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Race Report via ASO Press Release

After one of the most exciting stages in the history of the Tour of Qatar, Tom Boonen captured his 20th success in impressive fashion. The Belgian, well helped by his Omega Pharma Quickstep team, comforted his overall leader’s Golden Jersey, after managing to close in on a Cancellara attempt in the final moments and outsprinting his main rivals. The 31-year-old now has a 31″ lead overall. Looking good for a fourth Qatar crown!

The wind coming from the south-east, the day would be fast and furious for the 124 riders of the Tour of Qatar. A favourable wind all along the first 80 kilometres was on the menu of the 147.5km stage before a final circuit north of Qatar. And that probably explained why the riders were eager to be at the front of the pack, just in case.

Indeed, as soon as the first kilometres, the strong teams set a fast pace and several riders were rapidly dropped on a side-wind portion. The pack gathered together again after 30 kilometres. Eventually, two men managed to break away at km 33: Bak (LTB) and Shimizu (BGT). Their lead grew from 20″ at km 27 to 4’40 at km 50.

After having covered 52.1kms during the first hour of racing, the gap reached a maximum 7’ at km 57. Time had come for team Garmin to take command of the chase and the pack moved closer to the escapees.

At the first intermediate sprint (km 81.5) claimed by Bak ahead of Shimizu, the pack led by Kruopis (GEC), third to the line, remained 5’20 adrift. At km 104, Shimizu was the first to be caught by the peloton while Bak insisted. The Dane was eventually caught by four counter-attacking men, before the pack bunched up together at km 112.

Just before the first passage on the line of the Madinat Al Shamal circuit, 26 strong men powered away including Golden jersey Boonen (OPQ), Farrar (GRM) and Cancellara. They reached the second bonus sprint (km 121), won by Boonen ahead of Farrar and Hunter with a 20″ lead over a chasing group including Cavendish (SKY). At the second passage on the line and with one lap to go, the front group could enjoy a 38″ advantage. The gap grew to 1’15 with 10kms to go.

Riders such as Farrar and Cooke were then to suffer punctures while Cancellara attacked at the front. Six men eventually moved away for the final sprint to victory. Boonen, in impressive fashion captured his 20th stage success in Qatar, beating Veelers (PRO) and Cancellara to the line. The Belgian naturally keeps his Golden Jersey and increases his overall lead to 31″ over Farrar and 34″ over Flecha. Boonen keeps the points’ classification lead, while Navardauskas recovers the best young rider’s White jersey.

 

Race Results

Tour of Qatar (2012) - Stage 4

Al Thakhira to Madinat Al Shamal (144km)
8 Feb 2012
Stage 6  |  Stage 5  |  Stage 4  |  Stage 3  |  Stage 2  |  Stage 1


