Image 1 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) descends from the team bus. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 2 of 25 Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank manager Bjarne Riis ahead of stage 1 of the Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 3 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) signs on at the Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 4 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) beats Arnaud Demare (FDJ-BigMat) and Taylor Phinney (BMC). (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 5 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) had too much for Arnaud Demare (FDJ-BigMat). (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 6 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) wins stage 1 of the 2012 Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 7 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) wins the sprint in Middelburg. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 8 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) was pleased to return to winning ways. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 9 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) salutes from the podium. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 10 of 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) is the first leader of the 2012 Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 11 of 25 Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the Primus points jersey. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 12 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) is back in the peloton. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 13 of 25 Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) is looking to finish his season on a high. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 14 of 25 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) before stage 1 of the 2012 Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 15 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) making his return from to racing at the Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 16 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) heads to sign on at the Eneco Tour. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 17 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) is back in action after serving suspension for a positive test for clenbuterol. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 18 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) rides to the start after 6 months on the sidelines. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 19 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) signs autographs outside his team bus. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 20 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) is shepherded towards the start line by his press officer Jacinto Vidarte. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 21 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) was back in the peloton after his doping suspension. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 22 of 25 Last minute checks for Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank). (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 23 of 25 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) lines up for his first race since February. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 24 of 25 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) is building towards the world championships. (Image credit: Sirotti) Image 25 of 25 Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets his reward for a day off the front. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) bounced back from his disappointing debut at the Tour de France to take stage victory on the opening day of the Eneco Tour in Middelburg. After a crash inside the final three kilometres reduced the front end of the peloton to just 30 riders, Kittel showed his quality by distancing Arnaud Demare (FDJ-BigMat) and Taylor Phinney (BMC) in the finishing sprint.

Kittel was able to count on the expert lead-out of Tom Veelers and he paid tribute to the work of his Argos-Shimano team, who navigated him to the front of the bunch ahead of the frenetic closing kilometres.

"There was a very strong team work today and everybody could see that the boys did a great job," Kittel said afterwards. "It was still a hard sprint for me, as I had spent two weeks off the bike in July."

Illness forced Kittel to bring his debut Tour de France to a premature end on stage 5, but he was pleased to take victory in his first competitive outing since that disappointment, as he builds towards the Vuelta a España. "When I was out of the Tour, I was angry about the situation but in the end, you can’t change that," he said. “It’s something that can happen and it was an experience in itself and I’m looking at new goals now, like the Eneco Tour."

Kittel was ultimately a comfortable winner over Demare, while the rest of the leading group was never truly in contention in the final sprint. Phinney had been positioned to lead out his sprinter Adam Blythe, but ended up finishing ahead of the Briton, while Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Sharp) and José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) found themselves with too much ground to make up in the closing metres.

The early part of the stage was dominated by a lengthy two-man break featuring Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda). Riding into a block headwind as the stage headed towards the exposed Zeeland area, the duo built up a lead of almost ten minutes at one point, before Rabobank, Omega Pharma-QuickStep and Garmin-Sharp combined to reel them in.

In a windswept final 30 kilometres, a number of squads looked to force the initiative by forming echelons but the peloton would remain compact until it was split by a crash with two kilometres still to race.

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) made his first racing appearance since February, when he was belatedly handed a suspension for his positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France, and he finished safely in the main peloton.



Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 5:38:28 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp 5 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 6 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 9 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 10 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 11 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 12 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Pro Cycling 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 14 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 15 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 16 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 17 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin - Sharp 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 19 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 20 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 21 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 22 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 23 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 24 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 26 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 27 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica - GreenEdge 28 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 29 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 30 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 33 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 34 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp 35 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Pro Cycling 36 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 38 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 39 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 40 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 41 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos - Shimano 42 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 44 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 45 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 46 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 47 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 48 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 49 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 50 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 51 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 53 José Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 54 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 55 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 56 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 57 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 58 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat 59 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica - GreenEdge 60 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 61 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 62 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 63 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Sharp 64 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan 65 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge 66 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 67 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 68 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 69 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Pro Cycling 70 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 71 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 72 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 73 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 74 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 76 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEdge 77 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 78 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 79 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 80 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 81 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 82 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 84 Victor Cabade Carla (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 86 Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 87 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 88 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 89 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 90 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 91 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 92 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 94 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 95 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 96 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 97 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 98 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 101 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 102 Ben Hermans (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 103 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 104 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 107 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 108 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 109 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan 110 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 112 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 113 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 114 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 115 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r La Mondiale 116 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 117 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 118 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica - GreenEdge 119 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 120 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 121 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 123 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 124 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 125 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 126 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 127 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 128 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 129 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Sharp 130 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge 131 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp 132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 133 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 134 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 135 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 136 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 137 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 138 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp 139 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:04:05 140 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 141 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 142 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 143 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 144 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team 145 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 146 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 147 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale 148 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 149 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 0:06:04 150 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 151 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 152 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 153 Egurrola Saez De Arregui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 154 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 155 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 156 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 157 Kevin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 158 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 159 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat 160 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp 161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:07:31 162 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Ag2r La Mondiale 164 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 165 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Pro Cycling 0:07:44 DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team DNF Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale

Sprint 1 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 5 3 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica - GreenEdge 3

Sprint 2 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica - GreenEdge 8 pts 2 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 5 3 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 3

Sprint 3 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 José Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 8 pts 2 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 5 3 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 3

Points - Finish # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 30 pts 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 25 3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp 19 5 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 17 6 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 15 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3 8 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 12 9 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11 10 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 10

Primus Checkpoint 1 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 8 3 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 6 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4 5 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 2

Primus Checkpoint 2 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp 10 pts 2 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp 8 3 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp 6 4 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 4 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2

Teams # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 BMC Racing Team 16:55:24 2 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 3 Garmin - Sharp 4 Sky Procycling 5 FDJ-Big Mat 6 Katusha Team 7 Team Argos - Shimano 8 Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 9 Liquigas-Cannondale 10 Rabobank Cycling Team 11 Movistar Team 12 Omega Pharma-Quickstep 13 Orica Greenedge 14 Lampre - ISD 15 Ag2r La Mondiale 16 Radioshack-Nissan 17 Astana Pro Team 18 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19 Lotto Belisol Team 20 Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi

General classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 5:38:18 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:00:04 3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:06 4 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica - GreenEdge 5 José Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:07 6 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:00:08 7 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 8 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:09 9 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 10 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp 0:00:10 11 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 12 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 14 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 17 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 18 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Pro Cycling 19 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 20 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 21 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 22 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 23 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin - Sharp 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 25 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 26 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 27 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 28 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 29 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 30 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 31 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 33 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica - GreenEdge 34 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 35 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 36 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 37 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 38 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 39 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 40 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Pro Cycling 42 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 43 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 44 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 45 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 46 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 47 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos - Shimano 48 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 50 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 51 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 52 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 53 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 54 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 55 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 56 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 59 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 60 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 61 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 62 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 63 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat 64 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica - GreenEdge 65 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 66 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 67 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 68 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Sharp 69 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan 70 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge 71 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 72 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 73 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Pro Cycling 74 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 75 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 77 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 78 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 79 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - GreenEdge 80 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 81 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 82 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 83 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 84 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 86 Victor Cabade Carla (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 88 Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 89 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 90 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 91 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 92 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 93 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 94 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 95 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 96 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 97 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 98 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 99 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 100 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 101 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 102 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 103 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 104 Ben Hermans (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 105 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 106 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 107 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 109 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 110 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 111 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan 112 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 114 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 115 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 116 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 117 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r La Mondiale 118 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 119 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 120 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 121 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 122 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 124 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 125 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 127 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 128 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 129 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 130 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Sharp 131 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge 132 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp 133 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 134 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 135 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 136 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 137 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 138 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 139 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp 140 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp 141 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:04:15 142 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 143 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 144 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 146 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team 147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 148 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 149 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale 150 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:06:11 152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 0:06:12 153 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano 0:06:14 154 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 155 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 156 Egurrola Saez De Arregui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 158 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 159 Kevin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 160 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 161 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat 162 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:07:41 163 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 164 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Ag2r La Mondiale 165 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Pro Cycling 0:07:54

Points classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos - Shimano 30 pts 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 25 3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp 19 5 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 17 6 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 15 7 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 12 8 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica - GreenEdge 11 9 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11 10 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 10 11 José Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 8 12 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 13 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 5 14 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 5 15 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 5 16 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 3 17 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 3 18 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3

Combativity classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - WillemsVeranda's 13 3 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp 10 4 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp 8 5 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 6 6 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp 6 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 6 8 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 4 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 2