Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

May 16, 2021

Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 9 – Castel di Sangro – Campo Felice (Rocca di Cambio) : 158 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.

Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) won stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia with an explosive attack on the steep gravel track at Campo Felice.

The Colombian becomes the new pink jersey after Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) was dropped earlier on the climb.

Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) and Alexander Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) were second and third respectively at seven seconds, while Remo Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) came in a further three seconds later in fourth to retain his second-place position on GC.

Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) finished alongside Evenepoel, and a couple of seconds behind them came in another group featuring many of the GC contenders, including Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange), Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo), Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious).

As the GC action only kicked off on the gravel roads towards the top of the final climb, the gaps between the GC riders were only minimal. But Bernal was clearly the strongest rider on those roads, and has confirmed himself as the race’s frontrunner.

For the Colombian, the victory comes after a long journey to return to his best in light of persistent back problems.

“I can’t believe what’s happening,” said Bernal at the finish. “I just won my first stage in a Grand Tour. I think I did a lot of sacrifices to be in this position after the Tour last year [where back problems forced him to abandon]. I’m really happy.”

Ineos Grenadiers did a great job of setting up his attack, setting a fast enough pace to catch the final survivors of the day’s break, Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R-Citroën) and Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma), just 500 metres from the line.

“I was thinking of doing really well today, but I wasn’t sure if I’d go for the stage. But my teammates had a lot of confidence in me. I wasn’t sure, but they told me, ‘you can do it’…I think this victory is more for them, because they really believed in me.”

The team will now be tasked with defending the pink jersey, with Evenepoel lurking ominously behind in second at 15 seconds, and Vlasov, Ciccone, Valter, Carthy, Caruso, Martin and Yates all still within a minute of his time after performing solidly today.

How it unfolded

Like yesterday’s stage, Sunday began with multiple attacks as rider after rider tried and failed to form the day’s break.

After the race all came back together following an uncategorised rise, a large group formed on the category two Passo Godi, and got a small gap of about 20 seconds.

However, the peloton, led by UAE Team Emirates, were still chasing hard, setting up Diego Ulissi to attack and join the leaders. A spanner was thrown in the works when Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) and Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), who were genuine GC threats at 39 seconds and 1:06, respectively, latched onto Ulissi’s wheel and joined the leading group.

Caruso’s Bahrain Victorious teammate Gino Mäder reached the top of the climb first ahead of Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën) to extend his lead in the mountains classification, and on the descent, along with teammate Matej Mohoric (who was also in the front group) set about setting a fierce pace.

Given Mohoric’s notoriously quick descending skills, it was an exciting ploy from Bahrain Victorious to put the other GC teams under pressure. But they suffered a severe blow in a horrible moment on the downhill when Mohoric lost balance and somersaulted over his handlebars, snapping his fork. Although he was able to stand up again, the fact he’d landed on his head was cause for serious concern, and he exited the race via an ambulance on a stretcher.

Bahrain Victorious pushed on nevertheless with Mäder, and pulled out a gap of 40 seconds over the peloton, now led by Team BikeExchange, who were the main GC team to miss the move.

The peloton was committed to the chase, however, with UAE Team Emirates also joining BikeExchange, and the breakaway was caught. Luis León Sánchez (Astana-Premier Tech), Nicholas Edet (Cofidis), Bouchard and a few others from that group stubbornly accelerated to stay out for a little while longer, but eventually were also caught.

The race was therefore all together again towards the bottom of the descent, prompting a new set of about a dozen riders to try and form a break. The likes of UAE Team Emirates and Bahrain Victorious weren’t happy with that group, and worked to once again bring it back.

Simon Carr (EF Education-Nippo) was next to try on an uncategorised climb that immediately followed the descent, and was joined by six more riders: Sanchez, Edet, Bouchard, Mollema, Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) and Matteo Fabbro (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Eight more riders joined them at the front: Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-Nippo), George Bennett, Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma), Tanel Kangert (BikeExchange), Michael Storer (Team DSM), Einer Rubio (Movistar) and Ulissi.

This time the peloton was happy with the make-up of the break, and sat up. There was still time for Giovanni Visconti (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) and, after a long chase, Eduardo Sepulveda (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), and once they did, the final 16-man break had formed.

The race finally set into a steady pattern, with the breakaway extending their lead to over three minutes, and the peloton being led at a steady pace by Groupama-FDJ.

The only action for a while came at the top of the category three Forca Caruso, where Bouchard won the sprint for the King of the Mountains points ahead of Mollema and Visconti.

Throughout this time the gap hovered at around three minutes, but began to come down at the start of the category two climb to Ovindoli when Ineos Grenadiers upped the pace in the peloton.

Seemingly in response, the riders in the break started to attack each other, with Carr and Bouchard, going clear from the rest. That pair reached the top of the category two climb with a lead of a handful of seconds over the rest, while Bouchard gained maximum points to become the virtual leader in the King of the Mountains classification.

Once the gradient tilted upwards as they reached the final climb of the day, Bouchard attacked and dropped Carr, who drifted back to a chasing group consisting of Mollema, Bouwman and Storer.

Meanwhile the peloton led into the final climb at a searing pace as the GC teams all tried to keep their leaders at the front, but lone leader Bouchard retained a lead of about two minutes, with the chasing quartet about 20 seconds behind him.

On the climb, Valter began to struggle inside the final 5km, drifting to the back of the peloton that was thinning out as Ineos Grenadiers set a severe pace. Their pace also put Bouchard and the rest of the break’s chances in peril, and Bouchard’s gap dipped to below a minute 3km from the finish.

Bouwman attacked the other chasers, and caught Bouchard shortly after beginning the gravel section, 1km from the finish. But both were caught by a charging Bernal, who had countered an attack from Vlasov at 500 metres from the line, after Moscon had further thinned the peloton, dropping Valter.

The difference in pace between the charging Bernal and the struggling Bouchard and Bouwman was remarkable, and underlined just how fast Bernal was riding.

It was a superb attack, and seemingly proof that Bernal is at long last back to his very best.

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

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