Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 02 [Highlights]

May 05, 2018

Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 02 – Haifa – Tel Aviv : 167 km

The 2018 Giro d’Italia is set to travel outside of Europe for the Grande Partenza for the first time in its 101-year history when it starts in Jerusalem’s Old City. The Italian Grand Tour will start with a 10.1km individual time trial, followed by stage finishes in Tel Aviv and Eilat. The Giro will take a rest day to travel to Italy with Catania in Siciliy the likely host for the start of stage 4. RCS Sports, the race organizers, have embraced foreign starts in recent decades with the Giro starting in Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, and Greece. Reigning Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana champion Chris Froome has confirmed his appearance at the Giro. The route, with 44.2km of time trials and eight mountain finishes, suits the Briton’s characteristics but the balanced course also provides opportunities for his rivals. Of the mountainous finale, Stage 14 features the iconic and testing Monte Zoncolan climb. Although it is stage 19, with Colle delle Finestre and Sestriere climbs, before the Jafferau finish that is arguably the Giro’s queen stage. However, there are several more key stages which are tipped to decide the maglia rosa for 2018. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel, the Giro will finish in Rome.

Elia Viviani lived up to expectations to win the chaotic stage 2 sprint finish in Tel Aviv at the Giro d’Italia. The Italian lost his Quick-Step Floors lead-out but played it cool and came from behind. When Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) jumped early, Viviani got on his wheel and then surged past him to win. Mareczko held on for second place, with Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) third.

“It wasn’t easy to win. I’m usually calm but it wasn’t easy to do well after a good start to season but then a stop, then starting again. I felt the pressure that I was the rider to beat,” Viviani said.

“It was difficult to stay together in the finale, so I used the team to keep the speed high. Then I got on Bennett’s wheel. The others hesitated but I knew somebody would do something and was ready. When Mareczko I got on him and then did my sprint. It was important to read it right.”

Rohan Dennis (BMC) is the new race leader and pulled on the pink jersey after taking three precious bonus seconds by winning the second intermediate sprint. He finished in the peloton, with Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), who was happy to let the maglia rosa go. The Australian now leads the GIro d’Italia by one second over Dumoulin and three seconds to Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Fix All).

Dennis admitted that he really didn’t want the pressure of going for the intermediate sprint but he was honoured to take he pink jersey.

“I have to thank the team. I didn’t want to sprint today to be honest. I didn’t want to because the guys would then have to ride. I wanted to leave the pressure on Sunweb but they said: ‘No, we back you,’ so I have thank them,” Dennis said.

“Of course now I’d like to keep the pink jersey but 19 more stages is a long way to go. I’ve got a lot of things to learn before I start think of pink jerseys and Rome. That’s a dream. I’ve got to be realistic and try to learn from guys like Dumoulin. But I’m going to enjoy this pink jersey, it’s an honour.”

Sunday’s 229km third stage is from Be’er Sheva to Eliat south through the Israel desert.

How it happened

The riders lined-up under a warm sun, happy to finally start road racing after arriving in Israel on Tuesday and riding just 9.7km on Friday’s opening time trial stage.

During the 11.9km-neutralised section, riders were packed up close to the bumper of the race director’s car, and the first attack came as soon as the flag dropped, and the race was on.

Davide Ballerini (Androni Giocattoli) got away and was joined by Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Fix All) and Guy Niv (Israel Cycling Academy). The peloton let them go, but other riders changed their minds and lead the chase to produce gruppo compatto.
However, Ballerini went again and as joined by Lars Bak (Lotto Fix All). Niv tried to join them but had spent too much earlier.

Fortunately, the peloton eased after a crash in Acres and so Guillaume Boivin (Israel Cycling Academy) took the opportunity to jump across to create a three-rider break.

Ballerini won the first intermediate sprint as Viviani took fourth place in the bunch sprint to take eight points in the points competition.

