Tour de France 2021 – Stage 15 [LAST 20 KM]

July 11, 2021

Tour de France 2021 – Stage 15 – Céret – Andorra la Vella : 191,3 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.

Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) won the first big Tour de France mountain stage in the Pyrenees, as attacks from the break of the day and amongst overall contenders produced some entertaining high-altitude racing on the road to Andorra.

Ineos Grenadiers tried to shake up the race on the 2408-metre-high Port d’Envalira climb and Richard Carapaz made an attack on the final Col de Beixalis. That isolated Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) but he then coolly let the other riders attack each other for the podium spots, launching a couple of warning attacks and then sticking to Jonas Vingegaard’s wheel when the Jumbo-Visma rider tried a move.

His teammate Kuss was more successful from the select-rider break that went away from the start of the 191.3km stage. He quickly got a gap on the steep, twisting slopes of the Col de Beixalis and then dived down to Andorra la Vielle to win alone.

The young American managed to hold off a chase by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), who finished 23 second behind him. Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) won the sprint for third place at 1:15, ahead of the remains of the high-quality breakaway but did enough in the race for mountain points to take the polka-dot jersey from Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation).

Pogačar was in total control of his rivals and maintained his five-minute overall lead with apparent ease. The big loser of the day was Frenchman Guillaume Martin (Cofidis). He had moved up to second overall thanks to being in the break on stage 14 on Saturday but paid for his efforts and lost contact with his GC rivals today. He finished 3:54 down on his GC rivals and so slipped to ninth at 7:58.

Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo) is back up to second place at 5:18, with Vingegaard third at 5:32.

Behind Pogačar, five riders are within a minute as they fight for the podium spots. Carapaz is only 15 seconds behind Urán, Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) is at 40 seconds and Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) is sixth overall at 58 seconds.

Kuss is the first American rider to win a Tour de France for a decade and won at his home in Andorra.

“It’s incredible. I’m lost for words. To be honest, I’ve really suffered a lot in this Tour, I just didn’t feel I had the spice in the legs. Today I knew it was finishing where I live, and I was really motivated. Finally I had really good legs again so I’m so happy,” Kuss said after his victory.

“It was a hard day in the break. I know the final climb fairly well. I actually don’t ride it so much in training because it’s so hard but I knew the beginning was tough so I knew if I went there and got a gap then I could try and hold it to the finish.

“It means a lot. I still can’t believe I’m in the Tour de France, much less winning a stage. It’s really incredible. I’m lost for words.”

How it unfolded

The peloton gathered in the Céret, the cherry capital of France, tired from two weeks of racing but knowing there was nothing sweet about the stage due to the long hot day in the saddle and 4500 metres of climbing in the Pyrenees up to the micro-state of Andorra.

For a number of Andorra-based riders, the stage was taking them to their homes but that was of little comfort. A total of 149 riders started the stage, meaning 35 riders have abandoned or missed the time cut, since the start of the Tour. The last time that happened after only 14 days of racing was back in 2012.

However the fatigue of racing for 14 days did not stop the attacks when the flag dropped for the start of the 191.3km stage.

New polka-dot jersey wearer Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) was the first to move on the non-categorised climb that rose from the start. Others soon took off after him to follow the expected script of a quality breakaway fighting for the stage victory.

Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal) joined Woods, as did Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R-Citroën) and then Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation), Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) all surged across to the move.

Over the top of the climb and on the fast valley road a break of 34 riders formed. In there were: Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Jonathan Castroviejo, Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Dan Martin, Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation), Vincenzo Nibali, Julien Bernard, Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Julian Alaphilippe, Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), David Gaudu, Bruno Armirail, Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Rubén Fernández (Cofidis), Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R-Citröen), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic), Ruben Guerreiro, Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo), Mark Donovan (Team DSM), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Matej Mohoric, Wout Poels, Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Michael Matthews (BikeExchange), Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech), Sergio Henao (Qhubeka-NextHash), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels p/b KTM).

