 The next significant move was made by Hivert 's teammate , Anthony Delaplace , who broke away with Thomas Voeckler ( Team Europcar ) . The two remained in the breakaway for most of the rest of the stage , which was raced at a very slow pace . Delaplace and Voeckler had a lead of over six minutes , but the peloton gradually chased them down . With 25 km ( 16 mi ) remaining , they had about a minute 's lead and Voeckler forced an acceleration . Their lead extended to over 1 ' 40 " with 15 km ( 9 mi ) remaining , and they won the final intermediate sprint . Geraint Thomas ( Team Sky ) took the bonus second for third place . The breakaway still had over 40 seconds ' lead with 5 km ( 3 mi ) remaining , but were caught by the sprinters ' teams 1 @.@ 5 km ( 0 @.@ 9 mi ) from the finish line . 
