Chris Froome (Team Sky) powered away from his rivals to take victory in the 15th stage of the 2013 Tour de France, between Givors and the summit of Mont Ventoux, to take his second stage win of the race and extend his overall race lead. The Kenyan-born Briton escaped from Colombian climber Nairo Quintana (Movistar) with a kilometre and a half to climb, and opened up a lead of 29 seconds by the time he crossed the line.
The fight for third place was won by Mikel Neive (Euskaltel-Euskadi) over Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) 1’23” behind Froome, with the rest of the general classification leaders scattered on the road behind them.
“This climb is so historic and means so much to this race especially being the 100th edition," Froome said at the finish. "And I didn't expect to win here today. I wanted to get more of a buffer on GC but I didn't think I could go for the win. Quintana is a very strong climber and I wasn't expecting him to go from as far as he did but hats off to him, he did a great ride and he showed how strong he is.
"When I did catch up to him, I thought: ‘This guys is going to win the stage today and I'm going to have to settle for second'. But then, in the last 2km, he was fading a little and I still had a little bit left. We talked a little bit and I was just trying to say, ‘Man, come on just a little bit more... we're almost there...' but he was slipping behind.
“Near the end, I don't think that I attacked it was just that he couldn't ride on my wheel anymore and a gap opened up.”
The 242.5km saw a ten-man group escape after 30km, made up of green jersey Peter Sagan (Cannondale), Markel Irizar, (RadioShack-Leopard), Pierrick Fédrigo and Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr), Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale), Alberto Losada (Katusha), Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), former Maillot Jaune Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Julien El Fares (Sojasun). The break was only able to get just over seven minutes clear, however, and was less than two minutes ahead as the final climb began.
Chavanel had struck out alone shortly before this, but was chased down by a succession of attacks on the early slopes of the climb, and was passed by Nieve and Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Leopard), and then Quintana, with just over 13km to go. Despite his depleted Sky team losing most of its members on the early slopes, Froome was led by Peter Kennaugh and Richie Porte in pursuit of the new breakaway riders.
Soon the chase group was down to just Porte, Froome and Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) but, with just over seven kilometres to go, Froome jumped across to the lone Quintana. The Colombian then resisted several attacks until Froome put in one last decisive move with a kilometre and a half left, and soloed away to take the stage.
Froome’s victory saw the Team Sky rider extend his lead in the general classification to 4’14” over Bauke Mollema (Belkin), with Contador still in third place at 4’25”.
A big break gets away but Europcar misses out and spoils the party
After several early attacks the ten-man group then escaped at the 30km point. Chavanel was the best-placed rider, in 20th position 14’57” behind Froome, and they were allowed to get clear. Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) set off in pursuit of the break, followed by Mountains jersey Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Christophe Le Mével (Cofidis), and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), with the peloton 7’05” behind after 70km.
Rolland joined forces with Burghardt, and managed to get within a tantalising 15 seconds of the group of ten, but the presence of the polka-dot jersey was not wanted by the riders in the lead and they were unable to make contact. Eventually the chasers all gave up and began to drift back to the peloton.
The leaders completed 50.4km in the second hour, taking the average up to 49.3kph in the first two hours of the stage.
Rolland and Brughardt were caught at the 103km point, with the peloton now just 5’05” behind the ten-man group. Its man’s attempt to join the break foiled, Europcar was setting a high pace on the front of the bunch, and closing quickly.
Through the feedzone after 115.5km the gap was down to 3’55” and, feeling that the group was about to be caught, El Fares sat up and was soon back in the peloton. The gap was down to 3’05” as the group arrived at the foot of the 3rd category Côte de Bourdeaux but, as Roy beat Riblon to the points over the top, with 99.5km to go, it was back up to four minutes as Movistar replaced Europcar at the front of the peloton.
With 80km to go it was back down to 3’40”, where it was to hover as the group in front continued to resist. Sagan took an uncontested victory in the intermediate sprint, in Malaucène with 34.5km left, while Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) allowed André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) to take ninth place as the peloton followed 3’20” later.
