La Vuelta 2019 – Stage 18 [LAST 20 KM]

September 12, 2019

La Vuelta 2019 – Stage 18 – Colmenar Viejo – Beceril de la Sierra : 177,5 km

The 2019 Vuelta a España begins in Torrevieja on Saturday August 23 and finishes in Madrid on September 15. The route, unveiled in a ceremony in Alicante in December, sees the number of summit finishes cut back a touch from nine to eight, but it’s still a mountainous route that sticks with the Vuelta’s recent traditions. Some brutally steep climbs have been sought out for the occasion, with the 4km Mas de la Costa and the painfully steep Los Machucos returning to the route. Andorra is also back on the menu and will host a short but punchy stage to bring week one to a close. The 100-kilometre route comprises five climbs and will ensure some gaps in the overall classification. There will be just over 60 kilometres against the clock, with a 24km team time trial in Torrevieja opening the race and a 36.1km individual chrono in Pau at the start of the second week. The final week of action gives the sprinters more opportunities to find glory, along with two important mountain stages in the Sierras around Madrid, before the last stage into the Spanish capital.

Sergio Higuita (EF Education First) won stage 18 of the Vuelta a España, triumphing from the early break in Becerril de Sierra. The Colombian, riding his first Grand Tour, was the last man standing from the breakaway, holding off an elite chase group over the final climb and descent to the finish.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) took second place, 15 seconds later, sprinting from a group of four GC men to edge out Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) for six bonus seconds. Rafał Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Miguel Ángel López (Astana) finished with the duo.

The big news of the day, however, was the movement in the best young rider competition, where López took the white jersey from Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and moved up to fourth overall. The Slovenian lost 59 seconds to López, while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) also lost a place to teammate Valverde.

López had attacked multiple times throughout the stage, first on the penultimate climb of the stage, the second ascent of the Puerto de la Morcuera and then, after he was caught, on the final climb of the Puerto de Cotos.

It was there, after repeated accelerations, that he got rid of Pogačar, eventually establishing the elite quartet that came to the finish together. Higuita, meanwhile, had been away since the first climb of the day. The 22-year-old stuck with the break until the top of the penultimate climb before he attacked the descent, almost 50km from the finish.

Despite the attacks behind, and starting his effort with a mere one-minute gap, Higuita held on to take his maiden victory for EF, saving what has been a disappointing, crash-affected Vuelta for the team.

“I had already seen that this stage was perfect for me,” said Higuita after the stage. “It’s a boost for me and the team, after all the bad luck and abandons we’ve had during this Vuelta.

“I knew I had a chance to win in the sprint, but also by going solo. I was the last one [from the break] because I had excellent legs. Despite the fact that I had been riding solo for a while, I didn’t stop on the final climb.“

The fans along the road – I really enjoyed that. They really drove me forward today.”

After stage 18, Roglič remains in red with an extended 2:50 lead over Valverde, while Quintana lies third at 3:31. New best young rider López is at 4:17, while Pogačar is in fifth at. 4:49. Roglič now enjoys a 48-point lead in that points classification, while Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R La Mondiale) extended his mountain classification lead to 32 points.

How it unfolded

After the ambush in the crosswinds of stage 17, there was further opportunity to provoke changes in the general classification on stage 18 from Colmenar Viejo to Becerril de la Sierra.

The stage covered much of the same terrain as stage 20 back in 2015, where Fabio Aru and his Astana team dropped race leader Tom Dumoulin to win the Vuelta.

With Nairo Quintana five minutes closer to Primož Roglič after the chaos of stage 17, the four first-category climbs of the Puerto de Navacerrada, Puerto de la Morcuera (twice) and the Puerto de Cotos, the pivotal stage would be the main chance to unseat the Slovenian.

Attacks flew early on, despite Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma) taking control of the peloton in the early stages. Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep) had a go, but it was Wout Poels (Team Ineos) who first managed to stay away, getting a gap at the base of the Navacerrada.

The Dutchman held onto a frail advantage, but clung on, and was joined on the descent down the Cotos by teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart, as well as KOM leader Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R La Mondiale), Sergio Higuita (EF Education First), Tobias Ludvigson (Groupama-FDJ) and the Dimension Data duo of Louis Meintjes and Ben King.

