2015 Tour of Qatar (HC)

14th edition: February 8 - February 13, 2015

Tour of Qatar Podium History | 2014 Edition | 2016 edition

Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 |

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Friday, February 13: 6th and Final Stage, Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Corniche, 113 km

Sam Bennett wins the Tour of Qatar's final stage. Tinkoff-Saxo photo.

The Race: Niki Terpstra has now won the Tour of Qater two years in a row. Impressive. This year's victory was really narrow, just six seconds separated him from second-place Maciej Bodnar. Terpstra attained his narrow victory despite Alexander Kristoff's winning three stages. After winning two bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint, if Kristoff had won the stage, he would have been the final overall winner. But, Kristoff finished 19th, allowing Terpstra to take the overall win.

Peter Sagan started his sprint early and Sam Bennett timed his effort perfectly to come around and claim what I believe is the biggest win of his young career.

After the stage, Terpstra told the press, "Winning in Qatar does not mean that I will return to Paris-Roubaix. There are still many races before. I find that my condition is almost similar to that of last year."

Complete Results:

113 kms raced at an average speed of 47.067 km/hr

1	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	2hr 24min 3sec
2	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
3	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
4	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
5	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
6	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
7	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
8	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
9	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
10	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
11	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
12	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
13	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
14	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
15	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
16	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
17	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
18	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
19	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
20	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
21	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
22	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
23	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	s.t.
24	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
25	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
26	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
27	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
28	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
29	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
30	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
31	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
32	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
33	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
34	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	s.t.
35	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
36	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
37	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
38	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
39	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
40	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
41	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
42	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
43	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
44	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
45	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
46	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	s.t.
47	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
48	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
49	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
51	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
52	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
53	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
54	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
56	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
57	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
58	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
59	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 8sec
60	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
61	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
62	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
63	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
64	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
65	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
66	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
67	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
68	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
69	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
70	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
71	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
72	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
73	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
74	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 12sec
75	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
76	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
77	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
78	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
79	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
80	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
81	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
82	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
83	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
84	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
85	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
86	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
87	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
88	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 20sec
89	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
90	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 24sec
91	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
92	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 31sec
93	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 32sec
94	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 35sec
95	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 38sec
96	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	@ 50sec
97	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 53sec
98	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
99	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
100	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
101	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
102	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
104	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	@ 56sec
105	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
106	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
107	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 1min 3sec
108	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
109	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 1min 18sec
110	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
111	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:21
112	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:01:33
113	Johan LE BON	FDJ	0:01:52
114	David BOUCHER	FDJ	s.t.
115	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	s.t.
116	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:02:06
117	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
118	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:08
119	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:02:18
120	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
121	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
122	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:02:24
123	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:02:45
124	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:02:45
126	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	0:02:54
127	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:03:23
128	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:03:50
129	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	0:04:11
130	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
131	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:04:15
132	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:04:15

Complete Final GC after Stage 6:

771.6 kms raced at an average speed of 43.808 km/hr

1	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	17hr 36min 48sec
2	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 6sec
3	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 9sec
4	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	@ 12sec
5	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 19sec
6	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 31sec
7	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	@ 33sec
8	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	@ 39sec
9	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 41sec
11	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 54sec
12	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 55sec
13	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 59sec
14	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 4sec
15	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	0:01:11
16	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:01:19
17	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	0:01:21
18	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:24
19	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:27
20	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:39
21	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:01:40
22	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:44
23	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	0:01:49
24	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:49
25	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	0:01:54
26	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:30
27	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:02:37
28	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:03:17
29	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:18
30	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:03:21
31	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:52
32	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:04:03
33	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:04:05
34	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:04:21
35	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:41
36	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	0:05:04
37	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:14
38	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:16
39	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:19
40	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	0:05:36
41	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:05:58
42	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:06:02
43	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:06:21
44	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:06:28
45	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:06:54
46	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:06:57
47	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:07:03
48	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:07:14
49	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:07:54
50	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:09
51	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	0:08:12
52	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:08:31
53	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	0:08:33
54	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:41
55	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:51
56	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:09:22
57	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	0:09:58
58	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:09:59
59	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	0:10:05
60	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:10:06
61	William BONNET	FDJ	0:10:26
62	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:10:49
63	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:11:10
64	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:11
65	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:20
66	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	0:11:43
67	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:11:58
68	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:02
69	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:12:02
70	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:12:03
71	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:24
72	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:12:34
73	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	0:12:42
74	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	0:12:54
75	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	0:12:54
76	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:13:19
77	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:13:19
78	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	0:13:20
79	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	0:13:23
80	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:13:27
81	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	0:13:31
82	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	0:13:51
83	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:13:56
84	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:13:57
85	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:14:00
86	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:14:06
87	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:14:13
88	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:14:46
89	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	0:15:01
90	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	0:15:05
91	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:15:34
92	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	0:15:35
93	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:15:39
94	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:15:47
95	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:15:58
96	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:16:13
97	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:16:36
98	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:16:44
99	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:16:56
100	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:17:04
101	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:17:10
102	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:17:28
103	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:17:40
104	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:18:24
105	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:19:07
106	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:19:16
107	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	0:19:25
108	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:19:47
109	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:20:52
110	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:21:47
111	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:22:13
112	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	0:22:17
113	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:23:24
114	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:23:31
115	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:24:26
116	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:25:24
117	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:25:33
118	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:27:21
119	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:27:45
120	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:28:27
121	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:28:42
122	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:29:41
123	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:30:20
124	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:31:35
125	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:31:38
126	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	0:33:12
127	David BOUCHER	FDJ	0:33:34
128	Johan LE BON	FDJ	0:34:08
129	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	0:35:38
130	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:37:24
131	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	0:38:00
132	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:42:20

