TDF Stages 1 and 2 Reports and Results 2014 Tour De France

Stage 1:

 

The race start in Leeds

(Saturday July 5, 2014): 190k through Yorkshire (northerly loop from Leeds to Harrogate- mostly flat, constant low undulations); Sunny, mid-60s;

PREDICTION: Cavendish/Kittel.

After the opening neutral kms, the royal family ceremoniously came out from Harewood House and greeted the star riders at the front of the paused peloton. They chatted, cut the ribbon, and the race began for real.

The 3-man stage 1 break

3-man break from the gun: Jens Voigt (TFR-now 42 (nearing 43), oldest in race), N. Edet (COF), and Benoit Jarrier (BSE).

SPR finish- Cancellara tried a late break for the line, but got caught;

All 198 riders finished.*

*After a good OPQ lead-out, Cav and Gerrans bump shoulders in the finale* (Gerrans is then bumped back toward Cav by Coquard), Cav and Gerrans go down hard, also (a Cofidis rider behind Gerrans goes down, too) Modolo?;

Cavendish crosses the finish line, but becomes the first rider out of the race.

Local favorite is first to fail

*Cav admits fault, and apologizes to Gerrans.

**Huge crowds estimated at over 1 to 1.5 million on the roads (but several riders complain that spectators were too careless, blocking the road, taking pics, etc).

The royals were at the finish to hand out prizes as well.

Brief results:

Giant's Kittel capitalizes on Cav crash

Kittel wins stg 1, takes the yellow jersey, and the points jersey.

Sagan and Navardauskas fill out the stage podium.

Froome finishes an impressive 6th in the sprint.

Jens Voigt takes KOM Jersey.

Sagan leads the young riders.

 

Defending champ, Chris Froome will be closely inspected

Stage 2:

DNS: Mark Cavendish (OPQ)

[I dedicate this post to the Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish, who will not have the opportunity to enjoy the rest of the Tour, especially these stages in his homeland.]

The Stage 2 Profile shows nine categorized climbs

201k, From York [west, and south-Southeast] to Sheffield, partly cloudy, low 60's;

Sawtooth/Rolling; 9 categorized climbs: three cat-4s, five cat-3s, and a cat-2 over 201 kms. Fun!  

Marcel Kittel, Jens Voigt, and Tom Dumoulin, pre-race

(Flat finish after an 800m 10.8% Avg bump tops at -5k [Jenkin Road] and has some nasty grades).

Prediction: Sagan/Albasini; Longshot pick: Grivko.

[Voigt really hammed it up in Steve Schlanger interview before stage 2. Discussing his imminent retirement, he aped Dr. Evil, complete with pinky in corner of mouth, and teased that his KOM jersey showed that he is the strongest climber in the race, so he wants a team to offer him a million dollars to race next year... He is the oldest ever to wear the polka dots.]

6-man break forms early: Quemeneur (EUC), Kadri (ALM), Busche (TFR), Lemoine (COF), De La Cruz (TNE), Fonseca (BSE)...soon joined by Bart De Clerq (LTB), to make 7 in the break. They quickly build a lead over 2:30.

*km 47: Lemoine takes 1st cat-4 climb (Cote de Blubberhouses; 1.8k at 6.1%) for 1 KOM point.

-152k for leaders: Peloton at +3:33:

Tangled crash in peloton: Huzarski down, waits for tech help. Westra, Gerrans, a couple other NET-APP riders, a COFIDIS... No one hurt. TVG held up for bike change...

-140k: Lampre rider down.

-137k: Another slow, tangled crash in the crowded peloton, stalls Mollema.

-135k: Lead down to 2:14 as Mollema rejoins Pel. with 2 teammates.

*-132.5k (km 68.5): INT SPR (in Keighley) is not contested by the break, they take the first seven spots;

1:38 later, the Sprint contenders contest for the remaining INT sprint points: 8th place=8 pts; 9th gets 7; 10th gets 6; 11th gets 5; down to 1 point for 15th place at the INT: Coquard takes 8th, then Kristoff, Greipel, Sagan...

