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2015 Tour de France

102nd edition: July 4 - July 26, 2015

Monday, July 20: Stage 16, Bourg de Péage - Gap

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Stage 16, Monday, July 20: 201 km, Bourg de Péage - Gap

Stage 16 map and profile | Stage 16 photos | Stage 16 video | David L. Stanley tells the tale of stage 16

Rated ascents:

Km 130.0 - Col de Cabre (1,180 m), 9.1 kilometers @ 4.6% - category 2
Km 189.0 - Col de Manse (1,268 m), 8.9 kilometers @ 5.6% - category 2

Ruben plaza wns stage 16

Ruben Plaza wins stage 16

The Race: Today was a stage more challenging than yesterday's sprinters' fest. There were two second-category climbs facing the riders on the way to Gap, where the stage ended.

Before the racing began, here's how Le Tour saw it:

The sprinters have had their say in Valence, now it's up to the attackers on the way to Gap, where the Tour de France can't be won but can be lost. The downhill of the col de Manse just before the finish in the prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes is a spectacular one.

By experience, Alberto Contador knows how to use this terrain to put his rivals into trouble as he did to Andy Schleck in previous editions. Chris Froome is aware of the danger. He's clearly worried about crashing the day before the rest day. He counts on his team to protect him and lead him safely to the finish. Most probably there'll be two races again, a positive one for the stage win between the attackers who will break away in the first half of the race, and a defensive one in the surroundings of the yellow jersey.

Gap is the often the home of world champions, reigning or not, Thor Hushovd and Rui Costa being the last two winners with the same kind of terrain at their disposal in 2011 and 2013. Michal Kwiatkowski is already kind of the super combative of the Tour this year, having received the red bib on two occasions. He knows what he has to do as the race approaches the Alps with a rest day around the corner before hitting the biggest mountains.

Europcar director Andy Flickinger said this before the stage, "It's a stage favorable to a breakaway, but in this Tour de France, you can never be sure of anything. Actually I see a stage in two parts. In the first, with tailwind, the sprinters teams should be able to maintain a packed bunch until the intermediate sprint. In the second part, a break should take shape and go for victory.

"Of course, our goal will be to go in the break if it is a solid one. We've been seeking victory since the start and we're at stage 16, there aren't that many opportunities left. We have quite a few riders who can do well today like Cyril Gautier, but also Romain Sicard, as the stage profile suits him. Perrig Quemeneur has recovered from his first week and Thomas Voeckler is hopefully better after a bit of flu. Young Angelo Tulik can also do well.

"Afterwards, the end of the Tour is gruelling. There will be a day when Pierre Rolland will need to be present to make a difference. There are two mountain top finishes he has won in the past. The only thing we know for sure is that the course suits him. And if he's in the same form as in the Pyrenees anything is possible."

The race started at 12:43 PM. 170 riders rolled off the line. Belgian ace Greg van Avermaet did not start. He flew home to attend the birth of his first child.

Early on, 29 riders broke at away, and after just five kilometers they were a half-minute up the road. Very quickly, twelve racers left that big group and by the twentieth kilometer were two minutes in front of the peloton: Andriy Grivko (Astana), Christophe Riblon (AG2R), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Saxo), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin), Marco Haller (Katusha), Bob Jungels (Trek), Nelson Oliveira, Ruben Plaza Molina (Lampre-Merida), Daniel Navarro (Cofidis), Pierrick Fedrigo (Bretagne-Séché), Serge Pauwels (MTN-Qhubeka). Again, Peter Sagan had been careful get into the day's move in anticipation of the points to be grabbed in the intermediate sprint.

Twelve of the riders of the original group who missed the front break didn't give up and at km 79, were just a minute behind. The main peloton trailed the leaders by nearly six minutes.

The intermediate sprint came at km 86.5, and unsurprisingly, Peter Sagan won it. Shortly thereafter, the now eleven chasers caught the front twelve and after 115 kilometers of racing, the 23 riders were more than ten minutes ahead of the field.

The break had some true quality riders, including six former stage winners: Thomas Voeckler, Christophe Riblon, Pierrick Fédrigo, Matteo Trentin, Edvald Boasson-Hagen and Peter Sagan. None were GC threat, however. The best-placed rider was Jarlinson Patano, down more than a half-hour on leader Chris Froome.

