Giro d’Italia 2017 – Stage 01 [FULL STAGE]

May 05, 2017
Giro d’Italia 2017 – Stage 01 – Alghero – Olbia : 206 km

The 2017 Giro d’Italia is the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia, one of cycling’s Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ends on 28 May in Milan.

They say the Giro d’Italia breeds chaos like no other Grand Tour. News of two positive doping tests on Thursday ensured the continuation of that theme in the race’s 100th edition and, despite a relatively calm start to Friday’s opening stage, there was more to come as Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) upset the sprinters to pull on the first maglia rosa of the race.

The Austrian, making his Grand Tour debut, was meant to be working for sprinter Sam Bennett or, failing the Irishman, for Matteo Pelucchi. In any case, the 206km leg from Alghero to Olbia, flat save for a trio of fourth-category climbs, was meant to end in a bunch kick and the pink the jersey on the shoulders of one of the peloton’s fastmen.

But when Pöstlberger took up the reins with a couple of kilometres remaining, shortly after a crash had disrupted the bunch, a gap appeared between himself and Caleb Ewan’s Orica-Scott lead-out man. And it only got bigger, as Bennett urged his lead-out man to crack on over race radio. More splits emerged in the technical city streets and Pöstlberger did just that, carrying a healthy lead into the final few hundred metres – enough to sit up and celebrate in the final 100 metres.

As he did so, the riders who everyone had been talking about enacted a somewhat futile sprint for second place, Ewan getting there ahead of Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) – all no doubt bitterly disappointed.

“We wanted to try for a sprint for the final for Sam. Through the city the lead-out trains, I don’t know, they lost my wheel or something and I had a gap,” explained Pöstlberger.

“I heard over the radio, ‘C’mon, Posty, go try!’ and I put all I had in. It worked out – victory for the team, first professional victory for me, maglia rosa. I think I will need many weeks to take this victory in. It’s unbelievable, really.”

The point at which the chaos unfurled was atight 90-degree right hand bend just over three kilometres out, where a couple of riders crashed and a whole lot more were held up. Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), who came so close to overall victory last year, lost 13 seconds, though all of the other favourites for the general classification managed to finish safely in the main group.

There were hugs, cheers, and general disbelief among the Bora-Hansgrohe riders and staff. The victory was enough but it was pretty much a perfect day for the German team as Cesare Benedetti earned the King of the Mountains jersey from the breakaway. With Pöstlberger leading the general, points, and youth classifications, it’s a clean sweep of jerseys for Bora, who also top the teams ranking.

“It’s a dream!” said directeur sportif Jens Zemke. “The dream was to take one stage win here. That we did it in the first day is even better. Now we can ride freely, and celebrate three weeks through Italy and enjoy it. We are super happy with these jerseys, it’s top.”

How it unfolded

On the starting line Friday morning in Alghero were 195 riders – three short of the usual Grand Tour quota. Two of them were down to doping disgraces after news emerged of positive tests for Bardiani-CSF’s Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni. The Italian Pro Continental team arrived in Alghero as normal and although they weren’t met with boos, they were met with a multitude of questions and the inescapable suspicion that they might not be going all the way to Milan.

The other rider missing was Michele Scarponi, who tragically lost his life three weeks ago. The Italian was meant to lead Astana and the team decided not to call up a replacement in his honour, with the remaining eight riders gathered at the front of the bunch on the start line to lead a minute’s silence observed by the entire bunch and the hundreds of fans.

The flag dropped and after a brisk start a group of six riders broke clear of the peloton, including an unperturbed Bardiani representative, Mirco Maestri. He was joined by Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe), Marcin Bialoblocki (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Pavel Brutt (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data) and Eugert Zhupa (Wilier Selle Italia). They quickly opened up a lead of over seven minutes in the opening 25km, before the sprinters’ teams committed men to the front of the bunch to prevent things form getting out of hand.

That combined effort reduced the gap to 4:30 as the breakaway hit the first of three category-four climbs – the Multeddu at km 63 – on the otherwise flat 206km route up round the Sardinian coast. Benedetti accelerated away three kilometres from the ‘King of the Mountains’ point and, though Teklehaimanot closed him down, he kicked again, taking Zhupa with him. He comfortably out-kicked the Albanian to earn himself three points and put himself in the provisional lead of the mountains classification.

It was soon time for the second climb – the Trinità d’Agultu – and the outcome was the same, even if it played out differently. Teklehaimanot was the one to go early and opened up a sizeable lead, but Benedetti dragged himself back and shot past in sight of the line to take maximum points once again.

The action on the climb spelled change for the breakaway as Maestri was unable to hold the pace and drifted back to the peloton, while Bialoblocki almost suffered the same fate but managed to haul himself back after a desperate chase.

With 100km remaining, and five riders left in the break, the gap stood at 3:15, with everyone in the peloton playing it calm. The gap didn’t get any higher as the riders continued into a headwind, encountering the first intermediate sprint of the 100th Giro after with 70km remaining, whereupon Zhupa claimed the maximum 10 points after a close battle with Teklehaimanot, who missed out again.

The gap came down towards the two-minute mark over the following 40 or so kilometres, which were ticked off in calm fashion ahead of the second intermediate sprint, where this time there were bonus seconds (3, 2, 1) on offer. And finally something went Teklehaimanot’s way as he saw off Brutt and Zhupa.

