 Warbasse recorded a time of 42 ' 43 " for the course , but his stay at the top was almost immediately beaten by Orica – GreenEDGE 's Mitchell Docker . Docker had started two minutes behind Warbasse – riders had started the stage at one @-@ minute intervals – and nearly caught him towards the end , having already passed his team @-@ mate Yannick Eijssen on the course . NetApp – Endura rider Alexander Wetterhall was the next rider to record the fastest time , setting a benchmark of 40 ' 19 " ; Jack Bauer was the first rider to break the expected fastest time , recording a sub @-@ 40 minute time for the parcours , as the Garmin – Sharp rider went top with 39 ' 33 " . Eloy Teruel went five seconds quicker than Bauer for the Movistar Team to assume top spot for a short time , before Czech national champion Jan Bárta , a team @-@ mate of Wetterhall at NetApp – Endura , completed the course over a minute quicker in a time of 38 ' 30 " . 
