Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 04 [LAST 30 KM]

May 08, 2018

Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 04 – Catania – Caltagirone : 202 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.

Tim Wellens (Lotto Fix All) channelled his Ardennes Classics skills to win stage 3’s steep uphill finish in Caltagirone at the Giro d’Italia. The double-digit gradient and attacks caused Chris Froome (Team Sky) to lose precious seconds to his overall rivals in the final kilometre.

Wellens timed his final effort to the line perfectly to hold off Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac), with Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo) finishing third after opening up the sprint.

Everyone else fought to hold their wheels and avoid splits in the select front group. Maglia rosa Rohan Dennis (BMC) finished in the wheels and was timed at four seconds behind Wellens, in the same time as Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) and most of his other overall rivals.

Dennis kept the pink jersey for another day and leads Dumoulin by one second, with Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) moving up to third overall at 17 seconds. Wellens is now fourth overall at 19 seconds.

Froome finished much further back, and with a gap in the line of riders timed at greater than a second, he was classified as finishing 21 seconds down on Wellens. He tried to dismiss the time loss as ‘racing’ but after also losing 37 seconds in the opening Jerusalem time trial, which Dumoulin won; he now sits 55 seconds behind maglia rosa Dennis in the overall classification and 54 seconds behind Dumoulin.

The 202km stage from Catania included over 3,000 metres of climbing on twisting narrow country roads, making for a nervous five hours in the saddle but inspiring Wellens and his Lotto Fix All team, which lead him to the foot of the 13 per cent kick up to the finish.

“This feels much more special because until the last 150 metres I was not sure of winning, so then when you pass over the finish line, it feels so good,” Wellens said immediately after his victory.

“It was turning and twisting all day; it was not so easy. In the end, my teammates took me perfectly to the front. Adam [Hansen] did a really long pull, and then Tosh [Van der Sande] was pulling, and it was splitting behind us. I had to be careful not to go too soon because I knew it as still far out. I had a little advantage and so could start the climb easy, then I went full gas at 200 metres.”

Dennis admitted he had thought about trying to win the stage but then focused on defending the maglia rosa.

“It’s great to keep the jersey for a bit longer. The guys did everything possible to put me in the right position. Then I had [Alessandro] De Marchi and Nico Roche for the finale if I got into trouble. There was a little bit of stress but not too much,” Dennis said.

“I was hoping that I could maybe even take the sprint. But with 150 metres to go, I saw I wasn’t good enough, and so I held the wheel and made sure there were no gaps to Dumoulin.”

Would the constant hills and steep finish inspire attacks?

As the riders gathered in central Catania after the transfer from Israel and the partial rest day in the area, there was a general feeling that the Giro d’Italia was about to get a lot more serious with three hard days of racing in Sicily.

Would the 202km stage split the peloton and see the overall contenders try to test each other? Would BMC chase the break to defend Rohan Dennis’ pink jersey or let it go? Riders were worried about the prospect of a hard day across central Sicily.

BMC quickly showed they wanted to keep the maglia rosa when the break of the day formed after 25km of attacks on the flat roads south of Catania. BMC put four riders on the front to set a steady tempo.

The break included Enrico Barbin (Bardiani-CSF), Marco Frapporti (Androni-Giocattoli), Jacopo Mosca (Wilier-Triestina), Maxim Belkov (Katusha-Alpecin) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale). Barbin was chasing points to defend his lead in the mountains competition, while Frapporti again marked him close in the fight for the blue jersey.

The five opened a three-minute lead as the stage headed inland into the rolling Sicilian roads. Jaurégui was the youngest rider in the breakaway after turning 24 just last month. The Frenchman stepped into professional racing with AG2R La Mondiale in 2015, and this is his second time at the corsa rosa after making his debut last year.

Barbin made sure he took maximum points at the first categorised climb after 82km, sprinting through the huge crowds that gathered to welcome the riders to Pietre Calde. The village marked the true start of the rolling country roads, with a painful shark’s tooth profile all the way to Caltagirone, with Jempy Drucker and Fran Ventoso doing the hard work for BMC and Dennis.

UAE Team Emirates try an attack

The feed zone came at the halfway point of the stage, but Fabio Aru’s UAE Team Emirates showed little respect for peloton etiquette. Three riders suddenly upped the pace, taking over from BMC in a clear attempt to break up the peloton and test their rivals.

Their surged worked for a while, splitting the peloton into three groups and causing panic and concern, considering there as still 105km to the finish. The gap to the break fell from 1:40 to just 25 seconds and suddenly the race was on.

However, UAE Team Emirates were not fully convinced about their attack and the call came via radio from the team car to knock off the high pace. The chasers, including unlucky puncture victim, soon got back and so the move ran out of speed and enthusiasm.

The five took the chance to push out their lead again, while some of the sprinters suffered at the back of the pack. Andrea Guardini (Bardiani-CSF) has been struggling with illness since travelling to Israel for the Grand Partenza, and he finally cracked and quit mid-way through the stage.

Frapporti won the first intermediate sprint in Palazzolo Acreide, and then Mosca made sure he won the second in Monterosso Almo after 133km. The peloton rode through the stunning Baroque architecture of the hilltop villages, but the riders had little time to enjoy the views. A split-second distraction was enough to risk a crash as the country roads snaked left and right, up and down.

Barbin kicked again in Vizzini to win the second and final mountain sprint. He was the strongest climber in the move despite being on the attack on each of the three road stages so far in this year’s Giro d’Italia.

Wisely he sat soon after the climb, dropping back to the peloton with Jauregui. Mosca, Frapporti and Belkov pushed on. Mitchelton-Scott decided to help with the chase, sending veteran Svein Tuft up to the front to give BMC a welcome hand.

The peloton stayed together despite the testing stage profile, with the domestiques having to do the hard work of collecting fresh bidons and then taking up to their team leaders in the fast-moving group. It was vital to hold a position near the front of the peloton to save energy for the hilly finale and kick up to Caltagirone.

Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo) was unlucky to flat with 30km to go. He quickly got a wheel but had to chase for 10km before returning to the safety of the peloton.

Jose Goncalves was the next needing help with 20km to go. He takes a teammates bike but had a problem with his bars, sending his Katusha-Alpecin team car into a panic. Both eventually stopped to resolve a bar problem. Fortunately the peloton had eased as they were about to catch the break.

Gruppo compatto occurred with 13km to go just as Team Sky appeared on the front to protect Chris Froome. The riders caught their breath for a second but then Enrico Zardini (Wilier Triestina) and Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) were the first to jump away.

Zardini soon struggled, but Conti pushed on alone, forcing Lotto Fix All to pick-up the chase. Behind the sprinters, including double winner Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) were spat out of the back by the high pace. A narrowing of the road sparked a crash and split the peloton, leaving Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors) behind. Best young rider Maximilian Schachmann crashed on a corner as the huge crowds narrowed the roads but it occurred in the final three kilometres, and so he did not lose time and kept the white jersey.

The Lotto Fix All and Mitchelton-Scott took control on the fast descent to the foot of the final climb, with Jack Haig pushing the speed for Esteban Chaves. Wellens was also there and so could ease up and recovery slightly as they were caught by the Yates, Woods, Formolo and the others.

When Battaglin kicked early, Wellens got on his wheel and then passed him as the finish line approached. It was his second stage victory at the Giro d’Italia after winning in Roccaraso in 2016.

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

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