Tour de France: Stage 14

Thibaut Pinot wins the stage on the Tourmalet, Alaphilippe extends his lead as Thomas gets gapped, Yates, Quintana, Porte, Martin & Aru drop out of GC contention

Tour de France: Stage 14

Thibaut Pinot claimed his third stage win in the Tour de France after Porrentruy 2012 and L’Alpe d’Huez 2015 as he stormed to victory at the top of Tourmalet while Julian Alaphilippe, second on the line with a deficit of six seconds, retained the yellow jersey and extended his lead over Steven Kruijswijk and Geraint Thomas.

A peloton of 164 riders took to the start of stage 14 in Tarbes. One non-starter: Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) was the first man to attack after the flag off was postponed 6.5km further than planned due to a demonstration. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) went across to him, forming a duo of former team-mates at Liquigas (from 2010 to 2012).

With 96km to go, it became a group of 17 riders with the addition of Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R-La Mondiale), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida), Matthieu Ladagnous (Groupama-FDJ), Carlos Verona (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Sergio Henao (UAE Team Emirates), Lennard Kämna (Sunweb), Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), Lilian Calmejane, Romain Sicard and Rein Taaramëe (Total Direct Energie), Ilnur Zakarin and Marco Haller (Katusha-Alpecin), Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Elie Gesbert (Arkéa-Samsic).

Groupama-FDJ and Deceuninck-Quick Step set the pace at the head of the peloton after counter-attackers Pierre-Luc Périchon (Cofidis) and Simon Geschke (CCC) were reeled in. The time gap was stabilized under three minutes before climbing to the first category col du Soulor.

Tim Wellens first at col du Soulor
Nibali reacted to an attack by Wellens 2.5km before the Col du Soulor. Gesbert made it across.

Nibali showed some interest for the polka dot jersey as he tried to go solo before the summit but Wellens outsprinted him way before the line while the category one climb had made some damage in the yellow jersey group with Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale), Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) among the riders unexpectedly dropped as Ineos and Movistar succeeded to Groupama-FDJ at the helm.

Nibali, Wellens and Gesbert kept going in the valley leading to the Tourmalet. Wellens also passed first at the intermediate sprint with 37.5km to go while Movistar put the hammer down at the head of the peloton. The leading trio was caught by five chasers. One of them, Sicard, counter-attacked with 35km remaining.

Sicard started climbing the Tourmalet alone but Gesbert passed him 16km before the summit and continued solo. A Breton rider succeeded another one as Gesbert got caught with 10.5km to go and Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) escaped 9.5km before the top.

He stayed away for 4km. A third Breton rider attacked 4km before the end: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ). Jumbo-Visma, the only team with three riders in the 12-man group, brought him back. Twelve climbers remained at the front 3km before the end: Pinot, Landa, Fuglsang, Bernal, Thomas, De Plus, Bennett, Kruijswijk, Alaphilippe, Urán, Buchmann and Barguil.

Being the defending champion, Thomas was the most notable rider to lose contact before the top. Pinot accelerated 250 metres before the finishing line. Buchmann and Bernal were last to resist but the Frenchman upped the speed again and powered to victory with a 6″ difference to Alaphilippe who took one more step towards Paris in the lead of the overall ranking as he extended his advantage over all of his other rivals.

REACTIONS

Thibaut Pinot: “Our tactic was planned before the race. That’s why we got our time trial specialists to pull the bunch and maintain the gap under three minutes. I clearly wanted the stage win and nothing else. It was out of question to make a show. What we didn’t plan was Movistar to make the race hard on the Soulor and that hurt. David Gaudu’s attack was planned as well. I had a strong desire to win. My goal now is to make the top 3 in Paris again.”

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Julian Alaphilippe: “When I saw some big names losing contact before me, I got thrilled. I’m happy to profit from this exceptional moment I’m having. The hard work pays off. After today’s big damages, there’ll be more changes in the overall ranking. One more day in yellow, I couldn’t ask for anything better. The closer well get to Paris, the more I’ll ask of myself if I stay in the lead but firstly I need to recover from today’s hard stage”.

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Geraint Thomas: “I just didn’t feel quite on it from the start really to be honest – just quite weak. At the end, I just knew I had to try to pace it. I didn’t really attempt to follow when they kicked. I thought it was better just to try to ride my own pace and limit my losses that way, rather than stay with them and blow up on the steepest bit at the end. Maybe I should have tried to stay with them – it’s just one of those days. I was hoping I’d come round a bit. On the last climb it was just a matter of staying there for as long as possible. It was a tough day out there. There’s still a lot more to come and hopefully I’ll feel better tomorrow.”

