TDF Stage 20 Report and Results and Stage 21 Preview 2014 Tour De France

STAGE 20 ITT RACE REPORT:

54k from Bergerac to Perigueux; Rolling.

Weather: Sunny, mid 80sf.

The race against the clock shuffled the standings today on stage 20 of the Tour De France. The riders attacked a 54km individual time trial in one of the tightest podium races in recent years. Only utter disaster would have unhinged Vincenzo Nibali from his overall lead, but the rest of the podium would be decided on Saturday's race of truth.

Five-time Vuelta A España podium finisher (and 2009 Vuelta winner) Alejandro Valverde has been looking for a Tour De France podium finish, and today's ITT may be one of his last chances to accomplish that feat. With recent Giro d'Italia winner Nairo Quintana looking like the near-future of Movistar's Grand Tour GC hopes, Valverde, at 34, is running out of time.

Stage 20 ITT Profile

Two Frenchman came into the stage vying with Valverde for podium positions. Veteran Jean-Christophe Peraud of AG2R, and young climbing star Thibaut Pinot of FDJ. Last year JC Peraud started the stage-17 time trial with a broken collarbone, and then crashed out on the course, falling on the same right shoulder.  Today he had his chance for redemption. Pinot showed this year that he conquered some demons and was ready to prove his right to stand with the best...

American Tejay Van Garderen lost too much time on stage 16 to Luchon to claim a podium finish, but he set his sights on improving on his sixth place overall. Another young French talent, whose popularity skyrocketed this year, Romain Bardet of AG2R, tried to defend his fifth place from the accomplished American time trialist.

They had all been nibbling on Nibali's scraps for three weeks, and now, with only the final sprint into Paris remaining, the GC contenders had their last chance to make their marks.

Some very accomplished time trialists were among the first ten starters. Danny Pate was the eleventh rider out of the gate, and he set a best time (of 1:09:22) that stood for over 2 1/2 hours, beating the likes of Svein Tuft, Luke Durbridge and Maciej Bodnar. Pate still led, as TT World Champ Tony Martin left the start house.

  

Czech Jan Barta set an early best time

Wildcard invitee Team NetApp-Endura's Czech talent, Jan Barta was next to light up the boards. He posted new best times at each of the three checkpoints on the course, and finished with a new best time of 1:08:08.

When Tony Martin hit the road, a trail of fire seemed to follow his smoking wheel, as he made small meals out of five of the riders who started in two-minute intervals before him. When the German World Time Trial Champ was done, he sat on the leader's throne, mostly talking on his cell phone, and waiting for someone to approach the orbit of his leading time of 1:06:21.

Jean-Christophe Peraud raced for the podium

As the top GC men left the start house in Bergerac behind, and covered the hilly, rolling course, the time splits showed that most of the expected GC reshuffling was happening as expected. One rider who really suffered however, was Belkin's Bauke Mollema. Exhausted from the mountains, the best placed Dutch rider finished 140th, losing 9:26 to stage winner Tony Martin.

Another nightmare happened to Romain Bardet. Chasing every second to hold off Van Garderen--who was riding very well--the French Bardet suffered a rear puncture, requiring a bike change that made the difference between 5th and 6th place overall. Bardet lost fifth to Tejay by just two seconds.

Top 20 GC moves on stage 20 ITT:

Maillot jaune hog Vincenzo Nibali will win the 2014 Tour

Nibali pads his lead in 1st place...again (now up to 7:52).

Peraud takes second from Pinot;

Pinot from 2nd to 3rd;

Valverde holds 4th

TVG up to 5th from 6th

Bardet down to 6th, from 4th.

Konig up to 7th from 9th.

Zubeldia up to 8th from 10th;

Ten Dam couldn't hold off Zubeldia, and drops from 8th to 9th overall, by just 8 seconds;

Mollema drops from 7th to 10th

The only other GC change in the top 20 was Brice Feillu leapfrogging Chris Horner (in 16th and 17th).