After climbing the first of the day's big climbs, the Col de Cabre, the pack was still relaxed about the riders up the road. The Sky-led peloton rode thirteen and a half minutes behind the escapees. There was nothing relaxed about Peter Sagan's riding, though. He descended aggressively, opening up a gap. He was caught and then went again.

After Sagan personally went after a three-man attempt to leave the break, Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal) went off alone. He was a half-minute up the road with forty kilometers to race while the pack was fifteen minutes behind. Marco Haller (Katusha) quickly went after Hansen and they were soon together and nearly a minute ahead of the break.

The peloton had clearly lost interest in chasing down the twenty-three riders up the road and 28 kilometers from the finish, the gap had grown to eighteen minutes. The pair were caught on the second-category Col de Manse. Quickly, Lampre-Merida rider Ruben Plaza jumped away, chased by Sagan, Riblon, Geschke and Teklehaimanot. Behind, the break came apart as the climb began to bite.

Near the top of the Col de Manse, with just twelve kilometers to go, Plaza was a minute ahead of nine chasers: Sagan, Riblon, De Gendt, Geschke, Voeckler, Jungels, Mate, Pantano and Teklehaimanot.

Sagan, intent upon a stage win after a succession of second places, took off after Plaza on the descent, going down the hill like a madman.

Being crazy wasn't enough. Going under the Flamme Rouge Plaza still had a good gap.

Plaza did it, winning the sixteenth stage in fine style. Sagan came in thirty seconds later, getting his fifth second place this Tour.

Back in the Yellow Jersey group, Vincenzo Nibali attacked on the Col de Manse and crested the mountain thirteen seconds ahead of his chasers, led by Sky. He reached the bottom of the descent with twenty seconds in hand. In the chasing group, Warren Barguil bumped Geraint Thomas, sending Thomas into a telephone pole. Thomas was soon back on his bike, but unable to rejoin the peloton.

Nibali was the best of the rest, with Alberto Contador leading in the rest 28 seconds later. But there was no real change at the top of the overall standings. Chris Froome retained a firm grip on the Yellow Jersey.

Complete Results:

