Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

May 15, 2021

Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 8 – Foggia – Guardia Sanframondi : 170 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.

Victor Lafay (Cofidis) won stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia on yet another day where the breakaway succeeded.

The 25-year-old Frenchman was the strongest of nine escapees on the final climb, catching Giovanni Carboni (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 2.2km from the finish after the Italian had attacked earlier on the climb, and then holding off a late charge from Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo-Kometa), who finished second.

Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) finished safely in a peloton that had been reduced to 26 riders on the final climb that featured most of the GC contenders, meaning he holds on to the pink jersey. Caleb Ewan abandoned mid-way through the stage.

The only GC names that were missing were Jai Hindley (Team DSM), who lost eleven seconds, and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), who finished thirty seconds adrift after being caught out in a crash just a few kilometres from the finish, while Louis Vervaeke (Alpecin-Fenix) slid from fifth to tenth from also missing the split.

But the main focus of the day was the breakaway, which formed after a long, competitive battle at the start of the stage.

“It was a very tough day, to make the breakaway was very difficult,” said the victorious Lafay at the finish. “But when it was gone, the peloton let us have seven minutes, so we could recover a little.”

After it was clear that the peloton was happy to let the break succeed, it all came down to the final climb to decide which of the nine would win the stage.

“The finish was hard, about a ten-minute effort…I knew that [the others in the break] were not climbers. [Nelson] Oliveira was the best one, so I kept an eye on him. But I was confident with my legs, and I attacked with 3km to go. I don’t believe that I’ve just won!”

After making that attack, it wasn’t long before he caught the earlier attacker, Giovanni Carboni, who had looked as though he might hang on.

But Lafay flew past him with no problem and soloed all the way to the top to seal a landmark result in his career, and Cofidis’ first Giro stage win since 2010.

How it unfolded

The undulating terrain and an uphill finish that didn’t look hard enough to make this a fully-fledged GC stage meant this looked likely to be another day of a breakaway to succeed, and indeed there was an almighty battle at the start of the day to get into the day’s break.

Even GC riders got involved in the battle, with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) at one point being part of a group that got away.

He was brought back, but there were still more scares to come for some GC riders as crosswinds further complicated the exhausting opening. Overall leader Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) was caught out when the peloton split into smaller groups, along with GC riders like Romain Bardet (Ag2r Citroen) and Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) but once again eventually everything came back together.

At last, about 50km into the stage, an eight-man group succeeded in gaining a substantial gap over the peloton, and was made up of no threats to the GC: Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Kobe Goossens (Lotto Soudal), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R Citroën), Nikias Arndt (DSM), Victor Lafay (Cofidis), Giovanni Carboni (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane), Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo-Kometa) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates).

The peloton was happy with the make-up of the group, and sat up, giving everyone a much-needed great.

Everyone, that is, apart from Victor Campanaerts (Qhubeka Assos), who had set off in pursuit of the leading octet and had to dig deep before eventually joining them after chasing for about 10km.

Amid all the breathless action, Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) had abandoned the race after being distanced. The Australian had been wearing the maglia ciclamino as leader of the points classification, so Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) became the new leader.

With the race settled down, the break’s gap got bigger and bigger, reaching over seven minutes by the start of the day’s long centerpiece climb, the category two Bocca Della Selva.

With the peloton taking it easy behind, the nine escapees were able to ride the climb at a steady pace and remained together at the top, where Goossens gained maximum points ahead of Arndt and Gavazzi.

Similarly, the peloton remained largely together, with only Simon Yates (BikeExchange) and Dan Martin (Israel StartUp Nation) having no problem rejoining after each having mechanical problems.

Gaviria was the first of the break to attack when he accelerated on the descent of Bocca Della Selva, only to crash moments later. Despite suffering cuts to his right arm and leg, he managed to catch back up to the leading group, albeit with some assistance from the medical car he received treatment from.

Having reached the bottom of the descent, it was clear that the break would contest for the stage win, prompting some from the group who didn’t fancy their chances on the final climb to go long. Campanaerts and Gougeard each put in a number of attacks prior to that climb, but neither was able to go clear.

At the start of the climb, Goosens was first to attack, but couldn’t open a gap on what were shallow gradients.

More attacks followed, and Campanaerts and Carboni succeeded in going clear 8km from the finish, with Gougeard caught in between them and the rest of the break. Gougeard was eventually swallowed back up, but the leading duo held a gap of about 10 seconds.

Carboni then dropped Campanaerts 3km from the finish, using his lighter weight to his advantage on the steeper gradients.

By now the chasers behind were panicking each starting to attack one another rather than work together. Nonetheless, Lafay had the legs to break clear from the rest, then catch Carboni and leave him for dead 2.2km from the finish.

Just when it looked as though Lafay had made the stage win in the bag, Gavazzi then started to chase him down, also catching and passing Carboni and bringing Lafay to within his sights.

But Lafay’s advantage remained at around 20 seconds, which was enough for him to take the victory.

Back in the peloton, there were no attacks from any of the GC men, although the likes of Israel Start-Up Nation and Ineos Grenadiers upped the pace on the final climb.

A late crash disrupted Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) and Matteo Fabbro (Bora-Hansgrohe), but they were both able to remount and make it to the finish.

There was no major change on the GC as the favourites pretty much all finished together. But tomorrow’s stage, which features a finishing climb with very steep gradients and gravel sectors, will be a whole other matter.

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

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