The stage seemed set to follow a traditional path, but then BMC moved to the front and began to chase the break. The gap was initially three minutes, but it melted under the hot sun and was soon less than a minute. BMC really believed that Dennis could win the second sprint and take the pink jersey. Perhaps they had struck a deal with other teams to help them take the race lead in exchange for help later in this year’s Giro d’Italia.

Bardiani-CSF take the early lead the mountain competition

The day’s only categorised climb was held over the category 4 Zikhron Ya’Aqov, at the 91km mark (75km to go). The punchy ascent was vital because it offered the first mountain points and the winner would be assured the lead of the mountain classification at the Giro d’Italia, and wear the blue jersey during stage 3.

Due to BMC’s intense chase, the breakaway of three riders just barely made it to the base of the climb ahead of the peloton. Behind Enrico Barbin (Bardiani-CSF) jumped across to them and the four fought to be first to the summit.

Boivin launched his attack first and was swarmed by fans running and cheering behind him on the ascent. He gained a small lead on his breakaway rivals, but as he approached the top of the climb, his legs fatigued. Barbin kicked with a powerful sprint to cross the line first and take the glory.

It was a disappointment for Boivin, who punched his handlebars but it was a celebration for Barbin and his Italian team Bardiani-CSF, proud to take the first climber’s jersey of the race with a one-point lead over Boivin and two points ahead of Ballerini.

Dennis wins bonus sprint and takes pink

As soon as Barbin eased up over the summit, BMC dragged the peloton to the remains of the break and prepared for their moment. The second intermediate sprint of the day was located just 14km later at the 105.3km mark in Caesarea.

The sprint offered a time bonuses of three seconds to the winner, and with only two seconds separating the top three in the overall classification, the maglia rosa was Dumoulin’s to lose.

Dennis and Campenaerts, who placed second and third, respectively in the stage 1 time trial, started the day at two seconds behind stage winner Dumoulin. The Dutchman hinted that he would not defend the race lead so early into the three-week tour.

As BMC lead the peloton at high speed, Dumoulin stayed hidden in the peloton as he tried to surrender his maglia rosa.
BMC did a perfect lead-out for Dennis on the rising finish.

Campenaerts opened a sprint from the outside of the peloton, but he was no match for Dennis. The Australian took a straight line along the barriers, and so took the three seconds bonus. Viviani came up too late, and so Dennis became virtual maglia rosa by one second ahead of Dumoulin and three seconds ahead of Campenaerts.

The peloton eased after the climb and the sprint as they faced a head/side wind along the coast road to Tel Aviv. However, Boivin wanted to show off the Israel Cycling Academy jersey and attacked alone. The peloton was happy to let him go and let him hang off the front before the sprint teams took over in the high-speed sprint finish.

The sprint finale began with 20km to go, as the teams lined up to protect their overall leaders and ride for their sprinters. No one team had the strength or desire to lead-out the sprint, with the series of tight city-centre turns shuffling the front of the pack.

LottoNL-Jumbo tried to line out the peloton and so did Katusha but other teams surged ahead as they fought for position.

Wout Poels (Team Sky) suffered a mechanical and lost 40 seconds. However, all the other GC riders managed to avoid the chaos and finish together.

The Quick-Step Floors team finally emerged after the final left turn with 600 metres to go but Viviani was on their wheel, causing them to panic and sit up. He had used his track instinct in the complex finale and opted to follow Sam Bennett. When Mareczko opened up along the barriers, he jumped on his wheel to get the perfect lead-out to his second career victory at the Giro d’Italia.

