Finally some relief from the relentless climbs that have battered the riders - indeed there were several very tired looking faces after yesterdays leg sapping climb. Schleck surrendered his leaders jersey to Martin who has been excellent all race.
Did I say relief - of course this 'race to the sun' could never let up today the riders like the flat stage earlier on face massive winds - disappointment perhaps for some of the young sprint pups who may prefer to hide in their team cars suckling at their team managers teets.
We get a six man break - and this really is the perfect day to get in it - the wind could make the chase very difficult.
Here are the lucky six:
Weening Dees Villella Clement Lopez Garcia Cuming
A real mix of riders here, for some like Weening and Clement it is a case of teams desperately trying to get more out of a race that has fallen a little short of expectations. For others like Villella it is a direct response from his usually cuddly and warm manager who has been reportedly barking mad at his teams inability to get into breaks. No such issues for Gazelle who have been everyones favourite getting in breakaways all day every day - well favoured as they have done nothing much at the business end of course.
They are not going to be allowed a completely free ride - such a large peloton is likely to carry a few teams hopeful of setting up a sprint even in very blustery conditions.
Simply Red Bull and Project 1t4i are the teams whose sprinter Soupe and Kreder looked capable in the first sprint stage.
No real interest in the intermediates the break rolled over both. The interest today is in the gaps and whether the wind can do anything. With 50km remaining the gap is just three minutes.
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank add their very efficient team to the chase.
Indeed now the weather is turning very sour as the rain lashes down and the wind is high - some riders do not fancy this and out the back door they go.
Costagli (28th on GC) is the biggest GC name of note in this first group.
Of course I say first group as there is no letting up at the front so we get more and more splinter groups falling off the back as climbers aplenty are falling off.
Rujano (18th GC) Frank (17th GC) Suaza (21st GC) Gomez Marchante (16th GC) are next to go.
Here is another of Good Energy youngsters slipping off the back.
This is Faiers and we can see Pinot is struggling right at the back of the pack as well.
The Rothaus jerseys were around Krieger and indeed the young sprinter is next to drop.
This flat by the coast run in is proving a real nasty one - it is usual in such days for the break to get some freedom but with 20km to go they have just 1.20 of a lead left.
The Tinkoff and Simply Red Bull managers have really cracked the whip on this last road stage - neither have big ambitions tomorrow so it is all in. Never one to miss a good ganging VolksWagen-Mapei's team manager instructs his team to join in the fun.
The pack is down to just 77 riders but things get even worse as this now split in two!
GC guys Fothen (GC 9th), Velits (GC 13th) and Pinot (GC 12th) are in the second group.
So is Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank sprinter Trusov as well as Kolesnikov (GC 14th) so back come the black clad troops on mass.
Simply Red Bull are on front on the first group. We have a race here!
It is a bit of a mismatch with Tinkoff easily coming back merging the two groups again. Of course as they get back we get a lot of hesitation in the pack and this is to the advantage of the breakaway. How much have they got left now.
Their lead has gone back up 2 minutes with 10km left - they are in the wind but it looks very favourable for them now.
Weening decides his best chances are solo.
No dice though as he is closed down quickly - the break now hesitate and struggle in the wind slightly their lead is chopped back to a minute again.
The reason is that finally Tinkoff have got their act together on the front, how long can they do this devestating pace though?
We can see the jerseys of Dan Martin, Tony Martin and Rein Taaramae near the front. These guys know how to ride in the rain and wind.
It is just a 76 man pack and all remaining GC riders need to be vigilant the dropped riders are 3 minutes plus back now and some will drop ranking points as a result.
The break perservere up front now just 6km left and two riders are slipping back along the seafront.
Weening and Cuming are sliding back here, clearly Weening's move was all in. The guy doing the damage is Dees and realising he is the strongest he attacks with 5km to go.
4.5km to go:
Dees - - > Clement/Villella/Lopez Garcia at 9 seconds - - > Weening/Cuming at 26 seconds - - > Pack at 1.16
The pack look very unlikely to get back here with them now messing about getting some sort of sprint trains ready.
Kolesnikov, Trusov Kreder is the first one.
Vaugranard, Soupe is the SRB one.
Westra, Oss are there for Gazelle with Gusev keeping Martin out of trouble.
Everyone else just seems to be struggling to survive really or look after a team leader with GC interests.
Up front Clement manages to catch Dees.
We have reached the kite and Dees and Clement are picking up speed. Lopez Garcia who has coped well for a climber is sprinting for third behind with Villella.
Behind (and sorry for not catching it) the Tinkoff train has completely collapsed with Soupe sprinting alongside Oss.
The leaders are deep in the last klick and Clement having caught Dees does not have anything left for the sprint.
