Tour de France: Stage 15

2018 Vuelta España champion Simon Yates attacked his way on stage 15 to take a solo victory at the Tour de France today on another hard summit finish in the Pyrenees, his second stage in this years race.

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Tour de France: Stage 15

2018 Vuelta España champion Simon Yates outlasted the breakaway riders to take a solo victory at the Tour de France today on another hard summit finish in the Pyrenees.

Yates attacked at the base of the final climb and held off the general classification contenders to claim his second victory of the race.

The win comes just three-days after his first ever Tour de France victory on stage 12 and makes it a hat-trick of stage wins for Mitchelton-SCOTT in this year’s edition of the race following Daryl Impey’s win on stage nine.

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A Fast And Furious Start

The final day in the Pyrenees began at a rapid pace with many riders attacking to try and make it into the day’s breakaway. Simon Yates was alert, making a couple of attacks himself in an attempt to make it into a move. Finally, on the first of four categorised climbs of the day, Yates was able get away in a large group that snapped the elastic to the peloton and opened up a solid lead.

Eight more riders bridged across after the climb to make it a sizeable group of 36 riders and they rode out to a maximum advantage of over five-minutes, but with the peloton chasing hard all day, as some of the breakaway rider sat inside the top 20 on the GC.

Simon Yates Stays In Control

As the breakaway group headed over the next climbs, riders began to drop off the pace with Simon Yates always on the front foot, staying at the head of the race throughout the various splits.

On the penultimate climb of the day, the Mur de Péguère, Simon Geschke (CCC) attacked and led solo as the breakaway group continued fragmented behind. The CCC rider was joined by Yates as the descent started and pair increase their advantage, reaching the bottom with a one-minute lead over four chasers.

Behind, action came from the general classification hopefuls which saw Adam Yates lose contact from the GC group as the pace picked up on the steepest section of the climb. Mikel Landa (Movistar Team) launched an attack which ignited the fierce battle for the GC positions.

On The Hunt For Another Stage Win

Reaching the base of the final climb still holding onto a one-minute forty second lead over the chasers, Simon Yates took his chances again and with 8.5kilometres to go on the steepest section of the climb he launched another attack and dropped Geschke.

Powering ahead, the Briton maintained his lead hovering around one-minute in front of Landa for most of the climb, finally reaching the line 33seconds ahead of a late attacker, second place Thibaut Pinot (Groupama FDJ) to take another incredible stage victory.

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Simon Yates – Stage 15 Winner
“It was on from start to finish. The GC guys were coming fast, I know personally how fast they can go, so I wanted to maintain the advantage to the bottom of the final climb. Simon Geschke was a great companion on the descent, so thank you to him, but I knew I had to go early on the final climb. I came here with the first objective to help my brother, the second to try to get a stage win. Now I have two so I’m very proud. This one was really hard, the first wasn’t easy, but this one, with the parcours was extremely difficult.

“I’m very tired now but there are three very hard stages in the final week so we will try again.”

Matt White – Head Sport Director – “The secret is turning adversity around quickly, refocussing and changing targets if need be. We’ve done it before in this organisation and we have done it again today. It was an incredible ride from Simon, at the end of the day it is Simon’s win but all the boys have played a part in this victory today as they did on the other two wins. It is a very special day, our third stage win at the Tour de France and we won’t forget this one.

“The quality in the breakaway was very high, with winners, podium finishers of Grand Tours in that breakaway and so the biggest concern was what the gap was going to be at the bottom of the final climb. When it turned into Mikel Landa vs Simon Yates with a one-minute fifteen second head start, we were pretty confident he’d be able to hang on there.

“Pinot was coming very fast but Simon rode a very calculated final climb, he had time checks all the time and he was going just as hard as he had to to win the bike race.”

REACTIONS
Geraint Thomas: “I felt better than yesterday, for sure. It was similar to yesterday, in that I needed to try and pace it when it all kicked off – fair play to Wout, he was great at that point. Then I got stuck by Alaphilippe – and I obviously didn’t want to pull at that stage with him in the wheel, so we let him ride a bit and I jumped with around 2km to go.

