Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

April 6, 2021

Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 2 – Zalla – Sestao : 154,8 km

While half of the peloton batters themselves over cobblestones in Flanders and Northern France, the other half will head to the Basque Country in search of some sunnier solace and an opportunity to finetune their form ahead of Grand Tour season. With two Slovenian giants on the startline in Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar, plus a back-breaking route that includes a handful of the region’s most infamous climbs, we’re pretty much guaranteed an epic six days of racing. The Tour of the Basque Country is a six-day stage race characterised by short, snappy stages over hilly terrain. The climbs in this region may not be as high as those seen in the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France, but they are a hell of a lot steeper and – in some cases – ramp up to eye-watering gradients of 25%. Make no mistake, this is a race for the mountain goats. The Basque rider will be back this year eager to defend his 2019 title, but with the likes of Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič and Adam Yates also set to take to the startline, a successful title defence looks almost impossible.

Alex Aranburu claimed victory on stage 2 of Itzulia Basque Country, giving Astana-Premier Tech their first victory of the 2021 season.

The local Basque rider was one of the expected contenders on the sharp uphill dash to the line but he opted against waiting for a sprint and instead attacked the reduced group of favourites on the descent of the final categorised climb.

It was all about timing, as he immediately followed an attack from his teammate Omar Fraile on a plateau before opening a lead of 40 seconds over the hesitant group on the rest of the descent.

Fraile himself led home the chase group at 15 seconds to make it a memorable one-two for Astana, with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) third after an attacking display on the earlier climb.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) finished with Pogačar to retain his overall lead, although Aranburu’s gap and 10 bonus seconds for stage victory catapulted him from ninth to second overall.

After Monday’s short opening time trial, the riders were treated to typical Basque weather, with plenty of rainfall along the 154.8km route that intensified with the late climb of La Asturiana – 7.4 kilometres at 6.5 per cent.

Pogačar and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) kicked off the attacks on the steep lower slopes, as Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) slipped out on a hairpin and ended up losing more than a minute. Pogačar took a step back when his teammate Brandon McNulty, second overall, joined Roglič and Sergio Higuita (EF Education-Nippo) in responding to an attack from Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) towards the top.

They were caught once the steep and slippy top section of the subsequent descent levelled off to a plateau, at which point Astana launched their punch and counter-punch. Fraile was brought to heel by Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) but no one responded when Aranburu went immediately after.

He made light work of the rest of the descent – wide and well-surfaced but with no shortage of hairpins – to pen a lead of 40 seconds. However, as impetus fed back into the chase and the road flattened out in the last 2km, it started to fall and any hope of the leader’s jersey evaporated.

Still, Aranburu had time to soak it up once he’d applied the final few pedal strokes on the uphill finish. He’s now second overall, five seconds behind Roglič. McNulty is third at six seconds, followed by Pogačar in fourth at 24 seconds.

How it unfolded

The riders set out under leaden skies, with typical Basque rain soon to fall. They faced an undulating 154.8 kilometres taking the riders from Zalla to Sestao, north of Bilbao. The route went through the finish line after 50km before tackling three minor climbs en route back to where it started in Zalla, and then back to Sestao via the Asturiana climb.

A breakaway formed early, containing Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM), Ben Gastauer (AG2R-Citroën), Jon Irisarri (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Oscar Cabedo (Burgos-BH), and Mikel Iturria (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Kevin Vermaerke was late to the party but bridged across after 25km to make it two for DSM and seven in total.

They opened a lead of four minutes as Roglič’s Jumbo-Visma did the early controlling work, before Movistar came along later to ignite the chase. The gap started to fall with 75km to go and by the time they were back in Zalla with 40km to go, it was down to less than two minutes.

The pace intensified on the downhill run to La Asturiana, and there were moments of panic for Kelderman and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis). The former was able to get back on after a crash but the latter had a mechanical right before the foot of the climb and never recovered.

Cabedo attacked the break on the steep lower slopes but by then the gap was just 20 seconds and the peloton was about to explode. Gaudu kicked things off, with Pogačar immediately responding, and Carapaz slipped out while in third wheel just as they were accelerating away through a hairpin.

Gaudu and Pogačar pressed on until Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) dragged a line of 30 riders back 4km from the top. Pogačar responded to an acceleration from Ion Izaguirre (Astana-Premier Tech) before accelerating himself, but Schachmann, after an initial tester, succeeded in prizing the group apart with his second attack. Roglič responded immediately, while McNulty and Higuita were slower to get on terms, but a gap quickly opened to the rest as Pogačar sat back.

The quartet took 10 seconds over the top of the climb with 14km remaining but the wet roads made the steep, narrow, and twisting descent particularly treacherous. Roglič and Schachmann were caught on one particularly nasty section while Higuita and McNulty were brought back once the road had opened up and flattened out for a kilometre or so.

