Tour de France Stage 8

A blistering finish to the stage saw Thomas De Gendt win after an epic effort off the front all day whilst Julian Alaphilippe attacked to get back and yellow and Geraint Thomas recovered from late crash

Tour de France Stage 8

Thomas De Gendt claimed an epic victory in Saint-Etienne, his second one at the Tour de France after the Mont Ventoux in 2016, at the end of a breakaway he initiated at km 0.

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He resisted the French duo Alaphilippe and Pinot who rode away from the yellow jersey group on the côte de La Jaillère with 12.5km to go. Thibaut Pinot moved to third overall while Julian Alaphilippe got the lead back after two days of glory for Giulio Ciccone who remains the best young rider.

A peloton of 0173 riders took the start for stage 8 in Mâcon after Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First) withdrew after he broke a thumb at km 7 of the previous stage. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Niki Terpstra (Total Direct Energie) and Ben King (Dimension Data) rode away from everyone after the flag dropped at the initiative of the Belgian.

Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin) was close to bridging the gap but didn’t make it and went back to the pack. Alessandro De Marchi (CCC) made a smart move by himself and came across to the leading trio at km 22. Terpstra passed first at the intermediate sprint at Cercié-en-Beaujolais (km 33) where the peloton was timed with its maximum deficit of five minutes, after which Bora-Hansgrohe and Sunweb took control of the peloton.

De Gendt who is the alternative to Tim Wellens in the fight for the polka dot jersey inside the Lotto-Soudal team, passed first ahead of King atop the hills: col de la Croix Montmain (km 51), col de la Croix de Thel (km 71), col de la Croix Paquet (km 84.5), côte d’Affoux (km 97), côte de la Croix de Part (km 133) where the leading quartet split in two with De Gendt and De Marchi at the front and Terpstra and King unable to hold their pace.

De Gendt was first atop the côte d’Aveize (km 148.5) while Terpstra and King were reeled in by the peloton led by Astana with a deficit of 3’30’’. Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) abandoned due to sickness.

EF Education First relayed Astana on the hunt for the two leaders with 42km to go. The gap was down to one minute when Team Ineos collectively crashed on a downhill, including defending champion Geraint Thomas, with 17km to go.

De Gendt attacked solo 14km before the end on the côte de La Jaillère. He crested solo while De Marchi was reeled in before the top. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) attacked to grab 5 seconds at the bonus sprint, followed by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) who grabbed 2 seconds.

The two Frenchmen combined efforts to chase De Gendt down but didn’t catch him even on the last non-categorized climb 4km before the end. De Gendt won by six seconds while Pinot and Alaphilippe crossed the line 20 seconds before the yellow jersey group.

It brought two Frenchmen into the top 3 of the Tour de France for the first time since Thomas Voeckler and Sandy Casar from stage 5 to 12 in 2004 as Alaphilippe got the yellow jersey back and Pinot moved into third place with best young rider Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) still in between.

Hampered by a crash, defending champion Geraint Thomas (Ineos) made it back to the group of the favourites only deprived of Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) who couldn’t hold the pace in the last climb.

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Geraint Thomas: “I’m fine but it was frustrating as it was a key moment in the race, Woodsy crashed, and took out Gianni and me and I my bike got tangled up with Gianni’s bike and it took a bit of time to get going but then Poels did a great job. I slowly moved up the group when I caught them but by the time I got to the front, they were sprinting over the top for the seconds.

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So then I was gassed for a bit and its annoying and frustrating but at the same time, to come back like I did, the legs are good but you just don’t want to give away any unnecessary time which if I hadn’t of crashed, I could have followed Pinot and it would have been a totally different story but that is the way it goes. There is still a lot of racing to come.

G then confirmed he finished the stage on his own bike. On having a lot left in his legs, he says “yes but I didn’t want to get on the front and tow everyone, other teams like Sunweb had numbers and there were a few guys riding but there was no speed in it and its frustrating as you are sat there thinking come one…”

On Pinot being a big rival, especially in the first part of the race, G replies “Yes, Him and Alaphilippe have a good kick and riding really well at the moment both of them so they are definitely the guys to watch and beat.”

Thomas De Gendt: “From 70km to go, I just kept riding full gas until last climb. The bunch was coming closer but I had to go solo and stay ahead of them. I had really good feelings all day. From 5’, our lead went down quickly to 3’30’’, but we didn’t pushed that much until the climb of the feed zone. That was the moment to get a bigger gap again. I almost crashed in a few corners but I made it. It hurts so much but it’s wonderful. It’s also mission accomplished for the team. Our goal was to come to the Tour for winning a stage. We almost got it yesterday with Caleb [Ewan] yesterday. I’ve had very good feeling already for the whole Tour and I had amazing legs today.”