“Tactics-wise, we were stuck a bit between a rock and a hard place, but the positive is that the legs responded a little bit better today. It was a decent day all round to be honest “There’s so many guys still in the mix this year. It’s such a mental game now. Everyone will be feeling it, but you need to try and block out the tiredness – bite the bullet and dig in.

“For sure I will look back and draw on my experiences from last year and hopefully that will help – I was suffering at times then as well – the rest day will be welcome for everyone!”

Egan Bernal: “On the last two climbs we rode a really hard pace, in the final kilometres we were going full gas. Before, G told me I could follow the moves and said ‘you can do your own race’ He said it’s better for us if we have two cards to play. Maybe if I follow Pinot and the other guys and if I am in their wheel, maybe they can’t continue [at the same pace]. I think the final was good though.

“I lost time in the TT and it changed nothing, yesterday he lost some time and it changed nothing and today again I moved closer. We have good communication between us, he’s really honest and I am too. If I am going full gas at some point in the race for sure I will talk with him. We need to win the race for Team INEOS, it’s not about Geraint or Egan, it is always about the team.”

Julian Alaphilippe: “We knew it would be a hard day. I paid for my efforts in the finale. I expected to lose a bit of time today. I’m delighted that I’m still in the yellow jersey. I gave my best to fight and retain the lead. The dream goes on. I was never a favourite and the hardest is yet to come.”

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Steven Kruijswijk: “I stayed in Thomas’s wheel”, Kruijswijk said. “I couldn’t follow Pinot, so I had to pull myself together. We rode to the finish line as fast as possible in order to reduce the damage. I wasn’t bad, but one day you’re better than the next. We know it was going to be a hand-to-hand fight. On the Mur de Péguère, we were with three men still and Landa attacked. On the climb, we chased at a good pace and Laurens did his job in the descent with a few other guys. You have to try something and a hard race is better for me.”

Mikel Landa: “I was sad yesterday, because I went empty through the final slopes of the Tourmalet and was left out of stage contention. I felt better today and wanted to try something. We started the stage with a plan to attack, and it was hard to carry out that strategy because the others clearly knew our intention. That’s why it took so long for the breakaway to form, and it was really hard to get those three riders to the front.

The team-mates really showed great commitment into that break, Andrey and Marc gave everything for me in the approach to Prat – I’m really thankful for that. Knowing that Yates was ahead I knew it would be really hard to go for the stage win. He’s such a talented rider, and he’s also had the chance to take the foot of the gas at some stages.

Landismo never dies! (laughs). It’s true that I lost so much time when I crashed on stage ten -I still feel furious about it, I hope I won’t miss those two minutes at the end of the race-, so talking about a GC victory is really too much, yet I think a podium is still possible. I’d like to win a stage and there are many tough routes ahead in the Alps. Alaphilippe? He got over the first long block of mountains in this Tour with a really decent result, and he looks just like any other favourite in the race to me right now.”

Alejandro Valverde: “You can’t say we didn’t try. We got three into the breakaway, Nairo also got really close to having a shot at the provisional GC podium, and then Mikel attacked in the penultimate climb and we could have him gaining some advantage and taking 3rd with that big help from our team-mates. I could also do well, finishing with Thomas. It was nearly a perfect day for us when it comes to attitude.

We’re a group of fighters, and we won’t settle with what we’ve got right now. Nairo didn’t have his best legs yesterday -the crash affected him-, but he felt quite better today. We can now enjoy the rest day and, look out for the next week – those three Alps stages will be really, really tough. It’s a very different block of mountains, with high altitude, 2,500-2,600 meters. It will be tough for Alaphilippe, but you can only applaud him for what he’s done so far. It’s still a long way to the end.”