Stage 4
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 BOONEN, Tom BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 03' 14"
2 VEELERS, Tom NED PROJECT 1T4I + 00' 00"
3 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
4 FLECHA, Juan Antonio ESP SKY PROCYCLING
5 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 03' 18" + 00' 04"
6 MAES, Nikolas BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 03' 25" + 00' 11"
7 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 3h 03' 28" + 00' 14"
8 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING
9 FARRAR, Tyler USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
10 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 3h 03' 50" + 00' 36"
11 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA 3h 03' 51" + 00' 37"
12 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
13 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING 3h 03' 56" + 00' 42"
14 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
15 DEMARE, Arnaud FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 3h 04' 08" + 00' 54"
16 HENDERSON, Greg NZL LOTTO BELISOL
17 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM
18 DEGENKOLB, John GER PROJECT 1T4I
19 RENSHAW, Mark AUS RABOBANK
20 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL GARMIN-BARRACUDA
21 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
22 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
23 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL
24 DEKKER, Thomas NED GARMIN-BARRACUDA
25 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
26 POZZATO, Filippo ITA FARNESE VINI
27 SIEBERG, Marcel GER LOTTO BELISOL
28 MCEWEN, Robbie AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
29 DE KORT, Koen NED PROJECT 1T4I
30 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING
31 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR SKY PROCYCLING
32 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
33 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
34 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
35 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING
36 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
37 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I 3h 04' 14" + 01' 00"
38 RATHE, Jacob USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
39 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL LOTTO BELISOL 3h 04' 17" + 01' 03"
40 LEEZER, Thomas NED RABOBANK
41 TIMMER, Albert NED PROJECT 1T4I 3h 04' 19" + 01' 05"
42 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 04' 58" + 01' 44"
43 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED RABOBANK 3h 04' 59" + 01' 45"
44 SYS, Klaas BEL BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
45 CACCIA, Diego ITA FARNESE VINI
46 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
47 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL
48 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
49 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI LOTTO BELISOL
50 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED RABOBANK
51 BEPPU, Fumiyuki JPN ORICA-GREENEDGE
52 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA
53 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
54 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK
55 KEMPS, Aaron AUS CHAMPION SYSTEM
56 SOUPE, Geoffrey FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
57 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI
58 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA
59 IGNATIEV, Mikhail RUS KATUSHA
60 BAK, Lars Ytting DEN LOTTO BELISOL
61 MARANGONI, Alan ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
62 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
63 BAUER, Jack NZL GARMIN-BARRACUDA
64 WYNANTS, Maarten BEL RABOBANK
65 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA
66 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA
67 SABATINI, Fabio ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
68 RAST, Grégory SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
69 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR BMC RACING
70 BRAMMEIER, Matt IRL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
71 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
72 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING
73 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel ESP RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
74 GILBERT, Philippe BEL BMC RACING
75 GARDEYN, Gorik BEL CHAMPION SYSTEM
76 POSTHUMA, Joost NED RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
77 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
78 KOHLER, Martin SUI BMC RACING
79 CRAWFORD, Jai AUS RTS RACING TEAM
80 RASCH, Gabriel NOR FDJ-BIG MAT
81 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
82 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
83 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI
84 HULSMANS, Kevin BEL FARNESE VINI
85 LEBAS, Thomas FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
86 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE
87 MCCANN, David IRL RTS RACING TEAM
88 BROWN, Graeme AUS RABOBANK
89 LONGO BORGHINI, Paolo ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
90 KNEES, Christian GER SKY PROCYCLING
91 HUNT, Jeremy GBR SKY PROCYCLING
92 KLUGE, Roger GER PROJECT 1T4I 3h 05' 10" + 01' 56"
93 DA DALTO, Mauro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 3h 05' 15" + 02' 01"
94 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT 3h 04' 08" + 00' 54"
95 DELAGE, Mickael FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 3h 05' 49" + 02' 35"
96 HUNTER, Robert RSA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 3h 06' 19" + 03' 05"
97 CURVERS, Roy NED PROJECT 1T4I
98 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
99 HALLER, Marco AUT KATUSHA 3h 04' 59" + 01' 45"
100 ASCANI, Luca ITA FARNESE VINI 3h 07' 40" + 04' 26"
101 RODGERS, Lee GBR RTS RACING TEAM 3h 09' 49" + 06' 35"
102 GANG, Xu CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM 3h 09' 52" + 06' 38"
103 SONNERY, Blaise FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
104 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM
105 BODNAR, Maciej POL LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
106 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
107 OJAVEE, Mart EST CHAMPION SYSTEM
108 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
109 SMUKULIS, Gatis LAT KATUSHA
110 INOUE, Kazuo JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
111 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM
112 RABON, Frantisek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
113 HANSEN, Adam AUS LOTTO BELISOL
114 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
115 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
116 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
117 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 3h 11' 07" + 07' 53"
118 BENENATI, Cristiano ITA FARNESE VINI
119 WAGNER, Robert GER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
120 KLEMME, Dominic GER PROJECT 1T4I
121 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM 3h 16' 38" + 13' 24"
122 CHANG, Wei Kei TPE RTS RACING TEAM
123 KUDENTSOV, Sergey RUS RTS RACING TEAM

