Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 02 [LAST 10 KM]

May 9, 2021

Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 2 – Stupinigi – Novara : 179 km

After last year’s calendar disruption, the Giro d’Italia returns to its traditional slot with the Grande Partenza in Turin on Saturday May 8, and the final stage ending in Milan on Sunday May 30. In between those two dates is a Grand Tour full of heritage and history as well as a route that avoids much of southern Italy but traverses a wide range of terrain and offers something for every type of rider the chance to shine. The overall impression is that this edition of the Giro d’Italia is inescapably demanding. The first week is littered with hurdles, the final week consists of two blocks of brutal mountain stages, while the second week is just as crucial with several potential pitfalls and opportunities for rivals to ambush each other. The 2021 Giro d’Italia will cover a total of 3,479 kilometres over 21 stages, with two individual time trials (adding up to just 38.9km in total) bookending the race. There are seven major mountain stages, a batch of dangerous intermediate days, two stages with gravel sections, and a handful of chances for the collection of sprinters on show. The race is focused towards the north of the country but it dips into Slovenia and then Switzerland during stages before returning to home soil.

Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) won the first sprint of the 2021 Giro d’Italia in Novara, coming from behind to beat Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe). Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) was caught too far back in the final kilometre and finished tenth.

Merlier held up his fingers to form a W to remember fellow Belgian Wouter Weylandt, who tragically died after a crash at the Giro d’Italia exactly ten years ago.

The stage was a slow affair with a three-rider break eventually swept up with 25km to go.

No one team was able to control the sprint. Cofidis lead it out for Viviani in the final 500 metres and then Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates) hit the front to lead out Fernando Gaviria only for the Colombian to try to come through along the barriers as his teammate moved right into him as he pulled off the front. Gaviria slid along the barriers with his shoulder but did not crash.

Merlier surged to the front as the road curved right and so avoided the fight for wheels and sprinted to victory.

“I’m really happy, really proud of taking a Grand Tour win,” he said.

“I knew there was a roundabout that was really important in the end. When I saw it I knew I was in a good position. When I came out I was thinking we need to go faster, faster, faster. I went from far out – 250m – but in the end, it was enough. This is a big victory.”

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) finished safely in the peloton and so kept the race leader’s pink jersey. He won the intermediate sprint with 26km to go and so extended his overall lead to 13 seconds on compatriot Eduardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma).

“I sprinted (at the intermediate sprint) just for taking the seconds, not for the other jerseys but to take away time from the other leaders, and so to help Egan and Pavel in the GC in the next few days. If we take the jersey or not for three seconds, it will be worth it,” he explained post-race.

Ganna was not so confident about keeping the maglia rosa after Monday’s rolling stage in the Piemonte vineyards.

“It was super amazing today, there were a lot of people cheering for me, it was really special,” he said of his day in pink.

“We know tomorrow is hard and a perfect stage for [Peter] Sagan because there’s a lot of up and down, really narrow roads. But we can try to have the jersey for another day.”

How it unfolded

The Giro d’Italia caravan headed south to the outskirts of Turin for the start of stage 2 in Stupinigi.

The sign-on podium was on the grounds of the stunning 18th-century hunting palace built by the House of Savoy that once ruled across the Alps from France and into Piemonte and more of what later became Italy.

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) had lots of pink accessories and pink touches on his race bike to match his race leader’s maglia rosa. His stage 1 time trial victory also gave him the cyclamen points jersey and the white young riders jersey but they were worn by Edoardo Affini and Tobias Foss after they finished second and third in the time trial.

They all stood at the front of the peloton at the start line as a minute of silence was held to remember Wouter Weylandt. The Belgian rider died 10 years ago today at the Giro d’Italia after crashing on the Passo del Bocco on stage 3. His race number, 108, was later retired by the Giro in tribute to him.

A total of 183 riders started after Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation) broke his collarbone in a crash while riding back to his team hotel after Saturday’s time trial.

Not surprisingly, the break formed as soon as technical director Stefano Allocchio waved the flag after the seven-kilometre neutralised sector.

Filippo Tagliani (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) jumped first and local rider Umberto Marengo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizané) and Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa) joined him for a big day out front.

Marengo hails from Giaveno, east of Turin, so getting in the break in his home region was special. During last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, he spent hours every day making food deliveries in Collegno.

The peloton let them go and they opened a one-minute lead after just four kilometres of racing. After 40km it was up to 4:20 but the sprint teams began to keep them in check, with Lotto Soudal, Alpecin-Fenix and Jumbo-Visma doing the work and bringing the gap to a more controlled 2:00.

After 95km the only categorised climb of the day in Montechiaro d’Asti would decide who in the break would take the blue mountains jersey. In a near track-sprint scenario, Albanese had the best uphill sprint to take the prize and a trip to the podium for his Eolo team.

Sadly his time up front ended ten kilometres later after a mechanical and slow bike change. He drifted back to the peloton as other riders stopped for natural breaks.

The average speed was more like a club run, with the break and peloton playing games and slowing the pace as they rolled across the rice plains towards Novara. The average speed after four hours of racing was 39.8km/h.

The peloton only awoke from its afternoon nap for the first intermediate sprint but some of the riders seemed to still be asleep. Tagliani beat Marengo in the break, as Fernando Gaviria, Elia Viviani, Peter Sagan and Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarché-Wanty) mistakenly sprinted for the 40km to go banner instead of the intermediate sprint banner.

Gaviria quickly realised their mistake and accelerated to take 6 points for third place at the correct banner. Viviani took 5 points, Pasqualon 4 points and Sagan 3 points. The fact that Caleb Ewan and Tim Merlier didn’t sprint was a first sign that they have no plans to ride all the way to Milan and so fight for the points jersey.

