Tour de France 2019 – Stage 06 [LAST 20 KM]

July 11, 2019

Tour de France 2019 – Stage 6 – Mulhouse – La Planche Des Belles Filles : 160,5 km

When the route of the 2019 Tour de France was unveiled at the Palais des Congrès in Paris back in October, it was billed as ‘the highest’ for a number of years, with the 2000-metre altitude barrier to be broken on no fewer than seven occasions. Now, after the loss of Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin to crashes and injury, and with question marks over the form of 2018 champion Geraint Thomas, it is being talked of as ‘the most open’ in recent memory. That may well, of course, prove to be folly, but the absence of the four-time winner and, to a lesser extent, last year’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France runner-up, would seem to open doors – not just to higher spots on the general classification, but also to a less predictable style of racing. Such has been the holy grail for race director Christian Prudhomme, who has made no secret of his desire to break the stranglehold of Team Sky, about to embark on their first Tour as Team Ineos. The abundantly-resourced British squad have won six of the past seven Tours with a style that Prudhomme has referred to as ‘catenaccio’ – an Italian footballing term meaning a rigid and stifling defensive structure.

Stage 6 was billed as the first ‘real test’ of the 2019 Tour de France, and indeed there were plenty of developments on La Planche des Belles Filles. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) claimed stage honours, using the final steep ramps to pull away from breakaway companion Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), for whom consolation came in the form of the yellow jersey he wrestled from Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep).

As for the much-anticipated clues in the battle for the overall title, Geraint Thomas brushed off the doubts surrounding his pre-race form and staked a strong claim to leadership of Team Ineos, while Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) suffered a major blow to his hopes of improving on his 2016 and 2017 podiums.

This was the fourth appearance of La Planche des Belles Filles in the past eight editions of the Tour, though it was a very different proposition to 2012, 2014, and 2017. Not only was it preceded by six categorised climbs, the old finish line was succeeded by an extra kilometre of steep gravel tracks rising to the very peak of the Vosges mountain.

It was there that Thomas, who crashed out of the Tour de Suisse last month, attacked in the final 400 metres to finish as the best of the GC contenders in fourth place behind Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Gobert), who had been in the breakaway. He caught and passed Alaphilippe in the dying metres, the Frenchman having burst clear of the GC group on the gravel in a desperate bid to hold onto the maillot jaune.

Having started the day 1:43 ahead of Ciccone, Alaphilippe managed to stop the clock at 1:35 but saw yellow slip away due to the bonus seconds the Italian gained for his second place and also at the ‘Bonus Point’ at the top of the penultimate climb. He may have missed out on the stage but it was another huge moment in the 24-year-old’s young career, having won a stage and the mountains classification at the Giro d’Italia in May.

Ciccone will wear yellow for the next few stages but in terms of who’ll be wearing it in Paris at the end of the month, Thomas now assumes favourite status, bursting clear on a climb he said didn’t suit him. He also surely now becomes the Ineos ‘Plan A’, finishing nine seconds ahead of Ineos co-leader Egan Bernal.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), whose name was painted all over the road in his home region, looked strong as he went after Thomas to place fifth, two seconds back, while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) came home with Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) a further five seconds back. His teammate Mikel Landa had gone on the offensive earlier on the climb and finished with Bernal at nine seconds, along with Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo).

Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) conceded 14 seconds to Thomas, and Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) 18, while the damage was more serious for Enric Mas (Deceuninck-QuickStep) – 33 seconds – and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) – 35 seconds.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) said La Planche would decide whether he had the form to go for the overall title, but his loss of 51 seconds might just steer him towards stage hunting.

The biggest damage, however, was sustained by Bardet, who was already dangling at the back of the GC group on the tarmac before losing contact as soon as the gravel section began. He struggled badly on the double-digit gradients and came to a halt as his front wheel hit the line, some 1:09 behind Thomas. Added to his significant losses in the stage 2 team time trial, the Frenchman is on the ropes.