Stage 16 photos | Stage 16 video

201 km raced at an average speed of 43.7 km/hr

1	PLAZA Ruben	LAMPRE-MERIDA	4hr 30min 10sec
2	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 30sec
3	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 36''
4	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 40''
5	JUNGELS Bob	TREK	s.t.
6	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 40''
7	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 00' 53''
8	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	@ 1min 0sec
9	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01' 22''
10	VOECKLER Thomas	EUROPCAR	s.t.
11	FEDRIGO Pierrick	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 54''
12	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
13	PAUWELS Serge	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
14	GOLAS Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 55''
15	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 19''
16	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 02' 40''
17	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 03' 27''
18	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 04' 07''
19	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 04' 14''
20	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
21	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 06' 13''
22	IRIZAR Markel	TREK	+ 07' 09''
23	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 08' 44''
24	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 17' 44''
25	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 18' 12''
26	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK	s.t.
27	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
28	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
29	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
30	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
31	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
32	QUINTANA Nairo Alexander	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
33	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
34	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	+ 18' 50''
35	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
36	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 19' 09''
37	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
38	ROLLAND Pierre	EUROPCAR	s.t.
39	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	s.t.
40	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
41	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
42	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	s.t.
43	IZAGIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
44	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
47	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 21' 05''
48	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
49	GAUTIER Cyril	EUROPCAR	+ 21' 40''
50	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA	s.t.
51	SICARD Romain	EUROPCAR	s.t.
52	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
53	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
54	BAK Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 21' 51''
55	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
56	TULIK ANGÉLO	EUROPCAR	+ 24' 40''
57	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 24' 58''
58	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
59	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
60	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
61	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
62	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
63	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
65	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
66	RAST Gregory	TREK	s.t.
67	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
68	VACHON Florian	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
69	DE KORT Koen	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
70	YATES Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
71	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
72	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
73	FONSECA Armindo	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
74	DELAPLACE Anthony	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
75	BRUN Fréderic	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
76	QUEMENEUR Perrig	EUROPCAR	s.t.
77	ANDERSEN Michael Valgren	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
78	FEILLU Brice	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
79	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
80	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
81	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK	s.t.
82	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
83	PORTE Richie	TEAM SKY	s.t.
84	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
85	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
86	HAAS Nathan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
87	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
88	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
89	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
90	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
91	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
92	ARREDONDO Julian	TREK	s.t.
93	ROCHE Nicolas	TEAM SKY	s.t.
94	KONIG Leopold	TEAM SKY	s.t.
95	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	+ 26' 21''
96	COQUARD Bryan	EUROPCAR	s.t.
97	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 30' 36''
98	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	+ 30' 36''
99	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
100	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
101	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
102	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
103	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
104	NAULLEAU BRYAN	EUROPCAR	s.t.
105	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
106	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
107	RODRIGUEZ Joachim	KATUSHA	s.t.
108	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
109	PIMANTA José Joao	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
110	GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
111	GENE Yohann	EUROPCAR	s.t.
112	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
113	GERARD Arnaud	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
114	GAUDIN Damien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
115	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
116	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
117	RENSHAW Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
118	MARTIN Daniel	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
119	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
120	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
121	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
122	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
123	VALLS FERRI Rafael	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
124	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
125	OSS Daniel	BMC	s.t.
126	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
127	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
128	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
129	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
130	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	DIDIER Laurent	TREK	s.t.
132	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FDJ	s.t.
133	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
134	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
135	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	s.t.
136	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
137	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
138	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
139	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
140	SERPA José	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
141	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
142	CARUSO Gianpaolo	KATUSHA	s.t.
143	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK	s.t.
144	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
145	FARRAR Tyler	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
146	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
147	CAVENDISH Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
148	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
149	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
150	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
151	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
152	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
153	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
154	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
155	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
156	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
157	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
158	WEENING Pieter	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
159	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
159	YATES Simon	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
161	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
162	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
163	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
164	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
165	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
166	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
167	TEN DAM Laurens	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
168	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
169	MALORI Adriano	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.

GC after Stage 16:

GC leader: Christopher Froome
Points leader: Peter Sagan
Mountains classification leader: Christopher Froome
Young rider classification leader: Nairo Quintana
Team classification leader: Movistar

