Tour de France – Stage 5

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Boom wins, Nibali triumphs, Contador struggles, Froome pulls out

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Tour de France – Stage 5

Epic Day on the cobbles of Stage 5 sees Nibali extend his lead, Chris Froome climbs off and former Tour of Britain winner Lars Boom triumphs

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The legendary stage in the north of France including some cobbled sections from Paris Roubaix saw the defending champion Chris Froome, who had crashed on two occasions before the pavés, abandon the race. Hours later after a rain soaked day of racing, Lars Boom took a valuable victory in Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut whilst Vincenzo Nibali showed he could ride the cobbles as good as anyone with third place whilst the big losers of the day were many including Albert Contador.


EN – Summary – Stage 5 (Ypres > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut) by Le Tour de France

Seven riders at the front
Stage 5 started in the presence of King Philippe of Belgium, former Prime Minister Yves Leterme and Eddy Merckx who flagged off the race and paid tribute to the victims of World War I in Ypres. Soon after the start proper, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) accelerated but it was an attack by Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) that generated the first breakaway.

Those two riders were joined by Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Tony Martin (OPQS), Janier Acevedo (Garmin), Tony Gallopin (Lotto), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Simon Clarke and Matt Hayman (Orica) to make it a nine-man front group. They eventually lost Acevedo due to a crash and Burghardt who was called back by his team to race as a helper for Tejay van Garderen and Greg van Avermaet.

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Chris Froome out of the Tour
Already affected by a crash in stage 4, defending champion Chris Froome (Sky) went down again at km 29. Escorted by four team-mates, the Brit made his way back to the bunch but that was only one of many crashes on wet and slippery roads even before the race hit the cobblestones sections. He crashed again and called it quits at km 83, indicating that his right arm was injured. Team Sky, much criticsed for who they didn’t take to the Tour including two riders at home on the cobbles (Kennaugh and Wiggins) then put plan B into action and got behind Aussie Richie Porte.

After reaching a maximum advantage of 3.05 at km 60, the breakaway riders were chased down by several teams, the most active being Peter Sagan’s Cannondale as the race approached the pavé. Several GC contenders like Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) were forced to chase and the second cobbled section at Ennevelin saw Alberto Contador losing contact to the yellow jersey group.

Nibali and Sagan, together with a dozen of riders caught the remaining breakaway riders with 26km to go. From a group of 15 riders who took the lead with 25km to go and included Nibali, Fuglsang, Westra (Astana), Sagan (Cannondale), Boom, Vanmarcke (Belkin), Kwiatkowski, Renshaw, Trentin (OPQS), Gallopin (Lotto), Cancellara (Trek), Lemoine (Cofidis), Clarke, Hayman and Keukeleire (Orica), Lars Boom marked the flying trio of Astana and rode away solo in the last cobbled section.

Nibali made a huge impact on the race and gained almost three minutes over Contador while challengers Andrew Talansky (Garmin), Rui Costa (Lampre), Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) limited the damage at about two minutes, as well as Richie Porte who became the new captain of Team Sky after the exit of Chris Froome from the Tour de France.

REACTIONS

Chris Froome (Team Sky) talking to his team’s website said of having to “I’m devastated to have to pull out of the race. It was the right thing to do after crashing again and I knew that I couldn’t carry on. The X-ray last night didn’t show an obvious fracture and I wanted to race today, but clearly I was in pain and we put heavy strapping on the left wrist from the start.

Lars Boom, Stage 5 winner “This was an epic stage! For many years, I’ve dreamt of a wet Paris-Roubaix and I got what I wanted today at the Tour de France, exactly nine years after a Dutchman won a stage [Pieter Weening in Gerardmer], so it’s all very very special”.

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“This is my most beautiful win. It rained all day and the roads were extremely slippery. It was a crazy race with all the crashes but I stayed at the front, out of trouble. After the cobbled section number 8, the main group split and I said to my team-mate Sep Vanmarcke to go hard and split it more. Both of us rode away but Nibali was in a really good shape and he chose the right tactic”.

“This morning, when I saw the weather, I smiled a bit. I was relaxed and confident all day. In the last corner, when I looked back and realized that I was going to win, I was shaking my head because it was an amazing feeling. I’ve been unlucky earlier this year. I had a broken elbow. This win is what I needed for my career.”

Alberto Contador “It was a very difficult day and I lost a lot of time to Nibali who was in the right spot in the second section where everything fell apart. However, I made it through the day without crashing, which is perhaps the most important thing. My terrain is yet to come”, said the leader of Tinkoff-Saxo after crossing the finish line.

