La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 01 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

August 25, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 01 – Malaga – Malaga : 8 km ITT

It may still be three weeks long, contain 3,275 kilometres of racing, and offer up nine summit finishes, but the 2018 Vuelta a España will be very different to most of the previous decade’s editions. When the Vuelta’s riders begin rolling down the start ramp of Málaga’s opening eight-kilometre time trial late in the afternoon of August 25, the two stars who have shaped the race the most in the last decade – 2017 winner Chris Froome (Team Sky) and the now-retired Alberto Contador – will not be among their number. Froome, having won the Vuelta last year and ridden two Grand Tours already this season, is sitting out the Spanish three-week race for the first time since 2013, while Contador, having won the Vuelta three times – and caused Froome to lose the race in 2014 and 2016 – signed off his career with a memorable solo win at the rain-drenched summit of the Angliru last September.

Rohan Dennis (BMC) delivered on expectations to win the opening time trial of the 2018 Vuelta a España in Málaga, taking the first red leader’s jersey of the race. The Australian beat Michał Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) into second place by six seconds, while Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal) completed the podium, seven seconds down.

Dylan Van Baarle (Team Sky) set the early running, as the first man to complete the flat 8km course in under ten minutes. Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) was the first to beat the Dutch TT champions’ time, crossing the line in 9:56, but would soon be beaten by Kwiatkowski, who smashed the Portuguese riders’ time by ten seconds.

Campenaerts got within a second of the Pole’s time, but it was Dennis who set the fastest time by five seconds at the intermediate check, eventually crossing the line with a time of 9:39 to take the overall lead, completing his set of Grand Tour leader’s jerseys.

“Look at Kwiatkowski – he put on a lot of pressure,” said Dennis after the stage. “Honestly I was hoping that his time would be a little bit slower so there was less stress going into it but in the end, you’ve got to do what you can do and I just put everything out there and hoped for the win.

“I knew that basically the race finished at the top of the hill and you can’t really take any time out from there. You might lose one or two seconds, but that’s it. So I just thought I’d go all-in to the top.

“Honestly I was just thinking about trying to get a stage win, an individual stage win at the Vuelta,” he added, after being informed that he was one of 15 men to win a time trial at each Grand Tour. “And I tried to top off the three wins in each Grand Tour. That was the first goal, to get a win in the Vuelta – especially after doing what I did in the Giro.”

While the likes of Dennis and Kwiatkowski can be considered outside contenders for the general classification, there was a more mixed day for the more established GC men.

Richie Porte (BMC), who has been suffering from illness in the run-up to the race, put in a time of 10:30, while Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) set a time of 10:19, the same as Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and one second ahead of fellow Italian Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates).

Rigoberto Urán (EF-Drapac) might be disappointed with his time of 10:24, while his compatriots Miguel Ángel López (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) had better days, setting times of 10:14 and 10:10 respectively.

Dutchman Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) went even better with a time of 10:02, while Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) was four seconds behind, and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) came in at 10:09

Home hopes Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and the Izagirre brothers (Bahrain-Merida) had strong outings. Valverde came in at 10:03 alongside Gorka Izagirre, while brother Ion finished ninth at 10:01.

How it happened

The opening time trial of the 2018 Vuelta a España was the race’s first opening TT since 2009, and marked the third time the Spanish Grand Tour had ever started in Málaga. Previous starts saw Alex Zülle take the then-golden leader’s jersey back in 2000, while CSC triumphed in the 2006 Vuelta opening TTT.

It would be the only chance for the rouleurs to impress for over two weeks, with no other tests against the clock coming until stage 16’s TT in Cantabria. The time trial (don’t call it a prologue – that label only applies to courses under 8km in length) featured largely flat, wide roads on a not particularly technical course, and took in the beachfront with a small drag midway through.

Jorge Cubero (Burgos-BH) got proceedings underway, posting a time of 10:46, though that would quickly be blown away as Sebastian Langeveld (EF-Drapac) put in the quickest time of the early runners with a 10:04.

The first man under ten minutes was Team Sky’s Dylan Van Baarle, who managed to scrape under the mark with an impressive time of 9:59. Teammate Jonathan Castroviejo came close, just missing out on taking the provisional lead with a time of 10:01, but seconds later Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) came through in 9:56 to take over the hot seat.

BMC’s early riders did well, auguring well for stage favourite Rohan Dennis’ hopes. Midway through the stage, the team had three men in the top ten, with Alessandro De Marchi at 10:00, Dylan Teuns at 10:01, and Brent Bookwalter at 10:03, while the ailing Porte came in at 10:30.

