Slagter takes 13-second lead over Movistar’s Moreno with Adelaide sprint stage left
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) grabbed the victory on Old Willunga Hill in stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under, making up for the disappointment he experienced on the same stage last year, when he was edged out by Alejandro Valverde. This year, he came past upstart Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco) in the final hundred meters to take a satisfying win on Australia Day, although after winning overall last year, Gerrans is out of the general classification picture after faltering earlier in the week.
With Slagter’s second place finish, the GC picture does become more clear, as the young Dutchman grabbed a six-second bonus as well as a time advantage over previous overall leader Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling). Slagter now owns a 13-second advantage over Javier Moreno (Movistar), who attacked on the final ascent of Old Willunga and ended up in third on the stage. Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was fourth and moved up to fourth overall. Thomas finished outside the top ten on stage five and drops to fifth. Ben Hermans (Radioshack-Leopard) occupies third overall and should end up on the final podium with the 90km sprint stage around Adelaide on Sunday.
Moreno and Tiago Machado (Radioshack-Leopard) were most aggressive as the bunch hit the Willunga ascent for the second and final time. Thomas was being paced by a ruthless Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling), with Slagter lurking on the wheel of the ochre jersey. Gerrans made his move with 1km left to climb, with Jon Izagirre trying to attach. Gerrans caught and passed Moreno, but just as he did, Slagter appeared on the wheel of both, with no sign of Thomas.
Moreno was dropped and Slagter eventually came around Gerrans as the crowd roared them toward the line. Gerrans was able to grab the wheel of the flying Dutchman and used his superior sprint to pip Slagter on the line, although Slagter was gracious in defeat, knowing that he would be punctuating the greatest week of his professional career with the ochre jersey heading into Adelaide.
“I can only say that I’m really happy that I could do it today, so it’s a big thanks to all of the team,” Slagter said after crossing the line. “I felt good the whole stage, actually the whole week is going really well, so I had a lot of confidence. It’s great to get on the podium and to do it in the leaders jersey. I’ve never been on a podium in a stage race. [Stage three into] Stirling was my first professional victory, so it has been an incredible week for me. The team showed today that they can help me from start to finish, so it gave me plenty of confidence.”
After suffering through a week of misfortune, Gerrans sounded relieved and excited to pick up the stage victory on Australia Day.
“I was pretty disappointed to drop out of contention on stage two, and I knew I had one chance to make up for it today, so to win on Aussie Day is an awesome feeling,” Gerrans stated. “I have to thank my teammates, and I’m glad I could finish it off.
“I never gave up right to the line, especially when the young Blanco guy came past; I knew I had to get on his wheel and come around in the final. It’s a nice way to round out the week. It was an absolutely fantastic crowd today, bigger than some stages of the Tour de France. It was a really great atmosphere.”
Thomas was disappointed, but sounded as if he would see the glass half full when looking back at his challenge for the overall win, a chance he lost inside the final 500 meters of Old Willunga.
“The legs went with 500 to go,” he explained to reporters afterward. “All the boys did a great ride. Maybe I should have swung over [instead of leading his group toward the line]. I was kind of on empty, and when Gerro came past, he was too quick for me to grab his wheel. I really lost it with 400 meters to go.
“It might not look like I was panicking, but I was giving it everything, and not a lot was coming out,” he rued with a slight smile. “Immediately afterward, you’re pretty gutted and you want to win, but when we get back tonight, we’ll see a lot of positives. It’s only the first race of the year, and it has started with a bang and ended with a bang… although it was the wrong kind of bang I guess.”
How it all unfolded:
As expected, UniSA were celebrating Australia Day from the drop of the flag, triggering a host of accelerations early on, although no one could make anything stick right away. Approaching ten kilometres in, a group threatened to get up the road, but it quickly grew too large and the peloton had it reeled in. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) helped spring the next move, dragging a host of riders with him, though Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) crossed to the break with several others, again forming too big of a group. De Gendt attacked again, this time with team-mate Tomasz Marczynski the lone man in tow. Five more came across and the peloton made a brief chase before Sky Procycling and Thomas called off the pursuit, pulling over to answer nature’s call and allowing the De Gendt-led break to pull out a significant margin.