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Steven Kruijswijk: “This was a great day for us”, Kruijswijk said. “I think my shape is good. Laurens and George rode so fast that I had to slow them down a bit. When I looked over my shoulder, I saw that only ten riders were able to follow. Then I focused on the last five hundred metres.”

“I finished in a good way and this certainly provides perspective. The team was really strong today. That is really good to see. During the first ten days, we were strong as a team in the sprints and now we were still represented by three riders among the best ten on the Tourmalet”.

“After having lost Wout, we had to refocus. I think that worked out well today. I’m going to give my all every day. If I can hold on to this in the coming week, it will look good for the podium. But some others showed that it can be over from one day to the next. So let’s not get ahead of ourselves regarding the overall podium.”

Adam Yates: “Not the best day that’s for sure. Everyone comes out of a time trial differently and usually I come out pretty good but today was a different story. No excuses really, I just didn’t have the legs on the day and that’s how it goes sometimes.

“More than anything I’m just sorry to the guys who have kept me out the wind and looked after me for the past 2 weeks, they’ve sacrificed their own chances to help me out and in the end it didn’t come off. Having said all that, tomorrow is another day and we will continuing fighting like it’s day one!”

Elie Gesbert: “I had planned to break away and stay away as long as possible. To have climbed half of the Tourmalet alone in the lead is more than I hoped for. It’s been a pleasure and it motivates me even more for the remaining of the Tour de France. Today’s triumph of Pinot and Alaphilippe is very good for French cycling.”

Egan Bernal: “What happened today is a big surprise for many. It was the first day of the pure battle for the overall with big climbs. Personally I felt well and that makes me happy. As a team, Geraint Thomas has lost some time and that’s not good.”

“I was available to help him but through the radio, they told me to not wait for him. We all have a bad day at the Tour de France, yesterday was mine. I don’t know if we can win the Tour de France. I know that the defending champion is my team-mate. I won’t go against the instructions of my team. If I’m asked to help, I will do. If I’m given freedom, I’ll try to make the best of it.”

Peter Sagan: “For me, this stage was pretty good, although not the best. I made it to the breakaway and was dropped on the first climb. After, when I was on the bunch, I wanted to catch the break because I had told them on the climb not to drop me so we could take turns on the descent to the Tourmalet.”

“But they split altogether, and in the end we all were chasing each other. Anyway, I still could be 9th on the Intermediate Sprint. From then on, I went slow in order to save energy. It was a pretty fast day, and good for Bora-Hansgrohe as Emanuel Buchmann did great and is still up there on the GC. All in all, it was a nice day.”

Tim Wellens (KoM jersey): “I already said yesterday that I’d target the Soulor only and it worked out. I wanted to make the breakaway. The battle for the breakaway didn’t long. I realized that Vincenzo Nibali was interested in the polka dot jersey when he even went for the 4th category climb. My sport director told me to pay attention to his attack on the Soulor. Now it’s clear that he’s a candidate for the King of the Mountains.”

Mikel Landa: “My body went a bit down with 5km to go, and the good legs I had in the beginning of the stage were no more. Still, I think we did really well. We were hopeful about our chances of contesting the victory today, but Nairo didn’t have a good stage and we had to change our plans a bit.”

“The race was really fast all day, with tailwinds and high temperatures in the final climb. That made all favourites just want to get through the day, not really attacking before the sprint. We could see some hints of what’s to come: Jumbo-Visma had three riders at the front in the end, Alaphilippe did not lost time at all, Pinot is so strong.”

“Another important stage tomorrow. I think there could be big gaps. Stage wins or GC? I’d like to be in the mix for a stage win and finish as close to the podium as possible. There are still a couple of stages with several big climbs, where we could have GC riders with lost time attacking from afar – it could still chance much. I’m feeling quite better, having my home fans here means a lot to me. There’s still a long way to go.”

Alejandro Valverde: “I think we did a pretty good stage, taking the reins of the peloton from well before the finish, trying to do our thing. Nairo wasn’t having a good leg, but we didn’t know it, he didn’t tell us, you’d have to ask him why. In the end I missed a bit of strength, but seeing the high speeds near the top, I couldn’t really continue to follow their pace if I didn’t want to crack badly.”

“I lost only 57-58″, which is pretty good. A new team leader for the rest of the race? Well, I think it’s clear we’ll need a change, no? On the other hand, looking at the GC contenders, there’s no one clearly ahead of the rest: Alaphilippe was also struggling like the rest, everyone was on the limit – Pinot actually looks like he’s doing better than the others.”

