Escaping the peloton on the descent from the day's final climb, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) used a powerful acceleration to outsprint his breakaway companions in today's third stage of the Paris-Nice. With the bonus seconds he takes over the leader's jersey and looks poised for a tilt at the overall victory.

A treacherous descent in rainy conditions proved to be the perfect springboard for young GC contender Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) to go on the attack in today's stage of Paris-Nice. With GC rival Richie Porte (Team Sky) he bridged the gap to a breakaway consisting of Andriy Grivko (Astana), Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel), Romain Bardet (Ag2r - La Mondiale), David Lopez (Team Sky) and Davide Malacarne (Team Europcar), and the 7-man group managed to hold a hard chasing group.

In that chasing group most of the GC contenders sensed the danger with Talansky and Porte in front, and most of them contributed valiantly to the chase. In the end they managed to reduce the gap to just 7 seconds to remain in contention for the final victory. There is, however, no doubt that they were dealt a mental blow by their American and Australian rivals.

The day proved to be a disaster for a number of pre-race favorites. As a repeat of his 2008 experience in the race, Robert Gesink (Blanco) was again let down by descending abilities, and with teammate Wilco Kelderman he reached the finish line with a time loss of 1.05 to Talansky. Thomas Voeckler shook his head in frustration when he arrived 1.22 behind the day's winner while a puncture just at the bottom of the climb meant that Ivan Basso (Cannondale) lost all hopes for overall victory.

A 4-man group is kept under control

The stage was 170,5 km long, and with a second category climb just 15,5 km from the finish the riders had to turn on their climbing legs for the first time in this year's race. Immediately after the start a 4-man break with Mads Christensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff), Sebastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) and Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) was established. They build up an advantage which reached its maximum at 4.05 65 km into the stage.

While Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) was first over the day's first two climbs to take over the climber's jersey from teammate Bert-Jan Lindeman, Cannondale assumed its position at the front of the peloton to protect Elia Viviani's overall lead. Seeing an opportunity for Sylvain Chavanel to take over the lead and for Gianni Meersman to win the stage, OmegaPharma-QuickStep put Tom Boonen and Stijn Vandenbergh on the front to assist Mauro Da Dalto and Edward King who had done the pace-making for most of the day.

With Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Leopard) a strong contender for the stage win, Jens Voigt and Markel Irizar joined the pace-making with 36 km remaining, and it was evident that the breakaway was doomed. As the battle for position in the peloton heated up, the 4 escapees were finally absorbed 22 km from the line.

Sky applies the pressure

At the bottom of the final climb, Team Sky assumed their usual position at the front of the peloton to keep Richie Porte safe. Danny Pate, Xabier Zandio, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, Vasil Kiryienka and David Lopez all contributed to a furious pace. Behind the selection was dramatic, and a lot of riders had to let the group go. Most notably overall leader Elia Viviani soon had to realize that his yellow dream only lasted one day.

Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana), Romain Bardet and Andriy Grivko all attacked on the climb, but Team Sky reeled everything back. Entering the dangerous and wet descent, Grivko put in another acceleration, and without really trying Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) ended up as his companion. However, the Belarussian crashed dramatically in a bend, and Grivko was left alone in the front. Soon after he was joined by Malacarne, Lopez, Bardet and Izagirre to form a 5-man lead group.

Behind Talansky and Porte had used the descent to create a gap on the other GC favorites and now tried to close the gap. Sensing the opportunity to gain important time, Lopez fell back to help his captain. The now three-man group came back to the front to make a 7-man group at the head of the race.

Behind, Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) desperately tried to get assistance from other GC contenders in the chase, and gradually more and more sensed the danger. Their efforts were, however, in vain. The escape reached the finish line with an advantage of 7 seconds, and Talansky burst ahead of Malacarne and Izagirre to take the biggest victory of his career.

The race continues tomorrow with a 199,5 km stage in the Massif Central. With 7 classified climbs - the last one just 8,5 km from the finish - Talansky will have a tough day in his first ever WorldTour leader's jersey.