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Thursday, February 12: Stage 5, Al Zubarah Fort - Madinat Al Shamal, 153 km

Stage 5 finish. Alexander Kristoff narrowly beats Peter Sagan. Tinkoff-Saxo photo.

The Race: Norwegian powerhouse Alexander Kristoff won his third stage of this year's Qatar Tour, again narrowly beating Peter Sagan. Today it was a closer victory than yesterday. Kristoff admits to feeling fatigued, telling reporters,  "I ended up really tired, Sagan was even closer to me than Wednesday. What can I say except that I'm really surprised to win three stages here?"

Sagan had this to say after the stage, "I am happy with my results, because this is my first race of the year, and I fell on the first day, so I'm doing my best. I feel good, that's the most important."

Race leader Niki Terpstra finished 16th. With one stage remaining, he has a six-second lead in the GC over Maciej Bodnar.

Complete Results:

50.159 km/hr average speed.

1	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	3hr 3min 1sec
2	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
3	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
4	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
5	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
6	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
7	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
8	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
9	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
10	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
11	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
12	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
13	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
14	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
15	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
16	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
17	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	s.t.
18	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
19	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
20	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
21	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
22	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
23	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
24	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
25	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
26	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
27	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
28	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
29	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
30	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
31	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
32	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
33	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
34	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 14sec
35	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	s.t.
36	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
37	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
38	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
39	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
40	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
41	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
42	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
43	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 24sec
44	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 51sec
45	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 58sec
46	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
47	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
48	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
49	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	s.t.
50	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
51	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
52	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
53	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
54	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
55	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
56	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
57	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
58	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
59	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	s.t.
60	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
61	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
62	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
63	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
64	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	@ 1min 10sec
65	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 1min 22sec
66	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 1min 53sec
67	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 2min 10sec
68	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
69	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
70	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
71	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
72	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
73	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
74	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
75	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
76	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
77	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
78	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
79	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
80	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
81	David BOUCHER	FDJ	s.t.
82	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
83	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
84	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
85	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
86	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
87	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
88	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
89	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
90	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
91	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
92	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
93	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
94	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
95	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
96	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
97	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
98	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
99	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
100	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
101	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
102	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
103	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
104	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
105	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
106	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
107	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
108	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 3min 40sec
109	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
110	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
111	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
112	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
113	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	s.t.
114	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
115	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
116	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
117	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	@ 3min 51sec
118	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 4min 6sec
119	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
120	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
121	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
123	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
124	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
125	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
126	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
127	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
128	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
129	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 6min 38sec
130	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
131	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 7min 17sec
132	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
133	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.

Complete GC after Stage 5:

658.6 kms raced so far at an average speed of 43.287 km/hr

1	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	15hr 12min 45sec
2	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 6sec
3	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 11sec
4	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	@ 12sec
5	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 19sec
6	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 31sec
7	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	@ 33sec
8	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	@ 39sec
9	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 41sec
10	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 42sec
11	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 54sec
12	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 55sec
13	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 59sec
14	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 4sec
15	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	@ 1min 11sec
16	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:01:19
17	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	0:01:21
18	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:24
19	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:27
20	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:41
21	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
22	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:44
23	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:45
24	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	0:01:49
25	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	0:01:54
26	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:30
27	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:02:37
28	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:10
29	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:03:17
30	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:03:22
31	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:44
32	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:04:03
33	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:04:05
34	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:04:21
35	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:41
36	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:46
37	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	0:05:04
38	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:14
39	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:16
40	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:23
41	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	0:05:36
42	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:05:50
43	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:05:58
44	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:06:04
45	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:06:08
46	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:06:09
47	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:06:13
48	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	0:06:41
49	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:06:42
50	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:06:51
51	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:06:54
52	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:07:47
53	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:07:54
54	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	0:07:57
55	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	0:08:12
56	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:17
57	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:08:19
58	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:51
59	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	0:09:57
60	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	0:09:58
61	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:09:59
62	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:10:06
63	William BONNET	FDJ	0:10:18
64	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	0:10:22
65	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	0:10:37
66	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:10:37
67	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:03
68	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:08
69	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:11:10
70	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:38
71	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:11:50
72	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:11:50
73	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:12:03
74	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:12
75	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:12:16
76	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	0:12:24
77	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:12:34
78	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	0:12:42
79	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	0:12:46
80	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:48
81	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	0:12:54
82	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:13:11
83	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	0:13:17
84	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:13:19
85	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:13:27
86	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	0:13:33
87	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	0:13:43
88	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:13:52
89	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:13:53
90	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:14:05
91	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:14:06
92	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:14:41
93	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	0:14:49
94	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	0:15:05
95	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:15:22
96	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:15:35
97	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:15:38
98	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:15:51
99	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:15:58
100	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:16:11
101	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:16:22
102	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:16:24
103	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:16:36
104	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:16:51
105	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:17:10
106	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:17:32
107	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	0:18:06
108	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:18:07
109	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:18:17
110	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:18:20
111	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:18:57
112	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	0:19:13
113	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:19:28
114	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:20:46
115	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:21:34
116	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:22:20
117	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:23:16
118	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:24:15
119	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:24:57
120	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:27:45
121	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:28:19
122	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:28:32
123	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:28:48
124	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:30:08
125	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:30:42
126	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:31:11
127	David BOUCHER	FDJ	0:31:42
128	Johan LE BON	FDJ	0:32:16
129	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	0:33:12
130	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	0:33:49
131	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	0:35:30
132	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:36:21
133	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:40:12

