La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 07 [FULL STAGE]

October 27, 2020

La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 7 – Vitoria-Gasteiz – Villanueva de Valdegovia : 159,7 km

A very different 2020 Vuelta a España kicks off next Tuesday amid deep concerns over the soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases in Spain and across Europe, with a shortened 18-day format, and – perhaps the only really familiar element – a route that will likely see an out-and-out climber atop of the final podium. Since the Slovenian national road race in mid-June, the first event to be held in post-lockdown Europe, the current pandemic and measures against it have inevitably formed part of the furniture of every bike race. But the fast-rising second wave of infections of COVID-19 across Europe, coupled with recent events in the Giro d’Italia, will further heighten the focus on this question in the last Grand Tour to be held in the rescheduled 2020 season. The circumstances in Spain are increasingly challenging, not least because even compared to when the Giro started two and a half weeks ago, the situation regarding the pandemic worldwide continues to worsen. On top of that, Spain is at the forefront of Europe’s second wave, with Friday’s total of 15,196 new cases the highest daily total since the pandemic began. Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa recently described the situation as “worrying, unstable and fragile.” Earlier this week Fernándo Simon, the country’s top health emergency official, bluntly stated “there is not one territory where we have the rate [of infection] that we’d like to have.” Several cities and parts of the country on the 2020 Vuelta route are in some form of lockdown or close to applying it. They include the region of Navarre, which has the highest levels of contagion of any region in Spain, and the start and finish cities of Salamanca and Ourense. The highest profile situation is in the very last stage finish of the entire race in Madrid, although cases appear to be dropping in the Spanish capital over the last few days.

Michael Woods (EF Pro Cycling) won stage 7 of the Vuelta a España in Villanueva de Valdegovia, triumphing from the breakaway after jumping away to form a small lead group on the final ascent of the Puerto de Orduña and then beating his four companions with a late attack to the line.

The Canadian beat Omar Fraile (Astana) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) to the line, sealing his second win of 2020 and his second at the Vuelta after his victory at Balcón de Bizkaia in 2018.

“It was a special day – amazing to be racing in the Basque Country,” said Woods after the stage. “I got away with those four guys. They were riding super strong, and I felt bad that I couldn’t pull through.

“With Valverde in the group I just couldn’t pull through because we had Hugh Carthy in the peloton and I just couldn’t give him any more time in the general classification. So, I was able to sit in a little bit. Then I had a bit of luck, I had the legs, and I got the win.

“I pencilled in a bit – initially I was supposed to be with Hugh and not in the break – but the race just got so crazy the group got so big, I had to go across to make sure that we had numbers in it. It paid off great for me. I’m going to savour this one and after that I’ll start looking at the roadbook.”

Woods was part of a large attack group which merged together with an earlier break on the first ascent of the Puerto de Orduña 60 kilometres into the stage. The group never enjoyed a large advantage on the peloton but stayed away to the second ascent of the climb, with the base 29 kilometres out.

His attack on the climb led to the establishment of a lead group on the descent, with Fraile, Valverde, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and Nans Peters (AG2R La Mondiale) joining him, with the quintet holding off the break behind to contest the final kilometres among themselves.

The peloton crossed the line 56 seconds later after a quiet day for the general classification contenders. There were no attacks from the big names on the steep slopes of the Puerto de Orduña as the likes of Ineos Grenadiers and Jumbo-Visma were happy to keep a lid on the action.

Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) retains the red jersey with an 18-second advantage over Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling), while Martin takes over the lead of the mountain classification and will don the blue and white polka dot jersey as the race heads to La Rioja and the summit finish of the Alto de Moncavillo on Wednesday.

How it unfolded

Stage 7 of the Vuelta a España saw the peloton head back to the hills of the Basque Country, this time a 160-kilometre run from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Villanueva de Valdegovia which featured two ascents of the Puerto de Orduña, a steep climb which returns to the Vuelta for only the second time since 1978.

Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was the first man to attack from the peloton but was unsuccessful after being caught by a chase group and then being swept up again. The opening 40 kilometres passed with no break establishing themselves, but a large group did manage to get away soon afterwards.

Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Magnus Cort (EF Pro Cycling), José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), Michael Storer (Sunweb) and Alex Aranburu (Astana) were among the 16 men to get away, just before the first climb of the Puerto de Orduña, a climb once regarded as the toughest of the Basque Country.

The group hit the climb with a two-minute advantage on the peloton, but another group jumped from the peloton on the lower slopes of of the 7.8-kilometre climb which averaged 7.7 per cent with maximum of 14 per cent.

Woods, Fraile, Peters, Martin, George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) and Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) were among the 18 men to go on the move, with a group including Valverde and Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) chasing, too.

The groups merged up front midway up the climb, making it 36 men in the break of the day. Kuss led the way over the top to take 10 points and retake the mountain classification. He was joined by Peters and Martin in the move, but they were caught soon after as Ineos controlled the peloton.

