189 kilomètres au coeur du désert et dans le vent : c'était le programme de ce jeudi au Qatar, vers Madinat Al Shamal. BMC a provoqué l'explosion du peloton et la déchéance du leader Boasson Hagen qui a perdu son maillot. mais au final, c'est quand même un Norvégien qui gagne... Que les Bretons, Arnaud gérard était encore là et finit 15e de cette difficile étape.
Et la bataille fit rage dès le départ avant qu'un groupe de neuf ne s'en aille. derrière, l'équipe BMC lançait les bordures, le peloton explosait et l'échappée était reprise à 78km de l'arrivée. Van Hecke, Houle, Asselman et McNally repartaient mais les BMC accéléraient encore et revenaient une nouvelle fois... Boasson Hagen ne parvenait pas à prendre le bon wagon et crevait à deux reprises... Dans le final, le TGV Katusha lançait Kristoff qui enlève sa deuxième victoire d'étape. Le nouveau leader, pour deux secondes, c'est Mark Cavendish mais le suspense entier car ils sont quatre en moins de 10 secondes au général.
Les classements
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 3:57:12
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
4 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
7 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:06
8 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:08
9 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:09
10 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
11 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
12 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
13 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 0:00:13
14 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 0:00:14
15 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:00:18
16 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18
17 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
18 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
19 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
20 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:20
21 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:00:29
22 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:34
23 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
24 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:00:36
25 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
26 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:00:45
27 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
28 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group
29 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
30 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
31 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept
32 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
33 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
34 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
35 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
36 Xhuliano Kamberaj (Alb) Skydive Dubai
37 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
38 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida
39 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
40 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha
41 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai
42 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida
43 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida
44 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
45 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
46 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
47 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
49 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
50 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18
51 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
52 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 0:00:55
53 Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai
54 Steven Tronet (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept
55 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:00:56
56 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
57 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
58 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
59 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
60 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Boris Vallee (Bel) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept
62 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
63 Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
64 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai
65 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
66 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:05
67 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:01:07
68 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
69 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
70 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:01:10
71 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida
72 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida
74 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:16
75 BJORNThurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
76 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
77 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
78 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
79 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
80 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
81 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
82 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:01:20
83 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
84 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
85 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:23
86 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
87 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group
88 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
89 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:26
90 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:40
91 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:01:44
92 Daniel Mclay (GBr) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept
93 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
94 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:02:59
95 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 0:03:20
96 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:03:23
97 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group
98 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:12
99 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
100 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
101 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale
102 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
103 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
104 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
105 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
106 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:05:05
107 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai
108 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida
109 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
110 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
111 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
112 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
113 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
114 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
115 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling
116 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
117 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
118 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin
119 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
120 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
121 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai
123 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
124 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
125 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
126 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
127 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
128 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group
129 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team
130 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
131 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
132 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:20:29
Le général
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 10:51:13
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:06
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:00:09
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:00:19
6 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:30
7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:41
8 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 0:00:49
9 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:50
10 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:58
11 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 0:01:06
12 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:13
13 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:01:15
14 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:01:16
15 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:29
16 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:03
17 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:06
18 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:42
19 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
20 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:02:45
21 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:02:52
22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:56
23 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 0:03:06
24 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:16
25 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:03:24
26 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:31
27 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:03:34
28 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 0:03:36
29 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai 0:03:40
30 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:03:42
31 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:56
32 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:00
33 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:04:02
34 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:03
35 Xhuliano Kamberaj (Alb) Skydive Dubai 0:04:06
36 Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai 0:04:09
37 Steven Tronet (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:04:12
38 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:04:16
39 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 0:04:17
40 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:04:21
41 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:04:45
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:04:49
43 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:05:11
44 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
45 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:05:39
46 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:06:54
47 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:06:59
48 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:07:09
49 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:08:07
50 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 0:08:08
51 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:09:03
52 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:09:17
53 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:09:39
54 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:09:46
55 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:09:57
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:10:46
57 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:10:49
58 Boris Vallee (Bel) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:11:32
59 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:11:38
60 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 0:12:40
61 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:55
62 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:13:02
63 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:13:20
64 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:13:25
65 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:13:27
66 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:13:29
67 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:13:31
68 Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:13:33
69 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:13:37
70 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 0:13:41
71 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 0:13:43
72 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:13:48
73 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:13:50
74 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:13:52
75 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:13:58
76 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:14:02
77 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:14:06
78 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
79 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group
80 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida 0:14:07
81 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:14:12
82 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai 0:14:14
83 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:14:17
84 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:14:23
85 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:14:28
86 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton
87 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:14:30
88 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:33
90 Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
91 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:14:37
92 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 0:14:45
93 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:50
94 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:14:51
95 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 0:15:08
96 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:15:35
97 BJORNThurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:15:48
98 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:15:51
99 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:15:58
100 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 0:16:07
101 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:16:26
102 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:16:48
103 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
104 Vegard Breen (Nor) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:16:54
105 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
106 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:32
107 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:39
108 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:18:07
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai 0:18:14
110 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:18:24
111 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:18:30
112 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 0:18:34
113 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai 0:18:35
114 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:18:50
115 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:19:05
116 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:19:34
117 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:19:35
118 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 0:19:49
119 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:21:39
120 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 0:21:42
121 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:22:10
122 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:22:24
123 Daniel Mclay (GBr) FORTUNEO - Vital Concept 0:22:29
124 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:23:41
125 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:02
126 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:25:28
127 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:25:57
128 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:26:07
129 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:26:15
130 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:27:10
131 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:28:32
132 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:33:48