Adam Yates: “The pace was on all day, even after the break had gone nobody eased up really. I was alright there, I think everyone’s kind of at a similar level, other than Alaphilippe and Pinot, they managed to chip away and get a couple of seconds, but all in all a good day, a hard day, but a good day.”

“I’ve lost a little bit of time here and there, and I’m over a minute off the GC, but I think everyone is going to say the same thing; it’s a long race and we’ve still got a lot to go, a lot of stages to come.”

“[Tomorrow] is similar to today, hopefully it’s a bit easier, hopefully everyone’s a bit tired and we can have an easier day.”

Julian Alaphilippe: “It was the ideal scenario but I wasn’t sure if it could happen this way. I had nothing to lose. I knew my deficit on GC was only 6’’, but it was a big task at the same time. It’s nice that breakaways get rewarded. I had to attack and go full gas. I didn’t know the finale. I was just focused in the last kilometres and it went very fast. In the last 500 meters I thought it’s now or never, I just went full gas. It was difficult to be in a better situation than with Thibaut Pinot. Had I been alone, I would have gone flat out anyway but with him, I could recover a bit sometimes. I couldn’t dream of anything better than riding in yellow jersey on Bastille Day tomorrow.”

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Giulio Ciccone: “It was a very hard stage. We did the maximum. I want to thank my team-mates. It was a stage for Alaphilippe. It’s fair enough that he got the yellow jersey back. He did it with great determination. I was at the limit when he attacked. I hanged on all day. I’m happy with my condition. To ride a stage like this at the front means I’m going well. I’m satisfied with the way I handled the situation. It’s been something exceptional to have the opportunity to wear the yellow jersey for two days. We’ll see in the coming days, who knows, if there’s a way to create another surprise.”

Peter Sagan: “I spent a lot of energy today. It could maybe have been much better in the grupetto. But I needed to stay with the other guys for the green jersey. I’ll try to recover from this hard stage. I had definitely no chance to win today. I knew the last climb was hard and it was sure that Julian [Alaphilippe] would attack. It was a perfect climb for him, like the other day when he won [stage 3]. He had a big opportunity to go for the yellow jersey again and he did it. Congrats to him.”

Michael Matthews: “It was strong breakaway that managed to escape early into the stage today,” explained Matthews. “We decided to ride to give me a shot at the stage and I think we did a really good job. The GC teams took over midway through the day and tried to help and bring the break back. I had three team mates with me and after the last categorised climb we started pulling straight away to bring back the three guys ahead but unfortunately we fell just short. Full respect to the team again for giving it a shot and I’m happy with the legs today.”

Alessandro De Marchi (in the break with De Gendt): “It was strange that the first attempt to form a breakaway was the one that went and the peloton blocked the road, so if you were two meters behind, you missed the moment. Then, the guys tried to open the race again and with this, I was able to find a spot and go alone to chase the three guys. I was lucky that it was not too late so it wasn’t a super big gap to close. They were smart in the front as they waited a bit for me. In the end, I was doing a good tempo but I wasn’t killing myself because it was more about staying as close as possible and waiting to see if they would wait for me. I didn’t spend too much energy.”

“There was a moment when De Gendt and I went when I had the feeling that we could keep going with that pace and go to the finish. Like always, you need the combination of everything to work for you. When the teams started to chase, they closed the gap a bit. It comes down to seconds. Without the pulling of those teams, I think we were able to go to the finish. In the end, with De Gendt, we saw he was unbeatable.

There was a moment I thought I could beat him but I realize now that he was playing a bit. It won’t be my last breakaway. I will try again and I hope that a day like this will help me to get in the mood, with the mind, and the legs. We will see. I will try to do my best as always and then, you need some luck.”

Greg Van Avermaet: “It was a super hard day today. We were going full gas all day. It was good that we had De Marchi in front. He was super strong and it was a strong breakaway but with only four guys up the road, it wasn’t a lot and I was surprised that De Gendt made it to the finish because behind, we never stopped.”

“It was always a constant tempo, really fast. The breakaway set a really hard tempo too but in the peloton, there were some teams interested in going for the stage so, it was not easy there either. For me, I was going ‘a bloc’ all day and in the end, I just tried to follow the other teams who were setting a super hard pace. I was there in the sprint so, it was quite good. It wasn’t for the victory but it was a good feeling to be there with the small group behind.”