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Wednesday, February 11: Stage 4, Al Thkahira - Masaieed, 165.5 km

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 4, just beating Peter Sagan. Photo courtesy Tinkoff-Saxo

The Race: The past couple of days have had less than ideal conditions for racing, with hard winds not only breaking up the peloton, but also blasting the riders with sand. Today was a bit easier, with large groups finishing together and the sprinters able to take advantage of the nicer weather.

Alexander Kristoff won his second stage of this year's edition, having earlier won stage two. Race leader Niki Terpstra finished in the second group (30th place), five seconds behind the leaders. But that was good enough, good enough for him to keep his overall lead by six seconds over Maciej Bodnar.

Two more stages remain. The race ends Friday.

Complete Results:

1	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 15min 57sec
2	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
3	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
4	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
5	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
6	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
7	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
8	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
9	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
10	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
11	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
12	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
13	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
14	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
15	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	@ 5sec
16	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
17	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
18	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
19	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
20	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
21	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
24	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
25	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
26	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
27	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
28	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
29	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
30	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
31	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
32	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
33	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
34	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
35	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
36	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
37	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
38	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
39	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
40	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
41	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
42	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
43	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
44	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
45	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
46	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
47	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
48	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
49	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
50	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
51	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
52	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
53	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
54	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
55	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
56	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	s.t.
57	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
58	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
59	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	s.t.
60	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
61	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
62	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
63	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
64	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
65	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
66	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
67	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
68	Théo BOS	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
69	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
70	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	@ 17sec
71	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
72	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
73	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
74	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
75	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
76	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
77	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
78	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
79	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
80	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
81	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
82	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
83	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
84	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
85	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
86	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 28sec
87	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 33sec
88	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
89	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
90	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
91	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
92	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	@ 37sec
93	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 43sec
94	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
95	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 50sec
96	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 56sec
97	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	s.t.
98	David BOUCHER	FDJ	s.t.
99	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
100	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 1min 6sec
101	Gert STEEGMANS	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 1min 10sec
102	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 1min 23sec
103	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 1min 33sec
104	Leigh HOWARD	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
105	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 1min 50sec
106	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
107	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 2min 13sec
108	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
109	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
110	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	s.t.
111	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
112	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
113	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
114	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
115	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
116	Lars BOOM	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
117	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
118	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
119	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
120	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
121	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
122	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
123	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
124	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
125	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
126	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	@ 4min 1sec
127	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
128	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 4min 12sec
129	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
130	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
131	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
132	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
133	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
134	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
135	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
136	Simone STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
137	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
138	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
139	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	@ 4min 49sec

Complete GC after Stage 4:

1	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	12hr 9min 44sec
2	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 6sec
3	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	@ 12sec
4	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 19sec
5	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 21sec
6	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	@ 33sec
7	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 37sec
8	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	@ 39sec
9	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 41sec
10	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 42sec
11	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 54sec
12	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 55sec
13	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 59sec
14	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 4sec
15	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 1min 7sec
16	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	@ 1min 11sec
17	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 1min 12sec
18	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 1min 19sec
19	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 1min 23sec
20	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 24sec
21	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	@ 1min 27sec
22	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 31sec
23	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 1min 34sec
24	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
25	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:01:39
26	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	0:01:40
27	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:41
28	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	0:01:49
29	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:12
30	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:02:19
31	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:30
32	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	0:03:20
33	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:03:48
34	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:03:51
35	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:03:58
36	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:04:03
37	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	0:04:06
38	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:04:07
39	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
40	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:41
41	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:44
42	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:04:45
43	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:04:52
44	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
45	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:00
46	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
47	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:05:06
48	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:05:11
49	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:15
50	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	0:05:22
51	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:23
52	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	0:05:36
53	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	0:05:43
54	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	0:05:47
55	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:51
56	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:06:09
57	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:06:56
58	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	0:06:57
59	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:12
60	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
61	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:17
62	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:08:27
63	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	0:08:51
64	Théo BOS	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:08:51
65	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:08:58
66	William BONNET	FDJ	0:09:20
67	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:09:40
68	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
69	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	0:09:57
70	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:09:59
71	Leigh HOWARD	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:10:00
72	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:10:02
73	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:10:06
74	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:10:08
75	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	0:10:14
76	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	0:10:36
77	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:10:38
78	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:11:01
79	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
80	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:03
81	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:11:05
82	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:11:09
83	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:11:10
84	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:11:17
85	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:24
86	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:11:32
87	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:11:36
88	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:42
89	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:11:43
90	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	0:11:44
91	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:11:45
92	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:11:56
93	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:12:05
94	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:18
95	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	0:12:19
96	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	0:12:39
97	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:12:45
98	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
99	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	0:12:54
100	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	0:12:55
101	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:12:56
102	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:13:07
103	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:13:12
104	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:13:25
105	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:13:26
106	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	0:14:00
107	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:14:14
108	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
109	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:14:27
110	Gert STEEGMANS	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:14:35
111	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:14:37
112	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:15:00
113	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
114	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:15:17
115	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:15:22
116	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	0:17:03
117	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:17:28
118	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:18:36
119	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:18:40
120	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:21:06
121	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:22:22
122	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:22:47
123	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:26:02
124	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:26:09
125	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:26:22
126	Lars BOOM	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:26:28
127	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:26:35
128	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:26:38
129	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	0:27:51
130	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	0:27:53
131	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:28:32
132	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	0:28:46
133	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:29:01
134	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:29:04
135	David BOUCHER	FDJ	0:29:32
136	Johan LE BON	FDJ	0:30:06
137	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	0:31:39
138	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:33:34
139	Simone STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	0:34:06

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Tuesday, February 10: Stage 3, Lusail Circuit 10 km individual time trial

Niki Terpstra riding to stage victory and GC leadership.

The Race: Dutchman Niki Terpstra time-trialed to both a stage win and the race's overall leadership in today's 10-kilometer time-trial. Terpstra, last year's Paris-Roubaix winner, was surprised with his victory, given that there were several time-trial specialists in the field, especially Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara.

By finishing in the 14-man front group yesterday and winning today's stage, Terpstra has an 11-second lead over Maciej Bodnar in the overall standings, which he hopes to preserve to the end of the race.

After racing in another Tour of Qatar windy stage (stage 2 even had a sandstorm to torment the riders), Terpstra said, "The ten kilometers were tricky because at first, with wind at your back, you feel easy, but as soon as you turn, it changes everything. I tried to produce the same power all along the route. Yesterday, I was able to stay in the group of 15 at the front, so I was well placed overall. Obviously, now, the goal is to keep the jersey until the end."

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.705 km/hr

1	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	14min 3sec
2	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 8sec
3	WIGGINS Bradley	TEAM SKY	@ 9sec
4	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
5	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	@ 10sec
6	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	@ 18sec
7	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 20sec
8	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	@ 21sec
9	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 24sec
10	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	@ 25sec
11	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 29sec
12	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
13	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
14	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 30sec
15	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	@ 31sec
16	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 34sec
17	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 35sec
18	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 36sec
19	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 38sec
20	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 40sec
21	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
22	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
23	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 42''
24	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 42''
25	ZABEL Rick	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 43''
26	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 44''
27	IRIZAR Markel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 45''
28	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 00' 46''
29	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
30	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
31	GILBERT Philippe	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 47''
32	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 48''
33	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 49''
34	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
35	SMUKULIS Gatis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 50''
36	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 50''
37	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 51''
38	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 53''
39	MAES Nikolas	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
40	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
41	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
42	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 55''
43	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
44	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
45	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 00' 56''
46	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 58''
47	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 59''
48	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
49	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 1min 0sec
50	WALLAYS Jelle	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	@ 1min 2sec
51	MOURIS Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
52	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 04''
53	VENTER Jacobus	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01' 05''
54	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 06''
55	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 07''
56	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
57	KITTEL Marcel	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
58	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 08''
59	HERMANS Ben	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 09''
60	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
61	KOZONTCHUK Dmitry	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
62	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 10''
63	PAOLINI Luca	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
64	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
65	DECLERCQ Tim	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
66	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 11''
67	MORKOV Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01' 14''
68	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 15''
69	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1' 16"
70	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
71	VAN HOECKE Gijs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
72	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 17''
73	ROLLIN Dominique	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
74	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
75	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
76	PATE Danny	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 18''
77	HANSEN Jesper	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
78	STEEGMANS Gert	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 19''
79	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
80	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
81	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 20''
82	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 22''
83	VEELERS Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
84	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	+ 01' 23''
85	VELITS Peter	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 24''
86	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
87	PETIT Adrien	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 25''
88	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
89	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 26''
90	SCHORN Daniel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 27''
91	ERVITI OLLO Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 28''
92	CIOLEK Gerald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01' 30''
93	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
94	BRESCHEL Matti	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
95	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 32''
96	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
97	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
98	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 33''
99	AREGGER Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 35''
100	HOWARD Leigh	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
101	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 36''
102	BLYTHE Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 37''
103	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
104	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 38''
105	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 39''
106	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 40''
107	DE BACKER Bert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 41''
108	COSTA Mario	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 42''
109	SANZ UNZUE Enrique	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 46''
110	ROJAS GIL José Joaquin	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
111	VENTOSO Francisco José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
112	BOZIC Borut	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 47''
113	FENN Andrew	TEAM SKY	s.t.
114	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
115	VAN POPPEL Danny	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 48''
116	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 49''
117	LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
118	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 51''
119	REYNES MIMO Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 52''
120	RICHEZE Maximiliano	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 53''
121	LANCASTER Brett Daniel	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 54''
122	BOS Théo	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
123	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	+ 01' 59''
124	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 00''
125	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	+ 02' 01''
126	REGUIGUI Youcef	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02' 04''
127	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 02' 07''
128	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 13''
129	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
130	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 14''
131	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
132	SBARAGLI Kristian	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02' 20''
133	BOUCHER David	FDJ	+ 02' 22''
134	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	+ 02' 23''
135	CHAINEL Steve	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 35''
136	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 44''
137	RAST Gregory	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 49''
138	AHLSTRAND Jonas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 01''
139	STERBINI Simone	BARDIANI CSF	+ 03' 19''