Fraile was quick to attack, but Kelderman was quick to shut it down. Almost immediately, Aranburu took off, and no one responded. He negotiated the hairpins well and the gap yawned out to 40 seconds before Bora started to really push on towards the bottom.

By that point, the stage win was pretty much in the bag, and Aranburu finished it off on the final kicker before looking over his shoulder and celebrating his victory – his first for Astana and the biggest of his career.

Results :
1 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 3:45:32
2 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:15
3 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
4 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
6 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
7 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
9 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
12 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
13 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
14 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
15 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:00:19
16 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
17 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
18 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
19 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
21 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
22 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
23 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
24 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:29
25 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
26 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:33
27 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:41
28 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:54
29 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
30 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
31 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
32 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
33 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:01
34 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:05
35 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:07
36 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:10
37 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:21
38 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
39 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
41 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
42 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
43 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
44 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
46 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:33
47 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:01:36
48 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:40
49 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:42
50 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie
51 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
53 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie
54 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
55 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
56 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
58 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers
59 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:49
60 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
61 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:01
62 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:04
63 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:02:10
64 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:53
65 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:55
66 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:03:23
67 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
68 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie
69 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation
70 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
71 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Burgos-BH
72 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
73 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie
74 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
75 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
76 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
77 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
78 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
79 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM
80 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:27
81 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:03:29
82 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:04:27
83 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
84 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
85 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange
86 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
87 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
88 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
89 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
90 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
91 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
92 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
93 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
94 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:14
95 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:06:37
96 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:51
97 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
98 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:08:12
99 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
100 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
101 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
102 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:08:19
103 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
104 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
105 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal
106 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
107 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
109 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
110 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
111 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
112 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
113 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
114 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
115 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
116 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
117 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange
118 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:02
119 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:09:15
122 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
123 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH
124 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
125 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
126 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
127 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
128 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
129 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
130 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
131 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
132 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
133 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
134 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
135 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
136 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
137 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
138 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
139 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
140 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
141 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
142 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
143 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
144 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos
145 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo
146 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
147 Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
148 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
150 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:12:59
151 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
152 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
153 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
154 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
155 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
156 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
157 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
159 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:50
160 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
161 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
162 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
163 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:19:07
164 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:21:16
165 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange 0:21:44

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 4:03:04
2 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:05
3 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:06
4 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:24
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:28
6 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:31
7 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:32
8 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:34
9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:40
10 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:42
11 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:43
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:47
15 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:49
16 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:51
17 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:53
18 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:00:55
19 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:07
20 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
21 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:09
22 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:15
23 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:16
24 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
25 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:24
26 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:25
27 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:30
28 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:32
29 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
30 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange 0:01:42
31 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:49
32 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:03
34 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:06
35 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:02:08
36 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:13
37 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
38 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:19
39 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:02:20
40 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:21
41 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:27
42 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
43 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:02:28
44 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:29
45 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:02:40
46 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:43
47 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:44
48 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:45
49 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
50 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:51
51 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:58
52 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:02
53 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:03:08
54 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:10
55 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:12
56 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:21
57 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:24
58 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
59 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:32
60 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:41
61 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:43
62 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 0:03:55
63 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:02
64 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:03
65 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:07
66 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:04:09
67 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:14
68 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:20
69 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:04:25
70 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:04:26
71 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:34
72 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:39
73 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:04:40
74 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:04:42
75 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:04:48
76 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:50
77 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:04:52
78 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:04
79 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:15
80 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:05:17
81 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:25
82 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:05:34
83 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:05:39
84 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:40
85 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:05:45
86 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:46
87 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:49
88 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:06:11
89 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:17
90 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:06:28
91 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:06:30
92 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:06:34
93 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:06:52
94 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:06:53
95 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:38
96 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:08:03
97 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 0:08:19
98 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:52
99 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:08:57
100 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:09:09
101 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:09:21
102 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:09:35
103 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:37
104 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:09:38
105 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:47
106 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
107 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
108 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:09:48
109 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:52
110 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
111 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:09:54
112 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:03
113 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
114 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:08
115 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
116 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:10:09
117 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:14
118 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:16
119 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:19
120 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:10:20
121 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:10:21
122 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
123 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:23
124 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:10:24
125 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:25
126 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:10:33
127 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:36
128 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:10:39
129 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:10:40
130 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
131 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:42
132 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:44
133 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:10:48
134 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:10:50
135 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:10:51
136 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:55
137 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:00
139 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:11:02
140 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:04
141 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:11:09
142 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:11
143 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:15
144 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
145 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:11:19
146 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH 0:11:22
147 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:29
148 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:33
149 Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:12:02
150 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:55
151 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:08
152 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:14:25
153 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:14:45
154 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:46
155 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:47
156 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:14:52
157 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:59
158 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:15:22
159 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:15:50
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161 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:28
162 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
163 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:22:00
164 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:36
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