Result
1 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 04.06.15
2 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar
3 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling
5 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling
6 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale
7 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team
8 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 0.07
9 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team
10 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale
11 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
12 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida
13 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team
14 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
15 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha
16 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol
17 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale
19 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ
20 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
21 Thomas Lövkvist - IAM Cycling
22 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha
23 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard
24 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team
25 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team
26 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team
27 Robert Kiserlovski - RadioShack Leopard
28 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida
29 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
30 Rein Taaramae - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31 Philippe Gilbert - BMC Racing Team
32 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 1.05
33 Nicki Sörensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
34 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco
35 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling
36 Michael Albasini - Orica GreenEdge
37 Jakob Fuglsang - Astana Pro Team
38 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team
39 Javier Moreno Bazan - Movistar Team
40 Kevin De Weert - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
41 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Maxime Monfort - RadioShack Leopard
43 Jerome Coppel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
44 Xabier Zandio Echaide - Sky Procycling
45 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha
46 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano
47 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Team Katusha
48 Ivan Santaromita - BMC Racing Team
49 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard
50 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 1.22
51 Yoann Offredo - FDJ
52 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team
53 Gianni Meersman - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
54 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling
55 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team
56 Francis De Greef - Lotto Belisol
57 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Sky Procycling
58 Mikel Nieve Iturralde - Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Eduard Vorganov - Team Katusha
60 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Andrey Zeits - Astana Pro Team
62 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar
63 Rémi Pauriol - Sojasun
64 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge
65 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 2.58
66 Ivan Basso - Cannondale
67 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale
68 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
69 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin Sharp
70 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale
71 Jack Bauer - Garmin Sharp
72 Baden Cooke - Orica GreenEdge
73 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge
74 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica GreenEdge
75 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau - Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar
77 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ
78 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol
79 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano
80 Stef Clement - Team Blanco
81 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team
82 Mathias Frank - BMC Racing Team
83 Bert De Backer - Team Argos-Shimano
84 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida
85 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling
86 Julien Simon - Sojasun
87 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling
88 Ruben Plaza Molina - Movistar Team
89 Gustav Larsson - IAM Cycling
90 Stefan Denifl - IAM Cycling
91 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard
92 Julien El Fares - Sojasun
93 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
94 Luis Angel Mate Mardones - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
95 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano
96 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida
97 Christophe Le Mevel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
98 Manuele Mori - Lampre-Merida
99 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha
100 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol
101 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco
102 Kristijan Durasek - Lampre-Merida
103 Imanol Erviti Ollo - Movistar Team
104 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team
105 Alexandre Geniez - FDJ
106 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team
107 Lars Ytting Bak - Lotto Belisol
108 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale
109 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui - Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Dirk Bellemakers - Lotto Belisol
111 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Guillaume Bonnafond - AG2R La Mondiale
113 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun
114 Elia Favilli - Lampre-Merida
115 Simon Gerrans - Orica GreenEdge
116 Evgeny Petrov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
117 Simon Clarke - Orica GreenEdge
118 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
119 Kanstantsin Siutsou - Sky Procycling
120 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling
121 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
122 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
123 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp
124 Yury Trofimov - Team Katusha
125 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale
126 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge
127 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5.29
128 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 7.30
129 Frederik Willems - Lotto Belisol 9.37
130 Yann Huguet - Team Argos-Shimano
131 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling 9.39
132 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 10.01
133 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha
134 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard
135 Markel Irizar Aranburu - RadioShack Leopard
136 Rory Sutherland - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
137 Tom Boonen - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
138 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
139 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
140 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team
141 Gaetan Bille - Lotto Belisol
142 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
143 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard
144 Johan Vansummeren - Garmin Sharp
145 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun
146 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun
147 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale
148 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
149 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano
150 Andreas Klier - Garmin Sharp
151 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida
152 David Millar - Garmin Sharp
153 Michael Morkov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
154 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
155 Lucas Sebastian Haedo - Cannondale
156 Romain Lemarchand - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
157 Frederik Veuchelen - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
158 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano
159 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
160 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano
161 David Tanner - Team Blanco
162 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun
163 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar
164 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar
165 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale
166 Edward King - Cannondale
167 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
168 Maarten Tjallingii - Team Blanco
169 Rick Flens - Team Blanco
170 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling
171 Steven Kruijswijk - Team Blanco
172 William Bonnet - FDJ
173 Jérémy Roy - FDJ
174 Mauro Da Dalto - Cannondale
175 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale
176 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar

Did not start
José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios - Movistar Team

