Stage 6: TDF

Shake up at the Tour de France as Dylan Tuens wins the first GC stage, Ciccone takes yellow and Thomas is the best of the GC hopefuls

Stage 6: TDF

Two Tour de France debutants found glory at La Planche des Belles Filles.

After winning stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné at Craponne-sur-Arzon, Dylan Teuns took his maiden Tour de France victory on his debut in the race while his last breakaway companion, Italy’s Giulio Ciccone, who carries the same family name as singer Madonna but is not related to her although they both originate from Abbruzzo, took the yellow jersey.

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175 riders took the start of stage 6 in Mulhouse. One non-starter: Patrick Bevin (CCC), due to fractured ribs on stage 4. After 4km, 14 riders formed a breakaway group: Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida), Serge Pauwels (CCC), Julien Bernard and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Nikias Arndt (Sunweb), Natnael Berhane (Cofidis), Thomas De Gendt and Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), Fabien Grellier (Total Direct Energie), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Xandro Meurisse and Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and André Greipel (Arkéa-Samsic).

Their advantage was already 6’40’’ at the intermediate sprint of Linthal (km 29) won by Pasqualon while Michael Matthews (Sunweb) outsprinted Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) for the remaining point on offer. At the top of the first category 1 climb of the 2019 Tour de France, the Markstein, Wellens found a new rival for the King of the Mountains competition as Ciccone hinted that he’s interesting in doubling up.

A maximum time gap was reached at the bottom of the Ballon d’Alsace, km 94: 8’30’’. It was down to 7’20’’ at the top, after which GC teams showed up at the head of the peloton to relay Deceuninck-Quick Step in the chase: Ineos and Bahrain-Merida in second lane before Movistar decided to up the tempo of the bunch within 50km to go. At col des Croix 37km before the end, De Gendt went for two KOM points and forged on so he became the lone leader. He got caught 1km before the col des Chevrères by Teuns, Ciccone, Pauwels and Wellens while world champion Alejandro Valverde made the race hard at the front of the peloton. With 10km to go, the leading quartet still had 4’ over the peloton.

Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) was the first man to attack from the peloton before Mikel Landa (Movistar) who was eventually reeled in because of a late acceleration by Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) who tried to retain the yellow jersey but missed out by six seconds. Ciccone took over as the leader of the Tour de France but lost the stage victory to Teuns at Super Planche, the steep part above the usual finish. It’s the first stage win for Bahrain-Merida at the Tour de France [in their third participation]. The last Italian in the yellow jersey was Fabio Aru two years ago. Geraint Thomas (Ineos) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) were the first of the favourites while Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) lost contact with the main group.

REACTIONS

Dylan Teuns: Today was a good opportunity for a break so I was looking for a good chance and finally a group of 14 riders formed. It was a nice group and we worked well together.Once we saw the gap was growing, everybody started to believe that we could make it to the finish”.

In fact, Dylan Teuns managed to stay away with the only Giulio Ciccone resisting until the final few hundred meters:“I know that Ciccone is a very strong rider, he won a stage at the last Giro and it seemed to me the same situation as last year at the Vuelta, when I lost the victory with Woods and I knew I couldn’t make the same mistake today. So I had to stay calm and just waiting for the right moment. I tried a couple of times in the last five hundred meters and finally the third time I succeeded. I saw that had a little gap and I just kept pushing to the finish line”.

Dylan Teuns – who this season won also a Critérium du Dauphiné stage, wearing the yellow jersey for two days – had never won a Grand Tour stage: “It’s unbelievable and winning here at the Tour de France is a dream come true”.

Giulio Ciccone (Trek Segafredo): “In my head I was always thinking of the stage today, I never thought I would take the yellow jersey. But now I have finished second in the stage and have the yellow and I am very happy. Today with the stage I also start my operation for the mountains jersey, but it’s very hard here as many riders try for this. We will see – today was the first hard stage and we have a lot more coming, but we try for sure.”

“To get the yellow is unbelievable, this feeling is crazy. I am 24 years old and I am here for the experience and now I have the yellow jersey. Honestly, in the last climb I was only thinking about the stage especially when I saw the time and we only had two minutes. That last 100 meters was super hard. I was disappointed to finish second, but now that I have the yellow jersey, it is better.”

“Tomorrow is flat, and we can try and keep the jersey, but after it is all for Richie (Porte) who is super strong, so we will work for him. This year for me has been fantastic, the Giro already was big and now I am here after six stages and have the yellow jersey. It’s unbelievable.”

Geraint Thomas: “I felt pretty good. I thought it would be a more solid day – it’s never easy, but it was steady for the first three climbs. When Movistar went and Valverde was riding it was solid, I was feeling pretty good – I was just unsure as on those steep climbs I was expecting Richie Porte, Nairo Quintana and obviously Egan to jump up there, so I was hoping for it to be hard all day before that. But it was a good day in the end.