Complete GC after Stage 3:

340 kms raced so far at an average speed of 43.065 km/hr

1	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	7hr 53min 42sec
2	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 11sec
3	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	@ 12sec
4	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 19sec
5	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	@ 33sec
6	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 36sec
7	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 42sec
8	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	@ 44sec
9	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 46sec
10	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 48sec
11	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 54sec
12	MAES Nikolas	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 59sec
13	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 1min 0sec
14	GILBERT Philippe	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1min 4sec
15	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 07''
16	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 11''
17	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 12''
18	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 19''
19	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 24''
20	DECLERCQ Tim	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 01' 27''
21	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 32''
22	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 34''
23	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 36''
24	BLYTHE Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 39''
25	VEELERS Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 39''
26	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	+ 01' 40''
27	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 41''
28	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	+ 01' 49''
29	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 52''
30	PAOLINI Luca	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 00''
31	SCHORN Daniel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 02''
32	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 02' 24''
33	FENN Andrew	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 20''
34	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 23''
35	DE BACKER Bert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 03' 29''
36	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03' 39''
37	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03' 48''
38	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 58''
39	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 03''
40	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 04' 06''
41	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 04' 16''
42	BRESCHEL Matti	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 40''
43	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 04' 43''
44	WALLAYS Jelle	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 04' 45''
45	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 04' 46''
46	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 04' 49''
47	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	+ 04' 52''
48	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 04' 54''
49	BOZIC Borut	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 57''
50	ROLLIN Dominique	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 05' 00''
51	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 05' 00''
52	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 05' 15''
53	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 05' 22''
54	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 05' 23''
55	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 05' 24''
56	KOZONTCHUK Dmitry	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 05' 35''
57	MORKOV Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 05' 39''
58	AHLSTRAND Jonas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 06' 11''
59	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 08' 04''
60	SMUKULIS Gatis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 08' 12''
61	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 08' 12''
62	IRIZAR Markel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 08' 15''
63	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 08' 22''
64	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 08' 23''
65	BONNET William	FDJ	+ 08' 29''
66	AREGGER Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 32''
67	HOWARD Leigh	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 08' 32''
68	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 38''
69	BOS Théo	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 08' 51''
70	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 08' 53''
71	ERVITI OLLO Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 08' 58''
72	VENTOSO Francisco José	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 09' 16''
73	LANCASTER Brett Daniel	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 09' 24''
74	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 09' 28''
75	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 09' 40''
76	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 09' 45''
77	SANZ UNZUE Enrique	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 09' 59''
78	WIGGINS Bradley	TEAM SKY	+ 10' 02''
79	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 02''
80	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 10' 06''
81	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	+ 10' 11''
82	ZABEL Rick	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 10' 36''
83	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 38''
84	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 10' 48''
85	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 57''
86	KITTEL Marcel	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 11' 00''
87	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 11' 01''
88	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 11' 03''
89	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 11' 04''
90	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 11' 05''
91	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 10''
92	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 11' 15''
93	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 11' 15''
94	VELITS Peter	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 17''
95	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 11' 18''
96	REGUIGUI Youcef	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 11' 24''
97	LASTRAS Pablo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 11' 42''
98	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 11' 43''
99	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	+ 11' 44''
100	HERMANS Ben	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 45''
101	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 11' 53''
102	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 11' 56''
103	CIOLEK Gerald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 12' 06''
104	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
105	PETIT Adrien	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 16''
106	COSTA Mario	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 12' 18''
107	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	+ 12' 23''
108	VAN POPPEL Danny	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 12' 24''
109	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	+ 12' 29''
110	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 12' 42''
111	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 12' 44''
112	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	+ 12' 59''
113	PATE Danny	TEAM SKY	+ 13' 07''
114	STEEGMANS Gert	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 13' 30''
115	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	+ 13' 48''
116	VENTER Jacobus	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 14' 32''
117	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 14' 33''
118	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 14' 37''
119	RAST Gregory	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 15' 00''
120	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 18' 15''
121	CHAINEL Steve	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 18' 40''
122	RICHEZE Maximiliano	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 19' 48''
123	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 24' 20''
124	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 24' 30''
125	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 25' 43''
126	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 25' 50''
127	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 25' 57''
128	LE BON Johan	FDJ	+ 25' 59''
129	VAN HOECKE Gijs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 26' 22''
130	HANSEN Jesper	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 26' 24''
131	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 26' 25''
132	SBARAGLI Kristian	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 26' 35''
133	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 26' 53''
134	GERSCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 26' 56''
135	ITAPIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI CSF	+ 27' 43''
136	BELBOUCHER David	FDJ	+ 28' 41''
137	ITAPIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	+ 28' 46''
138	ITASTERBINI Simone	BARDIANI CSF	+ 29' 59''
139	NEDMOURIS Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 31' 26''

