Blain takes stage, race lead in Normandie on stage 3
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Frenchman escapes to put Raleigh into first two on GC
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Raleigh | 3:43:21 |
| 2 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Raleigh | |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) | 0:00:20 |
| 4 | Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Itera-Katusha | |
| 5 | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
| 6 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Team Raleigh | |
| 7 | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | |
| 8 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Team Cult Energy | |
| 9 | Michael Olsson (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | |
| 10 | Alo Jakin (Est) | |
| 11 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | |
| 12 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | |
| 13 | Stefan Kueng (Swi) | |
| 14 | Tomasz Olejnick (Pol) | |
| 15 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:00:23 |
| 16 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:47 |
| 17 | Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Trek CT | |
| 18 | Marco Benfatto (Ita) Continental Team Astana | |
| 19 | Gerry Druyts (Bel) | |
| 20 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Cult Energy | |
| 21 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 22 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) | |
| 23 | Ivar Slik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | |
| 24 | Jakub Novak (Cze) | |
| 25 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | |
| 26 | Christer Jensen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 27 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) | |
| 28 | Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | |
| 29 | Martin Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | |
| 30 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Leopard Trek CT | |
| 31 | Tim Kerkhof (Ned) | |
| 32 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 33 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 34 | Vegard Breen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 35 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | |
| 36 | Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 37 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 38 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 39 | Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 40 | Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 41 | Niels Vandyck (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 42 | David Boutville (Fra) | |
| 43 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | |
| 44 | Roman Semyonov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | |
| 45 | Julien Morice (Fra) | |
| 46 | Erwan Brenterch (Fra) | |
| 47 | Jeremy Cornu (Fra) | 0:00:56 |
| 48 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 49 | Richard Lang (Aus) Team Raleigh | |
| 50 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 51 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | |
| 52 | Michal Olejnik (Pol) | |
| 53 | Loic Vliegen (Bel) | |
| 54 | Maxime Renault (Fra) | |
| 55 | Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 56 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 57 | Cyrille Patoux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 58 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 59 | Lars Andersson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | |
| 60 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 61 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
| 62 | Luke Grivell-Mellor (GBr) | |
| 63 | Mats Boeve (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:01:04 |
| 64 | Christopher De Souza (Fra) | 0:01:23 |
| 65 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:01:31 |
| 66 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:01:37 |
| 67 | Daan Myngheer (Bel) | 0:01:43 |
| 68 | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:02:01 |
| 69 | Michael Cuming (GBr) | 0:02:47 |
| 70 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:02:49 |
| 71 | Jérémy Morel (Fra) | |
| 72 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:04:06 |
| 73 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:04:20 |
| 74 | Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:08:34 |
| 75 | Romain Bacon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:08:42 |
| 76 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:12:37 |
| 77 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:17:23 |
| 78 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:19:05 |
| 79 | Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | |
| 80 | Daniel Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek CT | 0:19:07 |
| 81 | Michael Stevenson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:19:44 |
| 82 | Tilegen Maidos (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:24:51 |
| 83 | Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | |
| 84 | Igor Frolov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | |
| 85 | Maxwell Stuart Durtschi (USA) Leopard Trek CT | 0:24:54 |
| 86 | Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | |
| 87 | Kristian House (GBr) | |
| 88 | Viktor Shmalko (Rus) Itera-Katusha | |
| 89 | Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | |
| 90 | Maksim Razumov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | |
| 91 | Robert Pölder (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | |
| 92 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) | |
| 93 | Piero Baffi (Ita) Leopard Trek CT | |
| 94 | Sondre Gjerdevik Sörtveit (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 95 | Florent Gougeard (Fra) | |
| 96 | Mikkel Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | |
| 97 | Ignazio Moser (Ita) | |
| 98 | Tom Devriendt (Bel) | |
| 99 | Joshua Atkins (NZl) | |
| 100 | Maxim Pokidov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | |
| 101 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) | |
| 102 | Arron Buggle (Irl) | |
| 103 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Team Raleigh | |
| 104 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) | |
| 105 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 106 | Taruia Krainer (Fra) | |
| 107 | James Mclaughlin (GBr) | |
| 108 | Cédric Delaplace (Fra) | |
| 109 | Edward Laverack (GBr) | |
| 110 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
| 111 | Marc Fournier (Fra) | |
| 112 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | |
| 113 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 114 | Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Trek CT | |
| 115 | René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:25:19 |
| 116 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 117 | Alexey Ryabkin (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:25:49 |
| 118 | Olivier Poppe (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:26:03 |
| 119 | Gert Lodewijks (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| DNF | Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | |
| DNF | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| DNF | Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Romain Delalot (Fra) | |
| DNF | Anthony Turgis (Fra) | |
| DNF | Ludwig Laffille (Fra) | |
| DNF | Flavien Maurelet (Fra) | |
| DNF | Taylor Eisenhart (USA) | |
| DNF | Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| DNF | Philip Lindau (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | |
| DNF | Alexander Gingsjö (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | |
| DNF | Julien Guay (Fra) | |
| DNF | Anthony Mira (Fra) | |
| DNF | André Steensen (Den) Team Cult Energy | |
| DNF | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) | |
