Richie Porte (Team Sky) was by far the strongest rider on today's mountaintop finish on Montagne di Lure in Paris-Nice. He arrived solo at the top to take an impressive stage victory and the overall lead with just two stages remaining.
With 1 km to the of Montagne de Lure in today's fifth stage of Paris-Nice Richie Porte put in a furious attack from a select lead group. In a matter of seconds he closed the gap to Denis Menchov (Katusha) who had been alone in the lead and pushed on alone. He arrived at the top 26 seconds ahead of the Russian veteran with a further 7 seconds back to GC leader Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) who won the sprint for third in a select group of favourites.
With the victory, Porte takes over the lead 32 seconds ahead of Talansky. With the final GC battle expected in Sunday's time trial up Col d'Eze and with Porte being one of the race's strongest in the race against the clock, he looks poised to take his biggest win of his career and his second stage race victory after his triumph in last year's edition of Volta ao Algarve.
An early break goes as Mount Ventoux' little sister looms in the background
The 176 km stage was the queen stage of the race, and with 5 categorized climbs in the lead up to the mountaintop finish the riders had to turn on their climbing legs when they took the start in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The early kilometers were covered at a furious speed with a number of attacks until Jens Voigt (Radioshack), Paolo Longo Borghini (Cannondale), Thierry Hupond (Argos-Shimano) and Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun) finally escaped.
With Garmin-Sharp at the head of the peloton they were allowed to build up a gap of almost 7 minutes before the peloton increased its tempo. With Vansummeren and Howes doing much of the pace-setting the advantage was reduced to 4.20 with 38 km remaining.
With Montagne de Lure looming in the horizon, the battle for position ensued at the front of the peloton, and Garmin-Sharp were pushed away from the front by a number of teams. Vacansoleil for Westra, OmegaPharma-QuickStep for Chavanel and Velits, Blanco for Gesink, Orica-GreenEdge for Albasini and Lampre for Ulissi and Scarponi were all seen taking relays.
Coppel and Nieve crash
The high tempo resulted in a big crash which brought down outsiders Jerome Coppel (Cofidis) and Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel). A number of riders were held up by the crash, and most failed to regain contact with the front.
At the bottom of the climb Team Sky took over at the front where first Danny Pate and later Kanstantsin Siutsou upped the pace. The effect was immediate as a number of riders were dropped, and very soon the group had been reduced to contain under 40 riders. In the front Voigt dropped his companions who were all picked up by the favorites.
Voigt fought hard to hold on, but to no avail. As we was finally also caught, Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar) put in the first acceleration from the favourite group. He was unsuccessful, but his attack was the launch pad for a massive number of attacks. Most notably Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) and yellow jersey Andrew Talansky were very active.
Porte gets away
Talansky's attacks were all covered by an incredibly strong Porte, and a group of just around 10 riders entered the final kilometers of the stage. Finally, an attack was successful as Denis Menchov launched up the road to open a decent gap.
With just 1 km left to race, Porte finally showed his strength by leaving all his rivals behind. He bridged the gap to Menchov who was unable to follow the Australian. Behind Talansky and Van Garderen tried to chase, but they continuously lost ground to the Team Sky rider ahead.
At the snow-covered top of the climb Porte took a convincing solo victory ahead of Menchov who just managed to hold off the favourite group which was led across the finish line by Talansky.
The race continues tomorrow with its longest stage, a 220 km trek from Manosque to Nice. Taking in some of hills near the Mediterranean coast, it is a hard affair, but with the top of the final climb 71,5 km from the finish it will be hard to make any difference in the GC. Instead it seems tailor made for opportunists, and a breakaway will have a good chance to go all the way to the finish line.