“With so much mud blocking the small sprockets, I could not keep up. It has been a difficult stage from the start with constant danger but my team supported me through the day and Benna took me across the finish line. This is what could be expected from a stage like this with the cobblestones. And it could have been me. It’s a nice show for the home viewers but it’s a pretty big risk for the riders”.

“Of course I wish I were in front of him (Nibali) but seeing how the situation was on the cobbles today, I didn’t want to take more risk than necessary. I’d rather lose a minute more than have a crash and the Tour has only closed its first of many chapters.”

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Dave Brailsford (Team Sky) “Obviously it’s devastating for Chris and for the team. We knew it was going to be a tough race. We really believed in Chris and his ability to win this race. But it’s not to be this year. In Richie Porte, we have a very capable, viable leader in the team. When you have a day like today, when you have a setback you have to roll ahead and go again, you have recalibrate your goals and you go again. Richie Porte came on the Tour to be the team leader number two and he showed great ability to ride the cobbles the way he did,” he said.

Vincenzo Nibali: The race leader said of his stage “I’m delighted with the outcome of today’s stage. It was a really stressful day and a very hard race. I wasn’t thinking of the yellow jersey. I was just focused on riding the best I could. I’m in good shape. I’ve prepared for this particular stage but the conditions today were very different from those I experienced when I came and rode on the cobbles”.

“It was also a very different feeling as when we rode the ‘strade bianche’ at the Giro d’Italia. Here I managed to guide my bike much better. It was extremely slippery. I’ve lost some team-mates who slipped but at the end, it was still a great team work with Jakob Fuglsang and Lieuwe Westra who went in a breakaway to be able to help me in the finale as he fantastically did”.

“It went all well. I didn’t think I would distance Contador so much today. But I’ll keep my feet on the ground. I want to remain calm. It’s still a long way away with lots of mountains and everybody has seen today that crashes can happen.”

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Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing, 5th) “The race was a mess. When I hear in the radio what was happening just with our riders, I can imagine what must be happening with the others – in my opinion this does not have a place in a Grand Tour. It was completely different than in April because the field is so different. Also the wet roads made it very dangerous – the whole course was now dangerous.”

“Rasty [Gregory Rast] helped me a lot. The problem was there was always a gap because someone was tired, or slipped a bit, and you could not pass him on the cobbles. When the three Astanas and Boom went, this is what happened. Also, on wet cobbles it is very different, you cannot use a high cadence like when it’s dry, how I like to do.”

“It was already a situation where I was pulling, and when they went everyone was looking at me and Peter [Sagan] to do the work. Just me and Peter could not make the difference, so I had to calculate my energy. I did not want to pull, pull, pull and then the others pass me at the end, so I had to manage myself and play a bit or otherwise I would have been even more behind. Hey, chapeau to Astana who did a fantastic ride – they honored the yellow jersey.”

Fränk Schleck (Trek, losing eight minutes) “We can say it was raining cats and dogs. It was just chaos out there. The team was awesome. We knew it was going to be hard and we expected the worse. We knew it was coming – but still, it was very bad out there. I had a flat tyre with around 25-30 kilometers to go and it took a while for the car to come”.

“This does not change anything. We will continue to stick to our plan. We will still try and win stages, and we will keep fighting as a team. We have to keep our spirit up, the same as when we started, we will stick together. We owe this to ourselves, to all the team, all our fans, and to our sponsors.”

Richie Porte – Talking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Porte says “I’m going to take this chance to prove I can be up there on the general classification in which I’m now placed eighth [at 1 minute 54 seconds to race leader Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)]. The nearest I have come to racing in something like that was in the ‘Strade Bianchi stage’ of the 2010 Giro d’Italia where the wet weather and white dirt on the roads left us caked in it.”

The help from Bernie and especially Geraint Thomas was absolutely vital to me getting back into the race after my crash, and then into position to gain some time on some rivals near the end. Despite all that has happened in the last five stages, the Tour has only just begun. I’m really looking forward to it too.

Peter Sagan: “I’m happy that I came safe out of this stage. I didn’t crash, which is good for being able to continue the Tour de France. I’ve taken some more points over the other sprinters. But I’m also a little bit disappointed because I was at the front and I lost the possibility of winning the stage by my own mistake”.

“I was riding a little bit too far behind with Cancellara when an Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider let a bit of a gap in front of us and we never managed to make it back to the front of the race. I guess this is part of a learning process and I’ve gained some experience in that mistake.”

