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2015 Tour de France

102nd edition: July 4 - July 26, 2015

Wednesday, July 22: Stage 17, Digne les Bains - Pra-Loup

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Stage 17, Wednesday, July 22: 161 km, Digne les Bains - Pra-Loup

Stage 17 map and profile | Stage 17 photos | Stage 17 video | David L. Stanley stage 17 report

Rated ascents:

Km 40.0 - Col des Lèques, 6 kilometers @ 5.3% - category 3
Km 67.0 - Col de Toutes Aures, 6.1 kilometers @ 3.1% - category 3
Km 96.0 - Col de la Colle-Saint-Michel (1,431 m), 11 kilometers @ 5.2% - category 2
Km 139.0 - Col d'Allos (2,250 m), 14 kilometers @ 5.5% - category 1
Km 161.0 - Pra Loup (1,620 m), 6.2 kilometers @ 6.5% - category 2

Simon Geschke wins Tour stage 17

The Race: We have arrived. Today was the first of four days in the high Alps, the denouement of the 2015 Tour de France. There were five rated climbs, culminating in the storied Col d'Allos and an ascent to Pra Loup.

Before the stage started, here's how Le Tour saw the day:

The Tour de France is a romantic affair. Organizers and fans love to recall the good old days. Two kilometers before the finish of stage 17, riders will pass next to an arch that pays tribute to Bernard Thévenet's exploit at that precise location forty years ago. The temporary monument, on which yellow color is mixed with Peugeot-like black and white checked pattern, reminds that the Frenchman dethroned “the Cannibal” Eddy Merckx on 13 July 1975 to deprive him from winning his sixth Tour de France.

That day also remained in the history books for the fall in the ravine of the Bianchi team car driven by sport director Giancarlo Ferretti. It happened in the downhill of col d'Allos, which is notably a tricky one. The exact same stage from Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup was contested during the Critérium du Dauphiné last month. Romain Bardet attacked one kilometer before the col d'Allos and increased his lead in the downhill to win in Pra Loup.

The final ascent is only six kilometers long but it can be a nightmare in case of a hungerflat and it's almost impossible to put a hand in a pocket to take food in the downhill after passing the highest summit of this year's Tour de France. Chris Froome knows all the pitfalls of that stage for having ridden the Dauphiné. So does Vincenzo Nibali. Too bad the Italian is already 7.49 down on GC. He could have been the Thévenet of 2015.

There were 168 riders on the line to begin the stage. Trek Rider Laurent Didier did not start. They rolled off at 12:54 PM and immediately riders started attacking trying to be in that first break. Super-aggressor and Green Jersey owner Peter Sagan was among those making the attempt, but after twenty-five kilometers of racing, the peloton was still together.

On the first real ascent the Col des Lèques, though the pack was together, riders were spit out the back. Astonishingly, Tejay van Garderen was among the dropped riders. It was too much for Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling) and Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin) who both packed it in.

After 64 kilometers of riding, 24 riders were away: Tanel Kangert (Astana), Jan Bakelants and Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale), Thibaut Pinot and Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ), Richie Porte and Nicolas Roche (Sky), Rafal Majka and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Jonathan Castroviejo, José Herrada and Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), John Degenkolb and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin), Alberto Losada (Katusha), Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge), Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-Quick Step), Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar), Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Kristjian Durasek and Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida), Andrew Talansky and Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling), Merhawi Kudus, Serge Pauwels and Daniel Teklehaimanot (Mtn-Qhubeka)

Over the Col de Toutes Aures, the twenty-eight riders were 2min 20sec ahead of the field while the van Garderen group was a little more than two minutes behind, but continued to lose time as the second-category Col de la Colle-Saint-Michel began to bite. Van Garderen was said to be suffering from a headache, but there was no hint of his troubles the night before.

As the peloton slowed for a "natural break" around 70 kilometers into the stage, the van Garderen group was able to regain the peloton.

Bam! With ten kilometers left to climb on the Saint-Michel, Michael Rogers pulled Alberto Contador from the pack. Soon Contador was alone, pursued by a Movistar-led peloton. Though Contador was joined by Valverde, Team Sky then pulled the pack up to the pair.

But this attack was bad news for van Garderen, whose distress looked even worse as he seemed to be going backwards. He continued to slow and finally it was too much. He pulled over, and comforted by his mechanics, van Garderen got off his bike and abandoned the Tour de France while sitting in third place.