The gap was down to a minute by the San Pantaleo climb – 5km long with some gradients of over 10 per cent – with 26km remaining. Bialoblocki was quickly dropped, while the other four stuck together up to the final 100 metres, whereupon Benedetti sprang clear to make it a full house of KOM points and secure the blue mountains classification jersey for tomorrow’s stage.

There was no action back in the bunch as Orica-Scott’s Svein Tuft led for most of the climb, helping to cut the deficit to 45 seconds. The gap was still almost 30 seconds under the 10km to go banner, where the sprint teams were already setting up their trains, alongside those of the GC teams looking to keep their leaders out of trouble.

It was still bunched together under the 5km banner but it soon lined out as Quick-Step’s GC man Bob Jungels took it up for Gaviria. That spelled the end for the break, and things soon got hectics with a couple of tight bends. One 90-degree right-hander caused a crash for BMC’s Silvan Dillier, holding up a number of riders – just shy of the crucial safety net of the 3km to go mark.

UAE took it up, then Bora took over with 2km to go. Or at least that’s what we thought. In reality, it turned out to be the start of one of the unlikeliest solo victories you’re likely to see at a major race all season – one that kicked off the 100th Giro in classic Giro fashion.

Results :
1 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:13:35
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott
3 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
7 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
8 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
9 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
11 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
13 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
14 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
15 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
16 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina
17 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
18 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
19 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
20 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
21 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
22 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
24 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
25 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
26 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
27 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
28 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
30 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
31 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb
33 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
34 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
35 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
36 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
37 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
38 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
39 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
40 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
42 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
43 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
44 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
45 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
46 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida
47 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
48 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
49 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
50 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
51 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
52 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
53 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
54 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
55 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
56 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
57 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
58 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
59 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
60 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
62 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
63 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
64 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
65 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
66 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
67 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
68 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
70 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:13
72 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
73 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
74 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
75 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
76 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe
77 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
78 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
79 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
80 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
81 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
82 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
83 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:18
84 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
85 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
86 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
87 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ
88 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
89 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
90 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
91 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
92 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
93 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
94 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
95 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
96 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
97 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
98 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
99 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
100 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
101 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
102 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
104 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
105 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
106 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
107 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina
108 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
109 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
110 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
111 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
112 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
113 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
114 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
115 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
116 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
117 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
118 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
119 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
120 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
121 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
122 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
123 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott
124 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 0:00:34
126 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
127 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
128 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
130 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina
133 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
134 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:53
135 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:09
136 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
137 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
138 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
139 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina
140 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott
141 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
142 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
143 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
144 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
145 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
146 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
147 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
148 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
149 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
150 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
151 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
152 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
153 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
154 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
155 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
156 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
157 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott
158 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina
159 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
160 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
161 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
162 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
163 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
164 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
165 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
166 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott
167 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
168 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
169 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
170 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
171 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
172 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
173 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
174 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
175 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
176 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb
177 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
178 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
179 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
180 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
181 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
182 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:21
183 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:18
184 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:32
185 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:49
186 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott
187 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
188 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina
189 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
190 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott
191 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:46
192 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:21
193 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:53
194 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:30
195 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:48
DNS Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNS Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:13:25
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:00:04
3 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:06
4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:00:08
5 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:10
6 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
9 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
10 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
11 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
12 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
13 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
14 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
16 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
17 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina
18 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
20 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
21 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
22 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
25 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
26 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
27 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
28 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
29 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
30 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
31 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
32 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb
34 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
35 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
36 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
37 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
38 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
39 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
40 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
41 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
43 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
44 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
45 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
46 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
47 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida
48 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
49 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
50 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
51 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
52 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
53 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
54 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
55 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
56 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
57 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
58 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
59 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
60 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
62 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
63 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
64 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
66 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
67 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
68 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
70 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:23
72 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
73 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
74 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
75 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
76 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe
77 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
78 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
79 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
80 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
81 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
82 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
83 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:25
84 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina 0:00:27
85 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:28
86 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
87 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
88 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
89 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ
90 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
91 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
92 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
93 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
94 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
95 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
96 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
97 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
98 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
99 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
100 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
101 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
103 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
105 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
106 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
107 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
108 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
109 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
110 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
111 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
112 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
113 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
114 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
115 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
116 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
117 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
118 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
119 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
120 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
121 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
122 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
123 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott
124 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 0:00:44
126 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
127 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
128 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
130 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina
133 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
134 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:03
135 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:19
136 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
137 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
138 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
139 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina
140 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott
141 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
142 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
143 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
144 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
145 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
146 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
147 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
148 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
149 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
150 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
151 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
152 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
153 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
154 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
155 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
156 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
157 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott
158 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina
159 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
160 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
161 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
162 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
163 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
164 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
165 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
166 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott
167 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
168 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
169 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
170 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
171 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
172 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
173 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
174 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
175 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
176 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb
177 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
178 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
179 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
180 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
181 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
182 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:31
183 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:28
184 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:42
185 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:59
186 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott
187 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
188 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina
189 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
190 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott
191 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:56
192 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:31
193 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:03
194 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:40
195 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:58