Stage 1 : Mar 4, Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Nemours, 195 km
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 4.47.24
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
4 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
5 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+63 Yannick Talabardon
+60 Maxime Monfort
+60 Bertjan Lindeman
+60 Andreas Klier
+58 Elia Favilli
+56 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+56 Kristijan Durasek
+54 Laurent Didier
+54 Fabian Wegmann
+54 Bjorn Leukemans
Biggest losers by position :
-163 Alexander Kristoff
-108 Gianni Meersman
-102 Jack Bauer
-102 Tom Boonen
-98 Martijn Keizer
-94 Andrea Palini
-91 Jeremy Roy
-87 Imanol Erviti Ollo
-85 Rick Flens
-83 Marcel Kittel
-80 Mads Christensen
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:06 Bertjan Lindeman
+0:06 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:04 Yannick Talabardon
+0:04 Elia Viviani
Biggest losers by time :
-17:15 Alexander Kristoff
-8:23 Alex Howes
-8:23 Andrea Palini
-8:23 Angelo Tulik
-8:23 Brent Bookwalter
-8:23 Jack Bauer
-8:23 Kevin Seeldrayers
-8:23 Yann Huguet
-8:21 Romain Sicard
-2:24 Sebastien Minard
-1:53 Alexandre Geniez
Favourites by position :
+60 Maxime Monfort
+30 Denis Menchov
+25 Steven Kruijswijk
+25 Ivan Basso
+23 Michele Scarponi
+20 Andreas Kloden
+16 Thomas Voeckler
+10 Tejay van Garderen
+3 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Michael Albasini
-1 Lieuwe Westra
-3 Peter Velits
Favourites by time :
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nacer Bouhanni 4:51:01 (was 53rd at 0:10)
2 Damien Gaudin 0:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:01)
4 Lieuwe Westra 0:01 (was 3rd at 0:01)
5 Elia Viviani 0:01 (was 11th at 0:05)
6 Alessandro Petacchi 0:02 (was 32nd at 0:08)
7 Wilco Kelderman 0:02 (was 4th at 0:02)
8 Geoffrey Soupe 0:02 (was 5th at 0:02)
9 Peter Velits 0:03 (was 6th at 0:03)
10 Tony Gallopin 0:03 (was 7th at 0:03)
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19 Robert Gesink 0:06 (unchanged)
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22 Thomas De Gendt 0:07 (unchanged)
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25 Michael Albasini 0:08 (was 26th at 0:08)
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32 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:08 (was 35th at 0:08)
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49 Tejay van Garderen 0:11 (was 59th at 0:11)
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62 Thomas Voeckler 0:12 (was 78th at 0:12)
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66 Andreas Kloden 0:12 (was 86th at 0:12)
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76 Michele Scarponi 0:13 (was 99th at 0:13)
77 Steven Kruijswijk 0:13 (was 102nd at 0:13)
78 Ivan Basso 0:14 (was 103rd at 0:14)
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92 Denis Menchov 0:15 (was 122nd at 0:15)
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123 Maxime Monfort 0:42 (was 183rd at 0:42)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sylvain Chavanel 31 (was 2nd with 22 points)
2 Elia Viviani 30 (was 11th with 10 points)
3 Nacer Bouhanni 25 (was 0 points)
4 Damien Gaudin 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
5 Borut Bozic 25 (was 8th with 13 points)
6 Alessandro Petacchi 22 (was 0 points)
7 Lieuwe Westra 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
8 Sebastien Turgot 19 (was 9th with 12 points)
9 Wilco Kelderman 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
10 Nikolas Maes 18 (was 13th with 8 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Bertjan Lindeman 4
2 Yannick Talabardon 2
3 Romain Sicard 1
Retirements to date : Stage
Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel Euskadi 1 <<<
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 1 <<<
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1 <<<
Total retirements : 3