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Nairo Quintana: “It’s clear it wasn’t a good day. The crash (on Wednesday) might have played a role in that. We must continue to push for Mikel and Alejandro, we’ve got to support them. They’re now ahead of me in the GC, and we must give them support. I hoped to have a good day, yet my body didn’t respond well. Mikel was doing well and I thought I couldn’t really ask my team-mates to wait for me. Let’s see how my body responds to the upcoming efforts.”

Emanuel Buchmann: “I’m very happy today. I had great legs from the start, I didn’t encounter any problems on the Soulour and on the Tourmalet I was never on the limit until the final 2km. When I saw the others were suffering, I knew I could still ramp up my pace, so I launched an attack”.

“I would, obviously, have liked to take the stage but I’m happy I was able to split the group of favourites and I feel satisfied with my fourth place. I think I’m on the right track, I moved one spot to fifth in the GC and if I can continue like this, I feel confident about the upcoming mountain stages.”

Vincenzo Nibali “Today I felt finally better – says the Italian champion – and it was right to try something in this mountain stage. I attacked very early and after other riders arrived, I think it was a good break with strong riders but the peloton never left us too much space”.

“I am happy with my race because I consider it a step towards a complete recovery. If one is not feeling well, he is unable to escape and having succeeded is a good sign. It will not be easy but I will try again in the next stages”.

