La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 02 [FULL STAGE]

August 15, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 2 – Caleruega – Burgos : 166,7 km

As the final Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España is seen by many as a last chance saloon for those riders who have failed to hit their seasonal objectives. In reality the race is much more than that, often surpassing the other two three-week races in terms of action and edge-of-your-seat entertainment. This is a race with the steepest summit finishes in professional cycling, the anything-can-happen transitional stages, the unlikeliest breakaway victories and the most fiercely fought GC battles seen anywhere on the racing calendar. If you ever thought the Vuelta was inferior, think again. This year’s route is typical of La Vuelta, with mountainous stages in the Spanish Pyrenees and rugged Basque Country peppered throughout the race. Can the defending champion, take a third successive title and score a historic hattrick? Or will we see a new victor emerge?

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) claimed stage 2 of the Vuelta a España in a close sprint finish.

The Belgian managed to find a gap to the left of Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), who began the sprint, and edged out Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in second and Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) in third.

Alex Aranburu (Astana-PremierTech) managed to take some seconds at the intermediate sprint to reduce his deficit to Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). But his fifth-place finish in the final sprint wasn’t enough to gain the time needed to unseat Roglic as overall leader.

Despite expectations of wind, conditions were mild and the bunch remained together until with 4.2km to go when a crash saw several key riders, including Adam Yates, Jack Haig, and Hugh Carthy all lose over 30 seconds to overall leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma).

This was, however, a day for the sprinters to steal the headlines, and Philipsen took the glory.

Despite his Alpecin-Fenix team having numbers towards the front in the final kilometres, along with Deceuninck-QuickStep, it was UAE Team Emirates who seized control on the finishing straight, with Matteo Trentin at the front in the final few hundred metres.

Trentin had teammate Juan Sebastian Molano in his wheel, with Michael Matthews in Molano’s wheel, and both Philipsen and Jakobsen vying for Matthews’ wheel.

When Molano launched his sprint, both Matthews and Jakobsen targeted the wide space to his right to sprint into, while Philipsen went for the smaller space to his left.

The decision proved to be the right one, as Philipsen stormed past Molano, and edged Jakobsen into second, perhaps benefiting from the clearer line to the finish.

Although UAE Team Emirates ultimately lead out the sprint, Philipsen was full of praise for Alpecin-Fenix for keeping him well-positioned in the final kilometres.

“It was amazing to see all my teammates there. Everybody was in the front line, so I had a lot of support from the team. This is how we can win sprints, and I think we did a really good job. Each of us can be very happy tonight,” he said.

“This was the first big goal, and I’m already really happy that it worked out in the first sprint. Now we just go on and we try to get other ones, I think not only in the sprints, but on other terrains.”

How it unfolded

The weather had been tipped to play a significant role in how this first road stage of the Vuelta a Espana panned out.

As expected, it was very hot, with temperatures in the mid-thirties, but the wind was not strong enough to affect the race.

Consequently, the stage began in familiar, formulaic circumstances, with three riders from wildcard teams escaping up the road from the flag to form the day’s break: Diego Rubio (Burgos-BH), Sergio Martin (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

They were pinned at about two minutes by the peloton, although not from the work of race leader Primoz Roglic’s Jumbo-Visma, who took a back seat; but rather those of the sprinters, with Arnaud Demare’s Groupama-FDJ and Fabio Jakobsen’s Deceuninck-QuickStep sharing the bulk of the work.

The peloton upped the pace slightly but noticeably about one-third of the way into the stage, presumably in anticipation of a change of direction, but eased off again the wind failed to blow, allowing the break’s lead to grow back up to around two-and-a-half minutes.

The stage was not quite as nervous as many opening road stages of a Grand Tour are, but there was one crash 80km from the finish when Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) went down. He appeared unhurt and was able to continue.

Another increase in pace saw the gap come back down to under one minute, once again in anticipation of a change in direction 63km from the finish. Multiple teams vied to be at the front of the peloton, with Jumbo-Visma succeeding in leading around the corner, but the wind was still not strong enough for them to press on.

The action was enough to bring the break’s advantage down to just 30 seconds, but the subsequent relaxation meant they were again allowed some leeway, and by 40km to go it was still at 1-40.

Groupama-FDJ took control of the peloton at this point, eager to keep Demare well-positioned and safe as the finale approached.

The break broke up 32km from the finish, with Rubio riding away from Martin and Azparren, who were promptly swallowed up by the peloton. That gave Rubio a little more time out front, but his day too came to an end 20km from the finish.

By now the peloton were battling for positioning in anticipation of an upcoming intermediate sprint, aware that bonus seconds and points classification points were on offer now that all the breakaway riders had been caught.

Astana-PremierTech showed the most intent, hoping they could get some time and points for their man Alex Aranburu, who was second on both GC and the points classification. But he was edged out by Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in the sprint, having to settle for second.

