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Tour de France Stage 11 Report
July 10, Stage 11: Avranches – Mont-Saint-Michel (ITT) 33km
Tour de France: Martin wins stage 11 time trial
Article Content from www.cyclingnews.com Report By: Susan Westemeyer Published: July 10
Video Recap from www.cycling.tv
Froome cements race lead in first time trial
Tony Martin showed that he has recovered from injuries suffered earlier in the Tour de France, winning the stage 11 time trial. The reigning World time trial champion crossed the finish line at the world-famous Mount-Saint-Michel in a time of 36:29. Second on the 33km course was yellow jersey Chris Froome (Sky), a mere 12 seconds down, with Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) a surprising third at 1:01.
The time trial had a dramatic ending, as Froome, the last rider to take the course, broke Martin’s times at both intermediate time checks. The German looked on nervously, fearing he’d be unseated as stage winner, but Froome lost over 14 seconds to the German on the closing 11km of the course.
“I had a terrible last 30 minutes,” Martin said after finally being declared the winner following a four-hour stint in the hot seat. “I didn’t expect him to come so close. I’m happy he lost some seconds in the finale. It doesn’t matter if you win by one second or one minute but it’s great to win for me,” Martin said.
“For sure the stage suits me better than him but we saw he has incredible power on the climbs, too.”
Martin finished the stage in obvious pain, the wounds on his body from the stage 1 crash still weeping through the bandages and onto the white shorts of his world champion’s kit.
“I think I was OK today but it takes time to recovery. I spent an hour an day changing my bandages and had pain at night, so it was hard to recover.”
Gaps in the GC widen
Chris Froome (Sky) not only easily maintained his overall lead, but increased it. He now leads Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in second place by 3:25 and Bauke Mollema in third at 3:37.
“I’m really happy with that result. Tony did a fantastic ride to win the stage deserves it. He’s the current world time trial champion and it’s his speciality. I’m happy with second place and to have extended my lead on my GC rivals,” he said after pulling on the yellow jersey yet again.
“There was a strong head wind and I was struggling to turn my legs in the final two kilometres.”
“The time I’ve gained gives me a good buffer but I think I’ll need every second I can get the way these guys are riding.”
Cadel Evans (BMC) had to finally bid adieu to his hopes of a high place in the overall, as he lost two and a half minutes. Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) was in the same position, as he put in his usual time trial performance, not evening finishing in the top 100, some 4:44 down.
Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) kept his losses to just over two minutes to Froome, setting up a tight battle for the podium. He stands in fourth, 17 seconds behind Mollema, with his teammate Roman Kreuziger three seconds further behind in fifth, and Laurens ten Dam (Belkin) in sixth at 4:10.
Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) put in a strong ride to take over the lead in the young rider classification. He was fifth on the stage at 1:51 from Martin, and now leads Movistar’s Nairo Quintana by 34 seconds.
The wind played a role on the day’s happenings. It changed directions as the riders went around the course, and picked up as the afternoon went on.
Martin covered the course with an average speed of 54.271 km/h. It was surprisingly only his second Tour stage win, as he won the time trial in the penultimate stage of the 2011 Tour. In 2012 he punctured in both the prologue and stage 9 time trial, before abandoning the race a few days later with an injury.
How it unfolded
Svein Tuft was the second rider to go and the first to cross the finish line. The Canadian riding for Orica-GreenEdge covered the 33km in a time of 38:04, giving himself a comfortable lead and a long visit to the hot seat.
The first to bump him down was Thomas de Gendt of Vacansoleil-DCM, who was 34 seconds faster, but he had a very short visit atop the leader board, as the very next rider in was Tony Martin. The World Champion sailed through the course with a time of 36:29, which was 1:01 faster than the Belgian.
An ugly incident marred the stage, as a fan threw a cup on urine on Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) during the stage. The action was presumably in response to an incident in Tuesday’s stage in which Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) crashed after colliding with Cavendish.
Sky’s Richie Porte looked to have recovered from his weak performance on Sunday where he lost more than 18 minutes. The Australian finished in a time of 37:30 and fourth place on the stage at the end of the day.
The top names and GC favourites finally took to the course, and one by one they all put in the more or less expected performances. Andy Schleck was slow all the way, while Cadel Evans failed to make up any ground on his rivals, conceding another 2:18 to Froome.
The surprise of the day was the high placing of Cannondale’s Peter Sagan, not a notable time trialist, but motivated to distance his green jersey competitors further, he nearly cracked the top 15, but fell three seconds short of gaining a point.
The drama picked up with the final rider, Froome. He blasted his way along the course, breaking Martin’s best time by one second at the first time check, and two seconds at the second time check. But the German had put in the best time in the final third of the course, and Froome was finally unable to hold up, and lost over 14 seconds, to claim second place.
It was, of course, still enough to increase his overall lead, as he goes into the second half of the Tour with more than three minutes on his nearest rivals.
| 1 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 42:29:24 | |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:03:25 | |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:37 | |
| 4 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:03:54 | |
| 5 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:03:57 | |
| 6 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:10 | |
| 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:04:44 | |
| 8 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:05:18 | |
| 9 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 0:05:37 | |
| 10 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:39 | |
| 11 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha | 0:05:48 | |
| 12 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 13 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 0:05:52 | |
| 14 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:54 | |
| 15 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:08:04 | |
| 16 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:08:28 | |
| 17 | Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | 0:08:32 | |
| 18 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha | 0:09:34 | |
| 19 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | 0:10:16 | |
| 20 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:10:48 | |
| 21 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:37 | |
| 22 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | 0:12:16 | |
| 23 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:13:09 | |
| 24 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:13:11 | |
| 25 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:14:50 | |
| 26 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:16:00 | |
| 27 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:16:38 | |
| 28 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 0:17:57 | |
| 29 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | 0:19:02 | |
| 30 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:19:59 | |
| 31 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:21:19 | |
| 32 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:21:32 | |
| 33 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:23:12 | |
| 34 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | 0:23:46 | |
| 35 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun | 0:24:55 | |
| 36 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 0:24:58 | |
| 37 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:25:21 | |
| 38 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:26:09 | |
| 39 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:28:22 | |
| 40 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard | 0:29:57 | |
| 41 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | 0:32:38 | |
| 42 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:34:13 | |
| 43 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | ||
| 44 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:34:42 | |
| 45 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:35:02 | |
| 46 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:35:53 | |
| 47 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:36:05 | |
| 48 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:36:27 | |
| 49 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:36:43 | |
| 50 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:37:40 | |
| 51 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:38:08 | |
| 52 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | 0:40:11 | |
| 53 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:41:24 | |
| 54 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:42:59 | |
| 55 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:44:25 | |
| 56 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:44:49 | |
| 57 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | 0:45:46 | |
| 58 | Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | 0:46:06 | |
| 59 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:46:12 | |
| 60 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:46:27 | |
| 61 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:47:28 | |
| 62 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:49:48 | |
| 63 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:49:59 | |
| 64 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 0:50:43 | |
| 65 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | 0:50:50 | |
| 66 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:52:30 | |
| 67 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:52:32 | |
| 68 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:54:07 | |
| 69 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:54:31 | |
| 70 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:54:39 | |
| 71 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:54:59 | |
| 72 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun | 0:55:06 | |
| 73 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:55:31 | |
| 74 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:55:40 | |
| 75 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:56:15 | |
| 76 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:57:16 | |
| 77 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:57:44 | |
| 78 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:58:12 | |
| 79 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:58:59 | |
| 80 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:59:31 | |
| 81 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:59:57 | |
| 82 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:00:23 | |
| 83 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:00:39 | |
| 84 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:03:31 | |
| 85 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 1:03:34 | |
| 86 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha | 1:03:56 | |
| 87 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 1:03:57 | |
| 88 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:04:01 | |
| 89 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:04:33 | |
| 90 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:06:34 | |
| 91 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:07:32 | |
| 92 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:08:12 | |
| 93 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:08:24 | |
| 94 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 1:08:29 | |
| 95 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:10:10 | |
| 96 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:10:31 | |
| 97 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 1:11:16 | |
| 98 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 1:12:50 | |
| 99 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:14:11 | |
| 100 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:14:44 | |
| 101 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha | 1:16:47 | |
| 102 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 1:16:50 | |
| 103 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:17:12 | |
| 104 | Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | 1:17:28 | |
| 105 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 1:17:44 | |
| 106 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:18:06 | |
| 107 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | 1:18:14 | |
| 108 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:18:17 | |
| 109 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | 1:18:18 | |
| 110 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:19:45 | |
| 111 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | 1:20:05 | |
| 112 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1:20:17 | |
| 113 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | 1:20:57 | |
| 114 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:21:05 | |
| 115 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard | 1:21:20 | |
| 116 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | 1:21:37 | |
| 117 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:23:22 | |
| 118 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:23:36 | |
| 119 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:24:04 | |
| 120 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | 1:27:03 | |
| 121 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | 1:28:06 | |
| 122 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | 1:28:08 | |
| 123 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 1:29:05 | |
| 124 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | 1:29:16 | |
| 125 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:29:58 | |
| 126 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 1:30:41 | |
| 127 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:31:01 | |
| 128 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:31:11 | |
| 129 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:33:06 | |
| 130 | David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | 1:34:34 | |
| 131 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:34:51 | |
| 132 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:36:27 | |
| 133 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 134 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:37:14 | |
| 135 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:38:16 | |
| 136 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:38:37 | |
| 137 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 1:38:52 | |
| 138 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr | 1:38:55 | |
| 139 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 1:39:15 | |
| 140 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling | 1:40:08 | |
| 141 | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:40:54 | |
| 142 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | 1:41:18 | |
| 143 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1:41:56 | |
| 144 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1:42:03 | |
| 145 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:42:18 | |
| 146 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:43:30 | |
| 147 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:44:01 | |
| 148 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:44:09 | |
| 149 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 150 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | 1:44:18 | |
| 151 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:44:34 | |
| 152 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 1:44:59 | |
| 153 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 1:45:23 | |
| 154 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1:45:45 | |
| 155 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:46:15 | |
| 156 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1:46:31 | |
| 157 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha | 1:47:06 | |
| 158 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:48:18 | |
| 159 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 1:49:34 | |
| 160 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 1:50:55 | |
| 161 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1:51:04 | |
| 162 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:51:05 | |
| 163 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:51:22 | |
| 164 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | 1:51:34 | |
| 165 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:51:42 | |
| 166 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:51:58 | |
| 167 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 1:52:50 | |
| 168 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr | 1:53:44 | |
| 169 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:54:07 | |
| 170 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:55:24 | |
| 171 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | 1:56:15 | |
| 172 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:56:34 | |
| 173 | Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 1:56:49 | |
| 174 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 1:57:56 | |
| 175 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1:58:29 | |
| 176 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:00:54 | |
| 177 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:01:20 | |
| 178 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | 2:01:30 | |
| 179 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:03:38 | |
| 180 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:03:42 | |
| 181 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | 2:04:10 | |
| 182 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:06:24 |
