La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 15 [FULL STAGE]

November 5, 2020

La Vuelta 2020 – Stage 15 – Mos – Puebla de Sanabria : 230,8 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.

Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) claimed the first Grand Tour stage victory of his career with a strong sprint on an uphill finish after 230 kilometres of racing into a headwind on stage 15 of the Vuelta a España.

By the time a heavily-reduced peloton entered the final kilometre for one final drag after accruing more than 4,000 metres of elevation gain, the rush for the line was as much about strength as it was speed.

The 22-year-old Belgian hit the front with 150 metres to go and managed to hold off Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), with Jannik Steimle (Deceuninck-QuickStep) taking third place and a gap to the rest of the fragmented field.

It was decided that timings for the general classification would be taken with 3km to go, for rider safety due to wet conditions and a large layer of oil on the road in the last kilometres, so the overall contenders didn’t have to worry about splits in the home straight. Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) retained his overall lead and the gaps at the top of the GC remained unchanged with three stages remaining.

Still, it was the sort of stage that will pile on the fatigue in the final week of the final race of the season. As if the 230km route – the longest day of any stage race this season – wasn’t enough, it had a headwind all day as the route tracked east above the Portuguese border, and the rain came down in the final couple of hours.

It was also a relentlessly undulating day with five category 3 climbs, and plenty more uncategorised inclines, and the complexion of the race fluctuated throughout. The parcours looked tailor-made for breakaway success, and when after 50km a group of 13 escapees finally went clear and gained five minutes, that looked like the logical outcome.

However, Bora-Hansgrohe and Trek-Segafredo started working in the peloton, and approaching the final climb, a catch looked inevitable. Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-QuickStep) then turned the tide back the other way with a spirited solo attack onto the Alto de Padornelo, but although the 18km run-in started with a descent, the headwind did for him once the road flattened out in the final 8 kilometres.

The peloton began to fragment with 3km to go, as the GC contenders knew their times were set, and Bora hit the front before Mitchelton-Scott led out the sprint for Dion Smith in the final kilometre. Michael Mørkøv attempted to launch teammate Steimle, with Sam Bennett dropped long before, but Philipsen was the first to truly open the taps. He brushed shoulders with Ackermann as he passed the German and had the power to hold on for the biggest win of his young career.

“It’s amazing. I can’t describe how happy I am with this victory. It means a lot to me. I’ve been waiting all the Vuelta for the right moment and today this moment was unexpected,” he said.

“It was a bit hard to say but then in the end I see a lot of teams controlling. Of course there was a really strong breakaway, but with the headwind all day it made it really hard for the front group. In the end I started believing more and more, but at the beginning of the day I never expected it would be a bunch sprint. I like, a little bit, uphill finishes. This was not too hard so it normally suits me.”

How it unfolded

It was a fast and furious start to proceedings, with many sensing an opportunity for another successful breakaway. Multiple moves came and went on the largely flat opening 50km, but nothing stuck as the bunch zipped along at 43 kph into the headwind.

The first of the category 3 climbs was the Alto de San Amaro, and while it saw more moves being made, it was beyond the summit, where the road continued to rise towards the second climb of the Aldo de Carcedo, that a breakaway finally formed. In there were: Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Rob Power and Mark Donovan (Team Sunweb), Alex Aranburu and Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Nick Schultz and Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar).

Mountains classification leader Guillaume Martin (Cofidis Solutions Credits), who’d grabbed the points at San Amaro then launched a counterattack with Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Julien Simon (Total Direct Energie), making it in time to add to his king of the mountain tally at the top of the Alto de Carcedo.

Martin also took maximum points at the Alto do Furriolo after 93km, but the complexion of the race changed on the ensuing 25km plateau. The break had carved out a lead of five minutes, but Bora-Hansgrohe hit the front of the peloton and started to mount a chase.

By the Alto de Fumaces with 80km to go – where Martin added another three KOM points – the gap had been reduced to three minutes, and when Trek-Segafredo put four riders on the front, the momentum swung in favour of the peloton.

The roads dragged mercilessly uphill on uncategorised inclines, with the headwind, and now rain showers, making it a brutal afternoon. With 50km to go, the peloton continued the charge, NTT Pro Cycling helping Bora and Trek with the chase. When the gap hit two minutes with 50km to go, Wellens called it a day and drifted back to the bunch.

The gap was down to a minute 10km later, and it wasn’t long before there was no other option but to shake things up in the break. After a short descent, Donovan sparked a split when the road tilted back uphill, but it was Cattaneo who took advantage and managed to go clear solo.

The rest of the group threatened to fragment but Stannard and Lastra were the only ones definitively dropped as the nine others reformed.

With 25km to go, Cattaneo hit the final climb of the Alto de Padornelo – 6.4km at 3.5 per cent – with a lead of a minute over his former companions, and a further 40 seconds over the bunch. Despite being alone, he still had the power to extend that lead on the wet roads of the climb. Towards the top, Gino Mäder (NTT Pro Cycling) attacked from the bunch and bridged, what was by then a slim 20-second gap between break and bunch. The young Swiss rider breezed straight past and settled into a lone pursuit of Cattaneo, 1:20 in front.

By the top of the climb, with 18km to go, Cattaneo led Mäder by 1:10, with the peloton at two minutes. However, there was a surge in pace on the false flat ahead of the descent, and with 15km to go the bunch was back to 1:30. It was downhill, but plenty of pedalling was still required, and the headwind worked against Cattaneo and Mader. With 10.5km to go, Mader was caught and Cattaneo’s lead ducked below the minute mark as Bora-Hansgrohe led what was now a heavily reduced peloton.

The road flattened out with 8km to go and that only tipped the balance further, with Cattaneo casting a resigned look over his shoulder under the 5km to go banner, by which point he had just 20 seconds in hand. The catch was made with 3.5km to go, with the bunch spread across the road.

An attack came from a Burgos-BH rider before NTT dragged it back and Bora took to the front again. Mitchelton-Scott led under the flamme rouge, with Callum Scotson leading out Dion Smith, as the bunch strung out. They took it to 300m to go, before Mørkøv hit the front, but then teammate Ivo Oliveira piloted Philipsen up on the left. The Belgian didn’t waste time and hit the wind early, with just under 200m to go, to move past Ackermann and out in front, managing to win by a bike length.

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

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