Nairo Quintana: “We didn’t stay in the bunch without doing anything, did we. It was a great team strategy to support Mikel – just like we said yesterday, it was all about supporting him. All team-mates did, and I tried to get into that breakaway to force other teams to keep a high pace behind. Mikel did really well afterwards. To be honest, I was lacking some air at the foot of the final climb and wasn’t able to help him out, yet he was strong and could do well either way.”

Thibaut Pinot: “Today, in the rain, it was my weather, I had to take advantage of it,” he says. It was a stage I like, I had good feelings. I knew the end of the Prat d’Albis was less steep and I knew not to take too much risk to put myself in the red when I attacked because if I had to counter, I had the means to follow. In the Pyrenees, I took time on everyone in the main GC. I’m fourth overall at 1’50 to the yellow jersey and that’s fine. Now, we have gone back to the general, the hardest steps are coming. If I have legs, I will continue to take time. I must say that the tactics put in place this morning have worked well. There was a big job by David Gaudu and also Rudy Molard and Sébastien Reichenbach. We show that we have a strong and offensive team and it pays! ”

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Emanuel Buchmann: “I had another strong day where I felt really good, with perfect legs. My teammates did an excellent job in protecting me in the tricky roads heading into the final climb. Once in the climb, I was in the yellow jersey group. When Pinot attacked, it was the first time I felt on the limit but I was able to follow him initially. However, he was constantly launching attacks and I realised he was too strong for me to go all the way to the top with him. So, I decided to ride at my own pace. Ahead of me, I think Bernal went too deep and was dropped, so I was able to catch him and feel I was stronger than him. I kept my pace to the finish line, which was perfect. I’m happy with my result in the stage and the GC. The final week will be decisive, but in my view, this Tour de France is more open than the previous years because there isn’t any big team strong enough to have total control of the race. Right now, Pinot seems to be the strongest and is flanked by a fairly strong team, so he could be the favourite but, again, we still have one important week ahead of us.” –

Richie Porte: “I had a better day today; it was a nice result. I am happy to just keep chipping away at it. Guys are cracking – yesterday was so hard, and same as today. I couldn’t quite hold on to those last guys or G, who are most likely going to be the guys fighting for the win. Certainly, yesterday I popped, but I didn’t totally go into the red. The race is certainly not over,” agreed Porte. “Yesterday they had Alaphilippe written as the winner. I think the journalists maybe follow maybe the Tour, and they don’t follow the other races, but I mean it’s far from over.

“Get through the rest day and the next two days as well and the last three mountain stages it’s really going to be on. I think Team Ineos is nowhere near as strong as they have been, so it might come down to every man for himself, really. The Alps are hard and throw in the altitude – it’s going to be a great race.”

Jakob Fuglsang: It was a tough day for everyone and I gave my all during the stage and especially in the final. However, I missed a bit to stay with the best riders up there in front. Yeah, I still miss something more to be in fight for the Top-3. Anyway, there is one more week in this Tour de France and some more hard mountain stages. I hope to recover as well as possible to fight back in the general classification.

Alexey Lutsenko: It was a super intense and hard day with many hard climbs including the final one. But as tomorrow we will have a rest day, today I was ready to fight in with my best. After yesterday tough stage I was able to recover well, so from beginning I was up there in front trying to go in a breakaway. Finally, we’ve managed to escape with Pello and Omar in a big group. But, the peloton never gave us too much space since there was Nairo Quintana in our group and he is still a contender in the general classification. Maybe with a bigger gap I could have more chances in the final, but anyway a stronger climber won today. Yeah, it was a hard day, but I did it on a maximum.

Simon Geschke: “I had the legs, so I enjoyed the stage. There was, of course, massive amounts of pain, on the second to last climb especially it was pretty steep and there were no spectators there to motivate you more so, that was hard but, when you are on the front, you enjoy it and now I’m smiling because it’s a rest day tomorrow. It was actually fun to be out there. I feel more like the old Simon Geschke. I don’t know what it was, maybe lacking race days because of my spring, but I feel like my legs are coming back which is nice.”

