Étoile de Bessèges 2022 – Stage 1 [LAST 10 KM]

February 2, 2022

Étoile de Bessèges 2022 – Stage 1 – Bellegarde – Bellegarde : 160 km

Held in the Département du Gard, the Etoile de Bessèges was named after the star-shaped route put on show in its early few years as a one-day race. Ran as a five-day stage race since 1974, the Etoile de Bessèges is the first of many hilly stage races held in the south of France at the beginning of the season. This is an early test that never fails to give the riders a good kicking after their winter break.

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) claimed victory on the opening day of Étoile des Bessèges thanks to a sprint effort on the uphill finale in Bellegarde. The Dane proved the strongest from a reduced front group that formed after the race was splintered into echelons inside the final 70km, coming home a second clear of Hugo Hofstetter (Arkéa-Samsic) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (TotalEnergies).

As the road reared upwards in the final kilometre, Total Energies took up the reins in front, with Chris Lawless ripping clear with a shade under 400 metres to race. Pedersen responded well to the Briton’s effort before kicking past him on the toughest section of the climb.

By the time the gradient began to level off in the final 200 metres, Pedersen already had a winning advantage and he kept his gear turning over to take the stage honours and the overall lead.

Hofstetter beat a fast-finishing Boasson Hagen to second, and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) took 4th ahead of Michael Burgaudeau (Total Energies), while the rest of the 27-strong front group fragmented in the final kick towards the line.

Lawless came home 6th at 4 seconds, while Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), so impressive in powering the front echelon in the final hour of racing, finished 7 seconds down in the company of another of the front group’s strongmen, Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R-Citroën). Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), another notable contributor to the success of the echelon, was unable to match the explosive efforts of Pedersen et al on the drag to the line, finishing in 12th place.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) were among the riders to miss the pivotal split, and they reached Bellegarde in the main peloton, 41 seconds down on Pedersen, who will wear the cobalt jersey on stage 2 from Saint-Christol-les-Alès to Rousson.

Thanks to the stage winner’s time bonus, Pedersen holds a lead of 5 seconds over Hofstetter in the general classification, with Boasson Hagen third at 7 seconds and Bettiol 4th at 11 seconds.

How it unfolded

The drama on the opening day of Étoile des Bessèges was crammed into the second half of the 160km run around Bellegarde, and there was, at least by the bracing standards of early-season racing, a relatively gentle start to proceedings on Wednesday. Lindsay De Vylder (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) forged clear in the opening kilometres and the rest of the peloton was content to leave him to his lone endeavour for the first half of the stage.

The Belgian clocked 40km in the first hour of racing, gradually opening a lead of 3:30 over the peloton, before his advantage gradually started to contract again as the day drew on and the intensity rose steadily in the peloton.

De Vylder’s lead was down to 1:10 come the first of three ascents of the Côte de la Tour with 94k remaining, and he was already on the cusp of being caught by the bunch when the day’s decisive move took shape amid the brisk crosswinds the race encountered with 70km or so remaining.

Ineos Grenadiers, Arkéa-Samsic and TotalEnergies were prominent in setting a crisp tempo at the head of the peloton, which was stretched into a long line and quickly brought to breaking point. Ganna, Carapaz, Bettiol, Van Avermaet, Pedersen, Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Toms Skuijns (Trek-Segafredo) were among the strongmen in a front group that soon struck up a solid working alliance, combining to open a lead of 45 seconds over the rest of the peloton.

Uno-X were prominent in attempting to marshal a chase, but their efforts were unable to keep pace with those of Ganna et al. Meanwhile, Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), mindful that the uphill finish was perfectly tailored to his gifts, tried gamely to bridge across as part of a seven-man group that also included Bryan Coquard (Cofidis). He came within sight of the front group but the final junction proved beyond him and he eventually faded back into the peloton.

Out in front, Lukasz Wisniowski (EF Education-EasyPost) and Skuijns were to the fore in attempting to tee up their respective companions Bettiol and Pedersen ahead of the finale, while a delegation from EF Education-EasyPost also helped to disrupt the chase efforts of Groupama-FDJ and Israel-Premier Tech behind.

The gap dropped inside 40 seconds on the run-in, but the front group never looked in danger of being caught, and TotalEnergies looked to use their strength in numbers to dictate terms on the final kick towards the line. Lawless’ initial acceleration was ferocious, but Pedersen had his measure and the Dane produced a searing effort of his own to continue his fine start to 2022, following on from his second place finish at the Grand Prix de la Marseillaise on Sunday.