De Gendt, Marczynski, Manuele Boaro (Saxo-Tinkoff), Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing), Calvin Watson (UniSA), Koen de Kort (Argos-Shimano), and Jens Mouris (Orica-GreenEdge) soon fell into a rhythm, with De Kort the best placed overall, at 2’52” behind Thomas. Sky, Radioshack, Saxo-Tinkoff, and Euskaltel-Euskadi all established a presence at the front of the peloton, and both groups settled in for three long circuits before Old Willunga approached.
Halfway through the stage, the gap to the break reached its pinnacle, at just over 4’30”, before Blanco and Lotto-Belisol hit the front with authority. Blanco would do most of the work over the next 30 kilometres, primarily with powerhouses Maarten Tjallingii and Graeme Brown. They cut the gap to the seven leaders in half relatively quickly, and continued to eat into their advantage as Willunga loomed large for the first time.
With 25km to race, Omega Pharma-Quick Step gave brief assistance to Blanco in the peloton, and with the break large in their sights for the first time, De Gendt got antsy and tried to edge away. But Boaro pulled the rest of the break across, and De Gendt and several others quickly lost interest as the peloton approached. Marczynski continued to fly the Vacansoleil colours however, and pushed on alone, starting Old Willunga for the first time as a solo leader. Boaro and Mouris made a brief chase of the Polish rider, but they too were soon sucked in by the shrinking main bunch, leaving Marczynski as the last holdout from the break.
To set up Moreno, Movistar sent two lieutenants up the climb in José Herrada and Eros Capecchi. They were joined by Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2R La Mondiale) and eventually by Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol), who impressively made quick work of the gap the trio had built. Marczynski grabbed on briefly before blowing up completely, and the new leading group of four went over the top of Old Wallunga with around 15 seconds in hand on the bunch.
With under 20km to race, and four men out front who posed no danger to Team Sky, team director Kurt Asle Arvesen called off most of his troops. Astana and FDJ pitched in to keep the quartet close, with Movistar and Lotto-Belisol off the hook with men up the road. Roelandts blazed the descent and opened a gap, but sat up as the road flattened out, choosing against trying the remaining kilometres alone. With 8km to race, their gap was just 15 seconds, but the peloton eased up, turning 15 seconds into 40 as Old Willunga kicked up a second time.
It was Radioshack-Leopard and Jens Voigt who sped into the base of the climb. Bonnafond was trying to hold off the charging bunch, but the four men were quickly swallowed up, and Radioshack sprung Machado, who was going for ochre. Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) and Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) attached to him, putting three men up the road now, as Boasson Hagen assumed leadership of the peloton, with Thomas just behind and Slagter shadowing him.
Velits and Machado each tried several accelerations, but neither possessed the spark to rid his opponents or the peloton. With 1500 meters to go, Moreno made his move out of the bunch and had soon bridged to Machado and company. A Vacansoleil-DCM rider also bridged the gap, but all were basically together under the one-kilometre banner. Gerrans and Jon Izagirre were now leading Thomas with Boasson Hagen used up and Thomas left to fend for himself.
Moreno eased out front alone, but Gerrans timed his attack well and moved up to the Movistar rider. It appeared that Gerrans and Moreno would battle for the stage win, but a switchback had hidden what was going on behind. Thomas had started to wear down and Slagter sensed his moment, blasting up to Gerrans and Moreno.
The Movistar rider was by this time starting to fade and Slagter sprinted around both, although Gerrans had plenty of energy left to stick with the Blanco rider. Gerrans took the final left-hand bend with 75 meters to the line behind Slagter before sprinting around and hanging on over Slagter’s final push. The Aussie got the stage on his country’s holiday, and the Santos Tour Down Under gets a likely new champion in Tom Jelte Slagter.
