Frenchman takes the host nations first stage while the Maillot Jaune cracks on the Alpe
Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) took the long awaited first victory for the host nation in the 2013 Tour de France, between Gap and Alpe d’Huez, as the race took on the iconic hairpinned climb twice. The Frenchman was one of just three survivors from a group of nine riders that had escaped in the early kilometres of the 172.5km stage, managing to chase down Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) with just two kilometres to go, after the American had attacked earlier in the climb.
Moreno Moser (Cannondale) managed to hold off the chase of the race’s big names to take third place.
Behind the breakaway the teams of the overall contenders attacked one another, with Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) put into difficultly by Team Sky and Movistar. With around five kilometres to climb, however, Maillot Jaune Chris Froome (Team Sky) cracked, and was unable to follow white jersey Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) as the pair of them escaped.
By the finish Froome – who was nursed up the remainder of the climb by teammate Richie Porte – had lost 1’08” to Quintana, but had still taken time out of the rest of his immediate rivals, and had increased his lead over Contador to 5’11”, while Quintana moved up to third.
“When I was about eight years old, I saw on the TV a victory of a cyclist at Alpe d’Huez and I hoped that one day maybe I could do it too,” said Riblon afterwards. “Today, when I saw at the start of the climb that van Garderen attacked me I knew I couldn’t follow him and I told myself, ‘Shit, I finish second like two days ago…’ After, at three kilometres from the finish, I saw him and he didn’t look good so I started to believe in my good stars. And I sprinted and the public supported me and I’m in the sky!
“It was a crazy final,” Riblon recalled. “At five kilometres to go, I no longer believed it was possible. But Julien Jurdie was in the car, and he still believed in me and never stopped encouraging me, saying, ‘He’s bonked, you’ll catch him!’ At that time, I was riding for second place so I was giving it my all on the climb.
“Then, when I saw him ahead of me, I realised he had the very distinctive position of a rider who is not coping,” he continued. “So I came back up to him, and I absolutely did not want to leave him any hope that he could accompany me… I had no hesitation and I immediately attacked. It’s a huge thrill to see the race reversed.”
Riblon, van Garderen and Moser escaped after just 17km, with Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Leopard), Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr), Andrey Amador (Movistar), Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Lars Boom (Belkin) and Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp), and managed to get more than eight minutes clear.
The three of them escaped the others on the first climb of Alpe d’Huez, with a counterattacking group of Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) breaking away from the peloton behind them. This counterattack was pulled back by Movistar on the approach to the second Alpe climb, however, but the leaders were still a long way clear.
Van Garderen attacked early in the climb, as he had done the first time around, and managed to get what looked like a stage-winning lead over Riblon, but the American faded rapidly in the final kilometres and the Frenchman managed to pull him back.
Nine get clear after an aggressive start and are given a lot of rope
Attacks began from the start, as the peloton almost immediately began the 2nd category Col de Manse, up the way that it descended to the finish two days before. Saxo-Tinkoff was active early on, but the nine-man group formed shortly after the climb; when they were more than six minutes clear, however, at the foot of the 3rd category Rampe du Motty, Saxo-Tinkoff’s Sergio Paulinho and Nicolas Roche escaped in pursuit.
Over the top of the 2nd category Col d’Ornon, with 95km to go, the group was eight minutes ahead of the peloton, with Roche and Paulinho at six minutes. Boom took the points at the intermediate sprint in Bourg d’Oisans after 108km, and they hit the Alpe for the first of the two climbs shortly afterwards.
With 60km to go, van Garderen accelerated and pulled away from the others. Riblon and Moser chased separately, and managed to keep the American in sight.
Roche and Paulinho were both picked up by the peloton but, with 53km to go Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) attacked, and Team Sky watched him go as Laurent Didier (RadioShack-Leopard) and Poels followed him. Rolland was quickly up to his teammate, and the foursome continued to open up its gap over the peloton.
Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) – wearing the polka dot jersey in lieu of classification leader Froome – was the next to go, and quickly caught the group and, shortly afterwards, Schleck also jumped away and was paced onto the group by Didier who dropped back. Once up with the counterattack, Schleck hit the front, which got rid of Voeckler.