General classification
1 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 14.39.36
2 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 0.03
3 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar
4 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.04
5 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.05
6 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.06
7 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 0.07
8 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.08
9 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 0.09
10 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 0.12
11 Philippe Gilbert - BMC Racing Team 0.13
12 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale
13 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol 0.15
14 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team
15 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 0.16
16 Robert Kiserlovski - RadioShack Leopard
17 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha
18 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.17
19 Andreas Klöden - RadioShack Leopard
20 Simon Spilak - Team Katusha
21 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team
22 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ 0.18
23 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida
24 Michele Scarponi - Lampre-Merida
25 Thomas Lövkvist - IAM Cycling 0.19
26 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team
27 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team 0.21
28 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.26
29 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 1.05
30 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 1.06
31 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 1.08
32 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco 1.09
33 Michael Albasini - Orica GreenEdge 1.11
34 Nicki Sörensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
35 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Team Katusha
36 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 1.12
37 Xabier Zandio Echaide - Sky Procycling 1.14
38 Jakob Fuglsang - Astana Pro Team 1.15
39 Jerome Coppel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.16
40 Denis Menchov - Team Katusha 1.18
41 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19
42 Kevin De Weert - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
43 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 1.23
44 Ivan Santaromita - BMC Racing Team 1.24
45 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge 1.27
46 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team 1.28
47 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29
48 Yoann Offredo - FDJ
49 Thomas Voeckler - Team Europcar 1.32
50 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar 1.35
51 Francis De Greef - Lotto Belisol 1.36
52 Eduard Vorganov - Team Katusha 1.38
53 Andrey Zeits - Astana Pro Team 1.40
54 Mikel Nieve Iturralde - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44
55 Maxime Monfort - RadioShack Leopard 1.45
56 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 2.07
57 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 2.09
58 Rein Taaramae - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2.11
59 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 2.48
60 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida 2.58
61 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ
62 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 3.00
63 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun 3.01
64 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3.02
65 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3.03
66 Ruben Plaza Molina - Movistar Team 3.04
67 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard
68 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
69 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco
70 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge 3.05
71 Simon Gerrans - Orica GreenEdge
72 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol
73 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale 3.07
74 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale
75 Julien Simon - Sojasun 3.08
76 Danny Pate - Sky Procycling
77 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling 3.09
78 Ivan Basso - Cannondale 3.10
79 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team
80 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica GreenEdge 3.11
81 Javier Moreno Bazan - Movistar Team
82 Manuele Mori - Lampre-Merida
83 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team 3.12
84 Paolo Longo Borghini - Cannondale
85 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol 3.13
86 Stefan Denifl - IAM Cycling
87 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling 3.14
88 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida
89 Kanstantsin Siutsou - Sky Procycling 3.15
90 Evgeny Petrov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3.17
91 Lars Ytting Bak - Lotto Belisol
92 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3.18
93 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano
94 Kristijan Durasek - Lampre-Merida
95 Gianni Meersman - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 3.19
96 Elia Favilli - Lampre-Merida 3.22
97 Rémi Pauriol - Sojasun 3.24
98 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Sky Procycling 3.32
99 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 3.33
100 Baden Cooke - Orica GreenEdge 3.58
101 Simon Clarke - Orica GreenEdge 4.02
102 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin Sharp 4.04
103 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge
104 Bert De Backer - Team Argos-Shimano 4.10
105 Imanol Erviti Ollo - Movistar Team 4.58
106 Alexandre Geniez - FDJ 4.59
107 Gustav Larsson - IAM Cycling 5.00
108 Yury Trofimov - Team Katusha 5.04
109 Julien El Fares - Sojasun
110 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau - Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.05
111 Guillaume Bonnafond - AG2R La Mondiale
112 Dirk Bellemakers - Lotto Belisol 5.06
113 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team
114 Christophe Le Mevel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
115 Luis Angel Mate Mardones - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5.09
116 Hubert Dupont - AG2R La Mondiale 5.10
117 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
118 Mathias Frank - BMC Racing Team 5.11
119 Stef Clement - Team Blanco 5.30
120 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5.34
121 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui - Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.42
122 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano 5.47
123 Thierry Hupond - Team Argos-Shimano 7.13
124 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 9.38
125 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling 9.51
126 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar 9.59
127 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha 10.04
128 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
129 Maarten Tjallingii - Team Blanco 10.06
130 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun
131 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 10.10
132 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale 10.11
133 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 10.12
134 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
135 Steven Kruijswijk - Team Blanco
136 Markel Irizar Aranburu - RadioShack Leopard 10.13
137 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun
138 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10.14
139 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
140 Romain Lemarchand - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10.17
141 Edward King - Cannondale 10.20
142 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard 10.21
143 Frederik Willems - Lotto Belisol 10.37
144 Andreas Klier - Garmin Sharp 10.48
145 William Bonnet - FDJ 10.51
146 Mauro Da Dalto - Cannondale 10.52
147 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar 10.53
148 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano
149 Lucas Sebastian Haedo - Cannondale 10.59
150 Jack Bauer - Garmin Sharp 11.30
151 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.36
152 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp 11.40
153 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 11.51
154 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 11.55
155 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11.59
156 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12.03
157 David Tanner - Team Blanco 12.04
158 Frederik Veuchelen - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12.05
159 Gaetan Bille - Lotto Belisol
160 Rory Sutherland - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
161 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling 12.09
162 Johan Vansummeren - Garmin Sharp 12.12
163 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12.33
164 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 12.34
165 Jérémy Roy - FDJ 12.39
166 Jens Voigt - RadioShack Leopard 12.57
167 Tom Boonen - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 13.00
168 Michael Morkov - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 13.05
169 David Millar - Garmin Sharp
170 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano
171 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 18.34
172 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar 19.20
173 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 19.43
174 Rick Flens - Team Blanco 20.03
175 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha 20.17
176 Yann Huguet - Team Argos-Shimano 20.32

