by Justin Davis
PEYRAGUDES, France, July 19, 2012 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde
claimed a stylish solo victory in the 17th stage of the Tour de France as
Bradley Wiggins admitted he now feels like a yellow jersey champion.
Wiggins, of team Sky, came over the finish line of the 143.5 km stage
between Bagneres-de-Luchon and Peyragudes on the wheel of Sky teammate Chris
Froome 18secs behind the Spaniard.
The pair had led a frantic chase of Valverde on the day’s fifth and last
climb but Valverde, who had broken away from an early escape group on the Col
de Peyresourde, dug deep to hold off the British pair.
Although they failed to win the stage, their increase in pace dropped
Italian Vincenzo Nibali further down the standings. From sitting 2:23 adrift
overnight, he is still third but at 2:41.
With only the 53.5 km time trial on Saturday set to stand in his way,
Wiggins — who beat Froome to win the race’s first big time trial on stage
nine — admitted he is now starting to feel like the race champion.
“The moment we crossed the Peyresourde (climb), I allowed myself to drift
and that was the first time I thought, ‘Maybe I’ve won the Tour today,’” said
Wiggins, who finished fourth in the race in 2009.
“Once we saw Nibali had cracked on the top of the Peyresourde, we knew we
weren’t going to have the danger of him attacking in the final.
“At that point I knew it was pretty much over.”
Valverde, who only returned to racing in January after serving a two-year
doping ban, had started the race with high hopes of aiming for a top three
finish in the race.
But after hitting the tarmac several times early in the race, and seeing
his team decimated by other crashes, the Spaniard’s objective became a stage
win.
Having held a lead of 2:35 on the yellow jersey’s group with the final 15
km climb to negotiate, his relief was all the more pronounced at the finish
where he knew he was under threat by Froome and Wiggins.
“I knew they were behind me, I tried to go faster and so when I saw there
was only 1 km to go I was very happy,” said Valverde after what was his fourth
Tour stage win but first since 2008.
“It’s a big victory for me and my team. It’s been a very difficult Tour for
me, with all the crashes and drama we’ve been through.”
Although they failed to reel Valverde in, Froome’s pace, however, did some
more damage with Nibali trailing home 18secs further adrift.
Defending champion Cadel Evans, who lost nearly five minutes to Wiggins on
Wednesday’s 16th stage to drop to seventh overall, lost more time after
struggling to hold the pace inside the final few kilometers.
It means Wiggins will go into Friday’s 18th stage from Blagnac to
Brive-La-Gaillarde, a sprinter-friendly stage which is unlikely to host a
yellow jersey battle, with his 2:05 lead on Froome intact.
For Froome, who has often upstaged Wiggins in this year’s race, thoughts of
a podium place are getting him excited.
“I’ve been watching the Tour since I was a teenager, just to be here and be
in this position is already dream come true.
“To be on the podium, would be unbelievable for me.”
Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, meanwhile, virtually secured the polka dot
jersey for the King of the Mountains after an aggressive approach to stage 17
that saw him upstage main rival Fredrik Kessiakoff of Sweden.
“I started the stage calculating things in my head,” said Voeckler, who now
has an 11-point lead over the Astana rider.
“I had to stick on his wheel all day. It’s not the way I like to race but I
didn’t have the choice.”
The race finishes in Paris on Sunday.
Results of the Tour de France 17th stage, a 143.5km ride from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes on Thursday:
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4h12min 11sec
2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at 0:19.
3. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 0:19.
4. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:22.
5. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:26.
6. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 0:26.
7. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:37.
8. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:54.
9. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 1:02.
10. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 1:11.
11. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 1:14.
12. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 1:30.
13. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 1:39.
14. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 1:46.
15. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 1:55.
16. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 2:10.
17. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 2:10.
18. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 2:10.
19. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 2:10.
20. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 2:37.
21. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 3:17.
22. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 3:17.
23. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 3:17.
24. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 4:10.
25. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 4:10.
26. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 6:28.
27. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 6:46.
28. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 6:46.
29. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 6:55.
30. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 6:55.
31. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 6:55.
32. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 6:55.
33. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 7:33.
34. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 8:19.
35. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 9:06.
36. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 9:37.
37. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 10:02.
38. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 10:42.
39. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 10:42.
40. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 11:12.
41. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 11:12.
42. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 11:21.
43. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 13:59.
44. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 15:02.
45. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 15:02.
46. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 15:02.
47. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 15:02.
48. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 16:01.
49. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 16:06.
50. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 16:06.
51. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 16:06.
52. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 16:06.
53. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 16:06.
54. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 16:06.
55. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 16:06.
56. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 16:06.
57. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 16:06.
58. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 16:06.
59. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 16:06.
60. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 16:06.
61. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 16:06.
62. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 16:06.
63. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 16:06.
64. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 16:06.
65. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 16:06.
66. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 16:06.
67. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 16:06.
68. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 16:06.
69. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 16:06.
70. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 16:06.
71. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 16:06.
72. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 16:06.
73. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 16:06.
74. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 16:06.
75. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 16:06.
76. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 16:06.
77. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 16:06.
78. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 16:06.
79. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 22:16.
80. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 22:16.
81. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 22:16.
82. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 22:36.
83. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 23:20.
84. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 28:16.
85. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 28:16.
86. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 28:16.
87. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 28:16.
88. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 30:57.
89. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 30:57.
90. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 30:57.
91. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 30:57.
92. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 30:57.
93. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 30:57.
94. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 30:57.
95. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 30:57.
96. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 30:57.
97. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 30:57.
98. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 30:57.
99. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 30:57.
100. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 30:57.
101. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 30:57.
102. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 30:57.
103. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 30:57.
104. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 30:57.
105. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 30:57.
106. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 30:57.
107. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 30:57.
108. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 30:57.
109. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 30:57.
110. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 30:57.
111. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 30:57.
112. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 30:57.
113. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 30:57.
114. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 30:57.
115. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 30:57.
116. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 30:57.
117. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 30:57.
118. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 30:57.
119. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 30:57.
120. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 30:57.
121. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 30:57.
122. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 30:57.
123. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 30:57.
124. Jan Ghyselinck (BEL/COF) 30:57.
125. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 30:57.
126. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 30:57.
127. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 30:57.
128. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 30:57..
129. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 30:57.
130. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 30:57.
131. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 30:57.
132. Michael Albasini (SUI/GEC) 30:57.
133. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 30:57.
134. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 30:57.
135. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 30:57.
136. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 30:57.
137. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 30:57.
138. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 30:57.
139. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 30:57.
140. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 30:57.
141. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 30:57.
142. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 30:57.
143. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 30:57.
144. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 30:57.
145. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 30:57.
146. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 30:57.
147. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 30:57.
148. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 30:57.
149. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 30:57.
150. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 30:57.
151. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 31:32.
152. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 31:32.
153. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 31:32.
Overall standings after the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a 143.5km ride from Bagnères-de-Luchon to
Peyragudes on Thursday:
1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 78h28min 02sec
2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at 2:05.
3. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 2:41.
4. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 5:53.
5. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 8:30.
6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 9:57.
7. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 10:11.
8. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 10:17.
9. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 11:00.
10. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 11:46.
11. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 12:58.
12. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 14:09.
13. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 14:22.
14. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 18:34.
15. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 22:42.
16. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 24:24.
17. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 25:32.
18. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 29:43.
19. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 33:07.
20. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 33:38.
21. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 35:59.
22. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 41:47.
23. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 48:20.
24. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 49:52.
25. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 52:36.
26. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 53:01.
27. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 54:29.
28. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 55:00.
29. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 58:30.
30. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 59:02.
31. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 1h02:05.
32. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 1h08:24.
33. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 1h09:08.
34. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 1h10:38.
35. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h11:07.
36. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 1h20:30.
37. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h20:53.
38. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 1h21:35.
39. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h25:29.
40. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1h27:14.
41. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 1h28:33.
42. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 1h32:30.
43. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 1h33:16.
44. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1h33:52.
45. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 1h33:54.
46. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h34:13.
47. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 1h34:36.
48. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 1h37:48.
49. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 1h37:58.
50. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 1h39:00.
51. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 1h39:44.
52. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 1h40:01.
53. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 1h42:14.
54. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h44:50.
55. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 1h46:18.
56. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1h47:19.
57. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 1h48:39.
58. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 1h48:49.
59. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 1h48:50.
60. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 1h49:40.
61. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1h51:08.
62. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 1h55:00.
63. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 1h55:30.
64. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 1h56:26.
65. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 1h59:21.
66. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 2h00:30.
67. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 2h01:54.
68. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 2h03:22.
69. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 2h04:16.
70. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 2h06:24.
71. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 2h07:20.
72. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 2h07:26.
73. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 2h08:13.
74. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 2h08:58.
75. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 2h09:25.
76. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 2h09:31.
77. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 2h10:10.
78. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 2h11:36.
79. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 2h12:57.
80. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 2h14:16.
81. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 2h17:09.
82. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 2h17:56.
83. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 2h18:29.
84. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 2h19:17.
85. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2h22:50.
86. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 2h23:22.
87. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 2h23:44.
88. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 2h26:57.
89. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 2h27:11.
90. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 2h27:38.
91. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 2h29:52.
92. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 2h30:51.
93. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 2h31:12.
94. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2h31:55.
95. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 2h37:21.
96. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 2h37:50.
97. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 2h39:43.
98. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 2h41:23.
99. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 2h42:10.
100. Michael Albasini (SUI/GEC) 2h43:02.
101. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2h43:04.
102. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 2h43:25.
103. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 2h43:41.
104. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 2h45:15.
105. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 2h45:34.
106. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 2h45:57.
107. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 2h47:02.
108. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 2h47:23.
109. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 2h47:25.
110. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 2h47:51.
111. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 2h49:45.
112. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 2h49:49.
113. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 2h49:59.
114. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 2h51:05.
115. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 2h52:53.
116. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 2h53:51.
117. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 2h54:19.
118. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 2h54:55.
119. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 2h56:01.
120. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 2h57:29.
121. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 2h58:11.
122. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 3h00:04.
123. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 3h00:11.
124. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 3h01:37.
125. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 3h02:59.
126. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 3h03:13.
127. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 3h04:34.
128. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 3h05:40..
129. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 3h05:46.
130. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 3h05:56.
131. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 3h07:33.
132. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 3h07:59.
133. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 3h10:06.
134. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 3h11:36.
135. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 3h11:45.
136. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 3h12:14.
137. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 3h12:20.
138. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 3h14:03.
139. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 3h15:24.
140. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 3h16:19.
141. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 3h16:48.
142. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 3h18:39.
143. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 3h20:08.
144. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 3h21:46.
145. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 3h21:51.
146. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 3h26:57.
147. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 3h28:28.
148. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 3h29:06.
149. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 3h31:18.
150. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 3h31:49.
151. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 3h40:19.
152. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 3h44:02.
153. Jan Ghyselinck (BEL/COF) 3h45:23.
Points:
1. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 356 pts
2. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 254
3. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 203
4. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 130
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 127
6. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 124
7. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 108
8. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 100
9. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 91
10. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 91
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 10 pts
2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 8
3. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 6
4. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4
5. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 2
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 25 pts
2. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 20
3. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 16
4. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 14
5. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 12
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 20 pts
2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 16
3. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 12
4. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 8
5. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 4
King of Mountains:
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 134 pts
2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 123
3. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 77
4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 63
5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 51
6. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 48
7. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 43
8. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 40
9. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 38
10. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 34
Team stage:
1. Sky 12h38:57.
2. RadioShack at 3:09.
3. BMC 10:17.
4. Movistar 11:17.
5. Katusha 11:54.
Team overall:
1. RadioShack 235h40:21.
2. Sky at 14:09.
3. BMC 36:21.
4. Astana 39:20.
5. Europcar 1h03:07.
6. Liquigas 1h05:27.
7. Movistar 1h08:04.
8. Katusha 1h10:16.
9. FDJ 1h19:12.
10. AG2R La Mondiale 1h35:19.
11. Omega Pharma 2h09:53.
12. Lotto 2h12:56.
13. Saur – Sojasun 2h44:10.
14. Rabobank 2h46:28.
15. Euskaltel 2h58:28.
16. Saxo Bank 3h12:23.
17. Lampre 3h45:55.
18. Vacansoleil 4h21:58.
19. Cofidis 4h31:33.
20. Garmin 4h58:00.
21. Orica – GreenEdge 5h31:11.
22. Argos 7h36:45.
Best young riders (stage):
1. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 4h12:33.
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 0:32.
3. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 10:20.
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 10:50.
5. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 10:50.
Best young riders (overall):
1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 78h36:32.
2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) at 3:16.
3. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 1h00:38.
4. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h02:37.
5. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h12:23.
6. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1h18:44.
7. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 1h24:46.
8. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 1h29:28.
9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h36:20.
10. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 1h40:19.
Aggressivity (stage):
Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV)
Photo: Corvos