Riblon, van Garderen and Moser came together just before the top, with the Italian taking the maximum points. The Schleck/Rolland group was 7’20” behind as they followed over – with Nieve taking the remaining two points – as the three leaders were just arriving at the foot of the 2nd category Col de Sarenne. The peloton, still calmly led by Team Sky, was another minute behind.
As the climb steepened in the final kilometre, Moser was unable to follow the other two, and he was 12 seconds behind them over the top, with 41km to go, as he was joined by Voigt.
On the technical descent van Garderen’s chain came off as he rode over a bump, and Riblon rode clear of him. He was soon passed by a speeding Moser as he was forced to stop and fix his bike, and the Italian was soon back up with Riblon.
The chasing group of four was right on the heels of Chavanel as it arrived at the top 6’13” behind the leaders. Riblon was following Moser down the technical descent and, as he hit a damp corner, was unable to get around and was forced to go straight on. Thankfully he was able to stay upright as he crossed the flooded ditch beside the road, and was soon back on his bike.
The rain that threatened makes a brief appearance as the three fugitives hold off the peloton
It was now beginning to rain a little, as the peloton topped the climb at 7’45”. Froome was now just led by Kennaugh and Porte, but Contador flew past the Sky riders and began to attack the descent. Kreuziger followed his team leader and the two Saxo-Tinkoff riders tried to open up their lead, while Kennaugh tried to calmly keep them under control.
Moser was soon rejoined by Riblon, with van Garderen still chasing, and the American was back up to the two leaders with just over 17km to go.
Contador and Kreuziger passed Amador, who had dropped back from the original break, and the Costa Rican rider began to work on the front as the Movistar team began to chase. Realising this, the two Saxo-Tinkoff riders sat up at the 25km banner, and were soon back in the peloton.
Having been caught, Contador then went back to his team car to change his bike as the Movistar team continued to set its fierce pace.
Moser, Riblon and van Garderen were together as they began the final 13.8km climb to the finish, with the Schleck/Rolland group at 6’31” and the peloton at 7’21”. Riblon immediately accelerated, however, which saw Moser quickly distanced as he had been on the previous climb.
Movistar was still setting its pace, and was soon up with the counterattacking group, with Schleck, Nieve and Chavanel giving up quickly, and Rolland and Poels soon afterwards. More raindrops were falling now, but the peloton was almost at the foot of the Alpe.
Moser was trying to keep van Garderen and Riblon in sight, but was gradually being reeled in by Voigt, who had been riding alone since the first climb of the Alpe. As Movistar led the peloton at high speed, across the Bourg d’Oisans bridge and on to the foot of the climb, they were just 5’25” behind the leaders.
With just over 12km to go van Garderen accelerated a little earlier than he had the previous time and left Riblon behind again. The peloton’s speed dropped as it began the climb, however, with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Jose Serpa (Lampre-Merida) pulling clear.
Team Sky looks strong but Froome looks fallible as Movistar piles on the pressure
Porte took over the pace, but Froome was struggling to hold the Australian’s wheel. The pace was also proving too much for Bauke Mollema (Belkin), who was out the back of the peloton with Schleck and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida), and being nursed up by his team.
With 11km to go Froome attacked, and was quickly up to Antón, Valverde and Serpa, but the rest of the favourites were able to follow. Porte then took over again, and the Maillot Jaune group was reduced to just Froome and Porte (Team Sky), Quintana and Valverde (Movistar), Joaquim Rodríguez and Dani Moreno (Katusha) and Contador.
Froome attacked the group again and, once the Maillot Jaune had got a few metres clear, Quintana jumped across. Moreno and Rodríguez then gave chase, but Contador was unable to respond. Rodríguez made it up to Froome and Quintana just as they passed under the ten kilometre banner, 4’20” behind van Garderen; informed by Porte that his biggest rival was in trouble, Froome continued to accelerate.
Quintana then attacked himself, and Froome was just able to respond with Rodríguez on his wheel. Shortly afterwards Valverde and Porte attacked and rode away from Contador; up ahead Froome was gesticulating with Rodríguez, and was almost knocked over by a small boy who didn’t appear to realise he was there.