Points classification
1 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 55
2 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 43
3 Sylvain Chavanel - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 38
4 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge 33
5 Alessandro Petacchi - Lampre-Merida 31
6 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol 31
7 Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 30
8 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 27
9 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 26
10 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 26
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil - Movistar Team 26
12 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar 25
13 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 25
14 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 25
15 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 25
16 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ 23
17 Davide Malacarne - Team Europcar 22
18 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
19 Gianni Meersman - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 19
20 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 18
21 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 18
22 Nikolas Maes - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 18
23 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 16
24 Peter Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 16
25 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 16
26 Samuel Dumoulin - AG2R La Mondiale 16
27 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 15
28 Mark Renshaw - Team Blanco 15
29 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 13
30 Enrico Gasparotto - Astana Pro Team 12
31 Cyril Lemoine - Sojasun 12
32 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 11
33 Grégory Rast - RadioShack Leopard 10
34 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 10
35 Kris Boeckmans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
36 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 9
37 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 9
38 Maxim Iglinskiy - Astana Pro Team 8
39 Daniel Oss - BMC Racing Team 8
40 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7
41 Nicolas Roche - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7
42 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
43 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Team Katusha 6
44 Bart De Clercq - Lotto Belisol 5
45 William Bonnet - FDJ 5
46 Alexander Kristoff - Team Katusha 5
47 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4
48 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling 4
49 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun 4
50 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 3
51 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
52 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
53 Jérôme Pineau - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 3
54 Gatis Smukulis - Team Katusha 3
55 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 3
56 Arnold Jeannesson - FDJ 2
57 Robert Gesink - Team Blanco 2
58 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
59 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 2
60 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1

Mountains classification
1 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
2 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 7
3 David Lopez Garcia - Sky Procycling 5
4 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
5 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 4
6 Vasil Kiryienka - Sky Procycling 3
7 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 2
8 Yannick Talabardon - Sojasun 2
9 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida 1
10 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
11 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
12 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 13.0

Young riders' classification
1 Andrew Talansky - Garmin Sharp 14.39.36
2 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 0.16
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas - Movistar Team 0.17
4 Diego Ulissi - Lampre-Merida 0.18
5 Egor Silin - Astana Pro Team 0.21
6 Wilco Kelderman - Team Blanco 1.05
7 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 1.06
8 Jesus Herrada Lopez - Movistar Team 1.08
9 Ion Izagirre Insausti - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19
10 Leigh Howard - Orica GreenEdge 1.27
11 Romain Bardet - AG2R La Mondiale 2.07
12 Elia Viviani - Cannondale 2.48
13 Geoffrey Soupe - FDJ 2.58
14 Bertjan Lindeman - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3.02
15 Jens Keukeleire - Orica GreenEdge 3.05
16 Jens Debusschere - Lotto Belisol
17 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale 3.07
18 Dominik Nerz - BMC Racing Team 3.12
19 Dennis Vanendert - Lotto Belisol 3.13
20 Mattia Cattaneo - Lampre-Merida 3.14
21 Warren Barguil - Team Argos-Shimano 3.18
22 Elia Favilli - Lampre-Merida 3.22
23 Michael Matthews - Orica GreenEdge 4.04
24 Alexandre Geniez - FDJ 4.59
25 Alexis Vuillermoz - Sojasun 10.06
26 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 10.12
27 Jerome Cousin - Team Europcar 10.53
28 Romain Sicard - Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.36
29 Alex Howes - Garmin Sharp 11.40
30 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano 11.51
31 Martijn Keizer - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11.59
32 Gaetan Bille - Lotto Belisol 12.05
33 Ian Boswell - Sky Procycling 12.09
34 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 18.34
35 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar 19.20

Teams classification
1 Astana Pro Team 43.59.14
2 Ag2R La Mondiale 0.12
3 Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.56
4 Sky Procycling 1.04
5 Katusha 1.08
6 RadioShack Leopard 1.09
7 BMC Racing Team 1.20
8 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.28
9 Movistar Team 2.04
10 Team Europcar 2.27
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30
12 IAM Cycling 2.35
13 Lampre-Merida 3.13
14 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4.07
15 FDJ 4.11
16 Sojasun 4.17
17 Lotto Belisol 4.26
18 Blanco Pro Cycling Team 4.51
19 Orica-GreenEdge 5.17
20 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5.47
21 Garmin-Sharp 5.59
22 Cannondale Pro Cycling 8.50
23 Team Argos-Shimano 9.39