General Classification After Stage 4
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 BOONEN, Tom BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 50' 50"
2 FARRAR, Tyler USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 51' 21" + 00' 31"
3 FLECHA, Juan Antonio ESP SKY PROCYCLING 9h 51' 24" + 00' 34"
4 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 51' 26" + 00' 36"
5 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING 9h 51' 35" + 00' 45"
6 VEELERS, Tom NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 51' 50" + 01' 00"
7 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 51' 56" + 01' 06"
8 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 51' 59" + 01' 09"
9 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 52' 00" + 01' 10"
10 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING 9h 52' 04" + 01' 14"
11 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR SKY PROCYCLING 9h 52' 05" + 01' 15"
12 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 52' 09" + 01' 19"
13 DEKKER, Thomas NED GARMIN-BARRACUDA
14 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 52' 10" + 01' 20"
15 RENSHAW, Mark AUS RABOBANK 9h 52' 22" + 01' 32"
16 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 52' 23" + 01' 33"
17 DEGENKOLB, John GER PROJECT 1T4I 9h 52' 30" + 01' 40"
18 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL LOTTO BELISOL 9h 52' 35" + 01' 45"
19 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 52' 52" + 02' 02"
20 IGNATIEV, Mikhail RUS KATUSHA 9h 53' 05" + 02' 15"
21 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA 9h 53' 06" + 02' 16"
22 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 53' 07" + 02' 17"
23 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM 9h 53' 09" + 02' 19"
24 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA
25 GILBERT, Philippe BEL BMC RACING 9h 53' 13" + 02' 23"
26 WYNANTS, Maarten BEL RABOBANK 9h 53' 17" + 02' 27"
27 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 53' 18" + 02' 28"
28 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 53' 20" + 02' 30"
29 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED RABOBANK 9h 53' 24" + 02' 34"
30 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 9h 53' 37" + 02' 47"
31 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 53' 42" + 02' 52"
32 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 53' 45" + 02' 55"
33 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
34 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 53' 48" + 02' 58"
35 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 53' 49" + 02' 59"
36 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING 9h 53' 51" + 03' 01"
37 SIEBERG, Marcel GER LOTTO BELISOL 9h 53' 52" + 03' 02"
38 HENDERSON, Greg NZL LOTTO BELISOL
39 DEMARE, Arnaud FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 53' 58" + 03' 08"
40 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT
41 DE KORT, Koen NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 53' 59" + 03' 09"
42 LEEZER, Thomas NED RABOBANK 9h 54' 01" + 03' 11"
43 POZZATO, Filippo ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 54' 06" + 03' 16"
44 MCEWEN, Robbie AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 54' 09" + 03' 19"
45 TIMMER, Albert NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 54' 10" + 03' 20"
46 MAES, Nikolas BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 54' 17" + 03' 27"
47 HUNTER, Robert RSA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 54' 19" + 03' 29"
48 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 54' 26" + 03' 36"
49 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING 9h 54' 33" + 03' 43"
50 HALLER, Marco AUT KATUSHA
51 BRAMMEIER, Matt IRL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
52 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA 9h 54' 35" + 03' 45"
53 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
54 KNEES, Christian GER SKY PROCYCLING
55 SABATINI, Fabio ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 54' 39" + 03' 49"
56 MARANGONI, Alan ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
57 BAK, Lars Ytting DEN LOTTO BELISOL 9h 54' 40" + 03' 50"
58 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel ESP RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
59 BEPPU, Fumiyuki JPN ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 54' 42" + 03' 52"
60 KOHLER, Martin SUI BMC RACING
61 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
62 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING 9h 54' 43" + 03' 53"
63 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
64 BROWN, Graeme AUS RABOBANK
65 SOUPE, Geoffrey FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 54' 49" + 03' 59"
66 RASCH, Gabriel NOR FDJ-BIG MAT
67 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
68 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 9h 54' 55" + 04' 05"
69 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 54' 57" + 04' 07"
70 CACCIA, Diego ITA FARNESE VINI
71 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI LOTTO BELISOL 9h 55' 04" + 04' 14"
72 BAUER, Jack NZL GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 55' 10" + 04' 20"
73 KLUGE, Roger GER PROJECT 1T4I 9h 55' 11" + 04' 21"
74 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 55' 18" + 04' 28"
75 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 55' 20" + 04' 30"
76 DA DALTO, Mauro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 55' 23" + 04' 33"
77 RATHE, Jacob USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 55' 26" + 04' 36"
78 KEMPS, Aaron AUS CHAMPION SYSTEM 9h 55' 29" + 04' 39"
79 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED RABOBANK
80 GARDEYN, Gorik BEL CHAMPION SYSTEM
81 LONGO BORGHINI, Paolo ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 55' 34" + 04' 44"
82 LEBAS, Thomas FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 9h 55' 37" + 04' 47"
83 DELAGE, Mickael FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 55' 39" + 04' 49"
84 HULSMANS, Kevin BEL FARNESE VINI 9h 55' 44" + 04' 54"
85 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL 9h 55' 55" + 05' 05"
86 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
87 MCCANN, David IRL RTS RACING TEAM 9h 56' 00" + 05' 10"
88 CURVERS, Roy NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 56' 12" + 05' 22"
89 HUNT, Jeremy GBR SKY PROCYCLING 9h 56' 13" + 05' 23"
90 RAST, Grégory SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 56' 18" + 05' 28"
91 POSTHUMA, Joost NED RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 56' 19" + 05' 29"
92 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 56' 34" + 05' 44"
93 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA 9h 57' 32" + 06' 42"
94 ASCANI, Luca ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 57' 38" + 06' 48"
95 HANSEN, Adam AUS LOTTO BELISOL 9h 58' 07" + 07' 17"
96 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL 9h 58' 19" + 07' 29"
97 OJAVEE, Mart EST CHAMPION SYSTEM 9h 59' 02" + 08' 12"
98 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 9h 59' 10" + 08' 20"
99 WAGNER, Robert GER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 59' 19" + 08' 29"
100 SMUKULIS, Gatis LAT KATUSHA 9h 59' 28" + 08' 38"
101 BODNAR, Maciej POL LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 59' 32" + 08' 42"
102 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
103 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 00' 28" + 09' 38"
104 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 10h 02' 27" + 11' 37"
105 KLEMME, Dominic GER PROJECT 1T4I 10h 02' 33" + 11' 43"
106 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 10h 03' 19" + 12' 29"
107 BENENATI, Cristiano ITA FARNESE VINI 10h 03' 23" + 12' 33"
108 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR BMC RACING 10h 04' 10" + 13' 20"
109 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK 10h 04' 11" + 13' 21"
110 CRAWFORD, Jai AUS RTS RACING TEAM 10h 05' 28" + 14' 38"
111 SYS, Klaas BEL BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 07' 00" + 16' 10"
112 SONNERY, Blaise FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 09' 58" + 19' 08"
113 RABON, Frantisek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 10h 10' 12" + 19' 22"
114 RODGERS, Lee GBR RTS RACING TEAM 10h 10' 18" + 19' 28"
115 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM 10h 10' 21" + 19' 31"
116 INOUE, Kazuo JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 11' 16" + 20' 26"
117 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 11' 47" + 20' 57"
118 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM 10h 12' 50" + 22' 00"
119 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 12' 52" + 22' 02"
120 GANG, Xu CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM 10h 15' 33" + 24' 43"
121 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM 10h 20' 25" + 29' 35"
122 CHANG, Wei Kei TPE RTS RACING TEAM 10h 31' 03" + 40' 13"
123 KUDENTSOV, Sergey RUS RTS RACING TEAM 10h 31' 18" + 40' 28"

