Brändle wins final stage of Tour of Oman
Valls seals overall victory
Matthias Brändle (IAM Cycling) soloed to victory on the final stage of the Tour of Oman, beating fellow escapee Iljo Keisse (Etixx-QuickStep). The former Hour Record holder attacked his breakaway companions with three kilometres remaining to win by just four seconds. Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) dropped Danny Pate (Team Sky) to take third place and complete his full set of days in the break.
As the four leaders completed the first of three passages through the finish line, they held a commanding lead of almost three minutes. It was almost certain that they would stay away to the finish and from there it was simply a case of playing their cards right.
“It was a little bit like in [the Tour of] Britain: we were strong riders, we worked together and we had to do a bit of a team time trial and keep a good speed,” Brändle said at the finish. “We had to work together in the climbs to make sure that we didn’t push too hard in the climbs and in the end I was lucky that I was the strongest.”
The group stayed together until the final circuit before Pate struck out on the small unclassified climb on the finishing circuit, but Brändle had the gas in the tank to follow his wheel and dropped him. It then became a drag race to the finish with Keisse tracking him down quickly and almost making the catch.
“It was the thing that I was afraid of,” Brändle said of Keisse’s ability in a sprint. “That’s why I attacked him in the last climb because I saw that he was suffering a bit in the climbs. So I thought, don’t take a risk, try to drop him before the final and the percentage of winning will be higher if we go to a sprint.”
The bunch finished more than a minute behind Brändle with Rafael Valls finishing safely inside to seal overall victory. The Lampre-Merida rider had a trouble free day in the peloton to ensure his position at the top of the overall classification with Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) rounding out the podium.
How it unfolded
After the heavy debate regarding extreme heat that surrounded the cancellation of stage five, the temperature fell almost 20 degrees for a more balmy start to the final day of racing. For the first time this week, grey skies greeted the peloton as they lined up for the start but the wind was still an ever-present menace.
Van Meirhaeghe was at it again almost from the outset, attacking out of the bunch at the nearest opportunity together with Keisse. Brändle was the next to join the duo with Pate completing the quartet after seven kilometres of racing. Jelle Wallays (Topsport-Vlaanderen-Baloise) also tried to jump over to the leaders but didn’t make it. He got as close as six seconds but the difficult crosswinds along the coast proved too much of a challenge and he was caught after plugging on alone for 15 kilometres.
None of the escapees were of any concern to the race leader Valls and his Lampre-Merida team were all too happy to let them go. Despite the short nature of the stage, the gap to the leaders was allowed to soar to nine minutes by the time they’d reached the feed zone after the halfway point.
With the sprint finish they were looking for quickly slipping through their grasp, Cofidis took up the chase, stringing out the peloton and lopping a minute off the leaders’ advantage. However, it was too little too late. The twisting and technical descents off the two classified climbs, which also featured in the finale of stage 2, were too hard for the peloton to mount a significant challenge.
It was the ascent that did it for points jersey wearer Andrea Guardini (Astana) who finished the day in a small gruppetto several minutes down, but in the event, the bunch sprint – won by Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) – was ultimately only for fifth place, as Brändle took the spoils.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 3:02:31 |
2 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:00:04 |
3 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:13 |
4 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 0:00:16 |
5 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:16 |
6 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:32 |
85 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:01:42 |
86 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:47 |
88 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | 0:01:51 |
89 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:01:52 |
90 | Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:54 |
91 | Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:01:56 |
94 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | 0:02:02 |
95 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:02:29 |
96 | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:02:52 |
97 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:13 |
99 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | 0:03:16 |
100 | Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:03:39 |
105 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:55 |
106 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:57 |
107 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:58 |
108 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida | 0:04:02 |
109 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:04:05 |
111 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:05:42 |
112 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:05:52 |
113 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:07:02 |
115 | Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:20 |
124 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3 | pts |
2 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 3 | pts |
2 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 15 | pts |
2 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:02:44 |
2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:03 |
3 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:19 |
21 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:29 |
22 | Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:34 |
23 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:01:39 |
24 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:00 |
25 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:03:03 |
26 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:42 |
28 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:49 |
29 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:05:39 |
30 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:06:49 |
32 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:08:07 |
33 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | IAM Cycling | 9:10:05 |
2 | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:00:04 |
3 | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:13 |
4 | Team Sky | 0:00:16 |
5 | Astana Pro Team | 0:01:16 |
6 | Movistar Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Trek Factory Racing | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | BMC Racing Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | MTN-Qhubeka | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Bora-Argon 18 | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | FDJ | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Lampre - Merida | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Orica Greenedge | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Team Katusha | 0:01:54 |
18 | Bardiani CSF | 0:05:13 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida | 21:09:31 |
2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:09 |
3 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:19 |
4 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:32 |
5 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:01:04 |
6 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:01:08 |
7 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:10 |
8 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:15 |
9 | Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 0:01:25 |
10 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:36 |
11 | Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 0:01:45 |
12 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:56 |
13 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling | 0:02:03 |
14 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:02:06 |
15 | Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky | 0:02:23 |
16 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:02:27 |
17 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:35 |
18 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:37 |
19 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:02:57 |
20 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:23 |
21 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:31 |
22 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:03:53 |
23 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | 0:04:02 |
24 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:04:10 |
26 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:04:17 |
27 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | 0:04:21 |
28 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:04:55 |
29 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:05:02 |
30 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:05:03 |
31 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:05:08 |
32 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:05:30 |
33 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:05:31 |
34 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:05:38 |
35 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 0:05:44 |
36 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:06:02 |
37 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:10 |
38 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:06:25 |
39 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:07:00 |
40 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:01 |
41 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | 0:07:07 |
42 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida | 0:07:14 |
43 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ | 0:07:19 |
44 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:07:33 |
45 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team | 0:08:17 |
46 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:08:18 |
