Following the British Riders on the Tour de France - Stage 15

Limoux - Montpellier 187km | 2011 Tour de France Homepage

IMAGE OF THE DAY

The calm before the storm! Mark Cavendish, wearing the green jersey, Columbian Rigoberto Uran of Team Sky, wearing the white jersey, and Thomas Voeckler of France, wearing the yellow jersey, wait for the start of the 15th stage. It's a rare moment of boredom and routine - check out George Hincapie's chin in hand, just behind and to the right of Voeckler. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Britain's Mark Cavendish took his fourth stage win of this year's Tour de France and strengthened his lead in the Green Jersey competition in the southern French city of Montpellier. A windy day meant a lot of hard graft for Cavendish's team as they did the majority of the work in pulling back a break which held out till the final 5 kilometres.

A technical run in kept the head of the race together and Cavendish eventually sprinted clear to win by a relatively small margin from American Tyler Farrar and Italy's Alessandro Petacchi.

Since turning pro in 2007, Cavendish has now taken seventy wins, including twenty-nine Grand Tour stages and nineteen in the Tour de France alone. This was his eighth win of 2011.

Interviewed afterwards Cavendish paid due tribute to his hard-working team-mates: "It's not me, it's my team that really made this victory possible. Right from the start, all nine riders did a great job today and after a few very hard days in the mountains, that's not so easy. I was tired after the Pyrenees too, but I use different muscles for sprinting than for climbing, so I was ok.It was a difficult stage, with lots of attacks at the end but my team kept control of things. Without them my win wouldn't have happened."

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With two weeks under their belts in the 2011 Tour de France, a downturn in the riders' mood was discernable in today's post-stage Tweeting.

Geraint Thomas remains fairly upbeat, as befits a rider who seems born to ride this race. He's still got his sense of humour too:

Less than 2 weeks until my charity tandem ride. My trainings going well at least... Don't be shy people!! justgiving.com/teams/Taid

But even Geraint's sense of humour was wearing a little thin when post-stage delays meant a longer than hoped for journey to the next hotel:

Traffic... Man I hate it!! People of France, where are you all going at 8pm?!

David Millar was understandably tired after his adventures in the Pyrenees the day before. And even his seemingly super-human team-mate Thor Hushovd was showing signs of wear and tear during the run in to Montpellier:

50k to go THOR: How you feel? ME: ****ed. You? THOR: My eyes hurt from trying to keep them open. Maybe we'll feel ok when we see 25k to go?

We didn't. Time for a rest day.

Mark Cavendish had good reason to celebrate having wrapped up a fourth stage win. However, a Tweet he put out ahead of the stage was a reminder of the largely unnoticed battle he and the rest of the peloton's "non-climbers" have to go through every day in the mountains:

No update from me yesterday. Was in a world FAR away called #feelingsorryformyselfland. Small crash & a lot of suffering was stage analysis.

But the guy's not a winner by accident. He knows how to lift himself and that ability to re-focus on future opportunities is a priceless asset:

The finish today is a little technical. Hopefully we can make the last few day's suffering worthwhile with a win.

And a few hours later he was the happy winner of a Tour stage for the 19th time:

Boom! Number4! @TheDPate & Lars Bak rode 190km against a break of 5! Crosswinds, small roads, STRESS. Perfect controlled leadout by the boys

It had been a close run thing. It was hard to spot from the TV what went wrong, but the HTC train didn't look totally on-song in the closing sprint, but a rapid re-tweet of team-mate Mark Renshaw's post gave a bit of an insight:

Nearly gave me a heart attack! RT@Mark_Renshaw Got a bit excited & jumped early in sprint, drag raced @mattgoss1986 for 50m til I passed him

Cavendish finished the evening's tweeting with one which neatly summed up the bitter-sweet experience of the Tour, with the joy of winning set against the creeping exhaustion and nagging homesickness as we approach the final week.

