Big Omega Pharma Quick Step and RadioShack Leopard battle brewing in three day race
Taking a second per kilometre out of his closest rival and thus dominating the seven km test, Kristof Vandewalle ratcheted up the eleventh victory of the year for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team on day one of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen today.
The Belgian TT champion beat the Portuguese competitor Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) by seven seconds, with his own team-mate and compatriot Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) two seconds further back in third place.
The Middelkerke success puts Vandewalle comfortably clear in the general classification heading into tomorrow’s penultimate stage, but he knows that the race remains open and that any number of riders could win.
Whatever happens, though, he’s taken a big boost from the result. “It's good for the morale,” he said. “Everyone performed really good and everyone was already motivated for this weekend. Now we have to perform in the next days.
“We will do our best to keep the leader's jersey in the team. Hopefully we can come into the next races with a win. I think it can be two times a bunch sprint if the wind is not that strong in either stage. With a guy like Cavendish on the team we always have a good chance.”
The team performed very strongly, netting those first and third places, and also clocking up fifth, eighth and tenth thanks to the efforts of Niki Terpstra, Mark Cavendish and Frantisek Rabon. In addition to that, Dries Devenyns, Julien Vermote and Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) ended up between fourteenth and seventeenth place, thus reflecting the strength in depth of the squad.
According to Vandewalle, the Specialized machines the team used were partly responsible for the strong showing. “Of course the bikes and materials we use are really good,” he stated. “We already saw last year that everyone performed really well during the time trials. Now again, this year, we have a big advantage with our bikes. Everyone has a really good measure on it, they are in good position on it, and they train a lot on it. That makes a big difference.”
Machado was on the rival Trek brand and ended up ahead of most, but behind Vandewalle. Team Director Dirk Demol insisted that Machado’s team-mate could have fought for the win had he not had bad luck. Sergent explained what happened to him.
“It happened straight after I had rolled out, say only ten meters into the race. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the top tube of my bike with my legs hanging around my bike. In the warm-up there was nothing wrong so I must have hit a bump in the road and the chain came off in the front,” he said.
“Both feet came unclipped but luckily I didn’t crash. The chain links were bent and my gears were messed up for the rest of my TT.”
He finished just twenty seconds back in fifteenth place, giving credibility to the suggestions that he could have pushed Vandewalle close.
“Overall it was a very satisfying performance by the team,” Demol continued, referring to Machado’s result, a resurgent Stijn Devolder in sixth, Bob Jungels in twelfth and Sergent in fifteenth.
“This would taste sweet if not for Jesse’s bad luck. He was our best card to play for this and he had made this TT into an early season goal after winning it in 2011. Vandewalle won it very decisively but I want to believe that Jesse could have challenged him. He’s very frustrated, I know.”
As expected, Steels believes that his own rider was on an unbeatable day. “We knew we had the talent to win, but sometimes in a race like this you never know. Someone can be unlucky and our competition was also very good. I have to say, Kristof was really strong today. In the last two kilometres he was going about 50km/h with a full on wind in front of him. He did a very good job.”
Vandewalle holds the leader’s jersey going into tomorrow’s stage, a 175.4 kilometre race from Brugge to Harelbeke. He’ll try to hang on but with three other team-mates in the top ten and thus within striking distance of the lead, doesn’t have to shoulder all of the pressure by himself.