It was interesting to see Jumbo-Visma leave Jonas Vingegaard alone in the peloton, risking his GC position for a possible stage victory and Van Aert’s shot at the polka-dot jersey. UAE Team Emirates had little choice to let the break go, fortunate that no one was an overall threat to Pogačar or anyone else in the top 10.

Vegard Stake Laengen was the first to do the work on the front, with Rui Costa, Marc Hirschi, Mikkel Bjerg Brandon McNulty, and Rafal Majka lined out behind him and ahead of Pogačar.

Matthews was in the break to sweep up maximum points at the intermediate sprint after 70km and he won the dash to the line ahead of De Gendt and Ballerini, who was trying to defend Cavendish’s lead. The Manxman has 279 points, with Matthews second with 207 but was fighting his own battle of survival in the gruppetto.

The peloton was at 8:30 at the intermediate sprint point and the gap grew as the long Montée de Mont-Louis climb began. However Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) was out of the back alone and soon climbed off. He had been dropped early and was suffering from the injuries of his crash on stage 13. There was no chance for him to hang tough at the Tour any longer.

Groupama-FDJ drove the pace on the Montée de Mont-Louis in the break but it was Poels who won the sprint at the top for the 10 mountain points. Van Aert and Woods challenged him but only scored 8 and 6 points respectively.

At the top of the Montée de Mont-Louis the break reformed, with the peloton at 9:30. The racing in the break and the peloton was still tactical at this point.

In the long valley road to Andorra, the break stayed together, with Van Aert taking the sprint atop the Col de Puymorens climb on the way to the higher Port d’Envalira. He beat Poels and Woods to edge near the polka-dot jersey but the three are locked in a fierce fight for every point.

Suffering in the high Pyrenees

The gradual climbing into the Pyrenees hurt in the head and cross winds, as did the altitude of the Port d’Envalira. It is the highest pass in the Pyrenees at 2408 metres and was always going to be a key part of the stage and this year’s Tour de France.

When the 10.7km climb began to hurt, Ineos Grenadiers put Richie Porte on the front to up the pace and Movistar also joined in. That shook out the UAE Team Emirates domestiques, leaving Pogačar to just sit on the wheels and hope he avoided any problems.

The riders crossed into Andorra with 50km to race and half of the Port d’Envalira to climb. The pace on the peloton brought the gap down but the break was still seven minutes clear and still with a strong chance of fighting for the break.

First came the fight for the Port d’Envalira points. Woods tried a move with 2.7km to the summit but later Quintana showed who was the real pure climber by surging away before the summit. He took 20 points and the special Henri Desgrange prize for being first to the highest climb of the race. Van Aert took second at the summit, ahead of Poels, who took the virtual lead in the mountains competition with 68 points. Quintana moved up to fourth with 60 points.

Over the top of the Port d’Envalira, Ineos called back Jonathan Castroviejo and Dylan van Baarle as they began to lay out their stage tactics. Suddenly the peloton was only 5:25 down on the break.

Kwiatkowski and Thomas lead the pace for Carapaz with only a dozen of the best GC riders hanging onto their coat tails. Guillaume Martin slipped off the back and forced to chase on the windy, 22km descent to Encamp and the final steep climb of Col de Beixalis. He cruelly paid for his efforts and lost his top five position.

During the descent to the foot of the Col de Beixalis several riders dropped back from the break to help their teammates in the GC group. Kruijswijk dropped back to help Vingegaard, while Pöstlberger eased up to help Kelderman. Castroviejo and van Baarle joined Thomas and Carapaz, with Pogačar, Mas, Vingegaard, Kruijswijk, Urán, O’Connor, Lutsenko, Kelderman, Postlberger, Bilbao, Chaves, Higuita and Meintjes there.

The final attacks on the Col de Beixalis

As the Col de Beixalis began the 20-strong breakaway blew apart, with Quintana first to attack on the steep early slopes. However he soon blew up and the stronger riders rode past the Colombian with little pity.

Gaudu took off his mitts as he turned aggressive but Kuss was the first to really get away with 10km to race and 4.5km to climb. He stomped on the pedals as he excited each of the steep hairpins and opened a 20-second gap on the others. It was clear he was on the way to victory.