1. Kadri  2. De La Cruz  3. Quemeneur  4. Busche  5. Fonseca  6. De Clercq  7. Lemoine  8. Coquard  9. Kristoff  10. Greipel  11. Sagan  12. Reza  13. Porsev  14. Viviani  15. Sabatini

[Paul Sherwin comments that Kittel doesn't like to bother with the INT's.]

*A GIA rider on left side of road nailed an inattentive photo-snapping spectator's elbow with his shoulder approaching the INT point (the guy was standing idiotically in the road). You guys realize that those cyclists you are gawking at are SPEEDING RIGHT TOWARD YOU, right?

Nine categorized climbs on stage 2

-125k: The lead is back up to 2:02.

*km 85 (-116k): 2nd climb: Cat-3 Cote d'Oxenhope Moor (3.1k at 6.4%):

Quemeneur breaks first, and gets a big gap on the other leaers...

1. Quemeneur  2. Lemoine 

-110k: Leaders have 3:17 on the peloton.

König, bike change.

-103k: minor crash in feed zone: Acevedo, De Kort wait for assistance.

Stetina lost his derailleur...

-92.6k: Demare wheel change.

(Another jackass with a long lens gets his camera swatted by Niki Terpstra as he rides by in the peloton.)

-89k: Busche attacks on the way to the 3rd KOM summit; He is chased hard...

*3rd KOM:  Cat-3 Cote de Ripoonden; (1.3k at 8.6%)

1. Lemoine  2. De La Cruz

[More riders swatting at the over-eager English who can't help themselves but continue stepping into the road. Despite the large, generous crowds, if I were a cyclist I would not want to come back to England for a race of this magnitude. The spectators are too willing to risk the riders'  lives--and livelihood--just to grab a blurry snapshot of the peloton to show their mum.]

-83k: lead is 1:39.

BMC send Burghardt to the front of the peloton to set pace. Garmin has a few up front, too.

Modolo and Richeze (both LAM) struggling off the back, on the short climb.

*-81.5k: KOM 4: Cat-3 Cote de Greetland (1.6k at 6.7%);

Lemoine outsprints De La Cruz at the line to take the virtual KOM Jersey lead, with 6 points (Voigt, in 2nd now, has 4 pts, Quemeneur and De La Cruz each have 2).

1. Lemoine  2. De La Cruz 

-65k: Porte and Roche minor crash: stalled for bike changes. Porte had to wait much longer than NR.

-63k: Kittel is yelling and gesturing at someone in front of the bunch.

The peloton is closing in on the break... just about +:15 now.

Kadri tries to go it alone...

Lemoine and Fonseca chase him in earnest; the others give up the ghost and get swept up.

Onto the 5th climb; Cat-2 Cote de Holme Moss (4.7k at 7%):

-62k: Pate has dropped back to help pace Porte back up to the peloton. Eisel comes back, too.

Ahead, Kadri and Lemoine drop Fonseca.

Andrew Talansky of Garmin Sharp is one of the American GC hopefuls

-61k: As Fonseca gets swallowed up by the bunch, Voeckler (TV) attacks on the cat-2 climb.

Up front now Kadri is pushing on alone...Lemoine gets caught, but then Cofidis immediately send out his teammate (Edet?) on the attack.

-60k: Kadri holds a :22 lead.

~2k to the summit, Tony Martin and Burghardt jump out, too.

*-58.8k: TV catches Kadri in front, on a steep part. Then loses his wheel...

Just before the summit, Edet catches and passes TV.

Kadri summits first.

*-57.5k: KOM 5: Cat-2 Cote de Holme Moss (4.7k at 7%);

1. Kadri [5 pts]  2. Edet [3 pts]  3. Voeckler [2 pts] 4. Martin [1 point].

+1:15 to the SKY-led peloton over the summit.

-51.5k:

A 5-man chase group forms, with Cofidis' Edet (NE), Europcar 'sVoeckler (TV) and Gautier for, Tony Martin (TM) for OPQ, and Burghardt for BMC. They chase Kadri now at about +:24.

The main peloton is at about +1:02; and Kittel, in the Yellow Jersey, is in a 13-man group, more than two minutes behind the main bunch.

