La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 20 [FULL STAGE]

September 10, 2016
La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 20 [FULL STAGE] – Benidorm – Alto de Aitana – 193,2 km (Mountain stage)

The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race is the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and it will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.

The anticipated onslaught from Chris Froome (Sky) was late in coming on the Alto de Aitana, and when his volley of attacks eventually arrived, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) never yielded so much as an inch to seal overall victory at the Vuelta a España, while Pierre Latour (AG2R-La Mondiale) took the stage honours on the penultimate day of the race.

For the bones of a week – ever since Quintana stole a march on Froome on the road to Formigal last Sunday, in fact – the Vuelta had seemed to be slouching dutifully towards Madrid with Quintana as winner-elect, only for Froome to produce a remarkable time trial in Calpe that suddenly catapulted him back into contention.

Quintana lost more than two minutes of his advantage on Friday afternoon, but still had a buffer of 1:21 over Froome ahead of stage 20, where his task was a simple one in theory, if not in practice. The Colombian has been the best climber in the race, and he knew that he needed only follow Froome on the Alto de Aitana to win the Vuelta.

With five kilometres to go, Froome launched his first acceleration from a red jersey group that had already been whittled down to its bare bones, but Quintana was swiftly across to his wheel. Froome accelerated again and again, in that curious high cadence style of his, but could never once put daylight between himself and Quintana, who followed impassively.

Entering the final kilometre, it was already clear that Quintana had the Vuelta in hand, and the battle became a matter of pride, but still Froome could not discommode the man he had beaten three times at the Tour de France. After a subdued Grande Boucle this year, where he finished a disappointed third, Quintana had a point to prove at this Vuelta.

Quintana duly tacked on acceleration of his own within sight of the finish to place 10th on the stage, a couple of seconds ahead of Froome, who sat up and applauded the red jersey as he crossed the line. (Froome’s largesse did not, apparently, extend to the waiting media, as he preferred to turn and ride back down the mountain than speak to the television reporters at the finish).

“Froome started attacking very early today, even on the descent of the Rates, but we were always attentive and on that final climb I had no problem to defend myself from the attacks,” Quintana said. “He’s a great rival, and he did a super time trial yesterday. That made me suffer, he is always my top rival.”

Chaves dislodges Contador

The Froome-Quintana duel was the centrepiece of a stage that had numerous subplots all vying for attention. Up front, the escape of the day was engaged in a brutal slugging match for the stage honours, with the young Latour eventually outlasting Darwin Atapuma (BMC) in a bout where each man seemed to be repeatedly picking himself up off the canvas.

Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange), meanwhile, dislodged Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) from the third step of the podium by setting his team to work from almost midway through the stage, and then bounding clear of the red jersey group on the penultimate climb, the category 2 Puerto de Tudons, with some 45 kilometres still to race.

By that point, Contador had no Tinkoff teammates for company in the small group, and though Yury Trofimov dropped back to lend a hand, over the top, Chaves’ lead quickly stretched out towards a minute. Chaves was aided, too, by an MVP showing from Damien Howson, who was positioned in the day’s early break expressly to help his leader on the long, fast descent ahead of the Aitana.

Come the lower slopes of the 21-kilometre long Aitana, Chaves had a margin of almost two minutes in hand on the red jersey group, where Contador was reduced to trying to manage the situation rather than actively seeking to rectify it for himself. Showing few signs of tiring, Chaves simply tapped out his tempo all the way to the top, and though the accelerations of Froome would eventually bring the red jersey group much closer, he had enough time in hand to dislodge Contador from third.

Chaves eventually crossed the line in 9th on the stage, 3:17 down on Latour and only 46 seconds ahead of Quintana, but 1:25 ahead of Contador – enough to move him onto the podium by a mere 13 seconds.

Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Drapac), meanwhile, withstood Simon Yates’ probing on the final climb and then kicked his way clear of the Briton in the final kilometres to seal fifth place overall, a return to form for the American after a trying couple of years since his 2014 Dauphine victory.