The break of 28 riders went over the Saint-Michel 3min 48sec ahead of the peloton with a group of five two and a half minutes behind the front escapees: Michael Rogers (Tinkoff), Adriano Malori (Movistar), Romain Sicard (Europcar), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Brice Feillu (Bretagne-Seche). Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) abandoned.

The intermediate sprint came with about fifty kilometers to go, and this time Peter Sagan didn't win it. Preceding him were Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin).

On the lower slopes of the Col d'Allos, with 35 kilometers to race, Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) was off the front with the big break shattered and riders strewn back down the hill. The Yellow Jersey group was nine minutes behind Geschke.

This was a hard day. World road champion Michal Kwiatkowski abandoned.

Geschke continued alone up the Allos with Mathias Frank chasing hard. Seven kilometers front the top of the Allos, Geschke was a minute ahead of Frank and two minutes ahead of what was left of the big break. The Yellow Jersey group was 11min 21 sec behind Frank.

Wow! Thibut Pinot (FDJ) left the front part of the break with an impressive acceleration and took off up the mountain in search of Geschke. He had a minute and a half gap to close. Geschke went over the top of the Allos 57 seconds ahead of Pinot, who is not a skilled descender, and the Allos descent is very challenging. In fact, Pinot crashed misjudging a corner, but he was up and on his bike almost immediately.

Dangerous, black clouds loomed up the road.

Bam! Further back and still climbing the Allos, Vincenzo Nibali attacked the Yellow Jersey group. Froome immediately went after him and quickly it was Froome, Nibali, Quintana, Valverde and Contador together, well away from the rest of the peloton. Richie Porte, a Sky teammate of Froome's who had been up the road, waited for the quintet.

On the descent, Contador crashed and had to stop twice, allowing the others to ride away from him. Further up, on the ascent to Pra Loup, Geschke started with a nearly two-minute lead on Pinot, who had been joined by Talansky and Frank.

Andrew Talansky went right on by Pinot and started seriously closing in on Geschke. But the gap was too large. With a kilometer to go, he was still nearly a minute back.

Further back, two Movistar riders who had been further up the road waited for the Froome group, giving Nairo Quintana three teammates.

Simon Geschke did it, winning the 2015 Tour's first day in the Alps. Talansky kept driving hard and finished 32 seconds later.

Further back, the long-awaited attack from Quintana came. His jump on the steep slope was impressive and Froome closed up only with great difficulty. With less than a kilometer to go, Quintana went again, and only Froome could close up. Then Froome tried to get away and Quintana was able to stay with him. Quintana jumped just before the line to finish just ahead of Froome with Valverde close behind. Contador, with torn shorts, finished more than two minutes behind Froome.

Complete Results:

Stage 17 photos | Stage 17 video

161 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.9 km/hr

1	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	4hr 12min 17sec
2	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	@ 32sec
3	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 1min 1sec
4	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 01' 36''
5	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 40''
6	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 27''
7	ROCHE Nicolas	SKY	+ 03' 02''
8	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	+ 03' 04''
9	PAUWELS Serge	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 03' 05''
10	YATES Adam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 03' 21''
11	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 26''
12	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 04' 50''
13	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 54''
14	GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 05' 55''
15	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 05' 58''
16	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 06''
17	QUEMENEUR Perrig	EUROPCAR	+ 06' 55''
18	QUINTANA Nairo Alexander	MOVISTAR	+ 07' 16''
19	VALLS FERRI Rafael	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
20	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
21	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 07' 23''
22	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 07' 31''
23	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 07' 52''
24	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 08' 18''
25	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 08' 32''
26	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 08' 47''
27	FEILLU Brice	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 09' 12''
28	PORTE Richie	SKY	s.t.
29	IZAGIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 09' 21''
30	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
31	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 09' 33''
32	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 09' 50''
33	ROLLAND Pierre	EUROPCAR	+ 09' 58''
34	JUNGELS Bob	TREK	+ 10' 10''
35	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK	s.t.
36	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
37	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	+ 11' 00''
38	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 26''
39	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
40	SICARD Romain	EUROPCAR	+ 12' 11''
41	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 12' 16''
42	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 12' 27''
43	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 12' 40''
44	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 13' 07''
45	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 18''
46	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
47	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 14' 42''
48	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 14' 56''
49	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
50	PLAZA Ruben	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 15' 26''
51	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
52	MALORI Adriano	MOVISTAR	s.t.
53	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
54	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
55	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 15' 40''
56	BAK Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 15' 47''
57	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 16' 13''
58	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 17' 47''
59	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
60	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 18' 03''
61	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
62	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
63	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 21' 05''
64	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
65	FEDRIGO Pierrick	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
66	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK	s.t.
67	GAUTIER Cyril	EUROPCAR	s.t.
68	VACHON Florian	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
69	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
70	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
71	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
72	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
73	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
74	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
76	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
77	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
78	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
79	RAST Gregory	TREK	s.t.
80	ARREDONDO Julian	TREK	s.t.
81	DE KORT Koen	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
82	MARTIN Daniel	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
83	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
84	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
85	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
86	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
87	RODRIGUEZ Joachim	KATUSHA	s.t.
88	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
89	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA	s.t.
90	TULIK ANGÉLO	EUROPCAR	s.t.
91	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
92	KONIG Leopold	SKY	+ 21' 32''
93	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 22' 13''
94	CARUSO Gianpaolo	KATUSHA	s.t.
95	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
96	MATE MARDONES Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
97	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
98	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
99	ANDERSEN Michael Valgren	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
100	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
101	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 23' 46''
102	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FDJ	+ 24' 34''
103	IRIZAR Markel	TREK	+ 25' 29''
104	NAULLEAU BRYAN	EUROPCAR	s.t.
105	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
106	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
107	GAUDIN Damien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
108	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	+ 26' 08''
109	DELAPLACE Anthony	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 27' 35''
110	FONSECA Armindo	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
111	VOECKLER Thomas	EUROPCAR	s.t.
112	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
113	GENE Yohann	EUROPCAR	s.t.
114	BRUN Fréderic	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
115	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
116	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	+ 29' 54''
117	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
118	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
119	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
120	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
121	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	s.t.
122	SERPA José	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
122	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
124	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
125	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
126	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
127	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK	s.t.
128	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
129	FARRAR Tyler	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
130	GERARD Arnaud	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
131	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
132	CAVENDISH Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
133	COQUARD Bryan	EUROPCAR	s.t.
134	GOLAS Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
135	PIMANTA José Joao	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
136	RENSHAW Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
137	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
138	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
139	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
140	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
141	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
142	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
143	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
144	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	s.t.
145	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
146	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
147	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
148	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
149	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
150	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
151	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
152	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
153	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
154	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
155	YATES Simon	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
156	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
157	TUFT Svein	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
158	TEN DAM Laurens	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
159	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
160	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
161	WEENING Pieter	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
162	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
163	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 37' 09''

GC after Stage 17:

GC leader: Christopher Froome
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan
Mountains classification leader: Christopher Froome
Young rider classification leader: Nairo Quintana
Team classification leader: Movistar
Red number for most aggressive rider winner: Simon Geschke

