La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 11 [HIGHLIGHTS]

August 25, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 11 – Antequera – Valdepeñas de Jaén : 133,6 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?

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) used his power and aggression to win yet another short but steep uphill finish at the Vuelta a España, distancing his overall rivals with a final kick through the narrow roads of Valdepeñas de Jaén in Andalucia.

Roglič managed to open a three-second gap on his rivals at the line and so gained further time on them all and indicating his stage 10 crash had caused him few problems.

Enric Mas finished second after going shoulder to shoulder with Roglič on the climb, with his Movistar teammate, Miguel Angel Lopez, taking third at five seconds. The other GC contenders finished lined out and at least seven seconds down, with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) ninth at 11 seconds.

Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) dug deep to finish tenth, also at 11 seconds down on Roglič, and so kept the race leader’s red jersey. He leads Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) by 58 seconds, with Roglič now at 1:56 and surely ready to take over at his will in the high mountains of the final week.

Magus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) was in the break of the day and was only caught with 300 metres to go after another brave late solo effort. He needed to zig-zag up the finishing straight but was the most aggressive rider of the day.

Roglič appeared far more in control of his effort and his rivals. “It’s always nice to win, you never know when it’s the last one,” he said, playing down his dominance.

“It was close again, eh? It was a hard stage. It was short but super hot again. I was also suffering a lot but luckily at the end I had enough for a win.

“It was a nice finish with a steep uphill where I can normally do well. It was a nice challenge and the team did an amazing job pushing hard all day and keeping the breakaway at a distance so big thanks to them.”

How it unfolded

The shortest stage of the Vuelta a España could have been the easiest stage but the uphill finish to Valdepeñas de Jaén after 133.6km in the saddle was always going to inspire a Flèche Wallonne race, with a strong breakaway attempt but also a chance for the strongest finisseur and even the overall contenders.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) and Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech) were the only two non-starters, leaving 169 riders in the peloton that rolled out of Antequera in the Andalucian hills north of Malaga. The Belgian sprinter has a mild fever and did not want to risk the rest of the season, while the Spaniard was injured in a crash on Tuesday.

The breakaway attempts started when the flag dropped at kilometre zero but the different stage ambitions meant that Team BikeExchange quickly closed down the move, keen to protect Matthews’ chances for the finish.

A seven-rider attack was deemed too dangerous and some solo attempts were also swept up but after 20km five riders were let go. They were Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Fenix), Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo), Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal).

BikeExchange and Jumbo-Visma shared the initial chase to keep the break under control and their chances of victory alive. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert also massed near the front at times, to defend the honour of Odd Christian Eiking leader’s jersey even if the five attackers were not a threat. Lastra was the closest at 42:16.

The rolling stage profile meant there was rarely a section of flat road but the five attackers worked valiantly together in the hope of staying away. However, the average speed for the first hour was a painful 47kph and so the break never pushed their lead out beyond two minutes.

Their breakaway’s gap faded to 1:20 with 30km to go and Movistar also sensed a chance of victory and perhaps a time gain. They started riding on the front with BikeExchange and Jumbo-Visma and so the break’s lead fell below a minute.

The climbs became especially harsh in the final 25km, with the 8.8km Puerto de Locubín climb starting with 15km to go.

The break fell apart on the lower slopes as the peloton upped the pace and fought for position for the key climb.

Just as on stage 6, Cort used his superior climbing ability to push on alone in the hope of staying away from the peloton over the top of the climb and then on the final steep ramp up to Valdepeñas de Jaén. It was a brave move.

Cort again paced his effort and gave his all, going near to cracking the strongest domestiques such as Mikel Nieve of BikeExchange. He kept a gap of 50 seconds for much of the climb as the Australian team paced their chase, no doubt based on Matthews’ threshold.

David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) attacked two kilometres from the top of the Puerto de Locubín climb but he only served as the hare to chase for Jumbo-Visma as they also tried to hurt their rivals before the final climb. The high pace meant there were only 30 riders in the front group, with Eiking near the back and fighting to hold onto the leader’s jersey.

Fortunately for the Norwegian the descent through the olive groves gave him a chance to catch his breath and recover for the final climb.

Cort dived down the descent, using his bike skills and nerve to hold a 25-second lead. He still had a 20-second gap as the climb through the narrow streets of Valdepeñas de Jaén began and bravely refused to surrender. However Jumbo-Visma sensed victory and rode to set up Roglič, with the work of Sepp Kuss and Steven Kruijswijk biting into Cort’s lead.

Mas and Roglič lead the peloton as the climb turned and gradient steepened, both hesitating for a while, knowing the final kick to the line would be vital.

Cort stayed away until 300 metres to go but then Roglič opened up his terrible finishing surge and cruelly swept past the Danish rider. Roglič was tucked low on the drops as Mas struggled to match him on the brake levers and danced on the pedal.

There was only one winner and Roglič quickly opened a gap that allowed him to earn seconds on all his rivals.

They were only seconds but surely weighed like minutes in their minds, giving Roglič a psychological as well as physical victory.

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

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