2,654.8 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.98 km/hr

1	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	64hr 47min 16sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo Alexander	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 3min 10sec
3	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 03' 32''
4	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 04' 02''
5	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 23''
6	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 32''
7	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 06' 23''
8	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 07' 49''
9	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK	+ 08' 53''
10	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 11' 03''
11	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 12' 02''
12	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 10''
13	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 14' 23''
14	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 15' 18''
15	ROLLAND Pierre	EUROPCAR	+ 15' 55''
16	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 17' 04''
17	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 23' 15''
18	PAUWELS Serge	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 24' 18''
19	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 31' 54''
20	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 36' 29''
21	IZAGIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 38' 43''
22	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 38' 54''
23	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 39' 34''
24	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 42' 12''
25	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 46' 22''
26	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 47' 46''
27	RODRIGUEZ Joachim	KATUSHA	+ 48' 30''
28	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 49' 46''
29	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 53' 41''
30	BAK Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 55' 55''
31	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	@ 1hr 0min 1sec
32	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 01' 00''
33	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 01' 30''
34	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 03' 12''
35	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 07' 24''
36	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 09' 28''
37	SICARD Romain	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 10' 16''
38	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 10' 33''
39	JUNGELS Bob	TREK	+ 01h 10' 39''
40	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK	+ 01h 11' 28''
41	MARTIN Daniel	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 11' 44''
42	VOECKLER Thomas	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 12' 27''
43	GAUTIER Cyril	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 12' 38''
44	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 01h 12' 44''
45	ROCHE Nicolas	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 13' 12''
46	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 01h 14' 16''
47	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 14' 18''
48	YATES Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 18' 46''
49	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 23' 07''
50	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 24' 26''
51	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 24' 33''
52	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 24' 52''
53	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 25' 14''
54	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 25' 19''
55	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 01h 26' 53''
56	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 28' 32''
57	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 28' 37''
58	FEDRIGO Pierrick	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 28' 41''
59	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 29' 13''
60	PORTE Richie	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 30' 28''
61	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	+ 01h 30' 38''
62	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 31' 13''
63	DE KORT Koen	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 32' 33''
64	TEN DAM Laurens	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 32' 55''
65	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 33' 18''
66	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 01h 33' 40''
67	GOLAS Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 35' 29''
68	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 01h 37' 38''
69	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 38' 04''
70	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 01h 38' 35''
71	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 40' 36''
72	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 44' 25''
73	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 44' 25''
74	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 45' 00''
75	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 45' 07''
76	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 01h 45' 27''
77	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 45' 31''
78	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 01h 45' 47''
79	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA	+ 01h 46' 11''
80	IRIZAR Markel	TREK	+ 01h 46' 44''
81	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 47' 33''
82	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 48' 01''
83	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 48' 05''
84	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 48' 29''
85	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 48' 55''
86	DELAPLACE Anthony	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 49' 55''
87	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 50' 36''
88	TULIK ANGÉLO	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 51' 15''
89	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 51' 35''
90	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 51' 51''
91	KONIG Leopold	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 52' 51''
92	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 53' 25''
93	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 53' 37''
94	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 56' 14''
95	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 57' 36''
96	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 58' 30''
97	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 01h 58' 57''
98	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 59' 13''
99	QUEMENEUR Perrig	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 59' 53''
100	FEILLU Brice	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 01' 19''
101	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 01' 37''
102	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 02h 02' 57''
103	RAST Gregory	TREK	+ 02h 03' 02''
104	VALLS FERRI Rafael	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 03' 06''
105	CARUSO Gianpaolo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 03' 07''
106	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 03' 20''
107	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 04' 44''
108	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 02h 04' 48''
109	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 05' 11''
110	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FDJ	+ 02h 05' 54''
111	COQUARD Bryan	EUROPCAR	+ 02h 06' 44''
112	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 02h 06' 50''
113	VACHON Florian	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 07' 12''
114	YATES Simon	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 08' 14''
115	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 08' 54''
116	FONSECA Armindo	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 09' 44''
117	MALORI Adriano	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 11' 15''
118	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 02h 11' 18''
119	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 02h 12' 36''
120	GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 12' 39''
121	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 02h 15' 22''
122	ANDERSEN Michael Valgren	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 15' 36''
123	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 15' 46''
124	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 02h 15' 54''
125	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 02h 16' 46''
126	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 17' 50''
127	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 02h 17' 53''
128	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	+ 02h 19' 10''
129	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 02h 19' 40''
130	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 02h 23' 11''
131	GERARD Arnaud	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 23' 49''
132	SERPA José	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 24' 30''
133	GENE Yohann	EUROPCAR	+ 02h 24' 41''
134	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 25' 26''
135	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 25' 28''
136	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 26' 04''
137	CAVENDISH Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 26' 17''
138	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 27' 30''
139	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 28' 47''
140	ARREDONDO Julian	TREK	+ 02h 29' 24''
141	HAAS Nathan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 02h 30' 10''
142	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	+ 02h 30' 47''
143	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 30' 54''
144	PIMANTA José Joao	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 31' 16''
145	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 33' 38''
146	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 34' 59''
147	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 35' 14''
148	ERVITI OLLO Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 36' 30''
149	GAUDIN Damien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 37' 28''
150	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 02h 37' 44''
151	BRUN Fréderic	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 38' 40''
152	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 39' 04''
153	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 39' 15''
154	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL - JUMBO	+ 02h 40' 59''
155	WEENING Pieter	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 41' 11''
156	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 02h 44' 50''
157	RENSHAW Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 45' 13''
158	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK	+ 02h 45' 20''
159	FARRAR Tyler	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 46' 44''
160	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 50' 11''
161	DIDIER Laurent	TREK	+ 02h 50' 16''
162	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 02h 51' 41''
163	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 51' 48''
164	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	+ 02h 55' 39''
165	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 57' 52''
166	NAULLEAU BRYAN	EUROPCAR	+ 03h 02' 03''
167	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 02' 20''
168	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	+ 03h 11' 11''
169	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 27' 13''