Jakob Fuglsang: “The team worked very hard today, we tried to go for a stage win and to maybe gain some time in the GC. I missed out of it when Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot attacked at the final climb, and even while we were working well together behind them, we didn’t manage to get them back. We used the whole team today to go for a result. At the end of the day, we maybe didn’t get out of it what we wanted, but we did stay out of trouble and on a profile like today, pulling is almost as hard as sitting in the wheel. But for sure, we can be happy with the way the team performed today, it gives moral for the upcoming weeks”

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Stage 8
1 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal –
2 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 06″
3 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 06″
4 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 26″
5 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26″
6 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 26″
7 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26″
8 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 26″
9 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 26″
10 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 26″
11 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26″
12 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 26″
13 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 26″
14 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 26″
15 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 26″
16 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 26″
17 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26″
18 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26″
19 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 26″
20 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 26″
21 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 26″
22 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26″
23 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26″
24 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 26″
25 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 26″
26 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 26″
27 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 26″
28 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26″
29 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 26″
30 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26″
31 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 26″
32 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 26″
33 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 26″
34 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26″
35 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 26″
36 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 32″
37 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 56″
38 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 1.46″
39 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 2.38″
40 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 3.27″
41 Maximilian Schachmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 3.42″
42 Alessandro De Marchi Ccc Team @ 4.11″
43 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 4.25″
44 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 4.25″
45 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 4.25″
46 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 4.42″
47 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 5.01″
48 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 5.37″
49 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 5.37″
50 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 5.45″
51 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 5.45″
52 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 5.45″
53 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 5.45″
54 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 5.45″
55 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 5.45″
56 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 5.45″
57 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 8.02″
58 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 8.12″
59 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 8.12″
60 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 8.12″
61 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 8.12″
62 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 8.12″
63 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 8.12″
64 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 8.12″
65 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 9.46″
66 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 13.46″
67 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 13.46″
68 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 13.46″
69 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 14.22″
70 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 14.22″
71 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 14.22″
72 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 16.57″
73 Wout Van Aert Team Jumbo – Visma @ 16.57″
74 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 16.57″
75 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 17.13″
76 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 17.13″
77 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 17.13″
78 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 17.13″
79 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 17.13″
80 Rohan Dennis Bahrain – Merida @ 17.13″
81 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 17.13″
82 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 17.13″
83 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 17.13″
84 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 19.43″
85 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 19.43″
86 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 19.43″
87 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 19.43″
88 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 19.43″
89 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 19.43″
90 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 19.43″
91 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 19.43″
92 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 19.43″
93 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 19.43″
94 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 19.43″
95 Jasper Philipsen Uae Team Emirates @ 19.43″
96 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 19.43″
97 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 19.43″
98 Niki Terpstra Total Direct Energie @ 19.43″
99 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 19.43″
100 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 19.43″
101 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 19.43″
102 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 19.43″
103 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 19.43″
104 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 19.43″
105 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 19.43″
106 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 19.43″
107 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 19.43″
108 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 19.43″
109 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 19.43″
110 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 19.43″
111 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 19.43″
112 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 19.43″
113 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 23.47″
114 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 23.47″
115 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 23.47″
116 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 23.47″
117 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 23.47″
118 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 23.47″
119 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 23.47″
120 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 23.47″
121 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 23.47″
122 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 23.47″
123 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 23.47″
124 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 23.47″
125 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 23.47″
126 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 23.47″
127 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 23.47″
128 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 23.47″
129 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 23.47″
130 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 23.55″
131 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 26.32″
132 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.32″
133 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 26.32″
134 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 26.32″
135 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 26.32″
136 Rick Zabel Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.32″
137 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.32″
138 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.32″
139 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 26.32″
140 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26.32″
141 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.32″
142 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.32″
143 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 26.32″
144 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 26.32″
145 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 26.32″
146 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 26.32″
147 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.32″
148 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26.32″
149 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 26.32″
150 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26.32″
151 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.32″
152 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 26.32″
153 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 26.32″
154 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26.32″
155 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 26.32″
156 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 26.32″
157 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 26.32″
158 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 26.32″
159 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 26.32″
160 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.32″
161 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.32″
162 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Dimension Data @ 26.32″
163 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.32″
164 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 26.32″
165 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 26.32″
166 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.32″
167 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.32″
168 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.32″
169 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26.32″
170 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26.32″
171 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 29.44″
172 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 29.44″

