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UnitedHealthcare's Aussie star rides machine like the devil

Aussie fast man now retired
Archbold takes out final stage

The jersey holders await the start of stage 4 at the head of …

Mark McNally (An Post-Sean Kelly) defended his yellow jersey …

Shane Archbold (New Zealand) on the podium after winning stage …

If there's a more impressive mullet in the peloton than Shane …


Shane Archbold prevailed in the field sprint finale to stage …


| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand | 4:36:18 | |
| 2 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | ||
| 3 | César Bihel (Fra) Bretagne | ||
| 4 | Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | ||
| 5 | Luis Almonacid Mansilla (Chi) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | ||
| 6 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | ||
| 7 | Mark Christian (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 8 | Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | ||
| 9 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | ||
| 10 | Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 11 | Gilles Devillers (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | ||
| 12 | Nikola Aistrup (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | ||
| 13 | Yoeri Havik (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 14 | Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 15 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 16 | Jacques Bouchevreau (Fra) Team U. Nantes Atlantique | ||
| 17 | Kaspar Schjonnemann (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | ||
| 18 | Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | ||
| 19 | Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | ||
| 20 | Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | ||
| 21 | Rune Van Der Meijden (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 22 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | ||
| 23 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | ||
| 24 | Christopher Jennings (RSA) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | ||
| 25 | Damien Le Fustec (Fra) France Poursuite | ||
| 26 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 27 | Mads Meyer (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | ||
| 28 | Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | ||
| 29 | Niklas Aakvik (Nor) Plussbank Cervelo | ||
| 30 | Michael Olejnik (Pol) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | ||
| 31 | Arvin Moazemi (IRI) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | ||
| 32 | Mathieu Cloarec (Fra) Team U. Nantes Atlantique | ||
| 33 | Maxime Menez (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | ||
| 34 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | ||
| 35 | Christer Jensen (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 36 | Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 37 | David Chopin (Fra) Bretagne | ||
| 38 | Aurélien Louvel His (Fra) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | ||
| 39 | Edouard Louyest (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | ||
| 40 | Yann Botrel (Fra) Bretagne | ||
| 41 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | ||
| 42 | Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 43 | Anthony Vignes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | ||
| 44 | Marc Ryan (NZl) New Zealand | ||
| 45 | Stéphane Lebreton (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | ||
| 46 | Simon Gouedard (Fra) Bretagne | ||
| 47 | Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 48 | Connor MacConvey (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | ||
| 49 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus | ||
| 50 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | ||
| 51 | Nicolas Queyranne (Fra) AVC Aix en Provence | 0:00:13 | |
| 52 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 53 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | 0:00:25 | |
| 54 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:00:28 | |
| 55 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | ||
| 56 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | ||
| 57 | Tomasz Olejnik (Pol) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | 0:00:53 | |
| 58 | Julien Jegou (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | ||
| 59 | Houssam Nasri (Tun) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | ||
| 60 | Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 61 | Fabien Sidaner (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | 0:00:59 | |
| 62 | Aurélien Ribet (Fra) AVC Aix en Provence | 0:01:15 | |
| 63 | Joseph Cooper (NZl) New Zealand | 0:01:34 | |
| 64 | Vincent Ragot (Fra) Bretagne | 0:01:36 | |
| 65 | Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:09:20 | |
| 66 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | ||
| 67 | Vivien Brisse (Fra) France Poursuite | 0:18:15 | |
| DNF | Gwenaël Simon (Fra) Bretagne | ||
| DNF | Erwan Teguel (Fra) Team U. Nantes Atlantique | ||
