Tour de France 2021 – Stage 03 [LAST 10 KM]

June 28, 2021

Tour de France 2021 – Stage 3 – Lorient – Pontivy : 182,9 km

The 2021 Tour de France is almost upon us with the Grand Départ set for June 26, and 21 mouth-watering stages to look forward to as the race takes in Brittany, two individual time trials, a double assault on Mont Ventoux and the customary finish on the Champs Élysées in Paris on July 18. The 108th edition of the race will see defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) aim to defend his crown against Primoz Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and a host of other yellow jersey contenders over what is an intriguing and multi-layered route profile. After a mountain-heavy Tour de France in 2020, race organisers have opted for a more traditional and classic affair this time around, with the race reverting to hosting two long individual time trials for the first time since 2013.

Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) won his second Grand Tour stage of the year, sprinting to victory on a crash-marred stage 3 of the Tour de France in Pontivy.

The closing kilometres of the day were ruined by a succession of crashes, which saw Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) go down nine kilometres out and lose over 1:21 at the finish.

Another crash hit the middle of the peloton four kilometres out, with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) held up as numerous riders hit the ground, while the sprint for the line saw Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) touch wheels with Merlier, causing him and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) to crash hard inside the final 150 metres.

Merlier sprinted to victory unhindered after a stellar Alpecin-Fenix lead-out, with his teammate Jasper Philipsen taking second place ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic). Race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), finished safely in the front group to retain the yellow jersey.

“I’m living a dream, I think. After the Giro, I was already very happy, but now to win a stage at the Tour, the biggest race in the world. I can’t believe it,” Merlier said after the finish.

“Mathieu said he was going to do the lead-out, and I said, ‘you are crazy’ but he loves to do it, so then Jasper Philipsen took over for the last 700 metres. It was a great lead-out and I just needed to go the last 150 metres. I looked back and I couldn’t believe it, there was nobody else on my wheel. There was a crash, and so that would be the reason, I think.

“I can’t believe this, it’s a dream,” he concluded.

As a result of the crashes, only Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) managed to avoid losing time among the GC men, with groups of riders coming home at 14 seconds and 26 seconds – the latter group including Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).

How it unfolded

Stage 3 of the Tour de France took the peloton 182.9 kilometres across southern Brittany from Lorient to Pontivy, giving the sprinters their first opportunity to shine in the race.

A largely flat opening third of the stage gave way to more rolling roads to the finish, though little to trouble any of the sprint contenders. Two category-four climbs lay on the route, the Côte de Cadoudal after 91 kilometres and the Côte de Pluméliaeu after 148 kilometres.

Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) was an unsurprising early attacker, having been out in the break on the first two days of the race. The German, wearing polka dots as mountain classification leader Mathieu van der Poel held the maillot jaune, was looking to retake the polka dot jersey.

He was joined out front by two men from Breton team B&B Hotels p/b KTM in Cyril Barthe and Maxime Chevalier, plus Cofidis’ Jelle Wallays, and AG2R Citroënman Michael Schär.

With the road behind them blocked at the head of the peloton, the five riders were allowed to ride off, cementing the break of the stage. Shortly afterwards, Lotto Soudal and Groupama-FDJ set to work on the front of the peloton to limit the gap on behalf of their sprinters, Caleb Ewan and Arnaud Démare.

The break’s advantage was held in the 2:30 to three-minute mark by the teams, though Mark Cavendish’s Deceuninck-QuickStep and Van der Poel’s Alpecin-Fenix squads were not present at the front at that point.

A fairly standard sprint stage formula looked to be playing out, with dozens of quiet kilometres lying ahead. However, that was punctured by another crash at the front of the peloton following the carnage of the opening day.

Ineos Grenadiers co-leader Geraint Thomas went down after 37 kilometres following a touch of wheels, while Jumbo-Visma domestique Robert Gesink was left with nowhere to go and ploughed into the Welshman, somersaulting to the floor.

Thomas looked in trouble as he clutched his collarbone/shoulder area, but it emerged that he had dislocated his shoulder rather than broken any bones, and he was able to continue, catching back on with 125 kilometres to go. For Gesink, meanwhile, it was a less happy ending as he was forced to abandon the Tour due to his injuries.

20 kilometres later, the rain that hit at around the time of the crash stopped, and the break passed into the final 100 kilometres towards the Côte de Cadoudal with an advantage of 2:30 on the peloton.

Schelling went on the move on the climb, and he was given no contest by his breakmates as he picked up another point to go equal top in the KOM standings. Little action came in the following kilometres, barring a crash for Qhubeka NextHash riders Sean Bennett and Nic Dlamini, though the work in the peloton brought the gap down to 1:30 by the intermediate sprint after 118 kilometres.

Barthe led the break though, but the real interest lay in the sprinters back in the peloton. Bahrain Victorious, Lotto Soudal and Deceuninck-QuickStep put together lead outs for Sonny Colbrelli, Ewan and Cavendish, with the Australian just shading it ahead of the Manxman at the line.

The riders just behind were neck and neck too, and the final result saw 11 points going to Ewan, 10 to Cavendish, eight to Colbrelli, seven to Démare, six to Peter Sagan, and five to Michael Matthews.

All that stood between the riders and the final sprint at that point was the second climb of the Côte de Pluméliaeu, 34 kilometres out from the finish. With Schelling no longer in the break by that point, there was no tension on the hill as Wallays led the remaining breakaway riders over the top.

Back in the peloton, the sprint and GC teams had fully taken charge of proceedings, with Jumbo-Visma, Deceuninck-QuickStep, Ineos Grenadiers and Bahrain Victorious all working at the front as the stage reached its final kilometres.