Santos Tour Down Under (WorldTour)
Stage 5, McLaren Vale - Old Willunga Hill:
1, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) 151.5 kilometres in 3 hours 36 mins 25 secs
2, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling)
3, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar) at 10 secs
4, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 12 secs
5, Tiago Machado (Radioshack Leopard) at 13 secs
6, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 16 secs
7, Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi)
8, Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil-DCM)
9, Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida)
10, Ben Hermans (Radioshack Leopard)
11, Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ) at 21 secs
12, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ)
13, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) at mins 23 secs
14, Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) at 25 secs
15, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar)
16, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) at 27 secs
17, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) at 28 secs
18, Andrey Amador (Movistar) at 32 secs
19, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard)
20, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 38 secs
21, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol)
22, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 43 secs
23, Robert Hunter (Garmin Sharp)
24, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
25, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel Euskadi)
26, Mikael Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale)
27, Chris Anker Sörensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
28, Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) at 57 secs
29, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
30, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) at 1 min 13 secs
31, Valerio Agnoli (Astana) at 1 min 16 secs
32, Adam Phelan (UNI SA - Australia)
33, Cristiano Salerno (Cannondale)
34, Thierry Hupond (Argos-Shimano)
35, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team)
36, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 1 min 23 secs
37, Simone Ponzi (Astana)
38, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale) at 1 min 30 secs
39, Bernard Sulzberger (UNI SA - Australia) at 1 min 36 secs
40, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling)
41, Zakkari Dempster (UNI SA - Australia)
42, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R La Mondiale)
43, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel Euskadi)
44, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale)
45, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 58 secs
46, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida)
47, Jay Mccarthy (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
48, Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
49, William Clarke (Argos-Shimano)
50, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia)
51, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
52, Simon Clarke (Orica GreenEdge) at 2 mins 14 secs
53, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) at 2 mins 17 secs
54, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 3 mins 2 secs
55, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling)
56, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling)
57, Lachlan Morton (Garmin Sharp)
58, Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
59, Cameron Wurf (Cannondale)
60, Matthew Lloyd (Lampre-Merida)
61, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team)
62, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol)
63, Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale)
64, Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team)
65, David Tanner (Blanco Pro Cycling)
66, Mickael Delage (FDJ)
67, Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
68, Jesse Sergent (Radioshack Leopard) at 3 mins 27 secs
69, Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge)
70, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar)
71, Federico Canuti (Cannondale) at 4 mins 7 secs
72, Eros Capecchi (Movistar) at 4 mins 48 secs
73, José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar)
74, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM)
75, Jens Voigt (Radioshack Leopard) at 5 mins 55 secs
76, Stuart O'Grady (Orica GreenEdge)
77, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling)
78, Matthew Goss (Orica GreenEdge)
79, Steele Von Hoff (Garmin Sharp)
80, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol)
81, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida)
82, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) at 6 mins 10 secs
83, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 6 mins 15 secs
84, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 7 mins 49 secs
85, Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel Euskadi)
86, Jack Bobridge (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 8 mins 55 secs
87, Jens Mouris (Orica GreenEdge)
88, Jordan Kerby (UNI SA - Australia)
89, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
90, Anthony Giacoppo (UNI SA - Australia)
91, Laurent Didier (Radioshack Leopard)
92, Laurent Mangel (FDJ)
93, Gédiminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale)
94, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
95, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale)
96, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
97, Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano)
98, Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) at 9 mins 0 secs
99, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 12 mins 49 secs
100, Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano)
101, Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM)
102, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
103, Andy Schleck (Radioshack Leopard)
104, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)
105, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol)
106, Andrea Guardini (Astana)
107, Olivier Kaisen (Lotto Belisol)
108, Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM)
109, Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana)
110, Mark Renshaw (Blanco Pro Cycling)
111, William Bonnet (FDJ)
112, Tyler Farrar (Garmin Sharp)
113, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM)
114, Yauheni Hutarovich (AG2R La Mondiale)
115, Davide Appollonio (AG2R La Mondiale)
116, Calvin Watson (UNI SA - Australia)
117, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team)
118, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale)
119, Juan Jose Lobato (Euskaltel Euskadi)
120, Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel Euskadi)
121, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano)
122, Jonas Ahlstrand (Argos-Shimano)
123, Maarten Tjallingii (Blanco Pro Cycling)
124, Graeme Brown (Blanco Pro Cycling)
125, Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
126, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling)
127, Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
128, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida)
Primes:
Intermediate sprint at Snapper Point (63.4km):
1, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 5 pts
2, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Tinkoff) 3
3, Jens Mouris (Orica GreenEdge) 2
Intermediate sprint at Snapper Point (103.4km):
1, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM) 5 pts
2, Calvin Watson (UNI SA - Australia) 3
3, Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) 2
Skoda King of the Mountains climbs:
Category one at Old Willunga Hill (km 129.1):
1, Eros Capecchi (Movistar) 16 pts
2, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar) 12
3, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R La Mondiale) 8
4, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) 6
5, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) 4
6, Andrey Amador (Movistar) 2
Category one at Old Willunga Hill (km 151.5):
1, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) 16 pts
2, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) 12
3, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar) 8
4, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) 6
5, Tiago Machado (Radioshack Leopard) 4
6, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) 2
Cycle Instead Best Young Rider:
1, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) 3 hours 36 mins 25 secs
2, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 12 secs
3, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 16 secs
4, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ) at 21 secs
5, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard) at 32 secs
6, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 38 secs
7, Adam Phelan (UNI SA - Australia) at 1 min 16 secs
8, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale) at 1 min 30 secs
9, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 1 min 36 secs
10, Jay Mccarthy (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 1 min 58 secs
11, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia)
12, Lachlan Morton (Garmin Sharp) at 3 mins 2 secs
13, Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale)
14, Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
15, Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge) at 3 mins 27 secs
16, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 4 mins 48 secs
17, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) at 5 mins 55 secs
18, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida)
19, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 6 mins 15 secs
20, Jack Bobridge (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 8 mins 55 secs
Hindmarsh Team Stage:
1, Radioshack Leopard, 10 hours 50 mins 16 secs
2, Movistar, at 6 secs
3, Euskaltel Euskadi, at 10 secs
4, BMC Racing Team, at 1 min 5 secs
5, Lampre-Merida, at 2 mins 10 secs
6, Blanco Pro Cycling, at 2 mins 17 secs
7, Astana, at 2 mins 21 secs
8, Lotto Belisol, at 2 mins 32 secs
9, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, at 2 mins 37 secs
10, FDJ, at 2 mins 43 secs
11, Sky Procycling, at 3 mins 1 secs
12, Team Saxo Tinkoff, at 3 mins 3 secs
13, Garmin Sharp, at 3 mins 9 secs
14, Cannondale, at 3 mins 21 secs
15, UNI SA - Australia, at 3 mins 27 secs
16, AG2R La Mondiale, at 4 mins 20 secs
17, ORICA GreenEDGE, at 4 mins 40 secs
18, Argos-Shimano, at 11 mins 8 secs
19, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 11 mins 52 secs
General classification after stage 5:
1, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) 16 hours 35 mins 33 secs
2, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar) at 13 secs
3, Ben Hermans (Radioshack Leopard) at 25 secs
4, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 28 secs
5, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) at 29 secs
6, Tiago Machado (Radioshack Leopard)
7, Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 32 secs
8, Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida)
9, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling)
10, Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ) at 37 secs
11, Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) at 41 secs
12, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ) at 45 secs
13, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard) at 48 secs
14, Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 49 secs
15, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) at 54 secs
16, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar) at 57 secs
17, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) at 59 secs
18, Mikael Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 16 secs
19, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
20, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step)
21, Chris Anker Sörensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff)
22, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 2 mins 30 secs
23, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 2 mins 49 secs
24, Adam Phelan (UNI SA - Australia)
25, Cristiano Salerno (Cannondale) at 3 mins 7 secs
26, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) at 3 mins 17 secs
27, Robert Hunter (Garmin Sharp) at 3 mins 31 secs
28, Zakkari Dempster (UNI SA - Australia) at 3 mins 36 secs
29, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R La Mondiale) at 3 mins 45 secs
30, Lachlan Morton (Garmin Sharp) at 4 mins 5 secs
31, Simone Ponzi (Astana) at 4 mins 10 secs
32, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) at 4 mins 46 secs
33, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) at 4 mins 59 secs
34, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) at 5 mins 26 secs
35, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 5 mins 50 secs
36, Bernard Sulzberger (UNI SA - Australia) at 6 mins 5 secs
37, Andrey Amador (Movistar) at 6 mins 24 secs
38, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 6 mins 35 secs
39, David Tanner (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 6 mins 40 secs
40, Arnaud Demare (FDJ) at 6 mins 43 secs
41, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 6 mins 51 secs
42, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) at 6 mins 58 secs
43, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale) at 7 mins 22 secs
44, Mickael Delage (FDJ) at 7 mins 34 secs
45, Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) at 7 mins 50 secs
46, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) at 8 mins 23 secs
47, Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 8 mins 45 secs
48, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) at 8 mins 53 secs
49, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) at 9 mins 11 secs
50, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) at 9 mins 12 secs
51, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) at 9 mins 25 secs
52, Valerio Agnoli (Astana) at 9 mins 34 secs
53, Simon Clarke (Orica GreenEdge) at 9 mins 35 secs
54, Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) at 10 mins 13 secs
55, Steele Von Hoff (Garmin Sharp) at 10 mins 19 secs
56, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 10 mins 34 secs
57, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 10 mins 40 secs
58, Jay Mccarthy (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 11 mins 14 secs
59, Federico Canuti (Cannondale) at 11 mins 26 secs
60, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) at 11 mins 28 secs
61, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale) at 11 mins 59 secs
62, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 12 mins 1 secs
63, Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) at 12 mins 25 secs
64, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 12 mins 34 secs
65, Matthew Goss (Orica GreenEdge) at 12 mins 40 secs
66, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 13 mins 4 secs
67, Jens Voigt (Radioshack Leopard) at 13 mins 14 secs
68, José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar) at 13 mins 26 secs
69, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 13 mins 37 secs
70, Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) at 13 mins 41 secs
71, Stuart O'Grady (Orica GreenEdge) at 13 mins 51 secs
72, Jesse Sergent (Radioshack Leopard) at 14 mins 22 secs
73, Thierry Hupond (Argos-Shimano) at 14 mins 27 secs
74, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar) at 14 mins 29 secs
75, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia) at 14 mins 43 secs
76, Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) at 15 mins 41 secs
77, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 15 mins 58 secs
78, Yauheni Hutarovich (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 mins 6 secs
79, Eros Capecchi (Movistar) at 17 mins 9 secs
80, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 17 mins 12 secs
81, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 17 mins 17 secs
82, Laurent Didier (Radioshack Leopard) at 17 mins 50 secs
83, Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge) at 17 mins 53 secs
84, Matthew Lloyd (Lampre-Merida) at 18 mins 8 secs
85, Jack Bobridge (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 18 mins 33 secs
86, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) at 18 mins 51 secs
87, William Clarke (Argos-Shimano) at 19 mins 54 secs
88, Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) at 20 mins 18 secs
89, Jens Mouris (Orica GreenEdge) at 20 mins 25 secs
90, William Bonnet (FDJ) at 20 mins 35 secs
91, Mark Renshaw (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 20 mins 45 secs
92, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) at 21 mins 26 secs
93, Jordan Kerby (UNI SA - Australia) at 21 mins 30 secs
94, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) at 22 mins 28 secs
95, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 22 mins 45 secs
96, Anthony Giacoppo (UNI SA - Australia) at 23 mins 0 secs
97, Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 23 mins 11 secs
98, Calvin Watson (UNI SA - Australia) at 23 mins 27 secs
99, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 23 mins 32 secs
100, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale) at 23 mins 49 secs
101, Laurent Mangel (FDJ) at 24 mins 19 secs
102, Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) at 25 mins 26 secs
103, Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale) at 26 mins 27 secs
104, Tyler Farrar (Garmin Sharp) at 26 mins 41 secs
105, Juan Jose Lobato (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 26 mins 54 secs
106, Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel Euskadi)
107, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale) at 27 mins 24 secs
108, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol) at 27 mins 26 secs
109, Graeme Brown (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 41 secs
110, Maarten Tjallingii (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 59 secs
111, Davide Appollonio (AG2R La Mondiale) at 28 mins 36 secs
112, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 29 mins 24 secs
113, Andrea Guardini (Astana) at 29 mins 43 secs
114, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano)
115, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) at 30 mins 54 secs
116, Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) at 32 mins 1 secs
117, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) at 32 mins 48 secs
118, Jonas Ahlstrand (Argos-Shimano) at 32 mins 52 secs
119, Gédiminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale) at 33 mins 36 secs
120, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 33 mins 56 secs
121, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 34 mins 11 secs
122, Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 34 mins 59 secs
123, Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 35 mins 1 secs
124, Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 35 mins 3 secs
125, Olivier Kaisen (Lotto Belisol) at 35 mins 40 secs
126, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) at 36 mins 1 secs
127, Andy Schleck (Radioshack Leopard) at 39 mins 29 secs
128, Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana) at 41 mins 25 secs
Jayco Sprint classification:
1, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) 41 pts
2, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar) 37
3, Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida) 34
4, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 30
5, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) 29
6, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 28
7, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) 24
8, Simone Ponzi (Astana) 23
9, Mark Renshaw (Blanco Pro Cycling) 22
10, Arnaud Demare (FDJ) 21
11, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) 20
12, William Clarke (Argos-Shimano) 20
13, Ben Hermans (Radioshack Leopard) 19
14, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) 19
15, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) 18
16, Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) 15
17, Matthew Goss (Orica GreenEdge) 14
18, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Tinkoff) 13
19, Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) 12
20, Tiago Machado (Radioshack Leopard) 11
21, Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) 11
22, Steele Von Hoff (Garmin Sharp) 11
23, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) 11
24, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM) 11
25, Jordan Kerby (UNI SA - Australia) 10
26, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) 10
27, Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) 9
28, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar) 9
29, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 8
30, Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil-DCM) 8
31, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 8
32, Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM) 8
33, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) 7
34, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard) 6
35, Zakkari Dempster (UNI SA - Australia) 6
36, Simon Clarke (Orica GreenEdge) 6
37, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia) 6
38, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) 6
39, Calvin Watson (UNI SA - Australia) 6
40, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM) 5
41, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R La Mondiale) 5
42, Graeme Brown (Blanco Pro Cycling) 4
43, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) 3
44, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Tinkoff) 3
45, Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) 2
46, Jens Mouris (Orica GreenEdge) 2
47, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff) 2
48, Maarten Tjallingii (Blanco Pro Cycling) 2
Skoda King of the Mountains:
1, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar) 22 pts
2, Jack Bobridge (Blanco Pro Cycling) 20
3, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) 16
4, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) 16
5, Eros Capecchi (Movistar) 16
6, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) 14
7, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar) 12
8, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia) 10
9, Jordan Kerby (UNI SA - Australia) 10
10, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard) 8
11, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R La Mondiale) 8
12, Ben Hermans (Radioshack Leopard) 6
13, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) 6
14, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 6
15, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) 6
16, Tiago Machado (Radioshack Leopard) 4
17, Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) 4
18, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) 4
19, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel Euskadi) 4
20, Graeme Brown (Blanco Pro Cycling) 4
21, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo Tinkoff) 4
22, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) 2
23, Andrey Amador (Movistar) 2
Cycle Instead young rider classification:
1, Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling 1) at 6 hours 35 mins 33 secs
2, Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 28 secs
3, Wilco Kelderman (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 32 secs
4, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ) at 45 secs
5, George Bennett (Radioshack Leopard) at 48 secs
6, Adam Phelan (UNI SA - Australia) at 2 mins 49 secs
7, Lachlan Morton (Garmin Sharp) at 4 mins 5 secs
8, Arnaud Demare (FDJ) at 6 mins 43 secs
9, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale) at 7 mins 22 secs
10, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) at 8 mins 53 secs
11, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel Euskadi) at 10 mins 40 secs
12, Jay Mccarthy (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 11 mins 14 secs
13, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 12 mins 1 secs
14, Damien Howson (UNI SA - Australia) at 14 mins 43 secs
15, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM) at 17 mins 12 secs
16, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 17 mins 17 secs
17, Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge) at 17 mins 53 secs
18, Jack Bobridge (Blanco Pro Cycling) at 18 mins 33 secs
19, Jordan Kerby (UNI SA - Australia) at 21 mins 30 secs
20, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo Tinkoff) at 22 mins 45 secs
Hindmarsh Team overall classification:
1, Radioshack Leopard, 49 hours 48 mins 25 secs
2, Movistar, at 1 min 28 secs
3, Lotto Belisol, at 4 mins 24 secs
4, Blanco Pro Cycling, at 5 mins 42 secs
5, Euskaltel Euskadi, at 5 mins 49 secs
6, FDJ, at 6 mins 12 secs
7, Garmin Sharp, at 6 mins 31 secs
8, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, at 7 mins 43 secs
9, Lampre-Merida, at 7 mins 53 secs
10, AG2R La Mondiale, at 8 mins 23 secs
11, Sky Procycling, at 8 mins 24 secs
12, Team Saxo Tinkoff, at 9 mins 24 secs
13, Astana, at 10 mins 29 secs
14, UNI SA - Australia, at 10 mins 44 secs
15, BMC Racing Team, at 11 mins 6 secs
16, Cannondale, at 13 mins 3 secs
17, ORICA GreenEDGE, at 16 mins 31 secs
18, Argos-Shimano, at 22 mins 11 secs
19, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 26 mins 35 secs