“It was a really big breakaway and it was also a little bit of a GC group so, for me, it was frustrating as this meant that my chances to go for a stage victory from it were small. On the second-to-last climb, with guys like Quintana and Bardet in the breakaway, I knew just by gut feeling that I had to try the impossible and go out on my own. I have had situations in the past where that has worked so, I just went all in until Landa and the GC guys passed me and then my day was over. However, it was worth a shot.”

“When I was riding with Simon Yates on the flat, I already felt that he was strong, of course he won the Vuelta last year, and I knew that with a 10-kilometer climb to the finish, it would be hard today. When I was racing against him, I was racing my own race and trying to get as far as possible and in the best case get a podium or top five result. It wasn’t meant to be today but maybe it is on another day.”

Dan Martin said: “It was a brutal out there today. We expected a big group to go early, and after the disappointment of yesterday I wanted to be in the race again and enjoy racing. I didn’t think they would let me go, so I waited until it was really hard and then made the split on the climb. I’m looking forward to the rest day now. I’ve been riding GC for two weeks and with yesterday not going to plan, I’m just a bit disappointed to be caught when I did. It’s probably the hardest stage I have ever done at the Tour de France.”

Fabio Aru (17th in thr GC, + 14’15”) “Today it was a very demanding stage and raced at a very high tempo. I stayed in the main group as long as I could. I’m not 100% yet, but tomorrow we will rest and then we’ll see how to face the last week.”
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Stage 15
1 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott –
2 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 0.33″
3 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 0.33″
4 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 0.51″
5 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 0.51″
6 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb @ 1.03″
7 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 1.22″
8 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 1.22″
9 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 1.22″
10 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 1.30″
11 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 1.49″
12 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 1.49″
13 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 1.54″
14 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 1.54″
15 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2.08″
16 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 2.55″
17 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 2.58″
18 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2.58″
19 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 2.58″
20 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 2.58″
21 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 3.38″
22 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 3.45″
23 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 3.45″
24 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale @ 4.02″
25 Simon Geschke Ccc Team @ 4.24″
26 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 4.45″
27 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 5.20″
28 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 6.24″
29 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 6.59″
30 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos @ 9.59″
31 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 10.06″
32 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 10.06″
33 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 10.08″
34 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 11.42″
35 Michael Woods Ef Education First @ 11.42″
36 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 11.42″
37 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 12.57″
38 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team @ 12.57″
39 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos @ 13.37″
40 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 13.53″
41 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale @ 13.53″
42 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 14.21″
43 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 16.12″
44 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data @ 16.12″
45 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data @ 16.12″
46 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team @ 18.56″
47 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 18.56″
48 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale @ 18.56″
49 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale @ 19.15″
50 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 19.15″
51 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic @ 19.15″
52 Michael Schär Ccc Team @ 20.27″
53 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 20.27″
54 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo @ 21.16″
55 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos @ 21.37″
56 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj @ 22.17″
57 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 23.19″
58 Andrey Amador Movistar Team @ 24.18″
59 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 24.30″
