Tour of the Basque Country 2022 – Stage 5 [LAST 15 KM]

April 8, 2022

Tour of the Basque Country 2022 – Stage 5 – Zamudio – Mallabia : 163,8 km

As half of the pro peloton seeks sunnier solace in the Basque Country with a six day long stage-race known by the locals as Euskal Herriko Itzulia. This unique area of Northern Spain is a playground for the climbers during the spring and one of the best places to hone their racing form ahead of the first Grand Tour of the season, the Giro d’Italia, which falls just a month after this race. The Tour of the Basque Country is characterised by its short and snappy stages over gruelling Pyrenean terrain. The climbs are a hell of a lot steeper with many climbs in the region reaching gradients of 20% and above. The race follows a six-day format with a series of mountainous stages around the Basque highlands and Pyrenees before a punchy individual time trial on the final day.

Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) moved into the overall lead at Itzulia Basque Country after a breathless finale to stage 5 in Mallabia, where Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) survived from the break of the day to claim the first victory of his professional career.

The race ignited 3km from the summit of the penultimate climb of Karabieta, when Evenepoel launched a searing acceleration that distanced yellow jersey Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and turned the race on its head.

Evenepoel was joined by Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar) and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), and the Belgian was soon to be seen gesturing for greater collaboration in the group.

In truth, some were struggling to match his acceleration, while Vingegaard was on policing duty for Roglič. Evenepoel, not always at ease on the steep slopes of the Basque Country, found a gradient to his liking here, and his sheer power helped to propel the group clear. They would crest the summit with 13km remaining with over half a minute in hand on the struggling Roglič.

That advantage stretched out towards a minute over the other side, where Evenepoel continued to pile on the pressure. Behind, Sebastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) was the only pace-setter, working on behalf of his leader David Gaudu.

Out in front, meanwhile, the earlier escapee Rodríguez had distanced his companion Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) in the final 600 metres of the Karabieta, having followed team orders to sit on the dangerman’s wheel for much of the final 50km. The 21-year-old Rodríguez pedalled smoothly on the shallow lower slopes, and then battled gamely to keep his gear turning over on the wickedly-steep and rain-slicked kick to the finish in Mallabia, just about holding off his pursuers.

Martínez came past Evenepoel to win the sprint for second place, seven seconds down on his teammate, though there was late drama on the 16 per cent slopes as Vingegaard and Vlasov became entangled and crashed in the final 50 metres. Both men were forced to walk their bikes across the finish line.

A tired Roglič, meanwhile, came home over a minute down at the rear of a group that also included Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), and the yellow jersey now passes to Evenepoel ahead of Saturday’s tough final stage.

Evenepoel carries a lead of just two seconds over Martínez into the stage, with Izagirre now third at 21 seconds and Vlasov fourth at 22 seconds. Roglič, who had led since the opening time trial, drops to eighth at 1:05.

“We raced good with the whole team: Jonas was in front, it went the way actually we wanted,” Roglič said afterwards, though his fatigue was evident. “I feel tired. Today was super hard, I could barely come to the finish.”

How it unfolded
“Today it’s hard all day,” Vlasov said at the start in Zamudio, though the Bora-Hansgrohe rider could probably have said something similar ahead of any stage this week. Itzulia Basque Country offers a challenge like no other, and the racing was again frantic in the opening kilometres of stage 5.

Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) was among the initial attackers, but the bunch stayed intact despite the brisk early pace, and Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates) led the race over the first climb of Paresi. Undeterred, Geoghegan Hart went on the offensive again over the other side, this time in the company of Gino Mäder (Bahrain Victorious) but the Briton was not granted much leeway.

The break of the day eventually took shape on the category 3 climb to Bedarona with 100km to go, but they had to battle for quite some time to establish an advantage. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) was the main aggressor, and he led over the summit, bringing Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Sergio Samitier (Movistar), Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange-Jayco), Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) with him.

The presence of Bilbao, who began the day just 19 seconds down on Roglič, meant that this move was being fiercely pursued. When the Basque sat up ahead of the climb to Gontzagariaga, however, the pace behind relented and the escapees padded their advantage out accordingly as the ascent began.

“I didn’t find the optimum situation to try this long attack but Marc showed he has great legs,” Bilbao said afterwards.

Kuss later knocked off his effort to wait for the peloton, but Soler, Rodríguez, Samitier, Hamilton and Elissonde pressed on, building a lead of three minutes by the summit of the Gontzagariaga. The unfortunate Hamilton crashed out of the move on the descent, and the break was whittled down still further on the climb of Trabuka, where Soler and Rodriguez forged clear of Elissonde and Samitier.

Soler, 14th at 1:08 at the start, was now the virtual race leader and he had an unwilling accomplice in Rodríguez. Much to Soler’s annoyance, Rodríguez sat on his wheel rather than contribute to the pace-making, but they still had four minutes on the peloton with 50km remaining. Under the weight of Bora-Hansgrohe and Bahrain Victorious’s pace-making, that buffer began to shrink on the approach to the category 2 ascent of Karabieta, and it crumbled further once the stiff ascent began.

The key moment of the stage came a little over midway up the climb, when Evenepoel unleashed a fearsome acceleration that only six riders could follow: Martinez, Vlasov, Bilbao, Vingegaard, Mas and Ion Izaggire.

Spotting that Roglič had been distanced, Evenepoel waved impatiently for more collaboration from his companions, but his initial onslaught had stung, as Bilbao explained afterwards. “We needed to do such a big effort in the last climb we were not able to keep a decent rhythm on the run-in to the finish,” he said.