Meanwhile, Oliveira’s time at the top of the standings was short-lived, as Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) flew around the course in a time of 9:46. European champion Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal) came close, missing out by a single second, while 8km down the road Dennis set off.

The Australian looked smooth and fast as soon as he hit the tarmac, setting the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint, putting in the ride everybody had expected of him to go fastest at 9:39. with only four men left to run behind him, Dennis didn’t have to sweat over his fifth win of the season – each one a time trial.

Quintana and Nibali were the last two men down the start ramp, putting in times nine seconds apart, but with the majority of the big GC names clustered between times of 10:09 and 10:30, the impact of the opening time trial on the quest for red hadn’t been huge.

Results :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:09:39
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:06
3 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:07
4 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:17
5 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:20
6 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
7 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky
8 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
9 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:22
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
11 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
13 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:23
14 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:24
17 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
18 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:25
20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:27
21 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:28
22 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
23 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
24 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 0:00:29
25 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
26 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
28 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
29 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
30 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30
32 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
33 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
34 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
35 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
36 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:31
37 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors
38 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
39 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33
40 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34
41 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
42 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:35
44 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
45 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
46 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
48 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:36
50 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
51 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
52 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:38
53 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
54 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
56 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
58 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:39
60 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:40
61 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
62 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
63 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
64 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
64 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
66 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:41
68 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
69 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:42
70 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
72 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
73 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
77 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
78 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:43
79 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:44
80 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:45
81 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
82 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
83 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:46
84 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
85 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:47
86 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
87 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
88 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:00:48
89 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:49
91 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
92 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
94 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:50
95 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
96 Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
97 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:51
98 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
99 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
100 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
101 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
102 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:52
103 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:53
104 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
106 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:54
107 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
108 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
109 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
110 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:55
111 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
112 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:56
113 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:57
114 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH
115 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
116 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:00:58
117 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
117 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
119 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:59
120 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
121 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
123 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
124 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
125 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:00
126 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
127 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:01
128 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
129 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:02
130 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
131 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
132 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
133 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
134 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:03
135 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
136 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH 0:01:04
137 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
139 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
140 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:05
141 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
143 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:06
144 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
145 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:07
146 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
147 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH
148 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
150 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:08
152 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:09
153 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:10
154 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
155 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
156 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:11
157 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
158 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:12
159 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
160 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:13
161 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:14
163 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:15
164 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
166 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:16
167 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
168 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
169 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:17
170 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:18
171 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:20
172 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:23
173 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:34
174 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
175 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:38
176 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:42

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:09:39
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:06
3 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:07
4 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:17
5 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:20
6 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
7 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky
8 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
9 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:22
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
11 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
13 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:23
14 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:24
17 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
18 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:25
20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:27
21 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:28
22 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
23 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
24 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 0:00:29
25 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
26 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
28 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
29 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
30 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30
32 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
33 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
34 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
35 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
36 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:31
37 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors
38 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
39 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33
40 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34
41 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
42 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:35
44 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
45 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
46 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
48 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:36
50 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
51 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
52 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:38
53 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
54 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
56 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
58 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:39
60 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:40
61 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
62 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
63 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
64 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
66 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:41
68 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
69 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:42
70 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
72 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
73 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
77 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
78 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:43
79 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:44
80 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:45
81 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
82 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
83 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:46
84 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
85 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:47
86 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
87 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
88 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:00:48
89 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:49
91 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
93 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
94 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:50
95 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
96 Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
97 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:51
98 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
99 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
100 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
101 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
102 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:52
103 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:53
104 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
106 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:54
107 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
108 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
109 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
110 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:55
111 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:56
112 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:57
113 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH
114 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
115 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:00:58
116 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
117 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
118 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:59
119 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
120 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
122 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
123 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
124 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:00
125 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
126 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:01
127 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
128 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:02
129 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
130 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
131 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
132 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
133 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
134 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:03
135 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
136 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH 0:01:04
137 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
139 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
140 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:05
141 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
143 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:06
144 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
145 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:07
146 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
147 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH
148 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
150 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:08
152 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:09
153 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:10
154 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
155 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
156 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:11
157 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
158 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:12
159 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
160 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:13
161 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:14
163 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:15
164 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
166 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:16
167 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
168 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
169 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:17
170 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:18
171 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:20
172 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:23
173 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:34
174 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
175 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:38
176 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:42