60 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 24.30″
61 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 24.30″
62 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 24.30″
63 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team @ 24.30″
64 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 24.30″
65 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb @ 24.30″
66 Simon Clarke Ef Education First @ 24.43″
67 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 25.43″
68 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal @ 26.48″
69 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team @ 26.48″
70 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.48″
71 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26.48″
72 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.48″
73 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.48″
74 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 26.48″
75 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.48″
76 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 26.48″
77 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.48″
78 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 26.48″
79 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates @ 26.48″
80 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.48″
81 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26.48″
82 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.48″
83 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 26.48″
84 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal @ 26.48″
85 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo @ 26.48″
86 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott @ 26.48″
87 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale @ 26.48″
88 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 26.48″
89 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 26.48″
90 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 26.48″
91 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First @ 26.48″
92 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 26.48″
93 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 26.48″
94 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida @ 26.48″
95 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 26.48″
96 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team @ 26.48″
97 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 26.48″
98 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie @ 26.48″
99 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida @ 26.48″
100 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 26.48″
101 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team @ 26.48″
102 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 26.48″
103 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb @ 26.48″
104 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 26.48″
105 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie @ 26.48″
106 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 26.48″
107 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 26.48″
108 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 27.59″
109 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 28.40″
110 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 28.41″
111 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos @ 28.41″
112 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 28.41″
113 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal @ 29.03″
114 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 29.57″
115 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott @ 30.08″
116 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida @ 30.08″
117 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team @ 30.08″
118 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida @ 30.08″
119 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data @ 30.28″
120 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 30.30″
121 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 30.30″
122 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 30.30″
123 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 30.30″
124 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 30.30″
125 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 30.30″
126 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 30.30″
127 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 30.30″
128 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 30.30″
129 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 30.30″
130 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 30.30″
131 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 30.30″
132 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb @ 30.30″
133 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 30.30″
134 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 30.30″
135 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 30.30″
136 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 30.30″
137 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida @ 30.30″
138 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 30.30″
139 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 30.30″
140 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates @ 30.30″
141 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 30.30″
142 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 30.30″