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (2.1)
Prologue, Middelkerke:
1, Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 7 km in 8 mins 9 secs
2, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) at 8 secs
3, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 9 secs
4, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
5, Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Argos-Shimano)
6, Stijn Devolder (RadioShack Leopard) at 10 secs
7, Johan Le Bon (FDJ) at 11 secs
8, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 12 secs
9, Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) at 14 secs
10, Patrick Gretsch (Team Argos-Shimano) at 15 secs
11, Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
12, Anton Vorobyev (Katusha) at mins 16 secs
13, Roger Kluge (Team NetApp-Endura) at 18 secs
14, Bob Jungels (RadioShack Leopard)
15, Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 19 secs
16, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack Leopard) at 20 secs
17, Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
18, Alexander Porsev (Katusha) at 22 secs
19, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard)
20, David Boucher (FDJ)
21, Artem Ovechkin (RusVelo)
22, Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 23 secs
23, Jay McCarthy (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
24, Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) at 24 secs
25, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
26, Michael Olsson (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 25 secs
27, Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha) at 26 secs
28, Yves Lampaert (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
29, Nikias Arndt (Team Argos-Shimano)
30, Jonathan Breyne (Crelan-Euphony)
31, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
32, Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (RadioShack Leopard) at 27 secs
33, Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard)
34, Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale)
35, Laurent Pichon (FDJ) at 28 secs
36, Alexander Gingsjö (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 29 secs
37, Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
38, Ignatas Konovalovas (MTN-Qhubeka)
39, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
40, Glenn O'Shea (An Post-Chainreaction) at 31 secs
41, Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha)
42, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka)
43, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
44, Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
45, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Argos-Shimano)
46, Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale)
47, Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha)
48, Marco Haller (Katusha) at 32 secs
49, Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
50, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
51, Maxime Vantomme (Crelan-Euphony)
52, Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
53, Ryan Roth (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
54, Sander Cordeel (Lotto Belisol)
55, Arnaud Gerard (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
56, Dominique Rollin (FDJ) at 33 secs
57, Jimmy Janssens (Team 3M)
58, Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 34 secs
59, Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
60, Nikolay Trusov (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
61, Viktor Manakov (RusVelo) at 35 secs
62, Adrian Hegyvary (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
63, Philip Lindau (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 36 secs
64, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
65, Jarl Salomein (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
66, Alexey Tsatevich (Katusha)
67, Maurits Lammertink (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 37 secs
68, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol)
69, Christoph Pfingsten (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
70, Georg Preidler (Team Argos-Shimano)
71, Alphonse Vermote (An Post-Chainreaction) at 38 secs
72, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
73, Kenny Dehaes (Lotto Belisol)
74, David Veilleux (Team Europcar)
75, Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 39 secs
76, Mart Ojavee (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
77, Markus Eichler (Team NetApp-Endura)
78, Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 40 secs
79, Koen Barbe (Crelan-Euphony) at 41 secs
80, Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
81, Brian Bulgac (Lotto Belisol)
82, Bas Stamsnijder (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
83, Anthony Geslin (FDJ)
84, Niko Eeckhout (An Post-Chainreaction)
85, Johann Van Zyl (MTN-Qhubeka) at 42 secs
86, Franck Bouyer (Team Europcar)
87, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
88, Julien Fouchard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
89, Matt Brammeier (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
90, Alexander Wetterhall (Team NetApp-Endura)
91, Ronan Van Zandbeek (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
92, Alexander Rybakov (RusVelo)
93, Erick Rowsell (Team NetApp-Endura) at 43 secs
94, Vegard Stake Laengen (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
95, Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (MTN-Qhubeka)
96, Kurt Hovelynck (Crelan-Euphony)
97, Coen Vermeltfoort (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
98, Sergey Klimov (RusVelo) at 44 secs
99, Pavel Kochetkov (RusVelo)
