Criterium du Dauphiné 2021 – Stage 5 [LAST 10 KM]

June 3, 2021

Criterium du Dauphiné 2021 – Stage 5 – Saint-Chamond – Saint-Vallier : 175,4 km

The Tour de France is less than a month away, but before we start the big lap around l’Hexagone the riders must first tackle the smaller lap around the Rhône-Alpes at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Back in its traditional early summer slot, this year’s race will see the return of its tried and trusted eight-day format, as well as iconic climbs like the Col de la Colombière and the Col de Joux Plane. With these mythical mountain passes on the menu and riders like Geraint Thomas, Miguel Ángel López, Nairo Quintana and David Gaudu on the start list, this year’s race is shaping up to be one of the most hotly-contested of the season. Over the last 70 years, the Critérium du Dauphiné has built a reputation for itself as a ‘mini Tour de France’ and this year’s edition is no different. With eight stages in southeast France, including a lumpy individual time trial and three summit finishes in the final three days, the 2021 race offers prospective Tour favourites everything they need to hone their form ahead of the main event later this summer. Unlike last year’s race, which was shortened to just five stages due to rescheduling changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s edition of the Dauphiné will run for eight days and start in the town of Issoire before heading east, deep into the high-mountains of the Rhône-Alpes.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) chose not to wait for the mountains at the Critérium du Dauphiné, springing a surprise final-kilometre attack to claim a sensational victory on stage 5.

The 2018 Dauphiné champion made use of a 180-degree turn to steal a march on the reduced peloton, and managed to hold off stage 3 winner Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) by a wheel.

Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech) claimed the final spot on the podium as Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished safely in the bunch to retain the overall lead.

The race organisers had billed the steep late climb of the Côte du Montrebut – 1.3km at 12 per cent – as the undulating 175km stage’s key flashpoint, but it passed quietly and a reduced bunch sprint looked inevitable after the peloton caught the only attacker, Lawson Craddock (EF-Nippo) with 2km to go.

Thomas, however, had other ideas. He hit the front just ahead of a 180-degree bend just inside the final kilometre and accelerated out of it as his teammates let the gap open.

It was a well-timed move but it was just as much a case of strength as it was ingenuity. Bahrain Victorious responded quickly, but by that point, they only had one man in front of Colbrelli, who was the heavy favourite with one stage win and two runner-up placings to his name already. That chaser was Jack Haig, who’d pretty done all the work on the run-in to bring back Craddock, and so Thomas managed to prize the gap open.

The Welshman rounded the final bend and dug in on the home straight, by which point it was a case of hanging on. Michael Valgren (EF-Nippo) increased the pace behind, and Colbrelli was forced into a long-range sprint. The Italian surged clear of the rest and closed in on Thomas, drawing up alongside as he threw for the line while Thomas began to celebrate.

He raised his arm to his head, instead of the sky, unsure whether he’d been denied at the last, but the photo finish confirmed he’d done it, with just a couple of metres to spare.

“It wasn’t planned,” Thomas said. “I knew Bahrain didn’t have any guys left – only Jack Haig, who’d been riding. I knew it was all lined out and the last bit was a bit twisty so I just thought ‘sod it, go for it’. I went with a kilometre to go, the boys said on the radio that I had a gap, and I just went all in.

“To be honest, I didn’t think I had that on the line. I just sat up two metres from the line to start to give it the big one, but man, Colbrelli came past so fast he nearly took my helmet off. But it’s really nice to get that win for sure.”

With 10 bonus seconds for stage victory, Thomas moved up two places, above Ilan van Wilder (Team DSM) and his teammate Richie Porte, into sixth overall at 14 seconds.

Pöstlberger continues to lead by a solitary second over Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) as the race now heads for the mountains.

How it unfolded

The 175km stage from Saint-Chamond to Saint-Vallier featured more undulating terrain, with five categorized climbs, the most difficult being the late ‘wall’ of the Côte du Montrebut.

The stage started out with a climb from the gun, and the Côte du Planil (3.7km at 6.4 per cent) saw the first exchanges in a fraught battle for the breakaway.

Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep), third overall and nine seconds down on Pöstlberger’s lead, had an early attempt snuffed out but soon succeeding in getting into a larger group. Also in there were Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), Tsgabu Grmay (BikeExchange), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) and Cyril Gautier (B&B Hotels).

Pöstlberger’s Bora-Hansgrohe team quickly came to the front and set about managing the gap, never allowing it to extend beyond two minutes as both groups barrelled through the opening hour. They were, however, powerless to stop Asgreen winning the intermediate sprint after 52km to claim three bonus seconds and reduce his overall arrears to six seconds.

Asgreen suffered a crash soon after, but managed to get back it. However, the race situation was about to shift, as Bora brought the gap down to less than 40 seconds. That was the cue for the Trek-Segafredo duo of Ryan Mullen and Jasper Stuyven to jump clear of the bunch, joined by Asgreen’s teammate, Josef Cerny.

The trio made the bridge to make it eight out front, and they found some ground when a big crash disrupted the peloton’s progress at the halfway mark. Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM), wearing the white jersey as best young rider, was caught up but was able to continue, although the same could not be said for Lennard Hofstede (Jumbo-Visma), who abandoned with a broken collarbone and cuts to his face.

Bernard then led the break over the second climb of the day, the Côte de la Sizeranne (2.5km at 6.5 per cent), with a lead of two minutes, but that started to come down – steadily at first but then rapidly when the wind hit an exposed section of the course.