The second intermediate sprint came in Vercelli with 25km to go and awarded time bonuses of 3-2-1 seconds. The peloton had upped the speed at this point and so swept up Tagliani and Marengo just before the sprint.

A chance to take precious seconds inspired Deceuninck-QuickStep but also Ganna.

The Belgian team lead it out but Ganna surged up the left to win it and take three seconds. Remco Evenepoel took two seconds, with his teammate Iljo Keisse taking third and a one-second time bonus.

Evenepoel two seconds put him ahead of teammate Joao Almeida in the overall classification due to better hundreds of a second in the time trial. Officially they are fourth and fifth overall, both 20 seconds behind Ganna.

As the stage entered the final 20km the sprint and GC teams began to form on the front of the peloton to protect their leaders. The speed and tension rose as a natural consequence. With 10km to go, litter and bidons flew into the air as the peloton entered the final official litter zone, one bidon spraying a spectator with liquid.

Movistar, Deceuninck-QuickStep and Ineos all moved up to the front to avoid any problems with eight kilometres to go and then Bora-Hansgrohe moved up in mass with four kilometres to go.

However, no one team could lead out the sprint. Daniel Oss tried to line out the sprinters in the final kilometre but the sprint came down to a mano-a-mano battle between the big-name sprinters.

Merlier got it right and was fastest as the finish came into view. A Belgian victory on the anniversary of Wouter Weylandt’s death and Merlier’s W victory gesture seemed the perfect way to remember him.

Results :
1 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:21:09
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
7 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
8 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
10 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
11 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
12 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM
13 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
14 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
15 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
16 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
17 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
18 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
19 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
21 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
22 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
23 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
24 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
25 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
26 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
27 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
28 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
29 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
30 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
31 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
32 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
33 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis
34 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
35 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
36 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
37 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
38 Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo
39 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
40 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
41 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos
42 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
44 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
45 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
46 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
47 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
48 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
50 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
51 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
52 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
53 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
54 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
55 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
56 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
57 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
58 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
59 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
60 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
61 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
62 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
63 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
64 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
65 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
66 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
67 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
68 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-Nippo
69 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
70 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
71 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
72 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
73 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
75 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
76 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
77 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
78 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
79 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
80 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
81 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos
83 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
84 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
85 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
86 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team BikeExchange
87 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
88 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
89 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
90 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
91 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
92 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
93 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
94 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
95 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
96 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
97 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
98 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
99 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
100 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
101 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma
102 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
103 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
104 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
105 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
106 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
107 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
108 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
109 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
110 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
111 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
112 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
113 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
114 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
115 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
116 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
117 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
118 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
119 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
120 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
121 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
122 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
123 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
124 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
125 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
126 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
127 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
128 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
129 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
130 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
131 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
132 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
133 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
134 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
135 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
136 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
137 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
138 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
139 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
140 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
141 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
142 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
143 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
144 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
145 Filippo Tagliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
146 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
147 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
148 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
149 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
150 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
151 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
152 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
153 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
154 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
155 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
156 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis
157 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis
158 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
159 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
160 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
161 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
162 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
163 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
164 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
165 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
166 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
167 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
168 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
169 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
170 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
171 Paul Martens (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
172 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
173 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
174 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
175 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
176 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
177 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
178 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:35
179 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
180 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
181 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
182 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:45
183 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:33
DNS Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 4:29:53
2 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:13
3 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:16
4 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:20
5 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:21
7 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
8 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:22
9 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:25
10 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:26
11 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:27
12 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:29
13 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:30
14 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
15 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:31
16 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:32
17 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
18 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:33
19 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
20 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:34
21 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
22 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
23 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:35
24 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
25 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
26 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
27 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:36
28 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
29 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
30 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
31 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:37
32 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
33 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:39
34 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
35 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:41
36 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
37 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
38 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
39 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
40 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:42
41 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
42 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
43 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
44 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
45 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:43
46 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
47 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
48 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
49 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:44
50 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
51 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
52 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
53 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
54 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
55 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
56 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:45
57 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
58 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
59 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team BikeExchange
60 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
61 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange 0:00:46
62 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
64 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
65 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:47
66 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
67 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
68 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:48
69 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
70 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
71 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
72 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:49
73 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
74 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:00:50
75 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
76 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
77 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:51
78 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:52
79 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
80 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
81 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:53
82 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
83 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos
84 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
86 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
87 Paul Martens (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
88 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
89 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
90 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:54
91 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:55
92 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
94 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:56
95 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
96 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
97 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
98 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
99 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:57
100 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
101 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:00:58
102 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:59
104 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
105 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
106 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:00
107 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
108 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:01:01
109 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
110 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
111 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:02
112 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
113 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
114 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
115 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:04
116 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
117 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
118 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
119 Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:05
120 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
121 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
122 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
123 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:06
124 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:01:07
126 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
127 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis
128 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:08
129 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:01:09
130 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
131 Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo
132 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
133 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:11
134 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:12
135 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
136 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
137 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:13
138 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
139 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
140 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
141 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:01:14
142 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
143 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:15
144 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
145 Márton Dina (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:16
146 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
147 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:17
148 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:18
150 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
151 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
152 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:19
153 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
154 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:20
155 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:21
156 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:22
157 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:23
158 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:24
159 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
160 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:25
161 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis 0:01:26
162 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
163 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:27
164 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
165 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:28
166 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:29
167 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team
168 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:30
169 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:31
170 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:33
171 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
172 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:34
173 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:01:35
174 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
175 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
176 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:01:36
177 Filippo Tagliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:37
178 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
179 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:40
180 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:41
181 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:48
182 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:51
183 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:28