Ciccone leads the race by six seconds over Alaphilippe, with Teuns now third at 32 seconds and George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma), who outperformed his leader Kruijswijk, fourth at 47 seconds. Thomas is fifth at 49 seconds, overtaking Bernal by four seconds, while Pinot is a further five seconds back. Kruijswijk, who was third overall at the start of the day thanks to Jumbo’s TTT victory, slipped to eighth at 1:04, with Michael Woods ninth, just ahead of his leader Uran. The rest of the pre-race favourites are within a minute of Thomas, with the exception of Nibali and Porte (1:07) and, of course, Bardet (2:08).

Teuns strikes gold, Ciccone yellow

Dylan Teuns had never won a Grand Tour stage before today, but not for lack of trying. The Belgian puncheur was a constant in breakaways at last year’s Vuelta a Espana but only racked up a frustrating string of near misses. Here, on his Tour de France debut, he struck gold.

The Belgian, whose form was evident from his stage win in last month’s Criterium du Dauphine, was part of a 14-rider breakaway that formed early and with a minimum of fuss on the 160,5km stage from Mulhouse to the very top of La Planche des Belles Filles. Lotto Soudal were the instigators, through Thomas De Gendt and mountains classification leader Tim Wellens, and the group also contained: Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Serge Pauwels (CCC), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Nikias Arndt (Sunweb), Natnael Berhane (Cofidis), Fabien Grellier (Total Direct Energie), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and André Greipel (Arkéa-Samsic).

Wellens helped himself to KOM points as the break gained a lead of eight minutes over the Markstein (Category-1, km-43.5), Grand Ballon (Cat-3, km-50.5), and Col du Hundsruck (Cat 2, km-74). The tide started to turn as the peloton woke up on the upper slopes of the Ballon d’Alsace (Cat-1, km-105) but the ball was by then firmly in the break’s court.

De Gendt went solo over the top of the Col des Croix (Cat-3, km-123.5) but was caught as Ciccone’s teammate Julien Bernard turned the tables on the Col des Chevreres (Cat-2, km-141.5). Over the top and down the descent, only Ciccone, Teuns, Wellens, and Meurisse remained out front to take on the final climb of La Planche des Belles Filles.

The quartet initially appeared to ride cagily but, around 4.5km from the summit, Ciccone took responsibility and turned the screw, causing Wellens and then Meurisse to fall away. Ciconne and Teuns then rode the rest of the climb together, the Italian trying a couple of brief digs but Teuns showing no signs of shifting.

After the ultra-steep ramp that led to the old finish line, they hit the gravel, Ciccone leading until around 400 metres to go. Teuns had no option to rise from the saddle as the gradients exceeded 20 per cent, and while it looked like Ciccone was poised in the wheel, it soon emerged he was hanging in rather than ready to spring. On the 24 per cent kick up to the line Teuns moved clear convincingly, raising his arms out wide as a race official rushed to keep him upright, such was the speed with which he crossed the line.

“It’s unbelievable. I knew in the Dauphiné that I was good. In the meantime, I worked a little bit but not too much because there was not a lot of time. To get a win already this week is incredible, and I didn’t expect it. Today, I knew there was a chance, and if the chance came I would take it to go in the breakaway. I did everything,” Teuns said.

“I knew Ciccone was the main guy in the finale. I’m so happy that I finished it off. When I saw my mom and dad and my girlfriend at the bottom, when I came down, it was pretty emotional.”

Ciccone was well beaten and lost 11 seconds in the dying metres, though it turned out to be enough to secure him the overall lead of the race.

“To wear the Yellow Jersey is the dream,” he said. “I’m speechless, I can’t believe it.”

The GC battle

The Planche des Belles Filles has been something of a ramp test in previous years, with only small gaps between the GC riders who have been fresh both in terms of the stage and the Tour as a whole. This time, the Planche was preceded by almost 3000 metres of elevation gain on a parcours totalling 160.5km.

Yet, most of the overall contenders commented on how steady the going was for much of the day. Deceuninck-QuickStep were charged with defending Alaphilippe’s yellow jersey but, built more around Elia Viviani, didn’t really have the team to do it. Barring a brief stint from Yves Lampaert, it was a day of Kasper Asgreen tapping out a steady tempo over the climbs. Ineos sat just behind, always threatening to take it up but never doing so, and the gap to the breakaway yawned out to beyond eight minutes.

