Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Le Tour de France 2012 – Stage 7: Tomblaine – La Planche des Belles Filles, 199 km

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La Planche des Belles Filles… what a stage!

La Planche des Belles Filles
Chris Froome sprints past Evans and Wiggins to take the stage, and the lead in the KoM Classification.

But who’s the man of the day? Froome? Wiggins?

Both produced performances that had me pinching myself to see if I was dreaming; but no, the man of the day wasn’t part of that infernal train making light of 20% grades.

David Brailsford is the man of the day for me.

Back in 2009 – to paraphrase the Chi-Lites and ‘Homely Girl’ – ‘he saw then, what we see now.’

Wiggins was 4th in le Tour – a very impressive ride given Alberto and Lance were fighting to the death – but very much a spike in Wiggins’ hitherto uninspired road palmares.

That winter, I couldn’t understand Brailsford’s desperation to sign the Londoner for the new Sky team.

There was talk of sums deep into seven figures to buy his contract out with JV at Garmin.

But they got their man – I had visions of Rupert Murdoch saying; ‘I damned well hope this boy’s worth it!

I interviewed one of Wiggo’s team mates prior to the 2010 Tour, he told me in so many words that Brad was creeping and a top ten would be a good result.

‘I can’t print that!’ I said to myself, but the man was right – Brad was nowhere and JV must have had a smile on his face.

‘Fluke!’ we cried of that 2009 result.

La Planche des Belles Filles
Dave Brailsford chats to us at last year’s Tour – we hope to be able to spend some time with him again this year, but he might be a little more in demand.

But 2011 saw a ‘new’ Bradley Wigging – under scored by his winning the Dauphine.

A bad crash on stage seven of le Tour however, resulting in a broken collar bone, meant he couldn’t display his new tricks on the biggest stage of all.

The 2011 Vuelta was where it really became clear that this was indeed a ‘new and improved’ Wiggins.

In years gone by, his Tour crash would have marked the end of his ambitions for the year.

Not a bit of it – he took his first podium place in a Grand Tour at the Vuelta.

The Worlds were an eye opener; a silver medal in the time trial and a last lap in the road race which was instrumental in Cavendish’s victory.

This year has been dream like: Paris-Nice, Romandie and the Dauphine.

There’s still a long way to go to Paris – and in my life time Luis Ocana, Bernard Hinault, Pascal Simon and Rolf Sorensen have all retired with injury whilst in yellow – so nothing is cast in stone; but a momentous day for Sky, British Cycling – and David Brailsford.

Chapeau!’ Mr. Brailsford – you had the vision, we were wrong and you were right.

Looking at the ‘fine detail’ for a moment, it’s apparent that BMC, whilst impressively strong on the flat, aren’t capable of matching Sky when gravity kicks in.

That has to be a worry for Cadel.

And it’s apparent too that Nibali is on his own in the mountains – Basso was one of the first to drop off when Sky began to drive.

Froome is at 1:32; it’ll be interesting to see how the time trials go – don’t forget that Froome beat Wiggins in the long time trial at the Vuelta last year and if they’re held on ‘damn hot’ French July days, so much the better for a man brought up in Africa.

After the high drama in France, it seems a tad parochial to think about wet old Scotia – but I have a few ramblings from Saturday morning.

l’Équipe?

Forget it; I was up ‘The Mile’ here in Edinburgh in search – but no dice.

I popped in to the City Caff for a coffee and thought I’d have a wee look at what papers other than my usual Guardian are saying about events across la Manche.

The Independent goes full page with colour – but The Scotsman has our King of Sports tucked in just below the baseball in tiny print.

I didn’t see ‘Scotland’s National Newspaper’ on the day when it was announced that David Millar had gained Olympic selection, but I’ll wager that story got more than six or seven column centimetres and like the other media they prattled on about ‘reformed dope cheat,’ etc. etc.

There comes a point where news isn’t news, it’s just a long-dead horse being repeatedly flogged.

I’d have thought our only representative in the Tour was worth a proper mention, especially since he was in the thick of that huge ‘chute’ – but those editors know what their readers want.

And VeloVeritas has to enter the Sagan ‘victory salute gate’ debate.

Sastre’s dummy made me wretch; Flecha’s arrow was sad and fortunately I can’t remember who ‘rocked the baby’ as he crossed the line – that one had me covering my eyes with embarrassment.  [Think that might have been Bo Hamburger at the 1998 Flèche Wallone – editor.]

Give me Sagan’s Lou Ferigno as Mr. Universe or ‘The Hulk’ any day!

Seven climbs today, there won’t be much resistance to an early break going clear – not after the last two days.

And jings! – we’ll be there in two days, save some of that drama for us!

