La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 19 [FULL STAGE]

September 14, 2018

La Vuelta 2018 – Stage 19 – Lleida – Andorra. Naturlandia : 154,4 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.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) took a huge step towards securing overall victory at the Vuelta a Espana on the first of two final mountain stage in Andorra, distancing biggest rival Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the 2,025 metre high Coll de la Rabassa climb and extending his overall lead to 1:38 over the Spaniard.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) won the stage after being able to stay with Yates, with Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) third at 13 seconds after he was distanced by the two in the final kilometre.

Valverde suffered on the climb, and despite some help from teammate Nairo Quintana, he finished eighth and lost 1:12. Thanks to also taking a six-second time bonus, Yates now leads Valverde by 1:38, with only Saturday’s short but climb-packed mountain stage to Coll de la Gallina separating the Briton from overall victory in Madrid. Kruijswijk moved up to third overall ahead of Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors), 1:50 down on Yates.

Valverde’s Movistar team had tried to control the stage, chasing down all the breakaway attempts on the flat and valley roads, in the hope the veteran Spaniard could win the stage and take a vital time bonus. However, Yates courageously turned the tables on Movistar. He took the initiative with 10km to race on the final climb, attacked hard, powered across to Quintana, Pinot and Kruijswijk and then drove all the way to the finish.

He blew away any suggestions that he was under pressure and about to crack as he did in the Giro d’Italia.

“I felt good. I felt good myself when I tried. The team did a fantastic job again. Jack [Haig] did a really good job to set me up before I went away, and Adam [Yates] was always behind in case I came back, so we did a fantastic job,” Yates said happily but cautiously about Saturday’s final mountain stage.

“I’m very wary of tomorrow. I’ll try to stay focused now and of course enjoy the day, but really it’s not over until it’s over.”

Pinot was happy with his second stage win in the mountains of the Vuelta a Espana after being able to hold onto Yates and even help with the pacing.

“It is the icing on the cake,” Pinot said after also winning at Lagos de Covadonga last Sunday.

“I didn’t think that I would do it. I wasn’t feeling good on Wednesday but I found my legs again. I just wanted to have fun and give it a try. It was a nice stage today. I really wanted to attack early.”

The Frenchman admitted that he was scared Yates was so strong that he would drop him before the finish.

“I was scared of him. I think he knows the climb really well, so he knew exactly where to go and he knew what he was doing. He knew that Alejandro Valverde wasn’t that good so it was a good moment.

How it unfolded

The tension was high at the start in Lleida as the riders expected an aggressive stage and feared the 17km climb to the finish on the Coll de la Rabassa.

Simon Yates reminded everyone that he has lived in Andorra since 2015 and knows the roads of the final mountain stages, while Valverde tried to ride the wave of support for a Spanish winner. Only one of them would emerge from the Pyrenees and be crowned the winner of the 2018 Vuelta a Espana in Madrid.

The flat open roads towards the Pyrenees were perfect for attacks and they came one after another despite almost three weeks of racing. Nothing stuck until the fatigue began to hurt and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) got away with Simon Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac) and Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Dimension Data) after 40km.

Movistar flexed their muscles by leading the chase and so Clarke eased up with 100km to race. The other two were eventually chased down, but other riders jumped across before the peloton came back together to form a new break of 12. Movistar chased yet again, lining out the peloton and then closing down the move despite Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky) trying his hand.

The British WorldTour team continued to race hard, and Jonathan Castroviejo made sure he was in the next attack with Tom Van Asbroeck (EF Education First-Drapac) and Benjamin Thomas (Groupama-FDJ) that went away with 80km to go. Van Asbroeck soon sat up but the other two were allowed open a 1:30 lead as Movistar kept the race under control. The riders covered 90km in the first two hours of racing.

The stage remained finely balanced as the Pyrenees loomed larger and larger into view and the kilometres kicked down to the foot of the climb.

The quiet before the storm was broken by Movistar with 34km when they sensed a chance to attack on an exposed road.

For several minutes the Movistar riders, with several Quick-Step Floors riders joining in the fun, tried to drag a small group clear. The lined-out peloton snapped for a moment, and Simon Yates was not up front with Movistar, sparking panic. However, Mitchelton-Scott kept their cool and Bora-Hansgrohe dragged the peloton up to Movistar, ending the emergency.

Castroviejo and Thomas were caught at the very foot of the 17km Coll de la Rabassa climb after entering Andorra. They shook hands, congratulating each other on their effort but there was no freedom for a minor breakaway. Today was all about the fight for general classification and the best climbers.

Quintana was the first to take on the race as he looked to try to win the stage. He surged away with 13km to go, with George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo) helping Kruijswijk join him. After Bennett was distanced, his work done, Pinot attacked the group and joined the attack, making the move even more interesting.

Simon Yates had teammate Haig and twin brother Adam to help with the chase. However, he didn’t need it and threw caution to the wind by attacking alone in the big chainring. Valverde was unable to respond and was left in the group of riders fighting for the less placing in the overall classification.

Simon Yates soon joined Quintana, Kruijswijk and Pinot and even upped the pace. Valverde struggled behind, obliging Mas and others to lead the chase. The gap rose constantly, to 15, 20, 25, and then 30 seconds, with Yates doing huge turns on the front as the gradient eased the kilometres ticked down. It was the turning point of the Vuelta a Espana.

Quintana was ordered to drop back to help Valverde, but a flat with six kilometres to go forced him to change bikes and he was soon dropped. His attack proved to be way over ambitious and left Valverde exposed. Simon Yates had found a weakness and landed a huge blow as Valverde struggled at altitude.

With three kilometres to go Yates, Pinot and Kruijswijk lead by over a minute. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) was alone chasing in the middle, with Mas, Lopez and Uran able to attack a struggling Valverde as they fought for every second and every spot in the top ten.

Pinot was able to distance Yates briefly, but he did not care. He had finally stamped his authority on the 2018 Vuelta a Espana.

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

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