With 65km to go, Mullen and Cerny managed to move clear of the rest of the break, who were soon caught by the peloton. Mullen and Cerny had their own lead wiped out in an instant when Ineos instigated a huge surge in tempo in the crosswinds. The bunch never definitively split, but it was a tense, high-paced section of the race.

The Côte de Hauterives (2.1km at 5.2 per cent) was ticked off as if it wasn’t there, while the next move came in the form of a solo from Sven Erik Bystrøm (UAE Team Emirates) ahead of the Col de Barbe Bleue (2.1km at 6.2 per cent) with just over 30km remaining.

Bystrøm took out a lead of 1:15 as Bahrain Victorious starting working en masse to control the pace in the peloton. Things seemed to be settling down but there was another crash, forcing the withdrawals of Kaden Groves (BikeExchange), Clément Venturini (AG2R Citroën), and Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates).

With 17km to go, the pace in the peloton suddenly surged again, as teams battled for position ahead of the steep and narrow final climb. Bystrom was caught with 13.5km to go, just shy of the start of the ascent, where FDJ set the early pace, before Ineos came to the fore.

After a few hundred metres, the first attack came from Craddock, who quickly opened a gap, but the rest either seemed content to follow Ineos’ steadier tempo or were unable to push through on the narrow road.

There was another attacker near the top in Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels) but he was never able to get across to Craddock, who crested the climb with a lead of 14 seconds.

Bahrain Victorious then used their remaining riders to set about chasing, with Teuns working on the plateau before Haig took over on the 8km run-down into town. Craddock persevered and used the faster downhill sections to limit his losses but he was forced to relent with 2.2km to go.

At that point, Colbrelli looked primed, but Thomas pounced, setting up a thrilling finale and a dramatic photo finish.

Results :
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 4:02:15
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
3 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
4 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka Assos
5 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
6 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
10 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
11 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos
12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
13 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
14 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
15 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
16 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
17 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
18 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
19 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
20 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
21 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
22 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM
23 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
24 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
25 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
26 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
27 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
28 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
29 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
31 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
32 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
33 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
34 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
35 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
36 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM
37 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
38 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
39 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
40 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
42 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
43 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
44 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:08
45 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
46 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:21
47 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:36
48 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
49 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
50 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
51 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
52 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
53 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
54 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
55 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
56 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:41
57 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:01:19
58 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
59 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
60 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
61 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team
62 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
63 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
64 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:24
65 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
66 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:08
67 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
68 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:30
69 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
70 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:03:03
71 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
73 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
74 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
75 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
76 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
77 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
78 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
80 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
81 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
82 Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
83 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
84 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
85 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
86 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
87 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
88 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious
89 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
90 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
91 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
92 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:19
93 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
94 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
95 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo
96 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
97 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
98 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
99 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
100 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
101 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
102 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo 0:06:31
103 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:02
104 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
105 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange
106 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange
107 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
108 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange
109 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
110 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:07
111 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
112 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
113 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
114 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:08:40
115 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
116 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
117 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
118 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
119 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange
120 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
121 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
122 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
123 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
124 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:09:26
125 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:10:06
126 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:10:59
127 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
128 Jasper De Plus (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:11:12
129 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
130 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
131 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
132 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:47
133 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
134 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
135 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
136 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
137 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM
DNF Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 16:59:22
2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:01
3 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:06
4 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:09
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:13
6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:14
7 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:16
9 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:32
10 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:34
11 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:35
12 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:38
13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:40
14 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:43
15 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:44
16 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:49
17 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:52
18 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:00
19 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
20 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:04
21 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:05
22 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:06
23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:14
24 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:15
25 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:16
26 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:17
27 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:18
28 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:21
29 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:23
30 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:01:27
31 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:28
32 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:01:35
33 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:01:42
34 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:46
35 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:02:00
36 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:22
37 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:39
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:40
39 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:44
40 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:55
41 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:03:26
42 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:04:03
43 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:28
44 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:29
45 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:04:53
46 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:27
47 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:05:46
48 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:54
49 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:06:16
50 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:06:19
51 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:25
52 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:56
53 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:07:14
54 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:16
55 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:32
56 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
57 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:38
58 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:07:58
59 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:22
60 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:23
61 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:46
62 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:58
63 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:09:24
64 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:02
65 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:10:06
66 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:10
67 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:10:30
68 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM 0:11:20
69 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:24
70 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:11:31
71 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:11:37
72 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:11:44
73 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:12:04
74 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:29
75 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:13:40
76 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:14:02
77 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:14:07
78 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:14:25
79 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:14:30
80 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:14:57
81 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:15:20
82 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:16:34
83 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:17:17
84 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:18:37
85 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:18:43
86 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:18:59
87 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:19:00
88 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:22
89 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:19:46
90 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious 0:19:48
91 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:20:05
92 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:20:28
93 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:20:30
94 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:57
95 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:21:03
96 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange 0:21:19
97 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:48
98 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:35
99 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:22:37
100 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:23:22
101 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:23:28
102 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:44
103 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:24:10
104 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:24:19
105 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:25:06
106 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:16
107 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:20
108 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 0:26:04
109 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:26:17
110 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:26:29
111 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:39
112 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:27:39
113 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:27:49
114 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:28:01
115 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:28:03
116 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:56
117 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:29:05
118 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:46
119 Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:30:09
120 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo 0:30:13
121 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 0:30:34
122 Jasper De Plus (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:31:02
123 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:31:36
124 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:32:48
125 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:32:49
126 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:33:52
127 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:35:01
128 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:36:04
129 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education-Nippo 0:36:09
130 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:36:16
131 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:25
132 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:37:59
133 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis 0:38:44
134 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:39:25
135 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:39:33
136 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:40:15
137 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:48:41