La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE]

August 16, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 3 – Santo Domingo de Silos – Picón Blanco : 202,8 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?

Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) won atop Picón Blanco climb from the early break of the day and took the race leader’s red jersey, as behind him the first mountain finish of the 2021 Vuelta a España gradually and painfully revealed the early overall classification hierarchy.

Taaramäe went deep to gradually distance arguably better climbers Joe Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates) and Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) in the final three kilometres of the 7.6km long Picón Blanco climb to win alone.

Dombrowski finished 21 seconds behind, with Elissonde third at 36 seconds. Lilian Calmejane (AG2R Citroën) was fourth at 1:16.

Behind the break, Enric Mas (Movistar) kicked clear to gain three seconds on his overall rivals. Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Egan Bernal and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) were all there, but Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) conceded 21 seconds while Aleksandr Valsov (Astana-Premier Tech) and Romain Bardet (Team DSM) lost 30 seconds.

Olympic road race champion Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) struggled far more and lost a minute, perhaps ending his overall ambitions. Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) suffered the same fate, losing two minutes.

Taaramäe won a mountain stage of the 2016 Giro d’Italia and a stage at the Vuelta a España a decade ago to La Farrapona but this was by far the biggest day of his career as he also pulled on the leader’s jersey.

He leads Elissonde by 25 seconds, with Roglič slipping third overall at 30 seconds.

It was only Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux’s fourth victory of the 2021 season, as the Belgian team struggled to step up to WorldTour level, yet Taaramäe went in the break of the day thinking he could win big.

“I have quite good state [form] and I have a very smart sporting director in Valerio Piva. Yesterday evening we said that we’d try to win the stage and take the leader’s jersey,” he said. “I believed in myself today. It was all about whether the peloton would catch us or not. When I saw that we would do it, then I had questions about how good Joe Dombrowski and Kenny Elissonde were. They are all good riders so I didn’t know if I could beat them, but I believed it because I already did it many times. When I won a stage of the Giro, Joe was in third up there with me and now we were fighting against each other. So I believed in myself very much today.”

Taaramäe kissed the roja-coloured leader’s jersey on the podium.

“It’s a big deal because I’m 34 years old and I don’t have many years left to try to do this,” he said.

“I have a stage in the Vuelta and Giro but I’ve dreamt a lot about a leader’s jersey in a Grand Tour, at least for some days to enjoy and feel how it’s going to be. Today I did it and I’m very, very happy.”

How it unfolded

The rolling profile of the 203km stage and the chance that Jumbo-Visma would almost certainly let the race leadership go, meant an early breakaway was going to shape the stage. The big question was who would be in it.

Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) was the first to attack after the race left the Silos Monastery and then Antonio Jesus Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi) inspired the real break of the day.

Soon after Dombrowski, Calmejane, Elissonde, Taaramäe, Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Fenix), Julen Amezqueta (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH) joined him to create the move of the stage. Behind Jumbo-Visma controlled the peloton on behalf of Roglič and the gap was up to three minutes after 25km.

The early third-category Puerto del Manquillo helped the break extend their lead to five minutes and then the racing steadied into a game of slow cat and mouse, with the rest of the peloton letting and obliging Jumbo-Visma to lead the chase. Robert Gesink did much of the work on the front as the gap to the break gradually extended out to nine minutes with 80km to race.

The road north towards the Picón Blanco was on exposed rolling roads, a headwind and summer heat slowing the pace, and the lack of any gusts and crosswinds deterred attacks in the peloton.

The peloton was at 8:40 with 40km to race, as several short climbs reared their head before the haul up to the cooler and higher slopes of the Picón Blanco. The third-cat Puerto de Bocos shook up the break and awoke the peloton.

Bayer was first to the top but Calmejane went on the attack alone over the top, as the peloton rode the climb at pace and reduced the gap to 4:00.

The Frenchman tried to open a gap on his better climbing rivals in the break but his lead was held at just 15 seconds at the foot of the Picón Blanco. He was caught as the gradient hit double figures in the second kilometre of the 7.6km climb.

The peloton was all together at 3:30, as the team leader’s prepared for the first big mountain finish shake-out of the 2021 Vuelta.With five kilometres to go,

Dombrowski upped the pace to test his breakaway rivals. Bol and then Amezqueta were the first to be distanced, while Elissonde and Taaramäe hung on to the American. The rest were cast aside, with nothing to shoes for their 200km out front.

In the peloton Bahrain Victorious were the first to break the status quo with four kilometres to go, upping the pace for Landa. However they soon backed off when the Basque leader seemed unable to hold the pace or attack.

Amongst the overall contenders, with a head wind on key parts of the climb, it was really about avoiding losing time rather than taking risks to gain some.