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Stage honours

On a day of 100 stories, it seems unfair to relegate Latour’s to a footnote, but the Frenchman – still only 22, remember – showed enough to suggest that he will earn plenty of headlines in his own right in the years to come.

The stage, which featured four category 2 climbs ahead of the Aitana, began at a ferocious pace, but the presence of Sky, Movistar and Tinkoff riders in the early moves meant that they were unable to gain any traction. Froome himself even got in the act on the descent of the Col des Rates, as he tracked teammate Michal Golas, though Quintana was wise to the move.

It wasn’t until the midpoint of the stage, with some 95 kilometres still to go, that the race took on some kind of shape, with Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and Rudy Molard (Cofidis) escaping, and a chase group comprising Latour, Atapuma, Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), Yuri Trofimov (Tinkoff), David Lopez (Team Sky), Robert Gesink (Lotto NL Jumbo), Damien Howson (Orica – BikeExchange), Fabio Felline (Trek – Segafredo), Pavel Kochetkov (Katusha), Bart De Clercq (Lotto Soudal), Ben King (Cannondale – Drapac), Mathias Frank, Clément Chevrier (IAM Cycling), Valerio Conti (Lampre – Merida) and Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) forming behind them.

The two leaders stayed 1:40 clear of the chasers for all the way to the base of the Aitana, while they were more than 10 minutes ahead of the peloton for much of the afternoon. The chasing group was twice disrupted by crashes – Rojas crashed out of the Vuelta on the descent of the Tollos, while Chevrier was brought down by a spectator near the top of the Tudons – but it remained otherwise intact until the Aitana.

On the Aitana, Sanchez rid himself of Molard, while Atapuma, Frank and Latour eventually forged across to the Spaniard with 5 kilometres remaining. Atapuma accelerated just as the catch was made, but while he was able to shake off Frank at the third attempt, Latour proved a tougher out, and the two slugged it out all the way to the summit.

Riding side by side into the final kilometre, they were almost caught by Fabio Felline, who had escaped the attention of the television cameras all the way up the climb but finished at a rate of knots. A brace of accelerations from Latour ended the Italian’s challenge, but when Atapuma came around him with 200 metres to go, it seemed as though the AG2R man would have to settle for second.

Ultimately, however, Latour would be the last man standing, as he caught and passed Atapuma within sight of the line to claim the maiden Grand Tour stage win of his young career.

“I came here looking to do something on GC but I messed up in the split last weekend and I was disappointed with that,” Latour said, though the day belonged to Quintana.

“It went very well on that last climb, but if it seemed easy from the television, that wasn’t because it was easy, but because the team made it easier

Results :

1 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5:19:41
2 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:17
4 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:40
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:03
6 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:28
7 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:02
8 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:01
9 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:17
10 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:04:03
11 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:04:05
12 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:04:34
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:04:41
14 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:05:04
15 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:05:10
16 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:05:28
17 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:38
18 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:49
19 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:53
20 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:58
21 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida
22 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
23 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:06:06
24 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
25 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:06:37
26 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:40
27 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:00
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:07:06
29 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:09:23
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:09:35
31 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:09:55
32 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha
34 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:11:33
35 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:11:44
36 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:26
37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
38 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team
39 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:12:35
40 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:45
41 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:11
42 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
43 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:16:27
44 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
45 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:17:09
46 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:17:16
47 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:21:35
48 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:24:13
50 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:25:45
51 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 0:25:46
52 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:27:21
53 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:27:51
54 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team
55 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
56 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
57 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
58 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
59 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
60 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
61 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
62 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
64 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
65 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
66 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
67 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
68 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
69 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
71 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
72 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
73 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18
74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
75 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
76 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
79 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
80 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
81 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
82 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
83 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
84 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
85 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
86 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
87 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
88 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
89 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
90 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
91 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
92 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
93 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
94 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
95 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
96 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
97 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
98 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
99 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
100 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
101 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
102 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
103 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
106 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling
107 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
108 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
109 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
110 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
111 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
112 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
113 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
115 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
116 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
117 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
118 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
119 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
120 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
121 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange
122 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
123 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida
124 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha
125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
126 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
127 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team
128 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
129 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
130 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
131 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
133 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
134 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
135 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
136 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
137 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
138 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
139 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
140 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
142 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:28:24
143 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 0:28:36
144 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:29:03
145 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:29:27
146 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
147 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
148 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
149 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
150 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:29:32
151 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:29:48
152 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:31:26
153 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
154 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
155 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:31:29
156 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:31:55
157 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
158 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:32:52
159 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:33:51
DNS Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team