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Cyril Lemoine: One of the rides of the day was the KoM leader: “It was necessary to pay a lot of attention but I did well. I’ve been lucky but I was also always well positioned. I had bookmarked this stage before the Tour. I wanted to do something and I’ve managed to follow the best specialists till the end, well… almost till the end because I got a flat tyre on the last section, which prevented me from fighting for a few higher places”.

“But in overall, I’m satisfied. It went well because I’m used to the cobbles. They aren’t a major problem for me. Hats off to Nibali! What he did today proves that he’s a great champion, able to adapt to all terrains. And he’s got a strong team.”

CLASSIFICATIONS
Yellow: Vincenzo Nibali
Green: Peter Sagan
KoM: Cryil Lemoine
Young Rider (U25): Peter Sagan
Team: Astana
Combativity: Liewe Westra

STAGE 5
1 Boom Lars Belkin Pro Cycling 03h 18′ 35″
2 Fuglsang Jakob Astana Pro Team @ 00′ 19″
3 Nibali Vincenzo Astana Pro Team @ 00′ 19″
4 Sagan Peter Cannondale @ 01′ 01″
5 Cancellara Fabian Trek Factory Racing @ 01′ 01″
6 Keukeleire Jens Orica Greenedge @ 01′ 01″
7 Kwiatkowski Michal Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 01′ 07″
8 Westra Lieuwe Astana Pro Team @ 01′ 09″
9 Trentin Matteo Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 01′ 21″
10 Lemoine Cyril Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 01′ 45″
11 Porsev Alexander Team Katusha @ 02′ 02″
12 Hayman Mathew Orica Greenedge @ 02′ 02″
13 Vanmarcke Sep Belkin Pro Cycling @ 02′ 02″
14 Bakelants Jan Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 02′ 02″
15 Renshaw Mark Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 02′ 02″
16 Van Den Broeck Jurgen Lotto-Belisol @ 02′ 02″
17 Martin Tony Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 02′ 02″
18 Gallopin Tony Lotto-Belisol @ 02′ 02″
19 Roelandts Jurgen Lotto-Belisol @ 02′ 08″
20 Porte Richie Team Sky @ 02′ 11″
21 Thomas Geraint Team Sky @ 02′ 19″
22 Talansky Andrew Garmin – Sharp @ 02′ 22″
23 Dumoulin Tom Team Giant-Shimano @ 02′ 28″
24 Pinot Thibaut Fdj.Fr @ 02′ 28″
25 Costa Rui Alberto Lampre – Merida @ 02′ 28″
26 Valverde Belmonte Alejandro Movistar Team @ 02′ 28″
27 Bardet Romain Ag2r La Mondiale @ 02′ 28″
28 Trofimov Yury Team Katusha @ 02′ 28″
29 Gruzdev Dmitriy Astana Pro Team @ 02′ 28″
30 Velits Peter Bmc Racing Team @ 02′ 28″
31 Van Garderen Tejay Bmc Racing Team @ 02′ 28″
32 Iglinskiy Maxim Astana Pro Team @ 02′ 28″
33 Langeveld Sebastian Garmin – Sharp @ 02′ 33″
34 Mollema Bauke Belkin Pro Cycling @ 02′ 44″
35 Marcato Marco Cannondale @ 02′ 44″
36 Bennati Daniele Tinkoff-Saxo @ 02′ 54″
37 Contador Alberto Tinkoff-Saxo @ 02′ 54″
38 Schär Michael Bmc Racing Team @ 02′ 54″
39 Veelers Tom Team Giant-Shimano @ 02′ 54″
40 Rast Gregory Trek Factory Racing @ 03′ 17″
41 Van Summeren Johan Garmin – Sharp @ 03′ 38″
42 Wynants Maarten Belkin Pro Cycling @ 03′ 38″
43 Terpstra Niki Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 03′ 43″
44 Nieve Iturralde Mikel Team Sky @ 03′ 46″
45 Konig Leopold Team Netapp-Endura @ 03′ 46″
46 Péraud Jean-Christophe Ag2r La Mondiale @ 03′ 46″
47 Albasini Michael Orica Greenedge @ 03′ 46″
48 Voss Paul Team Netapp-Endura @ 03′ 46″
49 Rojas Gil José Joaquin Movistar Team @ 03′ 46″
50 Clarke Simon Orica Greenedge @ 03′ 46″
51 Golas Michal Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 03′ 46″
52 Tankink Bram Belkin Pro Cycling @ 03′ 46″
