Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 19 [FULL STAGE]

May 25, 2018

Giro d’Italia 2018 – Stage 19 – Venaria Reale – Bardonecchia : 184 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.

Where to start? A complete implosion from the maglia rosa would ordinarily represent more than a fair share of final-week Alpine drama, but the woes of Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) seemed a distant memory by the end of stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia, which will go down as one of the most sensational days in Grand Tour history.

Chris Froome (Team Sky), astoundingly, won the stage with an 80-kilometre solo raid that took him over the Colle delle Finestre, Sestrière, and to the line on the Jafferau, gaining enough time to seize the lead of the Giro with just two days to go.

With a verdict still pending in his salbutamol case, today’s result may not stand the test of time in the record books, but it will live long in the memory. Few Grand Tours have been turned on their heads quite like this.

Froome was dead and buried a week ago. Even after his victory on Monte Zoncolan and his solid stage 16 time trial, he started the day fourth overall, 3:22 down on Yates and 2:54 down on Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb). He now leads the race by 40 seconds from Dumoulin, with Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) third at 4:17, though the numbers don’t begin to cover the half of it.

The mighty Colle delle Finestre was the centrepiece of the stage, the brutal 18.5km climb jutting out imposingly at mid-point of the profile, and that was where Froome’s and Yates’ fortunes took opposing turns. The Mitchelton-Scott rider, who had looked utterly untouchable for so much of this Giro, found himself in difficulty just a couple of kilometres in, proving that his minor wobble at Prato Nevoso the previous day was indeed a portent of decline rather than a mere moment of weakness. He would eventually cross the finish line in Bardonecchia nearly 40 minutes down on Froome.

Froome’s Sky teammates set the tempo that sent Yates out of the back, and once Kenny Elissonde shredded the bunch with one final acceleration, the four-time Tour de France champion took flight several kilometres shy of the summit, shortly after the tarmac had turned to gravel.

Dumoulin and Pinot then found themselves in a three-hour pursuit, as Froome’s acceleration dropped third-placed Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida), who eventually finished more than eight minutes down. The duo had Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) and Richard Carapaz (Movistar) for company, and even if the white jersey rivals preferred to mark each other rather than contribute to the cause, a lifeline came in the form of Pinot’s teammate Sebastien Reichenbach, who offered vital support in the valleys.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, Froome’s lead only grew and grew as he headed down the other side of the Finestre, through the valley and over the easier side of Sestrière, then through the next valley and up the short but steep final climb of the Jafferau.

Carapaz struck out in the final few hundred metres to take second on the stage, three minutes behind Froome, while Pinot took third on the stage at 3:07, five seconds ahead of Lopez. A ragged Dumoulin, having done the lion’s share of the chasing, dragged himself over the line at 3:23. He might have suspected Yates was vulnerable to losing the pink jersey, but he surely couldn’t have imagined it going to anyone else but himself.

“I don’t think I’ve ever attacked with 80k’s to go like that on my own and gone all the way to the finish but the team did such a fantastic job to set that up for me,” said Froome before pulling on the maglia rosa. “It was going to take something really special today to try and first of all get rid of Simon and get away from Dumoulin and Pozzovivo. To go from fourth to first, I wasn’t going to do that on the last climb alone, so I had to try from far out and Colle de Finestre was the perfect place… It just felt good and I said ‘it’s now or never, I have to try’.”

More than eight minutes behind Froome, Pozzovivo, who’d started the day one place above the Briton, rolled across the line for 11th place, having spent the day in a second chase group that swelled after Sestrière. Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Pello Bilbao (Astana), George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), all in the top 15 overall at the start of the day, were in there, along with Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Sam Oomen (Sunweb).

One rider who perhaps deserved to be there was Ben O’Connor (Dimension Data), but the young Australian crashed on the descent of Sestrière as a top 10 on his debut Grand Tour was coming into focus. Other big-name losers of the day included Rohan Dennis (BMC), who was dropped on the Finestre and lost a heap of time, and Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates), who abandoned after an hour to put an end to a miserable Giro.

Froome leads the race by 40 seconds over Dumoulin – the only rider within four minutes – with Pinot third (4:17) ahead of Lopez (4:57), Carapaz (5:44), Pozzovivo (8:03), Bilbao (11:08), Konrad (12:19), Bennett (12:35), and Oomen (14:18). With one mountain stage and summit finish to come on Saturday ahead of the processional final day in Rome, Froome is in the driving seat to win a third consecutive Grand Tour, his sixth in total and his first at the Giro.

“It’s great – obviously there’s still a really hard day tomorrow, but the legs are feeling good and I’ve been feeling better and better as the race has gone on,” he said. “Even today up front I gave it everything but I also tried to stay within my limits and tried to stay within myself. Hopefully, we can finish this off tomorrow.”

How it unfolded

The breakaway had its day at Prato Nevoso on Thursday but it quickly became clear that wouldn’t be happening again on stage 19. It was a fast, furious, and chaotic start as the road pitched uphill – even before the first of the day’s four climbs, the second-category Colle de Lys. Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and Carlos Betancur (Movistar) were active, but many more moves came and went before a nine-man breakaway stuck, if only briefly, in the valley. In there were Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R), Rodolfo Torres (Androni Giocattoli), Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy), Nathan Brown (EF-Drapac), Koen Bouwman and Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo), and Darwin Atapuma and Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates).

