by Justin Davis
LUCHON, France, July 18, 2012 (AFP) – Bradley Wiggins of Britain took
another step towards securing his maiden Tour de France crown after a 16th
stage won in stylish fashion by Frenchman Thomas Voeckler on Tuesday.
Yellow jersey holder Wiggins repelled a number of attacks by Vincenzo
Nibali on the fourth and final climb to come over the finish with his Italian
rival and Sky teammate Chris Froome around seven minutes behind a triumphant
Voeckler.
Defending champion Cadel Evans of BMC finished nearly 12 minutes behind
Voeckler and nearly five minutes behind Wiggins’ group after being dropped for
good on the Col du Peyresourde.
It means the Australian drops from fourth overall to seventh at 8:06 behind
Wiggins and virtually ends his bid to defend his 2011 title.
He has been replaced in fourth by Lotto team leader Jurgen Van den Broeck
(5:46), with Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia in fifth at 7:13 and American teammate
Tejay Van Garderen in sixth at 7:55.
Evans started trailing on the Col d’Aubisque, came over the summit of the
penultimate climb with a 45secs deficit to Wiggins and then fought to get back
on before the final climb to the summit of the Peyresourde.
Not long after the road started rising, however, the Australian lost touch
with Wiggins’ group when a turn of pace by Van den Broeck’s teammate Jelle
Vanendert split the group and just proved too much.
“Cadel was maybe suffering from the heat and had some stomach problems. It
was just a bad day,” said Van Garderen, who now has a chance to finish ahead
of his team leader in Paris.
“I think now it’s more of co-leadership. He’s still only one place behind
me.”
After another impressive day in the mountains by Sky, Wiggins retained his
2min 05sec lead over Froome, with Liquigas rider Nibali still third at 2:23.
Voeckler, meanwhile, grabbed his second stage win of the race and the
fourth of his career after leaving breakaway companion Brice Feillu of
Saur-Sojasun behind with 22 km remaining and 7km from the summit of the Col du
Peyresourde.
Although he was countered by Saxo Bank’s Chris Anker Sorensen, the Dane who
is famous for his lively grimacing as he pulls himself up the climbs, was
never a threat to the Frenchman.
Sorensen eventually came over the finish nearly two minutes behind
Voeckler, giving the Europcar rider plenty of time to savor his second
victory in Luchon, two years after winning stage 15 in 2010.
It was also the fifth victory of the race for the hosts, following wins for
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ).
“For me it was like four races today,” said Voeckler, who won stage 10 in
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.
“And each one was a climb. I never go and look at stages beforehand but
I’ve been racing these mountains since I was 19 years old.
“I knew this stage off by heart. I was leading each time I went over a
mountain pass.”
Voeckler’s efforts meant he clocked major points at each summit, meaning he
took over possession of the King of the Mountains’ polka dot jersey from
Sweden’s Fredrik Kessiakoff.
The 17th stage on Thursday is a 143.5 km ride from Luchon to the summit of
Peyragudes and is the last climbing stage of the race.
Results from the 16th stage of Tour de France a 197.0km ride from Pau to Luchon on Wednesday:
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 5h35min 02sec
2. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) at 1:40.
3. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 3:22.
4. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 3:22.
5. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 3:58.
6. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 4:18.
7. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 6:08.
8. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 6:08.
9. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 6:08.
10. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 6:11.
11. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 7:09.
12. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 7:09.
13. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 7:09.
14. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 8:07.
15. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 8:07.
16. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 8:07.
17. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 8:07.
18. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 8:07.
19. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 8:07.
20. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 8:07.
21. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 8:48.
22. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 8:48.
23. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 10:01.
24. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 10:46.
25. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 10:46.
26. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 10:46.
27. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 10:54.
28. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 10:54.
29. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 10:54.
30. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 10:54.
31. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 10:54.
32. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 10:54.
33. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 10:54.
34. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 10:54.
35. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 11:56.
36. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 11:56.
37. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 11:56.
38. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 11:56.
39. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 11:56.
40. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 11:56.
41. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 11:56.
42. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 11:56.
43. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 11:56.
44. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 14:07.
45. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 14:17.
46. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 15:17.
47. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 15:17.
48. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 15:17.
49. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 15:17.
50. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 15:54.
51. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 15:54.
52. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 15:54.
53. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 16:38.
54. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 18:01.
55. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 18:01.
56. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 20:25.
57. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 20:25.
58. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 20:25.
59. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 21:17.
60. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 21:17.
61. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 21:31.
62. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 22:14.
63. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 22:15.
64. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 22:15.
65. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 22:15.
66. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 22:15.
67. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 22:15.
68. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 22:15.
69. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 22:15.
70. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 22:15.
71. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 22:15.
72. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 22:15.
73. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 22:15.
74. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 22:15.
75. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 22:15.
76. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 22:15.
77. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 22:15.
78. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 24:57.
79. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 26:20.
80. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 27:33.
81. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 27:33.
82. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 27:33.
83. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 27:33.
84. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 27:33.
85. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 27:33.
86. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 27:33.
87. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 27:33.
88. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 27:33.
89. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 27:33.
90. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 27:33.
91. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 27:33.
92. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 27:33.
93. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 27:33.
94. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 27:33.
95. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 27:33.
96. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 27:33.
97. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 27:33.
98. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 27:33.
99. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 27:33.
100. Michael Albasini (SUI/GEC) 27:33.
101. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 27:33.
102. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 27:33.
103. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 27:33.
104. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 27:33.
105. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 27:33.
106. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 27:33.
107. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 27:33.
108. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 27:33.
109. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 27:33.
110. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 27:33.
111. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 27:33.
112. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 27:54.
113. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 27:54.
114. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 30:11.
115. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 30:11.
116. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 30:11.
117. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 30:38.
118. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 30:38.
119. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 30:38.
120. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 30:38.
121. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 30:38.
122. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 30:38.
123. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 33:04.
124. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 33:04.
125. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 33:04.
126. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 33:04.
127. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 33:04.
128. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 33:04..
129. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 33:04.
130. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 33:04.
131. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 33:04.
132. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 33:04.
133. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 33:04.
134. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 33:04.
135. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 33:04.
136. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 33:04.
137. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 33:04.
138. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 33:04.
139. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 33:04.
140. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 33:04.
141. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 33:04.
142. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 33:04.
143. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 33:04.
144. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 33:04.
145. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 33:04.
146. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 33:04.
147. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 33:04.
148. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 33:04.
149. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 33:04.
150. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 33:04.
151. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 33:52.
152. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 33:52.
. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) Retired
. Frank Schleck (LUX/RSH) Withdrawn
Overall standings after the 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 197.0km ride from Pau to Luchon on Wednesday:
1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 74h15min 32sec
2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at 2:05.
3. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 2:23.
4. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 5:46.
5. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 7:13.
6. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 7:55.
7. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 8:06.
8. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 9:09.
9. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 10:10.
10. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 11:43.
11. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 11:47.
12. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 13:14.
13. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 13:39.
14. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 14:43.
15. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 20:12.
16. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 21:06.
17. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 21:26.
18. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 21:41.
19. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 22:47.
20. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 24:20.
21. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 33:57.
22. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 35:11.
23. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 37:19.
24. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 42:43.
25. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 44:37.
26. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 46:27.
27. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 46:29.
28. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 48:22.
29. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 51:02.
30. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 52:11.
31. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 53:21.
32. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 53:41.
33. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 55:38.
34. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 59:38.
35. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h00:44.
36. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 1h02:38.
37. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 1h09:11.
38. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h09:42.
39. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h09:51.
40. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1h11:27.
41. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 1h11:36.
42. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 1h16:43.
43. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h18:26.
44. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 1h18:49.
45. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1h19:09.
46. Daniel Martin (EIR/GRM) 1h19:38.
47. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 1h20:14.
48. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 1h21:57.
49. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 1h23:13.
50. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 1h24:22.
51. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 1h25:18.
52. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 1h26:52.
53. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 1h27:05.
54. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 1h28:30.
55. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 1h29:52.
56. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/MOV) 1h30:31.
57. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 1h31:16.
58. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1h31:32.
59. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 1h32:52.
60. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 1h33:03.
61. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 1h33:53.
62. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h33:57.
63. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1h35:21.
64. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 1h35:25.
65. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 1h36:42.
66. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 1h36:46.
67. Dries Devenyns (BEL/OPQ) 1h37:35.
68. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 1h38:47.
69. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 1h39:43.
70. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 1h40:39.
71. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 1h42:19.
72. Simone Stortoni (ITA/LAM) 1h44:38.
73. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 1h46:31.
74. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 1h47:18.
75. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 1h48:29.
76. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 1h49:39.
77. Jorge Azanza (ESP/EUS) 1h53:11.
78. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 1h53:44.
79. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 1h56:19.
80. Martin Velits (SVK/OPQ) 1h56:33.
81. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 1h57:00.
82. Pieter Weening (NED/GEC) 1h57:43.
83. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 1h58:29.
84. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 1h59:57.
85. Stephen Cummings (GBR/BMC) 2h00:13.
86. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 2h00:34.
87. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 2h02:42.
88. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 2h03:30.
89. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/GEC) 2h07:12.
90. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 2h07:35.
91. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 2h07:57.
92. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 2h08:19.
93. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 2h09:05.
94. Federico Canuti (ITA/LIQ) 2h10:45.
95. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 2h11:32.
96. Michael Albasini (SUI/GEC) 2h12:24.
97. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 2h12:47.
98. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 2h14:02.
99. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 2h14:05.
100. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 2h14:56.
101. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 2h15:19.
102. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2h15:36.
103. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2h16:08.
104. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 2h16:24.
105. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 2h16:45.
106. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 2h16:47.
107. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 2h17:13.
108. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 2h19:07.
109. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 2h20:27.
110. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2h20:47.
111. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 2h21:34.
112. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 2h22:15.
113. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/ARG) 2h23:13.
114. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 2h23:41.
115. Nick Nuyens (BEL/SAX) 2h24:17.
116. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 2h26:48.
117. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 2h27:33.
118. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 2h27:54.
119. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 2h28:04.
120. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 2h29:26.
121. André Greipel (GER/LTB) 2h29:33.
122. Bert Grabsch (GER/OPQ) 2h30:59.
123. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 2h32:21.
124. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 2h32:35.
125. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 2h33:56.
126. Rubén Plaza (ESP/MOV) 2h34:12.
127. Nicolas Edet (FRA/COF) 2h35:02.
128. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 2h35:08..
129. Cedric Pineau (FRA/FDJ) 2h36:55.
130. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 2h37:21.
131. Luis Ángel Maté (ESP/COF) 2h37:59.
132. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 2h39:28.
133. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 2h40:58.
134. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 2h41:36.
135. Karsten Kroon (NED/SAX) 2h41:42.
136. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 2h43:25.
137. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 2h43:48.
138. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 2h44:46.
139. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 2h45:41.
140. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 2h46:10.
141. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 2h48:01.
142. Patrick Gretsch (GER/ARG) 2h49:30.
143. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/SKY) 2h50:33.
144. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 2h50:38.
145. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 2h50:53.
146. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/GEC) 2h56:19.
147. Julien Fouchard (FRA/COF) 2h57:50.
148. Albert Timmer (NED/ARG) 2h58:28.
149. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/KAT) 3h00:40.
150. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 3h01:11.
151. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 3h09:41.
152. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 3h13:24.
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) 109
7. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 100
8. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 91
9. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 88
10. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 84
11. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 25 pts
12. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 20
13. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 16
14. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 14
15. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 12
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 25 pts
2. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 20
3. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 16
4. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 14
5. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 12
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 10 pts
2. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 8
3. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 6
4. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 4
5. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 2
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 10 pts
2. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 8
3. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 6
4. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 4
5. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 2
King of Mountains:
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 107 pts
2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 103
3. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 77
4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 55
5. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 38
6. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 34
7. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 33
8. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 32
9. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 32
10. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 31
Team stage:
1. Europcar 17h04:40.
2. RadioShack at 0:58.
3. Astana 4:32.
4. Sky 5:38.
5. Euskaltel 6:30.
Team overall:
1. RadioShack 222h58:15.
2. Sky at 17:18.
3. Astana 28:53.
4. BMC 29:13.
5. Europcar 50:03.
6. Liquigas 56:34.
7. Movistar 59:56.
8. FDJ 1h01:22.
9. Katusha 1h01:31.
10. Omega Pharma 1h20:04.
11. AG2R La Mondiale 1h25:03.
12. Rabobank 1h56:57.
13. Lotto 2h00:18.
14. Saur – Sojasun 2h01:25.
15. Saxo Bank 2h27:47.
16. Euskaltel 2h33:03.
17. Lampre 2h59:01.
18. Vacansoleil 3h24:22.
19. Cofidis 3h41:23.
20. Garmin 4h00:28.
21. Orica – GreenEdge 4h24:48.
22. Argos 6h09:27.
Best young riders (stage):
1. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 5h38:24.
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 4:45.
3. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 6:39.
4. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 8:34.
5. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 8:34.
Best young riders (overall):
1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 74h23:27.
2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) at 3:48.
3. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 45:26.
4. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 52:49.
5. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 54:43.
6. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h01:56.
7. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1h03:32.
8. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 1h18:57.
9. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 1h19:10.
10. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h26:02.
Aggressivity (stage):
Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC)
Photo: Corvos