100, Jonas Ahlstrand (Team Argos-Shimano)
101, Benjamin Verraes (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 45 secs
102, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
103, William Clarke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 46 secs
104, Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
105, Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto Belisol) at 47 secs
106, Maarten Neyens (Lotto Belisol)
107, Kevin Claeys (Crelan-Euphony) at 48 secs
108, Mark McNally (An Post-Chainreaction)
109, Roman Maikin (RusVelo)
110, Matthias Friedemann (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 49 secs
111, Florent Barle (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
112, Bjorn Thurau (Team Europcar)
113, Kess Heytens (Team 3M)
114, Jean-Pierre Drucker (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
115, Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
116, Jo Kogstad Ringheim (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 50 secs
117, Andrei Solomennikov (RusVelo)
118, Benoit Jarrier (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
119, Stefan Van Dijk (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 51 secs
120, Joren Segers (Team 3M)
121, Fredrik Ludvigsson (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling)
122, Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Belisol) at 52 secs
123, Michael Schwarzmann (Team NetApp-Endura)
124, Nico Sijmens (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
125, Clinton Robert Avery (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 53 secs
126, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
127, Alexander Mironov (RusVelo)
128, Egidijus Juodvalkis (Crelan-Euphony)
129, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
130, Bobbie Traksel (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 55 secs
131, Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar)
132, Kenny Robert van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
133, Thomas Vanhaecke (Team 3M)
134, Robert Pölder (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 56 secs
135, Roy Sentjens (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
136, Nicolas Vereecken (An Post-Chainreaction)
137, Rafael Andriato (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia)
138, Michael Vingerling (Team 3M) at 57 secs
139, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) at 58 secs
140, Ramon Carretero (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia)
141, Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
142, Niels Wytinck (An Post-Chainreaction)
143, Morgan Lamoisson (Team Europcar)
144, Tony Hurel (Team Europcar)
145, Stéphane Poulhies (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
146, Ronan McLaughlin (An Post-Chainreaction) at 59 secs
147, Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale)
148, Jonathan McEvoy (Team NetApp-Endura) at 1 min 0 secs
149, Martin Reimer (MTN-Qhubeka)
150, Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 1 secs
151, Youcef Reguigui (MTN-Qhubeka)
152, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 1 min 2 secs
153, Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 4 secs
154, Frederique Robert (Lotto Belisol)
155, Steven Van Vooren (An Post-Chainreaction)
156, Julien Berard (AG2R La Mondiale)
157, Dylan Groenewegen (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks) at 1 min 5 secs
158, Ji Cheng (Team Argos-Shimano)
159, Anthony Ravard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 6 secs
160, Geoffroy Lequatre (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
161, Kristian Sbaragli (MTN-Qhubeka)
162, Roy Jans (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
163, Sébastien Chavanel (Team Europcar)
164, Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 min 7 secs
165, Jean-Luc Delpech (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
166, Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
167, Luigi Miletta (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 9 secs
168, Edwig Cammaerts (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
169, Renaud Dion (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
170, Johan Broberg (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 1 min 10 secs
171, Ralf Matzka (Team NetApp-Endura)
172, Kevin Peeters (Crelan-Euphony)
173, Cristiano Monguzzi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 11 secs
174, Nicolas Vogondy (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 12 secs
175, Andy Cappelle (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 13 secs
176, Wouter Wippert (Team 3M)
177, Tom Goovaerts (Team 3M)
178, Kevin Hulsmans (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 14 secs
179, Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
180, Andreas Stauff (MTN-Qhubeka) at 1 min 15 secs
181, Timothy Vangheel (Team 3M) at 1 min 18 secs
182, Sebastian Ferner Johansen (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 1 min 19 secs
183, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
184, James Vanlandschoot (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 24 secs
185, Danilo Napolitano (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 27 secs
186, Mattia Pozzo (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 30 secs
187, Pieter Van Herck (Crelan-Euphony)
188, Wu Kin San (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 41 secs
189, Jiao Pengda (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 51 secs
190, Roberto De Patre (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 2 mins 4 secs