At the bottom of the descent, a chase group of Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Omar Fraile (Astana), Óscar Rodríguez (Euskadi-Murias), Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma) and Jonas Koch (CCC Team) made it across, with the peloton two minutes back.

Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain-Merida), who had been hanging between the break and peloton, made the catch on the first ascent of the Morcuera (up the north side), making it 13 men up front.

Bouchard took second and first over the first two climbs, adding 16 points to his KOM haul and extending his lead. Later on, down in the valley loop before the south side of the Morcuera, the break’s advantage reached five minutes.

Koch and Meintjes pushed on alone at the base of the second ascent of the Morcuera (10.4km at 6.7 per cent), as five minutes further back, Trek-Segafredo and then Astana took it up on the front of the peloton, with the Kazakh team dramatically upping the pace.

The action kicked off midway up the climb with 60km to race, with Astana blowing the peloton apart. Miguel Ángel López put in the first attack among the GC men 3km from the top, leaving behind a group made up of Roglič, teammate Sepp Kuss, Pogačar, the Movistar trio of Valverde, Quintana and Marc Soler, Rafał Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Carl Frederik Hagen (Lotto Soudal).

Up front, the break split up too with Bouchard leading the attacking as they brought back the two leaders. The Frenchman duly took another ten points to consolidate his KOM lead. On the descent, Higuita went on the attack, gaining 45 seconds by the base of the Cotos.

Majka and Pogačar put in some testers near the top of the climb, as the GC group trailed 20 seconds down on López. Hagen, Soler and Quintana were the first to struggle as Kuss dropped away, though Powless dropped back from the break to assist Roglič.

With 40km to go, the GC group caught López, who had joined up with teammate Fraile and the remains of the break. That made it a 21-man group chasing a minute behind lone survivor Higuita as they started the Cotos (13.9km at 4.8 per cent).

Kuss and Powless controlled the group up the climb, dropping 1:30 down on Higuita and things remained fairly quiet until López accelerated again and again, 5km from the top. He ended up out front with Roglič and Valverde, as Majka, Quintana and Pogačar chased.

Majka made it up to the trio, but Pogačar couldn’t get back and lay 30 seconds back at the summit, while Quintana dropped 15 seconds further behind. Meanwhile, Higuita held on to a 40-second lead on the plateau to start the descent.

The young Colombian defended his lead well, only shedding ten seconds by the time he reached the final 2km. Meanwhile, López had moved up a spot on the virtual GC, taking Pogačar’s fourth spot and white jersey.

That was how it finished, with Higuita holding on to take his biggest ever victory, while Roglič outsprinted Valverde in the chase group. Quintana and Pogačar would finish a minute later, with both men losing a spot on the general classification heading into the Vuelta’s final three stages.

Results :
1 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First 4:33:09
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:15
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:17
6 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:01:16
7 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
9 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
10 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:47
11 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
13 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:16
14 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos
15 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:22
16 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:04:50
17 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
18 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
19 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
20 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
21 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
22 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
23 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
24 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos
25 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:12
26 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:58
27 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team 0:10:39
28 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:11:46
29 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
30 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:14:35
31 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
32 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH
34 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
35 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb
36 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
37 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
38 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
39 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
40 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
41 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
42 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
43 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
44 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
47 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Ineos
49 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates
50 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
51 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:18:24
53 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Cofidis Solutions Credits
54 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
55 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
56 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits
57 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
58 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
60 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
61 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
62 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
63 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
64 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
65 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
66 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
67 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
68 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
69 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
70 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:32
72 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:32
73 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
74 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
75 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
76 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
77 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
78 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
79 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
80 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
81 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb
82 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
83 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
85 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
86 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
88 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
89 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
91 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
93 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
94 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
95 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
96 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
97 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
98 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos
99 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
100 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott
101 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
102 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:23:39
103 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
105 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
106 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First
107 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
108 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team
109 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
110 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First
111 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
112 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
113 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team
114 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Ineos
115 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
116 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
117 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First
118 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
119 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
120 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
121 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
122 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
123 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
124 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
125 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data
126 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
127 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
128 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
129 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
130 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
132 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
133 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:27:20
134 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
135 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
136 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe
137 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH
138 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH
139 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:27:27
140 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:35
141 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:37
142 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
143 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
144 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
145 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
146 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
147 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
148 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
149 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
150 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH
151 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
152 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
153 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe
154 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
155 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
156 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:28:55
DNF Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
DNF Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos

General Classification after Stage 18 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 71:16:54
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:50
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:31
4 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:04:17
5 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:49
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:46
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:09:46
8 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:11:50
9 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:12:44
10 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:09
11 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:22:16
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:22:29
13 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:23:58
14 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First 0:32:09
15 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 0:33:49
16 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:36:48
17 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:40:14
18 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:43:00
19 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:43:11
20 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:47:25
21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:56:20
22 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:02:46
23 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos 1:02:52
24 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 1:04:10
25 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:07:42
26 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:14:08
27 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 1:14:48
28 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:16:30
29 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:16:38
30 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 1:18:37
31 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:27:11
32 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 1:31:00
33 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:32:52
34 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:33:45
35 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos 1:37:18
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:38:14
37 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:40:55
38 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 1:43:41
39 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:46:11
40 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:50:52
41 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 1:51:14
42 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 1:54:45
43 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 1:54:54
44 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First 1:56:23
45 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:57:28
46 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 1:59:19
47 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 1:59:48
48 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Ineos 2:02:13
49 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 2:03:00
50 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 2:03:50
51 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 2:08:15
52 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:12:00
53 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Ineos 2:14:16
54 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:16:23
55 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 2:17:35
56 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 2:17:36
57 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:17:39
58 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 2:21:01
59 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:21:20
60 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2:22:28
61 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:22:33
62 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 2:22:36
63 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:23:50
64 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:25:40
65 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Cofidis Solutions Credits 2:27:08
66 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 2:28:09
67 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:32:00
68 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 2:35:39
69 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 2:39:08
70 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:39:13
71 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2:39:25
72 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:39:42
73 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:40:13
74 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team 2:40:30
75 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 2:42:18
76 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:44:57
77 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 2:45:37
78 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos 2:46:56
79 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida 2:48:10
80 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:48:12
81 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 2:49:03
82 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 2:50:23
83 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 2:52:32
84 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 2:53:25
85 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 2:54:15
86 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 2:54:31
87 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 2:54:33
88 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2:56:35
89 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 2:58:36
90 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos 2:59:05
91 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:00:24
92 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 3:02:37
93 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team 3:03:04
94 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 3:03:13
95 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 3:05:08
96 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 3:05:32
97 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:06:44
98 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 3:11:39
99 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 3:13:40
100 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:14:17
101 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb 3:16:55
102 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:18:00
103 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:21:30
104 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 3:21:39
105 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos 3:22:44
106 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 3:24:13
107 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 3:26:20
108 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:27:44
109 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 3:28:18
110 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 3:29:27
111 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 3:31:10
112 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 3:31:27
113 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 3:33:11
114 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 3:34:26
115 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin 3:35:33
116 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 3:36:11
117 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:36:33
118 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 3:38:42
119 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team 3:38:46
120 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:40:48
121 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 3:41:12
122 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:41:16
123 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data 3:41:51
124 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 3:44:49
125 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 3:46:19
126 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First 3:46:24
127 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team 3:46:35
128 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:48:53
129 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 3:49:25
130 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 3:50:11
131 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 3:51:29
132 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First 3:52:03
133 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 3:55:07
134 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 3:55:22
135 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH 3:56:56
136 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 3:59:15
137 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 4:01:55
138 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 4:03:10
139 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:04:53
140 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 4:07:16
141 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:10:07
142 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH 4:11:26
143 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 4:13:28
144 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 4:13:56
145 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 4:14:52
146 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team 4:20:07
147 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:20:17
148 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 4:20:41
149 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 4:20:43
150 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 4:24:16
151 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:25:07
152 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 4:33:03
153 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 4:42:49
154 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:47:37
155 Nuno Matos (Por) Burgos-BH 5:00:21
156 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 5:04:53