Things changed towards the top of the Ballon d’Alsace with just over 50km to go, as Movistar took up the reins. The gap quickly started to fall and the peloton even split in two for a short while on the descent. Bora-Hansgrohe and Jumbo-Visma chipped in on the next couple of climbs but it was the Spanish team who assumed responsibility. The question mark over Alejandro Valverde’s role – and whether he was secretly lining up a GC bid – was erased when the world champion came to the fore on the final two climbs.

By contrast, question marks were raised over Ineos, who lost Wout Poels, Jonathan Castroviejo, and Gianni Moscon on the penultimate climb of the Col des Chevreres. Only Michal Kwiatkowski was left with Thomas and Bernal on La Planche des Belles Filles, and he only managed a kilometre or so on the front, leaving his leaders isolated 3km from the summit of a climb the team have dominated in the past.

Valverde’s teammate Mikel Landa was the rider who’d put Kwiatkowski under pressure, countering an attack from Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) to go it alone from just under 4km out. Landa was eventually caught inside the final kilometre and finished two seconds behind Quintana, but it was an indication that Movistar are prepared to use their two-pronged attack.

With Thomas and Bernal isolated, Groupama-FDJ took up the chase, and 22-year-old David Gaudu produced a sterling ride to reduce the gap to Landa and stretch the already-reduced group of contenders to absolute breaking point. As the gradients ramped up well into the double digits, with Pinot’s name painted tens of times on the tarmac, Bardet and Kruijswijk started to suffer at the back of the group.

As the tarmac turned to gravel, however, it exploded. Alaphilippe shot out of the front and Bardet out of the back. The yellow jersey’s acceleration was vicious and it looked like he might just save his overall lead after all, having started the climb four minutes down on the break. Thomas emerged in pursuit and managed to overhaul the fading Frenchman, while both lost speed in the dying metres compared to Pinot who wasn’t able to follow the initial surge but finished strong.

In each of the Tour’s past visits to La Planche des Belles Filles, the yellow jersey has gone to the rider who would go on to wear it in Paris. Ciccone will surely break that trend, and there wasn’t enough to make this a truly decisive stage in the overall contest, but it has nevertheless set the tone.