Euskaltel-Euskadi then took the lead at the head of the peloton, cutting the gap to less than three minutes with 30km to go, but Team Sky took control shortly afterwards and lifted the pace considerably. Riders were already beginning to lose contact with the rear of the peloton, including Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp).
With the breakaway’s lead was less than two minutes with 26km to go Chavanel attacked. As the former French champion passed through Bédoin, at the foot of the final climb with 21.5km to go, he was ten seconds ahead of his former companions, but the peloton was now just 1’45” back.
Ventoux begins and Team Sky is soon down to just three riders
The remains of the break began to split up as the climb began, with Sagan the first to lose contact, and was steadily reeled in by the bunch. At the back of the peloton Rolland, having been aggressive in the first half of the stage, was being dropped by the pace set by Team Sky.
Riblon and Irizar were chasing Chavanel up front, and gaining on the Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider, with Impey, Poels Losada and Roy a little further back. The pace of the peloton dropped off a little, however, as Team Sky’s David Lopez, Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard were all dropped.
Kanstantsin Siutsou was still leading for the British team, but most of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team was lined up behind the Belarusian rider, blocking for Chavanel up the road.
With 15km to go the Frenchman was 37 seconds clear of Riblon and Irizar, with the peloton sweeping up the rest of the breakaways 1’25” behind. Siutsou then pulled away from the front of the peloton, leaving just Richie Porte and Peter Kennaugh to look after Froome.
Rui Costa (Movistar) and Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) then hit the front, and were allowed to move clear by Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Costa dropped back, but Bakelants continued and, as he caught up with teammate Irizar and Riblon, Irizar briefly began to set the pace before drifting backwards.
At the back of the peloton, however, Bakelants’ team leader Andy Schleck was losing contact and visibly struggling.
Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) then attacked with 14km to go, making his way across to Bakelants, and soon had Chavanel in sight. A kilometre later, however, Quintana made his move, and the rest of the general classification leaders watched him go.
Nieve and Bakelants soon caught and dropped Chavanel, and the Euskaltel-Euskadi rider continued alone. Quintana also quickly passed the Frenchman, and caught up with Bakelants, as Kennaugh began to set the pace on the head of the shrinking peloton behind him.
Quintana makes his move and Team Sky struggles to keep him under control
Froome was sitting in third wheel, with Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) tucked in behind him, and all of the British rider’s general classification rivals were line up behind the Spanish rider. Nieve was 39 seconds clear with 11km to go, and Quintana was just five seconds behind him, while Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) was becoming the latest overall contender to struggle at the rear of the Maillot Jaune group.
Quintana soon caught up with Nieve, but Kennaugh was not allowing them to get much further ahead. At the ten kilometre banner the British rider led his leader up to the struggling Bakelants - as the three Team Sky riders took musette bags from a member of team staff - the gap was still just 44 seconds.
Shortly afterwards, however, Kennaugh pulled away from the front and ground to a virtual halt in exhaustion as he handed over to Porte. The Australian began to accelerate further, with Froome tucked in behind him, which reduced the group further, as white jersey Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) among those who could hold on no longer.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was dropped with 8.5km to go and, shortly afterwards, only Froome, Contador and Kreuziger could hold on to the pace set by Porte. Kreuziger too was dropped shortly afterwards, leaving just the two-time Tour winner on the wheels of the two Team Sky riders, and Quintana and Nieve were now just 15 seconds ahead.
Quintana dropped Nieve with 7.5km to go, and, as Porte pulled over shortly afterwards, Froome jumped away from Contador. The Maillot Jaune sprinted past Nieve, and was up to Quintana with 6.8km still to climb; Contador had also caught Nieve, but was unable to close the gap to the British rider up the road.
Froome stayed with Quintana for just a few hundred metres before accelerating away, but the Colombian managed to chase back across to him as they reached Chalet Reynard with six kilometres to go, as the tree lined roads gave way to Ventoux’s iconic moonscape.
Contador and Nieve were 19 seconds behind as the two Spanish riders discussed how to catch the two riders ahead. Porte was several seconds behind them, and drifting back to the group of Joaquim Rodríguez and Dani Moreno (Katusha), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Bauke Mollema and Laurens ten Dam (Belkin), Kreuziger and Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff), Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R La Mondiale) and Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol), which was more than a minute back and about to be joined by Valverde.
