La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 07 [LAST 25 KM]

August 31, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 07 – Puerto Lumbreras – Pozo Alcón : 185,7 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.

Tony Gallopin (AG2R La Mondiale) won stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana after attacking from a reduced group inside the final three kilometres. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the sprint from the chasing group behind to take second place with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in third place.

Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) extended his race lead after Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) lost time following a crash in the final kilometres. The former wearer of the red jersey slid out hard on a descent and had to battle to limit his losses. Valverde is now in second place at 47 seconds to Molard after taking bonus seconds on the line.

On paper, the finish of stage 7 was not an overly difficult one but the winding roads and relentless attacking saw a group of fewer than 30 riders come to the line together. Luis Mas Bonet (Caja Rural) sparked the final run of attacks with 10 kilometres to go on the short descent off the final classified climb, the Alto de Ceal.

His move was short-lived as the general classification riders pushed on, keen to take time out of each other and the chasing Kwiatkowski. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) would be next to go, with Gallopin bridging across to him inside the final three kilometres. Herrada was already flagging at this point and was quickly left behind by a determined Gallopin, who put behind him a difficult season as he crossed the line with his arms aloft in Pozo Alcon.

“We knew the final was hectic a little bit, so we had a plan that first we try to go in a breakaway, then at the end, the team put me in a really good position and I fight with the best. Then when we came on the last straight road, I had a plan that if I have a possibility I try to attack. I found a good moment – and I’m so happy,” said Gallopin.

“It’s a dream for the riders to win in a big tour. After this year, with so much bad luck, so many times I crashed and I was sick, so after I stopped in the Tour, we had the plan that I go to the Vuelta and now I won, so I think the plan was good.”

How it happened

For the second day in Murcia, the sprinters would get another chance but the lumpy course and gently rising finish meant that the puncheurs could upset the fast men. Stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana would bring the peloton inland from Puerto Lumbreras to Pozo Alcon. After a chaotic finish to Thursday’s stage, Molard had kept hold of his red jersey for at least another day and would be hoping for an easier route through the day.

The break was formed almost immediately as seven riders launched themselves off the front of the bunch in the early kilometres. Several more tried to join them but they were brought back by the peloton, who looked eager to make sure that the leading group didn’t have too much strength in numbers.

The seven to escape the clutches of the bunch were Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac), Floris de Tier (LottoNL-Jumbo), Edward Ravasi (UAE Team Emirates), Oscar Rodriguez (Euskadi Basque Country Murias), Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Nicola Conci (Trek-Segafredo), and Alexis Gouegard (AG2R La Mondiale).

Some had predicted that the breakaway could have their chance again, but the peloton had other ideas. The gap would grow to 3:40 at one stage, but that would be all they could get with Bora-Hansgrohe, Movistar and Groupama-FDJ working on the front.

Woods’ day in the breakaway almost came to an early end when he crashed less than 20 kilometres into the day. He would have to change his bike twice as a result of the incident and was left with a gaping tear in the right of his shorts, with only some gauze to keep his modesty. The Canadian also did some damage to his lower right leg in the crash and was well wrapped up by the doctor.

Patched up, he was back in the group of escapees but the peloton always had them in their sights. With 25 kilometres left on the clock, the gap hovered just over a minute. As the peloton loomed close on the approach to the final climb, there were repeated attacks from the escape group. A crash in the middle of the pack on the narrow Alto de Ceal saw a few riders felled and delayed the peloton.

Aranbura struck out from the breakaway but he was soon passed by the stronger De Tier and Woods, with Woods eventually leaving his companion behind at the top of the climb. One by one, the peloton, led by Mitchelton-Scott and then Movistar, picked off the dropped escapees. With 15 kilometres to go, Woods had just over 30 seconds on his chasers. It was a valiant effort from the injured rider but he would be caught less than 500 metres shy of the top of the climb.

Caja Rural were not done and Mas attacked on the descent, sparking a flurry of moves behind him that would drastically reduce the size of the peloton and drop most the sprinters. The roads en-route the finish were twisting and narrow and Kwiatkowski would be one of several riders to fall afoul of them, crashing on a corner in the final 10 kilometres.

Up front, the attacks would continue to come. Herrada jumped clear with just over five kilometres remaining. Several of the general classification favourites would try to follow them, making it another fast and furious finale. As Herrada faded in the final three kilometres, Gallopin bridged the gap and then dropped the Spaniard. The Frenchman pushed on through the last kilometres to take the win, crossing the line five seconds ahead of the chasing group.

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

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