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Monday, February 9: Stage 2, Al Wakra - Al Khor Corniche, 194 km

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 2.
© Qatar Cycling Federation/Paumer/B.Bade

The Race: Take a look at the stage results and you'll see the peloton broke into a lot of small groups. The strong desert winds that at times created sandstorms made sitting in almost impossible. Add in the peloton's ferocious pace of more than 50 km/hr and you have a recipe for a pack that had to fall apart.

Alexander Kristoff was the fastest of the riders who remained in the 13-man front group after the difficult day, winning both the stage and taking the overall lead.

Kristoff said this after the stage, "Last year, I did not win in Qatar. In general, I am not that good in the wind, so I'm proud of what I did today. I am in better shape than last year at the same time, my power data are somewhat higher." 

Complete Results:

Average speed: 50.642 km/hr

1	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	3hr 49min 51sec
2	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
3	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
4	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
5	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
6	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
7	BLYTHE Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
8	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
9	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
10	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
11	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
12	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
13	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
14	MAES Nikolas	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 06''
15	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
16	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 15''
17	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
18	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
19	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
20	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
21	GILBERT Philippe	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
22	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
23	PAOLINI Luca	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
24	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
25	VEELERS Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
26	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
27	DECLERCQ Tim	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
28	SCHORN Daniel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
29	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
30	FENN Andrew	TEAM SKY	s.t.
31	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
33	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
34	DE BACKER Bert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 30''
35	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 50''
36	ROLLIN Dominique	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 08''
37	REYNES MIMO Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
38	VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
39	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
40	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
41	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
42	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
43	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
44	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
45	AHLSTRAND Jonas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
46	ROJAS GIL José Joaquin	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
47	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
48	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
49	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	BRESCHEL Matti	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
51	WALLAYS Jelle	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
52	MORKOV Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
53	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
54	BOZIC Borut	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
55	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
56	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
57	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
58	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
59	KOZONTCHUK Dmitry	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	BOS Théo	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 06' 55''
61	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
62	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
63	IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
64	HOWARD Leigh	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
65	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
66	LANCASTER Brett Daniel	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
67	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
68	AREGGER Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
69	ERVITI OLLO Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
70	VENTOSO ALBERTI Francisco José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
71	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
72	SANZ UNZUE Enrique	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
73	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
74	SMUKULIS Gatis	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
75	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
76	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
77	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
78	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
79	PETIT Adrien	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
80	HERMANS Ben	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 09' 18''
81	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
82	ZABEL Rick	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
83	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
84	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
85	REGUIGUI Youcef	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
86	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
87	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
88	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
89	AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
90	COSTA Mario	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
91	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
92	VELITS Peter	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
93	VAN POPPEL Danny	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
94	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
95	LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
96	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
97	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
98	KITTEL Marcel	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
100	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
101	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
103	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
104	CIOLEK Gerald	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
105	PATE Danny	TEAM SKY	s.t.
106	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
107	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
108	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
109	WIGGINS Bradley	TEAM SKY	s.t.
110	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
111	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
112	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
113	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
114	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
115	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
116	VENTER Jacobus	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 12' 09''
117	CHAINEL Steve	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
118	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
119	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
120	STEEGMANS Gert	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
121	RAST Gregory	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
122	RICHEZE ARIEL Maximiliano	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
123	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI CSF	+ 23' 48''
124	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
125	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
126	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
127	HANSEN Jesper	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
128	MOURIS Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
129	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
130	SBARAGLI Kristian	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
131	BOUCHER David	FDJ	s.t.
132	VAN HOECKE Gijs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
133	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
134	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
135	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
136	STERBINI Simone	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
137	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
138	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
139	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.