As the gap to the two chasers reached 30 seconds under the five kilometre banner, Contador tried to urge Nieve on to try to catch the leaders, but there was nothing that either could do to close the gap. With four kilometres to go Froome tried again to drop Quintana, but the Colombian was able to close down the Maillot Jaune’s acceleration without much trouble.
At the three kilometre banner the gap to Contador and Nieve was up to 49 seconds, with Froome and Quintana now working together, while Porte was finally picked up by the big chase group some 1’40” behind.
With a kilometre and a half left, however, Froome accelerated again and this time the Colombian was unable to respond. At the flamme rouge the British rider was 16 seconds ahead, with Contador and Nieve a further minute behind, and was powering up the steep final kilometre.
Rodríguez jumped clear of the chase group as it entered the final kilometre, but Froome was in the finishing straight by this point and, jumping out of the saddle to round the final bend, he sat up and waved his right hand in the sky to take his second stage victory off the race.
Quintana came in after 29 seconds, and Nieve - having dropped an exhausted Contador - managed to outsprint Rodríguez for third place 1’23” later.
Tour de France (WorldTour)
Stage 15: Givors - Mont Ventoux:
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 242.5 kilometres in 5 hours 48 mins 45 secs
2, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 29 secs
3, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 min 23 secs
4, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha)
5, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 40 secs
6, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
7, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 1 min 43 secs
8, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 46 secs
9, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 53 secs
10, Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 mins 8 secs
11, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) at 2 mins 12 secs
12, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2 mins 26 secs
13, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 2 mins 32 secs
14, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 mins 36 secs
15, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 2 mins 49 secs
16, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) at 3 mins 6 secs
17, Robert Gesink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 11 secs
18, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 3 mins 14 secs
19, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 3 mins 15 secs
20, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard) at 3 mins 31 secs
21, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 4 mins 7 secs
22, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) at 4 mins 56 secs
23, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) at 5 mins 4 secs
24, Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 6 mins 13 secs
25, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 6 mins 38 secs
26, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 6 mins 44 secs
27, Maxime Mederel (Sojasun)
28, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 8 mins 39 secs
29, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 8 mins 46 secs
30, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team)
31, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
32, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard)
33, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
34, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
35, Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
36, Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) at 10 mins 7 secs
37, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) at 10 mins 29 secs
38, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard) at 10 mins 42 secs
39, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard)
40, Yury Trofimov (Katusha) at 11 mins 16 secs
41, Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Lampre-Merida) at 12 mins 1 secs
42, Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) at 12 mins 2 secs
43, Brice Feillu (Sojasun) at 12 mins 23 secs
44, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) at 12 mins 34 secs
45, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 12 mins 38 secs
46, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 13 mins 6 secs
47, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) at 13 mins 16 secs
48, Lars Petter Nordhaug (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
49, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
50, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 13 mins 28 secs
51, Guillaume Levarlet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 14 mins 8 secs
52, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 14 mins 51 secs
53, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 15 mins 29 secs
54, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 16 mins 39 secs
55, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 mins 47 secs
56, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 16 mins 56 secs
57, Laurent Didier (RadioShack Leopard)
58, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 17 mins 14 secs
59, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano)
60, Hubert Dupont (AG2R La Mondiale)
61, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team)
62, Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
63, Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) at 17 mins 50 secs
64, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 17 mins 57 secs
65, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 18 mins 19 secs
66, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 18 mins 25 secs
67, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
68, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) at 19 mins 20 secs
69, Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar Team)
70, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team)
71, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
72, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp)
73, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling)
74, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team)
75, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team)
76, Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
77, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard)
78, Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun)
79, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 19 mins 52 secs
80, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 19 mins 56 secs
81, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team)
82, Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ.fr) at 20 mins 6 secs
83, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr)
84, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 20 mins 30 secs
85, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) at 23 mins 7 secs
86, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge)
87, Stuart O'Grady (Orica-GreenEdge)
88, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge)
89, David Millar (Garmin-Sharp)
90, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano)
91, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 24 mins 49 secs
92, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 24 mins 54 secs
93, Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) at 25 mins 26 secs
94, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) at 26 mins 59 secs
95, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
96, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
97, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) at 27 mins 13 secs
98, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) at 27 mins 36 secs
99, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida)
100, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha)
101, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
102, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano)
103, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano)
104, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol)
105, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
106, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team)
107, Kristijan Koren (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
108, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team)
109, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida)
110, Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
111, Frederik Willems (Lotto Belisol)
112, Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
113, Maarten Wynants (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
114, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp)
115, David Veilleux (Team Europcar)
116, Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Belisol)
117, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard)
118, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
119, Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar)
120, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team)
121, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
122, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale)
123, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
124, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar)
125, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
126, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 27 mins 46 secs
127, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) at 27 mins 56 secs
128, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 28 mins 5 secs
129, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 28 mins 16 secs
130, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 28 mins 28 secs
131, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
132, Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
133, Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale)
134, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 28 mins 39 secs
135, Albert Timmer (Team Argos-Shimano)
136, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) at 28 mins 56 secs
137, Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 29 mins 8 secs
138, Thomas Leezer (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 29 mins 48 secs
139, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
140, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
141, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha)
142, Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar) at 30 mins 23 secs
143, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) at 31 mins 26 secs
144, Julien Simon (Sojasun) at 32 mins 9 secs
145, Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) at 32 mins 36 secs
146, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol)
147, Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge)
148, Murilo Antonio Fischer (FDJ.fr)
149, Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge)
150, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
151, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
152, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
153, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
154, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp)
155, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
156, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
157, Julien El Fares (Sojasun)
158, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar)
159, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol)
160, Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
161, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
162, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
163, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano)
164, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
165, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano)
166, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge)
167, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team)
168, Pavel Brutt (Katusha)
169, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)
170, Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team)
171, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida)
172, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida)
173, Gatis Smukulis (Katusha)
174, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale)
175, Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar Team)
176, Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun)
177, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida)
178, William Bonnet (FDJ.fr)
179, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
180, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 32 mins 50 secs
181, Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) at 50 mins 21 secs
Intermediate Sprint at Malaucène (Km. 208):
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 20 pts
2, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 17
3, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) 15
4, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 13
5, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) 11
6, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) 10
7, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard) 9
8, Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ.fr) 8
9, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 7
10, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 6
11, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 5
12, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) 4
13, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) 3
14, Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar Team) 2
15, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) 1
King of the mountains:
Category four climb of Côte d'Eyzin-Pinet (km. 20.5):
1, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 1
Category four climb of Côte de Primarette (km. 26.5):
1, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 1
Category four climb of Côte de Lens-Lestang (km. 44.5):
1, Julien El Fares (Sojasun) 1
Category three climb of Côte de Bourdeaux (km. 143):
1, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) 2 pts
2, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Hors categorie climb of Mont Ventoux (km 242.5):
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 50 pts
2, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 40
3, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 32
4, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 28
5, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 24
6, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 20
7, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 16
8, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 12
9, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 8
10, Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) 4
Young riders:
1, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 5 hours 49 mins 14 secs
2, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 mins 45 secs
3, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 mins 46 secs
4, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 6 mins 9 secs
5, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 8 mins 17 secs
6, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 12 mins 9 secs
7, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 14 mins 22 secs
8, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 16 mins 27 secs
9, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 16 mins 45 secs
10, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 17 mins 28 secs
11, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 17 mins 50 secs
12, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 19 mins 27 secs
13, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 20 mins 1 secs
14, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) at 22 mins 38 secs
15, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 27 mins 7 secs
16, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team)
17, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
18, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
19, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar)
20, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 27 mins 17 secs
21, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 59 secs
Most combative rider:
1, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
Teams:
1, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, 17 hours 32 mins 1 secs
2, Belkin Pro Cycling, at 1 min 4 secs
3, Ag2R La Mondiale, at 4 mins 33 secs
4, Katusha, at 8 mins 50 secs
5, Sky Procycling, at 9 mins 41 secs
6, Movistar Team, at 9 mins 49 secs
7, Radioshack Leopard, at 11 mins 35 secs
8, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 13 mins
9, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 19 mins 41 secs
10, BMC Racing Team, at 20 mins 32 secs
11, Cofidis, Solutions Credits,
12, Garmin - Sharp, at 22 mins 48 secs
13, Sojasun, at 28 mins 12 secs
14, Lotto-Belisol, at 31 mins 44 secs
15, Team Europcar, at 32 mins 45 secs
16, Astana Pro Team, at 34 mins 37 secs
17, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 48 mins 18 secs
18, FDJ, at 52 mins 13 secs
19, Orica Greenedge, at 53 mins 44 secs
20, Team Argos-Shimano, at 54 mins 27 secs
21, Lampre-Merida, at 1 hour 1 min 27 secs
22, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 1 hours 17 mins 54 secs
General classification after stage 15:
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 61 hours 11 mins 43 secs
2, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 4 mins 14 secs
3, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 25 secs
4, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 28 secs
5, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 4 mins 54 secs
6, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) at 5 mins 47 secs
7, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 6 mins 22 secs
8, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) at 7 mins 11 secs
9, Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) at 7 mins 47 secs
10, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 7 mins 58 secs
11, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) at 8 mins 28 secs
12, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 9 mins 54 secs
13, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 12 mins 32 secs
14, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard) at 13 mins 47 secs
15, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 14 mins 42 secs
16, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) at 15 mins 40 secs
17, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 18 mins 12 secs
18, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) at 19 mins 14 secs
19, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) at 21 mins 42 secs
20, Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 23 mins 36 secs
21, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 23 mins 50 secs
22, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale)
23, Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) at 28 mins 45 secs
24, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) at 29 mins 16 secs
25, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 30 mins 26 secs
26, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 32 mins 53 secs
27, Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Lampre-Merida) at 33 mins 2 secs
28, Robert Gesink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 33 mins 28 secs
29, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) at 33 mins 42 secs
30, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 34 mins 12 secs
31, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) at 37 mins 10 secs
32, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 40 mins 19 secs
33, Maxime Mederel (Sojasun) at 40 mins 24 secs
34, Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) at 42 mins 55 secs
35, Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 44 mins 24 secs
36, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard) at 44 mins 55 secs
37, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard) at 47 mins 28 secs
38, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 49 mins 54 secs
39, Hubert Dupont (AG2R La Mondiale) at 53 mins 57 secs
40, Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar) at 54 mins 18 secs
41, Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) at 54 mins 20 secs
42, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 54 mins 52 secs
43, Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 55 mins 2 secs
44, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 55 mins 5 secs
45, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) at 56 mins 11 secs
46, Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar Team) at 59 mins 43 secs
47, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 1:0 mins 2 secs
48, Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar Team) at 1:0 mins 9 secs
49, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) at 1:1 min 19 secs
50, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) at 1:2 mins 3 secs
51, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 1:3 mins 47 secs
52, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 1:5 mins 25 secs
53, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) at 1:6 mins 12 secs
54, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1:7 mins 45 secs
55, Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1:7 mins 58 secs
56, Lars Petter Nordhaug (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1:9 mins 1 secs
57, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hours 10 mins 3 secs
58, Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 hours 10 mins 19 secs
59, Yury Trofimov (Katusha) at 1 hours 11 mins 8 secs
60, Laurent Didier (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 11 mins 47 secs
61, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 12 mins 2 secs
62, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 12 mins 11 secs
63, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 15 mins 9 secs
64, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 15 mins 39 secs
65, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hours 18 mins 16 secs
66, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hours 19 mins 5 secs
67, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hours 19 mins 36 secs
68, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 21 mins 26 secs
69, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 22 mins 2 secs
70, Enrico Gasparotto (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hours 22 mins 44 secs
71, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 24 mins 18 secs
72, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 1 hours 26 mins 32 secs
73, Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 27 mins 50 secs
74, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 28 mins 2 secs
75, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 28 mins 40 secs
76, Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 hours 29 mins 6 secs
77, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 hours 30 mins 25 secs
78, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hours 30 mins 30 secs
79, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hours 30 mins 38 secs
80, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hours 30 mins 40 secs
81, Christophe Le Mevel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 31 mins 52 secs
82, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 32 mins 4 secs
83, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 32 mins 9 secs
84, Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 33 mins 3 secs
85, Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hours 33 mins 9 secs
86, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) at 1 hours 33 mins 44 secs
87, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hours 34 mins 36 secs
88, Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 34 mins 56 secs
89, Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 35 mins 9 secs
90, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hours 35 mins 11 secs
91, Julien El Fares (Sojasun) at 1 hours 36 mins 27 secs
92, Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) at 1 hours 38 mins 23 secs
93, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) at 1 hours 38 mins 32 secs
94, Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar) at 1 hours 38 mins 39 secs
95, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 40 mins 38 secs
96, Guillaume Levarlet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 40 mins 46 secs
97, Kristijan Koren (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 40 mins 54 secs
98, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) at 1 hours 40 mins 59 secs
99, David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hours 42 mins 13 secs
100, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 42 mins 45 secs
101, Pavel Brutt (Katusha) at 1 hours 43 mins 12 secs
102, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 47 mins 29 secs
103, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 1 hours 47 mins 35 secs
104, Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun) at 1 hours 48 mins 10 secs
105, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 48 mins 13 secs
106, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 hours 48 mins 21 secs
107, Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar Team) at 1 hours 48 mins 37 secs
108, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hours 49 mins 25 secs
109, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 49 mins 57 secs
110, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 50 mins 3 secs
111, Julien Simon (Sojasun) at 1 hours 51 mins 5 secs
112, Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hours 51 mins 25 secs
113, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 51 mins 50 secs
114, Brice Feillu (Sojasun) at 1 hours 52 mins 56 secs
115, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 57 mins 42 secs
116, Maarten Wynants (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 58 mins 37 secs
117, Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 hours 59 mins 38 secs
118, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 59 mins 57 secs
119, Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) at 2:0 mins 44 secs
120, Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) at 2:1 min 53 secs
121, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2:2 mins 7 secs
122, Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) at 2:2 mins 35 secs
123, Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun) at 2:3 mins 15 secs
124, Moreno Moser (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2:3 mins 45 secs
125, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 2:4 mins 4 secs
126, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2:6 mins 8 secs
127, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2:7 mins 22 secs
128, Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) at 2:9 mins 43 secs
129, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) at 2:9 mins 59 secs
130, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 12 mins 6 secs
131, Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 12 mins 19 secs
132, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team) at 2 hours 12 mins 49 secs
133, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 12 mins 59 secs
134, Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2 hours 13 mins 9 secs
135, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 13 mins 27 secs
136, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) at 2 hours 13 mins 54 secs
137, David Veilleux (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 13 mins 55 secs
138, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 14 mins 54 secs
139, Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 2 hours 15 mins 4 secs
140, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 15 mins 36 secs
141, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) at 2 hours 15 mins 47 secs
142, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 16 mins 31 secs
143, Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 hours 16 mins 46 secs
144, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 19 mins 51 secs
145, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 20 mins 39 secs
146, Murilo Antonio Fischer (FDJ.fr) at 2 hours 20 mins 41 secs
147, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 2 hours 21 mins 6 secs
148, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 22 mins 41 secs
149, Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 hours 23 mins
150, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 23 mins 20 secs
151, Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 23 mins 30 secs
152, Boy van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 25 mins 30 secs
153, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 25 mins 32 secs
154, David Lopez Garcia (Sky Procycling) at 2 hours 25 mins 44 secs
155, Kévin Reza (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 25 mins 49 secs
156, William Bonnet (FDJ.fr) at 2 hours 26 mins 20 secs
157, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) at 2 hours 26 mins 33 secs
158, Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 hours 27 mins 24 secs
159, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 27 mins 48 secs
160, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 28 mins 7 secs
161, Thomas Leezer (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 28 mins 40 secs
162, Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) at 2 hours 29 mins 5 secs
163, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 29 mins 12 secs
164, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 29 mins 21 secs