Result
1 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 4.50.54
2 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha 0.26
3 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 0.33
4 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team
5 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida
6 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team
9 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha
10 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida
11 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 0.46
12 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
13 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard
14 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.49
15 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha
18 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 1.02
19 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 1.06
20 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol 1.17
21 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team
22 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26
23 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 1.28
24 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ
25 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale
26 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team 1.45
27 Eduard Vorganov - Team Katusha
28 Christophe Le Mevel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.48
29 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale
30 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar 1.50
31 Stefan Denifl - IAM Cycling 1.53
32 Maxime Monfort - RadioShack Leopard
33 Robert Kiserlovski - RadioShack Leopard
34 Rein Taaramae - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2.19
35 Mathias Frank - BMC Racing Team 2.36
36 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale
37 Ivan Basso - Cannondale 3.05
38 Nicki Sørensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3.30
39 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco 3.51
40 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco
41 Ivan Santaromita - BMC Racing Team 5.06
42 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 5.39
43 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun
44 Kanstantsin Siutsou - Sky Procycling
45 Yury Trofimov - Team Katusha
46 Simon Clarke - Orica GreenEdge 7.12
47 Philippe Gilbert - BMC Racing Team
48 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team
49 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale 7.18
50 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team
51 Luis Angel Mate Mardones - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8.09
52 Julien El Fares - Sojasun 8.54
53 Rory Sutherland - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9.12
54 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau - Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.03
56 Evgeny Petrov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
57 Lars Ytting Bak - Lotto Belisol
58 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
59 Julien Simon - Sojasun
60 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar
61 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale 11.13
62 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11.28
63 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 11.38
64 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano 12.07
65 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha 14.03
66 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team
67 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Team Katusha
68 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team 14.36
69 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling
70 Frederik Willems - Lotto Belisol
71 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 14.46
72 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling
73 Yoann Offredo - FDJ
74 Kevin De Weert - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
75 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
76 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77 Romain Lemarchand - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Bert De Backer - Team Argos-Shimano
79 Manuele Mori - Lampre-Merida
80 Gustav Larsson - IAM Cycling
81 Thomas Lövkvist - IAM Cycling
82 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
83 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida
84 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida
85 Kristijan Durasek - Lampre-Merida
86 Dirk Bellemakers - Lotto Belisol
87 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol
88 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale
89 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
90 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard
91 Steven Kruijswijk - Team Blanco
92 Maarten Tjallingii - Team Blanco
93 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team
94 Imanol Erviti Ollo - Movistar Team
95 Xabier Zandio Echaide - Sky Procycling
96 Javier Moreno Bazan - Movistar Team
97 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team
98 Ruben Plaza Molina - Movistar Team
99 Frederik Veuchelen - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
100 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard
101 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 14.54
102 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun
103 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 16.13
104 Michael Albasini - Orica GreenEdge 17.10
105 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling 18.15
106 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano
107 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge 19.08
108 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling
109 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
110 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge
112 William Bonnet - FDJ
113 Jerome Coppel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
114 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 20.35
115 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling
116 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 20.48
117 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin Sharp
118 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha
119 Jérémy Roy - FDJ 21.05
120 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano 21.35
121 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
122 Rémi Pauriol - Sojasun
123 Mauro Da Dalto - Cannondale
124 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica GreenEdge
125 Michael Mørkøv - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
126 Yann Huguet - Team Argos-Shimano
127 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol
128 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar
129 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling
130 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 22.10
131 David Tanner - Team Blanco 23.21
132 Jack Bauer - Garmin Sharp
133 Francis De Greef - Lotto Belisol
134 Andrey Zeits - Astana Pro Team 25.53
135 Tom Boonen - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
136 Markel Irizar Aranburu - RadioShack Leopard
137 Edward King - Cannondale
138 Baden Cooke - Orica GreenEdge
139 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui - Euskaltel-Euskadi
140 Elia Viviani - Cannondale
141 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
142 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun
143 Mikel Nieve Iturralde - Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi
145 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale
146 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
147 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco
148 Guillaume Bonnafond - AG2R La Mondiale
149 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ
150 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida
151 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale
152 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun
153 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano
154 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi
155 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team
156 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge
157 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar
158 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano
159 Rick Flens - Team Blanco
160 Lucas Sebastian Haedo - Cannondale
161 Johan Vansummeren - Garmin Sharp 28.03
162 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp 28.42
163 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 28.45
164 David Millar - Garmin Sharp 31.57
165 Andreas Klier - Garmin Sharp
DNF Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Sky Procycling
DNF Gaetan Bille - Lotto Belisol
DNF Gianni Meersman - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
DNF Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling
DNS Simon Gerrans - Orica GreenEdge
General classification
1 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 24.26.08
2 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 0.32
3 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.42
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 0.49
5 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 0.52
6 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.53
7 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha
8 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 0.54
9 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida
10 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.56
11 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard 1.06
12 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 1.08
13 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha
14 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.09
15 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.18
16 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34
17 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol 1.35
18 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team
19 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha 1.41
20 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ 1.49
21 Robert Kiserlovski - RadioShack Leopard 2.12
22 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar 2.51
23 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team 2.53
24 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 3.01
25 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 3.18
26 Eduard Vorganov - Team Katusha 3.26
27 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 3.38
28 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 3.40
29 Maxime Monfort - RadioShack Leopard 3.41
30 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team 4.09
31 Rein Taaramae - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4.33
32 Nicki Sørensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4.44
33 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 4.59
34 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco 5.03
35 Stefan Denifl - IAM Cycling 7.09
36 Ivan Basso - Cannondale 8.18
37 Ivan Santaromita - BMC Racing Team 8.33
38 Christophe Le Mevel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8.57
39 Philippe Gilbert - BMC Racing Team 9.26
40 Mathias Frank - BMC Racing Team 9.50
41 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 10.46
42 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team 12.27
43 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team
44 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale 12.45
45 Yury Trofimov - Team Katusha 12.46
46 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar 13.41
47 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 14.47
48 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team 15.02
49 Thomas Lövkvist - IAM Cycling 15.08
50 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Team Katusha 15.17
51 Luis Angel Mate Mardones - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15.21
52 Kevin De Weert - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 16.08
53 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale 16.21
54 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale 16.56
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau - Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.11
56 Kanstantsin Siutsou - Sky Procycling 17.23
57 Michael Albasini - Orica GreenEdge 18.14
58 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 18.23
59 Evgeny Petrov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19.52
60 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 20.22
61 Jerome Coppel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20.27
62 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale 20.28
63 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano 21.21
64 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 21.34
65 Lars Ytting Bak - Lotto Belisol 21.49
66 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge 22.16
67 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 22.23
68 Julien El Fares - Sojasun 22.27
69 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.30
70 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team 22.36
71 Simon Clarke - Orica GreenEdge 23.53
72 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 24.23
73 Yoann Offredo - FDJ 24.44
74 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge 25.13
75 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 25.31
76 Julien Simon - Sojasun 25.50
77 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida 26.13
78 Ruben Plaza Molina - Movistar Team 26.19
79 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard
80 Javier Moreno Bazan - Movistar Team 26.26
81 Kristijan Durasek - Lampre-Merida 26.33
82 Francis De Greef - Lotto Belisol 27.00
83 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 27.01
84 Gustav Larsson - IAM Cycling 28.15
85 Dirk Bellemakers - Lotto Belisol 28.21
86 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun 28.31
87 Xabier Zandio Echaide - Sky Procycling 28.39
88 Mikel Nieve Iturralde - Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.40
89 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol 30.30
90 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard 30.34
91 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun
92 Manuele Mori - Lampre-Merida 30.36
93 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida 30.39
94 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 30.40
95 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 30.54
96 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 30.55
97 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano 31.25
98 Bert De Backer - Team Argos-Shimano 31.35
99 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 32.02
100 Imanol Erviti Ollo - Movistar Team 32.23
101 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha 32.36
102 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling 32.56
103 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica GreenEdge 33.15
104 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol 33.17
105 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 33.19
106 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin Sharp 33.21
107 Steven Kruijswijk - Team Blanco 33.27
108 Rémi Pauriol - Sojasun 33.28
109 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard 33.36
110 Frederik Willems - Lotto Belisol 33.42
111 Rory Sutherland - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 33.56
112 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale 34.00
113 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling 34.02
114 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.51
115 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling 36.28
116 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano 36.41
117 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 36.45
118 Guillaume Bonnafond - AG2R La Mondiale 37.30
119 Maarten Tjallingii - Team Blanco 37.31
120 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team 37.32
121 Romain Lemarchand - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 37.42
122 Baden Cooke - Orica GreenEdge 38.20
123 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 39.24
124 Frederik Veuchelen - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 39.30
125 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 39.58
126 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 39.59
127 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge
128 Andrey Zeits - Astana Pro Team 40.12
129 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 41.20
130 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ 41.30
131 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco 41.36
132 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 42.15
133 William Bonnet - FDJ 42.38
134 Michael Mørkøv - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 43.09
135 Lucas Sebastian Haedo - Cannondale 43.24
136 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 43.42
137 David Tanner - Team Blanco 43.54
138 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui - Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.14
139 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 44.27
140 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 44.28
141 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun
142 Markel Irizar Aranburu - RadioShack Leopard 44.35
143 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 45.05
144 Mauro Da Dalto - Cannondale 45.06
145 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar 45.07
146 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.56
147 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling 46.23
148 Jérémy Roy - FDJ
149 Jack Bauer - Garmin Sharp 47.30
150 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar 48.31
151 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 48.42
152 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 48.44
153 Edward King - Cannondale 48.52
154 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano 49.25
155 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 50.27
156 Tom Boonen - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 51.32
157 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano 51.37
158 Johan Vansummeren - Garmin Sharp 52.54
159 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp 53.01
160 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha 53.44
161 Yann Huguet - Team Argos-Shimano 54.46
162 David Millar - Garmin Sharp 57.41
163 Rick Flens - Team Blanco 58.35
164 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 59.39