With the intermediate sprint done, GC teams like Bahrain-Victorious and Ineos Grenadiers contested for position at the front of the peloton to keep their leaders safe.

They were wise to do so, as a crash occurred 4.3km from the finish that held up plenty of riders. As it happened just outside of the 3km cut-off point, it also meant that anyone caught out would not be given a time reprieve.

Lots of Bora-Hansgrohe riders were seen on the floor, including Patrick Gamber and Jordi Meeus, with Adam Yates and several other riders all losing time.

After that, the sprinters teams came to the fore, with Deceuninck-QuickStep and Alpecin-Fenix both at the front for a sharp corner onto the straight, 1.7km finishing straight, on which Philipsen triumphed.

Results :
1 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 3:58:57
2 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
5 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
6 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
7 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
9 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
11 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
13 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash
14 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
15 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
16 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
18 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
19 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
20 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
21 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
22 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
24 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
25 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
26 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
27 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
28 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
29 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
30 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
31 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
32 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
33 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
34 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
35 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
36 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
37 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange
38 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
39 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
40 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
42 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
43 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
44 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
45 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
47 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
48 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
49 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
50 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
51 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
52 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
53 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
54 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
55 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
56 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
57 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
58 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
59 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
60 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
61 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
62 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
63 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
64 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
65 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
66 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
67 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
68 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
69 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
70 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
71 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
72 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
73 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:24
74 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:31
76 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
77 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
78 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:36
79 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:38
80 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
81 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
82 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
83 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
84 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
85 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
86 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
87 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
88 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
89 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
90 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
91 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
92 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
93 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
94 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
95 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
96 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
97 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
98 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
99 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
100 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
101 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
102 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
103 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
104 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
105 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
106 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
107 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
108 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
109 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
111 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
112 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
113 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
114 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
115 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
116 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
117 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
118 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash
119 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
120 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
121 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
122 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
123 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
124 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:50
125 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:52
126 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:00
127 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
128 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:11
129 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
130 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:01:15
131 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
132 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
133 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
134 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
135 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:28
136 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:31
137 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
138 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:36
139 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:57
140 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 0:02:10
141 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:16
142 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
143 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
145 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:29
146 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
147 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:33
148 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:35
149 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
150 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
151 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
152 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
153 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
154 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
155 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
156 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
157 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
158 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash
159 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
160 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
161 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
162 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
163 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
164 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
165 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
166 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal
167 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
168 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
169 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
170 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo
171 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:40
172 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
173 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
174 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:10
175 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
176 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:04:11
177 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
178 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:04:13
179 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:16
180 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:49
181 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:19
182 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:07:08
183 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:19
184 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:27

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 4:07:29
2 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:04
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:10
4 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
5 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:11
6 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:12
7 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:14
8 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:15
9 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
10 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:00:17
11 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
12 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:18
13 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:20
14 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
15 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
16 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:21
17 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
18 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:22
19 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:23
20 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
21 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:25
23 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
24 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
25 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
26 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:26
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
28 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:27
29 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
30 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
31 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
32 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:28
33 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
34 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:29
35 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
36 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:00:31
37 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:33
38 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
39 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:36
40 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
41 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:37
42 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 0:00:38
43 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
44 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:39
45 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:40
46 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:42
47 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:44
48 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:45
49 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange
50 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
51 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:46
52 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
53 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:48
54 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:49
55 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
56 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:51
57 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
58 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:52
59 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
60 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:53
61 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 0:00:55
63 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
64 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:57
65 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
66 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:58
67 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:59
68 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:03
69 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:06
70 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
71 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:07
72 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
73 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:08
74 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:10
75 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
76 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:11
77 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
78 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:13
79 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
80 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:14
81 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
82 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:01:15
83 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
84 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:17
85 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
86 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
87 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
88 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:18
89 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:19
90 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
91 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:21
92 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
93 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:23
94 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
95 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:26
96 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:27
97 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:28
98 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:29
99 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
100 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:01:30
101 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:31
102 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:32
103 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:33
104 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:34
105 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:35
106 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
107 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:36
108 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
109 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
110 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
111 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
112 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:37
113 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
114 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
115 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:38
116 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:40
117 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
118 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:42
119 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
120 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:44
121 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
122 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:46
123 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:48
124 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:49
125 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
126 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:50
127 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:01:53
128 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
129 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
130 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:59
131 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:00
132 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:02:04
133 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
134 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:06
135 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:07
136 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:02:10
137 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:25
138 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:30
139 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:39
140 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:45
141 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:46
142 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:54
143 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:57
144 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:59
145 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:01
146 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:03:02
147 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:04
148 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 0:03:05
149 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:06
150 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
151 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal
152 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:08
153 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:11
154 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
155 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:13
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