He also took the cyclamen points jersey and made himself the favourite for the expected second sprint at the end of Sunday’s 229km third stage from Be’er Sheva to Eliat through the Israel desert.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 3:51:20
2 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
6 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
8 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
9 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
10 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
11 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
12 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
14 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
15 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
16 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
17 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
20 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
21 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
22 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
23 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
24 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
25 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
26 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
27 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
29 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
30 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
31 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
32 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
33 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
34 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
35 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
36 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
37 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
38 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
39 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All
40 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
41 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
42 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All
43 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
44 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
45 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
46 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
47 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
48 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
50 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
52 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
53 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
54 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
55 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
56 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All
57 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
58 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
60 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
62 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
63 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
64 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
65 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
66 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
67 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
68 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
69 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
70 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
71 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
72 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Movistar Team
73 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
74 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
75 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
76 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
77 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
78 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
79 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
80 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
81 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
83 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
85 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
86 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
87 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
88 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
89 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
90 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
91 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
92 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
93 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
94 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
95 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
96 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
97 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
98 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
99 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
100 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
101 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
102 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All
103 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
104 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
105 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
106 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
107 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
108 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
109 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
110 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
111 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
112 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
113 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
114 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
115 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
116 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All
117 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
118 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
119 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
120 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
121 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
122 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
123 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
124 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
125 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
126 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
127 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
128 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
129 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
130 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
131 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
132 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:25
133 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:00:30
134 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:38
135 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:40
136 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:00:45
137 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:58
138 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:02
139 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
140 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:05
141 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
142 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
143 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
144 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
145 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
146 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
147 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
148 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All
149 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
150 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
151 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
152 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
153 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
154 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
155 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
156 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
157 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
158 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
159 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
160 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
161 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
162 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
163 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All
164 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
165 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
166 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
167 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:01:17
168 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:25
169 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:33
170 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
171 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:54
172 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:18
173 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:03:25
174 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
175 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:03:27

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4:03:21
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:01
3 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:00:03
4 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:13
5 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:17
6 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:21
8 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:22
9 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:28
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
11 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:29
12 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:30
13 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:31
14 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:32
15 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:00:33
16 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:34
17 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:35
18 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
19 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:36
20 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:38
21 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:39
22 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:41
23 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:43
26 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
27 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:00:44
28 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:45
29 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
30 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
31 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:46
33 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:47
34 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
35 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:49
36 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
37 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:50
38 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
39 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:51
40 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:52
41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
42 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:53
43 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
44 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:54
46 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
47 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
49 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:56
50 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:57
51 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
52 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
53 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:58
54 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:00
55 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:01
56 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:02
57 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
58 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
59 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
60 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
61 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:03
62 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
63 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
64 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
65 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
66 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:06
67 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
68 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
69 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
70 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:07
71 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
72 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
73 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:08
74 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:01:09
75 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
76 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
77 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
78 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
79 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:10
80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:11
82 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:12
83 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:13
84 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:14
85 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
86 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
87 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
88 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:01:15
89 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
90 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:16
91 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
92 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:17
93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:18
94 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:19
95 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:20
96 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
97 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:21
98 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
100 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:01:22
101 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:23
102 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data 0:01:24
103 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
104 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:25
105 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
106 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:26
107 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All
108 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:27
109 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:28
110 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
111 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:29
112 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:31
113 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
115 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:32
116 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:33
117 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:34
118 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
119 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
120 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:39
121 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All 0:01:40
122 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:01:44
123 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
124 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
125 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
126 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:01:45
127 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:46
128 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
129 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
130 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:47
131 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
132 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:50
133 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:52
134 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
135 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:55
136 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:56
137 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:57
138 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:00
139 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:05
140 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
141 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:06
142 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All
143 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:10
144 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
145 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:11
146 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
147 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:15
148 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
149 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
150 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:17
151 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:18
152 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
153 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
154 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
155 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:21
156 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:02:22
157 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:28
158 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:02:30
159 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:31
160 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
161 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:02:33
162 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:35
163 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:42
164 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:45
165 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:47
166 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All 0:02:55
167 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:56
168 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:00
169 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:03:05
170 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:23
171 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:27
172 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:41
173 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:20
174 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:04:31
175 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 0:04:47