The 2016 Placement Vortex shows the placement of each rider in relation to Les Cuspides, Arnold Jeannesson and Jan Bárta, who finished at the center of the pack.

The heavier black lines denote riders who eventually abandoned the race, leaving 174 riders to finish, hence the slow narrowing of the field from left to right with their final placement on the right-hand side. Track the yellow line of Christopher Froome at top or the red lantern line of Sam Bennett at bottom.