La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 12 [FULL STAGE]

November 1, 2020

La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 12 – Pola de Laviana – Alto de l’Angliru : 109,4 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.

Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling) conquered the Alto de l’Angliru with a charge in the final 1,200 metres to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday for his first career Grand Tour victory.

Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), who spent the past three days tied on time with Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) atop the general classification, grimaced as he crossed the line 10 seconds ahead of the Slovenian to finally regain the red leader’s jersey.

Astana’s Aleksandr Vlasov was second and Enric Mas of Movistar in third. With 3.5km to the summit, it was Mas who put a charge to shatter the lead group of 10 riders. A few hundred metres later, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) seemed to hit his limit on the steepest pitches, providing an opening for his rivals.

Roglič would finish fifth, 10 seconds behind Carapaz, and with Carthy, Vlasov and Mas sweeping up the time bonuses, the Ineos rider in red with that same gap. Carthy leapfrogged Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) to move into third overall at 32 seconds.

“It’s a dream come true to win any professional race but to win in a Grand Tour on a mythical climb, it doesn’t get any better than that,” Carthy said. “It’s hard to put into words.”

The overall classification got even tighter on the Angliru rather than being blown apart, with Carthy three seconds ahead of Martin in the battle for the podium with Mas the only other rider within striking distance at 1:50 with a 33.7km individual time trial coming after the rest day.

“I think for the public it’s everything they want, a close race heading into a time trial. It’s everything to play for,” Carthy said.

Roglic, meanwhile, took his time loss in stride, wearing the green points jersey and joking, “It was too hard a climb for a sprinter, eh? I didn’t have the best day but at the end it’s OK, I’m happy with it. Now we go on with the time trial on Tuesday. It definitely will be a really hard one. I will do my best and we will see after Tuesday.”

With second on the stage, Vlasov moved into the top 10 at ninth overall but sixth through 10th are all more than five minutes behind Carapaz. The biggest victim of the stage was Movistar’s Marc Soler who, after climbing into sixth overall on stage 11, suffered mightily on the Angliru and plummeted down the standings to 19th after losing over 14 minutes on the final ascent.

How it unfolded

With only 109.4km on tap and the fearsome Angliru piercing the final kilometres, stage 12 of the Vuelta a España was a key opportunity for the overall contenders, where Roglič and Carapaz remained tied on time at the top spot. Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) was only 25 seconds behind in third and Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling), the only other rider within a minute of Roglič and Carapaz, in fourth at 58 seconds. The standings would inevitably look different when the sun set on the Angliru.

The peloton gathered nervously behind the lead car waiting for the flag to drop from La Pola Llaviana. There were attacks immediately as riders passed out of the neutral rollout and the peloton stretched out into a long line along the Río Nalón.

Julius van den Berg (EF Pro Cycling) and Anthony Roux (Groupama-FDJ) were the first to gain a measurable gap, powering along in the big rings and smallest cogs heading downstream while behind more attacks flew with mountains classification leader Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) smartly following a large move that reached the leading duo after 14km of racing.

Once they came together, the front group included 21 riders: Nans Peters (AG2R La Mondiale), Luis León Sanchez (Astana Pro Team), Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Juan Osorio and Angel Madrazo (Burgos-BH), Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC Team), Guillaume Martin and Pierre Luc Perichon (Cofidis Solutions Credits), Mattia Cattaneo and Michael Mørkøv (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Julius Van den Berg (EF Pro Cycling), Anthony Roux (Groupama-FDJ), Cameron Wurf (Ineos Grenadiers), Kobe Goossens and Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Robert Stannard and Alexander Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott), Imanol Erviti (Movistar Team), Enrico Gasparotto (NTT Pro Cycling), Aleksandr Riabushenko and Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates).

Philipsen was the first to give way as the road tilted uphill for the opening category 3 climb, the Alto del Padrún, and was followed out the back by Osorio, Gasparotto and Mørkøv. Guillaume Martin took the maximum points at the top, ahead of Perichon and Madrazo. From the field, Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) attacked to replace the young sprinter, attempting to bridge with Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) and joined with Osorio and Gasparotto, chasing at a minute on the sinuous descent and the valley en route to climb number two: the Alto de Santo Emiliano, another category 3 ascent.

Jumbo-Visma patrolled the front of the peloton at 2:28 to the break as the team cars were given the green light to move ahead to support the breakaway, the leaders passing the 70km to go point. It was a frantic first hour, with the riders clicking off 42 kilometres and two category 3 climbs before the race finally settled in for the long haul. Martin again took the three points available on the Santo Emiliano.

There was another fast, twisting descent before the Alto de la Mozqueta and Jumbo-Visma used the speed to keep the breakaway in check. With 60km to go, the chasing quartet finally had the leaders in sight on the roads leading into Ciaño, and Formolo and companions made it 20 riders at the head of the race.

On the Mozqueta, UAE Team Emirates went on the attack, with Ivo Oliveira pulling David de la Cruz out of the peloton, and Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) joining with Thymen Arensman (Sunweb). The Colombian was trying to gain back some lost time but struggled to remain in contact on the climb and was quickly dropped and, later, left behind by the peloton, too.

With Arensman and De la Cruz chasing alone with 1km to go to the top, Riabushenko dropped back to try and help the Spaniard into the move, while Garcia lost touch with the front group and faded back. Movistar ramped up the pace in the peloton, bringing the leaders to under 90 seconds with 49km to go at the top of the climb.

