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Close to the win on stage 2 to Moutier at the Tour of Romandie, Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) moved onto the top step of the podium today, beating a small group of favourites into Charmey. The Spaniard secured a ten second time bonus to move to within one second of race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky), who was unable to respond in the uphill sprint for the line.

Gianni Meersman (Lotto Belisol Team) and Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) rounded out the top three, and with two stages remaining the race is delicately poised, with a mountain stage and individual time trial to come.

Wiggins had asked the press for better questions at end of his press conference on stage 1 but within 48 hours it was his GC rivals who turned quizzical on the tough climb to the finish, with a serious of testing attacks before the final sprint to the line.

Until then the Sky team had ridden a relatively untroubled stage, sheltering their leader from the wind and keeping the day's break in check. Mark Cavendish, so often the benefactor of teamwork, played his role in Sky's control, helping to set the pace for his teammates at various points.

The rolling parcours bore a resemblance to stage 2 and like yesterday's stage an early break formed with Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), Leigh Howard (GreenEdge), Anders Lund (Saxo Bank), Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Belisol) and Matthew Brammeier (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) escaping.

With just under 50 kilometres to go, and the gap at 4:55, Sky began to increase their pace. Howard was riding towards the yellow jersey, 3:43 down on Wiggins at the start of the race but as the gap began to evaporate on the flat roads between the final climb of Le Chateland and the finish, a number of teams began to assist Wiggins.

Lampre, Garmin, and Rabobank were the most effective, reducing the gap to 2:41 with 20 kilometres.

Sensing it was now or never, Smukulis snuck off the front as the remnants of the break watched each other. Brammeier and Van der Sande attempted a brief chase with 10 kilometres remaining but by the time they reached the final 6 kilometres the climb had started and their time was almost up.

Smukulis was finally brought back and Dave Zabriskie attempted to go clear. By now Sky's domestiques were reduced to the impressive Richie Porte and Michael Rogers, both of whom will surely be part of Sky's plans for the Tour. Porte responded to a flurry of attacks on the lower slopes, dragging Wiggins and the rest of the peloton back each time.

With so many riders within touching distance of Wiggins's lead it was important that Sky measured their strength, only pulling back moves that contained their closest rivals. So when Simon Spilak (Katusha Team), 9 seconds down on GC, attacked with Roman Kreuziger (Pro Team Astana), a response was needed.

Luckily for Wiggins it came but when Janez Brajkovic (Pro Team Astana) and then Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) struck for home it was clear that Wiggins was riding into the red. Both riders were caught but within sight of the line Sanchez launched his sprint and Wiggins was forced to yield.

Meersman, who had finished one place behind Sanchez a day earlier, and who was 28 seconds down on Wiggins before the start of the stage, almost came through on the inside. But Sanchez just about had enough in the tank, taking his third win of the year, and his first ever on Swiss soil.

Wiggins asked for better questions, and today he answered them, just.

Full Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:58:29 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 11 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 12 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 13 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 17 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Radioshack-Nissan 18 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 19 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 21 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 22 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 23 Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 24 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 25 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 26 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 27 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 28 Molina Ruben Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 29 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Barracuda 30 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 32 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 33 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 36 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 37 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 38 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 39 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 40 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 41 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Movistar Team 44 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 49 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 50 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 53 George Bennett (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 54 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling 55 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 56 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 57 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 58 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 59 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 60 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 62 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 63 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 64 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 65 Mikel Landa (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 67 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 68 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 70 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 71 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 72 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 73 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 74 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:15 75 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 76 Jose Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale 77 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 78 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 79 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 81 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 82 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:01:40 83 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 84 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 85 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:02:00 86 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:54 87 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:33 88 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 90 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 91 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 92 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 93 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 94 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 95 Rippol Juan Horrach (Spa) Katusha Team 96 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 98 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 99 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 100 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 101 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 102 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:04:17 105 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 106 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:04:49 107 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 108 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 109 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 110 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 111 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 112 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 114 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 115 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 116 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 117 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 118 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank 119 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 122 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 123 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 124 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 125 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 126 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 127 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 128 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 129 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 130 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 131 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar 132 Jean-Christophe Perraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Daryl Impey (RSA) GreenEdge Cycling Team 134 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 135 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:05:48 136 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:15 137 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 138 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 138 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 140 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 141 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 142 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD 143 Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar 144 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 145 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Barracuda 146 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 147 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 148 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:06:33 149 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 150 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:12:33 151 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 152 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:46 DNS Jakob Fugslang (Den) Radioshack-Nissan

Mountain 1 (Cat 3) Arrisoules, km 59.9 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 5 pts 2 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 3 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2 4 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1