Rather than work, however, Rodríguez attacked, and it was Quintana that gave chase. Froome struggled to hold on to the Colombian’s wheel for a few moments, but Quintana kicked again and began put the Maillot Jaune into difficulty, but they managed to claw their way back up to Rodríguez and were soon rejoined by Porte as they passed Voigt.
Porte then hit the front, but Froome was unable to follow his pace and called for him to slow down. The group was now just 3’35” behind van Garderen, who was approaching the final five kilometres, while Riblon was still 35 seconds behind the American up front.
Contador was now in the company of Kreuziger, and more than a minute behind Froome’s group, but the Czech was working hard to close the gap.
Suddenly Froome’s hand went up as he tried to get some food of his team car but he was unable to get anything and, shortly afterwards Quintana attacked. Porte handed him something that he had gone back for – incurring a 20-second penalty – but the Colombian was flying clear up ahead by now with just four kilometres to go. Now suffering from hunger knock, Froome was unable to chase.
Van Garderen was now suffering as he was approaching the three kilometre banner and Riblon was reeling him in. Under the banner the American’s lead was just 22 seconds, with Riblon visibly climbing faster, and he was soon in sight. The Frenchman caught up with two kilometres to go and immediately accelerated past.
Quintana was 2’30” behind Riblon, with Froome 32 seconds behind the Colombian, while Contador was still at 4’15” and barely closing.
Riblon sprinted out of the saddle under the flamme rouge, with van Garderen now 22 seconds behind him, and kept his pace going as the road began to level out. Punching the air inside the final, flat 500 metres, he kissed his medallion before sitting up, blowing a kiss and punching the air with both hands.
Van Garderen took a disappointed second place, 59 seconds back, with Mose holding on for third at 1’27”. Quintana managed to outsprint Rodríguez for fourth place at 2’12”, which was 1’06” ahead of Porte and Froome, who came in after 3’18”.
Tour de France (WorldTour)
Stage 18, Gap to l’Alpe d’Huez:
1, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 172.5 kilometres in 4 hours 51 mins 32 secs
2, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 59 secs
3, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 min 27 secs
4, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 2 mins 12 secs
5, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) at 2 mins 15 secs
6, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 3 mins 18 secs
7, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling)
8, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 3 mins 22 secs
9, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 4 mins 15 secs
10, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team)
11, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
12, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 31 secs
13, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 45 secs
14, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 4 mins 49 secs
15, Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Lampre-Merida) at 5 mins 18 secs
16, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 5 mins 40 secs
17, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
18, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) at 5 mins 42 secs
19, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 5 mins 47 secs
20, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) at 5 mins 56 secs
21, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) at 6 mins 8 secs
22, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 6 mins 10 secs
23, Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 6 mins 13 secs
24, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr)
25, Robert Gesink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
26, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
27, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 6 mins 19 secs
28, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard) at 6 mins 30 secs
29, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) at 6 mins 45 secs
30, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) at 6 mins 59 secs
31, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 7 mins 6 secs
32, Lars Petter Nordhaug (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 7 mins 9 secs
33, Guillaume Levarlet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 9 mins 9 secs
34, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) at 9 mins 17 secs
35, Hubert Dupont (AG2R La Mondiale) at 9 mins 34 secs
36, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
37, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 9 mins 54 secs
38, Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar)
39, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 10 mins 59 secs
40, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) at 11 mins 23 secs
41, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 11 mins 32 secs
42, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) at 12 mins 52 secs
43, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp)
44, Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ.fr) at 13 mins 8 secs
45, Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar)
46, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard)
47, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
48, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) at 13 mins 35 secs
49, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) at 14 mins 4 secs
50, Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 14 mins 50 secs
51, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) at 15 mins 34 secs
52, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 16 mins 12 secs
53, Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 16 mins 47 secs
54, Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar Team) at 19 mins 42 secs
55, Laurent Didier (RadioShack Leopard) at 20 mins 59 secs
56, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) at 21 mins 45 secs
57, Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar Team)
58, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 22 mins 16 secs
59, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol)
60, Julien El Fares (Sojasun)
61, Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
62, Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
63, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 22 mins 30 secs
64, Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 22 mins 33 secs
65, Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar) at 24 mins 20 secs
66, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) at 24 mins 22 secs
67, Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) at 24 mins 57 secs
68, Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Belisol) at 25 mins 10 secs
69, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp)
70, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling)
71, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team)
72, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano)
73, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano)
74, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team)
75, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
76, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp)
77, David Veilleux (Team Europcar)
78, Kristijan Koren (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
79, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team)
80, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
81, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida)
82, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun)
83, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard)
84, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard)
85, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
86, Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar)
87, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling)
88, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
89, Julien Simon (Sojasun)
90, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team)
91, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar)
92, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
93, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
94, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
95, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr)
96, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
97, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard)
98, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team)
99, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar)
100, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge)
101, Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge)
102, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
103, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling)
104, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling)
105, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
106, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 25 mins 47 secs
107, Murilo Antonio Fischer (FDJ.fr)
108, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 25 mins 49 secs
109, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano)
110, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 26 mins 8 secs
111, Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) at 26 mins 25 secs
112, Albert Timmer (Team Argos-Shimano) at 26 mins 38 secs
113, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 6 secs
114, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
115, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 28 mins 13 secs
116, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 29 mins 9 secs
117, Thomas Leezer (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 29 mins 17 secs
118, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 30 mins 3 secs
119, Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
120, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano)
121, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano)
122, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team)
123, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team)
124, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team)
125, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
126, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)
127, Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge)
128, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol)
129, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge)
130, Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge)
131, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
132, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano)
133, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
134, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol)
135, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
136, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
137, Yury Trofimov (Katusha)
138, David Millar (Garmin-Sharp)
139, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
140, Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
141, Maarten Wynants (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
142, Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
143, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
144, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale)
145, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha)
146, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
147, Frederik Willems (Lotto Belisol)
148, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)
149, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge)
150, Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun)
151, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida)
152, Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun)
153, Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
154, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp)
155, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
156, Pavel Brutt (Katusha)
157, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)
158, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge)
159, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha)
160, Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team)
161, Maxime Mederel (Sojasun)
162, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr)
163, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team)
164, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol)
165, Brice Feillu (Sojasun)
166, Stuart O’Grady (Orica-GreenEdge)
167, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol)
168, Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun) at 30 mins 16 secs
169, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) at 30 mins 26 secs
170, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 30 mins 51 secs
171, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 32 mins 2 secs
172, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
173, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
174, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
175, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 33 mins 18 secs
Did not finish:
William Bonnet (FDJ.fr)
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team)
King of the Mountains:
Category two climb of Col de Manse (km 13):
1, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) 5 pts
2, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) 3
3, Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) 2
4, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Category three climb of Rampe du Motty (km 45):
1, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 2 pts
2, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Category two climb of Col d’Ornon (km 95):
1, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) 5 pts
2, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 3
3, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 2
4, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 1
Hors Categorie Alpe d’Huez (km 122.5):
1, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 25 pts
2, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 20
3, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 16
4, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 14
5, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 12
6, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) 10
7, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 8
8, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) 6
9, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 4
10, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 2
Category two climb of Col de Sarenne (km 131.5):
1, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 5 pts
2, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 3
3, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 2
4, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 1
Hors Categorie climb of Alpe d’Huez (km 172.5):
1, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 50 pts
2, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 40
3, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 32
4, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 28
5, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 24
6, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) 20
7, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 16
8, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 12
9, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 8
10, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 4