Complete GC after Stage 2:

1	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	7hr 39min 31sec
2	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 01''
3	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 03''
4	GUARDINI Andrea	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 04''
5	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 08''
6	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 09''
7	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 00' 10''
8	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
9	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
10	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
11	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
12	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
13	BLYTHE Adam	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
14	MAES Nikolas	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 14''
15	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 16''
16	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 23''
17	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	+ 00' 25''
18	VEELERS Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
19	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
20	DECLERCQ Tim	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
21	GILBERT Philippe	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
22	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
24	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
25	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 43''
26	SCHORN Daniel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
27	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 50''
28	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
29	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 54''
30	SALOMEIN Jarl	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 00' 55''
31	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 58''
32	PAOLINI Luca	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 58''
33	FENN Andrew	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 41''
34	DE BACKER Bert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 56''
35	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 16''
36	ROJAS GIL José Joaquin	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03' 08''
37	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 18''
38	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
39	VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
40	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
41	AHLSTRAND Jonas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
42	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
43	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
44	BRESCHEL Matti	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
45	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
46	BOZIC Borut	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
47	VANDENBERGH Stijn	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
49	REYNES MIMO Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
50	ROLLIN Dominique	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 51''
51	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
52	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
53	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
54	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
55	WALLAYS Jelle	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
56	MORKOV Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 33''
57	TRUSOV Nikolay	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 34''
58	KOZONTCHUK Dmitry	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
59	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 07' 01''
60	BOS Théo	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 07' 05''
61	SHOWARD Leigh	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
62	AREGGER Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
63	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
64	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
65	SMUKULIS Gatis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 07' 30''
66	VENTOSO ALBERTI Francisco José	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 07' 38''
67	IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
68	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
69	ERVITI OLLO Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
70	LANCASTER Brett Daniel	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
71	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
72	BRUTT Pavel	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 08' 21''
73	SANZ UNZUE Enrique	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
74	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
76	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 09' 02''
77	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 09' 27''
78	REGUIGUI Youcef	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 09' 28''
79	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
80	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 09' 34''
81	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 09' 34''
82	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 09' 41''
83	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 09' 53''
84	ZABEL Rick	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 10' 01''
85	AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
86	SUTTON Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
87	KITTEL Marcel	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
88	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
89	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
90	LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
91	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
92	VELITS Peter	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
93	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
94	WIGGINS Bradley	TEAM SKY	s.t.
95	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
96	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 11''
97	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 10' 12''
98	RUFFONI Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	+ 10' 44''
99	COSTA Mario	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
100	HERMANS Ben	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
101	TUFT Svein	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
102	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	CIOLEK Gerald	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
104	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
105	VAN POPPEL Danny	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
106	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
107	VAN HECKE Preben	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
108	CAMPENAERTS Victor	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
109	PETIT Adrien	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 10' 59''
110	KNEES Christian	TEAM SKY	+ 11' 57''
111	VAN ZYL Johann	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
112	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
113	PATE Danny	TEAM SKY	s.t.
114	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
115	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
116	STEEGMANS Gert	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 12' 19''
117	RAST Gregory	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
118	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 13' 09''
119	VENTER Jacobus	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 13' 35''
120	CHAINEL Steve	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 13''
121	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 23''
122	RICHEZE ARIEL Maximiliano	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 18' 03''
123	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 23' 58''
124	VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
125	BOOM Lars	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 23' 58''
126	SBARAGLI Kristian	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 24' 23''
127	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 24' 42''
128	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 24' 44''
129	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 24' 48''
130	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 24' 50''
131	LE BON Johan	FDJ	+ 25' 14''
132	VAN HOECKE Gijs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
133	HANSEN Jesper	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
134	LARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
135	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI CSF	+ 26' 27''
136	BOUCHER David	FDJ	s.t.
137	STERBINI Simone	BARDIANI CSF	+ 26' 48''
138	PIECHELE Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	+ 26' 53''
139	MOURIS Jens	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 30' 32''

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Sunday, February 8: Stage 1, Dukhan - Sealine Beach, 136 km.

The Race: José Joaquin Rojas won the Tour of Qatar's first stage, ahead of Tom Boonen and Arnaud Démare. Démare was frustrated because he couldn't get his bike into its highest gear for the sprint, his derailleur wouldn't drop the chain into his eleven-tooth cog.

Rojas started his sprint from way back, and though Boonen and Démare were closing in on him as he began to fade, there was enough juice in his tank to make it to the finish line first.

Surprisingly, both Marcel Kittle and Bradley Wiggins were unable to finish in the front group of 51 riders.

Complete Results:

35.504 km/hr average speed.