Triple whammy of endorphines today! Thrill of winning, rest day tomorrow & I'm seeing the beautiful smile of @petatodd tonight. #happyhappy

Results

Stage Result

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4:20:24
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
12 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
13 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
14 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
17 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
18 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
19 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
21 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
23 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
26 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
31 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
32 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
33 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
34 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
35 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
36 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
37 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
39 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
40 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
41 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
42 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
43 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
44 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
45 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
46 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
48 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
49 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
51 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
54 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
55 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
56 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
57 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
58 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
59 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
60 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
62 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
63 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
64 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
65 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
66 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
67 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
68 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
69 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
70 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
72 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
73 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
74 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
75 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
77 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
78 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
80 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
82 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
83 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
84 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
85 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
86 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
87 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
88 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
89 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
92 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
93 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
94 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
95 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
96 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
98 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
99 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
100 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
101 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
102 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
103 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
104 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
105 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
106 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
107 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
108 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
109 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
110 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
112 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
113 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
114 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
115 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
116 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:00:23
118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD
119 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:28
120 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:00:44
121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:00:49
122 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
123 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:51
124 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:03
125 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:01:28
126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
127 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:35
128 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
129 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
130 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
131 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
132 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
133 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
134 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
135 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
136 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
137 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:47
138 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:56
139 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:19
140 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
142 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:02:38
143 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
144 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
145 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
146 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
147 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:09
148 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
149 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
150 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:03:16
151 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
152 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
153 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
154 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:32
155 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
156 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
157 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD
158 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:05:00
159 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
160 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
161 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
162 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
163 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
164 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
165 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
166 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:16
167 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:05:22
168 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:05:25
169 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:10
170 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

General classification after stage 15
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 65:24:34
2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:49
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:06
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:15
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:16
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:44
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:00
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:04:01
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:46
10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:18
11 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:55
12 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:20
13 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:02
14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:20
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:09:50
16 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:10:01
17 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:10:05
18 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:56
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:11:54
20 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:12:06
21 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:56
22 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:13:03
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:15:11
24 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:16:43
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:16:48
26 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:54
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:19:41
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:20:50
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:21:06
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:21:40
31 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:21:57
32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:25:18
33 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:26:25
34 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:26:37
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:28:20
36 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:28:34
37 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:30:51
38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:30:58
39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:31:55
40 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:34:43
41 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:35:21
42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:35:27
43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:37:26
44 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:38:01
45 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:38:22
46 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:39:46
47 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:39:48
48 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:42:17
49 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:42:44
50 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:43:03
51 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:43:56
52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:45:29
53 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:45:42
54 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:48:53
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:36
56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:54:00
57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:54:07
58 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:55:30
59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:55:48
60 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:56:35
61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:57:58
62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:00:01
63 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 1:03:23
64 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:03:27
65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:03:52
66 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:04:10
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 1:04:11
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:05:22
69 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:05:41
70 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:10:22
71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 1:10:23
72 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:12:20
73 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:13:05
74 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1:14:40
75 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:15:51
76 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:15:57
77 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1:17:01
78 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1:17:07
79 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
80 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:18:08
81 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 1:18:16
82 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 1:19:38
83 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:19:58
84 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:21:24
85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 1:21:30
86 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 1:21:43
87 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:22:16
88 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:22:26
89 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:24:06
90 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:24:19
91 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:25:26
92 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:26:10
93 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 1:26:35
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:29:21
95 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:31:54
96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 1:32:55
97 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 1:33:01
98 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:33:19
99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:34:10
100 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:35:22
101 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:35:58
102 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:36:51
103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:38:02
104 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 1:38:38
105 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 1:39:45
106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:39:47
107 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:40:48
108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:41:11
109 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:43:44
110 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:43:53
111 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1:44:37
112 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:45:14
113 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:45:51
114 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 1:46:05
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:46:06
116 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:46:07
117 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:46:27
118 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:46:32
119 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:48:43
120 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 1:50:55
121 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 1:51:32
122 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:51:41
123 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:51:42
124 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 1:51:50
125 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:52:33
126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:53:37
127 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:54:39
128 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:54:49
129 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 1:55:53
130 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1:56:33
131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:57:49
132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:58:00
133 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:58:32
134 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 1:58:34
135 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 1:59:10
136 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:59:26
137 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:59:38
138 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2:00:30
139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:01:34
140 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:03:07
141 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:04:19
142 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:05:03
143 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 2:05:30
144 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:05:38
145 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:05:40
146 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 2:06:01
147 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 2:06:25
148 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
149 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:08:28
150 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:08:52
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:09:11
152 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:11:11
153 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 2:11:12
154 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:11:20
155 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 2:13:46
156 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:14:15
157 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 2:16:12
158 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2:19:20
159 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:19:25
160 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 2:19:50
161 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 2:19:51
162 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:19:55
163 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2:20:15
164 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 2:22:01
165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:22:36
166 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:22:42
167 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:25:42
168 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:32:59
169 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 2:33:38
170 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 2:43:07