Even so, the Evenepoel group had half a minute in hand on Roglič when they crested the summit, and the Belgian was equally whole-hearted in his pace-making on the way down the other side.

Out in front, Rodríguez had danced clear of Soler near the summit. He began the descent with 37 seconds in hand on Evenepoel, et al, and he still held most of that advantage as he faced into the final kick towards the finish in Mallabia.

Vlasov tried to escape the chase group beneath the flamme rouge, but Evenpoel was wise to the danger, and he then opted to control affairs from the front on the stinging final ramps. He couldn’t quite match Martínez’s surge in the closing metres, conceding two seconds to the Colombian, but he did enough to take the yellow jersey of race leader.

Evenepoel carries a slender lead into the final stage of Itzulia Basque Country, though history shows that just about anything can happen on the road to Arrate. Or as Bilbao, now fifth at 22 seconds put it: “It’s a crazy stage tomorrow. The effort is going to be more continuous: no breaks and no time to breathe.”

Results :
1 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 4:07:09
2 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:07
3 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:09
4 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:11
5 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:13
7 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:18
8 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:20
9 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:38
10 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:07
11 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-EasyPost
12 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
13 Felix Gall (Aut) AG2R Citroen Team 0:01:11
14 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
15 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
16 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:15
17 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
18 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
19 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
20 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
21 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
22 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:01:22
24 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
25 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:27
26 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
27 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:29
29 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:30
30 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:32
31 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:33
32 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:44
33 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:54
34 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:00
35 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:02:25
36 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:27
37 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:38
38 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:03:19
39 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
40 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:03:21
41 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:23
42 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
43 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:03:25
44 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:03:30
45 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:42
46 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:04:01
47 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:06:30
48 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
50 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
53 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
54 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Movistar Team
55 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
56 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
57 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:36
58 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
59 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:06:38
60 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:22
61 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
62 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:09:24
63 Tanel Kangert (Est) BikeExchange-Jayco
64 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
65 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost 0:09:25
66 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:09:27
67 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:10:50
68 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:01
69 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
70 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
71 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
72 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
73 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) BikeExchange-Jayco
74 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
75 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
76 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
77 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
78 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
79 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
80 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:13
81 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:13:14
82 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:26
83 Leon Heinschke (Ger) Team DSM 0:13:30
84 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:20:34
85 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
86 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
87 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
88 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal
89 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:20:37
90 James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:20:38
91 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:20:40
92 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
93 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis
94 Asier Etxeberria Zafra (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
96 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
97 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM
98 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
99 Jack Bauer (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
100 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
101 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroen Team
102 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost
104 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
105 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:20:49
106 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
107 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:20:51
108 Fabien Grellier (Fra) TotalEnergies
109 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
110 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
111 Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies
112 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
113 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
115 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team
116 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis 0:21:01
117 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
118 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:21:11
119 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech 0:21:22
120 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:21:26
DNS Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNS Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNS Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNS Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech
DNS Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco
DNS Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
DNS Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM
DNS Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNS Simon Pellaud (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
DNF André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis
DNF Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Kobe Goossens (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Milan Vader (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 18:12:29
2 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:02
3 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:21
4 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:22
5 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
6 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:29
7 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:37
8 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:05
9 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:15
10 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:30
11 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:33
12 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:45
13 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:49
14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:01:52
15 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:40
16 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:10
17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:17
18 Felix Gall (Aut) AG2R Citroen Team
19 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:25
20 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:30
21 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:04:31
22 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:32
23 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:33
24 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:07
25 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:24
26 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:06:25
27 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:18
28 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:07:38
29 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:15
30 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:59
31 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-EasyPost 0:09:00
32 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:09:11
33 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:53
34 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:24
35 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:12:00
36 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:38
37 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
38 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:12:55
39 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:01
40 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:13:45
41 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:15:24
42 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:15:56
43 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:16:55
44 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:16:59
45 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:17:50
46 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:18:08
47 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:26
48 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:19:34
49 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:20:08
50 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:59
51 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:21:00
52 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:21:01
53 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:11
54 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:22:17
55 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:23:30
56 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:24:25
57 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:25:09
58 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:32
59 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:26:12
60 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:26:56
61 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:28:00
62 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis 0:29:20
63 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:29:52
64 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:29:53
65 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:30:01
66 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:31:51
67 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:32:20
68 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:32:46
69 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost 0:32:57
70 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Movistar Team 0:33:07
71 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:33:48
72 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:34:13
73 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:35:20
74 Asier Etxeberria Zafra (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35:39
75 Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:35:48
76 Tanel Kangert (Est) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:36:26
77 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:36:43
78 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:37:53
79 Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:38:11
80 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:38:16
81 James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:39:13
82 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
83 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:39:29
84 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:40:04
85 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:40:41
86 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:41:41
87 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 0:43:48
88 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:45:10
89 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:45:19
90 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:46:11
91 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:46:12
92 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:46:16
93 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:46:50
94 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:46:51
95 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:47:09
96 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:47:14
97 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:47:24
98 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:47:33
99 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:47:51
100 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:48:03
101 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:48:06
102 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:48:12
103 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:48:15
104 Leon Heinschke (Ger) Team DSM 0:49:14
105 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroen Team 0:49:18
106 Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM 0:49:40
107 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis 0:49:56
108 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:50:01
109 Jack Bauer (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:51:11
110 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:53:24
111 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:53:57
112 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:54:01
113 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:54:02
114 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:54:17
115 Fabien Grellier (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:56:46
116 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:59:15
117 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech 1:00:13
118 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 1:02:00
119 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:04:32
120 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:05:41