A Frenchman will stand on the podium in Paris for the first time in 17 years (1997: Virenque, 2nd to Ulrich; Pantani was 3rd). In fact, the French put two men on the podium in their home race (Peraud and Pinot), for the first time in 40 years (1964: Anquetil and Poulidor). The procession into Paris and the ceremonies to follow will give the French plenty to celebrate.

Pinot rode a spectacular race to beat the likes of Valverde and Van Garderen.

Peraud showed how years of hard work and perseverance can pay off; but Pierre Rolland finished outside the top 10, so the success of the young French stars gives the French fans something that most of the recent crop of French riders have failed to deliver on: hope for the future.

World TT Champion Tony Martin did the rainbow stripes proud

 

STAGE 21 PREVIEW:

Tomorrow the peloton rides into Paris for the final stage of the 2014 Tour De France. The first half will be all smiles and champagne and mugging for the cameras. The last part will see the riders cover the criterium-like circuit up the Champs Elysees and around the Arc de Triomphe, following the slight route change instituted last year (instead of making the U-turn just before the Arc. Escapees will be hard-pressed to hold off the sprinters, who almost always get their way, and fight out the stage in a big bunch sprint on the long, wide, cobbled boulevard.

Kittel is the favorite, Greipel a very close second, I would say.  Then the usual cast of fast finishers: Kristoff, Sagan, Coquard, Renshaw. Van Avermaet, Navardauskas, and Bennati seem to still have juice left in their legs after three weeks in the saddle.

Maybe Arnaud Demare or Elia Viviani will get a chance to show what they can do tomorrow. I don't know if Coquard and Kristoff care to fight it out for second place in the points competition, but I have a feeling that Europcar will put everything into getting the stage win tomorrow. They will surely try to get into a break, and certainly set up Coquard for the sprint. But, I would like to see what Kevin Reza could do on this finish. I think it's perfect for him, if he's not expending all his energy leading out someone else. I think he could easily get top-five.

MY PICK for STAGE 21:

Just to be daring, I am not going to pick Marcel Kittel on Sunday. He is surely the odds-on favorite, and has won the most sprint stages in this Tour; but he has not won since stage 4, and the mountains must have taken something out of his step. Maybe. Anyway I am not going to be so daring as to pick a real longshot. They say Peter Sagan doesn't have the kind of raw speed to win on this finish...and I agree. But you know who does? Andre Greipel.

Given the elbow-room that the Champs Elysees affords, stage 21 could be Lotto Belisol's best chance to outmaneuver the Omega Pharma train.

Andre Greipel won stage 6 in Reims

I don't think it is any leap to call Greipel, Kittel and Kristoff for the top three on Sunday.

One other thing to watch for: Popular peloton personality Jens Voigt, the convivial German from Team Trek will be wrapping up his 17th and final Tour De France on Sunday. We may see the peloton honor him with the lead into Paris...if he allows it. If we're lucky, maybe Jensie will treat us to a good whole-hearted attack, and go for one last win...

Stay tuned for my race wrap-up...