“It’s one of those climbs where you really have to be patient and when Alaphilippe went pretty early, at like 800m to go, I just had to have the confidence to let him go and ride my own tempo and try and ride it all the way to the line. I was starting to blow though as it was solid, overall it was a decent day.”

Michal Kwiatkowski: “It was super tough to pull on the front on the final climb, considering how Movistar were riding on the second last climb, and on the last one as well. When you have riders like Alejandro Valverde pulling on the front, it’s proof that it’s not an easy day. When Landa attacked I was trying to maintain the gap.

“Obviously I was just riding my last few kilometres easy and I could see on the television that G was doing really well, Egan as well on such as steep gradient, fighting against Alaphilippe is not an easy thing so it shows G’s in really good form which is the most important thing.

“I’m really happy that G and Egan finished well, as it wasn’t an easy day for most of us, one of the hardest stages of this year’s Tour de France and the first GC checkpoint which we’ve come through so I’m so happy.”

Luke Rowe: “It was almost an easier day than we expected because the way the break went. We were expecting it to attack for a long time so we dodged a bullet in that sense. I think the team rode really well. It’s one of them standard Tour de France days where it’s on all day.

“When Movistar started ramping up towards the end it started to explode. The legs felt really good and I did what I had to do. To hear what G’s gone and done there – we knew he could do it, we knew we had a good chance to be in a position to try and repeat what we did last year. Egan was also right there in the mix. It was a great day for us.”

Tim Wellens: “Yesterday I really thought I needed to take a day off before I’d go in the breakaway again but this morning my legs felt much better. It didn’t take many efforts to get into the breakaway today. Sometimes it takes an hour. Everybody at the front understood that we had a chance to contest the stage victory. I was lucky that Thomas [De Gendt] was with me at the front, so he helped me making the [KOM] points. He deserved the combativity prize so I think I’ll give him my trophy. His attack helped me a lot. I was in the wheels defending his attack so the other riders had to ride flat out. I hope to retain the polka dot jersey for a few more days. I’ll fight for it as long as possible.”

Nairo Quintana: “We did a nice job as a team and we sort of fulfilled our goal, which was also not losing time. These finishes are quite hard for us. We’re pure climbers, yet this climb is really steep and more suited to other kind of finishers. The first mountain stage is always difficult to tackle, you need your legs to adapt themselves to the new pace and gearing. Our rivals were still really fresh and that made it difficult to open any significant gaps. We’ll have to keep trying in the next few days.”

Mikel Landa: “It was the first mountain stage, I had good legs and wanted to confirm those feelings, see if our rivals would like to pick up the pace, too – yet in such a finish, with those tough final slopes, everyone is always keeping some energy for the end and it was also tough to open real gaps. The feeling after the stage is good: even if Thomas put a couple of seconds on us, I’m right where I wanted to be at this point of the race, and I think we can tackle the next mountain stages with good hopes.”

Jakob Fuglsang: In general, I think I think I can be quite happy about today. I was there until the final, I was maybe a little bit less good placed when Julian Alaphilippe went, but he attacked very strong and I was struggling a little bit on the gravel to get around some other riders. But apart from that, I tried to pace myself as good as possible, so I caught some of them back in the final meters. It was a super hard final and one that normally not suits me that good, so I was quite OK.

The goal was to stay in contention and not losing too much time, I lost some time on Geraint Thomas and Thibaut Pinot, but I’m quite satisfied. The day was not so difficult in the end as I thought, the feeling was better today so everything is going in the right way. Hopefully, the next time in the mountains I’m back at 100% and ready to challenge my opponents”

Adam Yates: “Today played out pretty much as expected, the pace was quite high all day, not just on the last climb, so all in all a tough day out. The guys looked after me as always and kept me in good position and out the wind so I could arrive in the final as fresh as possible.”