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RESULTS
1 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj –
2 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 0.06″
3 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 0.06″
4 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 0.08″
5 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 0.08″
6 Mikel Landa Movistar Team @ 0.14″
7 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 0.30″
8 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 0.36″
9 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 0.38″
10 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 0.53″
11 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 0.58″
12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 0.58″
13 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 1.19″
14 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 2.05″
15 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 2.26″
16 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2.54″
17 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 3.24″
18 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 3.29″
19 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 3.33″
20 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 3.48″
21 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 4.10″
22 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 4.21″
23 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 4.48″
24 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 5.35″
25 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 6.42″
26 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 7.12″
27 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 9.34″
28 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 9.59″
29 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 9.59″
30 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 10.56″
31 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 11.15″
32 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 11.15″
33 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 11.21″
34 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 11.22″
35 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 11.39″
36 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 11.39″
37 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 12.04″
38 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 12.20″
39 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 12.39″
40 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 12.39″
41 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 12.50″
42 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 14.10″
43 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 15.19″
44 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 15.29″
45 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 15.36″
46 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 16.15″
47 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 16.31″
48 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 17.11″
49 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 17.11″
50 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 17.11″
51 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 17.11″
52 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 17.11″
53 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 18.25″
54 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
55 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
56 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 20.19″
57 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
58 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
59 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 20.19″
60 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 20.19″
61 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
62 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 20.19″
63 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 20.19″
64 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 20.19″
65 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 20.19″
66 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 20.19″
67 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 20.19″
68 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 20.19″
69 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 20.19″
70 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 20.19″
71 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 20.19″
72 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 20.19″
73 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 20.19″
74 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 20.19″
75 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 20.19″
76 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 20.19″
77 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 20.19″
78 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 20.19″
79 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 20.19″
80 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 20.19″
81 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 20.19″
82 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 20.19″
83 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 20.19″
84 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 20.19″
85 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 20.19″
86 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 20.19″
87 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 20.19″
88 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 20.19″
89 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 20.19″
90 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 20.19″
91 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 20.19″
92 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 20.33″
93 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 20.33″
94 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 20.36″
95 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 20.39″
96 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 20.39″
97 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 20.53″
98 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 21.04″
99 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 21.04″
100 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 21.04″
101 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 21.13″
102 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 21.15″
103 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 21.34″
104 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 21.39″
105 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 21.51″
106 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 21.55″
107 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 22.15″
108 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 22.15″
109 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 22.15″
110 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 22.15″
111 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 22.21″
112 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 22.28″
113 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 22.59″
114 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 23.11″
115 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 23.21″
116 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 23.27″
117 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 23.35″
118 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 23.52″
119 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 24.02″
120 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 24.02″
121 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 24.07″
122 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 24.15″
123 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 24.18″
124 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 24.18″
125 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 24.18″
126 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 24.18″
127 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 24.18″
128 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 24.24″
129 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 24.24″
130 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 24.24″
131 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 24.24″
132 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 24.24″
133 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 24.24″
134 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 24.24″
135 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 24.24″
136 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 24.24″
137 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 24.24″
138 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 24.24″
139 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 24.24″
140 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 24.24″
141 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 24.24″
142 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 24.39″
143 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 25.42″
144 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 25.47″
145 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 25.47″
146 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 25.53″
147 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.21″
148 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.30″
149 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 26.35″
150 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 26.35″
151 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 27.09″
152 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 27.09″
153 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 27.09″
154 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 27.09″
155 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 27.09″
156 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 27.09″
157 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 27.09″
158 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 27.26″
159 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 27.30″
160 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 27.30″
161 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 27.46″
162 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 27.56″
163 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 29.11″
164 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 29.57″
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Overall
1 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step –
2 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 2.02″
3 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2.14″
4 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 3.00″
5 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 3.12″
6 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 3.12″
7 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 4.24″
8 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 5.22″
9 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 5.27″
10 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 5.38″
11 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 6.14″
12 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 6.49″
13 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 7.17″
14 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 7.19″
15 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 9.03″
16 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 9.50″
17 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 9.55″
18 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 10.37″
19 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 11.00″
20 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 11.19″
21 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 13.23″
22 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 17.13″
23 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 18.32″
24 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 23.39″
25 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 25.54″
26 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26.05″
27 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.29″
28 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 29.11″
29 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 30.02″
30 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 34.44″
31 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 34.46″
32 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 34.56″
33 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 36.50″
34 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 37.03″
35 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 40.10″
36 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 42.35″
37 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 42.56″
38 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 43.04″
39 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 43.22″
40 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 45.42″
41 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 46.26″
42 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 47.26″
43 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 48.26″
44 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 48.55″
45 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 49.14″
46 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 49.31″
47 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 50.40″
48 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 52.17″
49 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 52.28″
50 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 53.10″
51 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 54.59″
52 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 55.19″
53 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 55.23″
54 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 56.08″
55 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 56.22″
56 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 58.20″
57 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 1h 00.19″
58 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 1h 01.13″
59 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 1h 02.00″
60 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 1h 02.16″
61 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 1h 02.57″
62 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 1h 03.48″
63 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 1h 05.28″
64 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 1h 05.51″
65 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 1h 07.07″
66 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 1h 07.13″
67 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 1h 08.21″
68 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 1h 09.03″
69 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 1h 10.07″
70 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 1h 10.19″
71 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 1h 11.48″
72 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 1h 14.59″
73 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 1h 16.50″
74 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 1h 17.27″
75 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 1h 17.43″
76 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 1h 18.39″
77 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 1h 19.14″
78 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 1h 19.35″
79 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 1h 19.52″
80 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 1h 19.57″
81 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1h 20.12″
82 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 1h 21.55″
83 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 1h 22.18″
84 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 1h 26.23″
85 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 1h 28.34″
86 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1h 29.15″
87 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 1h 29.36″
88 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 1h 30.15″
89 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 1h 30.33″
90 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 1h 32.31″
91 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 1h 36.04″
92 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 1h 36.35″
93 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 1h 37.36″
94 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 1h 37.43″
95 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 1h 37.54″
96 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 1h 38.14″
97 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1h 38.40″
98 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 1h 38.48″
99 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 1h 39.37″
100 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 1h 39.43″
101 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 1h 40.29″
102 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 1h 40.58″
103 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1h 41.41″
104 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1h 41.56″
105 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 1h 43.20″
106 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 1h 43.51″
107 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 1h 45.49″
108 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 1h 46.00″
109 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 1h 46.11″
110 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 1h 46.22″
111 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 1h 47.16″
112 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 1h 48.23″
113 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 1h 48.52″
114 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 1h 49.56″
115 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 1h 50.44″
116 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 1h 53.58″
117 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 1h 55.58″
118 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 1h 56.06″
119 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 1h 57.48″
120 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 1h 58.58″
121 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 2h 02.35″
122 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 2h 02.48″
123 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 2h 03.36″
124 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 05.07″
125 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 2h 05.47″
126 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 2h 06.15″
127 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 2h 06.31″
128 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 2h 06.34″
129 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 2h 06.37″
130 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 06.51″
131 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 2h 07.05″
132 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 08.06″
133 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 08.17″
134 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2h 08.43″
135 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 2h 08.59″
136 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 2h 10.19″
137 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2h 10.48″
138 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 2h 12.59″
139 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 13.12″
140 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2h 13.19″
141 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 14.07″
142 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 2h 14.35″
143 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 2h 16.23″
144 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 2h 16.30″
145 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 2h 17.44″
146 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 2h 18.13″
147 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 2h 18.19″
148 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 2h 18.24″
149 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 18.35″
150 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 19.41″
151 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 19.51″
152 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 19.51″
153 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 2h 20.00″
154 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 20.15″
155 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 2h 20.49″
156 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 21.22″
157 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 2h 21.31″
158 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 21.44″
159 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 22.09″
160 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 22.14″
161 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 26.34″
162 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 33.00″
163 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 2h 35.21″
164 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 46.15″