Valverde, AG2R’s Dorion Godon, and Lotto-Soudal rider Stan Dewulf jumped away from the break 60 kilometres from the line. The trio held a 30-second gap out front until Bennett, Wellens and Cort jumped across with 35 kilometres to run, dragging the remains of the break with them.

Meanwhile, the peloton lay two minutes in arrears, having never ceded more than three minutes to the break during the stage. Jumbo-Visma, Israel Start-Up Nation, Astana and Ineos were among the teams massing on the front on the run to the second and final ascent of the Puerto de Orduña, the top of which would come 19 kilometres from the finish line.

Godon stayed away from the break on the descent before the climb, carrying a 30-second lead onto the climb. The Frenchman was caught at the 25-kilometre mark, with two-thirds of the climb left, while back in the peloton the pace was upped by Ineos.

Woods jumped away three kilometres from the top after a period of attacks among the breakaway riders, with Peters setting off in pursuit a kilometre later and Valverde, Fraile and Martin joining him. Meanwhile, the Canadian crossed the summit a handful of seconds up on the four chasers and 1:55 ahead of the peloton. Martin led the chase group over to grab the mountain classification lead.

The quartet caught Woods on the descent with 15 kilometres to go, while the main break chased 30 seconds further back with the peloton 1:20 down. As the riders reached the final 10 kilometres, the attacks came up front, with Peters and Valverde both putting in digs. With five to go, they had just 20 seconds on the chasing group.

Fraile and Woods were off the front with three kilometres to run before Valverde led the group back across the gap, while the larger chase group still couldn’t make up any ground on the quintet.

It was Woods who would later make the day’s winning move, going solo from just outside the kilometre-to-go mark. Fraile led the chase, but the local man – hailing from 50 kilometres north near Bilbao – just didn’t have enough to make it across, and was forced to settle for second, missing out on completing his Grand Tour stage win set.

Results :
1 Michael Woods (Can) EF Pro Cycling 03:48:16
2 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:00:04
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:04
4 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:00:08
5 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:00:08
6 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:13
7 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:00:13
8 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:00:13
9 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:00:13
10 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:13
11 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 00:00:13
12 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 00:00:13
13 Thyman Arensman (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:00:13
14 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:13
15 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:21
16 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:56
17 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00:56
18 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:56
19 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:56
20 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis 00:00:56
21 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:56
22 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:56
23 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:00:56
24 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team 00:00:56
25 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:00:56
26 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:00:56
27 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 00:00:56
28 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:00:56
29 Stefan De Bod (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 00:00:56
30 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 00:00:56
31 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 00:00:56
32 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:00:56
33 Gino Mäder (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling 00:00:56
34 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:00:56
35 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:00:56
36 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:00:56
37 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:56
38 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:56
39 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:00:56
40 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:00:56
41 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:56
42 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00:56
43 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 00:00:56
44 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:00:56
45 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:00:56
46 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:56
47 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 00:00:56
48 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:56
49 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 00:00:56
50 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:00:56
51 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 00:00:56
52 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00:56
53 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:56
54 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:56
55 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:56
56 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:56
57 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:01:08
58 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:07:31
59 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 00:07:31
60 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:07:31
61 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:07:54
62 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:07:54
63 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:07:54
64 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:07:54
65 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis 00:07:54
66 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:07:54
67 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 00:08:50
68 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 00:08:50
69 Willie Smit (RSA) Burgos-BH 00:08:50
70 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:08:50
71 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:08:50
72 Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:09:34
73 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:09:34
74 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:09:34
75 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:09:34
76 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 00:09:34
77 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:09:34
78 Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:09:34
79 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH 00:10:21
80 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:11:16
81 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 00:11:16
82 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:11:16
83 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:11:16
84 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 00:11:16
85 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 00:11:16
86 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 00:11:16
87 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:11:16
88 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team 00:11:16
89 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:11:16
90 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 00:11:16
91 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie 00:11:16
92 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:11:16
93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:11:16
94 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 00:11:16
95 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:11:16
96 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 00:11:16
97 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:11:16
98 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:11:16
99 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 00:11:16
100 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren 00:11:16
101 William Barta (USA) CCC Team 00:11:16
102 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:11:16
103 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:11:16
104 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Team 00:11:16
105 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:11:16
106 Harry Tanfield (GBr) AG2R la Mondiale 00:11:16
107 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:11:16
108 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:11:16
109 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 00:11:16
110 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:11:16
111 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis 00:11:16
112 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:11:16
113 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:11:16
114 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:11:16
115 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:11:16
116 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 00:11:16
117 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:11:16
118 Logan Owen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:11:16
119 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:11:16
120 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:11:16
121 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:11:16
122 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:16:58
123 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 00:16:58
124 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 00:16:58
125 Scott Davies (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 00:16:58
126 Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 00:16:58
127 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 00:16:58
128 Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 00:16:58
129 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:16:58
130 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis 00:16:58
131 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:16:58
132 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 00:16:58
133 Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:16:58
134 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:16:58
135 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:16:58
136 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:16:58
137 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling 00:16:58
138 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling 00:16:58
139 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sunweb 00:16:58
140 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:16:58
141 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:16:58
142 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 00:16:58
143 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:16:58
144 Chris Froome (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:16:58
145 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 00:16:58
146 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 00:16:58
147 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:58
148 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:58
149 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:16:58
150 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:58
151 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:16:58
152 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:16:58
153 Carlos Barbero (Spa) NTT Pro Cycling 00:16:58
154 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:16:58
155 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:16:58
156 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16:58
157 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:16:58
158 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:16:58
DNF Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