Results :
1 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 4:29:03
2 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:11
3 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:05
4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:44
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:46
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:51
8 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:53
10 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
12 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
13 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:58
14 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
15 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 0:02:02
16 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First
17 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
18 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:17
19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:19
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
21 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:02:27
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:35
23 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
24 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:44
25 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:46
26 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:52
27 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:53
28 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:05
29 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
30 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:18
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data 0:03:26
32 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:10
33 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:05:20
34 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 0:05:44
35 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:08
36 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:36
37 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:44
38 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:23
39 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 0:08:00
40 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:37
41 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:09:09
42 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:09:36
43 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:10:14
44 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:10:33
45 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:46
46 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:12
47 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
48 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:11:42
49 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:12:20
50 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:13
51 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:13:28
52 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos
53 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:13:40
54 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:13:43
55 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:13:45
56 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
57 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:13:54
58 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:38
59 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:14:46
60 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
61 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:14:51
62 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
63 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
64 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
65 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
67 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
68 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:14:55
69 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
70 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
71 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:16
72 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:30
74 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
75 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First 0:15:50
76 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:17:39
77 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:17:46
78 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
79 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb
80 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
81 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
82 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
83 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:18:27
84 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:18:34
85 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
86 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:18:37
87 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
88 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:18:39
89 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:43
90 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:19:04
91 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:16
92 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos 0:19:28
93 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos
94 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:20:02
95 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
96 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
97 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
98 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
99 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
101 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
102 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
103 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
104 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
105 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team
106 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
107 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
108 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
109 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
110 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
111 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
112 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
113 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
114 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
115 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
116 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
117 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
118 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
119 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
120 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:20:15
121 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:20:17
122 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 0:20:20
123 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
124 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:20:25
125 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:28
126 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
127 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
128 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:20:38
129 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
130 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
131 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
132 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
133 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
134 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
135 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
136 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
137 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:43
139 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:20:50
140 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 0:20:54
141 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First
142 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:21:23
143 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:22:15
144 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert
145 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:22:36
146 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:22:48
147 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:22:50
148 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
149 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
150 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
151 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First
152 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data
153 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:22:57
154 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:22:58
155 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
156 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
157 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
158 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:23:08
159 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:23:18
160 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 0:23:25
161 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:27
162 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:23:35
163 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 0:23:39
164 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
165 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
166 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:42
167 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:23:58
168 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:24:10
169 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:24:15
170 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:20
171 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:25:21
172 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
173 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:29:38
174 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:29:42
DNS Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team
DNF Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 23:14:55
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:06
3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:32
4 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:47
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:49
6 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:53
7 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:58
8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:04
9 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:01:13
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 0:01:15
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:19
12 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:22
13 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:23
14 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:24
15 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:39
16 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:41
17 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:43
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:46
19 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:52
20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:56
21 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
22 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:22
23 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:23
24 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:31
25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:55
26 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:57
27 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:03:03
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data 0:03:05
29 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:25
30 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:03:27
31 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:25
32 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:26
33 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 0:07:13
34 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:47
35 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:59
36 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:10:03
37 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:47
38 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:00
39 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:03
40 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:13:20
41 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:14:02
42 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:14:21
43 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:39
44 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:40
45 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:15:11
46 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:19
47 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:11
48 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:23
49 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:45
50 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:53
51 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:17:06
52 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:17:25
53 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:17:45
54 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:17:53
55 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
56 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:18:06
57 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:18:15
58 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:45
59 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:19:02
60 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:19:18
61 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:19:28
62 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:37
63 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:41
64 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:19:48
65 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:20:10
66 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:20:12
67 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:21:18
68 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos 0:21:19
69 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:21:22
70 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 0:21:24
71 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:22:50
72 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:24:03
73 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:24:14
74 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:25:48
75 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 0:26:25
76 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:26
77 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:27:07
78 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:27:09
79 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:27:38
80 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:27:52
81 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First 0:28:30
82 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:29:24
83 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:29:40
84 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:29:41
85 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 0:30:51
86 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:31:11
87 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:31:15
88 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:32:03
89 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:32:28
90 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:33:17
91 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:33:42
92 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:34:43
93 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:35:07
94 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:36:08
95 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:12
96 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:36:32
97 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:37:03
98 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:37:30
99 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:05
100 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:38:48
101 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:38:50
102 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:39:12
103 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:39:13
104 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 0:39:41
105 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:39:48
106 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:40:09
107 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:40:19
108 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:40:43
109 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:41:04
110 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:41:29
111 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:41:36
112 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:06
113 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:42:08
114 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:42:12
115 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:43:07
116 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:43:19
117 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:44:25
118 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:45:17
119 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:45:30
120 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:45:40
121 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:45:46
122 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 0:45:50
123 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:47:41
124 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:48:02
125 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data 0:48:30
126 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 0:48:47
127 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:49:14
128 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:49:17
129 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:49:21
130 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:49:36
131 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:49:55
132 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:49:58
133 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 0:50:06
134 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:14
135 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:51:05
136 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:51:39
137 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:51:43
138 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos
139 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:51:49
140 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:51:57
141 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:52:16
142 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:52:28
143 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:52:41
144 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:53:20
145 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:53:38
146 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:53:48
147 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:53:54
148 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:54:33
149 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:54:37
150 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:54:42
151 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 0:54:44
152 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 0:54:45
153 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 0:55:22
154 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:55:27
155 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:56:05
156 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:56:06
157 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:56:26
158 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:56:32
159 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:57:08
160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:57:13
161 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:57:17
162 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:57:25
163 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:57:27
164 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:57:43
165 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:58:38
166 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:58:46
167 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:58:49
168 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:58:51
169 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:59:36
170 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:00:09
171 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 1:02:09
172 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 1:04:36