La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 05 [FULL STAGE]

August 29, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 05 – Granada – Roquetas de Mar : 188,7 km

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.

Simon Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac) took victory in Roquetas de Mar on stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana as the breakaway won for the second day running. Clarke out-sprinted Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing), who had attacked from a sizeable breakaway with 60 kilometres remaining.

Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), who finished in the group behind Clarke, was the surprise recipient of the red jersey, ousting Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) from the top spot. Molard holds a 1:01 advantage over Kwiatkowski with Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) in third place at 1:08.

After Dimension Data finally broke their drought of WorldTour wins on Tuesday, EF Education First-Drapac were the only WorldTour team left missing a victory at the highest level. Pierre Rolland had come close for them the day before, but it was Clarke who finally did it, adding to his first Vuelta victory from the 2012 race. Coming into the finish sandwiched between De Marchi and Mollema, Clarke used his track nous to take the win by a bike’s length.

“It’s just amazing. I worked so hard since I last won a stage here, and I just couldn’t repeat it. It’s taken me so long to get back there and have my stars aligned. Even today I wasn’t sure it was possible,” said Clarke. “I knew I had good legs, but when you have a breakaway with so many riders, the cooperation is never very good. As we saw, the winning move went on the descent. It was a tricky one to pick. I knew I had good legs and I just had to pray that the moves I was doing were the right ones.

“I grew up on the track since I was 15, it was just like track racing. I know that De Marchi is fast, but it’s such a long stage. It’s so hard to sprint after that. Even I was cramping when Mollema attacked and I just rode through it. I backed myself. I was so worried they would catch us from behind, but in that situation you just have to be as cold as ice. You’ve got to be willing to lose to win, and I was and I came out on top.”

The stage was constantly in flux as groups split and changed throughout the day. One constant was De Marchi, who was present in almost every attack and ultimately set up the race-winning move on an uncategorised ascent. Clarke and Mollema soon joined him and the trio remained together over the final haul up Alto El Marchal and through the long descent to the finish line.

In the final kilometres, nobody was keen to invest too much in the drive to the line and they were almost caught by Molard and his two companions. They didn’t quite manage it, but Molard would get the huge consolation prize of the red jersey.

How it happened

The challenging opening to the Vuelta a Espana with another lumpy affair from Granada to Roquetas de Mar, featuring two classified climbs. Kwiatkowski was once again in red after defending his jersey on the Vuelta’s first summit finish.

After a successful breakaway on stage 4, there was a hotly contested battle to make the escape group this time out. With 40 kilometres of racing in the tank, a large group of 24 riders sprang clear but they too would be brought back to heel. Cofidis rider Stephane Rossetto began another flurry of attacks when he went off the front as the race hit the first climb of the day, the third category the Alto de Orgiva. The Frenchman would soon be joined by another breakaway specialist in Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing) and then Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).

The three were brought back but would eventually make it into the 25-man move that went with just over 120 kilometres remaining. Following a furious start to the day, the peloton – which was led by Team Sky throughout the day – was happy to ease up and allowed the break to gain three minutes as they hit the 100km to go mark. With such a large group, it is always difficult to get people to work together and it wasn’t long before there were attacks coming from the leading group.

Rossetto and De Marchi were once again the trouble makers in that scenario, with their barrage breaking the group into pieces. The pair carried on together as the riders behind failed to organise a cohesive chase. The accord would finally break up front as De Marchi decided to go it alone with 60 kilometres to go, leaving Rossetto to the sharks on a short uncategorised climb.

It would be another five or so kilometres before De Marchi had any company with Clarke and Mollema making it across the gap. Andrey Amador (Movistar) would be the next to try and bridge over, taking Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) with him. A breathless chase from Floris De Tier (LottoNL-Jumbo) saw the chase group now number three.

They too would be reabsorbed by the group behind as the advantage over the peloton grew to over six minutes. Once again, as so often at the Vuelta, it looked like the breakaway would be victorious. Davide Villella (Astana) would be the next to have a go at catching the three out front, bringing the gap down to as low as 20 seconds before being caught by Molard and De Tier. Molard had started the day just 3:46 down on Kwiatkowski and was now racing to take a hold of the red jersey.

As the leaders crested the final climb to begin the long descent towards the finish they had 45 seconds on their chasers with the peloton now 6:17 behind. The gap would increase to 1:20 for the leaders over the chasers by the foot of the descent, while the peloton was at a similar distance to where they had been at the top.

With just under 10 kilometres to go once they reached the flat, it would be a pursuit to the line for all involved. Team Sky had woken up to the possibility of losing the red jersey and had the group strung out in a long line as they tried to take back the one minute needed to keep Kwiatkowski in the race lead.

As the riders rolled into town, the leaders would begin testing each other’s legs, putting in small digs to see how the others would react. Their playing would allow the chasers to close them down. However, Clarke, De Marchi and Mollema would duke it out for the win with Clarke taking it in the sprint for the line.

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

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