Guillaume Martin once more led the breakaway over the top, collecting the 10 points for the category 1 ascent over the threesome of Perichon, Madrazo, and Formolo. But a light rain began to fall with 40km to go and Formolo, taking the lead on the descent, slid out in a slick turn and lost touch with the breakaway putting paid to his stage win aspirations. In the peloton, Ineos’ Andrey Amador also fell.

Movistar brought the leaders’ gap under the minute mark with 36km to go while De La Cruz, now with Formolo, were brought back by the peloton. The leading group fractured under the pressure, with Madrazo, Martin, Perichon and Roux pushing on without the rest. The quartet rolled through the sprint behind Martin with 32.4km to go, 15 seconds on the chasing group and 51 on the peloton and the penultimate climb, the category 1 Alto del Cordal still standing between them and the Angliru.

Alto del Cordal

Perichon and Madrazo, seeing the rest of the breakaway on their tail, sat up with 29.7km to go and soon Roux and Martin were back in the fold and the reduced leading group – minus Erviti, who dropped back on the previous climb to help his team chip away at the gap to the red jersey group which came down to half a minute midway up the climb.

Cattaneo and Sanchez, sensing the danger of being caught, put in an attack that shattered the lead group. Martin surged to scramble across with Roux just behind while the rest of the riders were left to be caught by the Movistar-led bunch. It took the Frenchman a while but he caught the duo before the top.

Chris Froome (Ineos Grenadiers) led the red jersey group into the steepest part of the climb, pulling Carapaz away by about 10 metres, but Jumbo-Visma quickly snuffed out the move. The surge caused immense suffering at the back of the group, with Formolo among those spat out the back but Roglic still looking steady.

So calm were Jumbo-Visma that as Froome – Ineos’ last man for Carapaz – rocked and rolled trying to push the pace, Sepp Kuss cruised alongside, grabbed some bidons from a helper on the roadside, and drifted easily back to hand off a snack to Roglič. Froome’s surge did have one effect, it shot Marc Soler out the back, with Movistar’s pace-setting backfiring on the rider in sixth place in the standings.

Martin once more claimed top honours at the Cordal over Cattaneo and Sanchez, while in the red jersey group Soler bled 20 seconds on the Cordal climb as Jumbo’s Robert Gesink put in a surge to led the peloton down another tricky descent ahead of Kuss, 45 seconds behind the lead trio.

The Angliru

The Cordal’s upper slopes of 14 per cent were just a brief wake-up call for the legs ahead of the daunting Angliru, which kicks up to over 22 per cent in the first kilometre. Soler managed to just tack onto the back of the red jersey group before they started the climb, while Jumbo-Visma put on a show of force with five riders at the front with Roglič, and Carapaz with only Froome.

Gesink chased down the leaders on the lower slopes and, as the motorbikes rumbled past signalling the catch, Martin attacked in a last-gasp attempt but was swept up with 10.5km to go. What was left of the ‘peloton’ now compatto. As the grade began to bite, Soler again struggled to stay in contact.

Froome went back to the Ineos car, and with the gradient a ‘reasonable’ 9 per cent, settled in with Soler, leaving Carapaz to fend for himself for the last 10 kilometres. Soler had teammate Carlos Verona to help chase but with 7.3km to go the Spaniard was 1:25 behind and slipping down the GC.

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) set a steady tempo that drastically shrank the front group as the gradients went back above 13 per cent – from the top 10, Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) dropped back . Only 10 riders remained at the front: Roglič with Kuss, and Vingegaard, best young rider Enric Mas, Wout Poels (Bahrain McLaren), Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation), EF Pro Cycling’s Hugh Carthy and teammate Michael Woods, Carapaz and Astana’s Aleksandr Vlasov.

Vingegaard stayed on the front with a heroic pull from 6.8km to go when Gesink pulled off into the steepest section, still the group of 10 with singletons chasing. Mas dropped back to the rear of the group before slingshotting away with 3.5km to go, finally ending the spell of Vingegaard as Kuss took over the pace-setting.

The increase in pace put Dan Martin in trouble and distanced Woods with Kuss, Roglič, Carthy, Carapaz and Vlasov inching their way back up to Mas on the torturous pitches. With 3km to go, Roglič let a gap open and Carthy capitalized, putting in a dig that was followed by Vlasov. Kuss stayed with his captain, who had Carapaz glued to his wheel and Martin was just able to claw his way to the Ecuadorian’s wheel.

The gaps between the lead seven were mere metres, but at 23 per cent a metre is a mile and Carapaz was laser-focused on the Slovenian’s wheel. Mas kept chipping away at the front, forging out 10 seconds (but maybe 30m) on the sextet that came back together behind. The most brutal pitches come with 2km to go, where Carapaz at last put in his bid to reclaim la roja.

Kuss stayed with Roglič as Carthy and Carapaz powered up to the Movistar man, making it three at the front and Carapaz’s jaw set in determination. Vlasov, then Dan Martin, surged to go after the leaders as Kuss paced Roglič at 12 seconds with more than a kilometre to go.

Carthy attacked into a switchback as the gradient eased – opening up a solid gap – with Mas, Vlasov and Carapaz chasing – and Dan Martin still with a gap on Roglič. The red jersey might have been moving onto Carapaz’s shoulders but Roglič limited the damage ahead of the rest day and the critical time trial on stage 13.

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

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