| DNS | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| DNS | Richard Handley (GBr) | |
| DNS | Kévin Thome (Bel) Verandas Willems |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Raleigh | 12:26:17 |
| 2 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Team Raleigh | 0:00:13 |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) | |
| 4 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:00:27 |
| 5 | Alo Jakin (Est) | 0:00:30 |
| 6 | Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:00:34 |
| 7 | Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Trek CT | 0:00:37 |
| 8 | Michael Olsson (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | 0:00:41 |
| 9 | Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | 0:00:44 |
| 10 | Stefan Kueng (Swi) | 0:00:45 |
| 11 | Ivar Slik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | 0:00:47 |
| 12 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | 0:00:51 |
| 13 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | 0:00:57 |
| 14 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:00:58 |
| 15 | Vegard Breen (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:00:59 |
| 16 | Gerry Druyts (Bel) | 0:01:00 |
| 17 | Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:01:03 |
| 18 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:01:04 |
| 19 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:05 |
| 20 | Marco Benfatto (Ita) Continental Team Astana | 0:01:08 |
| 21 | Erwan Brenterch (Fra) | |
| 22 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:01:09 |
| 23 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Leopard Trek CT | 0:01:13 |
| 24 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:01:14 |
| 25 | Martin Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:01:15 |
| 26 | Roman Semyonov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:01:33 |
| 27 | Tomasz Olejnick (Pol) | |
| 28 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:01:35 |
| 29 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) | 0:01:43 |
| 30 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Raleigh | 0:01:49 |
| 31 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:01:54 |
| 32 | Michal Olejnik (Pol) | 0:01:57 |
| 33 | David Boutville (Fra) | 0:02:04 |
| 34 | Cyrille Patoux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:02:09 |
| 35 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:02:11 |
| 36 | Jeremy Cornu (Fra) | 0:02:32 |
| 37 | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:02:41 |
| 38 | Lars Andersson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:02:53 |
| 39 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) | 0:02:58 |
| 40 | Christer Jensen (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:03:17 |
| 41 | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:03:36 |
| 42 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:03:42 |
| 43 | Jakub Novak (Cze) | 0:04:04 |
| 44 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:04:25 |
| 45 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:04:27 |
| 46 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:04:42 |
| 47 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:04:58 |
| 48 | Christopher De Souza (Fra) | 0:05:08 |
| 49 | Maxime Renault (Fra) | 0:05:46 |
| 50 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Rabobank Development Team | 0:06:31 |
| 51 | Reidar Bohlin Borgersen (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:06:40 |
| 52 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:06:51 |
| 53 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:07:00 |
| 54 | Loic Vliegen (Bel) | 0:07:06 |
| 55 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | 0:07:24 |
| 56 | Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:07:28 |
| 57 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:07:44 |
| 58 | Luke Grivell-Mellor (GBr) | 0:08:19 |
| 59 | Julien Morice (Fra) | 0:08:20 |
| 60 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:08:37 |
| 61 | Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:08:45 |
| 62 | Tim Kerkhof (Ned) | 0:08:51 |
| 63 | Richard Lang (Aus) Team Raleigh | 0:09:09 |
| 64 | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:09:21 |
| 65 | Daan Myngheer (Bel) | 0:09:34 |
| 66 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:11:18 |
| 67 | Niels Vandyck (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:11:28 |
| 68 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | 0:13:24 |
| 69 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:14:52 |
| 70 | Jérémy Morel (Fra) | 0:14:56 |
| 71 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:15:54 |
| 72 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:17:17 |
| 73 | Michael Cuming (GBr) | 0:17:35 |
| 74 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:18:56 |
| 75 | Daniel Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek CT | 0:19:22 |
| 76 | Mats Boeve (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:22:50 |
| 77 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:24:52 |
| 78 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:25:00 |
| 79 | Romain Bacon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:25:03 |
| 80 | Maxim Pokidov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:25:04 |
| 81 | Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Cult Energy | 0:25:18 |
| 82 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | 0:25:39 |
| 83 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) | 0:25:44 |
| 84 | Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:25:45 |
| 85 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) | 0:25:54 |
| 86 | Tilegen Maidos (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:26:10 |
| 87 | Igor Frolov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:26:14 |
| 88 | Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Continental Team Astana | 0:26:16 |
| 89 | Maksim Razumov (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:26:17 |
| 90 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Team Raleigh | 0:26:32 |
| 91 | Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | 0:26:40 |
| 92 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) | 0:26:43 |
| 93 | Cédric Delaplace (Fra) | 0:28:21 |
| 94 | James Mclaughlin (GBr) | 0:28:38 |
| 95 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:29:02 |
| 96 | Michael Stevenson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:29:15 |
| 97 | Sondre Gjerdevik Sörtveit (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 98 | Alexey Ryabkin (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:29:49 |
| 99 | Ignazio Moser (Ita) | 0:30:58 |
| 100 | Marc Fournier (Fra) | 0:31:03 |
| 101 | René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team NSP-Ghost | 0:31:25 |
| 102 | Taruia Krainer (Fra) | 0:31:33 |
| 103 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:31:35 |
| 104 | Mikkel Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:31:47 |
| 105 | Kristian House (GBr) | 0:31:53 |
| 106 | Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Trek CT | 0:32:01 |
| 107 | Edward Laverack (GBr) | 0:32:02 |
| 108 | Joshua Atkins (NZl) | 0:32:24 |
| 109 | Florent Gougeard (Fra) | 0:32:31 |
| 110 | Robert Pölder (Swe) Team People4you - Unaas Cycling | 0:32:44 |
| 111 | Maxwell Stuart Durtschi (USA) Leopard Trek CT | 0:32:47 |
| 112 | Piero Baffi (Ita) Leopard Trek CT | 0:32:54 |
| 113 | Gert Lodewijks (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:33:14 |
| 114 | Olivier Poppe (Bel) Verandas Willems | 0:34:10 |
| 115 | Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | 0:34:26 |
| 116 | Arron Buggle (Irl) | 0:37:55 |
| 117 | Viktor Shmalko (Rus) Itera-Katusha | 0:39:44 |
| 118 | Tom Devriendt (Bel) | 0:41:03 |
| 119 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:42:09 |
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