La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

September 12, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 17 – Getxo – Balcón de Bizkaia : 157 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.

Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac) won stage 17 of the Vuelta a España atop Alto del Balcón de Bizkaia, while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) suffered a seemingly critical blow to his chances of overall victory in the Basque Country. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) retains the red jersey, but Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) signalled his intentions by reducing the Briton’s lead to 25 seconds.

Woods was part of the large, day-long break that fought out the stage win on the final climb, and the Canadian entered the mist-shrouded closing kilometre in a group with Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), David de la Cruz (Team Sky) and Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Woods launched his first attack with a little under 800 metres to go, and then kicked once again after Teuns had responded to that move with an acceleration of his own. As the gradient reared up to 18 per cent, Woods managed to edge his way clear, and though Teuns would stalk him to the line, the EF-Drapac rider held on to claim stage victory by five seconds. De la Cruz took third at 10 seconds, with Majka a further three seconds back in fourth.

“It’s hard to describe, I won, there were so many people on the side of the road screaming. My directeur Juanma was on the radio and he said, ‘Do this for your family,’” Woods said afterwards. “My wife and I, my wife had a stillbirth two months ago. We lost the little guy, his name was Hunter. The whole time I was going up the climb I was thinking of him I wanted to win so bad for him and I did.”

The 26-man break – which also included Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) – reached the base of the steep final climb with a lead of four minutes over the bunch, meaning that the day was neatly broken into two distinct races within a race. Up ahead, Woods won a keenly contested fight for stage honours. Behind, the battle for the general classification was no less intense.

Astana set a fierce tempo at the base of the 7km ascent in support of Miguel Angel Lopez, and even before the Colombian’s inevitable acceleration, Pello Bilbao’s stint of pace-making had distanced Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Rigoberto Uran (EF-Drapac). Midway up the climb, Valverde launched a rasping attack, with Adam Yates leading the response on behalf of his brother Simon. The Briton then took over on the front of the group, and his stinging pace saw Quintana lose contact.

Quintana initially battled to remain within sight of his rivals, but his pedalling was increasingly leaden, and the gap yawned open as the road narrowed and the gradient stiffened in the final 3km. An attack from Lopez inside the final 2km stretched that gap still further.

Lopez’s telegraphed acceleration failed to discommode Yates, however, as the Briton was promptly onto his wheel. As the dwindling red jersey group reached the searing gradients in the final kilometre, Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) and Valverde showed themselves to be the strongmen of the group. They emerged from the gloom to cross the line 2:40 down on Woods, while Yates came home eight seconds behind them with Lopez in his wake.

After his travails earlier on the climb, Quintana finished on a note of defiance, accelerating to catch Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) at the line, but he still came in 3:44 down on the stage and more than a minute behind his teammate Valverde. In the overall standings, Quintana is now sixth at 2:11, his hopes of Vuelta victory seemingly over.

“I just didn’t have any strength,” Quintana admitted. “I lost time today, but the important thing is Alejandro is still there.”

Valverde lies second overall, 25 seconds behind Yates, while Mas moves up to third at 1:22. Lopez is fourth at 1:36, with Kruijswijk a further 12 seconds back in fifth. It was a trying day for Pinot, who dropped to ninth overall, 5:31 off the pace. Yates lost some ground to Valverde, but the gains he made elsewhere meant that he was satisfied with his day’s work.

“Of course, I would have liked not to have lost time, but those two guys in front of me were very strong there in the final,” Yates said. “I did a good ride and I’m happy with what I did. Adam was there with me for the entire climb, he did a really good job. Today was the day I was most worried about, so I’m happy to have it over with.”

How it unfolded

While the GC battle would ultimately be focused on the stiff final climb to Balcon de Bizkaia, the day’s opening difficulty, the Alto de la Arboleda, proved pivotal to the fight for stage victory. After a flurry of attacks on the climb, a break of 26 riders forged its way clear, with Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) among their number.

The 2010 Vuelta winner was joined in the move by Alexandre Geniez (AG2R-La Mondiale), Omar Fraile (Astana), Alessandro De Marchi, Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team), Rafal Majka, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-hansgrohe), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Andrey Amador (Movistar Team), Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Dimension Data), Simon Clarke, Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), David De La Cruz, Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky), Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Cristian Rodríguez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Jesus Herrada, Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis), Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain-Merida), Pieter Serry (Quick-Step Floors), Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) and Jose Mendes (Burgos-BH).

Only three teams – Groupama-FDJ, Mitchelton-Scott and LottoNL-Jumbo – were not represented in the break, which meant the escapees were always likely to be handed considerable freedom. De Gendt led them over the top of the Arboleda and over the other side, they steadily stretched their lead out to eight minutes.

De Gendt’s stint in the break on the rugged terrain of the Basque Country was enough to put him into the king of the mountains as he led the break over each of the day’s five ascents ahead of the concluding haul to the finish. Mitchelton-Scott were more than happy to grant the break its freedom, and it was only when Astana took up the reins in the final hour of racing that the gap began to come down with any urgency.

The run-in to the final climb saw Fabio Aru (UAE-Team Emirates) crash in the main peloton on a sweeping descent, but though bloodied and bruised, the Italian quickly remounted. Up ahead, Simon Clarke was the first of the escapees to attack on the Alto del Balcón de Bizkaia, and after he was brought back, Alessandro De Marchi stretched things out on behalf of his BMC teammate Teuns.

The upper reaches of the climb proved decisive, however, as De la Cruz produced a spell of forcing that saw all bar Woods, Majka and Teuns distanced. That quartet led into the final 2km, and with a shade over a kilometre to go, De la Cruz underlined his strength with a determined attack, but he would pay a price for that effort in the final kilometre, as Woods emerged from the mist to claim the honours.

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

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