Villela is sticking to Lopez Garcia's wheel till the last minute in the battle for third.
Dees then has more than enough to see of Clement he does the strongman pose and deservedly so.
Clement is second, the second is succession for ING who just cannot get a win at this years Paris Nice.
Villela makes no attempt to get around Lopez Garcia, the Santander man moves inside the GC top 20 as a result of this ride.
Oss in the background takes 5th over Soupe, yes Gazelle could have taken that sprint!
Dekker wins the sprint from the pack.
Stage results
Some sort of redemption for Festina and ING. Nice to see Gazelle get a good results also even if it may be tinged with what might have been. Most of the GC losers are in a group 4.27 back - bad day for them losing a couple of places on GC in most cases.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
3h50'56
2
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
3
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
4
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
5
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
s.t.
6
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
7
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
8
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
9
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
10
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
s.t.
11
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
12
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
s.t.
13
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
14
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
15
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
16
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
17
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
18
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
19
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
20
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
21
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
22
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
23
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
s.t.
24
Sven Vandousselaere
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
25
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
26
Vladimir Gusev
Pendleton's
s.t.
27
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
28
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
s.t.
29
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
30
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
31
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
32
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
33
Dominique Cornu
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
34
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
s.t.
35
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
36
Alexander Porsev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
37
Aleksej Kunshin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
38
Roman Kreuziger
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
39
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
s.t.
40
Jacob Fiedler
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
s.t.
42
Johan Le Bon
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
43
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
44
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
45
Zakkari Dempster
Team B&O
s.t.
46
Marc Goos
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
47
Jose Goncalves
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
48
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
s.t.
49
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
s.t.
50
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
51
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
52
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
53
Jure Zrimsek
Team B&O
s.t.
54
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
55
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
s.t.
56
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
57
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
s.t.
58
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
59
Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
60
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
61
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
62
Ricardo Mestre
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
63
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
64
Shane Archbold
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
65
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
66
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
68
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
69
Dennis Van Winden
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
71
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
72
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
73
Pierre Rolland
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Yoann Paillot
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
75
Philipp Walsleben
Project 1t4i
s.t.
76
Alexis Vuillermoz
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
77
Loic Desirac
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
78
Davide Formolo
Gazelle
s.t.
79
Jan Ghyselinck
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
80
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
81
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
82
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Project 1t4i
+ 3'59
83
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker-MOT
+ 4'27
84
Rafaâ Chtioui
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
85
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
86
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
87
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker-MOT
s.t.
88
Charalampas Kastrantas
Gazelle
s.t.
89
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
Aker-MOT
s.t.
90
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
91
Matthias Frank
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
92
Vicente Reynès
Santander
s.t.
93
Chen Shikai
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
94
Wen Hao Li
Wikipedia
s.t.
95
Thomas Faiers
Good Energy
s.t.
96
Jakub Novak
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
97
Mads Christensen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
98
Alexander Krieger
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
99
Jaime Suaza
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
100
Lucas Schädlich
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
101
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
s.t.
102
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
s.t.
103
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
104
Maxim Belkov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
105
Jaco Venter
Gazelle
s.t.
106
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
107
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
108
Dadi Suryadi
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
109
Alfredo Balloni
Prio - Porto
s.t.
110
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
111
Kristof Vandewalle
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
112
William Bonnet
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
113
Michael Hepburn
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
114
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
115
André Steensen
Team B&O
s.t.
116
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
117
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
118
Enrico Battaglin
Good Energy
s.t.
119
Florian Stalder
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
120
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
121
Jonas Decouttere
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
122
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
123
Steven Burke
Good Energy
s.t.
124
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pendleton's
s.t.
125
Jesse Sergent
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
126
Blake Caldwell
Wikipedia
s.t.
127
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
128
Rick Flens
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
129
Youcef Reguigui
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
130
Javier Moreno
Santander
s.t.
131
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
s.t.
132
Emilien Viennet
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
133
Damien Howson
Aker-MOT
s.t.
134
Frederik Frison
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
135
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
136
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 6'29
137
Tom Dumoulin
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
138
Domingos Gonçalves
Prio - Porto
s.t.
139
Alexandre Geniez
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
140
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Team B&O
s.t.
141
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
142
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
143
Maxime Bouet
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
144
Tony Gallopin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
145
Christophe Riblon
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
146
Samuel Pökälä
Aker-MOT
s.t.
147
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
148
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
149
Óscar Solis
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
150
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
151
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
152
Idan Shapira
Good Energy
s.t.
153
Rafael Reis
Prio - Porto
s.t.
154
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
155
Mattia Cattaneo
Good Energy
s.t.
156
Andrea Dal Col
Good Energy
s.t.