General Classification after Stage 20:

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 80:42:36
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:23
3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:04:08
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:04:21
5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:07:43
6 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:08:33
7 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:11:18
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:04
9 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:13:17
10 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:14:07
11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:15:33
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:57
13 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:18:22
14 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:19:10
15 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:22:05
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:29:37
17 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:36:30
18 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:38:13
19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:40:29
20 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:42:01
21 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:44:27
22 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:56:08
23 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:57:11
24 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:59:27
25 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:02:14
26 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:02:36
27 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:03:36
28 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 1:05:03
29 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:05:47
30 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:10:56
31 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:17:52
32 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 1:21:53
33 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 1:23:10
34 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:32:02
35 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:32:23
36 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 1:32:26
37 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:33:14
38 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 1:36:20
39 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 1:36:38
40 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:38:27
41 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 1:41:34
42 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:42:12
43 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 1:46:10
44 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:46:37
45 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:48:43
46 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:49:48
47 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:50:34
48 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:51:11
49 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 1:55:15
50 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 1:59:42
51 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:00:20
52 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:03:17
53 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:03:55
54 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 2:04:21
55 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 2:05:32
56 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 2:14:24
57 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 2:20:29
58 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 2:26:11
59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 2:26:51
60 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 2:27:31
61 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:29:38
62 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 2:31:23
63 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 2:34:32
64 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:35:44
65 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 2:36:31
66 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 2:37:19
67 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 2:41:47
68 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 2:45:52
69 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 2:49:16
70 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 2:50:27
71 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 3:04:11
72 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 3:04:24
73 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:04:53
74 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 3:05:50
75 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 3:08:22
76 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:10:18
77 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 3:11:38
78 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:11:51
79 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3:11:53
80 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 3:12:54
81 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 3:13:59
82 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 3:14:26
83 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 3:15:02
84 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 3:15:08
85 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:15:49
86 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 3:17:23
87 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:17:40
88 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 3:18:04
89 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:18:07
90 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 3:18:09
91 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 3:18:18
92 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:19:57
93 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:20:12
94 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 3:20:41
95 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:21:32
96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:23:02
97 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:23:49
98 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 3:24:06
99 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 3:26:05
100 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:27:20
101 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 3:27:44
102 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 3:30:01
103 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:32:41
104 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 3:32:50
105 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 3:34:16
106 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 3:34:56
107 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 3:35:29
108 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 3:37:19
109 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:38:33
110 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 3:38:58
111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:43:38
112 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:44:21
113 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 3:46:41
114 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:47:12
115 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 3:48:11
116 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 3:48:20
117 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 3:50:04
118 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 3:52:36
119 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:53:38
120 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 3:56:12
121 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:58:12
122 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 4:00:23
123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 4:00:38
124 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 4:04:28
125 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 4:05:16
126 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:10:08
127 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 4:10:50
128 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 4:12:28
129 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:14:18
130 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 4:14:33
131 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:15:53
132 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 4:17:05
133 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:18:33
134 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 4:18:47
135 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 4:19:24
136 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 4:22:58
137 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4:25:03
138 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:30:40
139 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:30:56
140 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 4:32:01
141 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 4:35:05
142 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 4:36:07
143 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 4:36:14
144 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 4:40:27
145 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 4:40:57
146 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 4:43:11
147 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 4:46:36
148 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 4:47:34
149 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 4:52:04
150 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 4:52:05
151 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida 4:52:29
152 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:52:59
153 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:55:09
154 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 4:56:01
155 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 4:56:16
156 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:59:15
157 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:59:55
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