1	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	3hr 49min 50sec
2	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
4	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
5	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
6	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
7	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
8	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
9	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
10	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
11	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
12	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
13	Théo BOS	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
14	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
15	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
16	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
17	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
18	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
19	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
20	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
21	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
22	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
23	Leigh HOWARD	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
24	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
25	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
26	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
27	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
28	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
29	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
30	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
31	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
32	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
33	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
34	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
35	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
36	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
37	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
38	Gert STEEGMANS	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
39	Lars BOOM	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
40	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	s.t.
41	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
42	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
43	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	s.t.
44	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
45	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
46	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
47	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
48	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
49	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
50	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
52	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 13sec
53	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 18sec
54	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
55	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	@ 25sec
56	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
57	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
58	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
59	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 33sec
61	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
62	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
63	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
65	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
66	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
67	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
68	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
69	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
71	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
72	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
73	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
74	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
75	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
76	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
77	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	s.t.
78	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	s.t.
79	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
80	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
81	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
82	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
83	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
84	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
85	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
86	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
87	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
88	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
89	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
90	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 44sec
91	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
92	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	@ 46sec
93	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 50sec
94	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
95	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 52sec
96	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 1min 16sec
97	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
98	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
99	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
100	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
101	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
102	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
103	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
104	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
105	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
106	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
107	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
108	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
109	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
110	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
111	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
112	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
113	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
114	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
115	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
116	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
117	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
118	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
119	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
120	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
121	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
122	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 29sec
123	David BOUCHER	FDJ	s.t.
124	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
125	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
126	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
127	Enrico BATTAGLIN	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
128	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
129	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
130	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
131	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
132	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
133	Simone STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	@ 2min 50sec
134	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	@ 2min 55sec
135	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 3min 54sec
136	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
137	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
138	Luca STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	@ 5min 44sec
139	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
140	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
141	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 6min 34sec

Complete GC after Stage 1:

1	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	3hr 49min 40sec
2	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 4sec
3	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	@ 6sec
4	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 8sec
5	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	@ 9sec
6	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 10sec
7	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
8	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
9	Heinrich HAUSSLER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
10	Andrea GUARDINI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
11	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
12	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
13	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
14	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
15	Théo BOS	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
16	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
17	Tom VEELERS	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
18	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
19	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
20	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
21	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
22	Tim DECLERCQ	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
23	Leigh HOWARD	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
24	Maciej BODNAR	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
25	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
26	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
27	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
28	Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
29	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
30	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
31	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
32	Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
33	Vicente REYNES	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
34	Marcel AREGGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
35	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
36	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
37	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
38	Gert STEEGMANS	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
39	Lars BOOM	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
40	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	s.t.
41	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
42	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
43	Yoann OFFREDO	FDJ	s.t.
44	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
45	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
46	Nikolas MAES	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
47	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
48	Gregory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
49	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
50	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	Boy VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
52	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 23sec
53	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 28sec
54	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
55	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	@ 35sec
56	Mitchell DOCKER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
57	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
58	Roger KLUGE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
59	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 39sec
61	Jarl SALOMEIN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	@ 40sec
62	Luca PAOLINI	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 43sec
63	Sven Erik BYSTRÖM	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
64	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
65	Marcel KITTEL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
66	Francisco VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
67	Rick ZABEL	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
68	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
69	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
70	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
71	Adam BLYTHE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
72	Dominique ROLLIN	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
73	Jasha SUTTERLIN	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
74	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
75	Martin VELITS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
76	Ramon SINKELDAM	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
77	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
78	Murilo Antonio FISCHER	FDJ	s.t.
79	Christopher SUTTON	TEAM SKY	s.t.
80	Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
81	Bradley WIGGINS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
82	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
83	Pablo LASTRAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
84	Brett LANCASTER	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
85	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
86	Jelle WALLAYS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
87	Iljo KEISSE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
88	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
89	Peter VELITS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
90	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 54sec
91	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
92	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	@ 56sec
93	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 1min 0sec
94	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
95	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 1min 2sec
96	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 1min 26sec
97	Svein TUFT	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
98	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
99	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
100	Nicola RUFFONI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
101	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
102	Andrew FENN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
103	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
104	Laurens DE VREESE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
105	Bert DE BACKER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
106	Mario COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
107	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
108	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
109	Enrique SANZ UNZUE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
110	Jonas VAN GENECHTEN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
111	Jaco VENTER	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
112	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
113	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
114	Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
115	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
116	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
117	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
118	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
119	Jesper HANSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
120	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
121	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
122	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 39sec
123	David BOUCHER	FDJ	s.t.
124	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
125	Nicola BOEM	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
126	Stefano PIRAZZI	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
127	Enrico BATTAGLIN	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
128	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
129	Tom STAMSNIJDER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
130	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
131	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
132	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
133	Simone STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	@ 3min 0sec
134	Andrea PIECHELE	BARDIANI CSF	@ 3min 5sec
135	Steve CHAINEL	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	@ 4min 4sec
136	Cyril LEMOINE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
137	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
138	Luca STERBINI	BARDIANI CSF	@ 5min 52sec
139	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
140	Ariel Maximiliano RICHEZE	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
141	Jens MOURIS	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 6min 44sec