“In general, everything went ok, on the main paved section of the last climb I felt pretty good, but once we got on the gravel section, even though it was short it’s a bit different than normal and added an extra complexity to the day!”
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Stage 6
1 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida
2 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 0. 11”
3 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 1′ 05”
4 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 1′ 44”
5 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 1′ 46”
6 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 1′ 46”
7 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 1′ 51”
8 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 1′ 51”
9 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 1′ 53”
10 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 1′ 53”
11 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 1′ 53”
12 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 1′ 53”
13 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 1′ 58”
14 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 1′ 58”
15 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 2′ 02”
16 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 2′ 02”
17 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2′ 02”
18 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2′ 17”
19 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 2′ 19”
20 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2′ 19”
21 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2′ 27”
22 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 2′ 35”
23 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 2′ 35”
24 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2′ 44”
25 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 2′ 46”
26 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2′ 52”
27 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2′ 53”
28 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 3′ 05”
29 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 3′ 05”
30 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 3′ 18”
31 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 3′ 26”
32 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 5′ 10”
33 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 5′ 20”
34 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 5′ 44”
35 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 6′ 08”
36 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 6′ 36”
37 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 6′ 44”
38 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 7′ 23”
39 Tejay Van Garderen Ef Education First @ 8′ 00”
40 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 8′ 37”
41 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 9′ 09”
42 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 9′ 36”
43 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 10′ 14”
44 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 10′ 33”
45 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 10′ 46”
46 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 11′ 12”
47 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 11′ 12”
48 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 11′ 42”
49 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 12′ 20”
50 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 13′ 13”
51 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 13′ 28”
52 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 13′ 28”
53 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 13′ 40”
54 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 13′ 43”
55 Rohan Dennis Bahrain – Merida @ 13′ 45”
56 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 13′ 45”
57 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 13′ 54”
58 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 14′ 38”
59 Wout Van Aert Team Jumbo – Visma @ 14′ 46”
60 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 14′ 46”
61 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 14′ 51”
62 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 14′ 51”
63 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 14′ 51”
64 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 14′ 51”
65 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 14′ 51”
66 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 14′ 51”
67 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 14′ 51”
68 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 14′ 55”
69 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 14′ 55”
70 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 14′ 55”
71 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 15′ 16”
72 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 15′ 16”
73 Maximilian Schachmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 15′ 30”
74 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 15′ 30”
75 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 15′ 50”
76 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 17′ 39”
77 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 17′ 46”
78 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 17′ 46”
79 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 17′ 46”
80 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 17′ 46”
81 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 17′ 46”
82 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 17′ 46”
83 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 18′ 27”
84 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 18′ 34”
85 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 18′ 34”
86 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 18′ 37”
87 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 18′ 37”
88 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 18′ 39”
89 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 18′ 43”
90 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 19′ 04”
91 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 19′ 16”
92 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 19′ 28”
93 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 19′ 28”
94 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 20′ 02”
95 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 20′ 02”
96 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 20′ 02”
97 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 20′ 02”
98 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 20′ 02”
99 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 20′ 02”
100 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 20′ 02”
101 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 20′ 02”
102 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 20′ 02”
103 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20′ 02”
104 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 20′ 02”
105 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 20′ 02”
106 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 20′ 02”
107 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 20′ 02”
108 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 20′ 02”
109 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 20′ 02”
110 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 20′ 02”
111 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 20′ 02”
112 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 20′ 02”
113 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 20′ 02”
114 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 20′ 02”
115 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 20′ 02”
116 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 20′ 02”
117 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 20′ 02”
118 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 20′ 02”
119 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20′ 02”
120 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 20′ 15”
121 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 20′ 17”
122 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 20′ 20”
123 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 20′ 20”
124 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 20′ 25”
125 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 20′ 28”
126 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 20′ 28”
127 Rick Zabel Team Katusha Alpecin @ 20′ 28”
128 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20′ 38”
129 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20′ 38”
130 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20′ 38”
131 Jasper Philipsen Uae Team Emirates @ 20′ 38”
132 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 20′ 38”
133 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 20′ 38”
134 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 20′ 38”
135 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20′ 38”
136 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 20′ 38”
137 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20′ 38”
138 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 20′ 43”
139 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 20′ 50”
140 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 20′ 54”
141 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 20′ 54”
142 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 21′ 23”
143 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 22′ 15”
144 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 22′ 15”
145 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 22′ 36”
146 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 22′ 48”
147 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 22′ 50”
148 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 22′ 50”
149 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 22′ 50”
150 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 22′ 50”
151 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 22′ 50”
152 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 22′ 50”
153 Niki Terpstra Total Direct Energie @ 22′ 57”
154 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 22′ 58”
155 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 22′ 58”
156 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 22′ 58”
157 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 22′ 58”
158 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 23′ 08”
159 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 23′ 18”
160 Alessandro De Marchi Ccc Team @ 23′ 25”
161 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 23′ 27”
162 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 23′ 35”
163 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Dimension Data @ 23′ 39”
164 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 23′ 39”
165 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 23′ 39”
166 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 23′ 42”
167 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 23′ 58”
168 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 24′ 10”
169 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 24′ 15”
170 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 24′ 20”
171 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 25′ 21”
172 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 25′ 21”
173 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 29′ 38”
174 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 29′ 42”