143 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 30.30″
144 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 30.30″
145 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 30.30″
146 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 30.30″
147 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 30.30″
148 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 30.30″
149 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 30.30″
150 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 30.30″
151 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 30.30″
152 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 30.30″
153 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 30.30″
154 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 30.30″
155 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 30.30″
156 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 30.30″
157 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 30.30″
158 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 31.29″
159 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 31.31″
160 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 31.31″
161 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 31.31″
162 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 31.34″
163 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe @ 31.34″
164 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 32.26″
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Overall
1 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick – Step –
2 Geraint Thomas Team Ineos @ 1.35″
3 Steven Kruijswijk Team Jumbo – Visma @ 1.47″
4 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – Fdj @ 1.50″
5 Egan Bernal Team Ineos @ 2.02″
6 Emanuel Buchmann Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2.14″
7 Mikel Landa Meana Movistar Team @ 4.54″
8 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team @ 5.00″
9 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team @ 5.27″
10 Rigoberto Uran Ef Education First @ 5.33″
11 Richie Porte Trek – Segafredo @ 6.30″
12 Warren Barguil Team Arkea – Samsic @ 7.22″
13 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team @ 8.28″
14 Roman Kreuziger Team Dimension Data @ 11.04″
15 Daniel Martin Uae Team Emirates @ 11.39″
16 Guillaume Martin Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 13.42″
17 Fabio Aru Uae Team Emirates @ 14.15″
18 David Gaudu Groupama – Fdj @ 14.31″
19 Romain Bardet Ag2r La Mondiale @ 27.12″
20 Xandro Meurisse Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 28.25″
21 George Bennett Team Jumbo – Visma @ 28.25″
22 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Pro Team @ 28.49″
23 Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama – Fdj @ 30.17″
24 Adam Yates Mitchelton – Scott @ 33.18″
25 Rudy Molard Groupama – Fdj @ 34.11″
26 Enric Mas Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 35.18″
27 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo @ 35.54″
28 Jack Haig Mitchelton – Scott @ 39.21″
29 Patrick Konrad Bora – Hansgrohe @ 42.12″
30 Jesus Herrada Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 45.22″
31 Laurens De Plus Team Jumbo – Visma @ 47.28″
32 Tanel Kangert Ef Education First @ 48.22″
33 Giulio Ciccone Trek – Segafredo @ 51.18″
34 Gregor Mühlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 52.57″
35 Marc Soler Movistar Team @ 53.57″
36 Wout Poels Team Ineos @ 56.22″
37 Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb @ 57.25″
38 Greg Van Avermaet Ccc Team @ 58.43″
39 Julien Bernard Trek – Segafredo @ 58.57″
40 Alexis Vuillermoz Ag2r La Mondiale +@ h 00.22″
41 Mikael Cherel Ag2r La Mondiale +@ h@ .18″
42 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Astana Pro Team +@ h 03.36″
43 Michael Woods Ef Education First +@ h 06’@ ”
44 Jonathan Castroviejo Team Ineos +@ h 10.10″
45 Jasper Stuyven Trek – Segafredo +@ h 10.41″
46 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Uae Team Emirates +@ h 11.16″
47 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton – Scott +@ h 11.41″
48 Rein Taaramäe Total Direct Energie +@ h 12.25″
49 Mathias Frank Ag2r La Mondiale +@ h 13.25″
50 Michael Matthews Team Sunweb +@ h 13.54″
51 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo +@ h 17.47″
52 Simon Yates Mitchelton – Scott +@ h 17.48″
53 Vincenzo Nibali Bahrain – Merida +@ h 17.50″
54 Lennard Kämna Team Sunweb +@ h 18.28″
55 Oliver Naesen Ag2r La Mondiale +@ h 19.23″
56 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Soudal +@ h 19.58″
57 Rui Costa Uae Team Emirates +@ h 20.22″
58 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Astana Pro Team +@ h 20.36″
59 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb +@ h 21.51″
60 Dylan Van Baarle Team Ineos +@ h 21.55″
61 Michael Valgren Team Dimension Data +@ h 23.26″
62 Andrey Amador Movistar Team +@ h 23.42″
63 Dylan Teuns Bahrain – Merida +@ h 24.00″
64 Tony Gallopin Ag2r La Mondiale +@ h 24.08″
65 Simon Geschke Ccc Team +@ h 24.45″
66 Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha Alpecin +@ h 25.18″
67 Simon Clarke Ef Education First +@ h 25.51″
68 Alberto Bettiol Ef Education First +@ h 30.27″
69 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Ineos +@ h 30.40″
70 Daryl Impey Mitchelton – Scott +@ h 32.06″
71 Luis León Sanchez Astana Pro Team +@ h 32.12″
72 Romain Sicard Total Direct Energie +@ h 35.18″
73 Peter Sagan Bora – Hansgrohe +@ h 35.36″
74 Omar Fraile Matarranz Astana Pro Team +@ h 35.46″