191, Marko Kump (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
Overall classification:
1, Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 8 mins 9 secs
2, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) at 8 secs
3, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 9 secs
4, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
5, Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Argos-Shimano)
6, Stijn Devolder (RadioShack Leopard) at 10 secs
7, Johan Le Bon (FDJ) at 11 secs
8, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 12 secs
9, Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) at 14 secs
10, Patrick Gretsch (Team Argos-Shimano) at 15 secs
11, Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
12, Anton Vorobyev (Katusha) at 16 secs
13, Roger Kluge (Team NetApp-Endura) at 18 secs
14, Bob Jungels (RadioShack Leopard)
15, Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 19 secs
16, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack Leopard) at 20 secs
17, Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
18, Alexander Porsev (Katusha) at 22 secs
19, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard)
20, David Boucher (FDJ)
21, Artem Ovechkin (RusVelo)
22, Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 23 secs
23, Jay McCarthy (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
24, Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) at 24 secs
25, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
26, Michael Olsson (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 25 secs
27, Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha) at 26 secs
28, Yves Lampaert (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
29, Nikias Arndt (Team Argos-Shimano)
30, Jonathan Breyne (Crelan-Euphony)
31, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
32, Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (RadioShack Leopard) at 27 secs
33, Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard)
34, Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale)
35, Laurent Pichon (FDJ) at 28 secs
36, Alexander Gingsjö (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 29 secs
37, Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
38, Ignatas Konovalovas (MTN-Qhubeka)
39, Willem Wauters (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
40, Glenn O'Shea (An Post-Chainreaction) at 31 secs
41, Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha)
42, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka)
43, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
44, Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
45, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Argos-Shimano)
46, Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale)
47, Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha)
48, Marco Haller (Katusha) at 32 secs
49, Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
50, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
51, Maxime Vantomme (Crelan-Euphony)
52, Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
53, Ryan Roth (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
54, Sander Cordeel (Lotto Belisol)
55, Arnaud Gerard (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
56, Dominique Rollin (FDJ) at 33 secs
57, Jimmy Janssens (Team 3M)
58, Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 34 secs
59, Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
60, Nikolay Trusov (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
61, Viktor Manakov (RusVelo) at 35 secs
62, Adrian Hegyvary (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
63, Philip Lindau (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 36 secs
64, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
65, Jarl Salomein (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
66, Alexey Tsatevich (Katusha)
67, Maurits Lammertink (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 37 secs
68, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol)
69, Christoph Pfingsten (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
70, Georg Preidler (Team Argos-Shimano)
71, Alphonse Vermote (An Post-Chainreaction) at 38 secs
72, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
73, Kenny Dehaes (Lotto Belisol)
74, David Veilleux (Team Europcar)
75, Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 39 secs
76, Mart Ojavee (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
77, Markus Eichler (Team NetApp-Endura)
78, Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 40 secs
79, Koen Barbe (Crelan-Euphony) at 41 secs
80, Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
81, Brian Bulgac (Lotto Belisol)
82, Bas Stamsnijder (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
83, Anthony Geslin (FDJ)
84, Niko Eeckhout (An Post-Chainreaction)
85, Johann Van Zyl (MTN-Qhubeka) at 42 secs
86, Franck Bouyer (Team Europcar)
87, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
88, Julien Fouchard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
89, Matt Brammeier (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
90, Alexander Wetterhall (Team NetApp-Endura)
91, Ronan Van Zandbeek (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
92, Alexander Rybakov (RusVelo)
93, Erick Rowsell (Team NetApp-Endura) at 43 secs
94, Vegard Stake Laengen (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
95, Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (MTN-Qhubeka)
96, Kurt Hovelynck (Crelan-Euphony)
97, Coen Vermeltfoort (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
98, Sergey Klimov (RusVelo) at 44 secs
99, Pavel Kochetkov (RusVelo)