53 Eisel Bernhard Team Sky @ 03′ 53″
54 Zubeldia Agirre Haimar Trek Factory Racing @ 04′ 16″
55 Frank Mathias Iam Cycling @ 04′ 16″
56 Machado Tiago Team Netapp-Endura @ 04′ 16″
57 Rolland Pierre Team Europcar @ 04′ 16″
58 Pineau Jérôme Iam Cycling @ 04′ 16″
59 Gautier Cyril Team Europcar @ 04′ 16″
60 Ladagnous Matthieu Fdj.Fr @ 04′ 16″
61 Horner Christopher Lampre – Merida @ 04′ 16″
62 Gadret John Movistar Team @ 04′ 16″
63 Kruijswijk Steven Belkin Pro Cycling @ 04′ 16″
64 Kluge Roger Iam Cycling @ 04′ 16″
65 Izaguirre Insausti Jon Movistar Team @ 04′ 16″
66 Ten Dam Laurens Belkin Pro Cycling @ 04′ 16″
67 Pichot Alexandre Team Europcar @ 04′ 22″
68 Burghardt Marcus Bmc Racing Team @ 04′ 30″
69 Gastauer Ben Ag2r La Mondiale @ 05′ 35″
70 De Kort Koen Team Giant-Shimano @ 05′ 35″
71 Isaichev Vladimir Team Katusha @ 05′ 35″
72 Bodnar Maciej Cannondale @ 05′ 35″
73 Sieberg Marcel Lotto-Belisol @ 05′ 35″
74 Kangert Tanel Astana Pro Team @ 05′ 35″
75 Bauer Jack Garmin – Sharp @ 05′ 35″
76 Navardauskas Ramunas Garmin – Sharp @ 07′ 20″
77 Montaguti Matteo Ag2r La Mondiale @ 08′ 10″
78 Schleck Frank Trek Factory Racing @ 08′ 10″
79 Feillu Brice Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 08′ 10″
80 Elmiger Martin Iam Cycling @ 08′ 10″
81 Vichot Arthur Fdj.Fr @ 08′ 10″
82 Oliveira Nelson Lampre – Merida @ 08′ 10″
83 Petacchi Alessandro Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 08′ 10″
84 Garcia Echeguibel Egoitz Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 08′ 10″
85 Grivko Andriy Astana Pro Team @ 08′ 10″
86 Leezer Thomas Belkin Pro Cycling @ 08′ 10″
87 Oss Daniel Bmc Racing Team @ 08′ 20″
88 Gene Yohann Team Europcar @ 09′ 19″
89 Cimolai Davide Lampre – Merida @ 09′ 55″
90 Irizar Arranburu Markel Trek Factory Racing @ 11′ 05″
91 Bak Lars Lotto-Belisol @ 11′ 05″
92 Dumoulin Samuel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 11′ 05″
93 Visconti Giovanni Movistar Team @ 11′ 05″
94 Rogers Michael Tinkoff-Saxo @ 11′ 05″
95 Schillinger Andreas Team Netapp-Endura @ 11′ 05″
96 Coquard Bryan Team Europcar @ 11′ 05″
97 Van Avermaet Greg Bmc Racing Team @ 13′ 25″
98 Devenyns Dries Team Giant-Shimano @ 13′ 25″
99 Herrada Lopez Jesus Movistar Team @ 13′ 51″
100 Voigt Jens Trek Factory Racing @ 13′ 51″
101 Silin Egor Team Katusha @ 13′ 51″
102 Erviti Ollo Imanol Movistar Team @ 13′ 51″
103 Intxausti Benat Movistar Team @ 13′ 51″
104 Plaza Molina Ruben Movistar Team @ 13′ 51″
105 Hansen Adam Lotto-Belisol @ 13′ 51″
106 Howes Alex Garmin – Sharp @ 13′ 51″
107 Dempster Zakkari Team Netapp-Endura @ 13′ 51″
108 Tuft Svein Orica Greenedge @ 13′ 51″
109 Durbridge Luke Orica Greenedge @ 13′ 51″
110 Durasek Kristijan Lampre – Merida @ 13′ 51″
111 Serpa José Lampre – Merida @ 13′ 51″
112 Minard Sébastien Ag2r La Mondiale @ 13′ 51″
113 Bonnet William Fdj.Fr @ 13′ 51″
114 Reza Kévin Team Europcar @ 13′ 51″
115 Roche Nicolas Tinkoff-Saxo @ 13′ 51″
116 Haussler Heinrich Iam Cycling @ 13′ 51″
117 Bideau Jean-Marc Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 15′ 23″
118 Meier Christian Orica Greenedge @ 15′ 23″
119 Wyss Marcel Iam Cycling @ 15′ 23″
120 Quemeneur Perrig Team Europcar @ 15′ 23″
121 Gerrans Simon Orica Greenedge @ 15′ 23″
122 Koren Kristijan Cannondale @ 15′ 23″
123 Stetina Peter Bmc Racing Team @ 15′ 23″
124 Sabatini Fabio Cannondale @ 15′ 23″
125 Elage Mickaël Fdj.Fr @ 15′ 23″
126 Simon Julien Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 15′ 23″
127 Tosatto Matteo Tinkoff-Saxo @ 15′ 23″