-50k: Kadri has :32 (and growing) on the 5 chasers and 1:05 on the peloton--now led by Cannondale.

-40k: About 3 or 4k to the 6th climb of the day;

-36k: During the TV break, the peloton picked up the 5-man chase group, and then at -36k, They pick up the erstwhile leader, Kadri.

Gruppo Compatto.

Garmin leads the peloton to the top of the 6th KOM:

*-34k: KOM 6: Cat-3 Midhopestones (2.5k at 6.1%):

1.  Slagter GRS  2.  Talansky GRS 

Yellow Jersey group summits at +7:37.

8k to the next summit (Bradfield; Cat-4)

SKY take over driving leading to the Bradfield cat-4 climb, Astana are right up there for Nibali, too...

-26k: Grivko is 1st over the 7th KOM, for 1 pt.

-19k: KOM 8: Cat-3 Oughtibridge; (1.5k at 9.1%)

EUR showing presence up front (Gautier +1), and Chris Horner is there for Lampre!

Rolland pushes up and takes the KOM ahead of JC Peraud.

1. Rolland  2. Peraud

PR and JCP push on, and build a gap...

-14k: lead is :15.

[Final climb up Jenkin Road hits 33% on one of the turns...]

-13.7k: Peraud pulls off, and Rolland goes on alone.

Rolland is first under 10k to go...

Cannondale are leading the chase now for Sagan.

-8.5k: Rolland looks back at the fast-closing peloton, and sits up.

* -8k: Gruppo Compatto.

A couple OGE teammates lead Albasini up toward the front (he's my pick today);

SKY, EUR, AST and CAN all working to stay in front...

1 OGE teammate remains up front for Albasini, then a SKY rider, and Cannondale--with Sagan sitting in 5th wheel.

-7k: The pace gets high before the climb...

The GC favorites attacked on Jenkin Road

*-5.8k: -Onto the Jenkin Rd climb (800m @ 10.8%):

The heavy hitters are moving to the front now...

One Cannondale leader in front...but Sagan has lost his wheel...Albasini is in 2nd wheel...then, here comes CONTADOR, NIBALI, FROOME, Sagan, and Van Den Broecke...

The GC contenders are taking this seriously.

-5.5k: Contador (AC) takes to the front.

Tejay Van Garderen (TVG) is getting on terms; a MOVISTAR jersey is also moving up with the leaders (is it Valverde?)...

The Cannondale lead-out rider pulls off...

Guys like Mick Rogers and Simon Gerrans are falling off the back...

Contador leads a group of about 15-20 elite riders up the steep, short hill: After AC, it's Nibali--with Astana teammate Fuglsang a few wheels back; then Froome, Albasini (now looking a little tired), Sagan, Van Den Broecke--with a LTB teammate? Gallopin? then Tejay--with a BMC teammate (maybe Van Avermaet or Stetina?),  then Valverde for MOV, then Peraud, I think it must be, for ALM,  Mollema for Belkin,  Konig for TNE--No, it's Machado; and World Champ Rui Costa, and either Busche or maybe Zubeldia in there...and if that's an OPQ jersey, I'm thinking Kwiatkowski may have made the cut as well...I may have missed one or two.

-5.2k: As AC gives over driving duty to Sagan, Froome attacks!

He's chased hard by TVG, Contador, Nibali, Valverde, Sagan, then Fuglsang, JVDB, Machado...

Bardet is the ALM rider nearer to the front, but Peraud is not far behind...

Talansky is also in there...

Froome leads the GC leaders over the final climb of the day, and gets 1 KOM point.

*km 196: KOM 9: cat-4 Jenkin Road (800m @ 10.8%):

1. Froome  2. TVG

-4.6k: Fuglsang attacks! He is chased down by Froome and Tejay;

-4.2k: Sagan takes to the front on the descent, and punches it on the next false flat...

Sagan is flying around the technical turns leading into town, but they're on his wheel. Although he is stretching out the group now...

*-2.7k: Fuglsang attacks again!

He looks back to see Greg Van Avermaet on his wheel, and JVDB closing in.

They come back together again.

The leaders all look around, marking each other...