157
Dimitri Champion
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
158
Ramunas Navardauskas
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 10'06
159
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
s.t.
160
Niels Scheunemann
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
161
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
s.t.
162
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
163
Christian Müller
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
164
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
s.t.
165
Stelly Robert
Wikipedia
s.t.
166
Ivor Bruin
Control Team
s.t.
167
Dainius Kairelis
Control Team
s.t.
168
Kevin Predatsch
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
169
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
170
Jean-François Camier
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
171
Dion Beukeboom
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 11'08
172
Sébastien Ivars
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 15'20
173
Stephen Vicelich
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 19'54
174
Tomasz Zywer
Control Team
s.t.
GC
Some changes behind the top 10 here - with the likes of Gomez Marchante and Faiers moving down the standings.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
28h39'08
2
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
+ 31
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 53
4
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1'59
5
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
+ 2'08
6
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'52
7
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 4'04
8
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 4'24
9
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
+ 5'40
10
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
+ 5'42
11
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 6'08
12
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 6'26
13
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 6'41
14
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 7'17
15
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 7'34
16
Vladimir Gusev
Pendleton's
+ 11'44
17
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 13'43
18
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
+ 14'17
19
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
+ 14'40
20
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 15'03
21
Matthias Frank
Swisscom - UBS
+ 15'17
22
Aleksej Kunshin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 15'43
23
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 15'53
24
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 15'54
25
Ricardo Mestre
Simply Red Bull
+ 15'57
26
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
+ 15'59
27
Jose Goncalves
Swisscom - UBS
+ 17'07
28
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 17'23
29
Thomas Faiers
Good Energy
+ 17'40
30
Jaime Suaza
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 17'54
31
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
+ 19'21
32
Chen Shikai
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 19'48
33
Pierre Rolland
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 20'55
34
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'56
35
Maxim Belkov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 22'19
36
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 24'41
37
Christophe Riblon
Swisscom - UBS
+ 24'52
38
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Bouygues Telecom
+ 25'21
39
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
+ 25'52
40
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 25'54
41
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Project 1t4i
+ 26'04
42
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 26'17
43
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina-Canal+
+ 27'26
44
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
+ 27'41
45
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 27'49
46
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 29'11
47
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 29'12
48
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 29'50
49
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 31'04
50
Alexandre Geniez
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 32'38
51
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Simply Red Bull
+ 32'40
52
Youcef Reguigui
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 32'56
53
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 33'02
54
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 33'21
55
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 33'48
56
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 34'46
57
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 34'55
58
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 35'03
59
Mattia Cattaneo
Good Energy
+ 35'48
60
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
+ 35'57
61
Dominique Cornu
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 36'03
62
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
+ 36'24
63
Alexis Vuillermoz
Simply Red Bull
+ 39'32
64
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker-MOT
+ 39'55
65
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Team B&O
+ 41'30
66
Marc Goos
Festina-Canal+
+ 42'04
67
Jakub Novak
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 42'56
68
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker-MOT
+ 43'17
69
Roman Kreuziger
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 43'48
70
Johan Le Bon
Simply Red Bull
+ 44'04
71
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 44'08
72
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 46'15
73
Davide Formolo
Gazelle
+ 46'19
74
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 46'27
75
Jean-François Camier
Bouygues Telecom
+ 47'41
76
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 47'45
77
Florian Stalder
Swisscom - UBS
+ 48'30
78
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
+ 49'01
79
Charalampas Kastrantas
Gazelle
+ 49'42
80
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
+ 50'48
81
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 50'49
82
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 51'00
83
Dadi Suryadi
Pokerstars.com
+ 52'28
84
Rafael Reis
Prio - Porto
+ 53'04
85
Javier Moreno
Santander
+ 54'06
86
Óscar Solis
Bouygues Telecom
+ 54'33
87
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 55'23
88
Jesse Sergent
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 55'50
89
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
+ 55'52
90
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 57'12
91
Yoann Paillot
Festina-Canal+
+ 58'54
92
Enrico Battaglin
Good Energy
+ 59'21
93
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h00'08
94
Blake Caldwell
Wikipedia
+ 1h00'54
95
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h01'01
96
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h01'04
97
Idan Shapira
Good Energy
+ 1h02'02
98
Jure Zrimsek
Team B&O
+ 1h02'21
99
Philipp Walsleben
Project 1t4i
+ 1h02'42
100
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
+ 1h02'46
101
Jaco Venter
Gazelle
+ 1h03'36
102
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 1h04'55
103
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
+ 1h04'59
104
Jacob Fiedler
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h05'14
105
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
Aker-MOT
+ 1h06'01
106
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h06'51
107
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pendleton's
+ 1h06'53
108
Tony Gallopin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h08'24
109
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h08'33
110
Maxime Bouet
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h10'00
111
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 1h10'09
112
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h13'24
113
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 1h13'57
114
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 1h14'11
115
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 1h14'19
116
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 1h15'43
117
Alexander Porsev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 1h16'18
118
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
+ 1h16'51
119
Mads Christensen
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h16'58
120
Sven Vandousselaere
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h18'30
121
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h20'00
122
Rafaâ Chtioui
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h20'33
123