Most combative rider: Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale)
Young rider:
1, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 4 hours 52 mins 31 secs
2, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 28 secs
3, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 1 min 13 secs
4, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 3 mins 50 secs
5, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 4 mins 41 secs
6, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 5 mins 14 secs
7, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 6 mins 7 secs
8, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 10 mins 33 secs
9, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 15 mins 13 secs
10, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 24 mins 11 secs
11, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun)
12, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard)
13, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
14, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar)
15, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr)
16, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar)
17, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
18, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
19, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 24 mins 50 secs
20, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 26 mins 7 secs
21, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 27 mins 14 secs
22, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 28 mins 10 secs
23, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano) at 29 mins 4 secs
24, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge)
25, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida)
26, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp)
27, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 31 mins 3 secs
28, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
29, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Teams:
1, Ag2R La Mondiale, 14 hours 45 mins 58 secs
2, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, at 2 mins 9 secs
3, Belkin Pro Cycling, at 8 mins 13 secs
4, Sky Procycling, at 11 mins 26 secs
5, RadioShack Leopard, at 13 mins 16 secs
6, Euskaltel – Euskadi, at 13 mins 23 secs
7, Movistar Team, at 13 mins 54 secs
8, FDJ.fr, at 14 mins 58 secs
9, Lampre – Merida, at 17 mins 17 secs
10, Team Europcar, at 17 mins 59 secs
11, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, at 18 mins 26 secs
12, Garmin – Sharp, at 19 mins 11 secs
13, Katusha Team, at 19 mins 17 secs
14, Cannondale, at 21 mins 2 secs
15, BMC Racing Team, at 28 mins 9 secs
16, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, at 29 mins 10 secs
17, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 39 mins 20 secs
18, Lotto-Belisol, at 42 mins
19, Astana Pro Team, at 47 mins 18 secs
20, Sojasun, at 47 mins 36 secs
21, Team Argos-Shimano, at 1 hour 1 min 28 secs
22, Orica GreenEdge, at 1 hour 9 mins 1 secs
General classification after stage 18:
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 71 hours 2 mins 19 secs
2, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 5 mins 11 secs
3, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 5 mins 32 secs
4, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 5 mins 44 secs
5, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) at 5 mins 58 secs
6, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 8 mins 58 secs
7, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 9 mins 33 secs
8, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 14 mins 26 secs
9, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 14 mins 38 secs
10, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 14 mins 39 secs
11, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 14 mins 56 secs
12, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 16 mins 24 secs
13, Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 19 mins 18 secs
14, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard) at 19 mins 56 secs
15, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 24 mins 13 secs
16, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) at 30 mins 5 secs
17, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 30 mins 45 secs
18, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) at 31 mins 19 secs
19, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) at 34 mins 22 secs
20, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 37 mins 42 secs
21, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) at 40 mins 8 secs
22, Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Lampre-Merida) at 41 mins 5 secs
23, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 41 mins 13 secs
24, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 42 mins 9 secs
25, Robert Gesink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 43 mins 48 secs
26, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) at 44 mins 24 secs
27, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) at 44 mins 46 secs
28, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 45 mins 41 secs
29, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) at 46 mins 16 secs
30, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 46 mins 39 secs
31, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 49 mins 56 secs
32, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) at 50 mins 56 secs
33, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) at 51 mins 59 secs
34, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard) at 58 mins 47 secs
35, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) at 59 mins 9 secs
36, Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) at 59 mins 55 secs
37, Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1:2 mins 13 secs
38, Hubert Dupont (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1:6 mins 51 secs
39, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 1:7 mins 22 secs
40, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard) at 1:9 mins 21 secs
41, Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) at 1 hours 13 mins 1 secs
42, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hours 13 mins 50 secs
43, Maxime Mederel (Sojasun) at 1 hours 16 mins 0 secs
44, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 1 hours 17 mins 49 secs
45, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hours 24 mins 11 secs
46, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 24 mins 16 secs
47, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hours 24 mins 20 secs
48, Laurent Didier (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 26 mins 5 secs
49, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 26 mins 41 secs
50, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hours 26 mins 50 secs
51, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 28 mins 27 secs
52, Lars Petter Nordhaug (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 28 mins 28 secs
53, Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar Team) at 1 hours 29 mins 17 secs
54, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) at 1 hours 31 mins 20 secs
55, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 31 mins 36 secs
56, Yury Trofimov (Katusha) at 1 hours 32 mins 1 secs
57, Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar) at 1 hours 32 mins 35 secs
58, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 32 mins 53 secs
59, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 33 mins 40 secs
60, Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hours 36 mins 52 secs
61, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 38 mins 10 secs
62, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hours 41 mins 15 secs
63, Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) at 1 hours 41 mins 16 secs
64, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hours 41 mins 37 secs
65, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hours 47 mins 22 secs
66, Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 48 mins 24 secs
67, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 50 mins 54 secs
68, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hours 52 mins 2 secs
69, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 53 mins 39 secs
70, Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 54 mins 8 secs
71, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hours 54 mins 52 secs
72, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 1 hours 56 mins 48 secs
73, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 57 mins 36 secs
74, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 58 mins 43 secs
75, Guillaume Levarlet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 58 mins 48 secs
76, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 58 mins 59 secs
77, Julien El Fares (Sojasun) at 2:0 mins 41 secs
78, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team) at 2:0 mins 54 secs
79, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2:1 min 30 secs
80, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) at 2:3 mins 8 secs
81, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2:3 mins 44 secs
82, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2:4 mins 14 secs
83, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2:4 mins 37 secs
84, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2:6 mins 24 secs
85, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2:7 mins 49 secs
86, Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2:7 mins 50 secs
87, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) at 2:9 mins 12 secs
88, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2:9 mins 18 secs
89, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 11 mins 56 secs
90, Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) at 2 hours 12 mins 17 secs
91, Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 2 hours 12 mins 22 secs
92, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) at 2 hours 12 mins 56 secs
93, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) at 2 hours 13 mins 21 secs
94, Kristijan Koren (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 15 mins 26 secs
95, Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 2 hours 15 mins 30 secs
96, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 15 mins 32 secs
97, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 15 mins 39 secs
98, Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 16 mins 27 secs
99, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) at 2 hours 16 mins 47 secs
100, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 2 hours 18 mins 20 secs
101, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2 hours 19 mins 57 secs
102, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 21 mins 20 secs
103, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 2 hours 22 mins 48 secs
104, David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 hours 23 mins 12 secs
105, Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar Team) at 2 hours 24 mins 48 secs
106, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 25 mins 1 secs
107, Pavel Brutt (Katusha) at 2 hours 25 mins 49 secs
108, Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun) at 2 hours 26 mins 37 secs
109, Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun) at 2 hours 26 mins 56 secs
110, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 hours 27 mins 10 secs
111, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 27 mins 15 secs
112, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 27 mins 41 secs
113, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard) at 2 hours 27 mins 50 secs
114, Julien Simon (Sojasun) at 2 hours 29 mins 2 secs
115, Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 29 mins 3 secs
116, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 30 mins 59 secs
117, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 33 mins 38 secs
118, Brice Feillu (Sojasun) at 2 hours 36 mins 26 secs
119, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 40 mins 42 secs
120, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 41 mins 9 secs
121, Maarten Wynants (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 42 mins 45 secs
122, Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) at 2 hours 43 mins 26 secs
123, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 45 mins 1 secs
124, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) at 2 hours 46 mins 38 secs
125, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 47 mins 24 secs
126, Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 50 mins 4 secs
127, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) at 2 hours 50 mins 13 secs
128, David Veilleux (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 51 mins 54 secs
129, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 52 mins 45 secs
130, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 54 mins 26 secs
131, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 54 mins 42 secs
132, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2 hours 55 mins 0 secs
133, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 56 mins 59 secs
134, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 57 mins 19 secs
135, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 57 mins 26 secs
136, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 57 mins 30 secs
137, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 57 mins 46 secs
138, Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 2 hours 57 mins 50 secs
139, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) at 2 hours 58 mins 0 secs
140, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 58 mins 24 secs
141, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) at 2 hours 58 mins 34 secs
142, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 hours 59 mins 28 secs
143, Murilo Antonio Fischer (FDJ.fr) at 2 hours 59 mins 49 secs
144, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 3:0 mins 14 secs
145, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) at 3:1 min 22 secs
146, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 3:2 mins 4 secs
147, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar) at 3:2 mins 35 secs
148, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 3:3 mins 3 secs
149, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 3:3 mins 28 secs
150, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3:3 mins 37 secs
151, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3:5 mins 8 secs
152, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) at 3:6 mins 49 secs
153, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 3:7 mins 14 secs
154, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 3:9 mins 11 secs
155, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 3:9 mins 45 secs
156, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) at 3:9 mins 49 secs
157, Stuart O’Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) at 3 hours 11 mins 17 secs
158, Thomas Leezer (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 3 hours 11 mins 54 secs
159, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) at 3 hours 12 mins 26 secs
160, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 3 hours 12 mins 40 secs
161, Albert Timmer (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3 hours 14 mins 15 secs
162, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 3 hours 14 mins 21 secs
163, Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) at 3 hours 15 mins 3 secs
164, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 3 hours 15 mins 34 secs
165, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) at 3 hours 15 mins 43 secs
166, Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) at 3 hours 17 mins 48 secs
167, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3 hours 18 mins 18 secs
168, Frederik Willems (Lotto Belisol) at 3 hours 20 mins 34 secs
169, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar) at 3 hours 22 mins 18 secs
170, Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) at 3 hours 26 mins 0 secs
171, Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 3 hours 27 mins 54 secs
172, Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) at 3 hours 29 mins 59 secs
173, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) at 3 hours 31 mins 56 secs
174, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) at 3 hours 32 mins 8 secs
175, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3 hours 34 mins 56 secs
Points classification:
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 380 pts
2, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 278
3, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 227
4, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano) 177
5, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) 157
6, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) 145
7, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 110
8, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 110
9, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 92
10, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) 91
11, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 87
12, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 84
13, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 83
14, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale) 72
15, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 69
16, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 67
17, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 66
18, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 66
19, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 65
20, Julien Simon (Sojasun) 61
21, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 60
22, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 60
23, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) 59
24, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) 58
25, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 56
26, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 55
27, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 55
28, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 52
29, Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) 52
30, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 49
Mountains classification:
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 104 pts
2, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 97
3, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 77
4, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 63
5, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 62
6, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 59
7, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 58
8, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 51
9, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) 48
10, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 34
11, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 28
12, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 28
13, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 27
14, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 25
15, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) 24
16, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 23
17, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 20
18, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) 19
19, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) 16
20, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) 15
21, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 15
22, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 14
23, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) 14
24, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) 13
25, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) 11
26, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 10
27, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) 10
28, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) 10
29, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) 7
30, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 7
Best young rider:
1, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 71 hours 7 mins 51 secs
2, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 9 mins 6 secs
3, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 10 mins 52 secs
4, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 25 mins 13 secs
5, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 1:1 min 50 secs
6, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 1 hours 12 mins 17 secs
7, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 21 mins 9 secs
8, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 22 mins 55 secs
9, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 26 mins 4 secs
10, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 28 mins 8 secs
11, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 1 hours 51 mins 16 secs
12, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 53 mins 27 secs
13, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 55 mins 58 secs
14, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 hours 58 mins 42 secs
15, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 10 mins 0 secs
16, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 2 hours 17 mins 16 secs
17, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 hours 21 mins 38 secs
18, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 25 mins 27 secs
19, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 39 mins 29 secs
20, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 47 mins 13 secs
21, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 48 mins 54 secs
22, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 51 mins 47 secs
23, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 51 mins 58 secs
24, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 57 mins 3 secs
25, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 57 mins 31 secs
26, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 57 mins 56 secs
27, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 3 hours 10 mins 2 secs
28, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3 hours 12 mins 46 secs
29, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar) at 3 hours 16 mins 46 secs
Teams classification:
1, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 212 hours 29 mins 26 secs
2, Ag2R La Mondiale, at 6 mins 5 secs
3, RadioShack Leopard, at 12 mins 29 secs
4, Movistar Team, at 24 mins 33 secs
5, Belkin Pro Cycling, at 28 mins 37 secs
6, Katusha Team, at 48 mins 6 secs
7, BMC Racing Team, at 1 hour 8 mins 40 secs
8, Garmin – Sharp, at 1 hour 8 mins 55 secs
9, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, at 1 hours 15 mins 49 secs
10, Euskaltel – Euskadi, at 1 hours 20 mins 35 secs
11, Sky Procycling, at 1 hours 25 mins 56 secs
12, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, at 1 hours 55 mins 42 secs
13, Team Europcar, at 2 hour 1 min 1 secs
14, FDJ.fr, at 2 hours 22 mins 7 secs
15, Lampre – Merida, at 2 hours 52 mins 56 secs
16, Sojasun, at 3 hour 6 mins 19 secs
17, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 3 hours 22 mins 42 secs
18, Astana Pro Team, at 3 hours 24 mins 19 secs
19, Orica GreenEdge, at 4 hours 14 mins 5 secs
20, Lotto-Belisol, at 4 hours 39 mins 39 secs
21, Cannondale, at 4 hours 52 mins 38 secs
22, Team Argos-Shimano, at 5 hour 6 mins 30 secs