Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 04 [FULL STAGE]

May 11, 2021

Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 4 – Piacenza – Sestola : 187 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.

The USA’s Joe Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates) survived the rain and attacks to win stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia, as the terrible conditions and steep climbs in the Apennines shook up the race.

Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Start-Up) finished just 13 seconds down on Dombrowski after also being in the break and took the maglia rosa. He now leads Dombrowski by 22 seconds. The battle amongst the team leaders also exploded on the steep final Colle Passerino climb to Sestola, with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), and Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) attacking on the climb.

They gained 11 seconds on Simon Yates (BikeExchange), Romain Bardet (Team DSM), and Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segfredo) lost 34 seconds, while George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) lost even more and Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) cracked massively and lost 4:21 to the Bernal group. Dombrowski won the 2012 Under 23 Giro d’Italia and turned professional with Team Sky but his career was massively disrupted due to iliac artery surgery. His last success came at the 2019 Tour of Utah before he moved to UAE Team Emirates but he was back to his best at the Giro d’Italia.

“I was able to get a gap, it wasn’t enough for the pink jersey but I think the stage win is a nice way to finish the day,” he said.

“I’m really happy with today, obviously. I was feeling good in the last 50km, and was just trying not to do too much work and be conservative because I knew the last climb was really a tough one.

“I needed to be ready for attacks and I was able to follow everything. I knew De Marchi was probably the strongest in the break so if I took his wheel I’d be in a good spot.”

De Marchi missed out on the stage victory but was rewarded for 11 years of hard work as a professional and 11 years of going on the attack with the maglia rosa. He was understandably emotional after gaining enough time to take pink from fellow Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), who sacrificed his chances early in the stage by working for Bernal and Pavel Sivakov.

“I’d been thinking about the maglia rosa all stage and even in the last few days. I thought I’d lost my chance at one point and would have been devastated after making a mistake but the famous rule came true: Never give up. And in the, end it all worked out,” De Marchi said, with tears in his eyes.

“I’m going to cry if I think about wearing the maglia rosa. This is a small reward for the thousands of attempts I made during my 11-year career. I’m going to try to really enjoy it. It’s for me and my wife Anna.”

How it unfolded

The riders gathered in Piacenza under grey and heavy skies, wrapped in rain jackets and ready for a long, important day that would climb high into the Apennines. The stage included 1,800m of climbing in the final 100km with three steep categorised climbs but many others and equally testing descents. The last climb, the Colle Passerino, rose at 10 per cent for four kilometres before a short descent to the finish in Sestola.

The stage started fast on the Emilia Romagna plains as riders tried to join the break of the day despite the terrible conditions that even disrupted the television coverage. Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka Assos) was one of the first to attack and he was joined by Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert). However, the early kilometres were on the home roads of the Bardiani-CSF and so the Italian ProTeam threw their riders up the road to join the action. Other riders joined them in different groups and with the peloton letting them go after a fast opening 40km, an interesting attack of 25 riders formed.

The 25 were: Rein Taaramae (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Chris Juul-Jensen (Team BikeExchange), Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Start-Up Nation), Pieter Serry (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Joe Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën Team), Louis Vervaeke (Alpecin-Fenix), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Filippo Zana, Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani CSF-Faizanè), Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier, Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo), Francesco Gavazzi, Marton Dina (Eolo-Kometa), Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ), Nico Denz (Team DSM), Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates), Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka Assos) and Nicola Venchiarutti (Androni-Giocattoli-Sidermec). 17 of the 23 teams in the Giro d’Italia were represented up front, with only Ineos Grenadiers, Astana-Premier Tech, Bora-Hansgrohe, EF Education-Nippo, Lotto Soudal and Jumbo-Visma missing out.

Oliveira was the best-placed overall, 32 seconds down on Ganna, with one-second gaps to De Marchi, then Conti, then Campenaerts. Five other riders were within a minute: Hermans, Vervaeke, Valter, Vendrame, and Taaramae; meaning the stage was, in theory, also a battle for the maglia rosa. There was everything to ride for despite the terrible weather.

The gap to the peloton continued to stay at five minutes as Tagliani won the intermediate sprint after 86km. Just before the race turned off the plains and headed into the Apennine hills Filippo Ganna generously sacrificing his own chances and his maglia rosa by riding long spells on the front. On the Castello di Carpineti climb with 75km to go the steep gradient shook out the break. Gavazzi was first to the top to try to defend Vincenzo Albanese’s lead in the mountains classification. Taaramae was second over the top, followed by Juul-Jensen and Hermans and they kept going in pursuit of glory and a possible stage win. Juul-Jensen logically let the two Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert riders do the work, with Hermans sacrificing his chances for Taaramae. They also lead onto the nasty Montemolino climb with 50km to go as the break crumbled and was cast back down the road. Behind, Ganna also dropped back after his huge work on the front, with Ineos road captain Salvatore Puccio taking over on the front before Deceuninck-QuickStep also showed their intentions with James Knox and Mikkel Honoré doing the work.

Juul-Jensen was able to go with Taaramae when he attacked with two kilometres to go to the summit of the Montemolino, while De Marchi, Dombrowski, and Oliveira appeared strongest of the chasers.

Taaramae was on a mission, with the maglia rosa up for grabs if he could finish 30 seconds ahead of Oliveira. De Marchi suffered a puncture with 32km to go but got a quick change and returned to the chase group that reformed and included Dombrowski, Oliveira, Pieter Serry (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën Team), Louis Vervaeke (Alpecin-Fenix), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo), Francesco Gavazzi, Marton Dina (Eolo-Kometa), Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ), Filippo Zana and Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani CSF-Faizanè).

Deceuninck-QuickStep’s work, with help from impetus from Bahrain Victorious, reduced the gap to the peloton but was at 5:00 with 25km to go and so ruled out the chances of any of them taking the maglia rosa. However, the speed, the climbs, and the terrible conditions reduced the peloton to just 30 or so riders with 15km to go and they also ate into the time gap of the attackers. Riding across the Apennine hilltops Taaramae and Juul-Jensen continued to work together, as the chasers struggled to unite and reduce the gap. They were 1:20 behind with 10km to go. Taaramae lead through the time bonus sprint at the bottom of the Colle Passerino to take three seconds. They seemed on the way to victory but the steep final climb changed everything.

De Marchi dragged Dombrowski away from Oliveira and Mosca, quickly catching and passing Taaramae and Juul-Jensen. On the steepest, 16 per cent, sector Dombrowski danced on the pedals and slowly distanced De Marchi with a show of guts and determination. He made it to the summit of the climb and dived down the 2.5km descent to cross the finish line in Sestola alone.

De Marchi finished 13 seconds behind but did enough to take the maglia rosa and his emotions understandably came out. As they were fighting for the stage and the maglia rosa, the GC battle also exploded. Landa surged across to Ciccone and then was joined by Bernal, Vlasov, and Carthy as everybody was forced to their limits in the wet and cold.

They worked together over the top of the climb and sprinted to the line, with Bernal bringing them home, 1:37 behind Dombrowski and nearer the remains of the break. Yates, Bardet, and Evenepoel were unable to go with them and lost 11 seconds, while Nibali and Jai Hindley (Team DSM) lost 34, Bennett 1:29, and Almeida a far more significant 4:21.

It was only the first day of climbing and only stage 4 but the first cracks had opened in the overall classification. Wednesday’s fifth stage is a pan flat transfer to the Adriatic coast with a sprint expected in Cattolica. The mountain finishes return on Thursday with the stage 6 finish above Ascoli Piceno on the 15km-long San Giacomo climb.

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

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