Overall
1 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step –
2 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 00.23″
3 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 00.53″
4 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 01.10″
5 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 01.12″
6 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 01.16″
7 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 01.27″
8 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 01.38″
9 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 01.42″
10 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 01.45″
11 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 01.46″
12 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 01.47″
13 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 02.02″
14 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 02.04″
15 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 02.06″
16 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 02.09″
17 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 02.15″
18 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 02.19″
19 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 02.45″
20 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 02.46″
21 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 02.54″
22 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 03.18″
23 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 03.20″
24 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 03.26″
25 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 03.28″
26 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 03.48″
27 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 03.50″
28 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 06.18″
29 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 10.12″
30 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 11.07″
31 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 13.27″
32 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 13.38″
33 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 14.25″
34 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 15.23″
35 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 15.32″
36 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 18.11″
37 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 19.08″
38 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 19.25″
39 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 20.00″
40 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20.07″
41 Maximilian Schachmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 20.32″
42 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 23.06″
43 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 23.14″
44 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 23.30″
45 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 23.46″
46 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 24.00″
47 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 24.03″
48 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 24.25″
49 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 25.10″
50 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26.21″
51 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 26.40″
52 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 27.01″
53 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 28.32″
54 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 29.07″
55 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 29.59″
56 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 30.11″
57 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 30.50″
58 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 31.32″
59 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 31.36″
60 Wout Van Aert Team Jumbo – Visma @ 31.43″
61 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 32.41″
62 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 32.44″
63 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 32.52″
64 Alessandro De Marchi Ccc Team @ 33.46″
65 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 34.11″
66 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 34.20″
67 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 34.59″
68 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 36.20″
69 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 36.28″
70 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 36.44″
71 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 37.33″
72 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 37.52″
73 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 38.30″
74 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 39.24″
75 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 41.09″
76 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 43.25″
77 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 44.10″
78 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 45.13″
79 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 46.22″
80 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 47.43″
81 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 49.19″
82 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 49.32″
83 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 50.09″
84 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 50.13″
85 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 52.17″
86 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 52.23″
87 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 52.24″
88 Rohan Dennis Bahrain – Merida @ 52.46″
89 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 54.35″
90 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 54.59″
91 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 55.06″
92 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 55.14″
93 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 55.15″
94 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 55.35″
95 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 56.12″
96 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 56.22″
97 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 56.35″
98 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 56.43″
99 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 56.51″
100 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 56.55″
101 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 57.48″
102 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 59.05″
103 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 59.26″
104 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal + 01h 01.09″
105 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale + 01h 01.46″
106 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team + 01h 01.48″
107 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie + 01h 02.36″
108 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic + 01h 03.30″
109 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie + 01h 03.56″
110 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb + 01h 04.24″
111 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale + 01h 04.26″
112 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe + 01h 05.45″
113 Michael Schär Ccc Team + 01h 05.57″
114 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic + 01h 07.46″
115 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie + 01h 08.01″
116 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale + 01h 08.30″
117 Jasper Philipsen Uae Team Emirates + 01h 09.46″
118 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 09.51″
119 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott + 01h 09.59″
120 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic + 01h 10.04″
121 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma + 01h 10.54″
122 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data + 01h 11.46″
123 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida + 01h 11.59″
124 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic + 01h 12.07″
125 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step + 01h 12.15″
126 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 12.18″
127 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 01h 13.05″
128 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01h 13.10″
129 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates + 01h 13.34″
130 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal + 01h 14.59″
131 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team + 01h 15.32″
132 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal + 01h 16.06″
133 Luke Rowe Team Ineos + 01h 16.15″
134 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates + 01h 16.49″
135 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe + 01h 17.18″
136 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team + 01h 17.30″
137 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step + 01h 17.34″
138 Rick Zabel Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 18.12″
139 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01h 18.13″
140 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo + 01h 18.18″
141 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe + 01h 18.38″
142 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data + 01h 18.46″
143 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie + 01h 18.56″
144 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj + 01h 18.58″
145 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj + 01h 19.10″
146 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 19.25″
147 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale + 01h 19.56″
148 Niki Terpstra Total Direct Energie + 01h 20.06″
149 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team + 01h 20.18″
150 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First + 01h 20.45″
151 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 21.04″
152 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic + 01h 21.13″
153 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie + 01h 21.14″
154 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 21.21″
155 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Dimension Data + 01h 21.51″
156 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal + 01h 21.56″
157 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 21.58″
158 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates + 01h 22.35″
159 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott + 01h 23.21″
160 Cees Bol Team Sunweb + 01h 23.56″
161 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma + 01h 24.30″
162 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma + 01h 25.05″
163 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step + 01h 25.20″
164 Tom Scully Ef Education First + 01h 25.47″
165 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step + 01h 26.05″
166 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data + 01h 26.08″
167 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 26.38″
168 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step + 01h 26.50″
169 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma + 01h 28.20″
170 Chad Haga Team Sunweb + 01h 28.31″
171 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin + 01h 28.38″
172 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team + 01h 38.42″