Young Rider Standings
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 51' 59"
2 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING 9h 52' 04" + 00' 05"
3 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 52' 23" + 00' 24"
4 DEGENKOLB, John GER PROJECT 1T4I 9h 52' 30" + 00' 31"
5 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I 9h 52' 52" + 00' 53"
6 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA 9h 53' 06" + 01' 07"
7 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 9h 53' 07" + 01' 08"
8 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 9h 53' 37" + 01' 38"
9 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 9h 53' 48" + 01' 49"
10 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 9h 53' 49" + 01' 50"
11 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING 9h 53' 51" + 01' 52"
12 DEMARE, Arnaud FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 53' 58" + 01' 59"
13 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING 9h 54' 33" + 02' 34"
14 HALLER, Marco AUT KATUSHA
15 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA 9h 54' 35" + 02' 36"
16 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
17 SOUPE, Geoffrey FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 9h 54' 49" + 02' 50"
18 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 54' 57" + 02' 58"
19 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI 9h 55' 18" + 03' 19"
20 RATHE, Jacob USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 9h 55' 26" + 03' 27"
21 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA 9h 57' 32" + 05' 33"
22 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL 9h 58' 19" + 06' 20"
23 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 9h 59' 10" + 07' 11"
24 SMUKULIS, Gatis LAT KATUSHA 9h 59' 28" + 07' 29"
25 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 10h 03' 19" + 11' 20"
26 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK 10h 04' 11" + 12' 12"
27 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 11' 47" + 19' 48"
28 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 12' 52" + 20' 53"
29 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM 10h 20' 25" + 28' 26"

Team Standings
Position Team Time Gap
1 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 29h 08' 48"
2 SKY PROCYCLING 29h 09' 22" + 00' 34"
3 GARMIN-BARRACUDA 29h 10' 11" + 01' 23"
4 PROJECT 1T4I 29h 10' 58" + 02' 10"
5 RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 29h 10' 59" + 02' 11"
6 ORICA-GREENEDGE 29h 11' 21" + 02' 33"
7 LOTTO BELISOL 29h 11' 25" + 02' 37"
8 RABOBANK 29h 12' 32" + 03' 44"
9 BMC RACING 29h 12' 35" + 03' 47"
10 FDJ-BIG MAT 29h 13' 43" + 04' 55"
11 KATUSHA 29h 13' 47" + 04' 59"
12 CHAMPION SYSTEM 29h 15' 26" + 06' 38"
13 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 29h 17' 24" + 08' 36"
14 FARNESE VINI 29h 17' 42" + 08' 54"
15 BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 29h 22' 47" + 13' 59"
16 RTS RACING TEAM 29h 43' 22" + 34' 34"

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