Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 6 [FULL RACE]

March 12, 2021

Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 6 – Brignoles – Biot : 202,4 km

The 79th edition of Paris-Nice gets under way this Sunday, March 7, with the eight-day “Race to the Sun” featuring a host of top-quality GC contenders including world number one Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) and defending champion Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). The lineup of sprinters is equally impressive, led by Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and 2019 World Champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo). The race’s opening days have gained a reputation for frantic and thrilling racing, triggered by the likelihood of strong winds on undulating roads in the department of Yvelines, to the west of Paris.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) tightened his grip on the yellow jersey at Paris-Nice in strikingly familiar fashion as he sprinted to victory on the hilltop finale in Biot on stage 6. The Slovenian held off Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) and Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) with a powerful acceleration to notch up his second win of the week and take another firm stride towards overall victory.

The stage winner’s bonus sees Roglic extend his lead over Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) to 41 seconds, but the psychological impact of the victory perhaps carries greater weight than the time gained. Once again, Roglic seemed at ease in holding his rivals at arm’s length.

The 202km stage was run off at searing speed across some decidedly rugged terrain, but Roglic seemed inured to such hardship in the final 400 metres, where he closed down Guillaume Martin’s acceleration in person before unleashing a vicious sprint of his own that established fast men like Laporte and Matthews simply could not match.

“It’s just cool to win like this. It’s something new again and I’m super, super happy to do it,” Roglic said afterwards. “It was just the whole day really hard, really from the beginning, and that’s why I thought at the end, ‘We’re all tired, so why not?’ It was beautiful that I could do it.”

Roglic also lost a rival on the road to Biot as Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) – third overall at the beginning of the stage – was forced to abandon after he crashed shortly before the day’s toughest climb, the Côte de Cabris. His team later reported that his injuries had required sutures but no surgery.

Ion Izagirre (Astana Premier Tech) moves up to third overall, 50 seconds down on Roglic, while his teammate Aleksandr Vlasov lies in fourth, a further second back. The Russian suffered a puncture in the finale, but a bike swap with the quick-thinking Omar Fraile saw him make it back to the yellow jersey group and stay in the hunt for the podium.

The day also saw the announcement of some late alterations to the Paris-Nice route after the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi confirmed that he would not allow the race to finish on the Promenade des Anglais on Sunday amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

Saturday’s stage has been shortened to 119km, though the summit finish at La Colmiane has been retained, while the final stage has been cut to 92.5km and will now feature an uphill finale at Levens.

Roglic seemed unconcerned by the impact of the changes on his chances – understandably, given his remarkable form.

“I have to deal with it, what they give us,” Roglic shrugged. “I don’t really care about it. I just expect full gas racing because they are quite short both of them.”

How it unfolded

The long haul from Brignoles advertised itself as a day for the break but the uphill finale at Biot lent itself to sprinting puncheurs like Michael Matthews. That tension contributed to a stage of notable intensity, with the peloton clocking almost 48km in the opening hour of racing.

Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) and Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-QuickStep) formed the only break to gain any early traction, but they never got more than 15 seconds or so and they soon opted to desist.

The break of the day finally took shape over the first classified climb, the Côte des Tulières, where polka dot jersey Anthony Perez (Cofidis) made a sustained effort in search of the mountains points. He was joined at the top by Elissonde, Julien El Fares (EF Education-Nippo), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Premier Tech), Jonathan Hivert (B&B Hotels p/b KTM), and Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos) and they would eventually build a maximum lead of 4 minutes over the peloton.

Elissonde, who began the stage 2:24 down in 31st overall, spent much of the day as the virtual race leader, though the chasing of Jumbo-Visma and BikeExchange early on meant that he was never going to be able to claim the yellow jersey for real.

McNulty’s crash at the base of the category 1 Côte de Cabris brought an untimely end to his race and denied the youngster the chance to explore his limits still further on the final weekend. Out in front, meanwhile, the six leaders collaborated well over the ascent and the category 2 Col du Ferrier that followed immediately afterwards, but the speed began to ratchet upwards again in the peloton from that point onwards.

Perez and El Fares were dropped from the break on the climb towards the intermediate sprint at Cipières, while the speed in the bunch saw several fast men jettisoned out the back. The bulk of them made it back on, but it was an ominous sign ahead of the rolling finale.

Elissonde led the escapees over the final classified climb, the Côte de Goudon, with 50km to go. A puncture saw Lutsenko lose contact soon afterwards, and Elissonde found himself alone at the front with 22km to go after dropping Campenaerts and Hivert on the climb towards the second sprint at Roquefort-les-Pins.

Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange) outsprinted Pierre Latour (Total Direct Energie) and Izagirre for 2 bonus seconds there, while the peloton had closed to within 20 seconds of Elissonde, with Deceuninck-QuickStep and Cofidis now leading the charge for Sam Bennett and Laporte.

As the bunch closed to within touching distance of Elissonde with 13km to go, Jonas Rutsch (EF-Nippo) bridged across alone, and the German’s strength ensured that duo remained clear until the road began to rise once again towards the finish.

A spent Elissonde had to relent as soon as the climb to the line began, but Rutsch battled gamely to within sight of the flamme rouge before Remy Cavagna brought a reduced peloton back up to him. By then, the bulk of the sprinters had been distanced, while Bennett’s hopes were also faltering and he had to give best in the final kilometre.

In a mirror of his effort Orcières-Merlette on last year’s Tour de France, Guillaume Martin tried to pre-empt the sprint by accelerating from 400m to go, reasoning that the effort might double as a lead-out for Laporte if he was caught.

It did just that, but Roglic’s strength was such that he was able to chase down Martin while simultaneously holding off Laporte. Nothing to be done.