Hitting the lower slopes of the Finestre, they had less than a minute, and that quickly evaporated as the Sky train, absent so far at this Giro, appeared at the head of the peloton. Salvatore Puccio was the first in the line – with De La Cruz, Henao, Elissonde, Poels, and Froome behind – and the Italian hadn’t even finished his turn when Yates started to drift towards the back of the group. The maglia rosa quickly lost contact and the writing was on the wall as Mikel Nieve visibly had to soft-pedal in order to keep his team leader in tow.

The Sky train rolled on and a huge turn from De La Cruz even dropped Henao. By this point, the bunch had thinned out considerably, but the real fault lines emerged when Elissonde made his vicious acceleration, putting Pozzovivo in immediate trouble. Ellisonde’s turn was short but paved the way for Froome, who managed to find another turn of pace. In the saddle, he spun away from Dumoulin, with Pinot and Carapaz the only others able to stay in touch, along with Lopez and Reichenbach yo-yo-ing off the back. It soon became clear this was no testing of the water; Froome really was going for it from 80km out.

At first, Froome’s advantage was modest, with Dumoulin steadily keeping him at 15 seconds, but another injection of pace a couple of kilometres from the top took it out to 40 seconds. Just shy of the summit, Pinot broke a spoke, and Dumoulin thought it sensible to keep him for company, with Reichenbach not far from regaining contact either.

They, along with Lopez and Carapaz, crested the climb 38 seconds in arrears. Behind them was a group of six containing Pozzovivo, O’Connor, Bennett, Bilbao, Poels, and Oomen at 2:15. Yates was 15 minutes down by the time he’d dragged his hunched shoulders and empty legs over the top.

Froome opens up his gap

Before reaching Sestrière, the third climb of the day, Froome had to descend the Colle delle Finestre and take on a short hike through the valley. And that’s where his lead really started to yawn out and where it became clear the pink jersey could come into play. The Sky rider completed the descent – made treacherous by wet patches, narrow roads, and tight corners – nearly a minute quicker than the five chasers.

He took a lead of 1:40 onto the flatter roads, where it became abundantly clear Carapaz and Lopez would not be offering up a single turn. It was left to Dumoulin and Reichenbach, and to a slightly lesser extent Pinot, to drag Froome back, but the lone leader only took the gap the other way. In the third group, Pozzovivo, Bennett, and O’Connor worked while Oomen, Bilbao, and Poels, all with teammates up the road, sat in. That group slowly started to lose ground to the Dumoulin group.

The climb was preceded by an intermediate sprint, and Froome gladly took three bonus seconds, while Dumoulin took two and Pinot one. Froome hit the climb with a lead of 1:52, and while the steadier gradients should have favoured a group, with the slipstream much more of a benefit than on the Finestre, he continued to put time into the chasers.

By the top, he was 2:45 ahead and almost in the virtual maglia rosa. The Pozzovivo group was now two minutes down on the Dumoulin group.

Maglia rosa hopes dim for Dumoulin

Froome once again descended quicker than his pursuers, taking the virtual lead as he came down from Sestrière. The problem, however, would come in the form of the valley roads ahead of the final climb, some 15km of them on the false flat of the A32 highway. Again, this should have been the sort of terrain that stacked the odds in favour of a group of riders over a lone leader, but still, Froome’s lead grew. Even with three out of five willing chasers, the Dumoulin group looked ragged, and Froome, not exactly looking comfortable as he doused himself with water and took sustenance from soigneurs at every opportunity, took his lead above the three-minute mark.

The third group on the road was fading fast, with riders like Alexandre Geniez, Davide Formolo, and Sergio Henao getting back into it. But it was clear Pozzoivo was slipping dramatically down the standings, with the group now almost five minutes down on Dumoulin, and eight on Froome. O’Connor had come unstuck on one of the corners on the descent and soon had to abandon.

The Jafferau climb started with 7.2km remaining and represented a real sting in the tail, with an average gradient on the verge of double figures. It looked like Froome might fade as his lead dipped from 3:30 back down to 3:15 in the space of a kilometre or so. But he rallied again, despite big accelerations from everyone in that chase group.

Reichenbach offered up one final turn, and Dumoulin found himself distanced, with 6km still to cover. He dragged his way back but Pinot immediately attacked and danced on the pedals on his own for a while. Dumoulin’s steady tempo, however, brought the four riders back together, though it was soon time for Lopez and Carapaz to launch their inevitable attacks, having sat in all day. Lopez went first, tracked by Carapaz, but Pinot responded and Dumoulin dragged his way back again. Dumoulin then came to the front in what was perhaps a statement of intent, but he was soon on the back foot again as Lopez kicked and the trio went away. Again, Dumoulin steadily drew his way back up, and the quartet decided to climb together until the final few hundred metres.

All the while, Froome was entering the final kilometre with a lead that still stood at 3:10. He rounded the final bend and punched the air as he crossed the line. He was in pink, and behind him, the Giro d’Italia had been blown to smithereens.

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

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