Stage 20 Individual Time Trial Results

		Result
1	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:06:21
2	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:39
3	Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura	0:01:47
4	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:01:58
5	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura	0:02:02
6	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:02:08
7	Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:27
8	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling	0:02:36
9	Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing	0:02:39
10	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:02:58
11	Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky	0:03:01
12	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:03:12
13	Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
14	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale	0:03:13
15	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge	0:03:23
16	Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team	0:03:24
17	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida	0:03:30
18	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team	0:03:35
19	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge	0:03:38
20	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team	0:03:44
21	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing	0:03:45
22	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:00
23	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	0:04:05
24	Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha	0:04:06
25	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team	0:04:15
26	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:04:17
27	José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura	0:04:23
28	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:28
29	Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:04:30
30	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:31
31	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:04:41
32	Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:44
33	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:04:56
34	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	0:05:01
35	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:05:06
36	Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp	0:05:11
37	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:05:13
38	Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha
39	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:05:16
40	Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team
41	Benjamin King (USA) Garmin - Sharp	0:05:18
42	Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura	0:05:19
43	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:05:25
44	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol	0:05:31
45	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:05:34
46	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:05:43
47	Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura	0:05:47
48	José Serpa (Col) Lampre - Merida	0:05:48
49	Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura	0:05:50
50	Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:05:59
51	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
52	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	0:06:01
53	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:06:02
54	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55	Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:06:03
56	Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge	0:06:08
57	Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura	0:06:09
58	Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06:10
59	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
60	Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling	0:06:11
61	Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge	0:06:14
62	Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha	0:06:18
63	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
64	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:06:21
65	Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing	0:06:22
66	Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol
67	Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:06:29
68	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale	0:06:31
69	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:06:33
70	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:06:37
71	Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:06:39
72	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky	0:06:41
73	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:06:44
74	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:06:52
75	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:07:03
76	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:07:04
77	Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky
78	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:05
79	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura	0:07:10
80	Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:07:11
81	Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	0:07:12
82	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	0:07:14
83	Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre - Merida	0:07:16
84	Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale	0:07:18
85	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
86	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:07:21
87	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	0:07:23
88	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
89	Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling	0:07:26
90	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
91	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:07:27
92	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano	0:07:28
93	Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:07:29
94	Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar	0:07:30
95	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:07:32
96	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol	0:07:33
97	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:34
98	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol	0:07:36
99	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
100	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:07:37
101	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:07:40
102	Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	0:07:41
103	Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:07:42
104	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:07:43
105	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	0:07:45
106	John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team	0:07:47
107	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:48
108	Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team	0:07:50
109	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar	0:07:54
110	Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge	0:07:56
111	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp	0:07:57
112	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:07:59
113	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky	0:08:05
114	Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre - Merida	0:08:06
115	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:08:10
116	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale	0:08:14
117	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:08:18
118	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	0:08:20
119	Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:08:28
120	Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar	0:08:34
121	Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	0:08:41
122	Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
123	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp	0:08:42
124	Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar	0:08:51
125	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team	0:08:53
126	Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:08:55
127	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
128	Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
129	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida	0:08:56
130	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol	0:08:59
131	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:09:05
132	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	0:09:13
133	Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:09:14
134	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
135	Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:09:15
136	Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge	0:09:16
137	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:09:18
138	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	0:09:19
139	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	0:09:21
140	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:09:26
141	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:09:28
142	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale	0:09:30
143	Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	0:09:31
144	Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing	0:09:32
145	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano	0:09:33
146	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale
147	Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing	0:09:41
148	Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale	0:09:43
149	Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing	0:09:50
150	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
151	Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:09:53
152	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
153	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale	0:09:56
154	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
155	Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:10:15
156	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:10:33
157	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:10:36
158	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar	0:10:48
159	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	0:11:00
160	Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:11:40
161	Alex Howes (USA) Garmin - Sharp	0:11:43
162	Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano	0:12:11
163	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:19
164	Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha	0:12:28