About 20 riders remain to fight for the win...

-2k: Bardet attacks, chased by Tony Gallopin. Sagan catches on, too. Then Valverde helps bring it all back together.

-1.9k: As they all look around again, Nibali launches a big attack on the left side of the road. The Shark is given some berth, and he uses it to push further upstream. The others are marking each other, and not chasing Nibali down with any concerted effort!

-1k: Nibali goes under the red kite with at least an :08 lead.

Finally, Kwiatkowski, Van Avermaet and Sagan launch their sprints behind the Italian...but it's too late to catch the Sicilian.

Vincenzo Nibali, the Shark of Messina, gets his first-ever TDF stage win! And the Astana leader does it in style, with his new Italian Tricolori on his back. He will also take the Maillot Jaune for his efforts as well.

(That ought to keep Vino off his back for a while.)

Van Avermaet and Kwiatkowski round out the day's podium.

DNF: Sacha Modolo (COF)-another talented stage hunting fast-man who will be missed.

A difficult, and hard-fought stage that lasted over five hours and included very few flats, has been won by a dangerous GC threat who nobody was paying enough attention to. Nibali may have had a weak spring (his best 2014 results before the Italian Championships were a 5th place on GC at the Tour of Romandie, and 7th overall at the Dauphiné) but never underestimate his huge talent--he won the 2013 Giro d'Italia and the 2010 Vuelta a Espana, and finished 2nd overall at the Vuelta a Espana last year; he was also 3rd overall at the 2012 Tour De France, and has had other Grand Tour podium finishes as well. He just recently won the Italian National Road Race Championship, and has had several strong results in some one-day Classics that might easily be compared to a stage like today's.

Any way you look at it, we saw a great race today, and the overall contenders have wasted no time in showing their calculated intentions, and high ambitions.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Kudos to all the wonderful support the British fans have been showing, but I also hope they will get the message tonight, and keep out of the riders' way tomorrow for the final UK stage into London.

Brief Results follow...

The Shark of the Strait takes his first TDF stage win

Stage 2 Results

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

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

Points classification
		pts
1	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale	69
2	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar	47
3	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano	45
4	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	31
5	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	30
6	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp	30
7	Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge	27
8	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	25
9	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	22
10	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	22
11	Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	20
12	Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing	20
13	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	20
14	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol	17
15	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	17
16	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura	17
17	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol	17
18	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling	16
19	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	15
20	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	15
21	José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	14
22	Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp	13
23	Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing	13
24	Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar	12
25	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling	11
26	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	11
27	Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing	10
28	Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	10
29	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	9
30	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	9

Mountains classification
		pts
1	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	6
2	Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	5
3	Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing	4
4	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	4
5	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	2
6	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	2
7	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	2
8	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar	2
9	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura	2
10	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	1
11	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	1
12	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	1
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	1
14	Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp	1
15	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1
16	Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol	1

Young riders classification
		Result
1	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale	9:52:45
2	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:14
5	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
6	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling
7	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:33
8	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:01:43
9	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin - Sharp
10	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
11	Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge	0:04:32
12	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida	0:10:29
13	Benjamin King (USA) Garmin - Sharp
14	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
15	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
16	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:14:46
17	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
18	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge	0:15:37
19	Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:17:07
20	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura	0:18:48

Teams classification
		Result
1	Team Sky	29:38:15
2	Astana Pro Team	0:00:12
3	BMC Racing Team	0:00:14
4	Team Netapp-Endura	0:00:47
5	Trek Factory Racing
6	Cannondale
7	IAM Cycling	0:01:01
8	Team Katusha	0:01:20
9	Belkin Pro Cycling	0:01:31
10	Lampre - Merida
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:46
12	Garmin - Sharp	0:03:26
13	Orica Greenedge	0:04:23
14	Ag2R La Mondiale	0:05:44
15	FDJ.fr	0:06:31
16	Team Europcar	0:07:50
17	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:09:44
18	Lotto-Belisol	0:10:29
19	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:11:02
20	Movistar Team	0:12:12
21	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:13:29
22	Team Giant-Shimano	0:25:29