La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 08 [FULL STAGE]

September 1, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 08 – Linares – Almadén : 195,5 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.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) claimed his second victory of the 2018 Vuelta a España on Saturday, pipping Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) to the line in a dramatic uphill sprint in Almadén at the end of stage 8.

Danny van Poppel, whose LottoNL-Jumbo team had dominated the tricky final kilometre – which also included a near-180-degree switchback on a roundabout – finished a more distant third.

Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) finished safely in the main group to retain his overall lead, though the 10 bonus seconds for stage victory moved second-placed Valverde to within 37 seconds.

“They said it was a hard finish and people could even lose time. My DS told me to get on Sagan’s wheel but I told him, ‘I’m not going to go for the stage today – I’m going to focus on not losing time’,” Valverde revealed.

“But in the end I got on Sagan’s wheel and was able to get past him. I know I’m in good shape but I was surprised with that.”

The 195km stage from Linares to Almadén was one of the flattest of the whole Vuelta, with just one categorized climb in the form of the Cat-3 Alto de Españares. However, the heat – nearing 40 degrees – combined with the distance to make it another tough day in the saddle, made all the more complicated by the finale, which included gradients of four per cent that started biting with two kilometres to go.

A breakaway formed after just a few kilometres, containing Thiago Machado (Katusha-Alpecin), Jorge Cubero (Burgos-BH), and Hector Saez (Euskadi-Murias). With just three representatives, it never posed much of a threat to the peloton, and the gap was allowed to yawn out to more than 12 minutes.

On what was a largely uneventful afternoon, the peloton never looked like making a mistake as Bora, Quick-Step, Trek, and Cofidis exchanged turns on the front in order to steadily bring the gap down on the lightly undulating roads in the second half of the parcours.

Everyone was thinking about the complicated final few kilometres, and the racing really began when Machado – the last survivor from the break – was swallowed up with just under 6km to go. Plenty of teams showed an interest but none imposed themselves like Van Poppel’s LottoNL. They put four men on the front in the final two kilometres and made sure they were in pole position coming all the way round that roundabout inside the final kilometre. They were unable to hold it, however, as Bora took over for Sagan in the last several hundred metres.

On a finish such as this there’s always someone who tries to spring a surprise and here it was Ivan Garcia Cortina (Bahrain-Merida) who opened up his effort with still 300 metres to go. Sagan was the one who set off to close the gap, and while he had relatively little struggle in doing so, Valverde was better positioned for a late charge. He started his effort four wheels back and was able to come past Sagan at the last.

The big summit finish at La Covatilla on Sunday has loomed large over the first week of the Vuelta, and Valverde, who came into this Vuelta as a so-called ‘free agent’ but is clearly in great shape, may just have his eyes on the red jersey.

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

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