Peter Sagan Wins 2012 Tour de France Stage 1
SERAING, Belgium, July 1, 2012 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland held on to the Tour de France yellow jersey Sunday after being pipped at the finish line of the first stage by streetwise Slovakian Peter Sagan.
Cancellara now leads British race favorite Bradley Wiggins of Sky by 7sec in the general classification, with Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel third on the same time.
Australia’s defending champion Cadel Evans, of BMC, remains 17sec off the pace and 10sec behind Wiggins.
RadioShack rider Cancellara took the race leader’s jersey thanks to a commanding opening day win when he repeated his Liege feat of 2004 to claim the fourth prologue win of his career.
But despite leaving a gaping hole when he pulled away from the peloton with 1.5km remaining on the 2.4km-long uphill finish, the Swiss was upstaged by the Liquigas team’s Slovakian champion.
Sagan, a sprinter known for his climbing abilities, attached himself to Cancellara’s back wheel and for the remaining 1200 meters refused to collaborate by taking a relay at the front to allow the Swiss a breather.
Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Sky, meanwhile, caught up with the pair to create a three-man sprint at the finish.
But after Cancellara launched his sprint inside the final 300 meters, Sagan simply emerged from his slipstream to claim his maiden win on the race and continue his impressive season so far.
At 22 years old Sagan is the youngest rider on the race after Frenchman Thibaut Pinot of FDJ. Probably more significantly, he is the second youngest rider, after Lance Armstrong in 1993, to win a stage on the race.
Having claimed an impressive five stage wins at the Tour of California as well as four victories at the Tour of Switzerland, Sagan was only too happy to open his account on the Tour.
It was even more sweet as he missed out on contending victory on the prologue when he lost precious seconds after his foot came out of his cleat pedal.
“I’m very happy, especially after yesterday’s incident at the prologue,” said Sagan.
“My legs were feeling better today. I want to thank my teammates, they did a lot of good work in the last kilometers.
“Before the race today I spoke with my team coach and manager, and they said I had to look out for only one rider: Cancellara.
“He had a great prologue, and that showed he’s got good condition. Also, this stage suited him.”
After Frenchman Maxime Bouet, the last remant of a six-man breakaway that had escaped after just 3km, had been reeled in with 8 km remaining, the rather= slow start to the stage was replaced by a hectic battle for position.
The Belgian Lotto team of yellow jersey outsider Jurgen Van den Broucke hit the front and were soon joined by Orica-GreenEdge riders keen on positioning Simon Gerrans for the win.
Once on the climb the first attack came from Chavanel, who began the day only 7sec off the yellow jersey pace, but he was chased down by Orica-GreenEdge’s Michael Albasini.
Soon after, Cancellara — a former king of the cobbled classics — made his move, accelerating on a short cobblestone section just before attacking.
“When I saw Albasini attack on the hardest part of the climb, I was happy that I’d gone to see the finale 24 hours earlier, because I’d seen the bend, with a little bit of cobblestones,” said Cancellara.
The Swiss, completing his 22nd day in the race’s yellow jersey — eight years after wearing it in Liege for the first time in his career — could only lament that his strength ultimately became his downfall.
“I thought attacking would be the best defense and 500 meters from the line I wasn’t going to slow down. If I go for something, I go all the way. I’m not going to give up, that’s not me.
“Maybe Sagan, eight years from now, will do the same thing.”
Results from the first stage of Tour de France, a 198.0km ride from Liege to Seraing, Belgium, on Sunday:
1. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 4h58min 19sec
(average: 39.8 km/h)
2. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/RSH) at 0:00.
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00.
4. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 0:00.
5. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 0:00.
6. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
7. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:00.
8. Daniel Martin (EIR/GRM) 0:00.
9. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:00.
10. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 0:00.
11. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 0:00.
12. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/OPQ) 0:00.
13. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 0:00.
14. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
15. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
16. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 0:00.
17. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 0:00.
18. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:00.
19. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
20. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:00.
21. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:00.
22. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 0:00.
23. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
24. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
25. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:00.
26. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/SKY) 0:00.
27. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 0:00.
28. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 0:00.
29. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
30. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
31. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
32. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 0:00.
33. Tony Martin (GER/OPQ) 0:00.
34. Frank Schleck (LUX/RSH) 0:00.
35. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:00.
36. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
37. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:00.
38. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 0:00.
39. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 0:00.
40. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 0:00.
41. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 0:00.
42. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
43. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
44. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
45. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 0:00.
46. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/AST) 0:00.
47. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 0:00.
48. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
49. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:14.
50. Michael Albasini (SWI/GEC) 0:14.
51. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 0:17.
52. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 0:17.
53. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 0:17.
54. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 0:17.
55. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 0:17.
56. Oscar Freire (ESP/KAT) 0:21.
57. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 0:21.
58. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:23.
59. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 0:23.
60. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 0:23.
61. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 0:23.
62. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 0:23.
63. Tony Gallopin (FRA/RSH) 0:23.
64. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 0:23.
65. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:23.
66. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA/EUC) 0:23.
67. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 0:23.
68. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 0:23.
69. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 0:23.
70. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 0:23.
71. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 0:23.
72. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 0:40.
73. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 0:40.
74. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 0:45.
75. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 0:45.
76. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 0:45.
77. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 0:45.
78. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 0:45.
79. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 0:45.
80. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 0:45.
81. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 0:55.
82. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 0:55.
83. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 0:55.
84. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 0:55.
85. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 1:05.
86. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1:16.
87. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 1:16.
88. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 1:16.
89. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 1:16.
90. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 1:16.
91. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1:16.
92. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 1:16.
93. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/ARG) 1:16.
94. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 1:20.
95. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 1:25.
96. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 1:25.
97. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 1:25.
98. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1:25.
99. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 1:25.
100. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 1:52.
101. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 2:02.
102. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 2:07.
103. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 2:07.
104. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 2:07.
105. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 2:07.
106. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 2:07.
107. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 2:07.
108. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/RAB) 2:07.
109. Kenny van Hummel (NED/VAC) 2:07.
110. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 2:07.
111. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 2:07.
112. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 2:07.
113. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2:07.
114. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 2:07.
115. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 2:07.
116. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 2:07.
117. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 2:07.
118. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 2:07.
119. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2:07.
120. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/COF) 2:07.
121. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR/FDJ) 2:07.
122. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 2:07.
123. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 2:07.
124. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 2:07.
125. Mark Renshaw (AUS/RAB) 2:07.
126. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 2:07.
127. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 2:07.
128. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 2:07..
129. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 2:07.
130. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 2:07.
131. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 2:07.
132. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 2:07.
133. Davide Vigano (ITA/LAM) 2:07.
134. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 2:07.
135. Borut Boic (SLO/AST) 2:07.
136. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 2:07.
137. Brett Lancaster (AUS/GEC) 2:07.
138. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 2:07.
139. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 2:07.
140. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 2:07.
141. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 2:07.
142. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 2:07.
143. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 3:01.
144. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 3:01.
145. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 3:01.
146. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 3:01.
147. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 3:01.
148. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 3:01.
149. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 3:01.
150. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 3:01.
151. Michael Schär (SWI/BMC) 3:01.
152. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 3:01.
153. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 3:01.
154. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 3:01.
155. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 3:01.
156. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 3:01.
157. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 3:32.
158. Robert Hunter (RSA/GRM) 3:32.
159. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 3:41.
160. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 3:41.
161. Tom Veelers (NED/ARG) 3:41.
162. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 3:41.
163. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/LAM) 3:41.
164. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 3:41.
165. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 3:41.
166. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 3:41.
167. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 3:41.
168. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 3:41.
169. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 3:41.
170. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 3:41.
171. Gustav Erik Larsson (SWE/VAC) 3:41.
172. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 3:41.
173. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 3:41.
174. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 3:41.
175. Jan Ghyselinck (BEL/COF) 3:41.
176. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 3:41.
177. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 3:41.
178. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 3:41.
179. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 3:41.
180. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 3:41.
181. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 3:41.
182. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 3:41.
183. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 3:41.
184. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 3:41.
185. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 4:05.
186. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 4:05.
187. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 4:13.
188. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 4:13.
189. Marcel Kittel (GER/ARG) 4:23.
190. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 4:42.
191. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 4:50.
192. Yuri Krivtsov (UKR/LAM) 5:40.
193. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 5:40.
194. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 6:11.
195. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 6:11.
196. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 6:44.
197. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 6:44.
198. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 8:52.
Overall standings after the 1st stage of the Tour de France, a 198.0km ride from Liege to Seraing, Belgium, on Sunday:
1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/RSH) 5h05min 32sec
2. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) at 0:07.
3. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/OPQ) 0:07.
4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:10.
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:11.
6. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 0:13.
7. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 0:13.
8. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:17.
9. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:18.
10. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:18.
11. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:19.
12. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 0:21.
13. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 0:22.
14. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 0:22.
15. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 0:22.
16. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:22.
17. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:23.
18. Tony Martin (GER/OPQ) 0:23.
19. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 0:23.
20. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 0:24.
21. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 0:24.
22. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 0:24.
23. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 0:24.
24. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 0:24.
25. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 0:25.
26. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 0:25.
27. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 0:25.
28. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/SKY) 0:25.
29. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:26.
30. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 0:27.
31. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 0:28.
32. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 0:29.
33. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 0:29.
34. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:29.
35. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:31.
36. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:33.
37. Michael Albasini (SUI/GEC) 0:34.
38. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:34.
39. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 0:35.
40. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 0:35.
41. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:37.
42. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 0:37.
43. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 0:37.
44. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 0:37.
45. Frank Schleck (LUX/RSH) 0:38.
46. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 0:38.
47. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 0:38.
48. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:40.
49. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 0:40.
50. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/AST) 0:42.
51. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 0:42.
52. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 0:43.
53. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:45.
54. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 0:45.
55. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 0:46.
56. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:47.
57. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 0:48.
58. Tony Gallopin (FRA/RSH) 0:52.
59. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 0:52.
60. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 0:53.
61. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 0:53.
62. Oscar Freire (ESP/KAT) 0:57.
63. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1:01.
64. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 1:01.
65. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 1:05.
66. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 1:05.
67. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 1:06.
68. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 1:06.
69. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 1:07.
70. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA/EUC) 1:08.
71. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1:09.
72. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 1:10.
73. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 1:18.
74. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 1:20.
75. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 1:21.
76. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 1:21.
77. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 1:22.
78. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1:23.
79. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 1:24.
80. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 1:26.
81. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 1:29.
82. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 1:30.
83. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 1:30.
84. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 1:41.
85. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 1:42.
86. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 1:44.
87. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1:46.
88. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1:47.
89. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 1:48.
90. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 1:55.
91. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/ARG) 1:56.
92. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 1:57.
93. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1:57.
94. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 2:01.
95. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 2:01.
96. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 2:02.
97. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 2:03.
98. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 2:09.
99. Brett Lancaster (AUS/GEC) 2:18.
100. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 2:22.
101. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 2:22.
102. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 2:27.
103. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2:29.
104. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 2:29.
105. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 2:29.
106. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 2:30.
107. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 2:30.
108. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 2:31.
109. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 2:31.
110. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 2:32.
111. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 2:33.
112. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 2:33.
113. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 2:35.
114. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 2:36.
115. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 2:37.
116. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/RAB) 2:37.
117. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 2:40.
118. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 2:40.
119. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 2:40.
120. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 2:41.
121. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 2:43.
122. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 2:44.
123. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 2:44.
124. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 2:45.
125. Borut Boic (SLO/AST) 2:45.
126. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 2:46.
127. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 2:46.
128. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 2:46..
129. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 2:47.
130. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 2:49.
131. Kenny van Hummel (NED/VAC) 2:50.
132. Mark Renshaw (AUS/RAB) 2:51.
133. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 2:52.
134. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/COF) 2:54.
135. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2:55.
136. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR/FDJ) 2:56.
137. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 2:57.
138. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 2:59.
139. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 3:04.
140. Davide Vigano (ITA/LAM) 3:09.
141. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 3:09.
142. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 3:10.
143. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 3:13.
144. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 3:19.
145. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 3:20.
146. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 3:23.
147. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 3:27.
148. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 3:29.
149. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 3:30.
150. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 3:37.
151. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 3:39.
152. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 3:41.
153. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 3:42.
154. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 3:44.
155. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 3:46.
156. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 3:53.
157. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 3:53.
158. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 3:59.
159. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 4:01.
160. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 4:02.
161. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 4:03.
162. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 4:04.
163. Gustav Erik Larsson (SWE/VAC) 4:05.
164. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 4:05.
165. Robert Hunter (RSA/GRM) 4:05.
166. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 4:07.
167. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 4:07.
168. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 4:08.
169. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 4:09.
170. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 4:09.
171. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 4:09.
172. Jan Ghyselinck (BEL/COF) 4:12.
173. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 4:12.
174. Tom Veelers (NED/ARG) 4:15.
175. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 4:15.
176. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 4:15.
177. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 4:18.
178. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 4:23.
179. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 4:25.
180. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 4:25.
181. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 4:25.
182. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 4:28.
183. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 4:32.
184. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 4:33.
185. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 4:35.
186. Marcel Kittel (GER/ARG) 4:44.
187. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/LAM) 4:46.
188. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 4:49.
189. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 4:59.
190. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 5:13.
191. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 5:22.
192. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 6:13.
193. Yuri Krivtsov (UKR/LAM) 6:30.
194. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 6:46.
195. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 7:12.
196. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 7:26.
197. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 7:45.
198. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 9:43.
Points
1. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/RSH) 55 pts
2. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 49
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 42
4. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 33
5. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/OPQ) 23
6. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 22
7. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 20
8. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 20
9. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 18
10. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 17
King of Mountains
1. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 3 pts
2. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 1
3. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 1
Team stage
1. Sky 14h54:57.
2. BMC at 0:00.
3. Garmin 0:00.
4. Liquigas 0:00.
5. Omega Pharma 0:00.
Team overall
1. Sky 15h17:10.
2. RadioShack at 0:04.
3. BMC 0:06.
4. Omega Pharma 0:13.
5. Garmin 0:23.
6. Liquigas 0:30.
7. Orica – GreenEdge 0:33.
8. Katusha 0:38.
9. AG2R La Mondiale 0:42.
10. Vacansoleil 0:50.
11. Astana 0:52.
12. Rabobank 1:01.
13. FDJ 1:13.
14. Movistar 1:17.
15. Europcar 1:36.
16. Euskaltel 1:51.
17. Cofidis 2:23.
18. Argos 2:27.
19. Lampre 2:47.
20. Saxo Bank 3:27.
21. Lotto 3:38.
22. Saur – Sojasun 4:38.
Best young riders (stage)
1. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 4h58:19.
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:00.
3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:00.
4. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:00.
5. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
Best young riders (overall)
1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 5h05:42.
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:01.
3. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:12.
4. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 0:14.
5. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 0:14.
6. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:24.
7. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 0:27.
8. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:37.
9. Tony Gallopin (FRA/RSH) 0:42.
10. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 0:43.
Aggressivity (stage)
Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF)
Photo: Corvos
