La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 11 [LAST 25 KM]

September 5, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 11 – Mombuey – Ribeira Sacra. Luintra : 207,8 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.

Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing) won the longest stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana as the rolling Galicia hills sparked a hard day of racing and saw Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) go close to taking the race lead from Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) only to race far too generously and miss out even on a stage victory.

De Marchi and Pinot were part of a 19-rider break that formed after more than 100km of attacks and counter attacks. Pinot wasted energy with a series of attacks before BMC Racing took control at the head of the race and De Marchi powered away with Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha-Alpecin) on the final climb.

The Italian then dropped his rival in the final kilometres and pouring rain to win alone. Restrepo finished 28 seconds behind De Marchi, with the remains of the break spread across two minutes and Pinot at 1:50.

The overall contenders finished only 2:02 behind after a late acceleration, and so Simon Yates kept the red leader’s jersey, one second ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Valverde’s teammate Nairo Quintana was aggressive in the final kilometre and remains third overall at 14 seconds.

De Marchi has won just four races in his nine-year career but three have come at the Vuelta a Espana, where he often gets the freedom to use his strength as a domestique to hunt for personal success.

He knew he had to attack alone this time if he wanted to win.

“If I waited for the sprint, for sure I’d have finished second. The only option I had was to try everything on the last climb. Honestly, I didn’t have my best legs, but it was just in the head,” he said after his victory, fatigued but happy.

“At one moment today I just said that I just had to keep trying because it was a real battle. Every move was looking like the good one and then it would come back. I just said: ‘OK, I just do the maximum I can’.”

How it unfolded

The longest stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana seemed perfect for a breakaway and a quiet day in the peloton for the overall contenders. However, this is Spain and the Vuelta, not France and the Tour, and the roller coaster terrain proved to be a launch pad for another day off aggressive racing.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) kicked off the aggression as soon as the flag dropped, keen to test his form as he tries to recover from his fractured vertebrae and perhaps also to vent his anger after news of Kanstantsin Siutsou positive test for EPO. He was soon caught but tried again later, as other attacks formed and were chased down by the peloton.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) also tried his hand, with other experienced attackers, but with possible GC contenders often sneaking into the moves, the peloton and especially Mitchelton-Scott tried to keep the race under control. Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) and Mollema were next to light up the race with attacks and others joined in. Yet the peloton reacted time and tine again, meaning the first two hours were raced at an average of 48km/h despite the lack of flat roads.

The stage included just 11km of flat roads, with dozens of climbs through the Spanish countryside. There were four categorised climbs and the 9.5km Alto de Covelo mid-stage proved to be the gradient that snapped the elastic and saw Michelton-Scott give up on defending Simon Yates’ leader’s jersey.

Ben King (Dimension Data) was the first to sense it was the right moment and attacked before the Alto de Covelo. Yet another acceleration proved to be too much for Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis). The French sprinter appeared to be ill and threw in the towel. The other sprinters, including Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) were in a gruppetto, confirming the speed and aggression of the stage.

King was pulled back but then a 19-rider surged away in yet another tactical attack. Pinot was there but Mitchelton-Scott had Jack Haig policing the move and so opted not to chase the Frenchman, even if he was only 2:33 down in the overall classification.

The break quickly opened a gap, with Pinot’s teammate Leo Vincent doing a lot of work. Movistar had Winner Anacona in the attack but they felt obliged to pick up the chase with 100km to race to lead a controlled chase.

The 19 riders in the attack were: Alessandro De Marchi, Nicolas Roche, Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), Thibaut Pinot, Léo Vincent (Groupama-FDJ), Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain-Merida), Nans Peters (AG2R-La Mondiale), Omar Fraile (Astana), Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal), Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott), Winner Anacona (Movistar), Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data), Pierre Rolland (Education First-Drapac), Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha Alpecin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural-Seguros-RGA) and Mikel Bizkarra (Euskadi-Murias).

When the gap reached 2:30 after 115km of intense racing, Pinot became the virtual race leader but on the 10.5km Alto de Trives climb after 130km, that seemed to affect his judgment and his ambitions. Frustrated by the riders refusing to work in the break, he attacked over the top of the climb and dragged Teuns with him. That shuck up the break but also used up precious energy, with the other riders eventually getting back up to the Frenchman.

Mollema was next to try his hand in the day of wacky racing that seemed more like Juniors chasing their first victory than experienced professionals. Everyone in the break sensed a chance of success but the rolling roads made it hard to achieve.

The Dutchman opened a gap, but the combined forces of the strongest riders eventually pulled him back on the rolling approach to the 8.8km Mirador de Cabezoas climb 26km from the finish. Pinot, Haig, and Majka were the first across to him and then Pellizotti, Bizkarra, Henao Majka, Benoot, Restrepo, Teuns De Marchi and Roche came across in different accelerations. The strongest had finally emerged.

BMC Racing wisely used their strength in numbers on the Mirador de Cabezoas, with Roche following Restrepo and De Marchi following Bizkarra. Mollema suffered after his miss-timed effort and Pinot was also stuck in the group as the peloton accelerated and ended his spell as virtual race leader.

De Marchi was clearly the strongest up front and eventually powered away alone, dropping Roche and Restrepo. Pinot tried to lead the chase and attack but his group was already 45 seconds back. He had wanted to play poke with his rivals but BMC Racing exposed his bluff.

Restrepo managed to claw his way back to De Marchi on the descent with 18km to go but when the heavens opened and the road kicked upwards again, the Italian kicked away, determined to win the stage. Behind EF Education First-Drapac hit the front with four riders and launched an attack by Michael Woods but it only served to help Movistar and Michelton-Scott sweep up most of the 19-rider break. Only Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) cracked and would lose 41 seconds to his overall rivals. Vincenzo Nibali would figure even worse, finishing 5:50 down.

Upfront, De Marchi dug deep in the rain and fought the gradient of the climb to the finish. It was a huge effort but was worth it and no doubts cements his place in the still leaderless Italian team for the world road race championships in Innsbruck.

Restrepo was both satisfied and disappointed with second place, while Pinot finished tenth at 1:50, gaining just 12 seconds on the GC contenders. He raced with panache and was virtual race leader at one point but was left empty handed in term of stage success and timed gained.

It was De Marchi and BMC Racing’s day, while Movistar seemed happy to keep Yates in red and Valverde and Quintana just behind him.

Thursday’s stage is another day in the hills, this time near the stunning Galicia coast of northern Spain between Mondoñedo and the Estaca de Bares lighthouse near Mañón.

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

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