128 Morkov Michael Tinkoff-Saxo @ 15′ 23″
129 Vachon Florian Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 15′ 23″
130 Valls Rafael Lampre – Merida @ 15′ 23″
131 Fonseca Armindo Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 15′ 23″
132 Moinard Amaël Bmc Racing Team @ 15′ 23″
133 Marino Jean Marc Cannondale @ 15′ 28″
134 De Marchi Alessandro Cannondale @ 15′ 28″
135 Pate Danny Team Sky @ 15′ 28″
136 Taaramäe Rein Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 16′ 50″
137 Guillou Florian Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 16′ 57″
138 Clement Stef Belkin Pro Cycling @ 17′ 29″
139 Kristoff Alexander Team Katusha @ 18′ 03″
140 Yates Simon Orica Greenedge @ 18′ 03″
141 Greipel André Lotto-Belisol @ 18′ 03″
142 Smukulis Gatis Team Katusha @ 18′ 03″
143 Roy Jérémy Fdj.Fr @ 18′ 03″
144 Chavanel Sylvain Iam Cycling @ 18′ 03″
145 King Benjamin Garmin – Sharp @ 18′ 03″
146 Edet Nicolas Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 18′ 03″
147 Barta Jan Team Netapp-Endura @ 18′ 03″
148 Hollenstein Reto Iam Cycling @ 18′ 03″
149 Paolini Luca Team Katusha @ 18′ 03″
150 Timmer Albert Team Giant-Shimano @ 18′ 03″
151 Kittel Marcel Team Giant-Shimano @ 18′ 03″
152 Pineau Cedric Fdj.Fr @ 18′ 03″
153 Degenkolb John Team Giant-Shimano @ 18′ 03″
154 Pimenta Costa Mendes José Team Netapp-Endura @ 18′ 03″
155 Kadri Blel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 18′ 03″
156 Jarrier Benoit Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 19′ 00″
157 Huzarski Bartosz Team Netapp-Endura @ 19′ 00″
158 Van Poppel Danny Trek Factory Racing @ 20′ 48″
159 Mate Mardones Luis Angel Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 21′ 24″
160 Molard Rudy Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 21′ 24″
161 Curvers Roy Team Giant-Shimano @ 22′ 03″
162 Riblon Christophe Ag2r La Mondiale @ 22′ 40″
163 Cherel Mikael Ag2r La Mondiale @ 22′ 40″
164 Feillu Romain Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 22′ 40″
165 Delaplace Anthony Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 22′ 40″
166 Petit Adrien Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 22′ 40″
167 Hernandez Blazquez Jesus Alberto Tinkoff-Saxo @ 22′ 40″
168 Slagter Tom Jelte Garmin – Sharp @ 22′ 40″
169 Richeze Ariel Maximiliano Lampre – Merida @ 22′ 40″
170 Viviani Elia Cannondale @ 22′ 40″
171 Navarro Garcia Daniel Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 22′ 40″
172 Atapuma John Darwin Bmc Racing Team @ 22′ 40″
173 Gerard Arnaud Bretagne – Seche Environnement @ 22′ 40″
174 Voeckler Thomas Team Europcar @ 22′ 40″
175 Arashiro Yukiya Team Europcar @ 22′ 40″
176 Majka Rafal Tinkoff-Saxo @ 22′ 40″
177 Rodriguez Joaquim Team Katusha @ 22′ 40″
178 De Clercq Bart Lotto-Belisol @ 22′ 40″
179 Spilak Simon Team Katusha @ 22′ 40″
180 Paulinho Sergio Miguel Moreira Tinkoff-Saxo @ 22′ 40″
181 Reichenbach Sébastien Iam Cycling @ 22′ 40″
182 King Edward Cannondale @ 22′ 40″
183 Lopez Garcia David Team Sky @ 22′ 40″
184 Scarponi Michele Astana Pro Team @ 22′ 40″
185 Vanotti Alessandro Astana Pro Team @ 22′ 40″
186 Busche Matthew Trek Factory Racing @ 22′ 40″
187 Kiryienka Vasili Team Sky @ 22′ 40″
188 De La Cruz Melgarejo David Team Netapp-Endura @ 22′ 40″
189 Jeannesson Arnold Fdj.Fr @ 22′ 40″
190 Demare Arnaud Fdj.Fr @ 22′ 40″
191 Ji Cheng Team Giant-Shimano @ 23′ 08″
192 Zandio Echaide Xabier Team Sky @ 32′ 52″
193 Acevedo Calle Janier Alexis Garmin – Sharp @ 32′ 52″