Team DSM, Groupama-FDJ and Alpecin-Fenix also moved up as the riders reached the final 10 kilometres, as the remains of the break were reabsorbed. But at the 10-kilometre mark, a spate of crashes hit the peloton.

The first of the two spills saw Groupama-FDJ rider Valentin Madouas caught up along with Movistar’s Miguel Ángel López, while Jumbo-Visma GC favourite Primož Roglič came a cropper a kilometre later, shredding his jersey and shorts as he hit the ground.

The majority of the Dutch squad waited back for Roglič, attempting to bring him back across what was then a one-minute gap to the reduced peloton. Up front, the break was caught, but the situation looked grim for the Slovenian with five kilometres to run.

A technical final run-in lay ahead, including tight turns on and off a bridge just outside the two-kilometre mark and a near-hairpin at 1.5 kilometre out. Before the riders could reach those difficulties, however, there was another crash at four kilometres to go, with half a dozen riders – at least – going down.

Yellow jersey man Van der Poel hit the front for the final two kilometres – with Roglič still a minute down, working for his sprinter Tim Merlier. The Alpecin-Fenix lead-out took over in the final kilometre.

The Belgian squad played it to perfection, depositing Merlier on the front in the final 150 metres, but just behind there was yet more carnage as Ewan hit the ground after touching his wheel. Sagan had nowhere to go and went down too, while Bouhanni avoided the crash to take third place.

Results :
1 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:01:28
2 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
4 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
5 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
7 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
8 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
9 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
10 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash
11 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
12 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
13 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
14 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
15 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
16 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
17 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
18 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:14
19 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
22 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
23 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
24 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
25 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
26 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
27 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
28 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka-NextHash
29 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash
30 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
31 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
32 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
33 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
34 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash
35 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:26
36 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
37 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo
38 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
39 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
40 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
41 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
42 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
43 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
44 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
45 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
46 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
47 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM
48 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
49 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
50 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
51 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
52 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
53 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
54 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
55 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
56 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
57 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
58 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
59 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
60 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
61 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
62 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
63 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
64 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies
65 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
66 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
67 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
68 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
70 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
71 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
72 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
73 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
74 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
75 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
76 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
77 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:38
78 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:44
79 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:53
80 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
81 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:01:06
82 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:13
83 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:15
84 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
85 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
86 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
87 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
88 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
89 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
90 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:21
91 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
92 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
93 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
94 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
95 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
96 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
97 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
98 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
99 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
100 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
101 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:27
102 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:01:35
103 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:45
104 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:56
105 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
106 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
107 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:59
108 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
109 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:03
110 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
111 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
112 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:06
113 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
114 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:02:07
115 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies
116 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
117 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
118 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
119 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
120 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
121 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:02:11
122 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
123 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
124 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
125 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
126 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
127 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
128 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
129 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
130 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
131 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:15
132 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
133 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
134 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:02:22
135 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:32
136 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:02:37
137 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
138 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:39
139 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:42
140 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:46
141 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:02:47
142 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
143 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:56
144 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
145 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:02:59
146 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
147 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:00
148 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
149 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
150 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:51
151 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:03:52
152 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
153 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:11
154 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
155 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:57
156 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
157 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
158 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
159 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:01
160 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
161 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka-NextHash
162 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash
163 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
164 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
165 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 0:05:03
166 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:05:20
167 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:05:21
168 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:28
169 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:07
170 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:06:08
171 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:37
172 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:39
173 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:07:36
174 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
175 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:39
176 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:41
177 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:08:36
178 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
DNF Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 12:58:53
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:08
3 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:31
4 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:38
6 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:39
7 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:40
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
9 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:45
10 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:52
11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
12 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
13 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
14 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
15 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:55
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
18 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:07
19 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:12
20 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:35
21 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:42
22 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:43
23 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:47
24 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
25 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:02:21
26 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:26
27 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:33
28 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
29 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:02:50
30 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:03:04
31 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:06
32 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 0:03:09
33 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:15
34 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
35 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
36 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
37 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM 0:03:23
38 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:28
39 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:29
40 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:31
41 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:03:34
42 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:43
43 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:46
44 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:51
45 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
46 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:27
47 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:40
48 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:51
49 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:05:05
50 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:33
51 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:05:40
52 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:05:49
53 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:06:01
54 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:06:04
55 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:13
56 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
57 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
58 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:06:47
59 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:51
60 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:12
61 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:07:14
62 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:07:22
63 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:07:38
64 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:07:41
65 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:54
66 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:57
67 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:08:04
68 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:16
69 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:08:23
70 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:30
71 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:41
72 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:42
73 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:08:44
74 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:08:51
75 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:10
76 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:09:18
77 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:20
78 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:09:28
79 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:09:36
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:47
81 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:02
82 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:10:16
83 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:24
84 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:39
85 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:55
86 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:58
87 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies
88 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
89 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:11:03
90 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 0:11:13
91 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:11:18
92 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:27
93 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:11:34
94 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
95 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:11:38
96 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:43
97 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:48
98 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:11:51
99 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:12:17
100 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:12:27
101 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:29
102 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:15
103 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:13:32
104 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:13:41
105 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:44
106 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:48
107 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:14:08
108 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:14:17
109 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:39
110 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:44
111 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:14:52
112 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:14:55
113 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:15:15
114 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:15:37
115 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:10
116 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 0:16:49
117 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:17:02
118 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
119 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:17:18
120 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:17:31
121 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:17:32
122 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:18:32
123 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:18:42
124 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:18:45
125 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:18:46
126 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:18:49
127 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 0:18:59
128 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:19:03
129 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:15
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