Results :
1 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 3:32:47
2 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:01
3 Edvald Boasson-Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies
4 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
5 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
6 Christopher Lawless (GBr) TotalEnergies 0:00:04
7 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:07
8 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
10 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:11
11 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:13
12 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:18
13 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
14 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
15 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:24
16 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:31
17 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:32
18 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:41
19 Clément Russo (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
20 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
21 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
22 Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
23 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
24 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
25 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
26 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
27 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
28 Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
29 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
30 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
31 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
32 Samuel Gaze (NZl) Alpecin-Fenix
33 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
34 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
35 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
36 Paul Lapeira (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
37 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
38 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
39 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
40 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team
41 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:00:53
42 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
43 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
44 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:54
45 Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
46 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:59
47 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost
48 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:06
49 Louis Barre (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
50 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
52 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:11
53 Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
54 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:01:15
55 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:23
56 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
57 Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:01:24
58 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-KTM
59 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
60 Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:27
61 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Noreña (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma
62 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
63 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
64 Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
65 Eugenio Sanchez Lopez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
66 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
67 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
68 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
69 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
70 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
71 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
72 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:32
73 Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
74 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:47
75 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
76 Danny van der Tuuk (Ned) Equipo Kern Pharma
77 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
78 Karl Patrick Lauk (Est) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:02:01
79 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:08
80 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-Up Nation
81 Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:02:11
82 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:14
83 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:39
84 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:02:47
85 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
86 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:03:12
87 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:03:27
88 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:29
89 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
90 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
91 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:55
92 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:03:58
93 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:04:02
94 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
95 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
96 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel Start-Up Nation
97 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-EasyPost
98 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:04:36
99 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
100 Miguel Heidemann (Ger) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:05:14
101 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
102 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
103 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:06:18
104 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
105 Kim Heiduk (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:48
106 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:07:46
107 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
108 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:26
109 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
110 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
111 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers
112 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
113 Alessandro Verre (Ita) Arkea-Samsic
114 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-Easypost
115 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
116 Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
117 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
118 Julien Vermote (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
119 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
120 Tom Paquet (Lux) Team U Nantes Atlantique
121 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
122 Raphael Parisella (Can) B&B Hotels-KTM
123 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
124 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis
125 Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
126 Alessandro Santaromita Villa (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
127 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
128 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
129 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
130 Joel Suter (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
131 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
132 Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
133 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
134 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
135 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:09:53
136 Thomas Denis (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
137 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
138 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
139 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
140 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:17
141 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:34
142 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:12:24
143 Taj Jones (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:20:01
144 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:20:26
145 Yael Joalland (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
DNF Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 3:32:37
2 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:05
3 Edvald Boasson-Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies 0:00:07
4 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:11
5 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
6 Christopher Lawless (GBr) TotalEnergies 0:00:14
7 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:17
8 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
10 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:21
11 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:23
12 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:28
13 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
14 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
15 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:34
16 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:41
17 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:42
18 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:51
19 Clément Russo (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
20 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
21 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
22 Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
23 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
24 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
25 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
26 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
27 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
28 Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
29 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
30 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
31 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
32 Samuel Gaze (NZl) Alpecin-Fenix
33 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
34 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
35 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
36 Paul Lapeira (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
37 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
38 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
39 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
40 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team
41 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:01:03
42 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
43 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
44 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:01:04
45 Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
46 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:09
47 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost
48 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
49 Louis Barre (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
50 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
52 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:21
53 Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
54 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:01:25
55 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:33
56 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
57 Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:01:34
58 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-KTM
59 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
60 Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:37
61 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Noreña (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma
62 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
63 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
64 Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
65 Eugenio Sanchez Lopez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
66 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
67 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
68 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
69 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
70 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
71 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
72 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:42
73 Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
74 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:57
75 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
76 Danny van der Tuuk (Ned) Equipo Kern Pharma
77 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
78 Karl Patrick Lauk (Est) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:02:11
79 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:18
80 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-Up Nation
81 Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:02:21
82 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:24
83 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:49
84 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:02:57
85 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
86 Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:03:22
87 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:03:37
88 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:39
89 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
90 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
91 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:05
92 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:04:08
93 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:04:12
94 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
95 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
96 Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel Start-Up Nation
97 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-EasyPost
98 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:04:46
99 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
100 Miguel Heidemann (Ger) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:05:24
101 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
102 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
103 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:06:28
104 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
105 Kim Heiduk (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:58
106 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:07:56
107 Ben Tulett (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
108 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:36
109 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
110 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
111 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers
112 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
113 Alessandro Verre (Ita) Arkea-Samsic
114 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-Easypost
115 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
116 Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
117 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
118 Julien Vermote (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
119 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
120 Tom Paquet (Lux) Team U Nantes Atlantique
121 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
122 Raphael Parisella (Can) B&B Hotels-KTM
123 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
124 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis
125 Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
126 Alessandro Santaromita Villa (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
127 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
128 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
129 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
130 Joel Suter (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
131 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
132 Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
133 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
134 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
135 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:10:03
136 Thomas Denis (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
137 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
138 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
139 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
140 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:27
141 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:44
142 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:12:34
143 Taj Jones (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:20:11
144 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:20:36
145 Yael Joalland (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique