Following the British Riders on the Tour de France - Stage 16

Saint Paul Trois Chateaux - Gap 163km | 2011 Tour de France Homepage

IMAGE OF THE DAY

Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain, right, Samuel Sanchez of Spain, left, and Cadel Evans of Australia, center, break away from the pack on the Col de Manse pass near Gap. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The element of surprise - a bike racer's most powerful weapon - and on stage sixteen of the 2011 Tour de France beautifully exposed by both Thor Hushovd for the stage win and Alberto Contador who regained over a minute of arrears on Andy Schleck.

On a day expected to favour the strongmen, the classic stage profile featuring a second category climb and decent to the line should have followed a basic formula; the outcome was anything but.

A reluctance to let a break go from the peloton - HTC with the defence of Mark Cavendish's green jersey in mind - kept the average speed high for the first two hours, a group of ten including Ryder Hesjedal, Thor Hushovd and Edvald Boassen Hagen going clear with just 60km of the stage remaining.

In 15km, the gap had extended to six minutes, underlining the intensity of the day thus-far and as the leaders hit the base of the Col de Manse Hesjedal made the first meaningful break, crossing the summit first.

Both Boassen Hagen and Hushovd sensed the danger and broke free of the group, climbing to eventually reach Hesjedal on the infamous descent which almost claimed Lance Armstrong's 2004 Tour.

With all three together, Hushovd was able to spring the first surprise of the day - jumping an inattentive Boassen Hagen from behind and taking to the line with 200 to go; meanwhile the Tour's GC contenders were shaping up for the most telling day yet. 

Following a series of stalemates in the Pyrenees a second category climb, inclement weather conditions and treacherous descent combined to expose a huge gap (no pun intended) in the Schleck's GC bid.

The initial attack on the Manse came from Alberto Contador, showing his first signs of strength days before the race hits the steep Alpine slopes. Initially easily matched and countered by Cadel Evans, both Schlecks, Thomas Voeckler and the rest of the peloton Contador needed to try again.

Moments later a wicked acceleration, followed by another left both Schleck's with their lights out and with their weak-suit of descending still to come the remaining trio of Contador, Evans and Sammy Sanchez went full gas.

Over the hill, Evans sensed his chance to gain yet more time, descending with urgency and dropping Contador to the tune of three seconds.

By the time Andy Schleck was over the line, the post race speech had already been composed - containing resentment, disdain and a complete lack of responsibility. Such a professional delivery was to be expected; he did, after all, have plenty of time to think of it on a slow, amateurish descent, as he lost over a minute to the escapees.

One man making no excuses was yellow jersey Thomas Voeckler; distanced in Contador's final attack he fought to retain the race lead, continuing to insist his succession to the great Bernard Hinault was fantasy.

STAGE 16 ON TWITTER - Why not join in the discussion on British Cycling's Facebook page?

Stage 16 and the Tweet-o-sphere was set alight by David Millar, offering suggestions around Mark Cavendish's new book.

"I have a book idea for @MarkCavendish. A no-holds barred glimpse into the workings of his head, it would be a genre-exploding piece of work."

"'Mark Cavendish - RANT' published on retirement: an homage. Each chapter an individual rant derived from random provocation eg. Flies, Cake."

It seems Millar's unique insight hitherto the content of said book, came from an end of day Cav Tweet...

"Well, the honour for provoking my 1st full-blown rant of this years #TdF, goes to the fly that keep landing on my leg. #sexpestinsects"

Results

Stage Result
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3:31:38
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:02
4 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:38
5 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:52
6 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:25
7 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
8 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:55
9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:01:58
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:23
12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:26
13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:44
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
16 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
17 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
19 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
20 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
21 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
22 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
24 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
25 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
28 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:02
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:17
30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:05:32
36 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
37 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
38 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
39 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:18
41 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
43 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:06:48
44 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:06:54
45 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
46 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:05
47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:07:12
48 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:07:21
49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
50 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
51 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
52 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:07:26
53 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
54 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
56 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
57 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
58 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
59 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
61 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
62 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
63 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
64 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:34
65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:08:08
66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
67 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
69 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
70 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
71 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
73 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
74 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:08:43
75 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:47
76 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:09:12
77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 0:09:22
78 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:09:59
80 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
81 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
82 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:35
83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
84 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:14
86 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
87 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
88 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
89 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
90 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
91 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
92 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
93 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
94 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
95 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:12:18
96 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:12:30
97 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
99 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
100 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:14:02
101 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
102 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
105 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
106 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:14:14
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
108 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:15:06
109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
111 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
112 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
113 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
114 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
116 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
117 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
118 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
119 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
120 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
123 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
124 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
125 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
126 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD
128 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
129 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
130 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
131 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
132 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
133 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
134 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
135 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
136 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
137 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
138 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
139 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
140 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
141 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
143 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:15:25
144 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
145 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
146 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
147 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
148 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
149 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
150 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
151 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
152 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
153 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
154 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
155 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
156 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
157 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
158 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
159 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
160 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
161 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
162 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
163 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
164 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
165 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
166 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
167 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:15:36
168 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:15:51
169 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
170 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:16:47

General classification after stage 15
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 69:00:56
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:45
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:49
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:03:03
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:26
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:42
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:49
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:04:01
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:04
10 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:55
11 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:20
12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:09:00
13 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:02
14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:53
15 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:10:01
16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:10:05
17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:10:38
18 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:06
19 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:56
20 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:13:03
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:14:36
22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:59
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:17:39
24 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:17:42
25 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:19:20
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:20:12
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:20:14
28 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:20:36
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:20:50
30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:21:39
31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:22:28
32 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:24:28
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:28:53
34 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:30:01
35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:30:24
36 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:32:38
37 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:33:33
38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:34:37
39 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:34:43
40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:36:00
41 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:39:28
42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:39:49
43 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:41:04
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:41:39
45 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:44:37
46 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:45:47
47 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:46:38
48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:47:18
49 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:47:50
50 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:48:24
51 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:50:08
52 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:50:14
53 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:51:04
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:10
55 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:55:51
56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:56:42
57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:56:44
58 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:58:39
59 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:59:34
60 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:04:48
61 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:04:58
62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:05:28
63 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 1:06:05
64 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:06:34
65 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 1:07:35
66 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:09:19
67 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:13:04
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:13:08
69 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:13:15
70 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:14:08
71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 1:15:01
72 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:15:44
73 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1:17:07
74 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:18:20
75 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:18:39
76 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:19:27
77 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:21:45
78 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 1:21:48
79 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:22:51
80 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 1:23:17
81 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:23:59
82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1:25:21
83 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 1:25:46
84 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:26:32
85 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:26:43
86 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:27:15
87 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1:27:42
88 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:27:43
89 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 1:29:42
90 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:30:39
91 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 1:30:48
92 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:32:48
93 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:35:18
94 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:35:48
95 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:36:09
96 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 1:36:57
97 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:38:19
98 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:38:39
99 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:42:52
100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:43:11
101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 1:43:17
102 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:44:32
103 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:47:13
104 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 1:48:08
105 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:48:24
106 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:48:59
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 1:50:26
108 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:51:10
109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:51:52
110 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:53:37
111 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:54:34
112 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1:54:59
113 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:56:21
114 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 1:56:27
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:56:28
116 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:56:32
117 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 1:56:46
118 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:56:49
119 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:56:54
120 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:59:11
121 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:59:24
122 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1:59:57
123 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:00:03
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 2:00:38
125 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:01:00
126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:01:07
127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:01:24
128 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 2:01:54
129 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 2:02:12
130 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:02:35
131 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 2:05:01
132 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 2:06:15
133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:08:11
134 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:08:15
135 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 2:08:28
136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:08:54
137 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:10:07
138 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 2:10:19
139 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2:10:52
140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:11:56
141 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 2:13:26
142 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:13:29
143 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:15:00
144 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:15:25
145 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 2:15:52
146 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:16:02
147 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:16:23
148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:16:41
149 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 2:16:47
150 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2:17:06
151 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 2:18:09
152 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:19:33
153 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:20:31
154 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:21:33
155 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:21:42
156 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 2:21:53
157 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 2:24:53
158 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:24:56
159 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 2:25:05
160 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:25:18
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2:29:42
162 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:30:06
163 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:30:28
164 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 2:30:32
165 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:30:36
166 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2:31:07
167 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 2:35:48
168 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:36:04
169 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:43:40
170 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 2:53:29

Points classification standings
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 319 pts
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 285
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 250
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 235
5 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 170

Mountains classification
1 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 74 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 45
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 28
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 26

Young rider classification
1 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 69:08:51
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:07
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:58
4 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:02:10
5 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:01

Teams classification
1 Team Garmin-Cervelo 206:31:24
2 Leopard Trek 0:07:01
3 Team Europcar 0:08:14
4 AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:04
5 Katusha Team 0:13:05
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:18:16
7 Team RadioShack 0:28:19
8 Sky Procycling 0:29:03
9 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:29:51
10 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:37:11
11 FDJ 0:37:34
12 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:42:36
13 HTC-Highroad 0:51:07
14 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:53:09
15 BMC Racing Team 0:57:03
16 Pro Team Astana 1:02:57
17 Rabobank Cycling Team 1:10:56
18 Saur - Sojasun 1:18:53
19 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:19:06
20 Liquigas-Cannondale 1:19:55
21 Lampre - ISD 1:37:24