Results :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 04:40:22
2 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
5 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
6 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
8 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
9 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
10 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation
11 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
12 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
13 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
14 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
15 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
16 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
17 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
18 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
19 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
20 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
21 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
22 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
23 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
24 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
25 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
26 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
28 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
29 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
30 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
31 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
32 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
33 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
34 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
35 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
36 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
37 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
38 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
39 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:00:11
40 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 00:00:12
41 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:00:24
42 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 00:00:27
43 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:00:40
44 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:40
45 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:45
46 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 00:00:47
47 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 00:00:49
48 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:00:54
49 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:54
50 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 00:00:54
51 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:00:56
52 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:00:57
53 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:00:59
54 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 00:01:06
55 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:01:21
56 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:21
57 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 00:01:39
58 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:01:42
59 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:01:44
60 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:01:49
61 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers 00:02:05
62 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:02:05
63 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:02:05
64 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 00:02:05
65 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:02:05
66 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:02:05
67 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:02:09
68 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:02:40
69 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:02:40
70 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:02:42
71 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:02:42
72 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 00:02:42
73 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:02:56
74 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie 00:03:03
75 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:03:03
76 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:03:04
77 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:03:04
78 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:03:04
79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:03:26
80 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:03:33
81 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team 00:03:33
82 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 00:03:33
83 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:03:33
84 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 00:03:33
85 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:03:33
86 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 00:03:33
87 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:03:33
88 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 00:03:33
89 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:03:33
90 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 00:03:33
91 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 00:03:33
92 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:03:33
93 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 00:03:59
94 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:04:29
95 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 00:04:35
96 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:04:35
97 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:04:35
98 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:04:54
99 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 00:04:57
100 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:06:00
101 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:06:00
102 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 00:06:05
103 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:07:05
104 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:07:05
105 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:07:05
106 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:07:21
107 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 00:07:29
108 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:07:56
109 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:07:56
110 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:07:56
111 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 00:07:56
112 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 00:08:26
113 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM 00:09:00
114 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:09:14
115 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:09:14
116 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:12:02
117 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 00:12:02
118 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:12:02
119 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:12:02
120 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 00:12:02
121 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:12:02
122 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 00:12:02
123 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:12:02
124 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:12:02
125 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange 00:16:39
126 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:39
127 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:16:39
128 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:16:39
129 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:16:39
130 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:39
131 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 00:16:39
132 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:16:39
133 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 00:16:39
134 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 00:16:39
135 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:16:39
136 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 00:16:39
137 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:16:39
138 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 00:16:39
139 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 00:16:39
140 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:17:14
141 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 00:17:14
142 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM 00:26:58
DNF Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
DNS Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNS Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange
DNS Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
DNF Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie
DNS Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 23:22:53
2 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:00:41
3 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:00:50
4 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 00:00:51
5 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 00:01:08
6 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM 00:01:14
7 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:01:16
8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:01:21
9 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:01:21
10 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:01:23
11 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:01:25
12 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 00:01:25
13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:01:30
14 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:01:41
15 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 00:01:46
16 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 00:01:47
17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:01:47
18 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:01:53
19 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:01:54
20 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 00:01:55
21 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:02:01
22 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:02:01
23 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:02:05
24 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM 00:02:12
25 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:02:13
26 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 00:02:14
27 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 00:02:21
28 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:02:27
29 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 00:02:30
30 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:02:37
31 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:02:43
32 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 00:02:49
33 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:04:01
34 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma 00:04:01
35 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:04:07
36 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:06:02
37 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:07:02
38 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:08:11
39 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers 00:08:44
40 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:08:49
41 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:08:59
42 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:09:10
43 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 00:09:13
44 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 00:09:41
45 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:09:43
46 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:09:53
47 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:10:19
48 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:11:03
49 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 00:11:12
50 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 00:11:18
51 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:11:33
52 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:11:44
53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:12:33
54 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:12:47
55 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:12:49
56 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 00:12:57
57 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:13:08
58 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:13:16
59 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:13:37
60 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 00:13:45
61 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:13:54
62 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 00:14:11
63 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 00:14:45
64 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 00:14:53
65 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:14:53
66 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 00:14:59
67 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:15:10
68 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:16:02
69 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 00:16:17
70 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 00:16:21
71 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:16:28
72 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:16:39
73 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:16:46
74 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 00:17:15
75 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:17:36
76 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie 00:17:48
77 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:18:13
78 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:18:53
79 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:18:56
80 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:19:10
81 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:19:31
82 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 00:19:40
83 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:21:02
84 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:21:57
85 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 00:22:02
86 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:22:15
87 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:22:18
88 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM 00:22:27
89 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:22:42
90 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:22:50
91 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:22:55
92 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:23:25
93 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:24:27
94 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:24:41
95 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:24:43
96 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:24:44
97 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:24:58
98 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:25:33
99 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 00:25:34
100 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:25:35
101 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 00:25:35
102 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:25:50
103 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team 00:25:55
104 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:26:15
105 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 00:27:08
106 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:27:29
107 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 00:27:30
108 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:27:33
109 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:27:41
110 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 00:27:43
111 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 00:27:43
112 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 00:27:58
113 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:29:04
114 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 00:29:05
115 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos 00:29:51
116 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 00:30:16
117 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:30:38
118 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 00:31:47
119 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:32:00
120 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 00:32:32
121 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:33:08
122 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:33:24
123 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:33:26
124 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:34:08
125 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 00:34:26
126 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:34:27
127 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:35:03
128 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:35:46
129 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:35:49
130 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange 00:36:13
131 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 00:37:37
132 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 00:39:26
133 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 00:39:48
134 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:39:58
135 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 00:40:12
136 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:40:41
137 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 00:40:55
138 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:41:22
139 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:42:07
140 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:46:54
141 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:48:05
142 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM 00:51:07