General classification after stage 20

		Result
1	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	86:37:52
2	Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:07:52
3	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:08:24
4	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team	0:09:55
5	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:11:44
6	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:46
7	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura	0:14:41
8	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing	0:18:12
9	Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:18:20
10	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:21:24
11	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	0:23:16
12	Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing	0:25:57
13	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	0:34:01
14	Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha	0:36:50
15	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	0:38:15
16	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:43:59
17	Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre - Merida	0:44:46
18	Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky	0:46:40
19	John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team	0:47:30
20	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team	0:52:11
21	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale	0:58:00
22	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	0:59:29
23	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky	1:00:35
24	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:06:11
25	Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar	1:08:56
26	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	1:17:43
27	Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team	1:19:53
28	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:20:49
29	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol	1:28:28
30	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr	1:32:31
31	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	1:37:01
32	Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling	1:38:27
33	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	1:48:09
34	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling	1:48:28
35	Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team	1:52:45
36	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team	1:54:50
37	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team	1:55:57
38	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	1:56:58
39	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo	1:58:28
40	Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	1:59:17
41	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team	2:00:50
42	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar	2:08:07
43	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	2:09:52
44	Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo	2:17:53
45	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	2:18:40
46	Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre - Merida	2:21:18
47	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:25:20
48	José Serpa (Col) Lampre - Merida	2:29:06
49	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	2:31:40
50	Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura	2:32:25
51	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	2:33:26
52	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale	2:34:01
53	Benjamin King (USA) Garmin - Sharp	2:41:26
54	Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	2:44:21
55	Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:49:03
56	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	2:49:20
57	Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr	2:49:37
58	Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling	2:50:50
59	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team	2:51:43
60	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	2:52:00
61	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale	2:53:16
62	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	2:53:20
63	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol	2:53:38
64	Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing	2:53:53
65	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar	2:55:04
66	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	2:56:02
67	Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge	2:56:12
68	Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura	2:58:00
69	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	2:59:05
70	Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge	3:06:00
71	Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura	3:07:27
72	Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura	3:07:40
73	Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar	3:08:30
74	Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp	3:09:00
75	Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling	3:12:19
76	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr	3:14:41
77	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	3:18:56
78	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	3:20:57
79	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team	3:21:04
80	Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale	3:21:16
81	Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol	3:22:24
82	Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	3:22:42
83	Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team	3:22:57
84	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	3:25:29
85	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	3:27:08
86	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling	3:27:19
87	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida	3:30:51
88	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	3:34:05
89	Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo	3:36:33
90	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	3:38:19
91	Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team	3:38:27
92	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:38:49
93	Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	3:39:01
94	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:39:05
95	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	3:39:28
96	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	3:41:10
97	Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	3:41:33
98	Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing	3:41:58
99	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar	3:42:26
100	Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	3:42:38
101	Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha	3:43:25
102	Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing	3:43:37
103	Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr	3:43:44
104	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	3:44:40
105	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar	3:45:09
106	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky	3:45:22
107	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	3:46:14
108	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling	3:46:18
109	Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing	3:46:52
110	Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	3:47:05
111	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	3:52:39
112	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale	3:52:52
113	Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge	3:54:42
114	Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team	3:55:20
115	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	3:57:50
116	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	3:58:17
117	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling	4:00:13
118	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale	4:00:39
119	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	4:01:36
120	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	4:04:15
121	Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge	4:04:17
122	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge	4:05:03
123	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano	4:06:30
124	José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura	4:07:01
125	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	4:12:10
126	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky	4:13:45
127	Alex Howes (USA) Garmin - Sharp	4:18:10
128	Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar	4:18:50
129	Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	4:21:34
130	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge	4:21:56
131	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	4:22:33
132	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	4:23:19
133	Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	4:23:25
134	Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	4:26:29
135	Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha	4:28:55
136	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale	4:29:14
137	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp	4:30:15
138	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	4:30:19
139	Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling	4:34:03
140	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	4:34:29
141	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp	4:38:06
142	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:39:27
143	Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr	4:39:49
144	Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura	4:40:06
145	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol	4:41:21
146	Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	4:41:55
147	Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team	4:42:48
148	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura	4:45:04
149	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:45:11
150	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol	4:45:18
151	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	4:45:28
152	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	4:46:28
153	Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky	4:46:56
154	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	4:47:56
155	Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano	4:53:41
156	Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha	4:57:34
157	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	4:58:44
158	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr	5:00:06
159	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr	5:00:53
160	Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale	5:02:53
161	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano	5:06:51
162	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale	5:10:55
163	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida	5:12:22
164	Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano	5:53:23