Behind Carapaz was the first to attack from the GC group to complete the Ineos strategy. However it again made little impact and Pogačar, and then most of the other GC riders, closed him down.

Later Pogačar accelerated twice to show his dominance and hurt his rivals. Then Vingegaard tried twice to hurt the Slovenian as he had over the top of Mont Ventoux. However, Pogačar looked in control on his wheel, as did the other GC Urán, Carapaz and Mas.

As the climb eased, O’Connor tried to attack to jump up in the top five but was also kept in check. Up front Kuss dived down the descent to finish in Andorra La Vieille, holding off Valverde and so stopping the Spaniard from becoming the oldest ever stage winner. That record remains with Pino Cerami.

Van Aert led home the Pogačar and the podium rivals group some 4:51 down on Kuss, with the remainder of the break in between them and the peloton spread across 40 minutes.

Mark Cavendish made it home inside the time limit to keep the green points jersey. He and all the other riders can now enjoy a well-deserved rest day in Andorra on Monday, with the racing in the Pyrenees returning on Tuesday with a 169km mountain stage over the Col de Portet- d’Aspet to Saint Gaudens.

Results :
1 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 05:12:06
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:23
3 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 00:01:15
4 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:01:15
5 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 00:01:15
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:01:15
7 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:01:15
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 00:01:22
9 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:01:22
10 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:01:22
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:01:22
12 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:01:22
13 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 00:03:00
14 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 00:03:02
15 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 00:04:11
16 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:04:11
17 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:04:11
18 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:04:11
19 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 00:04:51
20 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:04:51
21 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 00:04:51
22 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 00:04:51
23 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 00:04:51
24 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo 00:04:51
25 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:04:51
26 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 00:04:51
27 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 00:05:22
28 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 00:05:22
29 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 00:05:25
30 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 00:06:19
31 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:07:14
32 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange 00:07:14
33 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:08:45
34 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:08:45
35 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:08:45
36 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 00:08:45
37 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:09:48
38 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:09:48
39 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:13:13
40 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:13:13
41 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 00:13:13
42 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:14:35
43 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 00:14:35
44 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:14:35
45 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:14:35
46 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:14:35
47 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:15:57
48 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:15:57
49 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 00:15:57
50 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:15:57
51 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 00:17:04
52 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 00:18:06
53 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 00:18:06
54 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:19:17
55 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 00:20:06
56 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 00:20:06
57 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:20:06
58 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:20:06
59 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 00:20:06
60 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:20:06
61 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 00:20:06
62 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:20:06
63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:20:06
64 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 00:20:06
65 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:20:06
66 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 00:20:06
67 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:22:50
68 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 00:23:07
69 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 00:23:07
70 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 00:23:07
71 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:23:07
72 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 00:23:07
73 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 00:23:07
74 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:23:07
75 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 00:23:07
76 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:23:07
77 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 00:23:07
78 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:23:45
79 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:23:45
80 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 00:23:45
81 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:23:45
82 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:23:45
83 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:23:45
84 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo 00:23:45
85 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 00:23:45
86 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:23:45
87 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:23:45
88 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 00:23:45
89 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:23:45
90 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:23:45
91 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 00:23:45
92 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 00:23:45
93 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:23:45
94 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 00:23:45
95 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 00:23:45
96 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 00:23:45
97 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 00:23:45
98 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:23:45
99 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 00:23:45
100 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 00:23:45
101 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 00:24:27
102 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:24:27
103 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:24:27
104 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 00:24:31
105 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:24:31
106 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:24:31
107 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:24:31
108 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:25:35
109 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:25:35
110 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:25:55
111 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 00:26:01
112 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:26:27
113 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM 00:26:27
114 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 00:26:27
115 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:26:27
116 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 00:26:27
117 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:26:27
118 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 00:26:27
119 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 00:26:27
120 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 00:26:27
121 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 00:27:10
122 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 00:28:19
123 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:30:49
124 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:30:49
125 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 00:30:49
126 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 00:30:49
127 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:30:49
128 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 00:30:49
129 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:30:49
130 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:30:49
131 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 00:30:49
132 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:30:49
133 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies 00:30:49
134 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix 00:30:49
135 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 00:30:52
136 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 00:30:52
137 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 00:30:52
138 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 00:31:37
139 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 00:33:20
140 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:33:20
141 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:33:20
142 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange 00:34:48
143 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:34:48
144 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:34:57
145 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:34:57
146 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:34:57
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:34:57
DNF Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic

General Classification after Stage 15 :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 62:07:18
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo 00:05:18
3 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 00:05:32
4 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 00:05:33
5 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 00:05:58
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:06:16
7 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 00:07:01
8 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:07:11
9 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:07:58
10 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 00:10:59
11 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:14:45
12 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 00:21:15
13 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange 00:22:51
14 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:27:15
15 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 00:29:16
16 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 00:31:43
17 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 00:35:49
18 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash 00:36:48
19 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 00:43:14
20 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 00:44:01
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:47:17
22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:50:15
23 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 00:55:12
24 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 00:55:28
25 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 00:56:43
26 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:56:58
27 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 00:57:26
28 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:01:01
29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 01:01:32
30 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 01:04:57
31 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 01:04:59
32 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 01:06:05
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:07:05
34 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 01:18:17
35 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 01:22:12
36 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 01:22:49
37 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:25:17
38 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:25:30
39 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 01:27:05
40 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 01:27:07
41 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 01:27:08
42 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 01:29:35
43 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:29:56
44 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 01:33:02
45 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 01:33:28
46 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 01:34:22
47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 01:34:23
48 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 01:34:34
49 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 01:36:28
50 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 01:36:38
51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 01:37:05
52 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 01:41:24
53 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 01:41:52
54 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 01:43:20
55 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 01:43:50
56 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 01:45:43
57 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 01:46:32
58 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:48:21
59 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 01:49:43
60 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo 01:50:42
61 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 01:51:21
62 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 01:52:20
63 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 01:52:31
64 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 01:53:40
65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 01:54:50
66 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 01:55:45
67 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 01:55:59
68 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 01:56:00
69 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:00:42
70 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 02:00:43
71 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 02:00:51
72 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 02:05:35
73 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 02:05:45
74 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 02:05:56
75 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 02:08:48
76 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 02:09:33
77 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 02:12:00
78 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 02:12:57
79 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 02:14:33
80 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 02:15:20
81 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 02:15:44
82 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 02:15:48
83 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 02:15:50
84 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 02:17:53
85 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 02:18:16
86 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 02:18:31
87 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 02:19:04
88 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 02:19:46
89 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 02:20:30
90 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 02:20:34
91 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 02:20:37
92 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 02:21:19
93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:21:21
94 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:22:22
95 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 02:23:22
96 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies 02:23:35
97 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 02:24:00
98 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 02:25:03
99 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 02:25:05
100 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 02:26:42
101 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 02:26:44
102 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis 02:28:29
103 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 02:29:39
104 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 02:30:13
105 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 02:31:23
106 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 02:33:00
107 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 02:33:26
108 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 02:34:54
109 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 02:35:02
110 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 02:35:56
111 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 02:39:20
112 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 02:39:56
113 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 02:40:56
114 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 02:41:59
115 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:42:01
116 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 02:42:44
117 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 02:43:57
118 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 02:45:47
119 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 02:46:39
120 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 02:46:47
121 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix 02:46:48
122 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:48:27
123 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:49:52
124 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 02:51:41
125 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka-NextHash 02:53:10
126 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash 02:53:13
127 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 02:53:57
128 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 02:54:21
129 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 02:54:28
130 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 02:56:57
131 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 02:57:00
132 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash 02:57:56
133 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash 02:58:41
134 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 02:58:45
135 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 02:59:37
136 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 02:59:52
137 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM 03:00:12
138 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 03:01:17
139 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 03:05:58
140 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies 03:07:28
141 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 03:09:50
142 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 03:13:33
143 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 03:14:36
144 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 03:18:17
145 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 03:21:04
146 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 03:36:48
147 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange 03:46:14