:33
166 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:23:37
167 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:23:38
168 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:23:40
169 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 1:23:41
170 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:23:49
171 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 1:24:18
172 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
173 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 1:24:20
174 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 1:24:36
175 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:24:43
176 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:25:00
177 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
178 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 1:25:18
179 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 1:25:48
180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:25:55
181 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 1:26:12
182 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:26:15
183 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:26:16
184 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:26:28
185 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:27:12
186 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 1:28:00
187 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:28:04
188 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:28:41
189 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 1:29:25
190 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 1:29:39
191 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:30:43
192 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 1:31:12
193 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 1:33:47
194 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 1:33:50
195 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 1:34:41
196 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 1:49:25
197 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 1:53:20