However the increased pace cracked Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), with 50 or so riders still in the peloton. Soon after, Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) was also at the back, clearly suffering and then was quickly distanced.

Up front Taaramäe gradually managed to distance Dombrowski and Elissonde metre after metre to carve out his winning and race leadership margin. After so much defeat and disappointment during the season, he and Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux were finally the big winners of the day.

Results :
1 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 5:16:57
2 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:21
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:36
4 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:16
5 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:45
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:48
7 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
9 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
10 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
11 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
13 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:55
14 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:00
15 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
16 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:05
17 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:09
18 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
19 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
20 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:12
21 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:14
22 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:02:17
24 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
25 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
26 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
27 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
28 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange
29 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
30 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
31 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
32 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:32
33 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:36
34 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:02:42
35 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
36 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
37 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:46
38 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:48
39 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:53
40 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:57
41 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:15
42 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
44 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
45 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:19
46 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:03:23
47 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:27
48 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:28
49 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:31
50 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
52 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:34
53 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:35
54 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
55 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:39
56 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:43
57 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
58 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
59 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
60 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:48
61 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:04:01
62 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:04:24
63 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
64 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:47
65 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
66 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:04:50
67 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:05:04
68 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:54
69 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
70 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:05:58
71 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
72 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:06:26
73 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
74 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
75 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
76 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
77 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
78 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash
79 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:06:42
80 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:06:53
81 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:51
82 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:08:16
83 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:21
84 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:48
85 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
86 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
89 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:52
91 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
92 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
93 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:08
94 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
96 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
97 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal
98 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:13
99 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
100 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:10:50
101 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:56
102 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:54
103 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:11
104 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:12:51
105 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
106 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:11
107 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
108 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
109 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
110 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
111 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
112 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
113 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
114 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
115 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
116 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
117 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
118 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
119 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
120 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
121 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
122 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
123 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
124 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash
125 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
126 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash
127 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
128 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
129 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:31
130 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
131 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:50
132 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:14:57
133 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
134 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:01
135 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:15:43
136 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
137 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
138 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
139 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
140 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
141 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
142 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
143 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
144 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
145 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash
146 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:15:55
147 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
148 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
149 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:16:14
150 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
151 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:16:17
152 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:25
153 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
154 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
155 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:17:09
156 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:38
157 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
158 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
159 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
160 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
161 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
162 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
163 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:21:38
164 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
165 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:21:53
166 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
167 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
168 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
169 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
170 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
171 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo
172 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
173 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
174 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
175 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
176 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
177 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
178 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
179 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
180 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe
181 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
182 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNS Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
DNS Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 9:25:44
2 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:25
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:30
4 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:35
5 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:45
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:51
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:57
8 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
9 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
10 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:09
11 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:10
12 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:13
13 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:14
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:01:16
15 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:20
16 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:21
17 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:39
18 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:43
19 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:45
20 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:51
21 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:52
22 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:56
23 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:59
24 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:02
25 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:09
26 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:10
27 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:15
28 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:16
29 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
30 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:17
31 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:25
33 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:02:28
34 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:02:30
35 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:35
36 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:38
37 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:40
38 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:02:41
39 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
40 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:51
41 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:54
42 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:56
44 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:02
45 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:06
46 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:10
47 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
48 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:03:28
49 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:31
50 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:37
51 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
52 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
53 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:38
54 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:52
55 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:57
56 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:00
57 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:03
58 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:04:15
59 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:04:18
60 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:04:48
61 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:52
62 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:09
63 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
64 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:19
65 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:21
66 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:31
67 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:45
68 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:05:56
69 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash 0:06:15
70 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
71 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:06:22
72 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:06:23
73 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:29
74 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:06:34
75 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:45
76 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
77 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:07:25
78 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:07:41
79 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:58
80 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:08:10
81 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:23
82 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:42
83 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:09:43
85 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:45
86 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:51
87 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
88 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:01
89 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:10:06
90 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:10
91 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:26
92 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:10:30
93 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:34
94 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:10:39
95 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:48
96 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:11:08
97 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:27
98 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:33
99 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:38
100 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:11:50
101 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:11:56
102 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:12:04
103 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:13
104 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
105 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:12:15
106 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:12:18
107 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:12:42
108 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:44
109 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:10
110 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:13:11
111 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:19
112 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:13:22
113 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:13:26
114 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:29
115 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:37
116 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis 0:13:41
117 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:13:42
118 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 0:13:46
119 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:13:47
120 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0:13:57
121 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 0:14:11
122 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:14:35
123 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:40
124 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:14:52
125 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:14:56
126 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 0:14:58
127 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Qhubeka NextHash 0:15:01
128 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
129 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:15:02
130 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:15:04
131 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:15:10
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