Result - Le Tour de France 2012 - Stage 7

Stage Result

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 4:58:35
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:07
5 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:19
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:44
7 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:46
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:50
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:56
11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:06
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:09
13 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:01:14
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:01:24
15 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:31
17 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:01:39
18 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
19 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:44
20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:52
21 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
23 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:05
25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
26 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:17
27 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:19
28 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
29 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
30 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:24
34 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:02:32
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:50
36 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:02:53
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
38 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
42 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
43 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:03
44 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
45 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:08
47 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:11
48 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
49 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
50 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:03:41
51 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
52 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:58
53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:07
54 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
56 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:04:12
59 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:20
60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:28
61 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:30
62 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:34
63 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:04:59
64 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
65 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:05:01
66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:05:08
67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
68 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:31
69 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:47
70 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:05:55
71 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:58
72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:06:13
73 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:27
74 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:06:30
75 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
76 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:06:35
77 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
78 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:07:05
80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:07:16
81 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:22
82 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:07:33
83 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
84 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:58
86 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano
87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:08:00
88 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
89 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
90 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:08:28
91 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
92 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:08:59
93 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
95 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:03
97 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
98 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:09:09
99 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
100 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:09:16
101 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:09:20
102 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:09:42
103 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:48
104 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:10:07
105 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:10:15
106 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:10:18
107 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp
108 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
109 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
110 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD
111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:36
112 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:11:00
113 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
114 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
115 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
116 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
117 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:11:11
118 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:11:16
119 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:01
120 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
121 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:12:25
122 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
124 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
125 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
126 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
127 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano
128 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
129 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
130 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
131 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
133 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
135 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
136 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:12:36
137 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:12:38
138 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
139 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:17
140 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
141 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano
142 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:13:21
143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:13:30
144 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:14:21
145 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
146 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
147 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
148 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
149 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
150 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
152 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
153 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
154 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:14:59
155 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:16:01
156 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:16:30
157 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:17:34
158 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
160 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
161 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
162 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
163 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
164 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano
165 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
166 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano
167 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
168 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
169 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
170 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
171 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
172 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
173 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
174 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
175 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
176 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
177 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:17:41
178 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:17:42
179 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 0:17:49
180 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:20:29
181 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNS José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
DNS Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
DNS Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
DNS Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNS Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp
DNS Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Sharp
DNS Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun

Overall Classification

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 34:21:20
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:16
4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:32
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:54
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:59
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:09
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:22
9 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:32
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:01:40
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:43
12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:02
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:02:11
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:22
15 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:25
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:29
17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:03:04
18 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:09
19 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:13
20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
21 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:19
22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:26
23 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:27
24 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:39
25 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:42
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:43
27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:47
28 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:07
29 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:04:10
30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:36
31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:04:38
32 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:48
33 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
34 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:04:50
35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
36 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:16
37 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:05:33
38 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:26
39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:57
40 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:08:45
41 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:08:51
42 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:08:52
43 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:02
44 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:12
45 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:09:40
46 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:18
47 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:10:24
48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:39
49 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:11:28
50 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:11:41
51 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:11
52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:26
53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:30
54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:12:40
55 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:12:44
56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:12:57
57 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
58 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:13:27
59 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:13:39
60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:14:21
61 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:14:26
62 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:14:56
63 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:15:04
64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:15:44
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:13
66 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:17
67 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:16:19
68 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:16:25
69 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:26
70 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:16:46
71 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:16:58
72 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:17:53
73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:17:59
74 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:18:07
75 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:18:25
76 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:18:36
77 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:18:38
78 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:18:39
79 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:18:48
80 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:19:00
81 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:19:34
82 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:19:52
83 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:19:54
84 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:19:57
85 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:20:15
86 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:20:18
87 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:20:52
88 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:20:55
89 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:20:59
90 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:21:11
91 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:12
92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:21:13
93 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:21:16
94 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
95 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:21:20
96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
97 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:21:25
98 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:21:29
99 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:21:35
100 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:21:42
101 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:49
102 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:21:55
103 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:23:08
104 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:21
105 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:23:36
106 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:23:48
107 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:23:50
108 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:02
109 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:24:23
110 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:24:39
111 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
112 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:24:45
113 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:24:56
114 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:25:01
115 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:25:08
116 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:25:18
117 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:25:21
118 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:25:41
119 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:25:49
120 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:01
121 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:26:13
122 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:26:24
123 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:26:30
124 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:26:35
125 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:26:45
126 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:27:06
127 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:27:21
128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:27:27
129 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:27:28
130 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:27:29
131 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:27:34
132 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:27:35
133 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:27:37
134 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:27:58
135 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:28:27
136 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:28:33
137 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:28:38
138 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:28:43
139 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:28:46
140 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
141 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:28:47
142 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:28:57
143 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:29:19
144 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:29:50
145 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:29:52
146 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:30:06
147 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:30:41
148 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:32:06
149 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:32:15
150 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:32:46
151 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:32:59
152 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:33:27
153 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:33:37
154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:33:40
155 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:33:55
156 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:34:53
157 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:34:54
158 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:35:32
159 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 0:35:40
160 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:36:15
161 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:36:31
162 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:37:27
163 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:37:47
164 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:38:14
165 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:38:35
166 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:38:36
167 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:39:10
168 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:39:31
169 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:39:55
170 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:40:18
171 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:40:35
172 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:40:54
173 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:42:36
174 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:43:31
175 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:45:18
176 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:45:40
177 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:46:16
178 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:46:32
179 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 0:47:01
180 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:54:47
181 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:55:24
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