General Classification after Stage 7 :
1 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 28:23:51
2 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:18
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:00:20
4 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:30
5 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:07
6 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:01:30
7 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:42
8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 00:02:02
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:02:03
10 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:02:39
11 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 00:02:45
12 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:02:46
13 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:03:19
14 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:03:19
15 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:03:46
16 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:03:47
17 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:03:48
18 Gino Mäder (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling 00:04:04
19 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) UAE Team Emirates 00:04:28
20 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:06:27
21 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 00:06:34
22 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:07:13
23 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:09:19
24 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:10:21
25 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:13:43
26 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team 00:14:01
27 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 00:14:26
28 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:19:01
29 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:19:36
30 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 00:23:15
31 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:23:23
32 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:23:41
33 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:23:44
34 William Barta (USA) CCC Team 00:25:33
35 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis 00:26:22
36 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:26:40
37 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:28:04
38 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 00:28:23
39 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 00:28:53
40 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:29:18
41 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 00:31:38
42 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:34:08
43 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 00:35:33
44 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:36:19
45 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:37:25
46 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:39:16
47 Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:39:16
48 Michael Woods (Can) EF Pro Cycling 00:39:23
49 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:39:27
50 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:40:38
51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:41:46
52 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 00:42:16
53 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:42:25
54 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:43:15
55 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:43:15
56 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 00:44:34
57 Thyman Arensman (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:45:11
58 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:45:35
59 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 00:46:30
60 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:46:48
61 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:47:20
62 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 00:49:01
63 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:49:55
64 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 00:49:55
65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:50:29
66 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Team 00:52:47
67 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:55:33
68 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren 00:56:38
69 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:57:04
70 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 00:57:18
71 Willie Smit (RSA) Burgos-BH 00:57:39
72 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:57:44
73 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:59:35
74 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:59:36
75 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:59:39
76 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 01:00:01
77 Stefan De Bod (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 01:01:02
78 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:02:22
79 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 01:02:46
80 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 01:03:04
81 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 01:03:36
82 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 01:05:32
83 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling 01:06:59
84 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 01:07:35
85 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:08:24
86 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:08:46
87 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:09:02
88 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:09:28
89 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 01:10:00
90 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 01:10:14
91 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis 01:10:21
92 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:12:51
93 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:13:46
94 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Sunweb 01:13:54
95 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sunweb 01:13:56
96 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:14:05
97 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 01:14:29
98 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling 01:14:45
99 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team 01:15:44
100 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 01:15:44
101 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:16:27
102 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 01:16:44
103 Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 01:17:12
104 Carlos Barbero (Spa) NTT Pro Cycling 01:17:26
105 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis 01:17:36
106 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:17:46
107 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 01:18:10
108 Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:18:14
109 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:18:47
110 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:19:07
111 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:19:44
112 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 01:20:23
113 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH 01:20:24
114 Chris Froome (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 01:20:26
115 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 01:20:42
116 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 01:21:20
117 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 01:21:58
118 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 01:22:02
119 Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie 01:22:16
120 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 01:22:20
121 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:22:25
122 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 01:22:42
123 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 01:24:39
124 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 01:24:40
125 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 01:24:41
126 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 01:25:15
127 Scott Davies (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 01:25:26
128 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie 01:25:33
129 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling 01:25:36
130 Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 01:25:44
131 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:25:47
132 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 01:25:57
133 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep 01:26:24
134 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 01:26:36
135 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 01:26:50
136 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 01:28:16
137 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:28:28
138 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 01:28:30
139 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 01:29:22
140 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 01:29:40
141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 01:30:37
142 Logan Owen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 01:32:42
143 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 01:34:57
144 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis 01:36:14
145 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 01:36:15
146 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:36:22
147 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 01:36:56
148 Harry Tanfield (GBr) AG2R la Mondiale 01:37:06
149 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation 01:37:09
150 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:37:14
151 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 01:39:19
152 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:41:01
153 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 01:41:35
154 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 01:43:41
155 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb 01:48:01
156 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:49:22
157 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:50:32
158 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation 01:51:07