OVERALL

1 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM 20h 26′ 46″
2 Fuglsang Jakob Astana Pro Team @ 00′ 02″
3 Sagan Peter Cannondale ” @ 00′ 44″
4 Kwiatkowski Michal Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 00′ 50″
5 Cancellara Fabian Trek Factory Racing @ 01′ 17″
6 Van Den Broeck Jurgen Lotto-Belisol @ 01′ 45″
7 Gallopin Tony Lotto-Belisol @ 01′ 45″
8 Porte Richie Team Sky @ 01′ 54″
9 Talansky Andrew Garmin – Sharp @ 02′ 05″
10 Valverde Belmonte Alejandro Movistar Team @ 02′ 11″
11 Bardet Romain Ag2r La Mondiale @ 02′ 11″
12 Van Garderen Tejay Bmc Racing Team @ 02′ 11″
13 Costa Rui Alberto Lampre – Merida 2 @ 02′ 11″
14 Thomas Geraint Team Sky @ 02′ 16″
15 Pinot Thibaut Fdj.Fr @ 02′ 25″
16 Dumoulin Tom Team Giant-Shimano @ 02′ 25″
17 Trofimov Yury Team Katusha @ 02′ 25″
18 Mollema Bauke Belkin Pro Cycling @ 02′ 27″
19 Contador Alberto Tinkoff-Saxo @ 02′ 37″
20 Bakelants Jan Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 02′ 39″
21 Velits Peter Bmc Racing Team @ 02′ 44″
22 Marcato Marco Cannondale @ 03′ 23″
23 Albasini Michael Orica Greenedge @ 03′ 29″
24 Péraud Jean-Christophe Ag2r La Mondiale @ 03′ 29″
25 Nieve Iturralde Mikel Team Sky @ 03′ 29″
26 Machado Tiago Team Netapp-Endura @ 03′ 59″
27 Zubeldia Agirre Haimar Trek Factory Racing @ 03′ 59″
28 Frank Mathias Iam Cycling @ 04′ 13″
29 Horner Christopher Lampre – Merida @ 04′ 13″
30 Ten Dam Laurens Belkin Pro Cycling @ 04′ 13″
31 Keukeleire Jens Orica Greenedge @ 04′ 41″
32 Konig Leopold Team Netapp-Endura @ 04′ 45″
33 Tankink Bram Belkin Pro Cycling ” @ 04′ 46″
34 Voss Paul Team Netapp-Endura @ 05′ 07″
35 Rolland Pierre Team Europcar ” @ 05′ 18″
36 Kangert Tanel Astana Pro Team @ 05′ 32″
37 Gautier Cyril Team Europcar @ 05′ 37″
38 Kruijswijk Steven Belkin Pro Cycling @ 06′ 47″
39 Clarke Simon Orica Greenedge @ 08′ 13″
40 Elmiger Martin Iam Cycling @ 08′ 26″
41 Vichot Arthur Fdj.Fr @ 08′ 26″
42 Feillu Brice Bretagne – Seche Environnement 20h 35′ 56″ @ 09′ 10″
43 Schleck Frank Trek Factory Racing @ 09′ 12″
44 Oss Daniel Bmc Racing Team @ 09′ 20″
45 Gastauer Ben Ag2r La Mondiale @ 11′ 02″
46 Trentin Matteo Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 11′ 59″
47 Roelandts Jurgen Lotto-Belisol @ 12′ 20″
48 Grivko Andriy Astana Pro Team @ 12′ 50″
49 Schär Michael Bmc Racing Team @ 13′ 06″
50 Van Avermaet Greg Bmc Racing Team @ 13′ 08″

 

 

 

 

 

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