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h20'58
124
William Bonnet
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h21'39
125
Domingos Gonçalves
Prio - Porto
+ 1h21'50
126
Michael Hepburn
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 1h21'58
127
Dennis Van Winden
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h22'11
128
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h23'28
129
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
+ 1h24'03
130
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h24'45
131
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 1h25'20
132
Alfredo Balloni
Prio - Porto
+ 1h26'15
133
Kristof Vandewalle
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h27'36
134
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 1h27'48
135
Zakkari Dempster
Team B&O
+ 1h29'22
136
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 1h29'49
137
Wen Hao Li
Wikipedia
+ 1h31'13
138
Samuel Pökälä
Aker-MOT
+ 1h31'46
139
Jan Ghyselinck
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h33'12
140
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h35'17
141
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 1h35'30
142
Tom Dumoulin
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h35'54
143
Dimitri Champion
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h36'14
144
Shane Archbold
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h37'48
145
Alexander Krieger
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h39'28
146
Lucas Schädlich
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h41'53
147
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h42'08
148
Niels Scheunemann
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h43'57
149
Loic Desirac
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h44'35
150
Dainius Kairelis
Control Team
+ 1h44'49
151
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h45'18
152
Dion Beukeboom
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h45'48
153
Emilien Viennet
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h45'49
154
Rick Flens
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h45'54
155
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h48'03
156
Andrea Dal Col
Good Energy
+ 1h49'38
157
Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h50'19
158
Christian Müller
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h50'42
159
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 1h51'58
160
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h52'14
161
Damien Howson
Aker-MOT
+ 1h52'20
162
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h52'56
163
Frederik Frison
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h53'25
164
Ramunas Navardauskas
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h56'04
165
Stelly Robert
Wikipedia
+ 1h56'13
166
Steven Burke
Good Energy
+ 1h57'09
167
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h58'46
168
Sébastien Ivars
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 2h03'20
169
Jonas Decouttere
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h07'31
170
Ivor Bruin
Control Team
+ 2h07'38
171
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
+ 2h11'48
172
Kevin Predatsch
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2h14'01
173
Tomasz Zywer
Control Team
+ 2h28'56
174
Stephen Vicelich
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 2h40'53
Points
Kolesnikov had nothing for the final, which is some ways is not surprising considering his efforts in the hills and mountains. Taaramae looks well set for this jersey barring another Dan Martin miracle.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
0
81
2
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
0
70
3
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
7
68
4
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
1
55
5
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
3
49
6
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
9
45
7
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
0
36
8
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
31
9
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
0
30
10
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
0
29
11
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
0
29
12
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
29
13
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
0
27
14
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
0
26
15
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
25
25
16
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
8
25
17
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
0
23
18
David López Garcia
Santander
22
22
19
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
20
20
20
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
10
20
21
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
0
20
22
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
12
19
23
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
14
14
24
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
0
13
25
André Steensen
Team B&O
0
13
26
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
0
12
27
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
0
12
28
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
8
8
29
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
8
8
30
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
2
8
31
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
8
32
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
5
7
33
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
0
6
34
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
6
35
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
6
36
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
6
37
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
0
6
38
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
0
5
39
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
0
4
40
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
0
4
41
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
0
3
42
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
3
43
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
0
2
44
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
0
2
45
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
0
1
Mountains
No points on offer tomorrow for the TT, so Bouygues gaurenteed this jersey - SRB manager annoyed.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
0
60
2
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
0
58
3
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
0
56
4
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
0
52
5
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
0
48
6
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
0
42
7
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
0
42
8
André Steensen
Team B&O
0
40
9
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
0
38
10
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
0
38
11
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
0
30
12
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
0
26
13
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
0
24
14
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
0
22
15
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
0
20
16
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
0
18
17
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
0
18
18
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
18
19
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
18
20
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
16
21
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
0
12
22
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
0
12
23
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
4
12
24
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
0
10
25
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
0
10
26
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
0
10
27
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
0
8
28
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
6
29
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
6
6
30
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
0
6
31
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
0
4
32
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
2
33
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
0
2
34
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
2
35
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
0
2
36
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
0
2
37
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
0
2
38
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
2
2
Youth
Several younglings lost time today, they had an education out there.