75 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal +@ h 36.47″
76 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data +@ h 37.00″
77 Gianni Moscon Team Ineos +@ h 37.31″
78 Søren Kragh Andersen Team Sunweb +@ 1h 39.31″
79 Pierre Luc Perichon Cofidis, Solutions Credits +@ h 39.58″
80 Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin +@ 1h 44.34″
81 Jan Tratnik Bahrain – Merida +@ 1h 44.56″
82 Maxime Bouet Team Arkea – Samsic +@ 1h 45.11″
83 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain – Merida +@ h 45.46″
84 Benjamin King Team Dimension Data +@ 1h 50.58″
85 Damiano Caruso Bahrain – Merida +@ 1h 51.22″
86 Joseph Rosskopf Ccc Team +@ 1h 53.33″
87 Elie Gesbert Team Arkea – Samsic +@ 1h 54.14″
88 Dries Devenyns Deceuninck – Quick – Step +@ h 54.27″
89 Serge Pauwels Ccc Team +@ 1h 54.35″
90 Tim Wellens Lotto Soudal +@ 1h 57.29″
91 Andrea Pasqualon Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team +@ 1h 57.30″
92 Anthony Roux Groupama – Fdj +@ 1h 58.11″
93 Hugo Houle Astana Pro Team +@ 1h 58.45″
94 Anthony Delaplace Team Arkea – Samsic +@ 1h 59.07″
95 Michael Schär Ccc Team +@ 1h 59.36″
96 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team @ 2h 00.17″
97 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team @ 2h@ .29″
98 Amael Moinard Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 03.39″
99 Stefan Küng Groupama – Fdj @ 2h 04.49″
100 Toms Skujins Trek – Segafredo @ 2h 05.28″
101 Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 06.35″
102 Lilian Calmejane Total Direct Energie @ 2h 06.55″
103 Kevin Ledanois Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 06.55″
104 Paul Ourselin Total Direct Energie @ 2h 08.10″
105 Julien Simon Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 2h 08.18″
106 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 2h 08.21″
107 Mads Würtz Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 08.24″
108 Jens Keukeleire Lotto Soudal @ 2h 08.50″
109 Nikias Arndt Team Sunweb @ 2h 11.21″
110 Ivan Garcia Cortina Bahrain – Merida @ 2h 12’@ ”
111 Daniel Oss Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2h 13.22″
112 Matej Mohoric Bahrain – Merida @ 2h 14.30″
113 Natnael Berhane Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 2h 14.41″
114 Fabien Grellier Total Direct Energie @ 2h 14.52″
115 Odd Christian Eiking Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 15.57″
116 Luke Durbridge Mitchelton – Scott @ 2h 17.33″
117 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Soudal @ 2h 18.37″
118 Luke Rowe Team Ineos @ 2h 22.50″
119 Anthony Perez Cofidis, Solutions Credits @ 2h 23.57″
120 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uae Team Emirates @ 2h 24.47″
121 Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team @ 2h 25.06″
122 Benoit Cosnefroy Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2h 26.29″
123 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team @ 2h 29.12″
124 Yves Lampaert Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 30.06″
125 Vegard Stake Laengen Uae Team Emirates @ 2h 31.16″
126 Koen De Kort Trek – Segafredo @ 2h 31.36″
127 José Gonçalves Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 31.50″
128 Anthony Turgis Total Direct Energie @ 2h 32.04″
129 Florian Vachon Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 33.05″
130 Christopher Juul Jensen Mitchelton – Scott @ 2h 33.58″
131 Elia Viviani Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 34.27″
132 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data @ 2h 34.56″
133 Lukasz Wisniowski Ccc Team @ 2h 35.15″
134 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama – Fdj @ 2h 35.18″
135 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal @ 2h 35.29″
136 Alexis Gougeard Ag2r La Mondiale @ 2h 35.47″
137 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2h 37.24″
138 Frederik Backaert Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 38.11″
139 Stephen Cummings Team Dimension Data @ 2h 41.29″
140 Alexander Kristoff Uae Team Emirates @ 2h 41.40″
141 Kevin Van Melsen Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 42.48″
142 Marcus Burghardt Bora – Hansgrohe @ 2h 43’@ ”
143 Chad Haga Team Sunweb @ 2h 43.12″
144 William Bonnet Groupama – Fdj @ 2h 43.16″
145 Maxime Monfort Lotto Soudal @ 2h 45.04″
146 Cees Bol Team Sunweb @ 2h 46.25″
147 Tom Scully Ef Education First @ 2h 47.05″
148 Niccolò Bonifazio Total Direct Energie @ 2h 47.41″
149 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 47.59″
150 Roger Kluge Lotto Soudal @ 2h 48’@ ”
151 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 48.20″
152 Alex Dowsett Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 48.22″
153 Michael Hepburn Mitchelton – Scott @ 2h 48.41″
154 André Greipel Team Arkea – Samsic @ 2h 48.56″
155 Amund Jansen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 50.03″
156 Lars Bak Ytting Team Dimension Data @ 2h 50.12″
157 Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 50.25″
158 Maximiliano Richeze Deceuninck – Quick – Step @ 2h 50.28″
159 Aime De Gendt Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 2h 50.50″
160 Marco Haller Team Katusha Alpecin @ 2h 50.55″
161 Tony Martin Team Jumbo – Visma @ 2h 55.15″
162 Jens Debusschere Team Katusha Alpecin @ 3h@ .41″
163 Sebastian Langeveld Ef Education First @ 3h 04.02″
164 Yoann Offredo Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team @ 3h 14.56″

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