La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 06 [LAST 30 KM]

August 30, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 06 – Huércal-Overa – San Javier. Mar Menor : 155,7 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.

A day of seeming calm on the Vuelta a España ended in a tempest as Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) won stage 6 in San Javier in a reduced bunch sprint, while Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) conceded significant ground in the race for final overall victory.

Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) finished safely in the front group to retain the red jersey, 41 seconds ahead of Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky), but the story of the day in the GC battle is the 1:45 conceded by Kelderman and Pinot when the bunch fragmented through a combination of a crash and crosswinds in the final 25 kilometres or so.

The turning point of the stage came when a high-speed peloton turned a sharp right-hand corner in La Union and happened upon a set of poorly-indicated and ill-protected traffic bollards in the centre of the road. A number of riders went down in the centre of the peloton, including Mike Teunissen (Sunweb) and Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo), while many more were caught on the back foot by the incident.

The split was exacerbated by the wind conditions, with Bora-Hansgrohe among the teams piling on the pressure at the head of the race even before the crash, and soon the peloton was splintered into a series of echelons.

Kelderman found himself caught out when he punctured with 19 kilometres to go, and though his group later merged with that of Pinot, both men finished the day almost two minutes down on all of their principal rivals for the final podium in Madrid.

While they were desperately trying to limit the damage behind, the action was no less fraught up front in a leading group that was reduced to just 50 riders. Quick-Step, Bora and EF-Drapac were among the most active teams, while Vincenzo Nibali put in a late cameo on the front in support of his Bahrain-Merida teammate Ion Izagirre.

Elia Viviani’s presence in the front group saw Quick-Step Floors take up the reins on the final approach to the finish, but his lead-out train – normally the best-drilled in the peloton – was thrown out of whack by a roundabout in the closing kilometre. It was that kind of a day.

In a chaotic bunch finish, Bouhanni sagely hit the front from distance. The Frenchman had the raw speed to open a winning gap and the sheer willpower to stay in front to the line, holding off Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) and a rapidly-closing Viviani, who came from a long way back in the final 50 metres but simply ran out of road and had to settle for third.

Simone Consonni (UAE-Team Emirates) took 4th ahead of Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), while world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) had to settle for 9th.

Bouhanni has cut an isolated figure at Cofidis since Cedric Vasseur took over as manager this season, and on Thursday morning he even had to refute another rumour of unrest in the camp. Victory in San Javier is Bouhanni’s first in a Grand Tour since he won this day four years ago on the Vuelta in Albacete, and it was a timely reminder of his undoubted class.

“It was a really hard and very fast in the finale. I really determined to win today after what happened yesterday. I was really annoyed with the false information,” Bouhanni said afterwards. “In the finale, I know how to win when I have the legs, I went from train to train and wheel to wheel.”

The day’s drama, sadly, did not end with Bohanni’s victory, as several riders in the front group were brought down when they crashed into a barrier past the finish line. They had scarcely picked themselves off the road when the group containing Kelderman and Pinot rolled in. In the overall standings, Kelderman drops to 17th overall, 2:50 behind Molard, while Pinot is now 3:08 behind his teammate.

How it unfolded

After a fraught and high-speed opening to Wednesday’s rugged leg to Roquetas de Mar, there was a rather more sedate beginning to stage 5. Once the flag dropped in Huércal-Overa, a trio of riders slipped clear and the peloton gladly granted them their freedom.

It was no surprise to see king of the mountains leader Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis) and Jorge Cubero of wildcard invitee Burgos-BH in the early break, though the presence of Richie Porte (BMC) was a deviation from the expected script. The Australian, long since eliminated from overall contention, is at this Vuelta largely to prepare for the World Championships in Innsbruck, and he was figured that he might as well put in his training miles on the front.

Porte, Maté and Cubero quickly established a lead of close to four minutes over the bunch, but there was a willing coalition of squads keen to keep their advantage under control. Groupama-FDJ rode on the front to protect the red jersey of Rudy Molard, while Quick-Step Floors made a solid contribution with Elia Viviani in mind.

The fare was relatively sedate for much of the afternoon, as Maté picked up mountains points on the Alto del Garrobillo and Alto del Cedacero, and as the stage drew on, the peloton was more than half an hour down on the slowest projected time schedule.

The pace picked up inside the final 50km, where the break’s lead was already down to 2:22, and by the intermediate sprint at Cartagena, it was already long clear that the escapees were riding on borrowed time. Maté and Porte sat up with 33km to go as the bunch closed to within 10 seconds of the break. Cubero continued to rage against the dying of the light a little longer, but with the threat of crosswinds in the finale, the speed ratcheted up in the peloton and the Spaniard was pegged back with 28km remaining.

From there, the stage began all over again. For better and for worse, the drama of the breathless last half hour proved that there is never a dull day on the Vuelta.

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

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