47 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:08:28 |
48 | Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:08:51 |
49 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:09:17 |
51 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:09:29 |
52 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:09:57 |
53 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:10:05 |
54 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:10:12 |
55 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:10:14 |
56 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | 0:10:51 |
57 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:11:13 |
58 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:11:16 |
60 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:11:19 |
61 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:11:20 |
62 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:11:44 |
64 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | 0:11:45 |
65 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling | 0:12:15 |
66 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:12:16 |
67 | Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:12:20 |
68 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:12:22 |
69 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:12:52 |
70 | Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:12:59 |
71 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 0:13:15 |
72 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:13:18 |
73 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:13:25 |
74 | Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:13:31 |
75 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:13:55 |
76 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:13:58 |
77 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:14:04 |
78 | Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:14:06 |
80 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:14:28 |
82 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:14:41 |
83 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:14:43 |
84 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | 0:15:16 |
85 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:15:26 |
86 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:15:31 |
87 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:16:06 |
88 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 0:16:20 |
89 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:16:30 |
90 | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:16:31 |
91 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:16:50 |
92 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:17:54 |
93 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:17:59 |
94 | Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:18:30 |
95 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:18:48 |
96 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | 0:18:52 |
97 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:19:20 |
98 | Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:19:43 |
99 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:19:58 |
100 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:20:04 |
101 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 0:20:29 |
102 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | 0:20:33 |
104 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:20:39 |
105 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:20:56 |
106 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 0:21:12 |
107 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | 0:21:43 |
109 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 0:21:47 |
110 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 0:22:07 |
111 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:23:10 |
112 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | 0:23:15 |
113 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:23:33 |
114 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:23:50 |
115 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:24:23 |
116 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:24:36 |
117 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:26:13 |
118 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ | 0:27:09 |
119 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | 0:27:21 |
120 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:27:46 |
121 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | 0:28:12 |
122 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | 0:28:43 |
123 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:28:59 |
124 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:29:49 |
125 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:29:52 |
126 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:30:51 |
127 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:31:23 |
128 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:31:42 |
129 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:32:35 |
130 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:32:56 |
131 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:33:06 |
132 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:34:00 |
133 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:36:01 |
134 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:38:49 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 31 | pts |
2 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 31 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 24 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 21 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | 18 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 16 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 16 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida | 15 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | 15 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling | 15 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 15 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 15 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 13 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 12 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 11 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 11 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 9 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 7 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 6 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 6 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | 5 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 5 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 5 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 4 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 4 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | 4 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 3 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 3 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 3 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | 3 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | 3 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 3 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 2 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge | 2 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 1 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 1 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 1 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 21:10:39 |
2 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:00:28 |
3 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:02:45 |
4 | Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:03:02 |
5 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:03:55 |
6 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 0:04:36 |
7 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:07:10 |
8 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:07:20 |
9 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:07:43 |
10 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:08:21 |
11 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:08:57 |
12 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:09:04 |
13 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:09:06 |
14 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:12:10 |
15 | Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:12:50 |
16 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:12:58 |
17 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:13:20 |
18 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:14:18 |
19 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:14:23 |
20 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 0:15:12 |
21 | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:15:23 |
22 | Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:16:51 |
23 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step | 0:17:40 |
24 | Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:18:35 |
25 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:18:56 |
26 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:19:31 |
27 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:19:48 |
28 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:23:15 |
29 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | 0:27:04 |
30 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:28:44 |
31 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:31:48 |
32 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:31:58 |
33 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:37:41 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | BMC Racing Team | 63:33:29 |
2 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:09 |
3 | MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:54 |
4 | Astana Pro Team | 0:01:26 |
5 | Lampre - Merida | 0:02:30 |
6 | Team Sky | 0:04:02 |
7 | IAM Cycling | 0:04:18 |
8 | Bora-Argon 18 | 0:04:42 |
9 | Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:06:40 |
10 | Orica Greenedge | 0:07:28 |
11 | Trek Factory Racing | 0:09:54 |
12 | Movistar Team | 0:10:50 |
13 | Etixx-Quick Step | 0:12:04 |
14 | FDJ | 0:12:28 |
15 | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:12:35 |
16 | Team Katusha | 0:13:35 |
17 | Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:19:30 |
18 | Bardiani CSF | 0:20:04 |
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