165, Brian Vandborg (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 hours 30 mins 48 secs
166, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 30 mins 55 secs
167, Stuart O'Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 31 mins 12 secs
168, Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 32 mins 16 secs
169, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 33 mins 19 secs
170, Yohann Gene (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 33 mins 41 secs
171, Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 34 mins 52 secs
172, Albert Timmer (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 35 mins 13 secs
173, Frederik Willems (Lotto Belisol) at 2 hours 36 mins 6 secs
174, Marcel Kittel (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 36 mins 58 secs
175, Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 44 mins
176, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 hours 44 mins 11 secs
177, Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) at 2 hours 44 mins 34 secs
178, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 44 mins 55 secs
179, Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) at 2 hours 45 mins 10 secs
180, Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) at 2 hours 46 mins 2 secs
181, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 46 mins 52 secs
Points classification:
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 377 pts
2, Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 278
3, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 223
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) 101
9, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) 91
10, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 87
11, Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R La Mondiale) 72
12, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 70
13, Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 66
14, Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 65
15, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 64
16, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 63
17, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 63
18, Julien Simon (Sojasun) 61
19, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) 59
20, Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) 58
21, Daniele Bennati (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 56
22, Fabio Sabatini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 53
23, Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 52
24, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 52
25, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) 47
26, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 45
27, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 43
28, Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun) 43
29, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) 43
30, David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) 43
Mountains classification:
1, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 83 pts
2, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 66
3, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 53
4, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 51
5, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 28
6, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 28
7, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) 28
8, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) 24
9, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 20
10, Alberto Contador Velasco (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 20
11, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 20
12, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) 16
13, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) 15
14, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 15
15, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 14
16, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) 14
17, Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) 13
18, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 12
19, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) 12
20, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) 10
21, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) 10
22, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) 7
23, Yury Trofimov (Katusha) 6
24, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) 6
25, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 6
26, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ.fr) 5
27, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 5
28, Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) 4
29, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 4
30, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 4
Young rider classification:
1, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team 6) at 1 hours 17 mins 30 secs
2, Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 2 mins 11 secs
3, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 6 mins 45 secs
4, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) at 18 mins 3 secs
5, Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) at 49 mins 18 secs
6, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 54 mins 15 secs
7, Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) at 58 mins
8, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 59 mins 38 secs
9, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1:6 mins 24 secs
10, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 1:9 mins 22 secs
11, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hours 15 mins 39 secs
12, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 1 hours 16 mins 15 secs
13, Peter Kennaugh (Sky Procycling) at 1 hours 20 mins 45 secs
14, Rudy Molard (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hours 22 mins 15 secs
15, Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun) at 1 hours 41 mins 48 secs
16, John Degenkolb (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hours 46 mins 3 secs
17, Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 14 mins 52 secs
18, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 hours 16 mins 54 secs
19, Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 hours 17 mins 33 secs
20, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) at 2 hours 25 mins 8 secs
21, Jerome Cousin (Team Europcar) at 2 hours 39 mins 8 secs
Teams classification:
1, Team Saxo-Tinkoff 183 hours 1 min 46 secs
2, Belkin Pro Cycling, at 3 mins 36 secs
3, Ag2R La Mondiale, at 8 mins 3 secs
4, Movistar Team, at 12 mins 15 secs
5, Radioshack Leopard, at 16 mins 19 secs
6, Katusha, at 23 mins 42 secs
7, BMC Racing Team, at 39 mins 25 secs
8, Garmin - Sharp, at 45 mins 2 secs
9, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 52 mins 5 secs
10, Sky Procycling, at 54 mins 40 secs
11, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 57 mins 24 secs
12, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, at 1 hours 31 mins 11 secs
13, Team Europcar, at 1 hours 39 mins 1 secs
14, FDJ, at 1 hours 55 mins 38 secs
15, Astana Pro Team, at 2:3 mins 34 secs
16, Sojasun, at 2:7 mins 42 secs
17, Lampre-Merida, at 2 hours 15 mins 28 secs
18, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 2 hours 45 mins 17 secs
19, Orica Greenedge, at 2 hours 53 mins
20, Lotto-Belisol, at 3 hours 26 mins 51 secs
21, Team Argos-Shimano, at 3 hours 40 mins 34 secs
22, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 3 hours 47 mins 31 secs