100, Jonas Ahlstrand (Team Argos-Shimano)
101, Benjamin Verraes (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 45 secs
102, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
103, William Clarke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 46 secs
104, Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
105, Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto Belisol) at 47 secs
106, Maarten Neyens (Lotto Belisol)
107, Kevin Claeys (Crelan-Euphony) at 48 secs
108, Mark McNally (An Post-Chainreaction)
109, Roman Maikin (RusVelo)
110, Matthias Friedemann (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 49 secs
111, Florent Barle (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
112, Bjorn Thurau (Team Europcar)
113, Kess Heytens (Team 3M)
114, Jean-Pierre Drucker (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
115, Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
116, Jo Kogstad Ringheim (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 50 secs
117, Andrei Solomennikov (RusVelo)
118, Benoit Jarrier (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
119, Stefan Van Dijk (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 51 secs
120, Joren Segers (Team 3M)
121, Fredrik Ludvigsson (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling)
122, Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Belisol) at 52 secs
123, Michael Schwarzmann (Team NetApp-Endura)
124, Nico Sijmens (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
125, Clinton Robert Avery (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 53 secs
126, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
127, Alexander Mironov (RusVelo)
128, Egidijus Juodvalkis (Crelan-Euphony)
129, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
130, Bobbie Traksel (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 55 secs
131, Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar)
132, Kenny Robert van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
133, Thomas Vanhaecke (Team 3M)
134, Robert Pölder (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 56 secs
135, Roy Sentjens (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
136, Nicolas Vereecken (An Post-Chainreaction)
137, Rafael Andriato (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia)
138, Michael Vingerling (Team 3M) at 57 secs
139, Scott Thwaites (Team NetApp-Endura) at 58 secs
140, Ramon Carretero (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia)
141, Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
142, Niels Wytinck (An Post-Chainreaction)
143, Morgan Lamoisson (Team Europcar)
144, Tony Hurel (Team Europcar)
145, Stéphane Poulhies (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
146, Ronan McLaughlin (An Post-Chainreaction) at 59 secs
147, Julian Kern (AG2R La Mondiale)
148, Jonathan McEvoy (Team NetApp-Endura) at 1 min 0 secs
149, Martin Reimer (MTN-Qhubeka)
150, Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 1 secs
151, Youcef Reguigui (MTN-Qhubeka)
152, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 1 min 2 secs
153, Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 4 secs
154, Frederique Robert (Lotto Belisol)
155, Steven Van Vooren (An Post-Chainreaction)
156, Julien Berard (AG2R La Mondiale)
157, Dylan Groenewegen (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks) at 1 min 5 secs
158, Ji Cheng (Team Argos-Shimano)
159, Anthony Ravard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 6 secs
160, Geoffroy Lequatre (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
161, Kristian Sbaragli (MTN-Qhubeka)
162, Roy Jans (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
163, Sébastien Chavanel (Team Europcar)
164, Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 min 7 secs
165, Jean-Luc Delpech (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
166, Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks)
167, Luigi Miletta (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 9 secs
168, Edwig Cammaerts (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
169, Renaud Dion (Bretagne-Seche Environnement)
170, Johan Broberg (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 1 min 10 secs
171, Ralf Matzka (Team NetApp-Endura)
172, Kevin Peeters (Crelan-Euphony)
173, Cristiano Monguzzi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 11 secs
174, Nicolas Vogondy (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 12 secs
175, Andy Cappelle (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 13 secs
176, Wouter Wippert (Team 3M)
177, Tom Goovaerts (Team 3M)
178, Kevin Hulsmans (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 14 secs
179, Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
180, Andreas Stauff (MTN-Qhubeka) at 1 min 15 secs
181, Timothy Vangheel (Team 3M) at 1 min 18 secs
182, Sebastian Ferner Johansen (Team People4You-Unaas Cycling) at 1 min 19 secs
183, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
184, James Vanlandschoot (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 24 secs
185, Danilo Napolitano (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 1 min 27 secs
186, Mattia Pozzo (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 1 min 30 secs
187, Pieter Van Herck (Crelan-Euphony)
188, Wu Kin San (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 41 secs
189, Jiao Pengda (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 51 secs
190, Roberto De Patre (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 2 mins 4 secs
191, Marko Kump (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)