2,815.8 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.74 km/hr

1	FROOME Christopher	SKY	69hr 6min 49sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo Alexander	MOVISTAR	@ 3min 10sec
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 09''
4	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 06' 34''
5	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 06' 40''
6	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 07' 39''
7	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 08' 04''
8	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 47''
9	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK	+ 11' 47''
10	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 13' 08''
11	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 16' 04''
12	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 16' 25''
13	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 17' 52''
14	ROLLAND Pierre	EUROPCAR	+ 18' 37''
15	PAUWELS Serge	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 20' 07''
16	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 20' 12''
17	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 21' 14''
18	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 26' 14''
19	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 22''
20	IZAGIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 40' 48''
21	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 42' 31''
22	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 44' 34''
23	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 45' 12''
24	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	+ 45' 34''
25	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 46' 15''
26	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 49' 25''
27	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 56' 53''
28	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	@ 1hr 0min 37sec
29	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 01' 35''
30	RODRIGUEZ Joachim	KATUSHA	+ 01h 02' 19''
31	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 03' 01''
32	BAK Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 04' 26''
33	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 04' 39''
34	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 07' 02''
35	ROCHE Nicolas	SKY	+ 01h 08' 58''
36	JUNGELS Bob	TREK	+ 01h 13' 33''
37	YATES Adam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 01h 14' 51''
38	SICARD Romain	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 15' 11''
39	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 22' 21''
40	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 01h 22' 26''
41	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 22' 53''
42	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK	+ 01h 25' 17''
43	MARTIN Daniel	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 25' 33''
44	GAUTIER Cyril	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 26' 27''
45	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 01h 26' 33''
46	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 26' 51''
47	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 28' 07''
48	PLAZA Ruben	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 31' 17''
49	PORTE Richie	SKY	+ 01h 32' 24''
50	VOECKLER Thomas	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 32' 46''
51	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 32' 47''
52	OLIVEIRA Nelson	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 32' 57''
53	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 33' 11''
54	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 01h 35' 50''
55	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 36' 12''
56	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 39' 18''
57	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 39' 23''
58	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01h 40' 11''
59	FEDRIGO Pierrick	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 42' 30''
60	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 44' 05''
61	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	+ 01h 44' 27''
62	DE KORT Koen	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 46' 22''
63	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 01h 47' 29''
64	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01h 47' 30''
65	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 48' 09''
66	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 48' 51''
67	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 01h 49' 06''
68	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 01h 50' 51''
69	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 01h 51' 27''
70	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 01h 53' 40''
71	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 53' 41''
72	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 53' 51''
73	TEN DAM Laurens	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 55' 33''
74	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 55' 45''
75	GOLAS Michal	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 58' 07''
76	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 58' 49''
77	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 59' 01''
78	QUEMENEUR Perrig	EUROPCAR	+ 01h 59' 32''
79	WESTRA Lieuwe	ASTANA	+ 02h 00' 00''
80	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 01' 22''
81	VALLS FERRI Rafael	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 03' 06''
82	FEILLU Brice	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 03' 15''
83	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 04' 25''
84	IRIZAR Markel	TREK	+ 02h 04' 57''
85	TULIK ANGÉLO	EUROPCAR	+ 02h 05' 04''
86	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 05' 26''
87	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 02h 06' 06''
88	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 07' 03''
89	KONIG Leopold	SKY	+ 02h 07' 07''
90	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 07' 26''
91	DELAPLACE Anthony	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 10' 14''
92	GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 11' 18''
93	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 11' 25''
94	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 11' 33''
95	CUMMINGS Stephen	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 14' 29''
96	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 16' 34''
97	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 16' 43''
98	RAST Gregory	TREK	+ 02h 16' 51''
99	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 17' 09''
100	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 02h 17' 54''
101	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 02h 17' 54''
102	CARUSO Gianpaolo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 18' 04''
103	MALORI Adriano	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 19' 25''
104	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 02h 20' 39''
105	VACHON Florian	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 21' 01''
106	OSS Daniel	BMC	+ 02h 21' 18''
107	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 21' 35''
108	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 21' 51''
109	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 22' 43''
110	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FDJ	+ 02h 23' 12''
111	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 27' 22''
112	TRENTIN Matteo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 27' 49''
113	COQUARD Bryan	EUROPCAR	+ 02h 29' 22''
114	FONSECA Armindo	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 30' 03''
115	ANDERSEN Michael Valgren	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 30' 33''
116	YATES Simon	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 02h 30' 52''
117	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 02h 33' 56''
118	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 35' 14''
119	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 36' 51''
120	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 02h 38' 00''
121	POZZATO Filippo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 38' 24''
122	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 02h 38' 32''
123	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 02h 39' 24''
124	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 40' 28''
125	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 02h 40' 31''
126	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 41' 19''
127	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	+ 02h 41' 48''
128	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 02h 42' 18''
129	ARREDONDO Julian	TREK	+ 02h 43' 13''
130	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 43' 44''
131	GENE Yohann	EUROPCAR	+ 02h 45' 00''
132	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 02h 45' 49''
133	GERARD Arnaud	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 46' 27''
134	SERPA José	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 47' 08''
135	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 47' 27''
136	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 02h 48' 04''
137	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 48' 06''
138	CAVENDISH Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 48' 55''
139	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	+ 02h 49' 39''
140	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 50' 19''
141	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 02h 50' 41''
142	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02h 53' 12''
143	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 53' 32''
144	PIMANTA José Joao	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 53' 54''
145	GAUDIN Damien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 55' 41''
146	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 57' 52''
147	BRUN Fréderic	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 58' 59''
148	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 03h 00' 22''
149	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 03h 01' 42''
150	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 03h 01' 53''
151	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 03' 37''
152	WEENING Pieter	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 03h 03' 49''
153	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 03h 05' 30''
154	RENSHAW Mark	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 07' 51''
155	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK	+ 03h 07' 58''
156	FARRAR Tyler	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 03h 09' 22''
157	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 03h 12' 49''
158	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 14' 26''
159	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	+ 03h 18' 17''
160	NAULLEAU BRYAN	EUROPCAR	+ 03h 20' 16''
161	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 03h 20' 30''
162	TUFT Svein	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+ 03h 24' 58''
163	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	+ 03h 33' 49''