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OVERALL

1 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo –
2 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 0. 06”
3 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 0. 32”
4 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 0. 47”
5 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 0. 49”
6 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 0. 53”
7 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 0. 58”
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 1′ 04”
9 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 1′ 13”
10 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 1′ 15”
11 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 1′ 19”
12 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 1′ 22”
13 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 1′ 23”
14 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 1′ 24”
15 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 1′ 39”
16 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 1′ 41”
17 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 1′ 43”
18 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 1′ 46”
19 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 1′ 52”
20 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 1′ 56”
21 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 1′ 56”
22 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 2′ 22”
23 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2′ 23”
24 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 2′ 31”
25 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 2′ 55”
26 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2′ 57”
27 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 3′ 03”
28 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 3′ 05”
29 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 3′ 25”
30 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 3′ 27”
31 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 5′ 25”
32 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 6′ 36”
33 Tejay Van Garderen Ef Education First @ 7′ 13”
34 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 8′ 47”
35 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 8′ 59”
36 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 10′ 03”
37 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 11′ 47”
38 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 12′ 00”
39 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 13′ 03”
40 Wout Van Aert Team Jumbo – Visma @ 13′ 20”
41 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 14′ 02”
42 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 14′ 31”
43 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 14′ 39”
44 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 14′ 40”
45 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 15′ 11”
46 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 15′ 19”
47 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 16′ 11”
48 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 16′ 23”
49 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 16′ 45”
50 Maximilian Schachmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 16′ 53”
51 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 17′ 06”
52 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 17′ 25”
53 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 17′ 45”
54 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 17′ 53”
55 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 17′ 53”
56 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 18′ 06”
57 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 18′ 15”
58 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 18′ 45”
59 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 19′ 02”
60 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 19′ 18”
61 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 19′ 28”
62 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 19′ 37”
63 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 19′ 41”
64 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 19′ 48”
65 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 20′ 10”
66 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 20′ 12”
67 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 21′ 18”
68 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 21′ 19”
69 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 21′ 22”
70 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 21′ 24”
71 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 22′ 50”
72 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 24′ 03”
73 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 24′ 14”
74 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 25′ 48”
75 Alessandro De Marchi Ccc Team @ 26′ 25”
76 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 26′ 26”
77 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 27′ 07”
78 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 27′ 09”
79 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 27′ 38”
80 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 27′ 52”
81 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 28′ 30”
82 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 29′ 24”
83 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 29′ 40”
84 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 29′ 41”
85 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 30′ 51”
86 Rohan Dennis Bahrain – Merida @ 31′ 11”
87 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 31′ 15”
88 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 32′ 03”
89 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 32′ 28”
90 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 33′ 17”
91 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 33′ 42”
92 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 34′ 43”
93 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 35′ 07”
94 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 36′ 08”
95 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 36′ 12”
96 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 36′ 32”
97 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 37′ 03”
98 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 37′ 30”
99 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 38′ 05”
100 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 38′ 48”
101 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 38′ 50”
102 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 39′ 12”
103 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 39′ 13”
104 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 39′ 41”
105 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 39′ 48”
106 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 40′ 09”
107 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 40′ 19”
108 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 40′ 43”
109 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 41′ 04”
110 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 41′ 29”
111 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 41′ 36”
112 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 42′ 06”
113 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 42′ 08”
114 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 42′ 12”
115 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 43′ 07”
116 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 43′ 19”
117 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 44′ 25”
118 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 45′ 17”
119 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 45′ 30”
120 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 45′ 40”
121 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 45′ 46”
122 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 45′ 50”
123 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 47′ 41”
124 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 48′ 02”
125 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 48′ 30”
126 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 48′ 47”
127 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 49′ 14”
128 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 49′ 17”
129 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 49′ 21”
130 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 49′ 36”
131 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 49′ 55”
132 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 49′ 58”
133 Jasper Philipsen Uae Team Emirates @ 50′ 06”
134 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 50′ 14”
135 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 51′ 05”
136 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 51′ 16”
137 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 51′ 39”
138 Rick Zabel Team Katusha Alpecin @ 51′ 43”
139 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 51′ 43”
140 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 51′ 49”
141 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 51′ 57”
142 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 52′ 16”
143 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 52′ 28”
144 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 52′ 41”
145 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 53′ 20”
146 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 53′ 38”
147 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 53′ 48”
148 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 53′ 54”
149 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 54′ 33”
150 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 54′ 37”
151 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 54′ 42”
152 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 54′ 44”
153 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 54′ 45”
154 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Dimension Data @ 55′ 22”
155 Christophe Laporte Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 55′ 26”
156 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 55′ 27”
157 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 56′ 05”
158 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 56′ 06”
159 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 56′ 26”
160 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 56′ 32”
161 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 57′ 08”
162 Niki Terpstra Total Direct Energie @ 57′ 13”
163 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 57′ 17”
164 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 57′ 25”
165 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 57′ 27”
166 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 57′ 43”
167 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 58′ 38”
168 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 58′ 46”
169 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 58′ 49”
170 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 58′ 51”
171 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 59′ 36”
172 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 00′ 09”
173 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 02′ 09”
174 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 04′ 36”