La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

September 2, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 09 – Talavera de la Reina – La Covatilla : 200,8 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.

Ben King (Dimension Data) claimed a second stage success at the 2018 Vuelta a España, winning solo at La Covatilla on the first hors-categorie summit finish of the race.

The American, who won atop the Puerto de Alfacar on stage 4, attacked from an 11-rider breakaway some 10km ahead of the final climb to the ski resort in western Spain, and held his lead all the way to the top despite a spirited chase from Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).

Starting the climb 1:30 down, Mollema himself dropped the remnants of the break and clawed his way back to within 15 seconds of a seemingly ailing King. However, in a dramatic twist, the gradients eased in the final couple of kilometres and the Dimension Data rider pulled away once more, a look of disbelief spreading across his face as he raised his arms aloft for the second time in what has been an extraordinary week.

“To get one stage win was a dream come true,” King said. “I made winning a Grand Tour stage a major career goal, so today was really nice to show that first one wasn’t a random thing.

“I’ve never suffered that much in my entire life, I’m still a little foggy in my mind, but I’m sure it will sink in soon what an accomplishment this is.”

Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing) placed a distant third on the stage, just ahead of the GC contenders, who bided their time for much of the final climb but nevertheless burst to life in the exposed final couple of kilometres.

The red jersey, as widely expected, changed hands as Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) was dropped early on the final climb.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who’d started the day fourth overall, is the new leader after finishing ninth, but the Briton – despite surpassing Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), and Molard – actually lost time to his direct rivals.

Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) finished fourth, as best of the overall contenders, as he jumped aboard a late attack initiated by Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar), who finished fifth and sixth, respectively, on the same time. Rigoberto Urán (EF-Drapac) and Ion Izaguirre (Bahrain-Merida) had joined that trio to make it a group of five but lost a few seconds in sight of the line.

Yates missed the move initially but burst away from the rest of the pack to limit the damage to nine seconds, and in doing so moved into the red leader’s jersey, just a solitary second ahead of Valverde, with Quintana now third at 14 seconds.

George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo) rounded out the top 10 on the stage, 13 seconds down on Yates, while Valverde followed a few seconds later in a group with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Tony Gallopin (AG2R La Mondiale), and – a couple of seconds behind – Buchmann.

Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) was next in but ceded 40 seconds to the leading GC riders in what was another disappointing day for the Italian. The same went for Louis Meintjes (Dimension Data), who was 12 seconds behind Aru. It was a bad day, too, for Team Sky; David de la Cruz finished with Meintjes, while Kwiatkowski lost a further minute and fell out of the top 10, that question of whether he should be considered a GC contender seemingly given a definitive answer.

The break goes all the way

As the peloton made its way through the neutral zone – with a lengthy delay due to a Peter Sagan puncture – plenty of riders were nudging up alongside the race director’s car, eager to go on the attack once the flag dropped.

In the end, the breakaway formed with a minimum of fuss. Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis) was the first one to go, aware of the chance to increase his lead in the mountains classification, while Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), one of the keenest noses, helped drive it away. As well as King, Mollema, and Teuns, the rest of the representatives were: Kennth Van Bilsen (Cofidis), Reto Hollenstein (Katusha-Alpecin), Tom Leezer (LottoNL-Jumbo), Luis Mas (Caja Rural), Aritz Bagues (Euskadi-Murias), and Jesus Ezquerra (Burgos-BH).

With King the best-placed rider overall, at 6:34, FDJ controlled the peloton and kept the gap at four minutes by the time of the first climb of the day, the Category-1 Puerto del Pico. Maté sprinted for the KOM points at the top and went on to successfully the same as the Category-3 Alto de Gredos and the Category-2 Puerto de Peña Negra followed in quick succession to make it a tough first half of the 200km parcours.

After a fast descent, there were 60km of undulating roads to negotiate before the final climb, and that’s where the balance swung in favour of the break. FDJ received no help from other teams, and the gap began to yawn out towards the 10-minute mark as the 11 leaders went all-in.

With around 30km to go Team Sky appeared on the front of the peloton and lifted the pace, and that was the cue for De Gendt to attack and weed out the dead wood. Only King, Mollema, Mas, Teuns, and Hollenstein – and eventually Maté – were able to follow, and there were seven left out front.

The seeds of King’s victory were sewn when he followed an attack from Mas with around 20km to go. He soon dropped the Spaniard through narrow, cobbled, and steep streets in the village of Candelario and continued his effort on the technical approach to the climb. It was a gamble, as others opted to conserve energy, but by the foot of the climb he had a lead of 1:30.

After some gentle early gradients it didn’t take long for Mollema to burst away and begin his pursuit of King, while the rest of the chasers fell away. It looked good for the Dutchman, who’d finished second on stage 5. His head was bobbing with the effort as the gradients hit double digits, but further ahead King was weaving across the road and the gap was steadily coming down.

With 5km to go, the gap was down to 30 seconds, but King dug in from that point and Mollema started to suffer. With 3km to go it was down to just 15 seconds but Mollema just couldn’t finish the job. He needed to make the catch before the last 2km as the flatter roads would tip the balance back in King’s favour, but he was never able to do so. The gap hung nail-bitingly at 20 seconds before King began to pull away again on the exposed mountaintop.

Mollema faded in the final kilometre, allowing King enough time to shake his head in disbelief before sitting up and celebrating as he crossed the line.

GC battle on La Covatilla

As the breakaway enjoyed some freedom at the head of the race, FDJ led the peloton on what was – despite the trio of early climbs – very much a procession to the final climb as far as the general classification contenders were concerned.

Astana, Movistar, and Sky had been the most prominent teams on the approach but it was Bora – with Buchmann third overall – who took the initiative on the climb itself through Rafal Majka. The Pole set a high tempo on the front as the group steadily declined in number. It didn’t take long for Molard to find himself in trouble, along with Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) once again.

Majka led the way until the final few kilometres, by which point the GC group had been reduced to 20 riders, though without any major absentees – save perhaps for Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors). Sepp Kuss then took it up for LottoNL-Jumbo, with George Bennett and Steven Kruijswijk both looking strong, but the attacks were reserved for the final kilometre-and-a-half.

Just as King was crossing the line, Quintana produced an acceleration and although it was short-lived, it was soon followed by a more sustained effort from Kelderman. Quintana jumped right on it before Lopez, Uran, and Izaguirre made their way across to form a lead group of five.

Yates set off in pursuit but would never completely close the gap, losing nine seconds to Quintana. Bennett also set off on his own and rounded out the top 10 on the stage, finishing 13 seconds down on Yates.

Pinot led a mini chase group, from which Valverde sprang clear at the line. While they lost more than 20 seconds to Quintana and Lopez, the real disappointment was reserved for the likes of Aru, Meintjes, De la Cruz, and Kwiatkowski, as the riders came in the dribs and drabs.

La Covatilla had enjoyed big billing, and while it was a contained affair for the most part, the race did burst open in the final couple of kilometres, providing some important – if not yet decisive – developments ahead of the first rest day.

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

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