Mountain 2 (Cat. 2) Le Chatelard, km 102.8 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 8 pts 2 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 6 3 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 4 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2 5 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1

Mountain 3 (Cat. 3) Treyvaux, km 124.6 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 5 pts 2 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 3 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2 4 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1

Sprint 1 - La Cantine, km 112.8 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 6 pts 2 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 3 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 1

Sprint 2 - Bulle, km 140.1 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 6 pts 2 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 3 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1

Teams # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Rabobank Cycling Team 11:55:27 2 Pro Team Astana 3 BMC Racing Team 4 Saur - Sojasun 5 Garmin-Barracuda 6 Lampre - ISD 7 Movistar Team 8 Sky Procycling 9 Katusha Team 10 Radioshack-Nissan 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Liquigas-Cannondale 13 Team Saxo Bank 14 FDJ-Big Mat 15 AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:15 16 Team Europcar 0:02:30 17 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 18 Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:54 19 GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:55 20 Lotto Belisol Team 0:09:38

General classification after stage 3 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 12:40:31 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:01 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:07 4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:09 5 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:11 7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:12 9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 10 Molina Ruben Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 11 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:13 12 Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 13 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14 14 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 15 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:15 16 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:00:16 19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Radioshack-Nissan 20 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:18 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 23 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 24 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:00:19 26 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:20 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 33 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:22 36 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 37 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 38 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:23 39 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Barracuda 40 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 41 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:24 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 44 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25 45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 47 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 48 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:26 49 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:27 50 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 51 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:28 52 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 53 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:29 54 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:30 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Mikel Landa (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:32 57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:00:35 58 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 59 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:37 60 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:38 61 George Bennett (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:39 62 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:49 63 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 0:01:16 64 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:33 65 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Movistar Team 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:37 67 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:40 68 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:42 69 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 70 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:46 71 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:01:58 72 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:02:54 73 Jose Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:01 74 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:02 75 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:41 76 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:04:14 77 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:15 78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:04:33 79 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:04:41 80 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:05:03 81 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:13 82 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:05:48 83 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:54 84 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 85 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:00 86 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:06:15 87 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 88 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:29 89 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:40 90 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:07:46 91 Jean-Christophe Perraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 92 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:47 93 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:07:49 94 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:50 95 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 0:08:31 96 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:08:44 97 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:45 98 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:09:31 99 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:34 100 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:58 101 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:01 102 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:10:09 103 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:10:11 104 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:14 105 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:10:15 106 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:25 107 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:11:16 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:11:21 109 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank 0:11:23 110 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:11:31 111 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 0:11:56 112 Rippol Juan Horrach (Spa) Katusha Team 0:12:07 113 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 0:12:17 114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:25 115 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:27 116 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 117 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:13:07 118 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:13:23 119 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:13:30 120 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:32 121 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:34 122 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:13:58 123 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:14:09 124 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:14:17 125 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:14:27 126 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:14:53 127 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:52 128 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 0:16:26 129 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:16:50 130 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:58 131 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:18:32 132 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:18:35 133 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:18:48 134 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:18:55 135 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:19:38 136 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:19:46 137 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:19:48 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:19:49 139 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar 0:19:52 140 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:19:55 141 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:20:04 142 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 0:20:49 143 Daryl Impey (RSA) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:20:55 144 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Barracuda 0:21:07 145 Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar 0:21:21 146 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:21:23 147 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:24:39 148 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:26:30 149 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 150 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 0:26:38 151 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:28:25 152 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:32:29

Mountains classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 21 pts 2 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 15 3 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 13 4 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 5 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 10 6 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 9 7 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 9 8 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 8 9 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 7 10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Radioshack-Nissan 7 11 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 6 12 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 5 13 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 4 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 4 15 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4 16 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3 17 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 19 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling 2 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2 21 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 2 22 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 1 23 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 1

Sprint classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 12 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 7 3 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6 4 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 6 5 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6 6 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 4 7 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4 8 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 3 9 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 10 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 3 11 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 12 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 1 13 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 14 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1

Young rider classification # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 12:40:42 2 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:04 4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:10 6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:18 7 Mikel Landa (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:21 8 George Bennett (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:28 9 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:38 10 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:04:30 11 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:43 12 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:18 13 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:09:20 14 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:23 15 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:47 16 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:09:58 17 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:14 18 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:11:05 19 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:11:20 20 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 0:12:06 21 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:16 22 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:21 23 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:14:06 24 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:14:42 25 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Radioshack-Nissan 0:16:15 26 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:16:39 27 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:19:44