165 Andreas Klier - Garmin Sharp 1.05.45
Points classification
1 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 61
2 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 55
3 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 50
4 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 45
5 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 43
6 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 43
7 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 43
8 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 41
9 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 33
10 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge 33
11 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida 31
12 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol 31
13 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team 30
14 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team 30
15 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 29
16 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 27
17 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 27
18 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 26
19 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 26
20 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team 26
21 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 25
22 Michael Albasini - Orica GreenEdge 25
23 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar 25
24 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 25
25 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 23
26 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ 23
27 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha 22
28 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar 22
29 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 21
30 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard 20
31 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
32 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 20
33 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19
34 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 18
35 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha 17
36 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale 16
37 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 16
38 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco 15
39 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team 13
40 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge 13
41 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha 12
42 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ 12
43 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun 12
44 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida 11
45 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 11
46 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Team Katusha 11
47 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard 10
48 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 10
49 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
50 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
51 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 9
52 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team 8
53 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7
54 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale 6
55 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
56 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 6
57 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol 6
58 William Bonnet - FDJ 5
59 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha 5
60 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
61 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun 4
62 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard 4
63 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 3
64 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha 3
65 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 3
66 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
67 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
68 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 2
69 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 2
70 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco 2
71 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano 2
72 Nicki Sørensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1
73 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale 1
74 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Mountains classification
1 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 31
2 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano 24
3 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 17
4 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 17
5 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun 14
6 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard 11
7 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 9
8 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
9 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha 8
10 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale 8
11 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida 7
12 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 6
13 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale 6
14 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 5
15 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
16 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 4
17 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 4
18 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano 4
19 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 3
20 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard 3
21 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
22 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling 3
23 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
24 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun 2
25 Javier Moreno Bazan - Movistar Team 2
26 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 1
27 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha 1
28 Rein Taaramae - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
29 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team 1
30 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida 1
31 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 1
32 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1
Youth classification
1 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 24.26.40
2 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 0.20
3 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 0.22
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team 2.21
5 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 3.06
6 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team 3.37
7 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 4.27
8 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team 11.55
9 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 14.15
10 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale 15.49
11 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 21.02
12 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge 21.44
13 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.58
14 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 23.51
15 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge 24.41
16 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol 29.58
17 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida 30.07
18 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano 30.53
19 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol 32.45
20 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 38.52
21 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge 39.27
22 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 40.48
23 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ 40.58
24 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 43.56
25 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 44.33
26 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar 44.35
27 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.24
28 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling 45.51
29 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 48.12
30 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp 52.29
31 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 59.07
Teams classification
1 Katusha 73.21.55
2 Ag2R La Mondiale 0.45
3 Astana Pro Team 1.08
4 RadioShack Leopard 2.45
5 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3.28
6 Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 5.14
7 BMC Racing Team 8.37
8 Sky Procycling 15.19
9 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 21.11
10 Lampre-Merida 24.35
11 Cannondale Pro Cycling 28.32
12 Team Europcar 31.13
13 Blanco Pro Cycling Team 32.49
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.11
15 IAM Cycling 35.04
16 Sojasun 35.32
17 Lotto Belisol 37.52
18 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 41.47
19 Movistar Team 45.58
20 Orica-GreenEdge 47.49
21 FDJ 57.39
22 Garmin-Sharp 1.08.47
23 Team Argos-Shimano 1.12.56
Norman VAHTRA 28 years | today |
Maité BARTHELS 23 years | today |
Chris HARPER 30 years | today |
Hijiri ODA 26 years | today |
Luis Guillermo MORA 30 years | today |
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