Points classification standings
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 319 pts
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 282
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 248
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 192
5 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 170
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 159
7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 141
8 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 122
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 105
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 96
11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94
12 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 77
13 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 77
14 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 77
15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75
16 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 69
17 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 69
18 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 68
19 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 66
20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 62
21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 60
22 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 57
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 55
24 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 51
25 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 51
26 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 51
27 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 49
28 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 48
29 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 48
30 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 47
31 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 46
32 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 45
33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 45
34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 43
35 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 42
36 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 42
37 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 41
38 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 40
39 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 39
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37
41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 34
42 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 34
43 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 32
44 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 32
45 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 32
46 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 31
47 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 31
48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 31
49 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30
50 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27
51 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 27
52 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 27
53 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 26
54 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 23
55 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 23
56 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21
57 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 20
58 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 20
59 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 20
60 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 20
61 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 19
62 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 18
63 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 18
64 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 17
65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17
67 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 16
68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 15
69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 15
70 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
72 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 15
73 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 13
74 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
75 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 13
77 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 13
78 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 13
79 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 13
80 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
81 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 12
82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 11
83 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 11
84 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11
85 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 10
86 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 10
87 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 10
88 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9
89 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 9
90 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
91 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8
92 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 8
93 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 8
94 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 7
95 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 4
96 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 4
97 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 4
98 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 3
99 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
100 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
101 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 2
102 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 2
103 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 2
104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 2
105 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 2
106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
107 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
108 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
109 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1
110 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1
112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
113 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
114 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team -5
115 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack -10

Mountains classification
1 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 74 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 45
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 28
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 26
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 24
7 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 20
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 19
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 18
11 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18
12 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 17
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 17
14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 16
15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 16
16 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16
17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 12
18 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 10
19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 9
20 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
21 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 8
22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 8
23 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
24 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5
25 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
26 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 5
27 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
28 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
30 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 4
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4
32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 4
33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 4
34 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 3
35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
37 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2
40 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 2
41 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 2
42 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
43 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 1
44 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1
45 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 1
46 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
47 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1
48 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1

Young rider classification
1 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 65:32:29
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:07
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:25
4 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:02:10
5 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:01
6 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:08
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:18:42
8 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:22:56
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:27:26
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:27:32
11 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:41
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:55:28
13 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:55:32
14 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:57:46
15 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:02:27
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:07:56
17 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1:09:06
18 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1:09:12
19 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:10:13
20 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 1:10:21
21 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:13:29
22 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:17:31
23 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:23:59
24 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:27:27
25 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:28:03
26 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:35:58
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1:36:42
28 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:46:44
29 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:52:35
30 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:57:08
31 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:57:43
32 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:58:06
33 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:00:57
34 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:12:00
35 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 2:35:12

Teams classification
1 Leopard Trek 195:47:43
2 Team Europcar 0:00:06
3 AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:32
4 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:43
5 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:14:14
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:28
7 Sky Procycling 0:27:49
8 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:29:32
9 FDJ 0:32:46
10 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:45:02
11 BMC Racing Team 0:46:35
12 HTC-Highroad 0:47:44
13 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:49:34
14 Pro Team Astana 0:54:54
15 Saur - Sojasun 1:08:09
16 Liquigas-Cannondale 1:08:54
17 Movistar Team 1:39:24