| DNF | Thomas Lebas (Fra) AVC Aix en Provence | ||
| DNF | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | ||
| DNF | Aaron Gate (NZl) New Zealand | ||
| DNF | Myron Simpson (NZl) New Zealand | ||
| DNF | Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | 17:29:46 | |
| 2 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 3 | Gilles Devillers (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | 0:00:05 | |
| 4 | Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | 0:00:51 | |
| 5 | David Chopin (Fra) Bretagne | 0:01:00 | |
| 6 | Marc Ryan (NZl) New Zealand | 0:01:14 | |
| 7 | César Bihel (Fra) Bretagne | 0:01:23 | |
| 8 | Michael Olejnik (Pol) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | ||
| 9 | Edouard Louyest (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | 0:02:09 | |
| 10 | Jacques Bouchevreau (Fra) Team U. Nantes Atlantique | 0:03:03 | |
| 11 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 0:03:20 | |
| 12 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:03:39 | |
| 13 | Christopher Jennings (RSA) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:04:11 | |
| 14 | Nikola Aistrup (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | 0:04:21 | |
| 15 | Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | 0:04:37 | |
| 16 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:05:13 | |
| 17 | Connor MacConvey (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:06:30 | |
| 18 | Mark Christian (GBr) Great Britain | 0:06:38 | |
| 19 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus | 0:06:59 | |
| 20 | Anthony Vignes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | 0:07:40 | |
| 21 | Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | 0:10:50 | |
| 22 | Tomasz Olejnik (Pol) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | 0:10:53 | |
| 23 | Vincent Ragot (Fra) Bretagne | 0:11:24 | |
| 24 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 0:11:40 | |
| 25 | Aurélien Ribet (Fra) AVC Aix en Provence | 0:11:51 | |
| 26 | Rune Van Der Meijden (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 0:12:18 | |
| 27 | Fabien Sidaner (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | 0:12:22 | |
| 28 | Christer Jensen (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:13:08 | |
| 29 | Kaspar Schjonnemann (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | 0:14:32 | |
| 30 | Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain | 0:14:41 | |
| 31 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:15:10 | |
| 32 | Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:15:41 | |
| 33 | Yann Botrel (Fra) Bretagne | 0:15:52 | |
| 34 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | 0:16:05 | |
| 35 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain | 0:16:30 | |
| 36 | Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 0:17:11 | |
| 37 | Luis Almonacid Mansilla (Chi) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | 0:18:44 | |
| 38 | Simon Gouedard (Fra) Bretagne | 0:19:15 | |
| 39 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | 0:19:27 | |
| 40 | Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | 0:20:22 | |
| 41 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | 0:22:22 | |
| 42 | Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 43 | Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand | 0:23:40 | |
| 44 | Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | 0:24:06 | |
| 45 | Mads Meyer (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | 0:24:07 | |
| 46 | Mathieu Cloarec (Fra) Team U. Nantes Atlantique | ||
| 47 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | 0:24:12 | |
| 48 | Aurélien Louvel His (Fra) US Ste Austreberthe Pavilly | 0:24:15 | |
| 49 | Houssam Nasri (Tun) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | 0:25:05 | |
| 50 | Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 0:25:36 | |
| 51 | Maxime Menez (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | 0:26:04 | |
| 52 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:26:41 | |
| 53 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 0:26:56 | |
| 54 | Joseph Cooper (NZl) New Zealand | 0:28:02 | |
| 55 | Arvin Moazemi (IRI) UCI - Centre Mondial du Cyclisme | 0:28:16 | |
| 56 | Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:30:16 | |
| 57 | Yoeri Havik (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | ||
| 58 | Damien Le Fustec (Fra) France Poursuite | ||
| 59 | Adrian Gjolberg (Nor) Joker Merida | ||
| 60 | Stéphane Lebreton (Fra) Sojasun Espoir AC Noyal | ||
| 61 | Nicolas Queyranne (Fra) AVC Aix en Provence | 0:30:33 | |
| 62 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:31:40 | |
| 63 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:32:07 | |
| 64 | Julien Jegou (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 | 0:32:45 | |
| 65 | Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | 0:39:36 | |
| 66 | Niklas Aakvik (Nor) Plussbank Cervelo | 0:41:49 | |
| 67 | Vivien Brisse (Fra) France Poursuite | 0:48:31 |